Open Thread - Game #27: Mets vs. Diamondbacks (05/02/2008)
by Eric Simon on May 2, 2008 8:39 PM EDT
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The Mets lineup display is a bit wonky (damn you, data provider!). Perhaps the machines are as surprised as we are that Moises Alou is making his season debut tonight in Arizona. He should be slotted in between Carloses Beltran and Delgado, the power righty bat to play the meat in a sucktacular Puerto Rican sandwich.
With the early game on Wednesday and the late game tonight, it feels like the Mets haven't played in a week. Micah Owings is on the hill for the Diamondbacks, and he would probably be batting sixth in the Mets' lineup were he pitching for us instead. John Maine has had three pretty solid games in a row, even if he is still walking a few more batters than he should.
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Shut up and play
Lets do this. April wa not a great month but nobody ran away and hid in the division. Alou is back and we are in Chase Field which has been very kind to us of late. Lets Play Ball!!
Co-sign
It’ll be interesting to see how we handle Micah Owings at the plate and on the mound.
Fight J-Roll the A-Holl!
Rick Ankiel and he can pitch too..lol!
by MAN in the BOX on May 2, 2008 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Ooh yea
Lead-off triple baby. It was a bit of a bloop, but it still came pretty damned close to clearing that right-field fence.
Come on
We gotta pound this guy early!
by MAN in the BOX on May 2, 2008 9:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Of course
You’ll get a different POV here, I’m sure, but the more the merrier.
What do we know about Owings’s injury? Seems to be favoring his right ankle?
It's tender, but just a bit of a strain.
May affect his control, though…. as we’ve already seen.
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
Wright
He really doesn’t have very good speed. He’s a smart baserunner, and he does a great job of picking his spots for stolen bases, but he’s pretty sluggish to be honest. Not slow, but I don’t think he’s any faster than average.
Well, he did steal 34 bases last year
That’s one every 5 games. Stealing 15 or 20 may be picking your spots, but you’ve gotta have good speed to go 34-for-39 IMO.
Fight J-Roll the A-Holl!
We're paying Eric Byrnes $30 million
to usually either popup or strikeout on 3 pitches or less.
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
Yea
But the dude would run through a wall for you. He’s game-y and hustle-y. He’s worth twice what you’re paying him in grit alone.
Yeah. We're paying extra
for everything that doesn’t show up in the stats. Like how he always flips when throwing the ball back into the infield. And how he has a goofy TV show. And stuff.
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
True
Playing the game the right way: $5 million
Being a gamer: $7 million
Getting his uniform dirty: $3 million
Getting upset and whatnot: $4 million
Having a huge heart: $2 million
AmazinAvenue.com
what about the hair?
That hair has to be worth something.
The scorekeeper is really embarrassing himself
I’ve never understood why someone who has such an important job is hired by one of the teams.
Fight J-Roll the A-Holl!
I'm sorry, s/he doesn't usually do this.
I mean, we’re not Colorado….
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
It's OK
I don’t care if Wright wins another Gold Glove. God knows he doesn’t deserve one.
Fight J-Roll the A-Holl!
Yea
The advanced defensive metrics ranked him favorably last year, and he has definitely improved over the last couple of seasons. He’s not the best 3B in the league, but he’s in the top half. Should that be enough to win a GG? No, but Derek Jeter has three of ‘em, so Wright is a fine choice by comparison.
Yeah.
1st criterion for winning the GG: You won it last year.
2nd criterion for winning the GG: You can hit well.
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
Micah looks off
And the Mets are taking advantage. Not sure how much Wagner running his mouth has to do with it. Whatever the reason, I welcome it.
Micah doesn't have it tonight.
Also, how come your team always seems to win at Chase? Then we win at Shea….
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
Not sure
The Mets just light it up out here. Not sure if it’s the humidity, but they love hitting at the BOB. Or, whatever it’s called now.
Humidity, or lack thereof?
We also have the 2nd thinnest air because we’re at the 2nd highest altitude—after Coors.
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
Meh
Beltran looks like dogshit right now. The walks are great, but pick up some hits my man. He’s got as many hits as Rick Astley.
It's a mixed bag
There’s little about the Mets that sucks as badly as the Astros’ equivalent, bullpen included.
Not as badly as it did last year
But Sosa and Heilman have been bad. We should be OK, though. Duaner Sanchez is finally back.
Fight J-Roll the A-Holl!
Which means
in 6 years or so, he’ll be playing for you guys, the Cubs, the Yankees, or the Red Sox.
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
ok, so alls I've got is the radio
Are they just roping off of Maine right now?
We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!
wtf is the matter with Maine?
Can he not grip the ball properly? Just an off day, or what?
hmm
I’d feel a lot better if I thought Maine was using “strategy” right now.
Were they saying "Burns!"?
No, they were saying “Boo!”.
We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!
Burns, Byrnes, whatever
We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!
by kingcritical on May 2, 2008 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions
THERE'S the Pwnings that we know and love.
Draws a walk, doesn’t allow any runs, etc.
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
I really have no idea what happened there.
That was an Oliver Perez-esque reversal of fortune. Here’s hoping he keeps it up.
looked like a different pitcher altogether.
by MAN in the BOX on May 2, 2008 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions
::groan::
That’s not a groan at the HR. That’s a groan at the joke.
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
Jesus, lighten up
The puns will just have to be your cross to bear, then.
Let he who is without puns cast the first stone.
All right, if you insist on being his savior, I’m willing to be a good Samaritan and lay off.
Wow, there’s really enough material here to go on till the second coming.
we don't need no water
Let it burn!
We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!
by kingcritical on May 2, 2008 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions
oh jesus
Hagin: A dive for it… I mean, a leap for it..
We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!
poor baby.
We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!
by kingcritical on May 2, 2008 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions
that was an amazing call, wish I had a tape
Not just the bizarrely blown call, but he spent about five sentences afterwards explaining himself rather than catching up to the game. Another one for the seemingly endless Hagin hate file.
we enjoy bitching about Wayne Hagin
This idiot, who used to call games for the Rockies, is permatemping on the Mets’ radio broadcasts this year. It’s more fun to complain about his crappy calls than just to listen to them.
In this particular case, he tied himself in knots trying to explain why he mis-called the play rather than just going on with the game.
Pretty gutsy to throw a fastball right down the middle
to Pwnings on 2-0. Lucky he took it.
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
Gary Cohen just said
he finished his high school career one HR shy of the national record. :0
Fight J-Roll the A-Holl!
Yeah.
And he was up to bat next in his HS’s final playoff game, and the guy in front of him struck out.
So he never got the chance.
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
this at-bat is epic.
Props to Owings for hanging in.
the Nye Mets are my favorite squadron
We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!
by kingcritical on May 2, 2008 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, we've got to watch his groin for a while now.
I mean, um, he’s got to take care of his groin. Or something.
Right
Gary said that Chase was the first retractable roofed stadium. I was pretty sure Skydome beat them by about five years.
or the Big O?
Wasn’t the Stade Olympique in Montreal initially a retractable roof too?
Yea
They installed a kevlar roof ten years after the stadium opened, but it ripped and leaked and was eventually removed.
footnote
Wikipedia, as always, has the (possibly dubious) answer. {{citation needed}}
Dude goes all out
Doesn’t waste time taking pitches. He’s a sparkplug. Always moving. Swinging. Popping out.
His stats don't fully describe...
...what he does for this team.
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
How's Beltran doing?
Ah, yes, I see.
You know what else I have noticed about Belts? Whenever the Mets put together a big inning, like 3 or 4 runs, he’s always in the middle of it - with a walk. :)
David Wright MVP Watch: .311/4/14! (through 12 games)
Thanks for joining the fun
Nothing keeps me going through these late games like some Beltran bashing.
We have a lead.
So Beltran should do better the rest of the game. Delgado on the other hand, well, 136 games until we can dump his arse.
David Wright MVP Watch: .311/4/14! (through 12 games)
It's okay.
If the Astros haven’t been eliminated by about June, Ed Wade may agree to trade for him.
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
hey, 5+ is okay with me
Considering how he started out in this game, I’m gobsmashed just to see him qualify for the win.
and yes, that was a neologism
I think I was going for “gobsmacked” but got sidetracked somewhere along the way.
hey, it has Google hits
although apparently primarily as some kind of new oral-sex euphemism.
I'll take it.
Anything less than us getting swept is a godsend.
David Wright MVP Watch: .311/4/14! (through 12 games)
Hmmm...
maybe I’ve been too harsh on him. He does so many different things for our team. So many different types of outs.
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
Only one.
Used his lives up fast.
Lived fast, died hard.
by JohnPeterson on May 2, 2008 11:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Wow.... pretty similar numbers between Santana and Haren.
Santana, 3-2, 3.12
Haren, 4-1, 3.13
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
Ok I have to say
I live in Ohio, so i’m watching the game on MLB Extra innings. Mark Grace as an color guy blows!
cojack
how many times did he yell COJACK EYEBROWS last night? jesus christ.
I know how you feel!
They were making me ill..lol!
by MAN in the BOX on May 3, 2008 12:04 PM EDT up reply actions
even
Delgado has gotten into the act with 2 hits, a walk and an RBI. Curtain Call Time!!
Mets win
It was a great win last night, but two things; first we need to be more consistent (can’t get blown out at home by the minor league Pirates, then beat up on the D-backs in Arizona),
second, when Reyes gets on we are a different team. Lets hope this is the start of something good!
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