Open Thread - Game #30: Mets vs. Dodgers (05/05/2008)
by Eric Simon on May 5, 2008 9:19 PM EDT
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Discussion starter: Would you rather have Joe Torre managing the Mets than Willie Randolph?
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Hell Yeah!
Joe Torre is the man! Another manager I really like is Mike Scoscia of the Angels. Sorry I think I completely butchered his name.
Answer:
Not if Juan Pierre is going to be batting second and Russell Martin’s walks that far down in the lineup.
how great is it to watch
andruw jones suck?
"The NY Mets are my favorite squadron" --Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
.173 / .274 / .255
OPS+ of 39
if only larry would follow suit
"The NY Mets are my favorite squadron" --Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
that's good
It’s hard to figuratively hate people.
actually...
it’s .425, with 9 home runs, 27 RBI, .717 SLG, and .472 OBP (for OPS of 1.189) Go Larry!
i bet that tank ass is why he’s gonna be a strike out machine..lol.
by MAN in the BOX on May 5, 2008 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions
that's one way to keep it up
Hard to make an out on a ball batted that far.
?
Isn’t that, you know, more like the right way to say it? Not that I like Jon Miller in any way, you understand.
the correct way to say it is . . .
tranny.
"The NY Mets are my favorite squadron" --Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
excuse me, that's "pronunciation of color"
I think it is actually Carlos Beltrán, accent on the second syllable. Not that Miller speaks a word of Spanish—he probably just stumbled onto that by accident.
well that was fast.
late games for all of you are not-so-late games for me.
good to be back…..finally got a new laptop.
EAMUS METROPOLIS!
Yay, non-ghetto technology
These late games are killers. Not sure I’ve got the juice to make it through the whole thing. And by “juice” I mean “HGH”.
It looks like Ollie
is reverting back to 2005 form. He’s a nut case
Save America. Impeach Bush
seems he figured out how to cut down on the walks
but it means giving up base hits instead.
He's wild in the strike zone
That cliche brought to you courtesy of Tim McCarver and your local Tim McCarver dealership
i’m starting to think there’s no such thing.
by MAN in the BOX on May 5, 2008 10:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Scully rules
When I put together my first techno single it’s going to sample Vin saying “San Pedro de Macoris” over and over and over again
Yea, I guess
I’m already sleepy. Not sure if I want to tough this one out. It may be time to find fat cat pics again.
meow.
We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!
by kingcritical on May 5, 2008 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions
His presence in the lineup
is more grounds for firing Randolph. Willie has no guts.
Coach, I want to play.
OK.
by JohnPeterson on May 5, 2008 11:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Did Pierre walk?
That’s grounds for a fine and suspension.
by JohnPeterson on May 5, 2008 11:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh, and Beltran rapped one down the RF line for a triple, Alou singled him home
Delgado GIDP, next guy don’t remember
yea
4 runs seems insurmountable.
fire Willie imo
by JohnPeterson on May 6, 2008 12:14 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm hardly a Willie apologist
But I don’t think it’s really all on him that the Mets are having a hard time hitting good pitching.
Is Gary and Ron kidding with the Wise
thing? Sosa or Show have to be the ones to got, fuck there contracts. You can’t send out Pagan and Smith that would be a crime.
unfortunately
they are not kidding. That is standard Mets’ operating procedure.
by JohnPeterson on May 6, 2008 12:28 AM EDT up reply actions
i mean some body needs to send
Omar and Freddie an copy of an Economics textbook with the section on sunk costs highlighted. You can let $2 million dollars derail a team with a $140 million payroll with the expectation to win the world series.
WTF?
It’s that expectation which screwed us last year. Stop expecting a World Series this year. We play too many half-ass, no-enthusiasm efforts like this game tonight where we make less-than-average pitchers look like gods.
We have a lot of work to do if we want to consider ourselves contenders.
David Wright MVP Watch: .311/4/14! (through 12 games)
look we're not perfect
but when you go out and get fucking Santana you’re expected to compete for it all. You’re negitivity is getting hard to swallow. Where were you when they won 2/3 this weekend.
I was there.
It’s not negativity, just calling it as I see it. I’m not a cheerleader, and I’ve been watxching baseball since 1985. This is not a contending team—right now.
David Wright MVP Watch: .311/4/14! (through 12 games)
every team will go through streches where they look mediocre
We’re a game out first. It’s not Memorial Day. Relax brother.
seriously
Billingsly has legit talent and stuff. Can’t kill them after the job they did this weekend.
MEh.
Almost saw him pitch when I was out in LA last month. He was supposed to face Lincecum, but the game was threatened with rain and both managers held them out. I don’t think Billingsley ever came in, but I remember Lincecum did come in for a few innings and shut the Dodger fans up. :-)
I just expected more output with Alou and Schneider finally both back in the lineup. Little dissapointed.
David Wright MVP Watch: .311/4/14! (through 12 games)
Aw, no wait...
He was just pitching against the Mets.
David Wright MVP Watch: .311/4/14! (through 12 games)
Billingsley has struck out massive amounts of guys so far this year
Over 13 K/9 innings. He’s been victimized by BABIP in the same way that Beltran has thus far. Before tonight’s game his BABIP against was .397, that’s just insane. It sucks that his luck seems to have improved against the Mets, but it’s not like we just got beat by Jose Lima.
Nice cats
Are they the Mickey Lolich cats? Joe Torre is reborn as a manager, although a good team with good relief pitchers can cover his mistakes. I’ll take Mr Randolph for one more year.
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