Open Thread - Game #32: Mets vs. Dodgers
by Eric Simon on May 7, 2008 2:33 PM EDT
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New York Mets at Los Angeles Dodgers, May 7, 2008 3:10 PM EDT
Discussion starter: Sosa, Figueroa, Smith: Who gets the boot when Matt Wise comes off the DL? Or, should Wise be the one to go?
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Sosa.
Wise at least deserves a chance to fail.
Sosa has failed already.
We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!
by kingcritical on May 7, 2008 2:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Agree
The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot is me.
by sireric on May 7, 2008 2:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I dissent
a mild one. I think Sosa is a pretty bad pitcher but he has been proven slightly useful at times as an innings eater whn one is needed or to get out one or two RIGHT HANDED HITTERS (are you reading this Wille Randolph!!) . Thats it. Wise however I see no value to. He is coming off an arm injury and looked awful to me the brief times he pitched. He also had a terrible second half last year with the Brewers. The bottom line is Sosa and Wise both pretty much stink but at least Sosa has come through for us once in a while.
by Endys Game on May 7, 2008 3:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I dissent with the dissent
I thought Wise looked pretty nasty, except for a few bad pitches. I think there is more upside to Wise in the pen than Sosa.
To me, Sosa being an innings eater is like saying someone is a classy hooker. It’s not really a compliment.
by SQUAD on May 7, 2008 3:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
One more Sosa note...
Getting him off the team means Willie CAN NOT misuse him anymore. I am in favor of anything that makes Willie’s job simpler.
by SQUAD on May 7, 2008 3:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
on another note
No excuses. If Maine wants to be considered a top flight pitcher for this or any other team he needs to give us at least 7 if not 8 quality innings today. I know its early still but we need to give this bullpen some rest!!
by Endys Game on May 7, 2008 3:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
If Maine wants to be considered a top flight pitcher for this or any other team he needs to give us at least 7 if not 8 quality innings today.
This is hyperbole, but the spirit is there. Maine has been pitching better of late, but he’s not #2 material right now. He needs to keep the walks down, keep his composure out there, and avoid the big innings.
by Eric Simon on May 7, 2008 3:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey, LaSorda's here, let's make a pasta joke.
HA HA HA HA HA HAH A HA HAHA
by Simons on May 7, 2008 3:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Church
He really has impressed in all facets. He hits, he fields (last night notwithstanding), he throws.
by Eric Simon on May 7, 2008 3:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I still miss Lasto
I agree though. Church is a productive player who really should be hitting 2nd in the lineup.
by ams258 on May 7, 2008 3:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Definitely,
but with Alou and Delgado sitting out, he needs to be hitting 5th.
by SQUAD on May 7, 2008 3:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's fine with me
But I’d like Church to bat between Reyes and Wright when the regular lineup is playing
by ams258 on May 7, 2008 3:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bad Penny
as he often seems to be against the Mets. I don’t know if he has improved somewhat lately but I know at one point the Mets had 1927 Yankees like numbers against him.
by Endys Game on May 7, 2008 3:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
from espn.com (their caps, not mine)
NEW YORK LEFT FIELDER ANGEL PAGAN LEFT THE GAME IN THE THIRD INNING WITH AN APPARENT LEFT SHOULDER INJURY. HE WAS INITIALLY INJURED FALLING INTO THE STANDS WHILE CATCHING A FOUL BALL IN THE BOTTOM OF THE FIRST INNING.
by gogomets on May 7, 2008 4:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
7-0
Wooooot! Anyone got change for a Penny? chortle
by Eric Simon on May 7, 2008 4:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Why is it...
that we demolish Brad Penny but we can’t do shit against Hong-Chih Kuo?
by JoshNY on May 7, 2008 4:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Same reason
D-Dub comes up huge with the bases loaded and the Mets up 8-0 and he can’t do doodily squat when the Mets are trailing.
by Eric Simon on May 7, 2008 4:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
God, what, an asshole
He’s not clutch at all.
by JoshNY on May 7, 2008 4:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd like to note
That the shortstop is Chin-Lung Hu, not Hong-Chih Kuo. Taiwanese Dodgers are not quite than interchangeable…
by ivythesheep on May 7, 2008 4:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I know that
I’m talking about the pitcher, the one who made the Mets look terrible last night.
by JoshNY on May 7, 2008 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not at your comment
But the lineup card seems to have an error.
by ivythesheep on May 7, 2008 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
what is this 11-0 shit?
I don’t watch one game and the Mets decide to score all their runs at once? Let’s make our Pythag look all pretty so we have an excuse to win only 85 games.
Ah, being a Mets fan. It ain’t easy being this negative.
by JohnPeterson on May 7, 2008 4:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Is for me. :-)
Beltran made 2 of the 3 outs in the 6-run 5th inning.
David Wright MVP Watch: .311/4/14! (through 12 games)
by ZaBlanc on May 7, 2008 4:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
ZaBlanc
I noticed you haven’t updated your David Wright MVP Watch stats in a while. Just for the record, under you advanced clutch system, that last 2B by Wright does not count as clutch correct?
by Endys Game on May 7, 2008 4:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Waiting
We’re gonna wait for the slump to end. It wouldn’t be a good MVP watch right now. ;-) There have been no clutch hits in this game except for John Maine’s bases loaded single.
David Wright MVP Watch: .311/4/14! (through 12 games)
by ZaBlanc on May 7, 2008 5:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
And yet somehow we scored 12 runs
Why? Because ALL hits are important.
by JoshNY on May 7, 2008 5:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Raul Casanova doubles (2) on a fly ball to center fielder Matt Kemp. Two out.
Wait, an extra-base hit by a catcher? What’s that?
by JoshNY on May 7, 2008 5:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
you're all welcome
forgot to start john maine today in fantasy. siiiiiiigh.
by gogomets on May 7, 2008 5:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
now with extra special
ERA under 3! The prize: a crossword made of mint and licorice.
by ivythesheep on May 7, 2008 5:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maine's managing his pitches nicely
Only 76 through six innings. It’s within the realm of possibility that he could go 8 today. (That would be nice because it would give the bullpen some rest AND because it would get Gary and Ron to stop complaining that we haven’t had a starter go longer than 7 yet this season.)
by JoshNY on May 7, 2008 5:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
92 pitches through 8
Leave him in there, Willie! If you can’t let your pitcher finish out a game when he’s on track for a two-hit shutout, up 12-0, and under 100 pitches, when can you?
by JoshNY on May 7, 2008 5:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd like to take some credit also
for picking Maine to falter in the swag contest
by Simons on May 7, 2008 5:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
chan ho park!
will get 9 straight outs against us.
by gogomets on May 7, 2008 5:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Definitely
Our bats have been put away for the flight home. I think we’re going up there with wiffle ball bats or something.
by JoshNY on May 7, 2008 5:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i think that was 4 straight rollovers before church’s K. jesus, that’s just laziness.
by gogomets on May 7, 2008 5:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
not that i'm complaining
score 12 runs and your pitcher is cruising, who cares right
by gogomets on May 7, 2008 5:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also
It’s not like Park’s been bad this year
by ivythesheep on May 7, 2008 5:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
why is it
i’m right on these off-the-cuff predictions and i suck ass at the swag contest? EFF!
by gogomets on May 7, 2008 5:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
can i get a hat
or something, eric? maybe a pen?
by gogomets on May 7, 2008 5:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
you win a coupon for a free meal at Bennigan's
with the purchase of a meal of equal or greater value of course
by Simons on May 7, 2008 5:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maine
I say Complete Game. might be the only one this year!!
by Endys Game on May 7, 2008 5:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
3-3 on the road against Arizona and LA isn't so bad
by JoshNY on May 7, 2008 5:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
12-0 Mets!
I like it a lot….lets hope for more games like this.
by myteamrivals on May 7, 2008 5:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
It doesn't compare to watching on actual TV, of course
But MLB.com Gameday is pretty darn good for a free service
by JoshNY on May 7, 2008 5:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Nice outing by Maine
8 IP, 92 pitches, 61 strikes, 2 hits, one walk, no runs. He’s the Maine man today!
Let's Go Mets!
by twassel on May 7, 2008 5:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Complete game!
Maine’s going for it.
Let's Go Mets!
by twassel on May 7, 2008 5:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
OMG!
He’s gonna do it! He’s actually gonna do it!
by Eric Simon on May 7, 2008 5:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Settle down, Beavis
It’s not like he’s pitching a no-no
by JoshNY on May 7, 2008 5:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i'm glad he wasn't throwing a no-no before
that would’ve been worse than that lame dribbler last year that broke it up
by gogomets on May 7, 2008 5:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
fuck.
good game johnny. the bullpen thanks you.
by gogomets on May 7, 2008 5:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
might have had the complete game
Save America. Impeach Bush
by elifriedman on May 7, 2008 5:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
woops
if not for Castillo. He stinks.
Save America. Impeach Bush
by elifriedman on May 7, 2008 5:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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