Open Thread - Game 78: Mets vs Yankees
by kingcritical on Jun 27, 2008 2:03 PM EDT
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Big sweep!
I don’t think this squadron has it in them, but I am pulling for the sweep. The Mets are due for a 5-game win streak, and maybe a perfect game. I want it all this weekend.
And, while I’m asking for gifts, I’d like Bobby Cox and Greg Maddux to get ingrown toenails.
Ungh
Today’s line-up is just dismal. Anderson-Tatis-Schneider.
Gotta love Dub, tho’. That guy leaves it on the field.
I assume...
...that the game form from the rained-out game is what counts for this afternoon’s game. I hope there was not some thing about Church hitting a double or something.
I have no idea.
Not my department.
We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!
by kingcritical on Jun 27, 2008 2:18 PM EDT up reply actions
No worries
I pick just about the same outcome every day anyway – playing for the 100 points is more fun than the monthly score (althought I’ve ended up in the top-5 each month so far.)
yea, early lead!
If only I didn’t have so much work to do…
We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!
Anyone know how Jeter got out?
On gameday his atbat is blank. Did MLB stop recording his outs or something?
strike out on foul tip
Says my MLB GameDay.
We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!
by kingcritical on Jun 27, 2008 2:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Anybody else feel like Jerry should've found a way to get Castro's bat into both of these games?
Like, as DH today and catching tonight?
Yes.
We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!
by kingcritical on Jun 27, 2008 2:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Wow
I totally dropped the ball on this one. Thanks to kingcritical you guys actually have a game thread.
Game forms
There will be no game form for the afternoon game thanks to my boneheadedness. The game form for tonight’s game is up.
Castillo, OBPing like a mutha
Still probably my least favorite Met, but he’s really getting on base lately.
We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!
I don't know...
...if he is my least favorite Met, but I sure don’t think of him fondly. With his shaky knees, I expect he’ll be on the DL before I know it. If I get too attached, I might get hurt. Gotta be careful with my emotions. I’m sensitive.
come on, tell me you don't have a favorite Met or two.
We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!
by kingcritical on Jun 27, 2008 3:03 PM EDT up reply actions
I do.
I just prefer guys who are gonna be around and not fall to bits any minute now – Dub and King Ding-A-Ling. When those guys break my heart, it is not because the glue holding their knees together gave out.
Pelf
That was some good work getting outta that inning. Mike’s pitch count is a bit high, but I’m glad he didn’t pull a Ollie and just fall to bits after the lead-off 2B. I left for a couple minues and was totally prepared to see a 4-1 game when I got back. Yeah!
agree
its funny but I am starting to have as much faith in him as almost any Mets starter, even Santana to a certain extent.
I like Beltran even better!!
That’s clutch!!
No it ain't
Clutch only counts if you hit a homer in the 8th or 9th innings, and only when you are behind. That’s why A-Rod will forever be a chump just like CarlosB. Only clutch players like Dave Roberts and David Eckstein are clutch in the most clutch sense of things.
Yeah! That's more like it!
CarlosB will never be clutch like Jeter (that guy is a prince among men.) Jeter is clutch when he eats breakfast. Beltran is just overpaid. Screw him.
oh jesus, kill me now
Howie Rose and Wayne Hagin just launched off on a Suzyn Waldmanesque act of verbal Jeter-blowing. I can’t believe the nosedive in quality WFAN has shown this year.
It was mostly Hagin
howie just pointed out that he did not think Jeter was overrated, which is his right to state even if I disagree. But Hagin just gushed al la Waldman.
A-Rod is un-clutch like Beltran
Driving in a run in the third inning? What an un-clutch asshole. Real men drive in runs in the eighth inning.
He is not pitching badly
Yanks have blooped and dinked and there have been errors in the field. He has gotten the outs he needs to keep us in the game against a very good offensive team
Way to go Carlos!
Productive out, baby! Now that is clutch!
my mlb gameday didn't tell me anything about beltran's AB
all i see is a red dot by cano’s name. fielder’s choice 4-6?
nice: one pitch, one out
Thank you, Jackie Robinson Cano.
We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!
by kingcritical on Jun 27, 2008 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions
just saw the video of beltran's groundout
nice throw by gold glover derek jeter. didn’t draw the 1st baseman way off the bag or anything.
let's see if pelfrey has any grit/heart/fire
a gritty pitcher would get out of this inning unscathed.
i kid, i kid.
oh Captain, the Captain
I love seeing you hit into outs.
We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!
GREAT JOB!!
Pelf gets out of it and negates the awful play by Castillo. Luis better be sitting in the second game.
I wouldn't bet on it
And, realistically, he’s got a hit and two walks to go with his error, so I probably wouldn’t bench him either.
true
But I still can’t stand him. I know the numbers are pretty good but he plays soft if such a thing can be said about a baseball player. And on another note, there has to be someone better than Trot Nixon we can pick up until Church re-establishes himself.
not aggressive enough
doesn’t look to take the extra base, takes too many pitches even in spots when he shouldn’t, doesn’t maximise his skills. Is prone to bonehead plays in the field. Even with the injuries, Castillo actually has pretty good skills but is generally too cautious. Why am I arguing this though? There are plenty of bigger Castillo haters on this blog.
I'm not a huge Castillo fan either
But his job is to take pitches and get on base, so I don’t mind at all that he does so. Taking the extra base is pretty insignificant in comparison. I could do without the boneheaded plays in the field, though, considering he was billed as a much better fielder than Gotay at the point when both were on the team.
This sounds like the poor logic that Phils fans used to run Abreu out of town even though he was their best player for like seven straight years.
allright I surrender
That error ticked me off
I don't blame you
Like I said, the reason he was touted as a better option than Gotay is because “he’s such a good fielder,” which isn’t really the case.
pretty good numbers?
The guy has an OPS+ of 56 on the season.
sorry, i think i misunderstood
You were talking about Castillo, or Nixon, there?
no you were right
It’s really the contract I object to I guess. Luis is having a good game today I must admit despite the error.
Hagin is the worst!!
He is now going on and on about fans sneaking onto the field and getting into fights with cops. This is meaningful to my life, how??
OMFG
Okay, I like this game. Delgado is REDEEMED!
or, Delclutchdo.
Take your pick.
We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!
by kingcritical on Jun 27, 2008 4:46 PM EDT up reply actions
With a big lead
Muniz or someone equally worthless can pitch. Save Sanchez, Heilman, and Wagner for tonight.
dunno
I’m in the same boat.
We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!
by kingcritical on Jun 27, 2008 4:47 PM EDT up reply actions
The Yankee Bullpen
is truly truly horrific. No lefthanders!! And junk in the middle.
Now I'm freaked out
What happens in the next three games? Dub, CarlosD and CarlosB already have 11 RBI between them. Will they have any left?
That's two throwing errors for Tatis today
Delgado is no Keith Hernandez (or John Olerud), but he certainly isn’t THIS bad in the field.
Jeter grounds out to end the bottom of the seventh.
Because that’s what real men do. They pack it in when their team is down by a bunch of runs. They don’t hit meaningless home runs like A-Rod did in the sixth.
MY GOODNESS!!
NINE RBI”S !! You must be loving life JoshNY
Delgado, on the other hand
is just wasting his homers!
DELGADO!
That home run was not clutch. Why would you go and hit a home run when your team is already up big? He’s such a compiler.
Heh
Whatever else Delgado does for the rest of the year, I will have fond memories of him singlehandedly demolishing the Yankees in the Mets’ last game in that shithole. I should know this, but will this be the first time we’ve swept them in the Bronx?
I think
This is the first time we’ve ever swept them in the Bronx or at Shea.
My mistake
Somehow we swept them at Shea in 2004.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subway_Series
But you’re right, Josh, this is the first time we swept at Yankee stadium.
Ah, there we go, 2004 it was
That first game was when Kaz Matsui hit two HR and the Mets blew Mike Mussina out of the water. Richard Hidalgo hit a HR for the Mets in each game of that series, which was the middle of his team-record five consecutive games with a HR (also in Cincinnati the night before and in Philly the night after).
Richard Hidalgo
I never thought I would hear anyone mention his name again
By the way
Delgado’s 9 RBI in today’s game are a new Mets record; the previous mark was 8, set by Dave Kingman on June 4, 1976. In that game, Kingman was also one of seven Mets to hit three home runs in one game (and at Dodger Stadium, no less).
Sounds like Kong wasn't very clutch that day either
Wasted RBIs! Compiler!
Oh man
I didn’t realize that a thread was set up. I’ve been sitting in front of the TV by myself, forced to enjoy this wonderful ass-kicking by myself.
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." - Rogers Hornsby
And Delgado should hit a 4th homer
Just for awesomeness
But he should start with a 3rd
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." - Rogers Hornsby
Someone voted that the Yankees would sweep us
They were a little off with that one.
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." - Rogers Hornsby
What a game! I can't believe you people couldn't contribute one photo during this multitude of runs! Here's one, especially for Delgado!
"DUDE..."
by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Jun 27, 2008 6:15 PM EDT reply actions
Dude, the METS just played a great game and won it handily.
Is everyone in this room drinking prune juice? Remove the butt plugs from your rectums and stop being so uptight! Is there anyone in this room that likes to smile, laugh and live a little w/their sport commentary? SHEESH!
"DUDE..."
by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Jun 27, 2008 7:07 PM EDT up reply actions
favorite butt plug name: the Rear Admiral
You might consider that, instead of calling people humorless prigs, you could acknowledge that others might just have a different sense of humor from yours, and not think a random yawning cat was the funniest thing since the Marx Brothers. Or try the prune juice, it tastes great.
are you kidding?
you are telling me that every blogger in this room is so dull that they can’t enjoy a photo from time to time? did you take a look at the text in the picture. It was a response to Delgado’s performance. I even stated that it was for Delgado.
U know what! You all can take this blog and shove it. There are plenty of other teams that appreciate a little fun w/respects to commenting on the game. If this forum represents the fan base of the NY Mets, then it’s a true shame. Perhaps the performance of the team is direct reflection of the performance / attitude of this blog site.
Adios…And to those Mets fans w/a since of humor, good luck w/the rest of the season.
"DUDE..."
by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Jun 27, 2008 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions
i though the photo was funny
but it seems like most of us don’t have much of a desire to post photos…doesn’t mean we didn’t enjoy the win. different strokes for different…well, you know.
by englishgrey on Jun 27, 2008 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions
ha ha ha
Josh once again proves to be one of the quickest wits on the Avenue. Keep up the good work, Mr Minister of Dry Humor. I love it.
We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!
by kingcritical on Jun 28, 2008 4:17 AM EDT up reply actions
wow
The only thing I’m superstitious about is baseball. Thus, I’m afraid to watch tonight’s game since I didn’t actually get to watch any of the Mets 3 games at Yankee Stadium.
The Mets really should take 2 of 3 at Shea. They’re facing Sidney Ponsons (royally sucks), Andy Pettitte (meh), and Darrell Rasner (moderately sucks). No Chamberlain. Do it, guys.
Vote change: DePodesta/Acta in 2009!!!
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