New York Mets @ San Diego Padres GameThread, Jun 8, 2008 4:05 PM EDT

Open Thread - Game 62: Mets vs Padres

by Eric Simon on Jun 8, 2008 3:46 PM EDT in Game Chatters Comment 57 comments

New York Mets @ San Diego Padres

Lineup

06/08/08 4:05 PM EDT

New York Mets	San Diego Padres
Jose Reyes - SS	Jody Gerut - CF
Luis Castillo - 2B	Edgar Gonzalez - 2B
David Wright - 3B	Brian Giles - RF
Carlos Beltran - CF	Adrian Gonzalez - 1B
Damion Easley - LF	Kevin Kouzmanoff - 3B
Carlos Delgado - 1B	Paul McAnulty - LF
Raul Casanova - C	Khalil Greene - SS
Endy Chavez - RF	Luke Carlin - C
Pedro Martinez - P	Wilfredo Ledezma - P

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2008 - Pedro Martinez	1-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.1	11	7	7	2	4	4	6.75	1.61

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2008 - Wilfredo Ledezma	0-2	13	5	0	0	0	0	40.2	37	22	20	4	26	34	4.43	1.55

Poll

Final score today:

2-1

7 votes

Something else

18 votes

25 votes | Poll has closed

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Comments

swag contest

Taking Sunday off?

by anonymous on Jun 8, 2008 3:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Sorry

It’s up now. I could’ve swore I put it up before, but I must have been so disillusioned by baseball at the time that I just blanked out.

by Eric Simon on Jun 8, 2008 3:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

that's okay

I appreciate the opportunity to earn a competitive edge by compulsively clicking Reload.

by anonymous on Jun 8, 2008 3:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

If I hear the word “consistent” from Willie Randolph one more time I am going to throw something. I know he’s the manager, so he can’t diagnose the cause of the Mets’ problems as “playing a bunch of scrubs who can’t hit” (the true explanation), but Christ, he needs to say something more convincing about how THEY CAN’T HIT anyway. It’s not about mental states or “stepping up”; it’s a consequence of more than half the starting lineup being replacement-level or below hitters.

by anonymous on Jun 8, 2008 3:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Maybe it wouldn't be so bad

if Castillo wasn’t given a long term contract
the Mets moved on from the Alou the delicate flower
Let Church fully rest after his second concussion.

I feel like throwing something when i think about what a lousy job Omar has done.

Save America. Impeach Bush

by elifriedman on Jun 8, 2008 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

yes

If we’re assigning blame for the terrible team we’re playing right now, I’d say it’s 100% on Omar’s failure to put together a roster with acceptable depth. I’m just irritated as hell with Willie’s contentless, Joe Morgan-esque way of talking about his team’s suckitude.

by anonymous on Jun 8, 2008 3:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

oh boy

Castillo batting 2nd-great. How about another 2-1 game-maybe we can win this one. The Willie death watch to resume??? How about Omar??

Save America. Impeach Bush

by elifriedman on Jun 8, 2008 3:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

C'mon Davey

Let’s do something.

by Eric Simon on Jun 8, 2008 4:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Otay, a walk

by Eric Simon on Jun 8, 2008 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

so Castro

overslept. great. looks like most of the team is sleeping during the game

Save America. Impeach Bush

by elifriedman on Jun 8, 2008 4:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Really?

I’m not listening to the audio. He really overslept?

by Eric Simon on Jun 8, 2008 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Eddie Coleman said on the pregame

That Castro was supposed to start but overslept (and was benched for it, I guess?).

We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!

by kingcritical on Jun 8, 2008 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Look at that!

A run! Wa-hoo!

by Eric Simon on Jun 8, 2008 4:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

hey, the Mets scored a run

I guess the offense can mail it in from here on.

We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!

by kingcritical on Jun 8, 2008 4:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Yup

No need to show up for the next eight-and-a-third.

by Eric Simon on Jun 8, 2008 4:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

hey, two more runs!

A triple from Delgado. Wow.

We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!

by kingcritical on Jun 8, 2008 4:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Drat

I was contemplating a “Will Carlos Delgado hit a triple” question in the swag. Oh well.

by Eric Simon on Jun 8, 2008 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

damn it

You know I would have answered “yes” to that one.

We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!

by kingcritical on Jun 8, 2008 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

this is the next three games' worth of scoring, so enjoy it now.

How many innings, do you think, till they next score? I’m guessing about 35.

by anonymous on Jun 8, 2008 4:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Bwaaaaaaaah?!?!?

Da-zoink! What are those things?

by Eric Simon on Jun 8, 2008 4:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

So I guess the final score won't be 2-1.

Delgado tripled? WHAT?

by JoshNY on Jun 8, 2008 4:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

triple

He hit to right field, not exactly down the line, but Giles didn’t get to it. The ball went into that corner behind the “jury box” and bounced around a little there before he picked it up.

We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!

by kingcritical on Jun 8, 2008 4:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

oh, god, get Lasorda off the radio

This charity fundraising bullshit is interrupting my baseball game.

by anonymous on Jun 8, 2008 4:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

holy crap

I didn’t even realize at first that this was fundraising for Michael Milken’s charity. Fucking unacceptable.

by anonymous on Jun 8, 2008 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

the man himself in the booth today too

by Simons on Jun 8, 2008 5:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

nice throw, Endy!

We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!

by kingcritical on Jun 8, 2008 4:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Pedro

Three hits, but the fastball is sitting consistently at 91.

by Eric Simon on Jun 8, 2008 4:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Pedro, balk?

What the fuck?

We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!

by kingcritical on Jun 8, 2008 4:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

sighs

by Eric Simon on Jun 8, 2008 4:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Yay, run!

by Eric Simon on Jun 8, 2008 4:49 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Hagin forgets the score

“Around third is Carlin - he will tie the game - not yet, it’s a one-run game.”

by anonymous on Jun 8, 2008 5:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Hagin has the shining

Carlin will tie the game in the eighth inning, maybe

by Simons on Jun 8, 2008 5:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Okay, 5-4 Mets

time to call the game on account of Simons having the score right

by Simons on Jun 8, 2008 5:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

anyone else getting sick of these mlb.tv ads

the weird thing is they have one where Victor Martinez sounds totally fey, which must be prompting the Beavis and Butthead Cleveland Crowd to giggle and snicker. So then a few days ago they air a different one where Martinez sounds positively dour, you know, more manly and all. The thing is they’re still playing the one where he sounds like Michael Jackson, so it’s like, Victor, you’re not fooling anyone.

Maybe I watch too many commercials.

by Simons on Jun 8, 2008 6:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

coming in late to the game

MLB ads…boring…nuff said

Prostate cancer and LaSorda…”My daddy told me that if the country needs you to fight, you fight!”

Well, I’m in the military and I’m pissed about “W” telling people to fight in his ”.ucked up” war. now, that’s all i’m gonna say about that.

glad to see the mets are doing something offensively w/out being offensive to baseball

WHAT IS PAST IS PROLOGUE

by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Jun 8, 2008 6:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

+1

by Simons on Jun 8, 2008 6:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

thank you sir

WHAT IS PAST IS PROLOGUE

by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Jun 8, 2008 6:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Boooo

Endy doesn’t want me to win the swag contest :(

by Simons on Jun 8, 2008 6:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

"A" for effort though...

WHAT IS PAST IS PROLOGUE

by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Jun 8, 2008 7:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Laboring Mets

In all seriousness…
It’s disturbing to see how the METS seem to have to work so hard for a victory. Especially against a team as lowly as the Padres.

What do you guys make of this?

There are some intagibles in baseball that just can’t be calculated w/stats. Watching / listening to their performance…I can’t help but be worried.

WHAT IS PAST IS PROLOGUE

by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Jun 8, 2008 7:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

wha?

I don’t know what you’re talking about with this “intangibles” nonsense. The Mets suck right now for reasons that are 100% tangible and statistically measurable: they are starting a lineup every day more than half of whose players cannot hit at the major-league level. So they are not scoring enough runs to win a game, ever.

by anonymous on Jun 8, 2008 7:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

There's a deep intangible to fucking centerfield

WHAT IS PAST IS PROLOGUE

by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Jun 8, 2008 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Tony Clark

...wish he could’ve done that for us a few years ago.

by anonymous on Jun 8, 2008 7:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

welp.

i officially hate my life.

EAMUS METROPOLI!

by pingel on Jun 8, 2008 7:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

don't take it personally

by Simons on Jun 8, 2008 7:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

that pitch was a little high Carlos

by Simons on Jun 8, 2008 7:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

let's go 2009 Mets

I think this season - at least as far as playoff hopes go - is officially over.

by anonymous on Jun 8, 2008 7:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

is it o.k. to cry?

WHAT IS PAST IS PROLOGUE

by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Jun 8, 2008 7:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

yes.

yes it is.

EAMUS METROPOLI!

by pingel on Jun 8, 2008 7:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

here we go

WHAT IS PAST IS PROLOGUE

by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Jun 8, 2008 7:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I wonder

When my mom’s going to ask me, “What happened?!”

She tends to ask me that after every goddamn game they lose. Like I have some wisdom about why bad things happen.

She’s my own little press conference.

EAMUS METROPOLI!

by pingel on Jun 8, 2008 7:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

just tell her you're waiting for the team to get into a nice little rhythm

by Simons on Jun 8, 2008 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

LOL

WHAT IS PAST IS PROLOGUE

by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Jun 8, 2008 7:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

i will cry, but dammit i will not give up on my Mets!

WHAT IS PAST IS PROLOGUE

by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Jun 8, 2008 7:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I think it is time to hit the panic button

Honestly, Can anyone think of watching this team for the rest of the year? We will probably all slit our own throats. I like Willie and HoJo, but I am convinced it is there time to go. even two weeks ago I did not think that. I live in Socal and watch the Padres alot. They suck. I don’t think I have seen an offense or defense as anemic as theirs in a few years in the MLB. I know they only scored two runs 3 out of the four games, but they are basically starting a decent AAA club right now with all of their injuries.

Soon it will be Bye Bye Willie and I don’t think Minaya will last after this season.

Just a sad waste of good talent.

by losangelesmets on Jun 8, 2008 7:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I guess I'll go down w/the ship

How ya doin there L.A. Mets? I lived out there (SoCal) for 13 years and I’ve had my share of Dodgers games at Chavez Ravine (and the Dodger Dogs) and I’ve been lucky enough to spend some good years in San Dawg and I’ve been able to take in a few games at PETCO while staying at the nearby OMNI. Pricey, but worth it.

I refuse to give up on these guys. Some of them are bustin their a$$ trying to make it work. I’ve got to take the good w/the bad gang. Love em, Losers and/or Winners. They’ll get it done…Maybe later than sooner, but they’ll get it done.

WHAT IS PAST IS PROLOGUE

by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Jun 9, 2008 3:38 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs