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Rock Bottom: Astros 4, Mets 0

Wow. Nothing good to say, really. Eddie Kunz pitched a scoreless inning in his big league debut, so that was nice. The Mets' offense actually did a solid job of getting on base and and a downright pitiful job of getting those runners in. Eleven runners left on base as a team; twenty-four left on individually. Twenty-four! The Mets' top four hitters reached base ten times and had zero runs to show for it.

The Mets went 1-5 on their road trip through Florida and Houston and are just 7-9 since the All-Star break. They've gone from first place to third in that time, and the bullpen has completely fallen apart. As I write this, the Phillies just took a 5-2 lead over the Cardinals and are a couple of innings away from a three-game lead over the Mets.

Happy off-day!

Big winners: Carlos Delgado, +10.2% WPA
Big losers: Everybody else
Teh aw3s0mest play: Nothing, who cares
Teh sux0rest play: Pence RBI double in fourth, -10.4% WPA
Total pitcher WPA: -13.6%
Total batter WPA: -36.4%


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Nice job by BobbyV_Incognito; his effort in the game thread embiggens us all.

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BobbyV_Incognito 13
Prince 10
anonymous 5
DoctorK16 1
LOUtheMETfan 1
brownbuddha 1
kingcritical 1

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Wow

That’s quite a picture.

by Blackfish on Aug 3, 2008 11:17 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I hate to be the pessimist but...

I think it’s safe to say that the METS season is unofficially over.

Maine to the DL and Wagner getting another MRI? Truly, why should we have any reasonable expectation of the a post season?

I think the most interesting time for the METS will be the off season.

"OVER A BILLION SERVED" ;-)

by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Aug 4, 2008 2:09 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I wouldn’t say it’s over. they have plenty of time to come back, they are only 3 games out. they need a spark.

The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot is me.

by sireric on Aug 4, 2008 6:59 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

spark?

they need a BULLPEN

"OVER A BILLION SERVED" ;-)

by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Aug 5, 2008 8:02 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

The Bullpen is a problem, but they can still win with what they’ve got in there. Those are the same faces they had in there when they won 10 in a row.

The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot is me.

by sireric on Aug 5, 2008 8:49 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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