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It Almost Happened Again: Mets 6, Padres 5

A win's a win, and with the Marlins on the verge of beating the Phillies the Mets will actually be only two games back despite all of the recent bullpen drama. Mike Pelfrey gave up two more homeruns -- both solo shots -- and has given up five homeruns in his last three starts but just nine on the year. Let's hope this is just a blip. His groundball rate was otherwise fine (12-5), so maybe the homeruns are a fluke.

Big winners: Fernando Tatis, +47.1% WPA, Pedro Feliciano, +9.3% WPA
Big losers: David Wright, -11.4% WPA, Jose Reyes, -9.3% WPA
Teh aw3s0mest play: Tatis three-run bomb, +36.4% WPA
Teh sux0rest play: Adrian Gonzalez homerun, -16.6% WPA
Total pitcher WPA: +19.1%
Total batter WPA: +30.9%


Game Thread Roll Call

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

Name # of Posts
BobbyV_Incognito 59
JoshNY 32
Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright 32
Prince 26
itsmetsforme 25
Simons 12
mmxii 3
anonymous 3
DoctorK16 2
LOUtheMETfan 2
kendynamo 2
kingcritical 2
gogomets 1

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tonight i enjoyed good company, wings and beer...

AND I DID NOT WATCH THE METS GAME.

But you bet your ass I checked the box score as soon as I got back. W/relief I saw a “W” in the win column but then….I saw…the 3 runs given up in the 9th.

...Heilman. Does this guy have anyone on the METS ballclub that likes him? That hangs out w/him? He’s approaching Mitch “Wildman” Williams territory people. What is it w/this guy? Someone. Anyone. What is wrong w/this guy? I’m not trying to be funny. He needs to be released. He is of no value. Ladies and gentlemen…He sucks.

I read some of the post(s) towards he end of the game and even though we’ve been through this a number of times so far, people were duped into believing in this guy again. Forgive me, but the guy does not deserve anymore opportunities. He needs to be the last resort.

"OVER A BILLION SERVED" ;-)

by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Aug 5, 2008 11:00 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Release Heilman?

No way. The guy still has value, even if he’s going through a downswing. To be fair, Jerry should never have asked him to close the game. Given how he’s pitched lately, (and how much he’s been used all season) Heilman should have just gotten the night off, and Kunz, who is the only guy in the pen right now with closing experience, should have gotten the call. Instead, he was the “in case Show can’t get one lousy out” guy.

by BobbyV_Incognito on Aug 5, 2008 11:53 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Exactly

Heilman could benefit from a few days off given how much he’s been out there lately. And in no way should he be closing.

'Catsmeat!' he cried. 'I see it all. It was that chump, Catsmeat.'

by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Aug 6, 2008 8:03 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Heilman

Let’s bear in mind that after the leadoff walk he got a popup that should’ve been an out if Beltran and the Reyeses hadn’t had their heads up their collective ass, and then a ground ball that should’ve been a double play. We all know what they say about giving major league teams extra outs.

Lou : Heilman :: ZaBlanc : Beltran

by JoshNY on Aug 6, 2008 10:30 AM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I refuse to give Heilman a pass...

regardless of the defense. the guy has no velocity and he is the epitome of “unclutch” followed closely by Mr. Beltran

"OVER A BILLION SERVED" ;-)

by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Aug 6, 2008 10:41 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

jeez, enough with the "clutch" stuff

Ninety-five per cent of the time when people use the word “clutch” around these parts, it’s a joke. Get with the program.

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

by kingcritical on Aug 6, 2008 10:50 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

what the clutch?

Maybe I’m just looking for new things to discuss with my coffee-clutch, but I’ve been clutching my good-luck charms in hopes that the Mets can finally drop the clutch and throw this season into a higher gear, and I still haven’t seen the clutch of examples you seem to have of people joking about such a serious matter as clutch baseball. Clutch baseball is no laughing matter.

by anonymous on Aug 6, 2008 11:11 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

nice work on all those examples

But I’m pretty sure it’s coffee klatch.

Close enough, though!

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

by kingcritical on Aug 6, 2008 11:35 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

yeah, that was a stretch

Half credit for near-homophones, I guess. Just trying to push the percentage up to the required 95%.

by anonymous on Aug 6, 2008 11:40 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Velocity

Average fastball speed:

Wagner: 94.5
Heilman: 93.2
Pelfrey: 93
Maine: 92.3
Santana: 91.2
Perez: 90.8
Muniz: 90.4
Sanchez: 89.6
Smith: 89.3
Schoeneweis: 88.9
Martinez: 88.6
Feliciano: 86.6

by Eric Simon on Aug 6, 2008 10:51 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

wow santana's speed has really dropped off

interesting. so has ollie’s, but maybe he’s trying to throw it within 10 feet of the strike zone

by gogomets on Aug 6, 2008 11:24 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i can only laugh

thank you for the effort – Heilman’s velocity. Well, o.k. So, let’s talk about his command. You got some stats for that? The guy just sucks. (Another anecdotal comment from LOUtheMETfan) I’m exhausted just discussing the guy.

"OVER A BILLION SERVED" ;-)

by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Aug 6, 2008 4:28 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

To be fair, Josh

I think it’s more like this -

Lou : The Mets bullpen :: ZaBlanc : Beltran.

I feel like Lou is pretty vocal about the current bullpen as a team, even if Heils gets the brunt of it.

'Catsmeat!' he cried. 'I see it all. It was that chump, Catsmeat.'

by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Aug 6, 2008 10:50 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Complete this analogy, please

Lou : Google images :: __ : ___

'Catsmeat!' he cried. 'I see it all. It was that chump, Catsmeat.'

by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Aug 6, 2008 12:06 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Richard Pryor : cocaine

They both get some funny material out of it once in a while, but ultimately it’s a destructive addiction.

by anonymous on Aug 6, 2008 3:05 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Winner!

Nice one.

'Catsmeat!' he cried. 'I see it all. It was that chump, Catsmeat.'

by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Aug 6, 2008 3:31 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I wish

anonymous is a far better writer than I could ever hope to be.

by Eric Simon on Aug 6, 2008 5:55 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

you're too modest

There’s only one real reason Eric couldn’t be my sockpuppet, and it’s not writing, it’s that he’s already got one—anyone who could assume “erik from the bx” as his alter ego could write anything.

by anonymous on Aug 6, 2008 6:45 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm sure I have no idea what you're talking about

Who’s this “erik from the bx’ person you speak of? Sounds like a stand-up dude.

by Eric Simon on Aug 7, 2008 8:37 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

if only mole-power

translated into clutchness. belty belts is still my hero.

by kendynamo on Aug 6, 2008 2:26 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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