Open Thread - Game 139: Mets vs Brewers

don’t know anything about the guy.

besides, i’m worn out from blogging last night on Rocky Top Talk. University of Tennessee versus UCLA last night in college football. (I’m from Knoxville, TN so I was pretty bummed at the outcome). There were a total of over 1100 posts last night (I’m sure you can imagine where a great deal of them came from).

good luck tonight.

Show the kid some support in his first outing, and win this series tonight.

Looking forward to seeing this kid slinging tonight and hoping he does alright against the 8,000 righties in the Brewers’ line-up. Let’s Go Mets!

and goodbye. I’m at school, and no one will have wireless until Saturday. So good luck and be thankful that you’re able to watch the game. Go Niese!!!

I always thought it was `neese`, but some unspeakably horrible headline the other day assumed a `nice` pronunciation.

I get home from school and the game is just beginning.

At least the Mets weren’t counting on him to anchor the rotation this year.

Nice way to finish it off. Let’s hope he can stay settled down for a few innings.

Atta boy Tatis!

That the Devil waits one more month before claiming Tatis’ soul

Way to go Evans!

Nice catch, rook.

The Mets are going to need a lot more than 2 runs tonight.

totally un-clutch!

That’s awesome.

Haven’t been around in a while, just wanted to say that Beltran is proving how unclutch he is, they already had a one run lead, alright later guys.

Hes got a nice fastball. Good velocity for a lefty. He seems to hang back on his pitches and tends to leave them up. When he throws his change up he’s definately telegraphing it. You can tell by his arm speed. When hes throwing the change up its like hes trying to throw a ten pound grenade. His curve has some nasty bite. Wish he would work that pitch in some more. In my opinion I think it has the makings of a plus pitch.

He works both sides of the plate to both lefties and righties. If I were a to project where he might end up Id have to say that he appears (to my untrained eye) to be a possible number three pitcher with some above average years. I think he’s definately someone who will be part of our long term future. What do you guys think about the kid so far?

The Mets are going to have three 100-RBI guys this year. At the break I didn’t think Delgado was gonna do it, and that Beltran only had an OK chance. This is good stuff I say!

Cancel does not = scoring threat.

why was Cancel stealing there? I guess the only positive is that Jose leads off the top of the next inning

Who missed the sign?

I don’t mind that Cancel got thrown out since Reyes will lead off. But, “runs well for a big man/catcher” or not that was horrific.

But, y’know, that hit scores two. Ah well.

Like I said, we’re gonna need a lot more than 2 runs. I think they’re gonna need more than 5.

So does this mean the Brewers are adjusting?

just who we want to see: Hardy, Braun, Fielder, Hart, etc.

Crap dammit.

Let’s have prospects make their MLB debuts against shit teams like Washington.

Look on the bright side: if this wasn’t September, Brian Stokes would be coming in for his 7th straight day of work right now.

but Im actually pleased with how he threw the ball… He looked good the first two times thru the order. Not special or dominant but someone who can take this experience and build upon it. Actually Id like to see Parnell tonite too….

That when the Mets face a rookie making their Major League debut, they seem to make him look like Sandy Koufax. Yet when a Met pitcher makes their debut they seem to get rocked.

Does anyone else notice this trend?

Beltran. And what was Delgado doing trying to kick that ball?

C’mon Corey, at least hit a GS and make me shut the TV off. Nice throw by Carlos.

that’s how you make a tag play at the plate

Nice little block by robinson (family) cancel.
Hope he didn’t hurt his basestealing ankle!!

I hope BS is taking notes

Okay lets get the bats going again

Was that a swag contest question tonight? I didn’t get a chance to enter

13-12 in the 6th. is this game headed in that direction?

Now the hits have dried up. Sad, sad, sad.

Dude’s got hell of stick, apparently.

Nice play by Evans again

whew.

Oh for fuck’s sake . . . SNY attracts the worst advertisers.

Well, at least gone to first base. That’s cool.

IT’S MOTA TIME!!

I want him drug tested!

Rock this beeyotch, Mets.

you have to like our chances!

Thanks a lot Tatis.

That was more outs than Mota recorded for us all September last year.

fucking crap-ass piece of crap crap.

two on and none out against mota?

if i wanted to rip my eyes out, i’d watch the republican national convention.

Not bringing in a lefty pinch hitter to face Mota, in Spetember, when you have a hundred players on the bench. That’s some managing.

Which sausage did Randall Simon hit with his bat?

I wish Piazza strangled you years ago.

and you don’t capitalize, there will be repercussions!

Fuck you for pitching so damn competently now, as opposed to the way you pitched for most of your tenure with the Mets.

Sincerely,
Claude Cattermole Potter-Pirbright.

even better than Mota is the roided quebecois!

Making incompetent pitchers look competent . . . nice work, lads.

“Falcons and Dolphins tied at 14”

Late inning defense!

It was close, but I think he was out.

(That sounds weird)

Now let’s score some fucking runs

I just don’t think this is our night.

c’mon mets!

DTV premium package and their still showing the movies; Bad Boys (Will Smith, Martin Lawrence) and The Rookie (Clint Eastwood, Charlie Sheen)

Works like a charm!

4-6-3 bitches.

And that’s was an enormous out at first base for sure.

As (fill in Met reliever name)’s worst critic, I must admit that I am not as utterly unhappy with their performance as I usually am. So far. Keep up the good work,
Toodles,
I.M. Forme

Did you see the Verizon commercial?

Ridiculous, but that’s the game in September, I guess.

RUNS, please!

Whatta play!

cmon kid!

coming through with the lead-off hit.

Still not loving the nick-name but it don’t matter as long as he keeps on hitting.

Good base-running, too!

RISP

To bunt with Reyes

Nice out, fool!

awesome.

Well, time for Ayala to shut it down, I guess.

don’t try w/the bat or anything

A one-run lead against a team that hits a ton of bombs.

He did not appear to bust it out of the box (against an error prone defense) neither

Shut ’em down.

That 1-2 pitch was right on. Thankfully, it cost nothing.

NICE K!

all of these brewers are some hefty mefies aren’t they?

they really ought to list the player’s weights along with stats for brewers

Come on Ayala, one more out.

That was a BIG double. C’mon, Luis . . .

the Hebrew Hammer

He fucked us up in April

dig deep son

we’ve gotta get him out of there ASAP

if he knows he can’t throw his best stuff because he’s injured he should take himself out.

get him out of there

he’s gonna hurt himself even worse. this ain’t football!

angels / red sox 1986

the guy angels (pitcher) never lived it down

I love meaningful games in September.

Fuck yeah!

But leaving Ayala in there was a bad decision

thinking like this. i don’t want to hear about gutty performance.

completely stupid.

Good thing Ricky Weeks got himself out cause Ayala sure couldn’t.

but this was just dumb

Took at least 2 of 3 from Milwaukee. Successful road trip. The pressure is on Philadelphia.

They have a lousy pen and so do we, but their defense is dreadful. Plus, they always run the risk of losing a star to heart failure in the next month.