Mets moments of 2009

" In a season of decline, the Mets lost: • More games than they had in any season since 2003 • A player to an ankle injury suffered on the dugout steps • A run when a player didn't touch third base • Twice on walk-off grand slams • Three straight games to the Nationals • Fly balls in the twilight • Five of six games against the Yankees • The middle of their batting order • Fly balls in the lights • A game when a former Gold Glove winner dropped a 27th-out popup • Runs and baserunners when players didn't slide • 41 times in their last 62 games (PLEASE update to reflect the final 3 games) • Fly balls in the sun • Most of their starting rotation to injury • A game when they hit into a ninth-inning triple play • Three straight to the Pirates "

from Mets.com

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i feel like there were a lot more horrific failures than this

tryin to remember some of them.

by KeithsMoustache on Oct 5, 2009 10:46 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

yeah, we, the true fans, should add to this list.

this came from Mets.com, so you know it’s watered down.

here is one: we lost a game because the bullpen catcher pinch hit.

by fxcarden on Oct 5, 2009 10:47 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

didnt we essentially lose on a balk at some point too?

and i feel like there were a few game winning walks against us as well.

by KeithsMoustache on Oct 5, 2009 10:54 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

yeah balk was opener at citi wasn't it

now that i think about it

by KeithsMoustache on Oct 5, 2009 10:55 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

also big pelfs 3x balk game

by KeithsMoustache on Oct 5, 2009 10:57 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

he fell off the mound during the opener, and then balked later on.

by fxcarden on Oct 5, 2009 11:05 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

That second balk

was the play where Eckstein all hopped up and down and pointed at the mound, and Ronnie started sending him flowers and hotel room keys from the booth.

"He's definitely mixing it into his repertoire. That's French for 'repertoire' " - Keith Hernandez

by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Oct 5, 2009 11:16 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yes.

But to be fair, the signature moment of Pelfrey’s year was falling off mound.

by fxcarden on Oct 5, 2009 11:18 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wait

I stand corrected — the balk with Eckstein was Feliciano, not Pelfrey. That was also the game where Mujica got the win for throwing 1 pitch.

Hell, that might have been the signature game of the year, all things considered. Not as blatantly horrible as the Yankees or Dodgers games, but just a total farce.

"He's definitely mixing it into his repertoire. That's French for 'repertoire' " - Keith Hernandez

by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Oct 5, 2009 11:27 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

so many excellent choices for most Mets-like game of the year

by KeithsMoustache on Oct 5, 2009 12:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

No, that Dodgers game is the signature game of 2009

Everything that could have gone wrong somehow did. We went from winning 3-2 to losing 3-2 in a span of minutes when:
1. Ryan Church missed 3rd base, negating the go-ahead run
2. Pagan and Beltran miscommunicated and the fly dropped in between them
3. Jeremy Reed, playing 1B for the 2nd time in his career, threw wide of the catcher on an easy force out.

Guys playing out of position, stupid mistakes, snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, and painful losses. Yep, that’s the 2009 Mets.

by BobbyV_Incognito on Oct 5, 2009 12:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'll stick with my selection

If only because, at the time of that home opener, there was still hope and optimism for the season. Then everything went to hell. That sums up how I look back at this season.

But, hey, there is certainly room for more than one shitty 2009 Mets game to sum up the season. Yay!

"He's definitely mixing it into his repertoire. That's French for 'repertoire' " - Keith Hernandez

by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Oct 5, 2009 12:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

that might be the defining game of the year

but the play that defines the season is without a doubt Castillo’s dropped pop up.

"[The Giants] beat us down. We were beat by a grown-man team, a team we want to be like one day. They came in here and took it to us. Out-manned us, out-gunned us. ... It wasn't even close." - Raheem Morris, 9/27/09

by cjmulrain on Oct 6, 2009 12:39 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs