Nothing Doing: Cardinals 5, Mets 2

at least O’Day gave up the game-losing hit tonight for Texas.

Insanity = doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. So I understand the changes. And the Mets do look lethargic. But all the lineup changes in the world will not fix what’s wrong with the starting pitching. Warthen needs to find some magic fast. And Cora is a severe downgrade over Castillo, so that one is a bit odd, as others have stated.

This was probably mentioned in the game thread but I wanna make a point: So Murphy was getting killed all day in various forums about his defense. Radio, print, online you name it. Fast forward to the 3rd inning with one out with the pitcher on second, Rasmus on first with Pujols batting. Pujols laces a ground ball through the 5-6 hole and it is fielded by murphy and he comes up throwing to home plate, with the pitcher running home. The throw was on the money, even takes that one hop that you’re taught to do when throwing home. The ball beat him to the plate—except Castro is behind the plate and allows the pitcher to walk in. 2-1 cards

First off, why the hell is Castro not blocking the plate? The throw was on line if he was blocking the plate, we’d be talking about how murphy answered his critics for one night by getting an assist and that he actually has an arm and so forth. That 2-1 score with one out turns to 1-1 with 2 outs and Maine gets the next guy so now its 1-1 going into the bottom 3rd instead of 3-1.

Second, let’s ignore the score and the situation just for a moment. Everyone on this team knows that Murph’s getting killed about his defense. (Murph was in plain sight for a long time (40 mins?) talking to reporters after that game). Good teams pick each other up in tough times. So, at this point, Castro should be doing everything in his power to make a play for his teammate. Just a rough play for Castro all around.

is teh sux0r

yeah, that’s the ticket, Jerry!