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Fat But Good: Mets 4, Braves 3

When a team struggles early on as the Mets have, you take your victories -- both literally and figuratively -- where you can. A few days have come and gone since the Mets decided -- for better or worse -- not to trade David Wright, and they've put together a decent string of games, taking three-of-four from the Phillies and Braves. Johan Santana didn't start any of those games, either, so it's especially encouraging to see the rest of the rotation making meaningful contributions to the cause.

As for this game, the Mets' shitty defense tried to give the game away at the end but they just had too much collective grit and passion -- grission, I call it -- to let this one slip through their leaden hands. I try not to overreact when players eff up defensively, because until my dream of watching two squads of automatons duke it out for baseball supremacy is eventually realized, we have to make do with fallable human players who make mistakes. Tonight, Luis Castillo botched a pedestrian groundball in the eighth inning that wound up not mattering much, and Carlos Delgado dropped a routine popup to prolong the ninth inning, ultimately allowing two unearned runs to score and the tying run to reach third with Chipper Jones at the bat. I was actually kind of astonished that, following this defensive fustercluck, Ryan Church didn't use two hands to catch Jones's game-ending flyout to right. I understand that catching one-handed is the way he does things, but I thought that this situation called for a touch of protective overindulgence. Maybe I just needed it.

Ramon Castro picked up three hits and is now slashing .286/.348/.476, so if he is ever pinch-hit for by Omir Santos again I'll feel sorry for anyone sitting within punching distance of me.

It's good to see Wright coming around with the bat, but it's too bad that Church and Delgado are no longer hitting (Delgado's two hits tonight notwithstanding). Delgado has just 13 OPS points on Castillo right now, and Church is trailing slappy by almost 60 points. Both trail Castillo in wOBA by healthy margins. Delgado is the bigger concern because he might be injured all year and the Mets were actually counting on him to provide a big bat in the middle of the lineup. If they felt otherwise they might have paid a little more attention to someone like Adam Dunn over the Winter (currently rocking a splendiferous .449 wOBA). But you can't put crap back in the donkey, so the Mets are stuck with Delgado, pain and all. I am by no means closing the book on him; he could very well regain his early-season stroke and have a solid year before all is said. We'll certainly hope so.

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Big winners: Livan Hernandez, +29.3% WPA, J.J. Putz, +14.6% WPA
Big losers: Ryan Church, -9.7% WPA, Carlos Delgado, -2.0% WPA
Teh aw3s0mest play: Larry flyout to end the game, +20.6% WPA
Teh sux0rest play: Prado RBI double in seventh, -17.4% WPA
Total pitcher WPA: +52.3% WPA
Total batter WPA: -2.3% WPA
GWRBI!: Carlos Delgado

Game Thread Roll Call

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

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1 future 237
2 JohnPeterson 91
3 Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright 91
4 squid92 74
5 pingel 61
6 jasondg 53
7 All Shook Down 47
8 JADDENHOPKINS 45
9 GenJackRipper 44
10 Prince 36

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Ramon Castro picked up three hits and is now slashing .286/.348/.476, so if he is ever pinch-hit for by Omir Santos again I’ll feel sorry for anyone sitting within punching distance of me.

I have a feeling if this happens, people in New York will be able to hear the incredibly rare sound of a few million faces simultaneously colliding with a few million palms.

"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet

What a fool I was to defy him"

-HST

by Meddler on May 6, 2009 1:22 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I just noticed your icon

Meddler, that Pink Floyd-New york Mets image is awesome.

"The people of Houston are spending money like oil's selling at $40 a barrel."

by IanB in MD on May 6, 2009 7:14 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah I felt I was overdue for an avatar here

And like I told soko, can’t beat Mets and Floyd.

"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet

What a fool I was to defy him"

-HST

by Meddler on May 6, 2009 9:22 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Floyd is phenom

Don’t hesitate to check out The Machine, a terrific PF tribute band, if they’re ever in your area (they play in and around NYC all the time).

by Eric Simon on May 6, 2009 9:26 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

+1

I’ve seen them more times than I can count, it was awesome back when they used to play at the Wetlands, not as big a fan of BB Kings though so I haven’t been in a while. But some friends and I had been talking about going next time they swing through.

"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet

What a fool I was to defy him"

-HST

by Meddler on May 6, 2009 9:39 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

We were at the last ever Machine show

at the Wetlands some ten years ago. They played until like four in the morning. It turned out not to be the last show ever, which is fine, though disingenuous.

I saw them a bunch of times there, and a bunch more at The Chance in Poughkeepsie. Random factoid: the guitar player/singer is actually my friend’s cousin.

by Eric Simon on May 6, 2009 9:54 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yup I remember that

I was there too, and from there on was always disappointed when BB Kings would cut their encores short after an hour or so lol.

Also, Joe rocks, he’d always take time to chat with us before/after shows once he started recognizing us at every show. He was either really friendly or just enjoyed all the pretty girls we’d go with. I remember once we went to a show on a Circle Line tour boat. They were doing two shows and the power cut out during the first one, so he personally gave us all free passes to the second one. Good guy.

"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet

What a fool I was to defy him"

-HST

by Meddler on May 6, 2009 10:02 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Aww man

I missed that “Symphony Space” show, I remember noticing that a while back but I completely forgot, I wanted to check that out.

"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet

What a fool I was to defy him"

-HST

by Meddler on May 6, 2009 9:41 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

so are you saying the performances of the mets and pink floyd

are two things you have to be high to enjoy?

I.M. Forme
"When you get yourself into trouble is when you feel you have to do something, and then you get yourself in trouble." --Omar Minaya

by itsmetsforme on May 6, 2009 1:47 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Lol I'm not sure if I implied that at any point

"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet

What a fool I was to defy him"

-HST

by Meddler on May 6, 2009 3:42 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I mean, you don't HAVE to be lol

Seriously though, drugs are bad ;).

"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet

What a fool I was to defy him"

-HST

by Meddler on May 6, 2009 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Just out of curiousity

Is that intended as a humorous quip to my adding lots of things traditionally associated with being high (Floyd, Thomson quote) to my profile? Or is it intended as a jab because you didn’t like my arguments in the discussion about the FAFIF article last week? I’m legitimately curious, no ill will intended. Just like to know where I stand.

"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet

What a fool I was to defy him"

-HST

by Meddler on May 6, 2009 5:21 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ouch

I’m off to a great start in the May Swag contest – miss 3 of the first 4 games, and then score a 21 tonight. Still, I’ll take it for the Mets to win.

"This is the beauty of baseball. In basketball, at the end of the game, you want to put the ball in your best scorer's hands. But in baseball, it's up to a rookie like McGlinchy and a journeyman like Franco with the entire season on the line. Baseball history is dotted with names like Al Weis and Brian Doyle, men who have taken their name out of the agate type and placed it into the headlines, because it was simply their time."

by cjmulrain on May 6, 2009 1:29 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Im off to a slow start myself

But I filled out a form for every game – even the rain out, so my average looks worse than it really is.

"The people of Houston are spending money like oil's selling at $40 a barrel."

by IanB in MD on May 6, 2009 7:13 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nice editing, Sam

'Oh yes, I know all about that duty-of-a-citizen stuff. It doesn't go. There are exceptions to every rule, and this was one of them. When a man risks his liberty to come and root at a ball-game, you've got to hand it to him. He isn't a crook. He's a fan.'

by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on May 6, 2009 8:19 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Go Mets! Die Braves!

"The people of Houston are spending money like oil's selling at $40 a barrel."

by IanB in MD on May 6, 2009 8:45 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Eff yeah, baby!

thats what im talkin about.

HELLO HELLO MR WILPON. WE WANT THE MANSION NOT THE CONDO.

by kendynamo on May 6, 2009 10:54 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

why is there TV static behind delgado's head?

is that picture taken from some pixelated future, where injury prone first-baseman are obsolete?

by englishgrey on May 6, 2009 8:46 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

On the other hand...

as annoying and infuriating as those errors were, it was nice to see Frankie get Larry to end the game.

by JoshNY on May 6, 2009 8:47 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Hell yeah!

I was getting ready to cut myself, but Larry got out. He does not have the mojo anymore.

"The people of Houston are spending money like oil's selling at $40 a barrel."

by IanB in MD on May 6, 2009 8:48 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

future
until my dream of watching two squads of automatons duke it out for baseball supremacy is eventually realized, we have to make do with fallable human players who make mistakes

think pujols will be allowed to play?

by englishgrey on May 6, 2009 8:47 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

wow, taking a series at the Ted?

The Mets went 3-1 on a road trip against their two most important rivals for divisional supremacy (no, the Marlins aren’t going to last). I’ll take that any day of the week.

We just have to hope that the Mets play better ball against Atlanta than they did last year and that the Braves don’t roll over and die for the Phillies either. The early season results for both are encouraging.

2009 Mets: maybe its the Phillies turn to have a terrible bullpen?

by Greenpoint Ian on May 6, 2009 10:04 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Exactly

It’s only two games, but it is the Mets’ first series sweep of the year. That’s a plus.

"The people of Houston are spending money like oil's selling at $40 a barrel."

by IanB in MD on May 6, 2009 11:45 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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