Open Thread: Mets vs Phillies
by Eric Simon on May 6, 2009 6:02 PM EDT
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just a quick question about the swag contest
eric can you check if my entry was recieved cuz i tried doing it last time with another game and i wasnt even in the standings. for my username i put LEFTY120491 and for my email i put the email that i have on my account for SB Nation.
You were born in 1991?
Dag. Im not even old and that makes me feel old. I was in the 11th grade.
"The people of Houston are spending money like oil's selling at $40 a barrel."
According to the standings
I’ve only participated in one game and have 10 points. I may not have accumulated many more points than that, but I know I’ve filled out the entry for almost every game if not every game this month.
Let's see more grission out there tonight!
Great word.
Let’s Go Mets!
'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 6:03 PM EDT reply actions
Grisson is good
Let’s Go the Mets with Grisson!
"The people of Houston are spending money like oil's selling at $40 a barrel."
I'd rather...
him than Grissom. He stole the ’96 stolen base title from Lance Johnson.
Won't be here for at least the first half of the game
I have a concert tonight. Good looking out!
"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw
Lets get it done
Go Cy-tana.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
We really need to make that a word
Grission- we should spread the meaning. As much as possible. Rallying cry!
You mean no Putz and no K-Rod?
I doubt it. I believe at least one of them will be able to go tonight.
Johan should just throw a perfect game though.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Yeah my bad!
Putz pitched 3 straight and K-Rod 2 straight games so I don’t know how Manuel is gonna play it
I don't know what will happen
But let’s hope that we’re ahead enough it doesn’t matter who closes out the game.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
This is a game
That the Mets simply have to win. Santana is pitching and…well…Park is pitching. There’s really no excuse if they lose tonight.
Tonight should be a good test
for the “offense shuts it down when Johan’s on the mound” theory. So far he’s been lined up against other aces. Tonight, well, not so much.
"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."
Well
With Alex Cora hitting second yet again, Jerry’s trying his hardest to prove that theory. Yeah, yeah, I know he’s been good, but seriously, he’s Alex Cora, there’s only so much you’re gonna get. Believe me, I want him to keep trying to shut me up on this, but, well, I just don’t see it yet.
"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet
What a fool I was to defy him"
-HST
by Mark Himmelstein on May 6, 2009 7:04 PM EDT up reply actions
That's one thing that drives me nuts with Jerry
Cora really has no business hitting 2nd in the order.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Can we support him until he doesn't produce?
So far he has produced in every single game he’s played and has been a good pinch hitter
Absolutely
I support Cora, he’s been great, I just don’t think he should hit second, and that’s on Jerry.
"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet
What a fool I was to defy him"
-HST
by Mark Himmelstein on May 6, 2009 7:07 PM EDT up reply actions
He's still not a guy who should be hitting second in the order
With Reyes lately, it’s almost like Beltran will be batting with two outs all night.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
But
Cora is not an automatic out. I mean if he had been putrid up to this point then I agree but Cora has hit well and is patient at the plate.
lets go king johan
make the phills look like fools
by JADDENHOPKINS on May 6, 2009 7:05 PM EDT reply actions
For some reason
I’ve had Frank Stallone’s “Far From Over” stuck in my head for the last half-hour or so. Somebody kill me.
'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 7:07 PM EDT reply actions
I'm sorry?
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
What is this Utley? Another rendition of grease?
Is that Dapper Dan or Fopp in your hair? Ya bum!!!
by OVERALLSPORTSFAN on May 6, 2009 7:11 PM EDT reply actions
Church
needs a day off, he’s really been struggling at the plate. Surprised that Reed is in RF.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Nice K
Nice pitch.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
wait
did I see correctly, Wright is batting 6th now?
"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."
whew
"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."
Wright is hitting 5th.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Alex Cora uses two hands
That is mad sexy fundamentals.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Lineup
Reyes-S
Cora-L
Beltran-S
Delgado-L
Wright-R
Murphy-L
Reed-L
Santos-R
Santana-L
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
For those who have not seen it before.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
remember when Rollins said he was gonna bat .400 this month?
Right now his slugging % for May is .278. I know it’s early, but it’s still awesome.
"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."
Come on Johan, no playing with this guy
Just strike Utley out.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Darn, lost him.
Now we have to face Howard. Howard owns Santana. For some reason.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Alright 0-2 count
Now put this away.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
How does Howard see the ball so well out of Johan's hand
Yet can’t see any other lefties?
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Niiiice
K.
'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 7:19 PM EDT reply actions
STRUCK HIM OUT
Siddown.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
That's why Im glad I cant get the mets on tv
No freaking out when they cut to the dugout to watch Jerry “think”
"The people of Houston are spending money like oil's selling at $40 a barrel."
It's on ESPN tonight.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Joe Morgan?
Ungh. Maybe I’ll go to a bar where the sound will be off.
"The people of Houston are spending money like oil's selling at $40 a barrel."
No Joe Morgan
Orel Herscheiser and some no-name.
by OVERALLSPORTSFAN on May 6, 2009 7:25 PM EDT up reply actions
there are swearing rules?
fuuuuck. i didn’t know that.
'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 7:25 PM EDT up reply actions
haha
no i’m well aware that cursing is generally kosher around here. It’s yet another bonus over MetsBlog and it’s swear filter technology.
'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 7:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Mets that I don't feel great about but I'll always watch
Dub
El Professor
Maine
"The people of Houston are spending money like oil's selling at $40 a barrel."
Just remember:
Second base = second batter. It’s gangsta math.
'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 7:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Johan is the best pitcher in baseball?
I don’t know if that’s an empirical fact, Gary Apple, what with that fellow in Kansas City.
i'm willing to bet if Greinke had to bat, he wouldn't be so successful
he’s been pitching inside (dangerously) to batters and I’m willing to bet his butt would be getting plunked if he kept it up and had to bat. If that were the case he might not be so successful. My 2 cents.
by OVERALLSPORTSFAN on May 6, 2009 7:23 PM EDT up reply actions
But yeah.
The guy has some damn good “stuff”
by OVERALLSPORTSFAN on May 6, 2009 7:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Wow
Come on Jose, that was Ball 4.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
That was Ball 4 again.
How about some plate discipline.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Sigh
Reyes spit on walking twice.
To hit a groundball to Howard.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Darling just said Park is arguably the best South Korean starter to play in the ML
My Korean girlfriend’s reaction, what’s the argument, Park vs Koo.
Man, that's a short argument.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Mr. Koo!
Saw that crazy bastard score from second on a sacrifice bunt. Wildest thing Ive ever seen live.
"The people of Houston are spending money like oil's selling at $40 a barrel."
Also
Are you with me, Dr. Koo?
Are you really just a shadow of the man that I once knew?
Are you crazy, are you high, or just an ordinary guy?
"The people of Houston are spending money like oil's selling at $40 a barrel."
Nerd.
'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 7:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Whatever
It is my favorite song. Would have been my bad-day choice if the Mets had not signed Billy Wagner!
"The people of Houston are spending money like oil's selling at $40 a barrel."
oh wow
that’s a reference from much years ago.
'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 7:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah
My good-day-bad-day was the day after the Mets signed Wags. I mentioned it on the radio. Lammo had no idea what I was talking about.
Was working for Governor Cody at the time, too!
"The people of Houston are spending money like oil's selling at $40 a barrel."
He was probably all
“Does he bowl the googly?” and you were like “Shut up!”
I remember listening, but dang that was a long time ago. You made fun of Rush, which was great.
'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 7:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Followed
by “little things that happen in the game that you don’t see in the paper reference.”
(Ron)
He got the vapours during the last series, too
'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 7:26 PM EDT up reply actions
I hope that's sarcastic.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Cora does all of the little things right
like popping the ball up on the infield instead of lining a single to right.
He puts the "sitting on the bench" in "Fundamentals"
"The people of Houston are spending money like oil's selling at $40 a barrel."
Two at bats
Three times spitting on Ball 4.
Keep up the good work, HoJo.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
There's like 12
people at this game.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
And Park
gets bailed out by our stupid aggressiveness.
Nice inning, bats.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
How the hell has that stupid Subway commercial infiltrated my MLBtv?
I stopped watching TV just so I wouldn’t have to see that fake-amateur, fake-catchy, fake-viral “five dollar footlong” BS.
Nasty pitch to Werth
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
By the way
Whoever the PBP man is, he said, “Jayson Werth, HR threat.” Now he’s not a bad player and has a little bit of a penchant for beating us with “gritty” hits. But he has 61 fucking home runs for his career. Really?
Then everyone in baseball is basically a HR threat. Because you know, it could happen.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
lol @ Brett Favre
also I always randomly forget Santana is actually a Met. Sometimes I feel like we just have him on loan or something and eventually someone is going to come back to claim him.
Brett Favre needs to let it go
I know it’s hard to turn down that much money to play an awesome game, but it’s becoming sadder than Sylvester Stallone continuing to make Rocky and Rambo movies.
"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."
Does he realize how pathetic he's become?
He used to be loved by everyone (except me). Now he’s a tragic figure.
He totally doesn't.
The man is an ego-maniac.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Where the hell did that miss.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Off the plate
solid call.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Nice call by the umpire
It was a strike but usually the umpire doesn’t call it when the catcher has to reach for it.
How was that something that got “some of the plate,” Orel?
It was right down the fucking middle.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Yea it was right down the middle.
But I was already resigned to it being called a ball because of the reach.
Nasty pitch Johan.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
This just in:
Johan Santana is not bad.
'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 7:35 PM EDT reply actions
I love the tag with the glove with the ball in the other hand that Santos did.
Also, I want Ramon Castro to be in the lineup. Why can’t he also be in the lineup today. Why does Santos get to start over him? This makes me mad. Why can’t we get a manager who can put a rational lineup consisting of his best players every day?
b/c Johan is pitching
we don’t need to score runs when he starts. Apparently
"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."
We don't bother trying
it’s like offering the other team a handicap.
'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 7:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Johan's ERA for this start
-3.00
"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet
What a fool I was to defy him"
-HST
by Mark Himmelstein on May 6, 2009 7:38 PM EDT up reply actions
But Santos is GRITTY!
But in doing so, the entire bottom of the order is completely awful.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Santana makes me feel so good.
Kinda like when the NY Football Giants are playing on Sunday. You just smile and skip and jump around for no reason.
Look, nice plate discipline guys
Delgado swings at a pitch above his eyes
Who preps these guys? A moron?
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Debbie Downer
is the hitting coach for the NY Mets.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
4 pitch walk
Nice work DW.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
It is a little funny that
he can put Castillo in the 8 spot without blinking and put Cora 2nd.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Although actually I think cora is in the 2 hole because Murphy is struggling
Which I’m not sure how that would help Murphy but I imagine if Castillo was healthy he’d be in the 2 hole now too.
I'm not sure what that has to do with anything
And regardless it’s wrong, he was under .300 for a week. And had a 2 week long stretch where his ops dropped like .200 points. and he hit like one extra base hit.
I've never understood it
Why do managers have this obsession with putting bench players in the two hole? Especially back up MIs. I was looking at a box score from a few years ago. The top three hitters were Jose Valentin, Chris Woodward, and then Carlos Beltran. Makes no sense.
"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet
What a fool I was to defy him"
-HST
by Mark Himmelstein on May 6, 2009 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Again
Second baseman = second hitter. Couldn’t be simpler.
'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 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions
When Johan was on the Twins
I used to think he was a little overrated. Like, he the best pitcher in baseball, but being the best pitcher in baseball was slightly less impressive to me coming on the heels of the Maddux/Johnson/Clemens/Pedro era. Now, I take that back. Johan has been as impressive over his last 30 or so starts has been as impressive as any pitcher I’ve ever watched.
"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."
^^^
I like to like to repeat myself.
"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."
Maybe
a bunch of the guys in the line-up have the over on Park in the swag contest tonight. There, theory solved.
'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 7:41 PM EDT reply actions
crap.
blart.
'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 7:42 PM EDT reply actions
What the fuck was that
Was that the worst hit and run ever?
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
OR
just maybe, just maybe, the hit and run is a retarded move, especially with wet basepaths but Jerry refuses to realize it.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Yea...
Do you suppose the Mets make the worst use possible of their resources, or is there another team, perhaps the Reds or something, that is managed worse?
Not near a TV or radio
Was it really a botched hit and run? I f*cking hate hit-and-run.
by James Kannengieser on May 6, 2009 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't blame Murphy at all
he tried his best to comply with the hit part of the hit and run.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
He already has nine attempts?!
Jeez. He used to be so good at picking his spots. But this year he thinks he’s a speed demon.
Awful at bat for Murphy.
Park is not throwing strikes. This team refuses to make the pitcher throw their pitches to hit and continue to be overly aggressive.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
he went around?
and its the second inning gary. c’mon down about the mets not scoring
haha
calm down.* must learn to read before posting.
I knew what you were saying
and agree. Two innings is pretty early to declare that a team is “struggling to score runs”.
I want Johan to hit a homerun
and pitch a no-hitter. Literally win the game by himself.
"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."
like gallardo the other day
except for the no hitter part
Not banking on the first walk of Santos' career?
"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet
What a fool I was to defy him"
-HST
by Mark Himmelstein on May 6, 2009 7:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Lol no I would not
"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet
What a fool I was to defy him"
-HST
by Mark Himmelstein on May 6, 2009 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions
last time vs park
we rocked him.but because johan is pitching we feel the need not to score
by JADDENHOPKINS on May 6, 2009 7:45 PM EDT reply actions
I think if anything
the Mets are trying too hard to get hits, they’re pressing and they’re trying to get hits on balls that are quite frankly are unhittable.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Santana only walked Chan Ho Park
because it’s been to easy so far. He just wanted a little bit of a challenge.
Well
here comes a challenge.
'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 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions
one more out
with no damage. We got this
by dulciusEXasperis on May 6, 2009 7:50 PM EDT reply actions
Cora
using fundamentals.
'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 7:53 PM EDT reply actions
Jeremy Reed is from San Dimas?!
SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL RULES!
'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 7:57 PM EDT reply actions
what??? no runs in the 3rd???
What have you guys been doing over here, I count on you! Get me some runs, AA!
Hi all.
Let’s get some runs on this bum.
"But it's not over yet, everybody thinks it over, but if we can just get the Earth to reverse rotation...this thing can be played again. So there you go, New York Mets......motherf*ckers." - Jon Stewart
Wow an infield pop up
What a surprise.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Honestly, it makes me angry.
Castro is slugging like .500 and Santos of the career .650 minor league OPS gets half the starts.
hi all
i feel bad for johan. why does jerry give him the worst lineups?
This user is an idiot who doesn't know how to read.
Awful.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Ok, where did that one miss to Howard?
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
And that one too.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Too bad he's so darn gritty.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Siddown Howard.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Siddown Werth.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Been looking pretty smart
for taking the over in the Santana K’s for the swag contest.
Worthless Santos
That was awful.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
That's a passed ball all the way
Santos sucks.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
come on santos
castro would have caught that
by JADDENHOPKINS on May 6, 2009 8:08 PM EDT reply actions
If it's a passed ball
it still counts as a strikeout?
yes
it does
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
Johan es stupendo.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
It's not sarcastic. I don't hear any of the chatter.
I don’t live in NY and I don’t read the papers anymore.
Randolph and Manuel both hate Castro for some reason
by aparkermarshall on May 6, 2009 8:10 PM EDT up reply actions
He's not gritty enough?
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Is it because he's a joker?
And looks too big to be scrappy?
Honestly, I don’t get it. He’s a solid backstop and he slugs over .450 every year.
I can understand that
but what readily available catcher would do better? Definitely not Santos or even Schneider, really theres like 5-6 catchers in mlb who are better offensively.
We don't know if Santos is better or not but there is nothing wrong in
finding out by letting them play. One of them is gone when Schneider comes back so we may as well keep the better player
Santos is a 27 year old who's been in the minors his hole career
And has never hit at any level. why do we need to give him major league at bats to figure out he’s not going to hit?
Castro was actually a decent prospect
He was the 17th overall pick and pretty much tore up the minors before being called up.
Yea.
We KNOW that Santos is not as good a hitter as Castro. There is no “finding out.” That has already happened.
Its not all about being a good hitter...
Santos is faster, better defensively, calls a great game for the pitcher….
Castro is slow and only hits for power.
So far he has a .290 OBP with us
and had a .200 OBP with the orioles last year. So yeah I would say he doesn’t get on base enough for it to matter.
I'll give you faster
for whatever that’s worth (not a lot). You have no evidence of the other stuff. You have no evidence that Santos is AT ALL better defensively, let alone so much better defensively that it offsets how much better WE KNOW Castro is offensively than Castro.
Ass for calling a great game for the pitcher, how do you know that Santos does and Castro doesn’t? Do Met pitchers perform much worse when Castro catches? No.
Finally, hitting for power is a bad thing?
Did you cheer Santos when he hit that grand slam?
Does Santos not throw runners out better than Castro?
No, no he doesn't.
And of course I did. I am not saying I hate Omir Santos or want him to fail. I am saying that our manager is hurting our team by irrationally preferring the obviously inferior player.
How can you be serious?
Castro has a major-league track record as a solid defender and well above-average offensive catcher. Santos has a minor-league track record of sucking.
What where did the Red Sox come from.
And he’s not starting over Schneider because of his back would be my guess.
Red Sox? I have no idea what that means.
But as for the second part of your question, because our manager (and Randolph before him) use illusory and fantastical methods of value determination (i.e. gut and grit).
Castro is that good right!!! How come teams aren't beating the mets
door down for his career .730ops!!!!!
Castro batted .135 with a .260 SLG and a .492OPS
with the Marlins before he came to the Mets. What an great track record. But he got a shot to play and played well. My point is that there is nothing wrong with trying a player to see what he’s got. It WORKED for Ramon Castro didn’t it!
You're citing
a random sample of 108 plate appearances in the middle of Castro’s career? AFTER he already had a track record of slugging his whole minor league career, with a minor league OPS of .811? And comparing it to a guy who at 27 has a track record of suckitude and is now favored because he hit a grand slam recently?
Weak, dude.
Who cares what these players do in the minors?
Castro was a terrible major league player for years but the Mets had a catching need and he got a shot to play and played well beyond what his MLB numbers indicated he would. Again, with Schneider injured, there is no reason to NOT find out what Santos can do.
He's a catcher
There are 2 or 3 ML catchers who can be considered above-average offensively. For a catcher, he’s good offensively, and he’s the best defensive catcher we have.
Santos
is better than Castro at defense. One PB doesn’t change that.
Watching them play
I think Santos is better
Castro
has had a WAR of at least 1.2 every year since he started playing for us. And I agree with John; Santos has done nothing to prove that he’s as good a C as Castro.
Defense only
Overall, obviously Castro>Santos
nice play santana!
haha.
"But it's not over yet, everybody thinks it over, but if we can just get the Earth to reverse rotation...this thing can be played again. So there you go, New York Mets......motherf*ckers." - Jon Stewart
johan
can play soccer too?
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
Safe to say
that he’s the most talented person ever?
Wow, that was just awesome
"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet
What a fool I was to defy him"
-HST
by Mark Himmelstein on May 6, 2009 8:10 PM EDT reply actions
God Reyes has no idea what he is doing up there right now
He needs a day off in the worst way.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
man
that ball really died
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
my sig
is correct. damn jerry/cora.
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
That was as soft a line drive as you could hit.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Sigh
Are we really being no hit by Chan Ho fucking Park?
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
man
that was ball 4 to tron
this is sad
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
The one nice at bat this team has had is the four pitch walk for DW
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Which was quickly negated
by his fifth CS of the season.
I know I’m being negative, but there has not been anything to be positive about, aside from Johan’s continued brilliance.
That was a hit and run
so I’m still not blaming DW.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Wow
We are Chan Ho Park’s bitch (through four innings). Fun.
'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 8:15 PM EDT reply actions
why the fuck do we never get runs for johan
it’s chan fucking ho park.you would think we are facing someone great
by JADDENHOPKINS on May 6, 2009 8:16 PM EDT reply actions
Maybe that's what Jerry is doing
Hey guys who can actually hit, you can’t get it done for Johan so I am unloading the bench. See!
God our manager is a moron.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
okay
is johan serious?
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
Wow
just. Wow.
'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 PM EDT reply actions
Johan
why are you not throwing strikes to their god damn pitcher?
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
I know Jerry's lineup moves are perplexing
but lets be honest here – the big bats are still out there and aren’t doing anything. There’s no excuse for Reyes, Wright, Beltran, Murphy, Church, and Delgado to not do anything against Park. Cora and Santos are only 2 out of 9.
"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."
Nitpicking
Reed, not Church.
'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 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions
right
I’m only kinda/sorta following it. Forgot that one.
"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."
Yea, that's 1/3rd of the lineup
that Manuel has inexplicably decided to replace with inferior players.
So are you guys saying
If DW is in a slump you want Alex Cora to go up in his place? I mean, they’re both likely to fail if DW is in a slump, right?
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Cora is in the No. 2 hole
and the best backup infielder in baseball…He’s no David Wright, slump or not.
huh
how did what I say get interpreted to mean this? I want the big bats in the lineup, and I’d prefer to have Castillo and Castro out there, but blaming Jerry for not scoring tonight seems wrong considering it’s not like he benched Wright, Reyes, and Beltran or something.
"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."
Enough with this crying about CHP
Livan 6+ ERA Hernandez dominated the Braves yesterday, this is baseball, Koo can get hit a double off Horny Johnson and groundballs can go through Buckner’s legs. There’s no crying in baseball. This comment is for everyone, not singling you out rain.
I'm not bitching about Park
I’m bitching about the blame for Park dominating us being placed on Jerry for sitting Castillo and Castro. The big bats are out there tonight, so if we’re gonna blame anyone, it should be them*. Or just tip our caps to Park.
*when I say blame them, I simply mean for tonight, not for like all our struggles since 1962 or something.
"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."
I know, I just figured
I would write my comment in reply to a rational comment rather than a random one
What a surprise
Our catcher had no idea where that ball was.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
lolol
@ the laughter/applause for delgado
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
Umm no you idiot
They’re cheering him for catching that pop-up.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
like how hip tiped his hat to the crowd
classic lol
by dulciusEXasperis on May 6, 2009 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah it was.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
okay...
maybe johan knows he’s so good he won’t give up a run, so he’s just walking park to tire him out?
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
Delgado was just a little ahead of that one.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Chan Ho's a jerk
hope yer right.
'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 8:26 PM EDT up reply actions
lol
you guys will find this funny:
http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?content_id=4260641
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
wow
I had already forgotten about O’Day
"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."
way to take it carlos!
let’s score some runs now!
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
Bean Park!
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
and here comes...
the boos for wright
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
Awful no luck.
Broke his back.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
The Mets have to be the most unlucky team this year. I wonder what their team BABIP is
by aparkermarshall on May 6, 2009 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions
not just BABIP
I feel like they’ve had an inordinate amound of just foul line drives so far this year. They had like 8 against San Diego alone.
"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."
How the fuck is that a strike to Murphy
Even Johan hasn’t gotten that call.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Hammer!
Breakin’ up the no-no!
'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 8:28 PM EDT reply actions
No no
No mo!
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
woohoo!
no-no gone!
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
Nice hit Murphy.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
yeah! Murphy breaks up the no-hitter!
look forward to that phrase in the future!
Thank you Murphy.
I guess the “hot bat” of Raul couldn’t catch that ball.
Fail.
"But it's not over yet, everybody thinks it over, but if we can just get the Earth to reverse rotation...this thing can be played again. So there you go, New York Mets......motherf*ckers." - Jon Stewart
and now we have...
tatis? blastro?
wait…jeremy who?
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
How about that awesome D
by Ibanez.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
There's that BS high outside strike again.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
And now Reed has to swing at that.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Bah
'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 8:31 PM EDT reply actions
Dammit Reed
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Um, to win Johan Santana's start,
to beat the Phillies.
If you want to be an asshat about it, the fact that it is May is irrelevant. A May game is just as important as a September one.
If you treat games like this as very important games
you will have multiple heart attacks this season
Oh really?
I have never watched baseball before and don’t know what it is like to watch a full season. Thanks.
It was a change, low in the zone
kinda hard not to drive that in the ground. Especially when you haven’t started all season.
i hate
jerry manuel.
thanks for playing marlong anderson incarnate.
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
That was also Ball 4.
This Mets team isn’t interested in walking today, eh?
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
The called stike 2 was a ball too
You can’t trust your eyes with this ump, I think that was a factor as well
Have you seen this umps zone?
At all? If he didn’t swing and it was called a strike you’d be bitchin at him for that too.
Question:
what’s with the two two-game series this week? What’s the scheduling idea behind that?
'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 8:32 PM EDT reply actions
A computer does scheduling now
It used to be done by a husband and wife from upstate NY until a couple of years ago. Computers are wrong about everything esp. baseball.
makes sense.
'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 8:35 PM EDT up reply actions
This umpire?
30 games in the bigs last year. Basically a newbie. Hopefully he hasn’t gotten a full time job yet, because he’s been awful.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Nice hustle Murphy.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
yep
should be 1-1 right now.
'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 8:37 PM EDT up reply actions
heh yeah
“would be”.
'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 8:38 PM EDT up reply actions
that should work
'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 8:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Siddown Werth.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Johan is God
like, honestly, how is he that good?
wow
johan is amazing
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
Lets get some runs
Go bottom half of the order!
okay
santos single
santana sac
reyes triple
let’s do it
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
Not just that
But who do you really expect to pinch-hit and hit Cy Park?
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
89 pitches through six
shouldn’t be a pinch hitter
Remember when people were slightly worried
about Santana’s declining K rate?
"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."
Koosman =
tremendously underrated.
"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."
Oh Santos
You were so close to getting a pop-up…single/double.
Who knew?
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Santos
showed great extra base power in the spring as well as in his first few at bats in the bigs. Just like any one else he has to get going.
What?
I want you to examine closely the result of 2,414 minor league plate appearances.
Random displays of power in spring training are not indicative of anything.
wow
ya know jerry, ramon castro went 3-5 yesterday.
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
santana
better hitter than santos
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
That was a HR at CBP
lol.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Dunno if anyone's mentioned it yet
But Fernando had a double and a triple tonight while Reese Havens hit his 6th homer and Brad Holt has pitched six scoreless. Nice night on the farm.
"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet
What a fool I was to defy him"
-HST
by Mark Himmelstein on May 6, 2009 8:42 PM EDT reply actions
Does that mean
you would trade F!, Reese, and Holt for Halladay?
I wouldn’t
Speaking of Toronto
Too bad we aren’t playing them this year. I was looking forward to seeing Travis Snider.
Thats good, The bisons had a horrid start.
by aparkermarshall on May 6, 2009 8:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Good stuff
Fartinez has bounced back nicely from Goldstein’s negativity.
'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 8:43 PM EDT up reply actions
I was curious about this
so I went to minorleaguesplits to look at his neutralized numbers. And his power numbers actually got better when it adjusted for park/luck
What is Jose swinging at?
That was a foot inside.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
We'll take what we can get!
Yeah! Go Corrra!
'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 8:43 PM EDT reply actions
oh brother
steal now reyes!
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
I'll take that
Watch this scorer give Reyes a hit.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
who told freakin' ryan howard he could do that?
"But it's not over yet, everybody thinks it over, but if we can just get the Earth to reverse rotation...this thing can be played again. So there you go, New York Mets......motherf*ckers." - Jon Stewart
And why the hell do you slide into first?
LOL.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Taking lessons from Rey Ordonez?
'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 8:45 PM EDT up reply actions
because
you’ve heard it makes you go faster. but it doesn’t.
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
didn't mythbusters do a baseball myths show and that was one of the ones they discussed?
I seem to remember that.
Yes they did.
They found that sliding feet-first does in fact get you there faster than just running and stopping. Didn’t do feet-first vs. head-first, which is what I wanted to know.
That pitchout
looks like the first pitch he throws to every hitter.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
reyes
does not have a big lead at all
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
wow
that strike 1 was TERRIBLE
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
What the flying fuck
Now that’s a strike too? This umpire is awful.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
The PBP guy
was just surprised the high outside pitch was a ball.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
JOSE!
'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 8:47 PM EDT reply actions
yes yes yes
let’s do this!
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
I'll take that Jose
Now get the damn job done Cora. Walk and get Beltran to the plate.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Hooooray!
Bring the run home coRRRa, we’d like to add another R to your name.
"But it's not over yet, everybody thinks it over, but if we can just get the Earth to reverse rotation...this thing can be played again. So there you go, New York Mets......motherf*ckers." - Jon Stewart
C'mon Volton . . .
'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 8:48 PM EDT reply actions
great minds and such
'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 8:48 PM EDT up reply actions
gary
has a boner for the brick wall behind home plate. he’s waiting for the 1 time it ever happens and he’ll look soooo good.
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
Alright good at bat Corra.
Now Beltran, I would like a single please.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
VOLTRONNNN!!!!
Should I add a “c’mon” for good measure?
"But it's not over yet, everybody thinks it over, but if we can just get the Earth to reverse rotation...this thing can be played again. So there you go, New York Mets......motherf*ckers." - Jon Stewart
all the cool kids are doing it
'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 8:49 PM EDT up reply actions
....no freakin' way.
"But it's not over yet, everybody thinks it over, but if we can just get the Earth to reverse rotation...this thing can be played again. So there you go, New York Mets......motherf*ckers." - Jon Stewart
They appeared about the same time on mine.
"But it's not over yet, everybody thinks it over, but if we can just get the Earth to reverse rotation...this thing can be played again. So there you go, New York Mets......motherf*ckers." - Jon Stewart
Eric and I are locked in
like Chan Ho Park.
'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 8:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Beltran he's pitching around you
don’t swing at any slop.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
They want to pitch to delgado
thats right, wake the sleeping giant.
Well, those kind of calls seem normal to me.
If you showed me a whole picture full of those, then I’d be impressed.
Nooooooooooo
"But it's not over yet, everybody thinks it over, but if we can just get the Earth to reverse rotation...this thing can be played again. So there you go, New York Mets......motherf*ckers." - Jon Stewart
wow
we suck
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
blart.
'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 8:50 PM EDT reply actions
Dammit.
Beltran I thought was the only one immune to swinging at the pitcher’s pitch.
HoJo strikes.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
On a random side note.
I saw Star Trek last night, and it was A-freakin-MAZING.
"But it's not over yet, everybody thinks it over, but if we can just get the Earth to reverse rotation...this thing can be played again. So there you go, New York Mets......motherf*ckers." - Jon Stewart
Burnett
is going all “I’m sad because I’m not as good as Johan” on the Yankee game
Apparently with Park
All you have to do is threaten his spot in the rotation, and he will pitch well.
"But it's not over yet, everybody thinks it over, but if we can just get the Earth to reverse rotation...this thing can be played again. So there you go, New York Mets......motherf*ckers." - Jon Stewart
What do we have to do to motivate
Jerry to manage…well…competently?
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Bad pitch by Johan
His first mistake
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
oh crap
terrible 0-2 pitch….oh shit
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
god
you would think one mistake for an entire game by your starter wouldn’t mean anything
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
With the immortal CHP on the mound,
you would be wrong
thank you
pedro feliz
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
God, re-watching that Murphy swinging strike
at that ball in the dirt…that wasn’t even close to going around. This umpire is terrible.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Yea, well,
it was one of those home plate umpire do-it-yourself jobs. He should have appealed to third. But these new umpires, they don’t do that for some reason.
could we please pinch hit for park
rope a dope
Where the hell did that miss umpire?
That was a high outside fastball. Oh wait, it wasn’t to a left handed batter.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
woohoo!
one more!
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
Nice play by Reyes to hold Ibanez and make a good throw
But nice stretch by Carlos.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
omg
pinch hitting for chp!
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
Excellent play Jose.
"But it's not over yet, everybody thinks it over, but if we can just get the Earth to reverse rotation...this thing can be played again. So there you go, New York Mets......motherf*ckers." - Jon Stewart
Chan Ho is done
Eric Bruntlett to bat for him.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
johan
is strategical. gave up the double to get park out of the game. genius.
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
I dislike Bruntlett
and his flesh-colored beard.
"But it's not over yet, everybody thinks it over, but if we can just get the Earth to reverse rotation...this thing can be played again. So there you go, New York Mets......motherf*ckers." - Jon Stewart
Am I....
One of the few guys who isn’t blaming Jerry Manuel for his lineup? Manuel saw Chan Ho Park…we killed him before. So he may have been thinking what better time to rest some guys and still get a W. Especially with Johan on the mound.
no I agree
like I said earlier, you can’t expect your 6 best hitters to not score against Chan Ho Park. If you’re relying on Castro, Castillo, and a slumping Church in that situation, you’re in trouble anyway. With Johan on the mound against a crappy pitcher, it should be a good opportunity to give some starters some rest.
"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."
Alright one more strike
Use the change-up please.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Johan!
is good.
'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 8:59 PM EDT reply actions
BEST PITCHER
EVER.
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
Yeah he is simply amazing.
In a league of his own. It’s amazing how he can get through anything.
by dulciusEXasperis on May 6, 2009 9:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Nope!
Siddown Bruntlett!
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
I LOVE YOU JOHAN!!
"But it's not over yet, everybody thinks it over, but if we can just get the Earth to reverse rotation...this thing can be played again. So there you go, New York Mets......motherf*ckers." - Jon Stewart
fastball is good too
lets hit this bullpen, huh?
So maybe that was exactly why Ibanez got a pitch to hit there.
LOL.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
okay
Delgado-Wright-Murphy
against Scott Eryreyreyreye
let’s do it!
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
WIll Eyre come out for Wright?
Hopefully not
So we can get Johan a
much deserved win.
by dulciusEXasperis on May 6, 2009 9:00 PM EDT up reply actions
1-0 to delgado
outside?
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
I missed it
But this umpire is really bad. He’s an example of why MLB has no ability to truly improve the game because the Umpire’s Union is too powerful. This guy shouldn’t even be close to calling big league games.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
He's not as bad as
Mr. “I live with Bobby Cox”
Baseball is part of the reason why I dislike unions.
I remember they managed to kick out some umpires a while ago, but Angel Hernandez, the universally-acknowledged worst umpire in MLB, retained his job somehow.
I don't get
why the umpire’s union wouldn’t want Angel to be fired. He’s an embarassment
delgado
what are you doing on 3-1?
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
It was a ball
and it looked like he held up. But this umpire thinks all check swings are strikes.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
This guy is really big into
calling check swings himself.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
actually
I remember reading somewhere relatively recently that the checking down to 1st thing is relatively new, like that only started in the 80’s or so.
Actually, it might have been Keith or Ron who talked about that a few weeks ago, now that I think about it.
"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."
Good AB Delgado.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
yesssss
okay, good eye
let’s go DW!
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
BB is good, D
Let’s go Dub!
'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 9:04 PM EDT reply actions
Wow
That is an awful call and Johan has not gotten that call on the inside corner all game.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
you know Johan
is like come on you bastard get me this win lol.
by dulciusEXasperis on May 6, 2009 9:05 PM EDT reply actions
Ridiculous strike zone + terrible plate discipline + over aggressiveness.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
although i understand jerry's logic
it is a guy ud expect guys like alex cora to do something off of and plus u have a strong bench which u know is always needed
^^
that’s pretty much my point. Not saying it’s a great move, but it’s not indefensible
"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."
a little steamroller named Chan Ho Park
and some of that other stuff.
'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 9:06 PM EDT up reply actions
needed to sacrifice a whole chicken to Jobu tonight
only give him KFC
It's funny
During these “rivalry” series, it seems like they’re even friendlier with each other. Like, during Sawx-Yanks Jeter and Ortiz are always talking to the baserunners.
DW
you need to stop. now.
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
Ugh.
"But it's not over yet, everybody thinks it over, but if we can just get the Earth to reverse rotation...this thing can be played again. So there you go, New York Mets......motherf*ckers." - Jon Stewart
Wow
Why does this team CONTINUE to swing at shit on 3-1 counts?
What happened to waiting for your pitch?
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Good, let's swing for fences now too.
Sigh.
Bad CitiField.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
and murphy
is victim of the park.
UGH
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
it sucks that
wright was looking to hit a homer rather than draw a walk
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
Hasn't that been a teamwide philosophy tonight?
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
tatis!
finally!
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
go tatis
Finally a met who can hit a HR in this park
Exception, not the rule.
Name other non-white grinders! Think fast!
by All Shook Down on May 6, 2009 9:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Black, French, Spanish, American
Does not compute.
And he hasn’t been gritty for many years.
what about Derek Jeter
he’s half not-white.
"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."
is he really "gritty"?
I just thought he was clutch and had a lot of heart.
'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 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions
ah fair enough
what about Marlon Anderson.
"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."
he's more of a leader
not to mention revolutionary.
'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 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Sheffield isn't usually considered gritty
in fact he’s usually gotten ripped by the media for his bad attitude and being a club house cancer.
Did you know
that he once hit two grand slams in one inning?
And both were off Chan Ho Park?
Yea, so did I.
I heard he built a church
'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 9:11 PM EDT up reply actions
when tatis hit two grand slams in one inning...
they were off chan ho park.
jerry, did you know this?
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
Here comes grumbles!
"But it's not over yet, everybody thinks it over, but if we can just get the Earth to reverse rotation...this thing can be played again. So there you go, New York Mets......motherf*ckers." - Jon Stewart
Durbin in for Eyre
Charlie Manuel is alive.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Problem with starting Reed
He can’t come in for defense.
But then Murphy is still in the OF
or Tatis is still in the OF
But Murphy isn't really bad OFer
Salient miscues be damned
by All Shook Down on May 6, 2009 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions
durbin coming in
JERRY, PINCH HITTING CHURCH NOW WOULD NOT, I REPEAT, WOULD NOT MAKE YOU SMART. IT WOULD MAKE YOU VERY, VERY, VERY DUMB.
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
I can't believe that.
But it’s true!
"But it's not over yet, everybody thinks it over, but if we can just get the Earth to reverse rotation...this thing can be played again. So there you go, New York Mets......motherf*ckers." - Jon Stewart
Good thing Jerry knows about
history.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
The high outside strike returns!
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Tatis is 1-1 for a HR off Durbin.
Which means he is guaranteed to hit a HR, right?
I learned everything I know about statistics from watching baseball on TV, so I think you can just extrapolate out any sample.
SAFE!!!
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
YEAH!
DEFENSE!!!! FUCK YEAH!
'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 9:13 PM EDT reply actions
How did that happen?
Because Fernando Tatis is a God.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
I'm building a church for him.
"But it's not over yet, everybody thinks it over, but if we can just get the Earth to reverse rotation...this thing can be played again. So there you go, New York Mets......motherf*ckers." - Jon Stewart
NICE JOB JASON
KEEP LOOKING AT THE LEAD RUN SCORING.
"But it's not over yet, everybody thinks it over, but if we can just get the Earth to reverse rotation...this thing can be played again. So there you go, New York Mets......motherf*ckers." - Jon Stewart
Terrible terrible
play by Feliz. He had absolutely no chance. I don’t care if Bengie Molina is running.
That's not Werth's fault
How was he supposed to know that the Mets would slide into home plate?
And slide hard enough to move Ruiz’s foot out of the way.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Jerry still not rating Hippo's bat, I guess
'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 9:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Maybe Sheffield is gonna catch
that’ll give us an answer
'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 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Yea, that is the only logical explanation.
Otherwise Manuel is just wasting a bench spot because he inexplicably hates one of his players.
yay
im happy now
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
The Phillies
They do the little things right
by James Kannengieser on May 6, 2009 9:15 PM EDT reply actions
Delgado was extremely slow coming around 3rd
because Razor (Ugh) Shines tried to hold him up, and then he had second thoughts.
Is that what happened?
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
I believe so
On the replay, Shines was emphatically holding his arms up. Delgado kept going, but slowed down as he did.
I don't think he slowed down
He’s just slow.
Absolutely
Love scoring like that….they have to be able to grind games like this…hopefully they can hang on
I'm surprised Jerry
doesn’t bat Castro for Santos.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Do not bat for Santana. Do not. Especially not with Church.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Wow
now the low strike exists?
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
NOOOOO
WHY????
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
You are a moron
Jerry Manuel.
MORON.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
i'd rather
that sheffield got out
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
Why not at least PH for Santana with Castro,
once you have PH for the catcher already with a non-catcher. That is, if you’re going to take out Santana at all.
church
better get a goddam hit
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
Utterly baffling.
Santana is just about as good a hitter right now as Church.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Replacement level Church rearing his ugly head
Even replacement level players get hits from time to time.
Church
is like the batting version of Ollie. He gets ridiculously hot and then ridiculously cold. At least, I think I remember someone posting analysis to that effect. Maybe I’m making it up, in which case I apologize for my lack of facts to support this assertion.
"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."
the mets having good long innings like this are bad
cuz it gives manuel time to use his STUPID MIND to make decisions like that
And Putz and K-Rod are tired.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Church isn't even near any of these pitches.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Delgado sliding into home plate
= +5.6 grission points
by James Kannengieser on May 6, 2009 9:19 PM EDT reply actions
regardless
of what happens this is a terrible move by manuel
wow
johan could have done that. i would have felt better with johan hitting.
putz, k-rod tired.
rest of the pen in blah mode.
already used back-to-back pinch hitters.
johan=god.
jerry= dumb
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
Awful Church
Not even close.
Brilliant managing by Jerry Manuel.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
so no one has faith in bobby parnell?
cuz this inning should be the pedro/parnell inning
can one of us
get inside the mets clubhouse after the game and be like, “yo, jerry, we need you to take an iq test”
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
I think I would have rather seen Santana try for hit than Church, who strikes out on the worst garbage pitches
Anyone else
really really hate that commercial with the women with hands
i hope bobby is comming in
if green,predro,ollie come in jerry is a retard
by JADDENHOPKINS on May 6, 2009 9:21 PM EDT reply actions
How can Jerry Manuel possibly account for his managing?
First of all, I would have insta-fired him after PHing Santos for Castro the other night with the bases loaded and 2 outs in the bottom of the ninth.
Dude, I wouldn't have kept him around after last season.
You’re preaching to the choir.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
he had a .591 winning % last year
you can’t fire a guy who wins almost 60% of his games.
"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."
Why Why Why
do they have these terrible commercials on SNY about smoking. Just what I need…to feel terrible with a 1 run lead
Oh good lord
PedroDos in to face guys right-handed, because they’re switch-hitters.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
MLBtv inexplicably going to commercial as Gary explains the lineup changes...
What, I’m not allowed to hear that?
hey
if you set your video quality to “normal” you can catch up to gametime
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
They're trying to maximize their bandwidth
by cutting down on all non-essential stufff.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
okay dos
two more
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
Well, that's 1 out
Castro is now in the game and Church is playing right.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Why isn't Putz in?
Has he been worked a lot lately?
by dulciusEXasperis on May 6, 2009 9:24 PM EDT reply actions
everyone has been worked a lot lately
which is why when santana has only thown 100 pitches through 7 innings he should stay in the game.
omg
who is surprised by this?
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
That was not his fault.
Bad luck. Of course, you can’t get those lucky hits off Parnell.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Well that was terrible.
Completely unlucky.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
sad thing is...
pedro was looking quite good
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
Hard with a runner on second, but I guess it could have happened.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
and now...
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
Luis.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
I mean, if we lose this game
now can we finally fire our retarded manager?
I will not allow the denigration of the life essence
If he's not fired after that last-second Santos-for-Castro fiasco,
for which he was FINED because it constituted icing-the-pitcher,
then he’s not going to fired for anything he actually does.
one
more
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
Even if we win it
we really should fire our retarded manager
I will not allow the denigration of the life essence
I don't think I've ever hated a baseball player as much as I hate Shane Victorino
Jimmy Rollins, Derek Jeter, and Chipper Jones could all donate their blood to be cloned into a single clutchtastic Metkiller, and I still wouldn’t hate it as much as Victorino. Unless it wore a 3rd grade t-ballers batting helmet too.
"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."
Blah
if he were a Met he’d be your favorite player.
I mean, I'd love just about any Met
but I wouldn’t like Victorino any more than, say, Derek Bell. He’s overrated, ugly, and that helmet just pisses me off. I can’t really explain it, but I just hate him.
"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."
i hate the helmet too
not totally sure why.
'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 9:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Come on you gotta get Howard out.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Manny Acta was supposed to be the Mets manager
by aparkermarshall on May 6, 2009 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Come on, one more strike
Do NOT make this even remotely hittable.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
oh god
no more wild pitches now please
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
Wow that had a goofy hop.
Don’t blame Castro there.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
whatever
a single was bringing him home anyway.
If Joe Morgan were here
He’d explain all the ways in which you can score a run from 3rd with 2 out.
by All Shook Down on May 6, 2009 9:31 PM EDT up reply actions
He couldn't cite an example from a recent game though.
by All Shook Down on May 6, 2009 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions
and that's why i said it
cuz morgan ain’t here.
Strike this guy out.
Throw the same pitch that was the WP again.
This time keep it a little closer.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
YEAH PEDRO F!
i love that guy
'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 9:31 PM EDT reply actions
Siddown Howard!
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Are we adding rs to his name as well?
Thank you Predro.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Pedreadful!!
i always loved ya!
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
There we go
Well done. Keep the momentum going fellas
by dulciusEXasperis on May 6, 2009 9:31 PM EDT reply actions
K!!!!!
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
great
but can he now at least shave that stupid facial hair??
How about we score some runs. You know. For shits and giggles.
And to make the chances of winning this game you know, good.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
That'd be silly
why would they want to do that. Want to make K-Rod feel the pressure.
by dulciusEXasperis on May 6, 2009 9:33 PM EDT up reply actions
see what they said in-game?
2nd lowest runs scored when hes pitching. Man whats up with our hitters when he’s pitching. Knowing he’s that damn good makes them feel like they don’t need to get runs every other inning.
by dulciusEXasperis on May 6, 2009 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions
I love Ryan Howard
mostly b/c I think I could probably strike him out. Granted he’d also probably hit like 7 grand slams off me, but if I just kept throwing balls, I’d get a K
"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."
Can they just call the game?
so we don’t have to suffer
let's get
a wet run
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
Jose
stop swinging at balls.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Excellent inning for Pedro
Exactly what he’s here for. I also want to say, Jerry Manuel may be only manager who can manage to blow 4/5 of his bench in one inning. You wanna use Tatis for Reed, no problem there. But then, w
"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet
What a fool I was to defy him"
-HST
by Mark Himmelstein on May 6, 2009 9:35 PM EDT reply actions
Oops, nm, I was gonna cancel that but I just hot post instead lol
Don’t really wanna bitch too much right now
"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet
What a fool I was to defy him"
-HST
by Mark Himmelstein on May 6, 2009 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions
"it's begun to rain fairly moderately"
wth does that mean? Fairly moderately?
"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."
no umbrellas= smart idea for management
forces fans to go inside and eat/shop
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
I hate umbrellas
haven’t used one since the first day of Freshman Year, 7 years ago. Damn thing got blown inside out twice, so I just gave up on them forever. Much manlier to just get soaked, I say.
"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."
omg
reyes stop swining at ball 4!!!!
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
But you can't make an out by not swinging at Ball 4.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
if it's in his zone then there's no reason for him not to swing at it
If he can consistently hit balls in that area then why not swing at it.
Not with 3 balls
and a need for a baserunner
Stop swinging at Balls.
I swear this team thinks not making outs is over-rated.
It was a good swing but Ibanez read that perfectly. What’s wrong with a walk?
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
We're 7th in walks
could be a lot worse.
'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 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Seriously?
Beltran did NOT go around.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Beltran was fooled on that.
Alright K-Rod. Three quick outs please?
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
lol
beltran strikes out on three half swings.
K-Rod…this is your moment.
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
Can I get one appeal? PLease?
Lets go Frankie!
He appealed the one that was obviously a swing.
The other two, he called himself.
No logic behind it.
OK, Frankie
save this now and MAYBE you get a day off tomorrow.
EVERYBODY USE TWO HANDS! (clap clap clap etc.)
'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 9:39 PM EDT reply actions
23123123321 for 21313423423
with a million edge points
7 for 22 with an OPS of .666
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
God, Beltran sucks
An entire GAME without getting a hit?
Is it too late to trade him the Yankees for Melky?
The Yankees wouldn't want him
Melky > Voltron.
'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 9:41 PM EDT up reply actions
You don't think Jeter
can get as many as he wants?
crap
we don’t have anyone with an edge. guess that trade will never happen.
'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 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions
i am in a sports catastrophe
my clicker doesnt have enough buttons: mets phils, bruins carolina, celtics-orlando. 3 key games. I feel dizzy.
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
simple solution
leave on sny
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
i have it cascading in order of importance
8,9th frankie time
bruins third period
celtics fourth quarter
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
great
we have a one run lead,the ever crazy k-rod,and my blood pressure is high.
by JADDENHOPKINS on May 6, 2009 9:41 PM EDT reply actions
going to school in boston sucks.
please suck beantown teams
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
Beltran
if he doesn’t get another at-bat, that means no player in baseball has been on base in every game this season, which is around 25 games old. Kinda puts DiMaggio’s hit-streak in perspective.
"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."
Now the outside strike is gone. Hilarious.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
oh god
3-2…..
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
C'mon Johnie Franco!
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
1
'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 9:43 PM EDT reply actions
yes!
1 out
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
Good throw by DW.
1 down.
2 more outs, please.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Mechanics wise
K-Rod is diving all over the mound.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
yeah i've noted that
how do you work on your mechanics when you are Franco-Rod?
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
matt stairs
on deck…
2-0 to ibanez
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
Stairs is 0 for 6 against K-Rod.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Come on K-Rod
be smart. Throw strikes, get outs. Don’t give up runs.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
wooow
dirty 2-0 pitch
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
Good lord
Just slap a wife beater on Chase Utley and sit him on a Camaro outside some middle school. Damn is he dirty looking.
'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 9:45 PM EDT reply actions
I was about to comment
Straight out of “Grease”
by James Kannengieser on May 6, 2009 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions
2 outs!
uno mas!!!
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
Two outs.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
2
'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 9:45 PM EDT reply actions
1 more out K-Rod please.
Get out Matt Stairs.
Just get this guy out.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
oh god
dobbs on deck
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
3!
PIITB!
'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 9:46 PM EDT reply actions
PIITB!
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
PUT IT IN THE BOOKS!
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
WE WIN!
WE WIN! WE WIN!
Alex Cora should never bat second. Ever.
Things I like:
Games started by Johan and finished by Frankie
"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."
Always love that
"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet
What a fool I was to defy him"
-HST
by Mark Himmelstein on May 6, 2009 9:47 PM EDT up reply actions
chalk the win up to that
the Mets had superior grission tonight.
'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 9:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes!!!!!
Great job. IT was a tough one but we pulled through. Great pitching by everyone!
by dulciusEXasperis on May 6, 2009 9:47 PM EDT reply actions
Made Park look good
But what great pitching tonight, wow.
"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet
What a fool I was to defy him"
-HST
by Mark Himmelstein on May 6, 2009 9:47 PM EDT reply actions
Hey, Johan actually got a win!
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
there's the celebrating franco-the-closer we love
I wonder how he determines when he’s going to go ape shit?
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
.500!!!!!
which is something I shouldn’t be that excited about. Go pelf tomorrow
I'm still not acknowledging those two runs in the ninth by the Braves last night
Its locked away in my mind forever, or at least until my therapist works it outta there in 15 years or something.
"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet
What a fool I was to defy him"
-HST
by Mark Himmelstein on May 6, 2009 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions
No you see
because it was an unearned run, it is just a “lucky” win.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
The Mets earned 4 grit victories for this game
by aparkermarshall on May 6, 2009 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions
PIITB
God we suck.
Delgado gets the only run of the game by ignoring the coaching staff.
Take note Murphy, next time our mismanager askes you to bunt.
I will not allow the denigration of the life essence
what the hell is wrong with Werth?
He’s just staring onto the field like they just lost the world series.
The term “pitchers duel” should never be used in a game featuring Chan Ho Park, but a win is a win.
4-1 against the Philthies and the Braves this year. Let’s keep it up!
2009 Mets: maybe its the Phillies turn to have a terrible bullpen?
I'd say Feliz cost them the game
Plus, Werth is an ugly dude who plays for the Phucking Phillies. I can hate if I want to :-)
2009 Mets: maybe its the Phillies turn to have a terrible bullpen?
by Greenpoint Ian on May 6, 2009 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Note
Who would have thought that even with this near best-case scenario for the Mets…
I’d still rather have Milledge than Church and Schneider.
THAT’s how absurdly awful that trade was.
I will not allow the denigration of the life essence
I agree, but
Schneider and Chruch have had ML value, while Milledge has had none. It’s quite possible that we’ll have Church under club control for as long as the Nationals will have Milledge.
by All Shook Down on May 6, 2009 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions
If we hadn't made the trade
I guarantee Milledge would not be a Met anymore anyway.
He would have been run out of town after a couple of months last year.
Seriously?
Milledge has been horrific and does not have a major league bat, glove, or attitude
+1
Milledge sucks. The love for him on here is way overboard.
"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."
See above
I will not allow the denigration of the life essence
by GenJackRipper on May 6, 2009 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions
You can replace Church off waivers (almost)
It is ridiculously easy to find players as valuable as Church. Even with Milledge’s close to bust, he has more value than Church.
I will not allow the denigration of the life essence
by GenJackRipper on May 6, 2009 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions
If Milledge continues to suck for another couple of years
I’m on board. I’m on board if Church shows me he’s more than a light-hitting Corner outfielder who gets streaky.
Untill then, Church is a good glove in RF with little power and a wOBA of .340. He’s not a valuable player.
I will not allow the denigration of the life essence
by GenJackRipper on May 6, 2009 9:57 PM EDT up reply actions
True
But look at the way it worked out. 100% in the Mets favor, with Milledge thus far busting.
And the trade still yielded marginal benefits.
Look at it this way. When Church was 24, as Milledge is now, he was above average in AA.
See what I mean?
I will not allow the denigration of the life essence
by GenJackRipper on May 6, 2009 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Maybe
basically you’re saying that b/c the Mets didn’t get Albert Pujols from Milledge, the Mets lost that trade? They’d have been better off sitting on Milledge and letting him turn into a bust here, rather than salvage what they could get out of him?
"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."
The trade works thus far
because Milledge busted. It was such a lousy move at the time, that it’s still arguable. Milledge could still become a much better player than Church. If he doesn’t, you simply get a replacement for Church. (Signing Pat Burrel or Dunn for example)
Again. If Church can push his wOBA to about .365 and play his defense, it’s a win. Until then, I’ve yet to see anything from Church besides the occasional hot-streak.
I will not allow the denigration of the life essence
by GenJackRipper on May 6, 2009 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions
I agree for the most part
I think the deal was somewhat defensible though. It was kind of a head scratcher because of Schneider, but its not like Milledge was a big blue chip prospect at the time, and you got two league-average players in return, including a great defensive RF, which is huge for Shea/Citi.
"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet
What a fool I was to defy him"
-HST
by Mark Himmelstein on May 6, 2009 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions
The perception is that we didn't sell high on L-Millz
There was that apocryphal story about the Mets dealing Milledge in a three way deal to get Oswalt in 2006. And he didn’t spin him to the A’s to get Barry Zito.
And we should be glad for that.
by All Shook Down on May 6, 2009 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions
also
Milledge is currently below average in AAA (.277 wOBA). So I’m not sure what your point is.
"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."
It is weird what happened to him.
He was a very good minor leaguer with the Mets and he looked ready to bust out and then he just tanked.
That is simply inexplicable. If Milledge does really bust completely…if he has become a below-average AAA player, then yeah. Good trade for us strictly ex-post unless there was good reason to believe that Milledge was truly some unmotivated punk who wanted to rap his way out of baseball.
I will not allow the denigration of the life essence
by GenJackRipper on May 6, 2009 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah
But he had some gaping holes in his swing that really got exposed at MLB. When he was with the Mets, he just couldn’t handle or hold off bad breaking balls from RHP at all, and he hasn’t really shown the ability to make quick adjustments. He may still, he’s got a quick bat and he’s a good athlete, but I have a feeling he’s going to wind up being more Jay Payton than Gary Sheffield at this point.
"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet
What a fool I was to defy him"
-HST
by Mark Himmelstein on May 6, 2009 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Good glove in RF
with a wOBA of .340 is much more valuable than Milledge. That’s an above average player.
No way...
Unless you’re talking about dudes who get paid a lot exposed on the waiver wire.
by All Shook Down on May 6, 2009 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah I don't know about that
At least Church has a glove. Milledge still has time to become a productive player, but he hasn’t exactly shown all that much yet and the window is closing.
"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet
What a fool I was to defy him"
-HST
by Mark Himmelstein on May 6, 2009 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions
You're beautiful
And it’s not like Church is a below average offensive player either! He’s just frighteningly streaky.
by All Shook Down on May 6, 2009 9:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Agreed
I just feel like there’s still a good chance Milledge will be at least as good a hitter, at least for a couple years of his WSH tenure, but he’s an atrocious fielder
"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet
What a fool I was to defy him"
-HST
by Mark Himmelstein on May 6, 2009 9:58 PM EDT up reply actions
And he better be a good hitter
Because what’s a merely average hitter and a terrible glove in a corner OF position?
Answer: AAAA player / fringe major league bench player
by All Shook Down on May 6, 2009 10:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Right handed Marlon Anderson
with worse lyrics.
Bend ya knees.
by All Shook Down on May 6, 2009 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions
right
when he’s hot he’s awesome. When he’s cold, he sucks. Either way he brings way more glove than Milledge, and his offensive high’s have been better than Milledge’s.
"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."
just in time too
The sky just opened up in my neighborhood, which means it will be pouring at Shea in about 10 minutes.
2009 Mets: maybe its the Phillies turn to have a terrible bullpen?
I'm going to be making that mistake for the next 20 years
2009 Mets: maybe its the Phillies turn to have a terrible bullpen?
by Greenpoint Ian on May 6, 2009 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Shea
is definitely an acceptable name for Citi Field
by James Kannengieser on May 6, 2009 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions
he appears to be a True Yankee
Now that game will be suspended because of the rain
2009 Mets: maybe its the Phillies turn to have a terrible bullpen?
by Greenpoint Ian on May 6, 2009 9:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Shea? What's that?
I heard there was some crack baby somewhere named Shea, but that’s it.
I will not allow the denigration of the life essence
Works for me
displayed serious grission in scoring that one run.
'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 10:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Genuine broken bat Jason Werth deer-in-headlights Grission
"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet
What a fool I was to defy him"
-HST
by Mark Himmelstein on May 6, 2009 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Seriously though, gotta give credit
Nice hustle by El Carlos Grande on the bum hip.
"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet
What a fool I was to defy him"
-HST
by Mark Himmelstein on May 6, 2009 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Really
As I’ve been saying, we’re an 85 win team that happens to have Johan Santana on it. That brings us to 90-95.
And considering how awesome our core is
that just shows how bad Omar is at building a team around them.
"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw
I just hope that Omar continues to eschew gutting the farm system
…for temporary fix role players. The window for this team isn’t really closing, despite what the Jon Heymans of the world like to write. There’s a lot of youth on this team and we have prospects that people are starting to notice!
by All Shook Down on May 6, 2009 10:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Opinion: The window is closing
i’m starting to sense from the media, the fans and some people within the organization that the window for this team is closing….it’s amazing how far a memory 2006 was after two straight collapses…..
by All Shook Down on May 6, 2009 10:13 PM EDT up reply actions
90 wins
is where we top out. Luckily the Phillies ain’t much and the Braves don’t seem so hot either with their star rookie taking his lumps and their corner OF pissing on OBP.
I will not allow the denigration of the life essence
by GenJackRipper on May 6, 2009 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Without Johan
this team wins 80 games. Maybe.
I will not allow the denigration of the life essence
by GenJackRipper on May 6, 2009 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions
well
it depends who they’d have replaced him with. I guarantee they would have signed Lowe or someone similar if they couldn’t get Johan, in which case they’d be around an 85 win team probably.
"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."
I'd disagree there.
They’d be probably hover at or just a game or two above .500 on the offense alone.
"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw
Hey!
One of the kiddies in Savannah finally went deep, Marte hit a walkoff bomb
"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet
What a fool I was to defy him"
-HST
by Mark Himmelstein on May 6, 2009 10:09 PM EDT reply actions
Finaf***ingly!
I will not allow the denigration of the life essence
by GenJackRipper on May 6, 2009 10:13 PM EDT up reply actions
What about our man Davis?
Hit more bombs, plz.
by All Shook Down on May 6, 2009 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions
He's hitting a double per game
in a fairly extreme pitchers’ environment. I’m happy he’s not a total bust yet
I will not allow the denigration of the life essence
by GenJackRipper on May 6, 2009 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions
And that
Exactly, he’s gone from “nearly a bust” to “okay, okay, let’s see where this goes” in my eyes lol.
"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet
What a fool I was to defy him"
-HST
by Mark Himmelstein on May 6, 2009 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions
None
But he’s kept his contact rate up and he’s been a walk machine all of a sudden, so I’m optimstic. FSL is a tough league to go deep in, which just makes what Havens is doing all the more impressivle.
"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet
What a fool I was to defy him"
-HST
by Mark Himmelstein on May 6, 2009 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Well remember he did that last year too.
He didn’t draw a walk for a month and then started drawing a walk or two a game.
by All Shook Down on May 6, 2009 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah
But this time it coincided with a power outburst, and while the power has quieted down, the discipline hasn’t. He’s was 0 for 2 today but drew two more walks, his line is now .300 / .391 / .441, and in his last 10 games he has a 9/7 K/BB. Very, very impressive.
"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet
What a fool I was to defy him"
-HST
by Mark Himmelstein on May 6, 2009 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions
And how about that light-hitting AA team
Bludgeoning pitchers with walks.
by All Shook Down on May 6, 2009 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Haha seriously
At least Tejada’s starting to hit though, homer shy of the cycle today. Some nice positional scarcity on that team if with Thole and if Ruben can keep it up, and I’ve got a soft spot for Merritt.
"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet
What a fool I was to defy him"
-HST
by Mark Himmelstein on May 6, 2009 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Oops, strike that, reverse it. 7/9 K/BB lol
"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet
What a fool I was to defy him"
-HST
by Mark Himmelstein on May 6, 2009 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Wow
They’re doing something smart! Stop the presses! Ollie to the DL, Niese gets the ball instead of Tak this week!
"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet
What a fool I was to defy him"
-HST
by Mark Himmelstein on May 6, 2009 10:20 PM EDT reply actions
Pimp ass Omar.
Jonathon Niese will make the start. It’d be funny if he cited Niese’s FIP in AAA this season.
by All Shook Down on May 6, 2009 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions
That would be hilarious
He’d probably pronounce it phonetically or something though.
"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet
What a fool I was to defy him"
-HST
by Mark Himmelstein on May 6, 2009 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions
I dunno
lol I just always assume its eff-eye-pee haha, not fip, but to be honest that’s just what I alway assumed.
"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet
What a fool I was to defy him"
-HST
by Mark Himmelstein on May 6, 2009 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Breaking: Perez to the DL
The Mets have placed Ollie Perez on the 15-day DL.
…i sense that Omar and Jerry got together and discussed their options and this was the best thing for everyone really….he can rehab and get his confidence back in the minor leagues…
by All Shook Down on May 6, 2009 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Although
I do wanna go back to that string of PHs in this game. WTF is with Jerry’s inability to handle reserves? It was just another odd string of subs. First you PH Tatis for Reed, that’s fine. But Sheffield for Santos with Tatis on third? Seems a little unnecessary, but obviously, he hates Castro. But even still, then why not just go with Church there? First of all, he’s a lefty, and you don’t need a bomb, you need a single. Then you can take a chance with Sheff if Church gets a hit. If not, you leave Church in RF so you don’t lose anything on defense, and you can leave Santana in. It just seems like Jerry set it up so he would have no choice but to use his entire bench that inning.
"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet
What a fool I was to defy him"
-HST
by Mark Himmelstein on May 6, 2009 10:26 PM EDT reply actions
yea
I defended Jerry’s lineup, but that was just awful
"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."
Seriously
I mean, the only reason I can think of for using Sheffield there for Santos is if you’re planning to leave Santana in no matter what. If Sheff makes an out, Santana never bats, and you take a chance that maybe he hits a bomb, you have a three run lead and you can just leave Johan in to bat. Maybe that was the thinking? And then when Sheff walked, Jerry just really wanted to try and get that run so he used Church? It just seems like an inefficient way of going about the whole situation.
"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet
What a fool I was to defy him"
-HST
by Mark Himmelstein on May 6, 2009 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions
It really seems like Manuel isreally trying to play hunches, which is both inefficient and nonsensical.
by All Shook Down on May 6, 2009 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions
So many subs
Tatis for Reed, Sheff for Santos, Church for the pitcher. And then Castro has to come in to play C. So you use your entire bench, save Castillo, in pretty much one fell swoop.
All without what may have been the most useful move using the one guy who got left on the bench
Not running for Castillo for Delgado. Imagine how that would have looked if Delgado gets thrown out on that play.
"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet
What a fool I was to defy him"
-HST
by Mark Himmelstein on May 6, 2009 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Does anyone watch these moron talking heads on Sportsnite?
They start that self-servicing bullshit right away. The first point the one guy made was about K-Rod being able to handle the pressures of NY.
GUHH
And they just did one of those teases for the next segment about Murphy. “NO ROOM FOR ERROR: How’s he dealing with his adjustment to the outfield in a city that has no patience?”
Don’t they get tired of writing this shit?
by All Shook Down on May 6, 2009 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions
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