Looking for the "Big Hit"

by centerpede 101 on Jun 11, 2009 12:55 PM EDT Comment 44 comments

Man another one run loss. The Mets lost to the Phillies 5-4. Mike Pelfrey couldn't hold a three run lead. The bullpen couldn't hold a three run lead. The Mets didn't lose the game because of that. They lost the game when they couldn't get the big hit. Bases Loaded and with two outs or less the Mets couldn't get the big hit and break open the game. The Mets will not win if they cannot get the big hit. Runners in scoring position and less than two out the Mets either strike out or pop up. With two outs they do not get the base hit to get some runs. The Mets can not beat anybody if they can not get the big hit and score some runs. So hopefully tonight and when the Mets play the Yankees the Mets will get the big hit and win some games.

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this post would go good with some beatnik jazz underneath it

We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!

by kingcritical on Jun 11, 2009 12:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Down in Greenwich Village in the late 1950s

all smoky rooms with people snapping fingers instead of clapping. People who looked like this:

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

by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 11, 2009 1:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

At my jazz show tonight

I’m going to see if I can get the drummer to play some bongos, the sax player to play something smooth and maybe I can do my rendition of the “Big Hit”

It reminds me of “So I Married an axe murdered” with Mike Meyers

She was a thief, got a belief, she stole my heart and my cat. CAT

by Delgado on Jun 11, 2009 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Call Levy Phillips and Konigsberg

because this sounds like a ripoff of the Phil Rizzuto haiku stuff. I think a law suit is in order.

by wobatus on Jun 11, 2009 5:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

rizzuto

http://www.deuceofclubs.com/books/148_rizzuto_holy_cow.htm

by wobatus on Jun 11, 2009 5:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i liked

it was the early 1980s,a young Joe Piscopo was teaching us how to laugh. (in background “Cheep-wich, getta you cheepawich here.”

by wobatus on Jun 11, 2009 5:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yessssss

Centerpede!

by TheBigStapler on Jun 11, 2009 1:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

You can't count on the big hit every time you're in the late innings

But you have greater chances when you have legitimate RBI threats throughout the batting order. Small ball is great fun but you can’t count on 3 hits in a row. Rather, you need to be able to set the table and wipe it clean with the next batter.

Without Reyes, our lineup is shallower. Without Delgado, our lineup is even shallower and we’re without our natural slugger.

We’re going to see a few more of these small ball tough losses before we get some people back.

by TheBigStapler on Jun 11, 2009 1:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Hoo-ray!

Average sentence length: 4 words. Just my style.

by Eric Simon on Jun 11, 2009 1:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Not enough white space at the bottom

I don’t know what to do . . .

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

by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 11, 2009 1:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

He might've left some

but a recent update to the platform removes trailing white space from posts now. A step backwards, I think.

by Eric Simon on Jun 11, 2009 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

but did you differntiate what was actually a sentence?

King of the bling come to lay down the evidence//Not George Bush, L-Millz be da president

by Sam Page on Jun 11, 2009 3:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I take this statement personally

And I do not appreciate it. Good day sir!

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

What a fool I was to defy him"

-HST

by Meddler on Jun 11, 2009 5:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Quit being so damned verbose, then

by Eric Simon on Jun 11, 2009 5:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Centerpede has jumped the shark.

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw

by squid92 on Jun 11, 2009 1:49 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I imagine centerpede is the shark.

King of the bling come to lay down the evidence//Not George Bush, L-Millz be da president

by Sam Page on Jun 11, 2009 3:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

more like the shark jumped centerpede

All of the mets fans hope that we will not see the bad news mets ever again.

by kendynamo on Jun 12, 2009 9:32 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You know what this team needs to get the big hit:

Bobby Valentine

by mets81 on Jun 11, 2009 1:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

bring him back now.

We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!

by kingcritical on Jun 11, 2009 1:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

.455

Thats 5 “big hits” in only 11 sentence appearances. Perhaps Centerpede should be batting cleanup for the Mets

by JDizzzy on Jun 11, 2009 2:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

ah

you beat me by a few seconds. But I counted the title

by cjmulrain on Jun 11, 2009 2:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

crossed my mind

but I though the title didnt qualify as a sentence

by JDizzzy on Jun 11, 2009 2:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

1o1 is attracted to bad losses like catnip

So, there is a bright side to games like last night’s. Bad news: ugly loss and we’re pissed because we shat another one away. Good news: 1o1 will brighten all our days with some analysis and profound insight.
Are the Mets playing the Yanks tonight, btw?

by TBlz on Jun 11, 2009 2:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

no

which is part of what’s so beautiful about this post

by cjmulrain on Jun 11, 2009 2:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

"Big Hit" Count

6. Total number of sentences: 12. “Big Hit” to Sentence count: 1/2. Centerpede is batting .500 with this one. Also, I’m not counting “do not get the base hit to score some runs” – even though it’s similar to “big hit.”

by cjmulrain on Jun 11, 2009 2:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

And let's not forget that if it wasn't for an amazing catch by Werth

we would have won this game. Entonces, necesitamos relajarnos.

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw

by squid92 on Jun 11, 2009 2:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

or the call at first

where the replay showed Beltran was safe and the Mets should have legitimately won 5-4 in 9

by JDizzzy on Jun 11, 2009 2:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

it's so asinine

that they don’t have instant replay for plays like that.

by cjmulrain on Jun 11, 2009 2:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Do the umps view the replays of all their mistakes

After a game and say, man did I shit the bed there?
Or, do they remain indignant about their calls, because, well, sure, they’re big league umpires?

by TBlz on Jun 11, 2009 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Probably remain indignant

It was a makeup call for calling Castillo safe earlier in the game

by metsman07 on Jun 11, 2009 2:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

To be fair

the same ump called Luis Castillo safe when he was clearly out earlier in the game. Two wrongs != one right, but it’s not as if he was only hosing the Mets.

by Eric Simon on Jun 11, 2009 3:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

And I'm sure the umps

feel worse about the bad calls than we do, at least from everything I’ve heard. We can talk about big hits but I think we’ve had our share this year (that catcher whose name I won’t mention’s home run off Papelbon comes to mind) In reality, Beltran catches that fly ball 98/100 times, and Wright makes that play 9/10 times. If either of those things happen, the Mets get the win

by njmetfan12 on Jun 11, 2009 3:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Exactly why last night hurts more...

Because they could have shut the door on their own…it wasn’t the umps.

It happens…tonight is a new night…go get ’em

by metsman07 on Jun 11, 2009 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Rec'd

Hey Eric Simon, when are the people at Sports Blogs gonna give Centerpede101 his/her/it’s own blog?

Grission and Husart - that is either the non-union Mexican equivelant of "Starsky and Hutch" or the key to winning the World Series.

by IanB in MD on Jun 11, 2009 4:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I would subscribe to that blog

by JoshNY on Jun 11, 2009 5:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Mark Wahlberg + Lou Diamond Phillips = Wins

Don’t worry I just placed a gift order from Amazon and the team should be getting ‘The Big Hit’ on blueray in 1-2 business days.
Also, I realize that c101 posts are well known for stating the obvious but I had to stand up and applaud for this:
“Bases Loaded and with two outs or less . . .”
Of course every at-bat in baseball occurs with two outs or less but damn do I like his/her style.

by Shea Bone on Jun 11, 2009 4:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

The Mets are terrible

with the bases loaded and three or more outs. Last in the league, I’d bet.

by Eric Simon on Jun 11, 2009 5:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't think they've scored even once in that situation.

Then again, our pitching is best in the league at preventing runs scored in that situation as well. Interesting, I know.

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw

by squid92 on Jun 11, 2009 6:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

tied for first, actually

King of the bling come to lay down the evidence//Not George Bush, L-Millz be da president

by Sam Page on Jun 11, 2009 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh man that's an obscure movie reference

awesome.

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

by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 11, 2009 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i love how big hit was in quotes

i’m always looking for c1o1’s next “fan post”

All of the mets fans hope that we will not see the bad news mets ever again.

by kendynamo on Jun 12, 2009 9:34 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I think

It’s time for Eric to step down and the age of centerpede 101 to begin. He’s now produced eight of these, each the very model of concision. Enough of this thinking shit; I want more centerpede. Just imagine what AA would look like with centerpede in charge. Brings tears to my eyes.

by Alex Nelson on Jun 12, 2009 4:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs