Quick 'n' Crummy: Pirates 3, Mets 1

If I have one salient philosophy about baseball it's this: if you're going to lose, do us all a favor and get it over with quickly. The Mets did just that against the Pirates, tonight, going down like dogs in a svelte two hours, eleven minutes. The icing on this turd cake might've been Fernando Martinez, David Wright and Gary Sheffield requiring just five total pitches from John Grabow to get themselves out. The ninth wasn't much better, as Matt Capps -- and his 5.94 ERA and 1.92 WHIP -- was taxed to the tune of ten pitches in retiring Fernando Tatis, Omir Santos and pinch-hitter Wilson Valdez.
It all began tumbling downhill when Jeremy Reed was "tagged" "out" trying to score on a Luis Castillo single in the top of the third. To be fair, some replays appeared to show catcher Jason Jaramillo tagging Reed from behind, but one conclusive angle showed Reed successfully avoiding the swipe. Home plate umpire Ted Barrett didn't have the benefit of slow-motion replay and he probably made the same call as every other umpire under the same circumstances. The problem with this play started a few seconds earlier, as Razor Shines seemed to quickly -- and somewhat ambiguously -- turn his "go" sign into a "stop sign" as Reed approached third base. Reed either didn't see it, didn't care, or couldn't do anything about it, as he motored around the bag to meet his maker at the plate. Someone else will have to follow up on this one, but Mets baserunners seem to have been nailed at home with such inordinate frequency this season as to defy all reasonable logic. Maybe it's my own faulty memory here, or maybe they call the man "Razor" because of all of the blow he did instead of paying attention in coaching school.
Reed gets a tip of the cap for picking up three hits to raise his average to .328, but a wag of the finger for drawing just two unintentional walks and collecting just four extra-base hits.
On the pitching side, Johan Santana had another blah performance, by his own standards anyway. He gave up three runs on seven hits and a walk, striking out just three over six innings and just 85 pitches. Maybe he was still pooped from throwing 120 pitches last week, but he did get an extra day off in between so maybe it was just an off-day. His fastball averaged just 89.9 MPH on the gun, a couple ticks shy of his season mark.
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Win Probability Added
Big winners: Jeremy Reed, +12.9% WPA, Daniel Murphy, +3.9% WPA
Big losers: Omir Santos, -19.7% WPA, Luis Castillo, -14.0% WPA
Teh aw3s0mest play: Jaramillo GIDP in sixth, +7.1% WPA
Teh sux0rest play: Jaramillo homerun in fifth, -15.3% WPA
Total pitcher WPA: -5.7% WPA
Total batter WPA: -44.3% WPA
GWRBI!: Nate McLouth
Game Thread Roll Call
Nice job by future; his effort in the game thread embiggens us all.
| Num | Name | # of Posts |
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| 1 | future | 59 |
| 2 | All Shook Down | 56 |
| 3 | Greenpoint Ian | 41 |
| 4 | Michkin | 37 |
| 5 | MetsGeek | 32 |
| 6 | aparkermarshall | 30 |
| 7 | JADDENHOPKINS | 27 |
| 8 | JohnPeterson | 27 |
| 9 | EMSfan9 | 23 |
| 10 | squid92 | 23 |
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"maybe they call the man "Razor" because of all of the blow he did instead of paying attention in coaching school"
+1,000,000,000
I lol’ed. The game, on the other hand, was awful. The way David Wright is swinging, they’re basically playing without their 4 best players. Name me a team that can win consistently like that. Still, sucks to see.
by cjmulrain on Jun 2, 2009 10:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
At this rate
The Disabled List is going to have more players on it than the active roster by the break.
I haven’t heard anything, but hopefully they managed to play in St. Lucie today, I know there was rain yesterday that delayed Reyes and Church’s rehab.
"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet
What a fool I was to defy him"
-HST
by Meddler on Jun 2, 2009 11:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I listened to about 10 minutes of this shit-a-thon
I’ll consider myself luckily
by HotChipWillBreakYourLegs on Jun 2, 2009 11:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Razor Shines should be fired.
I don’t know what more a 3rd base coach does, but seriously, Razor Shines has embarrassed himself this year with bad calls, even running into Sheffield.
Seriously, the guy should just be canned.
The 2009 Amazin' Avenue: SCREW K-ROD, SIGN FUENTES! Check it out, K-Rod ERA under 1.00, Fuentes over 5.00. CASTILLO MUST GO! Castillo is hitting .300!! DON'T SIGN SHEFFIELD! Sheffield has been a great signing. OMIR WHO? Omir grand slam! OMIR SUCKS! Omir takes Papelbon deep to win. CASTRO OVER OMIR! Omir drives in every Met run, wins game! EPIC FAIL.
by ZaBlanc on Jun 2, 2009 11:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah he's been terrible, especially lately
He’s screwed Sheff over a couple times and gotten saved by the umps, like sending him on Murphy’s HR with the phantom bounce off the Subway sign. I was in the park for that game and stopped paying attention to Sheff when he touched third, assuming he was going to be held up without question based on the way the play developed. Next thing you know, he’s getting tagged out at home and I’m about ready to cry.
"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet
What a fool I was to defy him"
-HST
by Meddler on Jun 2, 2009 11:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
which is worse: Razor Shines or your 56-word signature line?
We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!
by kingcritical on Jun 3, 2009 12:14 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
His sig doesn't have a negative effect on the Mets chances of winning. Razor Shines FTW
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
by future on Jun 3, 2009 1:08 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’ve seen bigger signatures then that. But in this case I’ll say Shines.
No night spent pantsless is a wasted night.
by sireric on Jun 3, 2009 1:29 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
At least the sig isn't ragging on Beltran anymore
now it’s moved on to ragging on this website.
"He's definitely mixing it into his repertoire. That's French for 'repertoire' " - Keith Hernandez
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 3, 2009 7:34 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Shines
I can’t remember the last time the Mets—or any team really—had a third base coach fans didn’t complain about. They’re famous for always drawing the hatred of fans. Mets fans hated Luis Aguayo, they hated Sandy Alomar Sr., they hated Manny Acta. They hated Bobby Floyd, they hated Matt Galante. Cubbage took a lot of abuse back in the day, too.
People liked Cookie Rojas, I suppose, but I’m not sure it had anything to do with his third base coaching abilities, but more because people just like Cookie Rojas.
by Alex Nelson on Jun 3, 2009 8:57 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cookie was the man
but seriously, Razor seems worse than anyone, which I didn’t think was possible after Aguayo. I also never had a major problem with Galante.
by cjmulrain on Jun 3, 2009 10:22 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Acta was a bit over-aggressive
But at least he paid attention.
"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet
What a fool I was to defy him"
-HST
by Meddler on Jun 3, 2009 5:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ugh, Phillies won too
There is a bright side to that game though. They recorded more runs than outs against Jake Peavy. Perhaps that will diminish their interest in him a bit.
"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet
What a fool I was to defy him"
-HST
by Meddler on Jun 3, 2009 2:29 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I don't see how they are going to get Peavy
He said he doesn’t want to play on the east coast, right?
Also, I would be interested to see how his numbers change in a hitter’s park
by metsman07 on Jun 3, 2009 9:20 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah I don't think its that likely
But the Phillies are all over anything and everything that resembles a TOR pitcher right now.
"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet
What a fool I was to defy him"
-HST
by Meddler on Jun 3, 2009 5:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs























