Parn-Smell: Braves 15, Mets 2
Bobby Parnell, well, he didn't quite have "it" tonight. For the unindoctrinated, "it" is something that only baseball people like Steve Phillips and Fran Healy can understand, and I'm told that it can prevent things like allowing nine hits and nine runs in three innings. Last start Parnell had "it". Tonight, less so. It's just one start, which is probably what we should have told ourselves after last time.
Parnell was spelled by Nelson Figueroa, who allowed two runs on three hits in two innings. Figgy turned it over to Tim Redding, who coughed up another three runs on four hits in three innings. Sean Green, yep, one run on two hits in one inning.
Only two players had positive WPA contributions, and both were negligible (.3% for Will "The Spill" Valdez; .2% for Omir ".300 OBP" Santos). 38,602 miserable humps showed up to watch this debacle, and I pity them and everyone that looks like them.
Johan Santana and Kenshin Kawakami face off tomorrow at 7:10pm, and we can only hope they inspire something better than this pitiful recap.
Haiku by Howard Megdal
Parnell woes enhanced
By Castillo's indifference
The floodgates open
Swag Contest
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SB Nation Coverage
* Traditional Recap
* Boxscore
* Amazin' Avenue Gamethread
* Talking Chop Gamethread
Win Probability Added
Big winners: Wilson Valdez, +0.3% WPA, Omir Santos, +0.2% WPA
Big losers: Bobby Parnell, -42.0% WPA, Gary Sheffield, -2.2% WPA
Teh aw3s0mest play: Church flyout in second, +4.0% WPA
Teh sux0rest play: Diaz two-run single in second, -9.6% WPA
Total pitcher WPA: -42.6% WPA
Total batter WPA: -7.4% WPA
GWRBI!: Omar Infante
Game Thread Roll Call
Nice job by KeithsMoustache; his effort in the game thread embiggens us all.
| Num | Name | # of Posts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | KeithsMoustache | 148 |
| 2 | metsguy234 | 73 |
| 3 | blueandorange4life | 70 |
| 4 | Michkin | 69 |
| 5 | Jadden Hopkins | 62 |
| 6 | aparkermarshall | 55 |
| 7 | fxcarden | 52 |
| 8 | firejerrynow | 37 |
| 9 | Mex_17 | 31 |
| 10 | lstorie1971 | 25 |
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did Omir make it to .300 OBP
if so this calls for a celebration
by KeithsMoustache on Aug 20, 2009 12:04 AM EDT reply actions
haha i found that hillarious
"The Mets have shown me more ways to lose than I even knew existed."
-Casey Stengel
by He'sGotPotential on Aug 20, 2009 12:46 AM EDT up reply actions
OK I saw about two minutes of this game
was Parns let down by bad defense in the second inning or was he really that bad?
"He's definitely mixing it into his repertoire. That's French for 'repertoire' " - Keith Hernandez
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Aug 20, 2009 12:08 AM EDT reply actions
well he started off the inning giving up like 3 soft hits or something like that
two ground balls into holes and a broken bat hit or something like that, and then he gave up some solid hits but not rockets. he could definitely have gotten out of the inning with 3 or 4 runs or something if the defense did their job, though
The Mets are awesome!
How funny is it that this feels like 2004?
We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!
yes
"We're investigating the investigative procedure of the investigation of Tony Bernazard"---Omar Minaya (he really didn't say it but he would"
by firejerrynow on Aug 20, 2009 7:18 AM EDT up reply actions
yeah one of the more entertaining game threads
i think the enjoyment of the thread is inversely related to the enjoyment of the mets
by KeithsMoustache on Aug 20, 2009 9:48 AM EDT up reply actions
The New York Giants today lost to the Atlanta Falcons by a score of 15-2
Oh wait. Wrong one
"We're investigating the investigative procedure of the investigation of Tony Bernazard"---Omar Minaya (he really didn't say it but he would"
agreed, loving the haiku's
"I reject your reality and substitute my own"
-Adam Savage
by blueandorange4life on Aug 20, 2009 2:54 PM EDT up reply actions
I want to apologize to firejerrynow
We got into it over his Parnell crush. I called you a dipshit and I’m sorry…really sorry, because I really meant to call you a fuckstick. That’s my bad.
Kidding!
































