Parn-Smell: Braves 15, Mets 2

by Eric Simon on Aug 20, 2009 12:00 AM EDT

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

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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

No need for Parnell to worry

Cerrone gave him a pep talk and told him that he’ll be fine.

by Mount17 on Aug 20, 2009 12:07 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

by clip on Aug 20, 2009 1:13 AM EDT up reply actions