At Least He Didn't Hit A Home Run
by Sam Page on Aug 23, 2009 4:30 PM EDT
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When Jerry says hit and run
He wants those runners arunnin’!
"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet
What a fool I was to defy him"
-HST
by Mark Himmelstein on Aug 23, 2009 4:37 PM EDT reply actions
ba-ZING!
"He's definitely mixing it into his repertoire. That's French for 'repertoire' " - Keith Hernandez
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Aug 23, 2009 4:42 PM EDT reply actions
Numb
Oh, the Mets ended the bottom of the 9th ining with a RARE triple play!!! I’m soooo glad I got to witnees Mets’ history in the worst way again!
Today will be better than yesterday...
you can't criticize frenchie here
he killed the ball…and right now he’s the only guy in our lineup with any ability to drive the ball.
"The Mets have shown me more ways to lose than I even knew existed."
-Casey Stengel
by He'sGotPotential on Aug 23, 2009 4:50 PM EDT reply actions
Angel Pagan
"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 23, 2009 4:57 PM EDT up reply actions
ok 1 of 2 guys
"The Mets have shown me more ways to lose than I even knew existed."
-Casey Stengel
by He'sGotPotential on Aug 23, 2009 4:58 PM EDT up reply actions
When you mean drive do you also mean hit?
cause then I say Luis Castillo
"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 23, 2009 5:01 PM EDT up reply actions
And by hit do you mean produce batting runs?
Because 12.0 batting runs below replacement this season says differently.
"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw
by drive i mean an ability to hit home runs..
i’m not gonna criticize him today because it just simply isnt his fault that we lost.
"The Mets have shown me more ways to lose than I even knew existed."
-Casey Stengel
by He'sGotPotential on Aug 23, 2009 8:50 PM EDT up reply actions
I can criticize him alot
because he had awful 2nd 3rd and 4th at bats, and if he had simply hit a ground ball in the 2nd or 3rd AB, a run would have scored both times
wrong day to defend Francoeur
if he had two decent AB’s before the last, he could have had two rbi’s. a fly ball, a ground ball to the right side anything like that and the 9th inning shocker just keeps it a tie game. The guy is simply put an awful hitter. And bad luck happens to awful hitters more than not.
i am in no way a francoeur fan
but when people say that he screwed us over with the comeback its just unfair criticism. the facts are that it was unfortunate that the line drive he hit was right at the second baseman. if the runners weren’t stealing it would have been a base hit. you can criticize him all you want for the rest of the game but you can’t blame the guy for hitting into a triple play.
"The Mets have shown me more ways to lose than I even knew existed."
-Casey Stengel
by He'sGotPotential on Aug 24, 2009 12:14 AM EDT up reply actions
clearly.... he was amazing today
left 6 on base and fucked us over with the possible comeback
by dulciusEXasperis on Aug 23, 2009 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions
how did he fuck us over with the comeback
what else could he have done…he hit a screaming line drive up the middle. if the runners weren’t going then it would have been an rbi single with runners on first and third still no one out. its fine if you bash him for his previous ab’s but no the last one….thats just being unfair to the guy.
"The Mets have shown me more ways to lose than I even knew existed."
-Casey Stengel
by He'sGotPotential on Aug 24, 2009 12:11 AM EDT up reply actions
Things that have outperformed Spring Training expectations:
- Luis Castillo
- Gary Sheffield
Things that have underperformed Spring Training expectations:
- David Wright
- Carlos Beltran
Things that have wildly underperformed Spring Training expectations in ways that shock and awe Nostradamus:
- Literally everything else
Fuck this season – we’re so far beyond the point where I’d turn off the Xbox and re-load at an earlier part of the year, it’s not even funny.
we might be at the point now where I would sell the game and get Tiger Woods golf or something where I shoot terrorists.
"If on-base percentage is so important, then why don't they put it on the scoreboard?"
Haha +1
"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet
What a fool I was to defy him"
-HST
by Mark Himmelstein on Aug 23, 2009 6:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Tiger Woods for Wii kicks ass.
I keep hitting my dog in the head with my follow through though…
"We're just as bad as the old Mets, but this time nobody's laughing"
-Dallas Green
by Stephen Schmidt on Aug 23, 2009 6:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Blasphemy
You obviously don’t play many video games if you think any sports game, let alone a golf game on a Wii, is the best game ever.
"We must win and we must know how to win rather than win because we have statistical people."
Agree completely
I don’t play many video games but I like to golf and TW is a decent half hour fix when going out to play for five hours isn’t possible. But I’m sure there is some first person shooter that I’ve never heard of that is the greatest EVAR.
wow
http://www.fangraphs.com/liveplays.aspx?gameid=290823121
When Francoeur walked up, the Mets had a 33.5% chance of winning with a Run Expectancy of 1.5. That one play did almost as much damage as Ollie giving up 2×3-run jacks to open the game.
"If on-base percentage is so important, then why don't they put it on the scoreboard?"
but it can't be blamed to Frenchy
"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 23, 2009 8:53 PM EDT up reply actions
well, the Mets still did not lose
on catcher’s interference this season. (At least I think so.)
walk off stolen base
walk off balk
"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 24, 2009 8:53 AM EDT up reply actions
I don't know which stunned me more.
How terrible Ollie was in the first, or the kick in the ‘nads at the end. This team just keeps inventing ways to lose. What’s next, an engine falls off of a plane and crushes someone next week?
by BobbyV_Incognito on Aug 23, 2009 6:04 PM EDT reply actions
donnie darko?
only if the vets make the september rookie call ups wear bunnie suits.
Omar and Jerry
Share the bunny suits. Donnie Darko is Wilpon.
by cuseindahuse on Aug 23, 2009 7:52 PM EDT up reply actions
I seriously doubt
this team’s commitment to Sparkle Motion.
phliadelphoe ite domum!
by Doc Manhattan on Aug 23, 2009 8:38 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
God
Everytime I think of that movie now, I think of the sequel. I’m seriously scarred for life from watching that turd-a-polooza.
"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet
What a fool I was to defy him"
-HST
by Mark Himmelstein on Aug 23, 2009 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions
You actually watched it?!?
I admire your, um, grission?
"He's definitely mixing it into his repertoire. That's French for 'repertoire' " - Keith Hernandez
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Aug 23, 2009 11:44 PM EDT up reply actions
My friend insisted
He thought it would be funny. He found it streaming online somewhere. He was wrong. Its so much worse than you could possibly imagine. We couldn’t decide if the guy who made it just hated Richard Kelly, or if he liked him so much he decided to make something that would make the original seem like the greatest piece of film ever made by comparison.
"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet
What a fool I was to defy him"
-HST
by Mark Himmelstein on Aug 24, 2009 12:14 AM EDT up reply actions
"or if he liked him so much he decided to make something that would make the original seem like the greatest piece of film ever made by comparison."
I like this theory.
"He's definitely mixing it into his repertoire. That's French for 'repertoire' " - Keith Hernandez
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Aug 24, 2009 12:20 AM EDT up reply actions
Terrible idea
King of the bling come to lay down the evidence//Not George Bush, L-Millz be da president
Socks is the physics teacher
And Omir Santos is a young Seth Rogen. AKA this guy:
"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet
What a fool I was to defy him"
-HST
by Mark Himmelstein on Aug 23, 2009 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Wow
I’ve watched that movie close to 10 times, and I never realized that was Seth Rogen.
by BobbyV_Incognito on Aug 24, 2009 12:54 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah I only put it together recently
Either before or after going to see Funny People, talking with a friend about other Seth Rogen movies.
"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet
What a fool I was to defy him"
-HST
by Mark Himmelstein on Aug 24, 2009 5:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Jeff Francoeur
Will be standing in RF, positioning himself for the final out of the game with a one run lead, when an explosion from underneath the field will shake him to the ground*. He’ll fall to his knees, but manage to make a circus catch anyway. However, the thick black smoke emanating from the crack that opens up in the field will obscure the second base umpire’s view, and it will be ruled a “trap”. The next hitter will a two run home run off Frankie and the Mets will lose.
*the explosion, it will be later concluded, was the result of a very delicate experiment Brian Stokes was in the middle of performing in his secret laboratory beneath CitiField, where he was mixing a number of volatile chemicals, including nitroglycerin and Moises Alou’s urine.
"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet
What a fool I was to defy him"
-HST
by Mark Himmelstein on Aug 23, 2009 6:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Naturally, Omir knocked over the vials again.
That clumsy assistant!
"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw
The spilled vials leaked into the visitors clubhouse, spilling onto Raul Ibanez
Shane Victorino noted that Ibanez smelled like Urine and then noticed his spike in performance. Victorino now begs fans to give him the golden shower, hoping to drink in the goodness that Raul benefited from.
"We're just as bad as the old Mets, but this time nobody's laughing"
-Dallas Green
by Stephen Schmidt on Aug 23, 2009 8:27 PM EDT up reply actions
The Caddyshack ending?
phliadelphoe ite domum!
by Doc Manhattan on Aug 23, 2009 8:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Does anyone have
the -WPA for that play? Lowest of all time?
Even the umps don't like Frenchy!
First was that faux “caught stealing” that was never tagged. And today, that catch he made at RF they initially ruled in play.
They almost came back for Chrissakes!!
I saw a lot of positives in the game today. That would have been a helluva comeback. Can’t you mugs give them some credit for fighting back !!!
Fight back?
So because Ryan Howard couldn’t field a ball, and Eric Bruntlett booted a couple of grounders the Mets “fought back”? If the Phillies had made some plays the Mets go meekly in the 9th and it’s just another loss in a lost season. So why do the Mets deserve credit for the Phillies mistakes that made the 9th inning exciting? Did they will the Phillies into them or use some intangible goodness to force the errors?
There are always going to be positives and negatives during any game. That doesn’t mean we should read anything into singular performances unless they show consistent patterns over a large enough sample size. (I.e. Oliver Perez sucking)
Woot for Dictorino throwing his arms in the air so he could watch Angel Pagan run around the bases!
"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet
What a fool I was to defy him"
-HST
by Mark Himmelstein on Aug 23, 2009 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions
favorite part of the game
"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 24, 2009 8:54 AM EDT up reply actions
This
"He's definitely mixing it into his repertoire. That's French for 'repertoire' " - Keith Hernandez
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Aug 23, 2009 11:45 PM EDT up reply actions
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