Open Thread: Mets vs Phillies, Game 2
by Eric Simon on Sep 13, 2009 7:34 PM EDT
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Mets Lineup Game 2
Castillo, 2b
Sullivan, rf
Wright, 3b
Beltran, cf
Murphy, 1b
Tatis, lf
Schneider, c
Hernandez, ss
Redding, rhp
Lefthander Ken Takahashi is unavailable with a groin issue.
via Surfing The Mets – NYDailyNews.com
Takahashi out?
Well, he is 40
I’m gonna go watch some football
"We're investigating the investigative procedure of the investigation of Tony Bernazard"---Omar Minaya (he really didn't say it but he would"
Phillips is there
"We must win and we must know how to win rather than win because we have statistical people."
Well
Why not? Luis was just about the only one left standing next to Murph.
by MetsFan4Decades on Sep 13, 2009 8:51 PM EDT up reply actions
You have to give him some credit
for staying healthy.
And you know he’s gonna be back. No way we’re getting rid of that contract.
by MetsFan4Decades on Sep 13, 2009 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions
At least ESPN
is going on and on about there is no way ANY team can overcome the injuries to the starting 25 the NY Mets have. No way can you compensate for that.
by MetsFan4Decades on Sep 13, 2009 8:52 PM EDT reply actions
For crying out loud.
I hate when we have bases loaded with 2 out…..
by MetsFan4Decades on Sep 13, 2009 8:53 PM EDT reply actions
LOL
Tatis out of the game with an injury on that non catch 1st inning.
by MetsFan4Decades on Sep 13, 2009 8:57 PM EDT up reply actions
I can't be bothered on that blog.
Who wants to ‘audition’ to be able to post a comment?
I mean, what is up with that? I’ve never seen that anywhere on any blog.
He just lost control of that blog.
by MetsFan4Decades on Sep 13, 2009 9:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, that seems insane.
If the goal of a blog is to limit traffic, mission accomplished.
me neither. I just check in from time to time to see how the rose colored glasses are working.
I think the Mets and/or SNY made him do it. to be fair, the game threads were out of control over there. fun, but out of control.
Right
But I think they could have gotten that under control easily. They have 100 people working on the blog, they can’t have someone spend 15 minutes to audit the threads, and warn/ban people?
100 people ?
I thought it was just a handful. Still, you can do all that with software.
I see it as further proof of Mets public relations fail.
haha...well, a handful = 100 when it comes to blogs. ;-)
I don’t think Matt spent enough time on it, to be honest. The Lohud beat writer spends more time on his Yankee blog than Matt does on Metsblog. No excuse for that.
Matt posts there like 5 times a day
We get 2 maybe 3 posts per day from all the writers here combined.
There is a recap post after every game on MetsBlog. We sparingly get recap posts, and when we do get them, they come around 6 hours after the game has ended.
etc
"Solo homers usually come with no one on base." -Ralph Kiner
I wouldn't compare
What Eric, Sam and James do on here requires actual skill and intelligence, he’s just a news aggregate who over uses ellipses to the point where it becomes unreadable. The posts here are both entertaining and many times laugh out loud funny, something you don’t get on Metsblog. And finally, Metsblog is Matt’s profession, that’s his source of income, I’m pretty sure the writers of this site have their own jobs to focus on and do this in their spare time because they love the Mets.
"We must win and we must know how to win rather than win because we have statistical people."
I agree.
But Matt said himself he refuses to turn over control of any aspect of his blog to someone else. Plus, he’s not kind of IT specialist at all so every format change he tried to make just made it worse.
by MetsFan4Decades on Sep 13, 2009 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Yup.
I alternate between this and TRDMB. No one is on there tonight though.
by MetsFan4Decades on Sep 13, 2009 9:12 PM EDT up reply actions
They have
a Real Dirty Dugout for game chats. There’s only a couple of us out there right now though.
It’s a fairly new blog – born from those of us who got tired of Matt’s blog
by MetsFan4Decades on Sep 13, 2009 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah
The format and content here is way better. Sometimes it turns into a sabermetric orgy, but aside from that…
Well Sabermetric stats are better than anything else we have to go by.
"We must win and we must know how to win rather than win because we have statistical people."
I wasn't joking
"We must win and we must know how to win rather than win because we have statistical people."
What do you go by? ERA and RsBI?
"We must win and we must know how to win rather than win because we have statistical people."
What?
Joe Morgan talking about the importance on On Base Percentage? And saying how gritty Rollins is?
"We must win and we must know how to win rather than win because we have statistical people."
Four best starters in history
Johnson, Seaver, Clemens (ugh) and Pedro
"We must win and we must know how to win rather than win because we have statistical people."
Clemens...
not going to do him any good as I would say he never gets into the HOF. Shot himself in the foot with that….
by MetsFan4Decades on Sep 13, 2009 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions
He deserves to be in
What he did on the field can’t be ignored even if he is a gigantic asshole who I would love to see spend time in prison for perjury.
"We must win and we must know how to win rather than win because we have statistical people."
except that he may be the one HOF'er that is PROVEN to have done steroid, and lied to congress to boot.
I don’t think he gets in.
Yeah
I’m with you on this. It’s not so much that he did steroids – which just about everyone did – it’s the fact that he lied to Congress that’s gonna do him in.
by MetsFan4Decades on Sep 13, 2009 9:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Where does that stand?
I lost track…Is there still any date/time where he has to go back to court?
Good question
Last I heard, he lost his suit against that trainer he was suing.
by MetsFan4Decades on Sep 13, 2009 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions
He'll get in eventually
It’s gonna be sweet to see Piazza get in and having Clemens wait, but even if he doesn’t get in right away, he’s still one of the best pitchers of all time.
"We must win and we must know how to win rather than win because we have statistical people."
This is a line up with Brian Schniede, Cory Sullivan and Anderson Hernandez
and you want runs? Don’t hold your breath
"We must win and we must know how to win rather than win because we have statistical people."
LOL.
But we got Beltran and Wright. That seemed to work last night.
by MetsFan4Decades on Sep 13, 2009 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Haha...Cutler sux...
Sorry, watching football. :-/
Actually
so far Redding isn’t pitching a bad game.
by MetsFan4Decades on Sep 13, 2009 9:30 PM EDT reply actions
And we'll never know.
You know I believe we’d be right in this race, if not on top right now, if most all had stayed healthy…
by MetsFan4Decades on Sep 13, 2009 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, I'm assuming Philly is in at this point.
So it would be fun to crap on Florida’s season for a change.
I don't like crushing underdogs
not fun for me
"Solo homers usually come with no one on base." -Ralph Kiner
I'm still bitter...
at how much FLA was celebrating knocking us out. Assuming Philly has it wrapped up by then, which is probable, I’d love to ruin their season.
What was worst?
06, 07, 08, or 09?
I’d say 07 was worst, then 08, then 09, then 06.
I know we had better records in 07 & 08, but it felt a lot more horrible than this year. At least to me.
IDK
This season is awful. Out of it by June. Such high expectations coming into it.
Second would be ’07. That Sept., each game, just kept sucking the life outta you. And thank you Tom Glavine.
by MetsFan4Decades on Sep 13, 2009 10:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, but at least we have an excuse this year.
We’re more like an afterthought this year, instead of a laughingstock like 07. Like I can wear my Mets gear with a “Hey, what can you do” attitude.
Please
I’m begging you….get Wright home.
by MetsFan4Decades on Sep 13, 2009 9:49 PM EDT reply actions
there must be like 15 people watching this game across the country
with the VMAs and football on
"Solo homers usually come with no one on base." -Ralph Kiner
And probably 14 of those are in Philly.
I’m watching football. Not interested in watching Pedro dominate us.
Wow
I’m surprised anyone is actually in here. Is it because of:
a) The Mets
b) The ESPN crew
c) Something else
LOL.
I watch all Met games. No matter how bad the season is. Been doing it for over 40 years.
It’s not summer unless without NY Met baseball.
I don’t follow football so….
ESPN crew? Uh, no……
by MetsFan4Decades on Sep 13, 2009 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions
all of my normal mets sources on twitter are tweeting about the VMAs
or just not watching the game
"Solo homers usually come with no one on base." -Ralph Kiner
Well...
nice game for Redding. If nothing else, he can pitch against the Phillies.
by MetsFan4Decades on Sep 13, 2009 10:12 PM EDT reply actions
Q: Why has Tim Redding pitched so well against the Phillies in his career?
Wrong answer: He picks up his game against them.
Right answer: It has just worked out that way.
Jeeze
That’s like 3 Mets already banged up in this game.
by MetsFan4Decades on Sep 13, 2009 10:18 PM EDT reply actions
Off topic question for Eric...
How does the AA blog business work for you?
Like it seems weird that Metsblog is the “official” blog, and Matt would get all sorts of perks from the Mets, given that you must be surpassing Metsblog in traffic.
What are your goals/aspirations for the blog, if any?
Traffic-wise
MetsBlog >>>>> Amazin’ Avenue
It’s not even close, really. It’s not a competition, though. Matt links to us a lot, and I know a lot of our readers found us via one of those links.
Our goals for this site are modest: write good stuff, engage our great community, grow that community in a manner that’s consistent with the way we write about/watch Mets baseball. I love that the community here really gets what we’re doing; not only are you not looking for us to conform to some idea of mainstream coverage of baseball, but you are in fact here mainly because we do provide coverage of the Mets that the mainstream media have failed to provide.
Yup
Green’s good for at least one hit batsman an outing.
by MetsFan4Decades on Sep 13, 2009 10:25 PM EDT reply actions
Pedro embarrassing us... ouch
"Those who fear disorder more than injustice inevitably produce more of both." -- Rev. William Coffin
good grief
check him for uppers.
"Those who fear disorder more than injustice inevitably produce more of both." -- Rev. William Coffin
by dcrockett17 on Sep 13, 2009 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Let's not pretend Reed was going to get a hit
but yeesh.
Murphy is Razor Shines’ bastard son.
"Those who fear disorder more than injustice inevitably produce more of both." -- Rev. William Coffin
by dcrockett17 on Sep 13, 2009 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions
in a manner most foul
"Those who fear disorder more than injustice inevitably produce more of both." -- Rev. William Coffin
by dcrockett17 on Sep 13, 2009 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Well that was fun.
Pedro shuts us out. I couldn’t be less surprised.
’night!
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