Swing And Miss: Cubs 5, Mets 3

by Eric Simon on Sep 6, 2009 2:10 AM EDT

.368 Cory Sullivan's on-base percentage

66 Percentage of Rich Harden's outs recorded via strikeout

26 Mets games remaining in 2009

23 Percentage of swinging strikes induced by Rich Harden

18 Nelson Figueroa strikeouts in last two starts (13 innings)

17 Nelson Figueroa strikeouts in previous nine appearances (25 innings)

15 Percentage of swinging strikes induced by Nelson Figueroa

10 Mets left on base

9 Combined strikeouts by Mets' first three hitters

4 Hits by Josh Thole in his first nine big league at-bats

Haiku by Howard Megdal

Sullivan's new show
is home runs; Lee's pair shows us
Classic never dies

Swag Contest

Swag contest results can be found here and the next game's swag form already available. You can read more about the swag contest here.

SB Nation Coverage

* Traditional Recap
* Boxscore
* Amazin' Avenue Gamethread
* Bleed Cubbie Blue Gamethread

Win Probability Added

Big winners: Cory Sullivan, +16.9% WPA, Jeremy Reed, +7.1% WPA
Big losers: Nelson Figueroa, -19.8% WPA, Daniel Murphy, -15.4% WPA
Teh aw3s0mest play: Pagan RBI single in seventh, +12.1% WPA
Teh sux0rest play: Lee two-run homerun in fifth, -25.2% WPA
Total pitcher WPA: -22.9% WPA
Total batter WPA: -27.1% WPA
GWRBI!: Derrek Lee

Game Thread Roll Call

Nice job by KeithsMoustache; his effort in the game thread embiggens us all.

Num	Name	# of Posts
1	KeithsMoustache	54
2	blueandorange4life	41
3	metsguy234	29
4	fxcarden	28
5	Jadden Hopkins	27
6	MetsFan4Decades	26
7	Syler	21
8	James Kannengieser	8
9	Kevin H	7
10	clip	4

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Can Nick Evans get some GD ABs

like more than one? September is like 2010 bench try-out month.

by HotChipWillBreakYourLegs on Sep 6, 2009 9:14 AM EDT reply actions

No, no, you see, we're not out of the race.

We can’t sacrifice production by taking Cory Sullivan out of the lineup.
/sarcasm

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw

by squid92 on Sep 6, 2009 11:24 AM EDT up reply actions

Nick Evans started Game 162 in 2008

And he can’t buy playing time in September 2009?

by All Shook Down on Sep 6, 2009 9:06 PM EDT up reply actions

Pretty cat!

Beer is good! And stuff!

by R_Adragna on Sep 6, 2009 10:03 AM EDT reply actions

More like Swing and a Misch!

HAHAHA….hahahaha….haha…ha…
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"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw

by squid92 on Sep 6, 2009 11:24 AM EDT reply actions

Eric, why do you keep harping on Cory Sullivan?

He’s hot, but he’s 30 years old and not particularly good at anything. He has no future with the Mets. I don’t care how poorly Evans or Murphy play, they NEED to get the bulk of the playing time because they may actually have a future with the Mets.

And this one is for Jerry Manuel or anyone else who questions the fielding ability of Nick Evans:

http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=452783

Check out the running catch at Colorado. It’s only one play but Evans runs that ball down from left/center playing Helton to pull. I’m willing to wager a hefty sum that the ‘speedy’ Cory Sullivan never gets to that ball.

by All Shook Down on Sep 6, 2009 9:03 PM EDT reply actions