Nationals 6, Mets 4: One Out Of Three Ain't Good
by James Kannengieser on May 12, 2010 4:52 PM EDT
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When Francisco Rodriguez blew a save in the 20-inning marathon, his teammates picked him up and the Mets eventually won the game. When he allowed a game-tying home run to no-name scrub John Bowker in the 9th inning on Friday, his batterymate God Barajas ended things in the bottom half of the frame with a walkoff homer. Alas, today there would be no pick-me-up. There would be no vulture win. Frankie gave up a tie-breaking two-run home run in the 9th to Rogearvin Bernadina, he of the career minor league line of .265/.350/.383. What's more, it came on an 88 mph fastball. Frankie's velocity was around 90 mph today, a far cry from the mid-90's "K-Rod" of just a couple seasons ago. Maybe he couldn't get loose in the cold weather. Maybe he's feeling the effects of a heavy workload this past weekend. Regardless, it's not a comforting sign for the man with the vesting option of doom.
Mike Pelfrey pitched better than his mediocre boxscore line indicates (5.2 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 3 BB, 6 K). That's a strikeout per inning, and he threw 119 pitches in his best attempt to preserve the bullpen a night after Jon Niese's short outing. The opposing pitcher, Craig Stammen, was his nemesis of the day. Stammen went 2-2 and drove in three runs. The amazing Bernadina accounted for the other run -- he hit a solo homer in the 4th, regressing Pelf's HR/FB% in the process.
Angel Pagan and Alex Cora were the hitting stars today, combining to go 4-9. Jose Reyes had a rough go of it, going 1-5, grounding into a crucial double play and making an error in the field. The double play came in the 7th inning on an 0-2 count when the game was tied. Jerry Manuel had ordered Reyes to bunt, but unfortunately Reyes couldn't get it down on two tries. It was a silly thing to call, but hey, that's Jerryball. Get on board with it or you'll be in Jerry's famous doghouse (featuring new resident Fernando Tatis, for some reason). Reyes deserves some blame for not executing the bunt, and also for a 5th inning baserunning blunder, but asking your three hitter to bunt in that spot is just dumb, dumb, dumb. Also, Jeff Francoeur went 0-4 today. His OPS is now .705. Take THAT, Moneyball!
The Mets are 0-6 in rubber games this season. This one would have been nice to have, especially after last night's uplifting win. It feels like that Sunday night game they lost to the Cardinals earlier this season, the day after winning the 20-inning game. Tomorrow starts an eight game road trip -- four with the Marlins, two with the Braves and two with the Nationals. Johan Santana and Josh Johnson battle tomorrow night in an ace-off at 7:10. I'll finish with one bit of good news, via David Lennon:
Poem by Howard Megdal
(Sung to "Mona Lisa")
Bernadina, Bernadina
Where'd you come from?
With your power bat
And oh-so-golden glove
Once a joker, mediocre
But no longer
Hit like Willingham
And dove like Willie H
Do you smile, when you crush us,
Bernadina?
Don't you know that Mets fans all have broken hearts?
We brought dreams of a win to your doorstep
We were tied there
Then we died there
Are you warm, are you real, Bernadina?
Or just another Nat here to take our team apart
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Win Probability Added
Big winners: Fernando Nieve +17.3%, Alex Cora +10.2%
Big losers: Francisco Rodriguez -41.3%, Mike Pelfrey -11.8%
Teh aw3s0mest play: Jose Reyes double +15.6%
Teh sux0rest play: Rogearvin Bernadina home run -48.7%
Total pitcher WPA: -38.0%
Total batter WPA: -12.0%
GWRBI!: Rogearvin Bernadina
Game Thread Roll Call
Nice job by freakystyley; his effort in the game thread embiggens us all.
| Num | Name | # of Posts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | freakystyley | 186 |
| 2 | bm01bath | 128 |
| 3 | Michkin | 95 |
| 4 | Gina | 90 |
| 5 | Syler | 84 |
| 6 | Brian. | 81 |
| 7 | aparkermarshall | 81 |
| 8 | Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan | 50 |
| 9 | Mike Clemente | 49 |
| 10 | Rickfansince76 | 46 |
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What are you talking about? One of three is all Omar ever wants!
In all seriousness, horrible series loss, especially considering our upcoming schedule
At Florida x4
At Atlanta x2
At Washington x2
vs Yankees x3
vs Phillies x3
There is no hope.... there is no future....there is only GRISSIONZ
The 2010 Mets- Hey, we may suck, but what did you expect?
we'll be 6 - 8 in that stretch at best.
I figure split 4 with Fla, split in Atl and Wash, then lose 2 of 3 for the next two.
you know what I'm sayin' ?
"Rich floral aroma with notes of mostly pine with some grass and light toast"
you beer snobs are too much sometimes…
How the hell do people a) know what pine with some grass and light toast tastes like, b) make a beer that tastes like that, and c) enjoy said beer?
I find the vast majority of “good beers” are far too hoppy. Give me a Yuengling and lets call it a day.
2009 Did Not Happen
Aroma hops are added in the last 5-10 minutes of the boil.
So they add no bitterness, just sweet aroma!
by JohnPeterson on May 13, 2010 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions
I find that this is quite tasty.
This season I will expect the worst but I will be prepared for 'worser'.
by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on May 12, 2010 6:28 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Good stuff, really good stuff
"I reject your reality and substitute my own"
-Adam Savage
by blueandorange4life on May 12, 2010 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions
But then again, I always like to have one of these after a long, hot day in the yard.
This season I will expect the worst but I will be prepared for 'worser'.
by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on May 12, 2010 6:50 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
Nothing like an outdoor BBQ-like experience with one of these
Also makes for a great breakfast! In a can, no less.
Where there is a Wilpon, there is a way. To lose.
Diet? Come on...
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on May 12, 2010 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Come out and visit
I’ll take you to the brewery.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
the best of the widely available ones
But there is another…
by JohnPeterson on May 13, 2010 12:39 PM EDT up reply actions
At least I have Capps on my fantasy team...
There’s some slight silver lining here.
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on May 12, 2010 5:30 PM EDT reply actions
Who in the fuck
called reyes to bunt in that 7th inning AB? Was it Jose’s call or Jerry’s?
by MetsKnicksRutgers on May 12, 2010 5:35 PM EDT reply actions
It was Jerry's
Because even Jose for how stupid he is, knows he can’t sac bunt.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
Running from 2nd to 3rd earlier in the game was pretty stupid.
and it isn’t the first time he’s done that, either.
I wish he would think a little sometimes.
you know what I'm sayin' ?
I'm not calling Jose stupid....
I’m just saying he sometimes vapor locks.
you know what I'm sayin' ?
You are not calling Jose stupid
but this poster called “future” is with his “…even Jose for how stupid he is…” post.
toe be fair
Most professional athletespeople are pretty stupid
Fixed that for ya
2009 Did Not Happen
by cjmulrain on May 12, 2010 6:58 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I got your "toe" right here.
heheheh.
But you are 1000% correct, sir.
haha damn it
In a post calling people dumb, I misspell a word. The funny thing is I had originally spelled “ya” as ys, but caught myself.
2009 Did Not Happen
*note : I'm saying that "future" called Jose stupid.
Not that I’m calling him “stupid”. Just in case someone takes it the wrong way here. Excuse me.
I have to assume Jerry,
Jose had finally had a good at bat right before that so I doubt he’d be bunting on his own.
"Relax, all right? Don't try to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring; besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls. It's more democratic."
- CRASH DAVIS
fuckin
ridiculous. You want the guy to bat third then LET HIM BAT. I wish jerry was replaced by a god damn 386 or a commodore 64
by MetsKnicksRutgers on May 12, 2010 5:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Deep Blue is unemployed.
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on May 12, 2010 5:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Wasn't it
big blue? Are you talkin about that computer that beat that russian chessmasters ass?
by MetsKnicksRutgers on May 12, 2010 5:52 PM EDT up reply actions
It's Deep Blue.
Big Blue isn’t a computer; it’s the best NFL team.
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on May 12, 2010 5:55 PM EDT up reply actions
These days
most laptops could destroy any grandmaster. Kasparov wrote a great article about the implications in the New York Review of Books this year. Young grandmasters are getting into computer-assisted play.
by Pack Bringley on May 12, 2010 5:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Computer > grandmaster
grandmaster + computer >>> computer
by Pack Bringley on May 12, 2010 6:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Chris Carter>>>>>>>>
all of those >>>> killing this joke dead.
I really don't like Frankie.
I’m going to really hate him when we present him with that 18 million dollar vest.
Whats up with his fastball? It’s down from 94.5 in 07 to 91.0 right now, and he was throwing his fastball 87 today. This guy is 28 years old. If Wagner never got hurt, we’d probably still have him, who is better then Frankie, and we’d probably also still have Carp, Vargas, Endy, and Smith. We could really really use Vargas, Endy and Smith, the beginning of this year notwithstanding.
"Relax, all right? Don't try to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring; besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls. It's more democratic."
- CRASH DAVIS
I think it would be funny
If Omar actually had to present these guys with vests when their options “vest.” They could make a ceremony out of it.
2009 Did Not Happen
Yeah a golden vest or something,
like a gold glove ceremony.
"Relax, all right? Don't try to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring; besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls. It's more democratic."
- CRASH DAVIS
It would be almost as miraculous as blowing up the Death Star
Except they really didn’t do the job as well as they envisioned. Like K-Rod and Cora.
Trying to believe is my full-time occupation.
by Preach19 on May 12, 2010 5:48 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
I love the story of how
when they were filming that scene, all the extras in the crowd were abusing the main actors saying it was the most ridiculous thing they’d ever seen, they were jerks, it was going to be a huge flop etc.
And that's what K-Rod will do
He’s going to prove that he’s worth $17 million by using money to expand the Shake Shack and add more seating to Citi Field.
Trying to believe is my full-time occupation.
Not gold... made from real gorilla chest.
by Pack Bringley on May 12, 2010 5:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Wookie pelt, like Boba Fett has.
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on May 12, 2010 5:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Silver lining
We don’t have to groan when Jerry fails to put him in in high leverage spots!
by Pack Bringley on May 12, 2010 5:41 PM EDT up reply actions
i refuse to go to games
until Omar is demoted to the scouting department and jerry is fired. don’t waste your money man
by MetsKnicksRutgers on May 12, 2010 5:40 PM EDT up reply actions
If only baseball weren't so great
Then maybe I could stay away.
by Pack Bringley on May 12, 2010 5:44 PM EDT up reply actions
So true.
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on May 12, 2010 5:45 PM EDT up reply actions
The worst part is we all knew
Frankie was a bad idea and that he was regressing and that he would be overpaid and that it would be a regrettable contract.
But the 62 saves brah!!!! This is a no brainer! Who’s kidding who?
"Relax, all right? Don't try to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring; besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls. It's more democratic."
- CRASH DAVIS
Yea
i was kinda excited about Frankie because the deal was nowhere near to the projected 5/75 that he was looking for, but the market bottomed out literally directly after we signed him. Had Omar waited a week or two we coulda gotten him on a Fuentes like deal
by MetsKnicksRutgers on May 12, 2010 5:53 PM EDT up reply actions
or you know
if Omar had any idea how to evaluate the market. it’s not like no one saw the marketing bottoming out coming when the economy collapsed, it’s why the Braves had to take such a huge loss in the Tex trade, and I’m pretty sure it’s also why Dunn and Burrel weren’t offered arbitration, everyone but our brilliant front office.
I wonder if Carl Everett believes Jamie Moyer exists.
Fuentes, Affeldt, Scott Downs
All better candidates at the time.
I pointed out a while ago (on another blog), before that devastating injury, that Scott Downs had joined the echelon of quality relief pitching, with the likes of Papelbon and Soria. EVEN when you compare xFIPs, Scott Downs was competitive with those two, nevermind the lesser dominance. But still, despite my efforts, almost nobody listened.
Where there is a Wilpon, there is a way. To lose.
What has Omar been right about that we were all wrong about?
We can rattle off a dozen things on our side. What’s his?
by Pack Bringley on May 12, 2010 5:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Tatis?
Who knows. I like when Omar takes chances on cheap guys, like Tatis, Valentin, Endy, those kind of guys. When he starts throwing big dollars around, it’s almost always facepalm time. Beltran excluded.
"Relax, all right? Don't try to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring; besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls. It's more democratic."
- CRASH DAVIS
Valentin (2006) is probably the biggest
I think we all wanted him long gone after his abysmal start to that season – in fact, I think no one really wanted him here in the first place – and he went on to have one of the best seasons of any Met 2B ever.
Also, Seo-for-Sanchez (at least I hated it at the time).
by dontstopbelieving on May 12, 2010 6:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Moises Alou
I Never liked that deal then or now. I knew he would get hurt all the time, but Omar went for the dilapidated condo anyway. Not worth the effort patchworking a platoon LF with Tatis.
Where there is a Wilpon, there is a way. To lose.
Ditto!
I was no expert and even I knew that K-Rod (K-Fraud?) was a bad deal. I tried telling my father about his decreasing dominance and growing control issues, at which he was somewhat reluctant to believe that K-Rod would digress.
Also, on a side note, I predicted he would wear number 75 (in part, to honor fellow countryman Johan Santana) before it was revealed, so I got that one right too.
Where there is a Wilpon, there is a way. To lose.
the worst part is he still got a friggin game finished
And his velocity dropped off majorly in 08, supposedly it was because of a new motion to reduce his injury risk.
I wonder if Carl Everett believes Jamie Moyer exists.
I remember that
K-Rod said something about not pitching well at one point, then saying that he was “experimenting” with his pitches (in other words, spring training mode), and was dealing with a sort of injury I believe he incurred when he tripped over the steps of the dugout stairs in the Angels’ dugout.
An addendum – I never liked the idea of that herky-jerky motion of K-Rod’s, despite that partially being attributed to his success, to throw off hitters. When it comes to herky-jerky, I think Jim Palmer (a NYC area native) has done it better than anybody else.
Where there is a Wilpon, there is a way. To lose.
Yesterday's win tasted like good ol' fashioned fried chicken.
Today’s loss? Tastes like liver. No one and I mean no one likes liver.
This season I will expect the worst but I will be prepared for 'worser'.
by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on May 12, 2010 6:26 PM EDT reply actions
Well both the Nats fans and the Mets fans can agree....
…that a Phillies loss when Roy Halladay stars via walkoff HR is a very, very good thing.
Uh...yeah...Let's gets that Calder Cup!!!!
I guess a 5-for-5 day from Miguel olivo including a walk-off in the 10th against philly
softens the blow of Roger Bernadina driving in 3 and saving 3 with his glove.
by HotChipWillBreakYourLegs on May 12, 2010 7:00 PM EDT up reply actions
yea, for a second I thought the walkoff had been against Doc, but I see it wasn't
sweet nonetheless.
you know what I'm sayin' ?
I can't feel too bad about a young guy having a fantastic game
That was a really great catch Bernadina made.
Yes.
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on May 12, 2010 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Another 0-for from Francoeur
Is it too much to ask that Carter get a start or two to give Frenchy a day off? Maybe with some rest and some reps in the cage Frenchy can recover whatever it was he had during the first 10 games.
As long as Carter could play RF effectively
I think it could work, though Carter is a defensive liability.
Where there is a Wilpon, there is a way. To lose.
agreed he needs to spell bay and frenchy get 2 starts week
gotta see live pichting to stay sharp, utilize the animal and repe the benifits
Clearly, there is only one solution
sell team to Dietmar Hopp
No
If he can take an 8th division team to the first division, surely he can take a mediocre NL East team and buy it some gegritzen.
If the Mets were 3-3 in rubber games...
…they’d be in first place right now. And why is it the Mets make stars of these no-names. Roger Bernadina? Really?
by northernvatiger on May 12, 2010 10:15 PM EDT reply actions
This is baseball
From time to time, no-names have games of their lives. And that’s fantastic, really, how excellent for him. Baseball is erratic, man. There are perfect-game pitchers who didn’t do much else.
This, like lots of other lamentation (which I engage in myself) is just the tunnel vision that comes from watching mostly one’s own team. Happens everywhere, all the time.
yeah it's not like we haven't had our own non names because stars randomly ourselves
I wonder if Carl Everett believes Jamie Moyer exists.
I am always one of Howard's biggest fans
but I just want to say,
We were tied there
Then we died there
Is so, so excellent. Kudos.
Why do we get crazy after losses like this?
Listen the Mets just aren’t a good team. They went on a nice run at the end of April but that dosent change the fact that the team is flawed. Every part of the team has issues. Let’s relax. The Nats are a decent team, probably no better but also no worse than the Mets. So no surprise we lost.
by Blame-everyone-else on May 12, 2010 10:53 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Excellent points made in the recap
1) Yeah, Frenchy got robbed one time, but you have to wonder why he was out there today. You absolutely can’t tell me Carter goes 0 for 3 off of Stammen. The one thing Jerry is known for is rewarding guys and riding the “hot hand” yet he can’t start Carter over a guy batting .210 vs righties. You could make the argument that Frenchy is a platoon player at best right now.
2) Why is GMJr. somehow ahead of Tatis on the pinch hitting depth chart? One hit gets him there? Jerry needs to realize that he sucks, it’s not because he’s “an everyday guy and it’s hard for him.” If it is, that’s too bad, because he’s a bench guy now, and he can’t hack it, so dump him.
3) The Reyes bunt. I don’t know what to say here that hasn’t been said. It’s beyond awful. It’s epic failure by a manager who doesn’t understand situations, strategy, his team’s strength and weaknesses, etc. You want him to hit 3rd, but you treat him like a scrub incapable of getting a hit to keep a rally going. Hey, here’s an idea: How about a fucking hit and run instead of giving away an out???
Exactly
If Jerry views Reyes as the type of hitter that should be bunting, then why is he batting 3rd?
what type of hitter is that?
If he views him as the type of hitter that should be bunting, then why isn’t he pitching?
If Beltran comes back
and gets 17 hits and 12 homers every 20 at bats, I like out chances at the wild card.
and I don't see why there's any reason to doubt his ability to do that
I wonder if Carl Everett believes Jamie Moyer exists.
He probably got in trouble for hitting "rally-killing" home runs...
and not hitting according to the situation.
"For $11.4 million you can actually get a good player. But of course this is one of the things foolish organizations do: They complain that they can't afford good players after spending millions of dollars on not-good players." --Rob Neyer
by boom_roasted on May 13, 2010 2:53 AM EDT up reply actions
finally cracked the top 10 in posts
it was a slow day at work until 3, then I was swamped otherwise i would have finished higher.
why does it seem we have so much trouble getting the P out
I have no stats on this but it seems we get burned by pitchers quite a few times each year.
seems like we have a bad approach, I would think with pitchers most of the time you can groove strikes and still they would only hit .200 at most.
It was all worth it for that poem
masterful. Howard you are a true Robert Frost of sports blogs, a genius. For the next three days I will be singing “Do you smile when you crush us Bernadina”?!!
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