Mets 5, Diamondbacks 4: We Are The Winners!
by Eric Simon on Jul 31, 2010 10:47 PM EDT
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PrintThe Mets may have sat on their collective thumbs at the trade deadline, but that didn't distract them from priority #1: squeaking by the second-worst team in the league. The Diamondbacks are now 4-11 since the All-Star break: 4-1 against the Mets and 0-10 against everyone else.
Hisanori Takahashi was fantastic over six innings (after tossing an inning of relief on Wednesday), striking out 10 and allowing just one run on seven hits and two walks. Bobby Parnell was shooting blanks tonight, and was ultimately charged with three runs on three hits and a walk without retiring a batter. Pedro Feliciano and Manny Acosta finished off the seventh with the latter staying on to pitch a 1-2-3 eighth. Francisco Rodriguez kept the Diamondbacks at bay in the ninth, setting up...
...a pinch-hit, leadoff triple by Jesus Feliciano to start the bottom of the ninth. Jose Reyes flied out to shallow right, and after intentional walks to Angel Pagan and David Wright, Carlos Beltran sent a fly ball deep enough to right to get Feliciano home with the winning run.
Wright went 2-for-4 with three runs batted in and pushed his OPS over .900 for the season. Pagan went 3-for-4 and has his OPS up to .860.
Getting back to Takahashi for a moment, who seems to have regained some of the dominance he showed in his first few starts this season. He coaxed 21 swinging strikes tonight, or 19% of his pitches thrown. The average rate for starting pitchers is 7.8%, so Tak was well over that mark. It's worth noting, though, that the Diamondbacks have struck out more than any other team in baseball. Way more. Like 122 times more than the second-place Marlins.
The Braves lost tonight, so the Mets' win moves them back to within 6.5 games of first in the NL East. This series wraps up at 1:10pm on Sunday when Jon Niese takes on rookie Daniel Hudson.
Poem by Howard Megdal
Tak brings his changeup, D'Backs can't compete
While "Trade David Wright" talk is even more obsolete
In ninth, Jesus saves his best hit for last
And Beltran soon follows with warning-track blast
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I think this sums up out collective feeling today...
Geto Boys always comes through.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzGWvZAd228
After I saw this shit
I watched the whole movie and fell in love with it by the end I was wearing my “Oh oh oh” Face
by HELLYEAHGARYOAK on Aug 1, 2010 10:58 AM EDT up reply actions
This is all:
Consequences will never be the same.
by NetsMets4Life on Jul 31, 2010 10:49 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
success is a nuisance
I like Ike, I hate Jerry
i like ronron
and
I like Ike, I hate Jerry
He is so ghetto.
Consequences will never be the same.
by NetsMets4Life on Aug 1, 2010 12:18 AM EDT up reply actions
I'd like to thank my psychiatrist!
2010: Year of the Grission
In My World, There Is No Such Thing As Off-Topic!
by R_Adragna on Aug 1, 2010 1:53 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
LOL that is another reason why Ron Artest is one of my favorite players in the NBA
Consequences will never be the same.
by NetsMets4Life on Aug 1, 2010 1:55 AM EDT up reply actions
He's grown on me, even though I could care less about NBA.
Only he could pull that shit off.
2010: Year of the Grission
In My World, There Is No Such Thing As Off-Topic!
his mets love is more reason to love him
although, jason bay? really?
I like Ike, I hate Jerry
He has an appointment to meet him for ice cream at 1:30.
Consequences will never be the same.
by NetsMets4Life on Aug 1, 2010 2:13 AM EDT up reply actions
i would actually enjoy this
but i would tell bay what a disappointment it was that he didnt sign in beirut. i seriously never wanted that guy.
I like Ike, I hate Jerry
Goddam Gammons, he would have gone to Beirut if you didnt open your damn mouth about it.
Consequences will never be the same.
by NetsMets4Life on Aug 1, 2010 2:19 AM EDT up reply actions
But will we see him at the club?
2010: Year of the Grission
In My World, There Is No Such Thing As Off-Topic!
Which club?
The Famous Black Athlete that is Actually A Fan Of The Mets Club
which consists of like 5 people.
Consequences will never be the same.
by NetsMets4Life on Aug 1, 2010 2:22 AM EDT up reply actions
mets black athletes don't count
so it’s done to 1 people.
I want Jerry Manuel fired now, not three years from now. That is my stance.- John Peterson
And there you have it ladies and gentleman
Ron Artest.
Consequences will never be the same.
by NetsMets4Life on Aug 1, 2010 2:30 AM EDT up reply actions
And yet at least 23390123948
artists could sell more records.
maybe cause he's trying his damnedest to get fired
and they won’t oblige him.
I want Jerry Manuel fired now, not three years from now. That is my stance.- John Peterson
At the end of the day, I really am surprised
Conventional wisdom would say that if we don’t make the playoffs, Omar and Jerry are gone.
I know conventional wisdom doesn’t apply in Flushing, but I figured something stupid would be done. I gotta think that Omar’s hands were a little tied by the $$$
Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but Jerry abuses the privilege.
Yeah, pull his leg and it plays Jingle Bells
Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but Jerry abuses the privilege.
Actually
I am a bit skeptical about how much say Omar has. That is actually fine with me. But I smell a committee here. And while Omar is a buffoon, a committee would be still another Wontpon management mistake. Talk about a rock and a hard place.
yep and then Omar will be scapegoated
they’ll bring in someone new who will preach about change of cultures, and nothing about the clusterf*ck that is our front office will actually change.
I want Jerry Manuel fired now, not three years from now. That is my stance.- John Peterson
I still have some lingering fear that we might find some way to lose this game, even though it already ended.
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Jul 31, 2010 10:50 PM EDT reply actions
For the first time in baseball history...
A final score has been overturned on appeal.
by MookieTheCat on Jul 31, 2010 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions
this should be depressing
The Diamondbacks are now 4-11 since the All-Star break: 4-1 against the Mets and 0-10 against everyone else.
instead I find it hysterical.
I want Jerry Manuel fired now, not three years from now. That is my stance.- John Peterson
So I just found out that my wife's cousin is friends with Josh Willingham.
I’m not sure how that is relevant but it’s interesting.
Josh Willingham > Jeff Francoeur
Make it happen.
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Jul 31, 2010 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Trying to figure it out...
More importantly their moms are friends I believe. The way is through the moms, I’m thinking.
by MookieTheCat on Jul 31, 2010 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Sleep with them, and you're in.
So sayth Zapp Brannigan.
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Jul 31, 2010 11:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Get a paper bag, then.
I just want the Mets to do good, okay?
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Jul 31, 2010 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions
The investment would be worth it...
Paper Bag goes onto my shopping list.
by MookieTheCat on Jul 31, 2010 11:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Pretty sure that FanGraphs wrote a reasonably convincing article comparing Willingham and Bay,
and concluding that while Bay was going to get the big deal, Willingham was as good a player. They were wrong.
Willingham 2010 .270/.396/.472/.869 133 OPS+ 1 year/$4 point 6m
Bay 2010 .259/.347/.402/.749 102 OPS+ 4 years/$$66m
Willingham has been a lot better. Let’s go Me…Oops!
Wow...
Mets front office was incorrect. How ’bout that?
by MookieTheCat on Jul 31, 2010 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions
That was before Fangraphs made it's defensive adjustments
which turned Bay into a 5 win player last year, twice as valuable as Willingham was.
Of course, I lobbied hard for Willingham last offseason, but I can understand why the Mets thought Bay was better, and I doubt anyone could have predicted Bay’s performance.
There is no hope.... there is no future....there is only GRISSIONZ
The 2010 Mets- Hey, we may suck, but what did you expect?
You simply dont have the mental capacity to be Evil.
Consequences will never be the same.
by NetsMets4Life on Jul 31, 2010 11:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Even if the Dbacks are a strikeout team, Tak2 should get some praise for doing what the other Mets starters couldn't do.
In lobby campaign for Chris Carter.
beat them?
not give up 50 runs?
I want Jerry Manuel fired now, not three years from now. That is my stance.- John Peterson
Mets actually won a GAME??? Frenchy didn't play , right?
No wonder we won.
i dont know about yall
but this win kind of shocked me
I like Ike, I hate Jerry
Me too. I didn't expect us to come back down 4-2
so it’s a nice win. It would be even nicer if we can find a way to win tomorrow’s game.
There is no hope.... there is no future....there is only GRISSIONZ
The 2010 Mets- Hey, we may suck, but what did you expect?
That'll be the day.
I didn’t think we’d come back to win either, though, and we did, so…
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Jul 31, 2010 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions
When was our last walkoff?
Was it the 20 inning game?
by MookieTheCat on Jul 31, 2010 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Ike Davis' walkoff HR against San Diego in early June
There is no hope.... there is no future....there is only GRISSIONZ
The 2010 Mets- Hey, we may suck, but what did you expect?
Yeah June 8th.
Just looked it up. Oddly the Mets walk-off website is non-updated this year. I guess the guy got tired of waiting.
by MookieTheCat on Jul 31, 2010 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions
that was a good win
ike, you need to go back to being as good as when you first came up
I like Ike, I hate Jerry
the 20 inning game was in st louis
I like Ike, I hate Jerry
Hahahahaha. Oops.
You know how tired I was after that? It could have been on the moon for all I know.
by MookieTheCat on Aug 1, 2010 12:15 AM EDT up reply actions
i studied so hard during that, but also kept looking up to see what was up
and it was still on when gave up on studying for the day (hey, it was a saturday). that was seriously one of the happier wins of the year because i was still at school so i could celebrate properly, and was prepared with something fun win or lose
I like Ike, I hate Jerry
And plenty behind in the K category.
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Jul 31, 2010 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh boy!
Mets take on an unknown rookie on an awful team tomorrow. This should be a piece of cake.
OT but the Infamous Vomiting Phillies Phan has been sentenced to up to 3 months in jail
Cause… ya know… he vomited on a little girl.
Consequences will never be the same.
I lobby for lethal injection, but that's just me.
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Jul 31, 2010 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Why not tasing to death?
Sounds normal for them.
by MookieTheCat on Aug 1, 2010 12:16 AM EDT up reply actions
Don't tase him, bro!
Consequences will never be the same.
by NetsMets4Life on Aug 1, 2010 12:17 AM EDT up reply actions
Lets get Ramon Castro drunk and have him vomit all over the guy.
Consequences will never be the same.
by NetsMets4Life on Jul 31, 2010 11:54 PM EDT up reply actions
he deserves more
thats just fucking wrong
I like Ike, I hate Jerry
he deserves to have a group of mets fans decide his fate
I want Jerry Manuel fired now, not three years from now. That is my stance.- John Peterson
hmm that could be fun
lets lock him in a cell with jerry, and ollie, and luis, and cora – and make him swallow the only key
I like Ike, I hate Jerry
Lets have Dickey castrate him.
Consequences will never be the same.
by NetsMets4Life on Jul 31, 2010 11:58 PM EDT up reply actions
FINISH HIM!
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Jul 31, 2010 11:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Mets fans should give him a medal...
For making it so much easier to find fault with the Phillies because clearly we haven’t been able to do that baseball-wise.
by MookieTheCat on Aug 1, 2010 12:17 AM EDT up reply actions
see mvp awards to rollins and howard
I like Ike, I hate Jerry
since they didnt earn them
they were obviously either a joke or those guys gave some sexual favors to the baseball MVP voters
I like Ike, I hate Jerry
Its cool. He will have Big Bertha as his cellmate.
Consequences will never be the same.
by NetsMets4Life on Jul 31, 2010 11:56 PM EDT up reply actions
even though we won the game
today still feels like a loss because we didnt do anything to help us for next year. i mean, im not giving up on this year, but i would like us to have improved for next year by at least trying to trade feliciano for someone good this year. i mean, blake dewitt plays 2B, maybe we could have got him
I like Ike, I hate Jerry
Did Beltran get a pie?
I missed it and I really wanna see his reaction, if he got it. Anyone know where I can see it?
by newyorksportsfan on Aug 1, 2010 12:11 AM EDT reply actions
Jesus Feliciano got it.
Ironically, it was administered by Pedro Feliciano.
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Aug 1, 2010 12:14 AM EDT up reply actions
it should have been angel pagan
wouldve have made catholicism explode
I like Ike, I hate Jerry
no man
It should have been Ollie… then there would be a chance hed tear his knee so he wouldnt be on our active roster!!!
I LIKE IKE
that isn't irony
unless you’re alanis morrisette
I.M. Forme
"When you get yourself into trouble is when you feel you have to do something, and then you get yourself in trouble." --Omar Minaya
When the hell did the pie face become so popular?
It’s been around forever with baseball, but every last AB hero gets one now.
the real question is
where the hell do they get the pies? do they just keep a supply of pie in the dug out just in case?
I want Jerry Manuel fired now, not three years from now. That is my stance.- John Peterson
Ever since Livan left, we've had an overabundance of pies.
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Aug 1, 2010 12:54 AM EDT up reply actions
It's just shaving cream on a towel
They have an excess of the stuff since Frenchy tells everyone when to shave.
Save Jenrry Mejia!
Can't they at least use whip cream?
That way you can lick it off of your face cause whip cream is yummy.
I think the Mets do use whipped cream b/c of Angel Pagan
I remember reading this earlier in the season – Pagan got pied with shaving cream, and was like “wait, why don’t we use whipped cream b/c whipped cream is delicious and shaving cream is inedible” and now, I believe, the Mets use whipped cream. Pagan ftw
2009 Did Not Happen
That's worth another couple of tenths added to his total WAR for the season.
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Aug 1, 2010 5:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Whipped cream comes with nitrous oxide....
Seems to make sense.
it's not real pie Gina!!
there is no easter bunny either! how cute—did you think the equipment manger is all, “let’s see here I got lemon, and custard, and pumpkin, and rhubarb…what really sets off today’s uniform? Cherry looks terrific on the black jersey.”
I.M. Forme
"When you get yourself into trouble is when you feel you have to do something, and then you get yourself in trouble." --Omar Minaya
If they did have a supply of cream pies
That shit would have gone bad in May. Nasty.
um
woohoo (?) for being tied with the marlins and just as far out of the wild card as we are out of the division? fuck
I like Ike, I hate Jerry
cant we just fire jerry already?
I like Ike, I hate Jerry
meh maybe
someone new would be nice, someone willing to look past baseball convention. i know joe madden was ‘unconventional’ at least at first in tampa. just someone willing to do the right thing for the team instead of caring about useless players like failcore
I like Ike, I hate Jerry
haha seriously
i mean, i want this team to have a miraculous run left in them, i really do. but i dont want jerry at the helm for it because he is turrible. i also really dont think i want bob melvin or anyone in the organization. and, though i loved bobby v and have a chiba lotta marines jersey, i dont know that i want him either. i just want a new owner, gm, and manager – and person in charge of drafting, this is like most important considering the terrible position this current team is in
I like Ike, I hate Jerry
I know it's never going to happen, but off the top of my Bobby V is the best option
Freddi G is pretty good too, but he looks like he’s headed for Atlanta. I am happy that Buck Showalter is off the market.
i can agree with schowalter
i mean, give someone new a try if they are preaching using some unconventional ideas – like best bullpen guy only comes in to close or get work (when down by 2 on the road against a bad team, thus screwing us when we tie it in the top of the 9th)
I like Ike, I hate Jerry
jesus couldn't manage this team to the playoffs
let’s face it.
I.M. Forme
"When you get yourself into trouble is when you feel you have to do something, and then you get yourself in trouble." --Omar Minaya
He meant Pedro...
Feliciano. Because the right hand was the hand of love and the left the hand of hate, and Jesus would certainly fight off the left ha d of hate better than the right hand of love.
i was being purposefully ambiguous
coy even
I.M. Forme
"When you get yourself into trouble is when you feel you have to do something, and then you get yourself in trouble." --Omar Minaya
by itsmetsforme on Aug 1, 2010 12:11 PM EDT up reply actions
R.A. Dickey could.
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Aug 1, 2010 5:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Wallace Wayne Backman
His middle name is Wayne. The man kills. It’s what he does, by nomenclatural predisposition. We need a killer.
The white Ozzie Guillen
I understand why people think it might be a mistake, but I’d like to see what he can do.
They guy just flat out wins and his guys play hard for him. If nothing else, it would be a distraction from the flawed products we continually run out there.
Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but Jerry abuses the privilege.
The thing I love about Jerry
is that peope try to assign logical reasons for the moves he makes. Being a charlatan, he even tries it sometimes at his press conferences. But the truth is that he makes it up as he goes along. Either that, or he is hearing “voices!!”
Off Topic:
How about Carlos Gonzalez?!
Guy’s on fire! 3 straight games with a HR and hits for the cycle tonight putting one in the upper-deck at Coors Field for the walk-off.
Save Jenrry Mejia!
how did he get traded by 2 dfferent teams
I want Jerry Manuel fired now, not three years from now. That is my stance.- John Peterson
I sometimes wonder that too but to be fair, it wasn't like he was traded for mediocre players
He got moved by Arizona for Haran and by Oakland for Holliday.
Save Jenrry Mejia!
yeah but it still seems weird
like what was really the point for Oakland, they were acquiring Holliday so they could move him at the deadline for prospects…but they ended up giving away the best prospect in the hole bunch.
I want Jerry Manuel fired now, not three years from now. That is my stance.- John Peterson
Yeah, that trade never made much sense to me either
because they were getting a guy who’s value was most likely going to be about what CarGo was going to give them, except in CF instead of LF and not under team control past that year.
Save Jenrry Mejia!
Question
I actually gave up after 8. I was overcome by a sense of gnawing ennui. I wonder if I am alone in this? If not, my question is: if this team is so unwatchable on television, how are people actually going to games?
im going to a game
because I don’t love myself
I want Jerry Manuel fired now, not three years from now. That is my stance.- John Peterson
I went to this game yesterday and it was honestly one of the best days of my life.
I went for BP and got autographs from Angel, Ike, Thole, Blanco, Cora (weeeee), and Ron Darling. My seats were right behind the Mets dug out which I usually don’t get so that was a plus, too. Add David getting three RBIs (two of which tied the game) and a walk off win, and you have one happy wrightttxgirlllx3. Even if they had lost it probably still would have been just as good a day for me.
by wrightttxgirlllx3 on Aug 1, 2010 5:29 PM EDT up reply actions
its like 3 great autographs, then meh, i would have passed, and finally i would have laughed if he asked if wanted it
I like Ike, I hate Jerry
Haha I was the only one Cora signed for.
We made eye contact and he motioned for me to give him the ball so I did, then he went in the dug out so no one else would come over to him and threw it back over without looking. I was like…um…you had to use sharpie. But otherwise, coolest day.
by wrightttxgirlllx3 on Aug 1, 2010 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Someone wanted his autograph.
You did a very nice thing- you made his year.
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Aug 1, 2010 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Shake Shack...
Or tickets purchased in May/June.
that wasn't a pinch hit triple by jesus
he replaced carter in the 7th and it was his second at bat and all that really matters is that he got to 3b and beltran managed hit a sac fly. If jb wasn’t on the dl jesus would still be in buffalo and they probably would have blown the game. Jesus doesn’t hit for power but he certainly makes contact so lets see more of feliciano and carter and less frenchy
hey guys, bright side.
it’s shark week.
I want Jerry Manuel fired now, not three years from now. That is my stance.- John Peterson
This is completely and totally off topic
but I was playing around on BaseballReference, and I figured out that if Jerry wasn’t functionally retarded and had taken Niese out after that ridiculous rain delay + 8-run Mets inning in the game against Detroit, his ERA for the season would be 2.97. He’d also be working on a 1.81 ERA since June. Jerry notwithstanding, Niese has been outstanding this season. If only Pelfrey could go back to being half the pitcher he was the first half of the year, the Mets would be in pretty decent shape, rotation wise.
2009 Did Not Happen
I do what I do cause its gangsta
Consequences will never be the same.
by NetsMets4Life on Aug 1, 2010 11:25 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
That's poor, Nets. That's poor...
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Aug 1, 2010 5:27 PM EDT up reply actions
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