Mets 6, Marlins 5: Castillo Swings Bat, Hits Ball, Wins Game
by Eric Simon on Aug 24, 2010 10:42 PM EDT
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If not for a three-run home run by Gaby Sanchez in the seventh inning that gave the Marlins a 5-4 lead at the time, this whole recap would be about R.A. Dickey and how he makes sliced bread look like poodle crap. Instead, we have Angel Pagan sneaking a two-base hit out of a sure single with two outs in the eighth, to be driven in with the tying run by Carlos Beltran, Scum Of The Earth.
An inning later, Ike Davis led off the ninth by tapping a grounder past Florida reliever Will Ohman for an infield single. Jeff Francoeur followed by Jeff Francoeur-ing, and with one Jeff Francoeur Josh Thole singled to left, sending Davis to second. Mike Hessman struck out as a pinch hitter, but with two Jeff Francoeurs and the specter of extra innings looming, Luis Castillo slapped a single to right to score Davis with the winning run.
Unintentionally sexual quote of the game: "Nobody's ever loved a pounding more than the one Luis Castillo is receiving right there." --Gary Cohen after Castillo's game-winning hit.
Questionable ass-pat of the game: Ike Davis on home plate umpire Chad Fairchild.
Poem by Howard Megdal
Dickey undone by a three-run bomb
But Mets fought back with uncharacteristic aplomb
Beltran tied game; is his demise hooey?
And walkoff came from, of all people, Luis
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* Traditional Recap
* Boxscore
* Amazin' Avenue Gamethread
* FishStripes Gamethread
Win Probability Added
Big winners: Carlos Beltran, -38.3% WPA, Luis Castillo, -32.8% WPA
Big losers: R.A. Dickey, -37.4% WPA, Jose Reyes, -14.9% WPA
Teh aw3s0mest play: Castillo game-winning single in ninth, +39.1% WPA
Teh sux0rest play: Sanchez three-run home run in seventh, -48.1% WPA
Total pitcher WPA: -19.2% WPA
Total batter WPA: +69.2% WPA
GWRBI!: Luis Castillo
Game Thread Roll Call
Nice job by MookieTheCat; his effort in the game thread embiggens us all.
| Num | Name | # of Posts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MookieTheCat | 162 |
| 2 | BrockRocks | 133 |
| 3 | KeithsMoustache | 104 |
| 4 | jdon | 83 |
| 5 | fxcarden | 81 |
| 6 | Syler | 72 |
| 7 | Gina | 70 |
| 8 | aparkermarshall | 67 |
| 9 | NetsMets4Life | 46 |
| 10 | Michkin | 35 |
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I made my own rip off rhyme. Not shocking good, but I like it.
Slappy and Dickey sittin in a tree,
W-I-N-N-I-N-G.
First comes Buntz, then comes average
Then comes Jerry with an Ollie miscarriage
Consequences will never be the same.
by NetsMets4Life on Aug 24, 2010 10:46 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
good job rhyming miscarriage
Hey, wait! I'm having one of those things. You know? A headache with pictures?
by KeithsMoustache on Aug 24, 2010 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions
I was frozen on that one for a good 4 minutes.
Consequences will never be the same.
by NetsMets4Life on Aug 24, 2010 10:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Nope, but I have an extension to my original rhyme
That’s not it!
That’s not all!
K-Rod’s drinking alcohol!
Consequences will never be the same.
by NetsMets4Life on Aug 24, 2010 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions
An Ollie limerick...
Ollie was a pitcher who used tortion,
To support his good luck and good fortune.
Then he lost what he had.
And turned worse than bad.
Ms. Perez should have got an abortion.
Sorry if this offends anyone. It is not meant in seriousness.
by MookieTheCat on Aug 24, 2010 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions
or took it from immdiately below where I used it
Hey, wait! I'm having one of those things. You know? A headache with pictures?
by KeithsMoustache on Aug 24, 2010 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions
its all good
my rhymes for abortion are for everyone
Hey, wait! I'm having one of those things. You know? A headache with pictures?
by KeithsMoustache on Aug 24, 2010 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Nope...
Just misspelled it and then Sir Stache below reminded me of the correct spelling.
by MookieTheCat on Aug 24, 2010 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions
There once was pitcher named Ollie,
Whose control was his one greatest folly.
He sits on the bench
Telling jokes with the French
Who knew sucking could make you so jolly?
John Olerud, Hall of Famer. Got a nice ring to it.
by squid92 on Aug 25, 2010 12:28 AM EDT up reply actions 8 recs
how about
even with braces which impede his torsion
Beltran had at bats not resembling abortions
Hey, wait! I'm having one of those things. You know? A headache with pictures?
by KeithsMoustache on Aug 24, 2010 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I added on....
His contract so large, it must have been extortion
Carlos Beltran is baseball’s abortion
But see the prospect of production in proportion
Ollie is the true contract contortion
And when one views wins and thus WAR
It becomes clear that we can take no more
And as runs deplete and our losses they soar
Screw homegrown talent, go ahead, trayde the coar.
by MookieTheCat on Aug 25, 2010 12:24 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I swear GKR are in on the USQOTG game
Hey, wait! I'm having one of those things. You know? A headache with pictures?
by KeithsMoustache on Aug 24, 2010 10:48 PM EDT reply actions
Odd thing was that there were a few earlier in the game that were good as well.
by MookieTheCat on Aug 24, 2010 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Dickey took a pounding too...
But not the good kind.
by MookieTheCat on Aug 24, 2010 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm sure he'll take the TEAM Victory though.
That’s the 2nd time his team has bailed him out.
What? Is that not true? The first time he gave up the tying homerun in the 9th...
the Team wound up bailing him out with a win in the 13th or was it 14th inning…
Now this…He has a horrid outing(if you call him striking out 8..horrid) and yet the Mets come back and win THIS one where he pitches. That’s 2 games right there.
Clearly, the solution is to have Dickey pitch every night, or possibly every other night.
"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 25, 2010 1:23 AM EDT up reply actions
I'll buy that for a dollar.
Do it.
I’m very leery of using Misch….I’d rather they went with a 4-man rotation the rest of the way…..I don’t trust Pat at all.
Might as well see what he's got
pitching Misch (or Gee) every 5th game isn’t going to be the thing that stops them from getting to the post season, that’s for sure.
Save Jenrry Mejia!
Here's the problem with the Mets...
You only get 27 Francoeur’s a game. Oooooooh. That feels good. I’m just going to start using the term “Francoeur.” Urban Dictionary here it comes!
Nice
"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 24, 2010 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions
haha good one.
makes you wonder why Moronuel sits the team’s best and most consistent player (Pagan) in favor of Suckcouer….gah
"Fantasy, reality, science Fiction. Which is which? Who can tell?"
by feslenraster on Aug 25, 2010 8:33 AM EDT up reply actions
Perfect kind of game at this point
Mets win, and Francoeur reinforces his suckage. 0-3 (5 outs made), and his OPS is all the way down to an appaling .648.
There is no hope.... there is no future....there is only GRISSIONZ
The 2010 Mets- Hey, we may suck, but what did you expect?
RBIZ!!!
"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 24, 2010 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions
and...they're...still...playing...him.
[ellipses signifying disbelief]
Sac Flycoeur
You don't cheer for the Mets. You drink for the Mets.
Francoeur special: O-Swing + out + RBIzzz
If you pay $1.99 more, you’ll get a broken bat as dessert.
eh gotta hand it to the guy
lotsa pitches! 2 sac flys.
by Pack Bringley on Aug 24, 2010 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Tak got the win, but this anyways
Consequences will never be the same.
by NetsMets4Life on Aug 24, 2010 10:57 PM EDT reply actions 5 recs
Straw on Versus now...
Talking about lifestyle problems in baseball…
Now he's talking about his crack use.
Fascinating.
Now he's talking about Lawrence Taylor...
And how they partied together.
Straw is a really smart guy....
Much respect for his take on drug use and entitled athletes….
I read Straw's last book.
I found it a good read. He never made any excuses for his going down the wrong path but rather explained events in his life that took him down that road.
He especially expanded on the minors back then, how hard it was for him, first time away from home, thrown into a totally new lifestyle and having a hard time acclimating to it.
by MetsFan4Decades on Aug 24, 2010 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah...
That’s exactly what he was talking about. Issues of transition etc.
by MookieTheCat on Aug 24, 2010 11:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Gotta agree
Unlike Doc Gooden, Strawberry seems to have come out of things “better” for the experience, so to speak.
"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 24, 2010 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions
wait i'm confused
i enjoy both sliced bread and poddle crap equally. how am i to interrupt your assessment of RADickey’s preformance prior to the 3 run homer by Gaby Sanchez?
HELLO HELLO MR WILPON... BUY THAT MANSION. WE DONT NEED A CONDO.
Knock knock, who's there? Interrupting cow....
Interrupting c….MOOOOOOOOOOOO!
by MookieTheCat on Aug 24, 2010 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Jimmy on South Park
Uses it once, I believe.
Knock, knock
Who’s there?
Control freak…now, this is the part where you say, “Control freak, who?”
It's a game of redeeming features. ~ Bob Murphy
Beltran and Wright really looked good tonight.
That and staying healthy are the only things I really care about for the rest of this season.
Reyes, Thole, Wright, Beltran, Bay, Davis, Martinez, Tejada...
by Stephen Schmidt on Aug 24, 2010 11:13 PM EDT reply actions
No love for Santana, Dickey, Nese?
There is no hope.... there is no future....there is only GRISSIONZ
The 2010 Mets- Hey, we may suck, but what did you expect?
Stay healthy
With those 3 and Pelf I have a good idea what we have going forward anyway (maybe not as much with Dickey).
Reyes, Thole, Wright, Beltran, Bay, Davis, Martinez, Tejada...
by Stephen Schmidt on Aug 24, 2010 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions
LULZ
Ryan Howard got ejected in the 14th inning after he was called out on a check swing. They had no position players left, so they have to play Ibanez at first and Roy Oswalt in left.
There is no hope.... there is no future....there is only GRISSIONZ
The 2010 Mets- Hey, we may suck, but what did you expect?
They are going to win the WS....
Now I am sure.
by MookieTheCat on Aug 25, 2010 12:06 AM EDT up reply actions
or just a bad teammate/jack ass
if Reyes did that MSM and Wfan callers would want his contract voided.
mediocrity thy name is Wilpon- jdon
All I know is that the last time I saw a pitcher in the outfield....
It was one of the best games ever. And at that point I knew the team would win the WS.
by MookieTheCat on Aug 25, 2010 12:18 AM EDT up reply actions
You just made me
Both happy and sad.
by LeiterMilnerFasterStronger on Aug 25, 2010 2:47 AM EDT up reply actions
Perhaps, but he has to be conscious of the fact that he absolutely could not get thrown out there
Thinking back….didn’t we almost get into a situation like that earlier in the year with Wright getting thrown out?
There is no hope.... there is no future....there is only GRISSIONZ
The 2010 Mets- Hey, we may suck, but what did you expect?
It was REALLY terrible.
The daggers the ump was staring at Howard after he questioned the first check-swing appeal were out of silent film, or a bad SNL sketch. The second appeal— the one that set off Howard— was pretty damn bad.
by LeiterMilnerFasterStronger on Aug 25, 2010 2:26 AM EDT up reply actions
Wow another met prospering when traded
Rod Zilla 3-4 2 2B 1HR 3RBI Best of Luck to Rod he was great at working with our pitchers being a good coach and mentor.
It's not uncommon for guys to have breakout-type games just after they move...
I think there’s some psychology to it. Not to mention that Barajas is from LA and probably his whole family was there. We shall see, but good luck to Rod. We now have an objective test of what the Mets and/or Citi does to hitters.
by MookieTheCat on Aug 25, 2010 12:11 AM EDT up reply actions
dont forget Hojo
Hey, wait! I'm having one of those things. You know? A headache with pictures?
by KeithsMoustache on Aug 25, 2010 12:12 AM EDT up reply actions
you mean not uncommon for players to break out when they leave the mets
this also works the opposite. Stud players go into a black hole abyss when they sign and play with the mets. See: Bay, Baerga,Alomar,
nah its the Mets
We can trade for Evan Longoria and he would suck
We should trade for Eva Longoria...
That would get me in the stands….
by MookieTheCat on Aug 25, 2010 12:28 AM EDT up reply actions
You don't know for how long the fact that Evan and Eva Longoria are two different people confused the hell out of me.
Eva, of course, is a woman, but before I learned that, all I knew was that Ev-something Longoria was a famous person, and that was that.
"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 25, 2010 12:55 AM EDT up reply actions
they were at Miller Park in Milwaukee
I know this b/c I almost went last night, but am going tonight instead. Kinda wish I had gone, to see Rod have a good night like that. Regardless of how bad he was, I really liked him – he gave us an awesome month and seems like a legitimately awesome guy, unlike, say, Alex Cora.
2009 Did Not Happen
"We now have an objective test of what the Mets and/or Citi does to hitters."
Not really. Barajas will play maybe 20 games the rest of the way for the Dodgers and half of those will be on the road.
Still was the right move
We know what he is. LA soon will too.
Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but Jerry abuses the privilege.
Nice guy, but he was an awful, awful hitter
Thole deserves to start everyday, and he never would have if Barajas were still here.
There is no hope.... there is no future....there is only GRISSIONZ
The 2010 Mets- Hey, we may suck, but what did you expect?
Oh crap.
http://www.weather.com/weather/map/interactive/33042?animation=true
Not good at all. The palm tree next door is about to blow over.
It's quite gnarly here right now...
I expect to lose power any moment.
by MookieTheCat on Aug 25, 2010 12:19 AM EDT up reply actions
like Jason Bay?
Hey, wait! I'm having one of those things. You know? A headache with pictures?
by KeithsMoustache on Aug 25, 2010 12:32 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Rec'd for awesomeness
"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 25, 2010 12:56 AM EDT up reply actions
Not so awesome. Power went out shorlty after I wrote that and didn't come on until morning...
Nothing like South Florida in August without AC. I hope Bay doesn’t turn out like that.
by MookieTheCat on Aug 25, 2010 1:17 PM EDT up reply actions
You know....I know hindsight is 20/20 and all but...
If it weren’t for Failcoeur’s Frenchy-Specials(2 Sacks-of-sh*t Flys), the Mets wouldn’t have been in position to have that Awesomeness of Pagan develop and then the unexpected WIN-ness of Luis to occur….
He still sucks at life and baseball but let’s give the moron his due for one night at least…..He sucked slightly less than he usually did.
I think finally deciding to at least ACT like he knows how to play the game of Baseball(at the plate, anyway) certainly helped. I pray that Omar ignores him and his agent’s telephone calls this offseason, though…..
I'd rather he keep his sac flies to himself
I want a protected pick; not to finish 3rd in the division with 80 wins.
Save Jenrry Mejia!
You want him to zip his "sac fly", right?
But even if we get a Protected Pick, who’s going to “Protect it” from Omar?
Just saw that.....Very Bizarre....
As if we would see Luis get a game-winning hit or something but that’s absurd, right?
RIGHT?
wait a sec…..
LOL!!! Phillies LOSE to the Astros in 16!!!
And The Braves lost earlier…..So we gain a Game on those two. How about that? Finally….
If by 1, you mean 11, then yes.....
There is no hope.... there is no future....there is only GRISSIONZ
The 2010 Mets- Hey, we may suck, but what did you expect?
Not if you don't have a realistic chance of making the post season...
but do have a good chance at claiming a protected pick.
Save Jenrry Mejia!
And I'll say it again,
I’d rather have a protected #10-12 pick to potentially screw up than an unprotected #16-18 pick to potentially screw up.
Save Jenrry Mejia!
well....We are the Mets.
Nothing ever goes the way we want it to.
I dont know if anyone noticed...
Castillo was emotionless when he hit the game winner… this could be for 3 reasons
1) Hes upset hes lost his starting job to a 20 year old
2) His time with the mets is basically over, he could have hit a home run and it would not have mattered
3) He was surprised he hit the ball barely out of the infield… I guess he doesnt know his own strength!!!
I LIKE IKE
I think in Geico Sportsnite, Gary Apple said that earlier in the week it was reported that Luis actually wanted nothing more to do with the Mets....
That’s the first I heard of this….And if true, then Luis….Believe me when I tell you that no Mets Fan wants nothing more to do with you either…..
careful, Omar might read that
and thing you mean re-sign him
Hey, wait! I'm having one of those things. You know? A headache with pictures?
by KeithsMoustache on Aug 25, 2010 8:29 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
It's called retirement...
You can do it multiple times if you change your mind. We won’t force you back in.
by MookieTheCat on Aug 25, 2010 1:18 PM EDT up reply actions
lol it's really hilarious to me
that Castillo seems ignorant to the fact NO ONE wants him and if the mets could have shipped him off to anywhere they would have by now.
mediocrity thy name is Wilpon- jdon
Which forces me to ask,
why, with the winning run on 2b, would you ever play your OF more than a hundred feet past the infield with Luis Castillo at the plate.
Wish I could find a hit chart of Castillo’s “work” this year. How often does he hit a ball on the fly more than 220 feet from home plate?
mlb.com has one
but apparently only his single show up for w/e reason so I don’t know how accurate it is.
mediocrity thy name is Wilpon- jdon
he also doesn't have any in field flies at all which is kind of shocking
mediocrity thy name is Wilpon- jdon
this whole recap would be about R.A. Dickey and how he makes sliced bread look like poodle crap.
isn’t that the other way around? He makes poodle crap look like Sliced Bread?
I knew the Russian drought
Would have a negative impact on bread, but never this much.
This is just as bad as that apple based power bar that Homer Simpson ate being made from old Chinese newspapers.
Hey Deng Xiao Peng died.
by MyFavBaseballSquadron on Aug 25, 2010 7:18 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
this just in!!! Castillo gets hit and Jerry recalls GMJ, Catalonotto, and wants tt trade for Jacobs
Any task BIG or small, Do it well or not at all
RICKSFAN
Sadly, you might be reading Omar’s mind. Not too far off from his usual deals.
Dear Eric,
You are quite the beacon of accuracy, but have made a startling error in the Postgame Recap thread.
Castillo game-winning single in ninth, +39.1% WPA
I’m certain that this is just a minor oversight on your part and the line was to read “Castillo sacrifice bunt in ninth”, but it is one that must be pointed out due to the sheer impossibility of this occurance.
Please correct at your convenience.
Regards,
Everyone who has ever watched Slappy play Baseball
Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but Jerry abuses the privilege.
by AnthonyR on Aug 25, 2010 10:14 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
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