Marlins 5, Mets 4: Parnell Erases Wright's Clutchitude
by Chris McShane on Jul 24, 2011 4:02 PM EDT
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After jumping out to an early one-run lead, the Mets fell behind by two runs by the end of the second inning. Dillon Gee worked with plenty of runners on base, in part because of some shoddy defensive work behind him, but somehow managed to not let too many of them score.
Jose Reyes and Justin Turner each singled to begin the game, and Carlos Beltran followed up with a sacrifice fly to plate Reyes. Unfortunately, that was the only run the Mets would score in the first.
The Marlins answered quickly with a run of their own in the bottom of the inning. Emilio Bonifacio singled and stole second, advanced to third on Omar Infante's single, and one out later scored on a ground out by Hanley Ramirez.
In the second inning, the Fish took the lead, beginning with a laser off the bat off Mike Stanton. As annoying as it is to watch him do it for a division rival, Stanton's home runs are just incredible to watch. They added their second run of the inning on a single by Bonifacio.
Gee stayed in the game for five inning but was removed for a pinch hitter in the sixth, which was the inning that the Mets cut Florida's lead to one on a Jason Bay single that scored David Wright. In the seventh inning, it was Wright who hit a two-run home run well over the left field fence two change the Mets' deficit to a lead.
Manny Acosta had thrown two excellent innings across the sixth and seventh, but Bobby Parnell's eighth inning cost the Mets the game. He surrendered a leadoff home run to Logan Morrison to tie the game and later gave up a two-out, pinch-hit double to John Buck that put the Marlins ahead.
The slim lead was all the Marlins needed, as Leo Nunez retired the Mets in order in the ninth inning.
SB Nation Coverage
* Traditional Recap
* Boxscore
* Amazin' Avenue Gamethread
* Fishstripes Gamethread
Win Probability Added
Big winners: David Wright, +49.3% WPA, Manny Acosta, +15.6% WPA
Big losers: Bobby Parnell, -48.9% WPA, Josh Thole, -16.5% WPA
Teh aw3s0mest play: David Wright two-run bomb in the seventh, +39.6% WPA
Teh sux0rest play: Logan Morrison solo home run in the eighth, -30.2% WPA
Total pitcher WPA: -48.9% WPA
Total batter WPA: -1.1% WPA
GWRBI!: John Buck
Game Thread Roll Call
Nice job by Shevshevy; his effort in the game thread embiggens us all.
| Num | Name | # of Posts |
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| 1 | Shevshevy | 144 |
| 2 | freakystyley | 124 |
| 3 | robotoverlord | 111 |
| 4 | JeffreyScott | 110 |
| 5 | fxcarden | 77 |
| 6 | Russ | 54 |
| 7 | aparkermarshall | 53 |
| 8 | Spike Davis | 45 |
| 9 | Steve Schreiber | 44 |
| 10 | santana9237 | 38 |
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That wasn't fun.
Oh well…let’s get ’em tomorrow.
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by Steve Schreiber on Jul 24, 2011 4:05 PM EDT reply actions
lets play 2
"it's not easy being green"-kermit the frog
"we the mets are an improved ball club, now we lose in extra innings"-casy stengel
i cant spell a nosebleed
he's gone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!OLLIE PEREZ IS GONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by rexthejet on Jul 24, 2011 4:06 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I liked the part where Beltran selfishly singled
Then Mr. Dubb hit the ball out of the field of play.
Wasn't it so unclutch
for him to hit that homer in a game the Mets would ultimately lose? A true star like Jeter would have anticipated Parnell’s 8th inning performance. This is the reason David is a very good player, not a great player.
by dontstopbelieving on Jul 24, 2011 4:39 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
Is someone falling in love with his slider?
Didn’t see the game, but I saw that Buck’s double came on a slider that looked like it hung.
"Those who fear disorder more than injustice inevitably produce more of both." -- Rev. William Coffin
His slider
is part of what makes him really good when it’s on. Can’t just keep throwing fastballs, no matter how hard, and expect that to work. He threw some bad pitches today, but he needs his slider to be effective.
by dontstopbelieving on Jul 24, 2011 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions
wel we got rid of k-rod
so our bullpen will be terrible forever
"it's not easy being green"-kermit the frog
"we the mets are an improved ball club, now we lose in extra innings"-casy stengel
i cant spell a nosebleed
he's gone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!OLLIE PEREZ IS GONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I didn't see the game,
but I followed it on game day and Gee had runners on base every inning, but still was able to keep the team in the game. Watching the highlights on SNY he sure didn’t get any help from Wright, Reyes, and Murphy. There will be games like this for Gee as he’s a solid enough #4 starter. Gee’s won loss record fools some fans into thinking he’s more than that, but I don’t see it. How bout Manny Acosta? I don’t wanna jinx him, but he’s pitched much better lately, and would have been a hero if the Mets would have held on to win. It would be nice to see a fourth reliever that can get people out. How dumb was that bunt by Murph in the fourth with no outs and a guy on second? He should be looking to drive in Wright not to bunt. It was no surprise at all that Bay and Pagan didn’t drive Wright in. Speaking of Wright it’s great to see him raking right off the bat. Four of his six hits have gone for extra base hits, which is a great sign. It’s too bad the game story won’t be his clutch homer instead of Parnell’s meltdown. I already see some fans suggesting Parnell doesn’t have what it takes to close because of today’s game, which is retarded. Parnell has been great the last six weeks, and I believe he’ll be a solid closer if given the chance. He might be becoming too slider happy I’m not sure. It has been a huge weapon for him during his great streak. This was a very frustrating series as all are against the Marlins. The Mets need to play crisper baseball the rest of the road trip or else this could be a ugly road trip. They also need better starting pitching obviously.
Gee actually was great to watch today
He had nothing, but gutted it out, as they say.
This is what I like about him
Nothing gets to him, he just makes his pitches and gives it his all as long as he can
"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf. "
– Tug McGraw when asked about his preference for grass or astroturf
by Terry_is_God on Jul 24, 2011 5:59 PM EDT up reply actions
You can usually tell right away
With Gee whether his pitches are working and he is going to cruise, or it’s going to be one of those games where he struggles through every out. To his credit he doesn’t mentally fall apart when he doesn’t have his best stuff and hangs in there and tries to find away to make it work. His change didn’t seem all that sharp today and he wasn’t pretty out there but he kept us in the game.
I'm sorry
but you have no idea if it gets to him and I’m sure the other pitchers give it there all as long as they can too.
Save Jenrry Mejia!
Keep Reyes, Trade Wilpon.
well, he does appear unruffled on the mound
which is an impressive pitching attribute, as far as it goes. It’s true the “gives it his all as long as he can” characterization applies also to the poor bastards without the poker faces.
Poker faces are great
but that doesn’t mean “it” doesn’t get to him.
Save Jenrry Mejia!
Keep Reyes, Trade Wilpon.
all i mean is
his game doesn’t seem to change no matter what the situation is. just looks like he wants the ball so he can keep working, and he keeps his rhythm. anyway i realized as i posted that what a relatively meaningless statement it was, i’m sorry
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by Terry_is_God on Jul 25, 2011 12:23 AM EDT up reply actions
No worries.
And I did mean it when I said poker faces are great.
Save Jenrry Mejia!
Keep Reyes, Trade Wilpon.
He could be the next Heath Bell!
Son, when you participate in sporting events, it's not whether you win or lose : it's how drunk you get.
Parnell's career ops against
in high leverage situations is around .850, in low leverage situations it’s about .600. Not huge sample sizes (around 200 pa against in high leverage, but not tiny, and he may be better off not caring and just letting go with 4 run leads or deficits. He obviously has the stuff, and it may be very un-sabr to say so, but I think he has an issue with pressure situations. Of curse, this year, until tonight, in a tiny sample, he’s been pretty good in high leverage situations. Better than middle or low.
Good point
It is very “un-sabr” to suggest that an otherwise good pitcher doesn’t have what it takes to pitch high leverage situations but the bottom line is that anxiety has a very real effect on performance and with that in mind it is true that some pitchers “don’t have what it takes…”. I do think some traditionalists put way to much weight on the concept of the "closer’s mentality and all that but I fo think it’s true that some pitchers perform poorly under high stress situations. I was thinking about the whole “closer’s mentality” thing in regards to izzy. He’s pitched great in the very limited work as a closer and it would be easy to say “see, the guy’s a veteran closer and knows how to get the job done…” Of course we all know it’s way to small of a sample size but at the same time I do think there is something to be said for having a guy who you know has performed well in high-performance situations. I can’t believe I am even saying this because normally I would be last guy to suggest a pitcher should close based on being a “proven closer” over a guy with better peripherals who has no experience as a closer. It’s just easy to forget that emotions and anxiety do effect performance and these are human beings out there, and that there is something to be said for angry who has pitched well in high lev situations in the past.
How does Stringer Bell equate lose?
Outside of that one episode in season 3, Stringer Bell is pure win.
Yeah
I realized that after I typed that. Still, Stringer, to me, is one of the most likable bad guys in TV along with Avon. Marlo, not so much.
I couldn't like him after
the beginning/middle of season 2 when SPOILER. Or, frankly, even the end of season 1 when SPOILER. I think he was a really interesting character in terms of his economic approach to “the game,” but I wouldn’t call him likable.
by dontstopbelieving on Jul 24, 2011 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah you wanted The Wire to last forever
so somehow Avon could get out and the Barksdale empire to be reborn. Marlo i didn’t like, but i liked, and who couldn’t love the loveable killers Chris and Snoop? hehehhe
Yes, I am a Giants fan. Now that we got that out of the way....
IMPEACH DOLAN!!!!
I will not - lose! -Jay Z-
I agree Re: String, Marlo and Avon
Marlo, Avon and Stringer are my favorite Wire characters. Most people I know always say Omar, but to me the Robin Hood archetype seemed the least realistic character (which is ironic since Omar was based in part on a real guy) and less dimensional than the above three. Marlo was cool as shit, probably had less then 3 minutes combined dialogue is 3 seasons yet carried such a presence and his few words were always deep. Prop Joe and Vondos were also cool characters
One of the guys omar is based on was one of the two fat guys who helped him in prison
And Avon was based on the minister who Colvin spoke to often. Marlo was awesome, loved to hate the guy. I loved Joe too.
Yeah, and he (the guy Omar is based on) married the woman who inspired "the corner"
Which was an HBO miniseries that was kind of the predecessor to the Wire, same writers and based on drug dealers and addicts in west Baltimore. I liked Omar’s character, and the homosexuality was a really creative twist, but for my liking he was too good, too honorable. I like the conflicted characters that you see both good and evil. The most interesting part about Stringer was his fascination with the world of legitimate business and how he seemed to grow to loathe the gangster, street mentality of the drug game. When McNulty was going through his apartment after Stringers…run on the show ended..and he picks up “wealth of nations” off the book shelf, that showed who stringer really was IMO.
What did McNulty say
“Who the fuck was I chasing?”
Something like that. Omar is my favorite. But I loved pretty much every character on that show. Lester and Bunk, Stringer, Avon, Bodie, Prop Joe, Norman, Michael, Colvin, on and on and on and on. Everyone was perfect.
Yeah I think that's exactly what he said
And I agree that every character really had heart and depth. Just an amazing show.
at this point, is it a spoiler anymore?
if you ain’t caught up on the wire by now, you ain’t never gonna get caught up on it.
Yes, I am a Giants fan. Now that we got that out of the way....
IMPEACH DOLAN!!!!
I will not - lose! -Jay Z-
I dunno about that
I only watched it for the first time this past year, thanks to Netflix.
by dontstopbelieving on Jul 24, 2011 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions
It's gonna be one of those shows that will forever have a cult following and
New people will constantly be turned on to it from one friend to another for years. With DVD and netflix I think the show will always be finding fans.
This.
Squeezed to Song and Bendtner and Song and Nasri oh lovely lovely lovely!
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by Aidan Gibson on Jul 24, 2011 6:14 PM EDT up reply actions
The mets could use him for a pep talk...
“That’s good, thats like a 40 degree day. Nobody got shit to say about a 40 degree day. 50, 50 will bring a smile to your face. 60 and n—gas are damn near barbecuing on that motherfucker. Go down 20 and you got people getting there bitch on, got their blood complaining . But 40!? nobody give a fuck about 40! And y’all ni—as have been giving me too many 40 degree days!” Stringer Bell addressing the Mets after today’s loss
Keith
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by Steve Schreiber on Jul 24, 2011 5:18 PM EDT up reply actions
classic scene
Yes, I am a Giants fan. Now that we got that out of the way....
IMPEACH DOLAN!!!!
I will not - lose! -Jay Z-
God dammit.
I just started season 2. Oh well.
by Juve1899 on Jul 24, 2011 11:02 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Doesn't diminish the enjoyment
I started at season four, then after season five went backed and re-watched it all. Every second was still enjoyable.
Really it's no big deal going in knowing that happens
So much goes on in season 3 that the above spoiler will not at all take anything away from the experience.
Must the lose pic be so depressing
I lost my favorite Wire character the day I saw that
Enjoying what may be the final season of two of my favorite Mets in Blue and Orange: Jose Reyes and Carlos Beltran
This series loss would have been so much more depressing
Without the return of DWright.
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by Terry_is_God on Jul 24, 2011 6:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Re Stanton
I see who I’m going to despise for at least the next five years.
It's the Marlins
They will trade him away for he does any lasting damage
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For Ozzie Guillen.
And I’ll laugh and laugh and laugh some more.
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by Steve Schreiber on Jul 24, 2011 6:28 PM EDT up reply actions
He's a beast
no clue why he’s hitting 6th. I’d hit Morrison second and Stanton 4th.
by graves9 on Jul 24, 2011 6:19 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Because he's a kid who need to know his place, of course.
Only vets can hit in the top 3rd.
Save Jenrry Mejia!
Keep Reyes, Trade Wilpon.
It's a close three way tie at this point
between Gaby Sanchez, Stanton and LoMo. That is a pretty ridiculous core of young players right there.
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by Steve Schreiber on Jul 24, 2011 6:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Stanton
……………..no words can describe my hate
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Larryesque? Victorinorian?
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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Jul 25, 2011 1:12 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I have a bad feeling it may be worse than the aforementioned hate
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So I see David Wrong doomed the Mets again with his unclutchness
They just have to trade the loser at some point
There is no hope.... there is no future....there is only GRISSIONZ
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Is anyone checking out Murph's play at first.He will add at least 10 errors to the infield defense by not coming up
with throws.He never gets in front of the ball at any position as he fields everything to the side.Just in todays game he double-clutched a possible DP grounder,failed to assume his infield cut off position costing an x-base(no excuse for this) and over ran a foul pop up by 8 ft. looking like a little leaguer.Do these three plays show up on his fielding stats.NO!! So don’t tell me that Murphy can play 2nd or 3rd when he does not have a clue at 1st either.His fielding stats do not tell the story.No erors charged on any of these routine plays!
Uh....
Do these three plays show up on his fielding stats.NO!! So don’t tell me that Murphy can play 2nd or 3rd when he does not have a clue at 1st either.His fielding stats do not tell the story.
Yeah, they kinda do. A stat doesn’t “say” anything that didn’t happen. Stats kinda are everything that did happen, in numerical form.
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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Jul 24, 2011 11:19 PM EDT up reply actions
And if they did happen (didn't see the game)
that would be why errors are a bad stat and we use UZR.
Save Jenrry Mejia!
Keep Reyes, Trade Wilpon.
.
Three, a player’s UZR, be it one year, one month or 5 years, is not necessarily what happened on the field and is not necessarily that player’s true talent level over that period of time either. That is why we regress, regress, and regress! A player can have a plus UZR and have played terrible defense, because the data we are using is far from perfect.
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anyone other than me notice the change in wrights swing?
we always used to complain that wright was standing too far from the plate. sure enough, i went back and checked his highlights from this weekend vs earlier in the yr and i noticed 2 things 1) he is noticeably closer to the plate 2) he got rid of his leg kick. hopefully he continues on his tear…..
metsjetsknicksrangers.............can it get any worse?
Wright only has had a leg kick from the beginning of this year
So it wouldn’t really explain how even last year, and obviously 2009, he looked like a different player. He said he began to feel that when he did the toe-tap, he’d twist his upper body rather than just move it straight back. Its kind of interesting that gave up on the leg kick after only a month or two of playing. Aaron Boone actually had a really good piece of analysis on Wright that I saw on ESPN a couple of nights ago. When you look at his upper body and see his shoulder twist sideways (when you can see his full name on his back, looking from the mound), his swing is off. When his weight is shifted straight back, he becomes the David Wright of old.
I'm pretty sure he had the leg kick before this year.
When he first came up, he twisted his front leg inward but he dropped that a couple of seasons ago (I want to say 07 or 08). But I’m pretty sure he’s had the leg kick for a while now.
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by Steve Schreiber on Jul 24, 2011 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm going to check out video MLB's website to see
because I remember clearly an interview before this year where Wright explains why he was going to switch to a leg kick.
So it seems like '08 he had a leg kick
very small, only a few inches off the ground. Then for ‘09 and ’10 he went back to the toe tap. Then this year, started off with the leg kick (which seemed to be alot higher than in ’08) and now has returned to the tap. Mlb.com doesn’t have video prior to ‘08 so I don’t know exactly what he did in ‘07 and earlier.
I should warn you I didn’t feel like putting alot of time into this; I only watched maybe 3 homeruns per year, and since every swing can differ a little, it’s very possible my generalizations as to Wright’s swing per year could be wrong.
Not a problem.
I didn’t look at any video to make that observation myself…I just remember him switching to that leg kick prior to this year and not liking it at the time.
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by Steve Schreiber on Jul 24, 2011 11:28 PM EDT up reply actions
nope
mlb.com does have video as far back as ’05
http://mlb.mlb.com/multimedia/tp_archive.jsp?c_id=nym
metsjetsknicksrangers.............can it get any worse?
Nice!
Totally did not know this existed. I’ve added it to my bookmarks.
Thanks!
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by Steve Schreiber on Jul 25, 2011 2:25 AM EDT up reply actions
No change in David's swing.He merely has changed his position in the batter's box.Finally he's moved closer to the plate
and moved 6 inches up in the box.Maybe freakin’ Bay could move to the same zip code as home plate.
by Putnan Prince on Jul 25, 2011 9:39 AM EDT up reply actions
he used to be way up on it
then he backed off. Hope he stays this way
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Wright
The game thread was mocking the idea that Dubs could be unclutch. But if you look at his situational stats, they suggest that he has been. In 2006 and 2007, his batting average RISES in pressure situations; that reverses starting in 2008. His Bases loaded BA was off the charts before 08, then it sinks way down. First there was the home run thing, the uppercut swing, and then the beaning, and the protective positioning in the box..
I thought that in the first several weeks of this season, he had gotten the old form back. He seemed to be much closer to the plate and was hitting flat, and had several terrific weeks. He seemed to lose it sometime before that 3rd base play, but he may have hurt his back sooner than he thought, and later pointed to that incident. With that healed, he really looks like the Dubs of old, which is wonderful.
Hmm...
But if you look at his situational stats, they suggest that he has been. In 2006 and 2007, his batting average RISES in pressure situations; that reverses starting in 2008.
As has been discovered in the research of baseball statistics, a player tends to play to their career average in almost every situation, whether it be high leverage or low leverage or almost situation you can think up. Perhaps 2006 and 2007 were just the outlier, the ridiculous hot streak, so to speak while the last couple of seasons have been the regression to the mean. Let’s do a little experiment here:
Career triple slash: .302/.381/.512
Career triple slash in High Leverage situations: .314/.386/.523
Career triple slash w/ RISP: .292/.381/.482
Career triple slash w/ Men On: .301/.382/.520
Career triple slash in Tie Game: .310/.387/.517
Career triple slash Late and Close: .286/.391/.454
For the most part these numbers seem to correlate pretty well to his career statistics. Maybe it’s not that he isn’t clutch…maybe it’s just a major regression to the mean, a natural thing in baseball, that has caused David to drop to career norms. If this idea o regression didn’t exist, Justin Turner would still be hitting .385 and Kevin Maas would be the all time home run leader.
Anyway, I’m hopeful that we once again see 2005-2008 David Wright show up. He’s looked good in his first 3 games back and we need the Dubs of old if we have any chance of competing in the near future.
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by Steve Schreiber on Jul 24, 2011 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
What's the famous Bill James quote
About lousy organizations blaming their best players when things aren’t going well?
Oh pissing blimey there's jam coming out of the walls!
Well, maybe
But a natural regression hypothesis would be more convincing if there hadn’t been such a widespread, and consistent impression of a change in his mechanics. (I know: that’s not a controlled experiment or even a well-documented observation.) But still: In 06 and 07 — rather a long stretch statistically — Dubs was known as the best two-strike hitter around. The game commentators (Keith was there then, right?) used to talk about how how he’d almost take two two strikes on purpose then especially with guys on shorten up, flatten out, and hit liners to right. In last couple of years, he seemed to be taking bigger swings, more uppercuts, etc etc. And the long, and understandable, period of standing far off the plate.
The great stretch he had this spring, his mechanics looked much more like his old ones, and same this weekend. Did you cherry-pick the triple stat? That’s a pretty small number each year.
But I concede the power of regressions, but mechanics, injuries, etc like the beaning interact and matter too. And we are of one mind on how terrific it is to see the old Dubs back, whatever the reason.
That was the game of the year, IMO.
Then again, it was 2009… it didn’t have much competition.
Oh pissing blimey there's jam coming out of the walls!
OT but Mets related!!!!!!!!!
Went with the gf to see the new Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis (so hot!) movie Friend with Benefits. Its pretty decent for a chick flick…anyway
Theres a montage where the two are hanging and the relationship builds…at the end the two are watching the Los Mets and our beloved Jose Reyes hits a home run.YAY!!!
And here is the good part, outside of mila in undies cause that shit ruled, Mila and JT do the jose/david right home run hand shake as home run apple is on the tv.
awesome…possibily the sexiest thing i’ve seen in a movie ever.
also …you disappoint me salisbury,nc’s own bobby parnell
I hate Philadelphia so much.
Holy shit.
I might have to see the movie just for that. Mila Kunis celebrating a mets home run? Thats heaven right there.
Mmmm...
Mila Kunis
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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Jul 24, 2011 11:22 PM EDT up reply actions
I second this.
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by Steve Schreiber on Jul 24, 2011 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions
It looks like we have a real problem with Josh Thole, or am I overeacting
1. Hit hitting is like an eighth plate hitter, including no power
2. His defense is only fair
3. The pitchers do not respect the way he calls the game
It seems like he is getting shaken off a lot by the pitchers. Cap yesterday, Parnell today
Mike Pelfrey wont pitch to him
1) how do you know it's not an intentional shake off?
2) Does he even call the game? I seem to remember him looking into the dugout and Collins flashing signs.
Save Jenrry Mejia!
Keep Reyes, Trade Wilpon.
He's obviously in the clubhouse on a daily basis.
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by Steve Schreiber on Jul 24, 2011 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions
You forgot
4. Has shown complete inability to hit lefties
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Too bad Parnell got beat on his slider twice
After Morrison homered I’d hoped he would stay with fastball to Buck. Throwing it first pitch was a very strange call. Stanton ripping the 98 mph fastball to left was impressive.
My list of most hated MLB players now reads like this:
1) Victorino 2) Y. Molina 3) E. Bonifacio
Only saw bits and pieces of this game
while attending a wedding but just some observations:
- the defense is now costing us runs and/or games. This wasn’t a problem
by MetsFan4Decades on Jul 24, 2011 9:10 PM EDT reply actions
well, reply Fail
To finish:
The defense – even with guys playing out of position and/or all over hell and back was O.K. to start with but not as of late. Murph, while he has a great work ethic, doesn’t really know when to cut his losses and just get in front of balls and stop them instead of trying to make a play that ain’t happening.
- Wright needs to work on his throws b/c that isn’t Ike over there on first.
- Pagan needs to pay more attention.
- While Reyes’ defense has been far from a problem, I saw the grounder that got by him today. Didn’t see the rest of that inning but I think Gee got out of it anyway.
I like Parnell, I think he’s got closer potential but man, he’s frustrating to watch sometimes.
Wright is looking like the Wright of old.
by MetsFan4Decades on Jul 24, 2011 9:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Hmm
I am thinking, when/if I ever get married to my GF, as we are doing the kissing to end the ceremony, I do the claw. Thoughts?
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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Jul 24, 2011 11:23 PM EDT up reply actions
If you were getting married tomorrow
It would be the greatest thing in any wedding ever in history. But by the time you get married it will probably be old, and you would just look kind of pathetic.
Damn
Do I want to look cool, but rush into responsibility I can’t handle? Or, be uncool, but not be tied down so?
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Jul 25, 2011 1:15 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
parnell
i have no faith in parnell, he strikes me as a guy with alot of talent and a 10 cent brain.
None of his issues
seem to come from lack of smarts. Seems more likely he overthinks under pressure instead of just trusting his stuff.
like playing catch
just really hard throwing catch..whats hard about that?
I hate Philadelphia so much.
by the caveman on Jul 24, 2011 10:18 PM EDT up reply actions
You know who also had a 10 cent brain with a lot of talent?
Rube Wadell
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Jul 24, 2011 11:27 PM EDT up reply actions
He used to chase after fire engines, didn't he? Fun guy.
Oh pissing blimey there's jam coming out of the walls!
Let's see. That brings us to Parnell, Pelfrey, Thole, Murphy, Bay, Wright, ...
Am I missing anyone?
Save Jenrry Mejia!
Keep Reyes, Trade Wilpon.
John Maine, Oliver Perez
It’s incredible how many headcases the Mets seem to employ every year.
Obviously headcases are the new market inefficiency.
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by Steve Schreiber on Jul 25, 2011 12:06 AM EDT up reply actions
The very kind Terry_is_God told me that:
just know that with our "real" line-up we would have destroyed this Hensley fellow. ;-)
So much for that :) lol
All in fun though, we’re all together in our hatred of the Phillies
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