Nats 10, Mets 1: Mets Lose Rain-Soaked Balk-Gate
by Eno Sarris on Sep 15, 2011 5:20 PM EDT
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Chris Schwinden had a better time out in his second major league outing. And at least the Nationals' starter Tom Milone didn't hit another home run against the Mets. That doesn't mean this week's rain-soaked rematch was any easier to swallow than last week's loss.
At the core of this loss were two balky (Balki?) moments. In the bottom of the fourth, in a scoreless game, Angel Pagan singled to left off of Tom Milone with one out. Milone looked hittable, even if the booth was showering him with praise -- what with the Tom Glavine references and the lauding of his 'pitcher presence -- and it seemed like the Mets might be able to put something together. Tom Milone then caught him at first with what the booth called 'the best move in the business, ' and the 'Andy Pettite move from the pitcher with the 46 on his back.' It was a classic lefty balk move, the kind where the pitcher looks like he's going home but puts his foot down somewhere to the left of that imaginary 45 degree line and throws to first. Guess he's not a good pitcher to run on.
The second moment cost the Mets terribly. Daniel Ray Herrera came on in the seventh inning with the Mets down two to one. Steve Lombardozzi was at third and Ian Desmond at first base. Herrera didn't give Johnny Gomes much to hit. With the screwball coming, it seemed like a ground out (double play even?) might be on the way. Then Herrera got his hand stuck in his shirt. Balk. Run Scored. It's just so ridiculous!
Henry Rodriguez tried to help us out in the bottom of the seventh. With 98-MPH cheese and control problems, he's both O. Henry and Oh Henry! He got two outs, but he also walked the bases loaded. Then Todd Coffey sprinted his 300 pounds out to the mound. David Wright was up with two outs and rain on the way! His big fly ball didn't cut the rain and ended up Michael Morse's glove, though. All was not lost... yet.
It all fell apart in the eighth and the team never recovered. Pedro Beato wasn't great, Angel Pagan lost a ball in the rain (maybe), Ian Desmond hit a seeing-eye single past the drawn-in infield, and Ryan Zimmerman hit a no-doubt double to pus the score to 6-1 and nail the coffin shut.
There were a few other notes worth getting to. Chris Schwinden was a little more relaxed this time, and did hold the Nationals to one run in five innings, but his stuff is really not impressive. Even when he struck out Morse on a high cutter, it seemed to be more of a failing of Morse's than an achievement for Schwinden. Perhaps that's being to reliant on the gun -- Schwinden only hit 90 as a maximum velocity -- but he didn't get the swinging strikes either. Six on 79 pitches, and five of those on the four-seamer. That's pitching backwards, since it's usually your non-fastballs that get the swinging strikes.
Newly a submariner, D.J. Carrasco had an eventful sixth. Looping those pitches in from the side-arm slot led to two ground balls and a hit batsman, but as Ralph Kiner mentioned, they should really do something about that body armor. Danny Espinosa leaned his elbow guard right into the pitch and took his base. Good thing Ruben Tejada made a nice leaping double-play over the bag at second to finish off the inning. His seventh didn't go as well, as he allowed two straight singles to Lombardazzi and Desmond to set up the Herrera balk.
Manny Acosta looked more like Acostapalypse than anything. An error on Wright, sure. He's in a fielding slump as they say. But then a double from Danny Espinosa, a single from Wilson Ramos ("whatever book they have on Ramos they should burn in the offseason"), a single from Roger Bernadina and a big double for Desmond (for his fifth hit of the game). That's a terrible inning ("rope after rope"). Perhaps the team should have given the guy with a triple-digit fastball a few more chances in the role?
At least Jason Bay looked okay. "Bay had a great fastball right in his wheelhouse there and did not make good contact" said Kiner about Jason Bay in the sixth with David Wright on second base. Then Bay pulled a screamer to left that would have left many parks. It dunked off the Great Wall of Flushing, and he barely beat the throw to second. He added a second double in the eighth, but also struck out twice. We'll see if this new Bay holds.
It was a tough day. Kudos to any that watched or were at the game through the rain.
Unintentionally Sexy Quote of the Game: "Get that man a smaller shirt," Gary Cohen on Daniel Ray Herrera
SB Nation Coverage
* Traditional Recap
* Boxscore
* Amazin' Avenue Gamethread
* Federal Baseball Gamethread
Win Probability Added
Big winners: Rony Paulino +9.2%, Jason Bay +9%, Ryota Igarashi +4.9%
Big losers: David Wright -22.5%, Nick Evans -11.4%, Pedro Beato -10.4%
Teh aw3s0mest play: Jason Bay doubled to left, David Wright scored +15.2%
Teh sux0rest play: Rick Ankiel reached on error to Val Pascucci, Wilson Ramos scored -15.1%
Total pitcher WPA: -21.5%
Total batter WPA: -28.5%
GWRBI!: Ryan Zimmerman hit a sacrifice fly, Ian Desmond scored
Game Thread Roll Call
Nice job by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan; that effort in the game thread embiggens us all.
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| 1 | Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan | 250 |
| 2 | MetsFan4Decades | 100 |
| 3 | BurleighGrimes | 82 |
| 4 | Michkin | 75 |
| 5 | blains2000 | 72 |
| 6 | Russ | 58 |
| 7 | Steve Schreiber | 51 |
| 8 | Hoyadestroya85 | 48 |
| 9 | MetsCity | 48 |
| 10 | TWilliAM | 37 |
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sigh
"Fantasy, reality, science Fiction. Which is which? Who can tell?"
by feslenraster on Sep 15, 2011 5:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes.
and I’m a proud fan.
"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf. "
– Tug McGraw when asked about his preference for grass or astroturf
by Terry_is_God on Sep 15, 2011 5:30 PM EDT up reply actions
This.
Sigh.
Or maybe I should be getting one of those paper bags for my head.
by MetsFan4Decades on Sep 15, 2011 6:51 PM EDT up reply actions
There is no dance of joy..
Only the dance of infinite sadness.
Oh pissing blimey there's jam coming out of the walls!
as of late this team resembles
The carnage after toki and squizgar tore up a christian rock mosh pit.
Metalocalypse fans? Will get that
I hate Philadelphia so much.
by the caveman on Sep 15, 2011 9:19 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Well, it could've been worse...it could've been raining!
Oh wait….
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by Steve Schreiber on Sep 15, 2011 5:29 PM EDT reply actions
I missed the bus after work and had to wait out in the patchy weather for two hours for the next one. It was a bad day.
I got home and found out I had missed this whole game (I thought it was a night game today). It was a good day.
"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf. "
– Tug McGraw when asked about his preference for grass or astroturf
Two hours for a bus?
Where do you live?
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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Sep 15, 2011 6:25 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Does your next door neighbor look anything like this?
Oh pissing blimey there's jam coming out of the walls!
Yes. Suburban New Jersey is like that.
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by Terry_is_God on Sep 15, 2011 11:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Geeze, I know NJ Transit sucks, but...
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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Sep 16, 2011 12:23 AM EDT up reply actions
Nobody got hurt today, so there is that.
In lobby for: Jaime Cevallos, Zack Lutz, orange unis and Rickroll as the 7th inning song.
The Unwritten Rules of AA
D.J. Carrasco's career path is eerily similar to Sean Green
and that’s not a good thing.
Green has better stuff at this point.
If the 2.5M Sandy flushed down the toilet reinforces the idea that giving multi-year deals to relievers is a bad idea, then it’s money well spent.
There was no reason to expect him to be this bad, but that’s how it goes with relievers.
Oh pissing blimey there's jam coming out of the walls!
Middle relievers seem to be a total crapshoot
Weird
"Sometimes you make a mistake and you get hit in the head." - Eli Manning
you mean, he sucks?
"Fantasy, reality, science Fiction. Which is which? Who can tell?"
by feslenraster on Sep 15, 2011 7:07 PM EDT up reply actions
This was the day I changed my mind on keeping Reyes.
There’s not enough raw talent on the Mets or anywhere above A-ball in the farm system to think that this team, with a 100 million dollar-ish payroll, will beat the Braves or Phillies within the next three years. Scrap it and start over. Here’s to 2015.
But all you're going to get for Reyes is two draft picks now
He’s still only 28, he can be part of the solution. If two of the three of Harvey, Wheeler and Familia pan out, they can compete in 2013. You can’t just throw out the next 3 years.
Who's to say they can't compete next year???
There is no hope.... there is no future....there is only GRISSIONZ
The 2011 Mets- Rock bottom: We haven't reached it yet
I agree if Davis is back and healthy
they can, and if they get second base squared away. They were competing with a lot less, until Wright and Reyes went down.
The Mets were never competing.
Being four games out of the wild card in May hardly qualifies as competing. The team isn’t very good, even with Ike Davis. And you won’t have Beltran or K-Rod. Maybe you’ll have Santana, but he’s a question mark. RF is a question mark. 2B is a question mark. C is a question mark. The bullpen is a giant question mark. Whether Reyes stays, and if he stays, whether he can stay healthy is a question mark. Whether Wright can get his shit together is a question mark. Whether Pagan can bounce back is a question mark. The rotation after Santana is still up in the air; outside of Niese and Dickey, there’s really no one I have confidence in.
Yeah, if everything breaks right, no one important gets injured, some guys have bounce back season, and other guys have career years, the Mets will be competitive. A lot to hope for though.
"I only wanted a few things out of life -- a wife, children, to play baseball and to hunt deer." - Turk Wendell
Not sure how the rest of you view this
but I’ll give it about a 10% chance of competing for a WC next year.
by MetsFan4Decades on Sep 15, 2011 6:56 PM EDT up reply actions
I'll have what you're drinking, please
I got em as close to 0% as mathematically possible without actually being 0.
Well that's just stupid (no offense)
There is no hope.... there is no future....there is only GRISSIONZ
The 2011 Mets- Rock bottom: We haven't reached it yet
it's pretty realistic
the Braves only get better with full years from all of their rookie pitchers and if Heyward bounces back. Phillies still have Halladay, Lee, and Hamels — even if they are all having unreal years this year, they’re still gonna be excellent, if not as good.
what do the Mets have to compete with next year with that? another revamped bullpen? question mark. Jose Reyes? Big question mark. Johan Santana? biggest question mark. let’s not forget they also won’t have Beltran for half a season.
anyway you cut it, the Mets are a worse team than the Braves and Phillies in 2012. and it’s not even close. what we have in our favor is an idiot in Fredi Gonzalez managing for the Braves (although that’s almost moot, what with our genius of a manager) and an idiot GM in RAjr for the Phillies.
You miss a few points
1. Wright, Murphy, and Ike all have missed significant time.
2. Pagan had a very down offensive year, much of it perpetrated by horrible BABIP luck. That should normalize for next year.
3. Santana even if not totally himself figures to be an upgrade over Pelfrey or Gee.
4. Jonathon Niese will only improve.
5. Sandy will have a little more room to try and improve the team last offseason. Don’t discount some shrewd moves from him.
Yeah, the odds are against them, but saying they literally have no chance isn’t realistic either.
There is no hope.... there is no future....there is only GRISSIONZ
The 2011 Mets- Rock bottom: We haven't reached it yet
you are too optimistic
1. this point has been repeated over and over again for since 2009. no team is EVER at full strength. you can’t just assume we’re going to have a completely healthy roster next year for the full year. it just doesn’t work that way. a good team like the Phillies and Braves have depth or enough strong suits to mask those problems. the Mets do not. they NEED everyone to be healthy to even sniff contention. that just doesn’t happen.
2. much of Pagan’s value also came from good CF play, which he hasn’t shown here, neither by the eye test or metrics. reason to think he’ll be better in 2012 but nobody knows defensively.
3. assuming Santana can pitch for more than a month, unlike Wang, Prior, or Chris Young, all guys who have had the same surgery. Prognosis for this injury is not good; expecting Santana to pitch for the whole season, let alone pitch well is a huge if.
4. that leaves the Mets with 1 spot to fill (Capuano’s), 1 decent back end guy (Pelfrey), 1 huge question mark (Santana), and one awesome dude (Dickey). so the Mets have 2 good pitchers.
5. Much of that room will either be spent on Reyes (if we assume $100-110M is the operating payroll next year). that leaves him very little to work with in the bullpen. or, Reyes walks and we have a gaping hole at short and still uncertain, revamped bullpen.
listen, I’d love to be optimistic, but let’s be realistic. keep your expectations lower, because that way you’ll either be right or pleasantly surprised.
that's a huge if. hitting on 3 top prospects like that is like a hitting an oil deposit.
the fact of the matter is that the Mets are not a competitive team now or will they be in 2012. the best we can hope for next year (with Reyes) is that Santana’s shoulder doesn’t explode like Chris Young or any of the myriad of pitchers who had the same surgery. and that would, optimistically, put the Mets at 90 wins. everything else has to break right…and that rarely happens in a season.
while it would be tough to swallow, I would not complain if the FO decided to trade Wright and not sign Reyes, if it meant moving to completely rebuild for 2013 and beyond. too many holes on the current roster and too thin a farm. we’ve seen what the “JUST ONE PIECE AWAY” mindset has yielded: nothing.
I’m sure Sandy knows the best thing to do, though. and for once, that’s optimism I didn’t have before, when I knew Omar would spend the offseason in his playpen chasing his own tail.
I did say two of three, not all three
Let’s say one becomes well above average (#2 starter), and the other becomes average (like 3rd or 4th starter). That’s plausible.
The Mets have done a very poor job developing top-end starters
If one of them turns into a solid #2 and another turns into an elite reliever, i’d sign for that in a second.
In fact, I think i’m being optimistic. I expect we’ll get less than that.
Oh pissing blimey there's jam coming out of the walls!
We'll see what happens
I think Harvey will be a #2 and either Wheeler or Familia develop into a 3 or 4. Familia probably becomes a reliever. Put it this way, they all have better stuff than Niese did at this point, and Niese is a solid #3 for a contender and still young enough to become even better.
Sure
The thing about having so many good pitching prospects is it increases your chances of hitting on one of them.
Oh pissing blimey there's jam coming out of the walls!
yeah. there's no doubt that Mejia, Familia, Wheeler, and Harvey give hope
but that’s just about all the hope the Mets have on the farm. and one of those guys is recovering from TJ surgery and another has still not advanced past Hi-A. it may be a bit.
tell THAT to freakin Pons.
"Fantasy, reality, science Fiction. Which is which? Who can tell?"
by feslenraster on Sep 15, 2011 7:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Don't get me wrong
I’d love to have Jose back, but if his contract along with Johan’s and Wright’s and Bay’s makes up more than 70% of what the payroll is to be, then the Mets will have to be dead right on everything else, stay perfectly healthy, and still hope for the Phils and Braves to take a step back, and then maybe they could compete. Now, if the Wilpons could spend 140 million over the next two years, I’d say keep Jose, add a front end pitcher and a closer and let’s see what we’ve got. But the payroll will be closer to 100 mill than 140 for the next two years at least. And the best that can be hoped for is duking it out for the Nationals for third place.
Once again, this team after being decent for four months, totally collapses in August-September
Is it really so much to ask that they do better than 1-8 on a fucking homestand against two has beens?? I know this team has been hemorrhaged in recent weeks, but there’s no excuse for this shit.
There is no hope.... there is no future....there is only GRISSIONZ
The 2011 Mets- Rock bottom: We haven't reached it yet
Well they did have a goof stretch of Baseball after going eight under
a few weeks ago to battle back to only being a game under before this horrible homestand. The Cubs series which they should have swept took all the starch out of the team. The bunting all series Vs the Nats didn’t help.
by graves9 on Sep 15, 2011 5:56 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
Good show
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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Sep 15, 2011 6:24 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
By the way, I think the Belky photo should be associated with a Win
by David G on Sep 15, 2011 5:53 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
I agree I lobby
"Fantasy, reality, science Fiction. Which is which? Who can tell?"
by feslenraster on Sep 15, 2011 7:06 PM EDT up reply actions
come on down
Meet the mets
I hate Philadelphia so much.
by the caveman on Sep 15, 2011 9:23 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
The problem with the
“next year we can compete when we get everybody back healthy” argument is that we’re just going to have a whole new different set of injuries next year. Maybe it won’t be as bad as this year but who thought we’d have Carlos healthy for the whole 4 months he was here? Every fan base thinks their team is more unlucky with injuries than every other team but a lot of good teams have lost good players for a significant time with injuries.
"next year we can compete when we get everybody back healthy"
yeah,
because that always happens with this team
One day, this team is going to kill me.
Let's Get Real
There are a lot of people living in fantasyland. The METs will NEVER be contenders. They do not have a management team that can pick winners. All this money spent for what? Not even a 500 record. I finally gave up and now follow the RAYs. They have a way better team with only 1/3 the payroll. Imagine what they could do with the METs money. THe METs are an embarrassment to the game. They will never, repeat NEVER, be contenders again. This team proves that the fans have more money than brains in supporting this team.
The Rays?
Did ANYONE on the face of the planet think they would ever, ever, EVER be competitors? Doubt it. And you make pretty tall claims about the management not being able to pick players, when the gm has been there for one season. It will take a while to undo omar, but it can, and WILL happen. Sooner than you think, too.
You're an idiot
thats all I got
Kicking knowledge in the face.
by BlackOps on Sep 15, 2011 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions 7 recs
How convenient that you skipped the Vince Naimoli years in becoming a Rays fan.
Also, the Rays can thank God Evan Longoria felt like taking a team-friendly deal, and you know why the Rays are good? Their scouting department is phenomenal and the owners spend in the draft. How easy it is to forget how badly managed the Rays were a mere 5-6 years ago in ways that would make even the Wilpons cringe.
Have faith in Sandy Alderson, sweetie. I sure as hell do.
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by Five-Tool Tool on Sep 15, 2011 8:16 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Troll
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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Sep 15, 2011 9:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Bye.
Enjoy Tampa, whoever you are.
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by Steve Schreiber on Sep 15, 2011 9:50 PM EDT up reply actions
cool
So when the Mets DO win its 1 less person to push out of the way at the parade
I hate Philadelphia so much.
by the caveman on Sep 15, 2011 9:58 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Trust me, you've got it backwards.
I have way more brains than money. You, on the other hand, well you do admit to being a front-runner…
"And that's why anybody who invested with Lenny Dykstra should really call that number. Lawyers are standing by."
by BobbyV_Incognito on Sep 15, 2011 11:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Then feel free to leave if you're so sure.
"And that's why anybody who invested with Lenny Dykstra should really call that number. Lawyers are standing by."
by BobbyV_Incognito on Sep 16, 2011 1:37 AM EDT up reply actions
Let me start by telling you this: You're an idiot. Go home.
There is no hope.... there is no future....there is only GRISSIONZ
The 2011 Mets- Rock bottom: We haven't reached it yet
Everybody's hopping off the bandwagon now!
It’s the cool thing to do!
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by Steve Schreiber on Sep 16, 2011 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Fans don't go to the games without a good team
The team doesn’t have any money to sign free agents partially because the fans don’t go to games, the farm system doesn’t have enough depth to withstand the trade of prospects to get players; the owners are broke and our last general manager loved giving out astoundingly shitty contracts to players on the wrong side of 30.
This is just a shitty cycle that’s going to keep repeating itself until someone comes in, takes over the team and drops a shitload of dough, or those pitching prospects all turn out to be studs.
What Would Matt Szczur Do?
Fact on Villanova Sports
Omar is out, Sandy is in.
We now have a general manager known for rebuilding farm systems and acquiring talent on small payrolls. I don’t know if anyone can undo omar, but he can at least try, and he will do a better job.
can some one whose good at paintz
Make a parody “I believe in harvey dent” poster with sandy alderson
I hate Philadelphia so much.
by the caveman on Sep 15, 2011 9:25 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
.
Save Jenrry Mejia!
Keep Reyes, Trade Wilpon.
by Ogre39666 on Sep 16, 2011 12:53 AM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
Nicely done.
"And that's why anybody who invested with Lenny Dykstra should really call that number. Lawyers are standing by."
by BobbyV_Incognito on Sep 16, 2011 1:37 AM EDT up reply actions
awesome
I hate Philadelphia so much.
by the caveman on Sep 16, 2011 8:17 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Hey
no politics!
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by Steve Schreiber on Sep 16, 2011 1:21 PM EDT up reply actions
This is what too many people don't understand
The ‘Omar Taint’ needs to be more fully exorcised from the team before we get the ball rolling here.
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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Sep 15, 2011 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
lol
Omar the taint, Omar the gooch
I hate Philadelphia so much.
by the caveman on Sep 15, 2011 10:00 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
ahhh someone else uses the phrase Omar Taint
thank you BDMF
"Fantasy, reality, science Fiction. Which is which? Who can tell?"
by feslenraster on Sep 16, 2011 8:34 AM EDT up reply actions
this
we were just doing the math over dinner………
as of this Sunday the Hudson River tolls will be $12. The Triboro is $8 each way. Parking is $20 if you’re lucky. So that is $50 out the window, not including the cost of gas, just to enter the fucking rotunda……so for me and my family, unless they field a competitive team, we won’t be going to any games. This coming from someone who gets free tickets all the time. I, like many others, see no reason to drop hundreds of dollars to watch people pitch who should be driving garbage trucks, and the face of the franchise mail it in for the last 2 or 3 weeks.
Fuck it. That is all.
One day, this team is going to kill me.
I agree.
I’m a fan of $8 all-day parking in Jersey City, $1.30 PATH rides each way (love my reusable SmartCard), and MTA or LIRR rides to Citi Field.
Very enticing when the team is good, not when they’re blah.
"Hey Paul, re..remember when you were in The Beatles? That was awesome."
by Five-Tool Tool on Sep 15, 2011 8:27 PM EDT up reply actions
I've said this like a million times
Paying for parking is silly, when it’s pretty easy to find parking on the street around the stadium.
"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 Sep 15, 2011 9:40 PM EDT up reply actions
I think I saw you in your new ride
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by Blame-everyone-else on Sep 15, 2011 10:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Alright, in that case, it's understandable
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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Sep 16, 2011 12:25 AM EDT up reply actions
This is pathetic
and embarrasing… but it happens move on and win the next games
Nets Mets Giants ALL DAY
Maybe this team has mentally given up
we have seen this scenario too many times before. You get good outings from the sp, but the offense and relief are pathetic
Would anyone
care to explain what TC said after the game? I saw something from Kevin on twitter
Down 2 in the bottom of the ninth?
Lets Bring in Willie Harris!
xxx
Moments after the latest loss, manager Terry Collins said he was "disgusted" with how his team has been playing and took the blame for the poor performance.
"The perception I have right now: We folded it up. And I won’t stand for that," he said. "You want to see me be intense? You guys are going to see it. I don’t play that game."
Did he call them lollygaggers too?
What's the score, boys?
What did Bugs Bunny do?
What's with the Carrot League baseball today?
by StorkFan on Sep 15, 2011 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
more
"Our fans should be upset. I don’t blame them a bit," Collins said. "No energy, none at all, on the field. This is not the way we played all year long."
Mostly due to me having 7 rays players in fantasy
Thats fine with me
Down 2 in the bottom of the ninth?
Lets Bring in Willie Harris!
eh
they really dropped the ball losing the last two games to the Orioles. if they don’t make the playoffs, they should take a long, hard look at that 9-9 record against the Os.
I'd rather see them both overtake the Yankees.
"And that's why anybody who invested with Lenny Dykstra should really call that number. Lawyers are standing by."
by BobbyV_Incognito on Sep 15, 2011 11:30 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'd love to see that too but that's highly unlikely
so might as well root for the Rays over the Red Sox.
At least Terry is entertaining
Pagan needs to get latered
El Esta Gone!
7/28/2011...We will never forget.
by RudyTerrasasWarRoom on Sep 15, 2011 9:06 PM EDT reply actions
You need to get "latered".
Save Jenrry Mejia!
Keep Reyes, Trade Wilpon.
by Ogre39666 on Sep 16, 2011 12:57 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Flagged
For being sweet bro
El Esta Gone!
7/28/2011...We will never forget.
by RudyTerrasasWarRoom on Sep 16, 2011 10:06 AM EDT up reply actions
Time to start anew
I’ve been a Met fan since 1973 but this team is hard to believe in anymore. The way they are mailing it in at the close of this year is a disgrace. We’ve heard/tolerated all the excuses especially since ‘07. This team needs talent and needs alot of it. Forget about signing Reyes; time to trade Wright as much as I like to watch them play. Use the draft picks wisely you’ll get for Reyes and get as much talent as you can for Wright to begin starting over. That and patience from the farm system along with shrewd spending of freed up money should go a long way in rebuilding the mess this team has become. Some new, young, talented players who have a fresh approach and enthusiasm would go a long way to make NL baseball in NY exciting once again. This team currently is too much to stomach.
Yeah, cause elite SSs and a historically premium 3B having his worst season
grow on trees.
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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Sep 15, 2011 9:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Not trees
They are at Target. Half price.
"Sometimes you make a mistake and you get hit in the head." - Eli Manning
the farm system needs a ton of help, too
I don’t see much help coming from there in the next 2 years.
One day, this team is going to kill me.
Terry is all angry that we lost
Why do you constantly bunt, then, Terry? Why do you constantly bunt?
"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 Sep 15, 2011 9:41 PM EDT reply actions
mets manager transitional book
Jerry manual entry-Sept 15,2010. Last entry.
Bunt often. Bunts be gangst
I hate Philadelphia so much.
by the caveman on Sep 15, 2011 10:03 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I can almost hear the voice of David McCullough
“After the game, the diary of an elderly manager was found. Its last entry read ‘June 1st, 2011, the 147th anniversary of the battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia. I bunted.’”
by Ownbey4Mex on Sep 16, 2011 3:25 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
now we know why Collins has not managed in awhile, huh?
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by feslenraster on Sep 16, 2011 8:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Who are all these people coming out of the woodwork
to declare how shocked and dismayed they are, on September 15th, to realize that this is not a good team?
It's pretty hilarious.
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by Steve Schreiber on Sep 15, 2011 9:58 PM EDT up reply actions
My favorite is, and will always be PiazzaHoF
How many times has he/she given up over these bunch of months?
"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 Sep 16, 2011 12:26 AM EDT up reply actions
PiazzaHOF gives up and then is irrationally hopeful like every other day.
I get a kick out of it.
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by Steve Schreiber on Sep 16, 2011 1:22 PM EDT up reply actions
I love this guy on MLB Network
Complaining about TC getting pissed about the Mets lack of effort, and he says that any Met fan would be happy with a .500 season. He claims that TC’s intensity (which I’ve been waiting for ALL YEAR, the faith and bunts got old real quick) set them back for spring training and advocates giving players gold stars.
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