Daily Archives: August 29, 2007
Tom Glavine, on game one and two of this series, while talking to reporters after last night’s game…
“We still have two more games left, so we can still get out of here exactly where we were when we came here…But, certainly the series did not start out the way we wanted it to.”
…i hate to have a defeatist mentality, but, technically, the Mets really only needed to win one game in this series, so to keep them four games up on the Phillies come Friday morning…if they get swept, it’d be a disaster…but, to take two of four, or even one of four, would be more than fine, because what’s most important is keeping the Phillies out of arm’s reach…i mean, of course, ideally, the Mets could have taken all four here and put the Phillies away…however, the Phillies are trying to win, too…so, while ‘stepping on their necks,’ or, ‘going in for the kill,’ is preferred, protecting first place is the ultimate goal…
Last night, Tom Glavine allowed no runs through seven innings, but was removed after having thrown 102 pitches.
Willie Randolph, on whether he pulled Glavine, or did Glavine ask to be removed, while speaking to reporters after the game…
“I always communicate with Tommy, and he let’s me know when he’s ready to go…When Tommy’s in a ball game, he gives me the nod – we didn’t discuss it actually, but I took him out.”
…this reads to me like tommy makes the call, and willie rolls with it, but then willie realized what he was saying and re-worded it to make it sound like he’s in total control, even though i think he isn’t in this case…
Glavine, on leaving the game, talking after the loss…
“It’s a more stressful 100, or whatever pitches it was. I mean, you know, some nights you throw 110, 115 pitches and there’s little stress and other nights you can throw 80 pitches and there’s a ton of stress. In this ball park, and some of the jams I pitched out of, it takes a lot of you – beating out that infield hit didn’t help…Tonight, I didn’t have a whole lot left.”
…i don’t know how to feel about this…to complain and compare to yesteryear is foolish…this is the game we are fans of now, for better or worse…also, it’s one game in august…is it important…yes, of course…but it’s still one game, and to risk glavine’s arm would be wrong…however, with the way the team’s bullpen has been pitching, would one more inning really have killed him, though it should be noted that the top of the Phillies batting order was due to hit…i see it both ways, i just don’t like that it has to be this way in the first place, i guess…
Last night, in a tie game, in the bottom of the ninth inning, Willie Randolph chose to pitch Guillermo Mota, who retired Abraham Nunez, Jimmy Rollins and Chase Utley in order.
However, in the bottom of the 10th, he allowed a two-run, walk-off home run to Ryan Howard.
…as usual with any time mota blows a game, i have been sent a lot of e-mail ripping willie, mota, me for defending willie, etc…the thing is, at the time, instead of mota, the only other real option was Billy Wagner, as Jorge Sosa and Scott Schoeneweis each threw 30 or so pitches the night before…i mean, if schoeneweis and sosa were unavailable, and wagner wasn’t coming in, and Pedro Feliciano and Aaron Heilman already pitched, who did you want coming in…Aaron Sele…is that really where this argument is at, a place in which sele is your best case scenario…if so, seriously, why have the argument at all…
Randolph, on using Wagner in a tie game on the road, while talking to reporters after the game…
“I’m sure there’s always rare situations like that (when I would use Wagner in a tie game on the road). But, with the situation we’re in right now, and the team the way it is, there is no reason to panic and overreact.”
…the way i see it, mota is good in only one situation: nobody on base…the minute he starts to falter, and i mean the very second a runner reaches base, all hell breaks loose, and breaks loose fast…i mean, he’s got a 2.25 ERA with nobody on base, and a 17.72 ERA with runners in scoring position…obviously, an ERA must be higher when runners are in scoring position, but that’s a huge disparity…
…frankly, i think we’ve only got a few more days of this, because once rosters expand i suspect a few new arms will hit the fold and post-season roles will begin to get carved out – and i don’t expect mota to be a big part of it…right now, though, like it or not, he has to pitch…
In the New York Post, Mark Hale breaks down where and when Pedro Martinez may make his next rehab start, writing…
“If Martinez leaves Florida, it’s possible he could either go to another A-ball team or to Double- or Triple-A…Martinez’s next start figures to be Sunday or Monday, and one option is to pitch for the Single-A Cyclones…Another option is to pitch for Double-A Binghamton…Martinez could also simply pitch for St. Lucie again at home Sunday, though St. Lucie has no game Monday.”
…hilarious…thanks for clearing that up for us…the mystery of pedro…when will it end…
During last night’s loss to the Phillies, the Mets left seven runners on base, while only scoring two through 10 innings.
Willie Randolph, talking to reporters after the game…
“We left a lot of men on base tonight. We had an opportunity to put them away…those always come back to haunt you and tonight was a classic example of that.”
…i feel like the Mets are going backwards…i swear this is a direct quote from June…
In the eighth inning of last night’s game, with two outs and the Mets up by one run, and Aaron Heilman on the mound, Phillies OF Shane Victorino attempted to steal second, but Paul Lo Duca ‘slipped on home plate’ while throwing, sending the ball in to center field, which advanced Victorino to third.
On the next pitch, Phillies OF Aaron Rowand ‘hit’ a sinker slowly up the third-base line. Lo Duca, Heilman and David Wright waited for the ball to roll foul, but it stayed fair allowing Victorino to score the tying run.
Willie Randolph, on the slow roller, while talking to reporters after last night’s loss to the Phillies…
“It’s part of the game. Obviously, it’s unfortunate. But, you set yourself up for that, really. That’ why you need to score extra runs, and stay away from mistakes and do the fundamental things. It’s like the Pittsburgh game, two weeks ago, those are the kind of games that come back to bite you when you don’t execute and you take care of your business.”
…i think this picture says everything you need to know…
Mets 26-year-old RHP Carlos Muniz has been promoted from Double-A Binghamton to Triple-A New Orleans, reports Brian Moritz at his blog for the Press & Sun Bulletin.
In 44 appearances in Double-A this season, Muniz is 2–4 with a 2.45 ERA. He struck out 62 batters in 58.2 innings, while opponents hit .197 against him.
Muniz was selected by the Mets in the 13th round of the 2003 First-Year Player Draft.
According to Moritz…
“(Minuz’s) numbers don’t do him justice. For about a month span, he was absolutely dominant, recording 10 consecutive saves. He was automatic, the way Henry Owens was automatic for the B-Mets last season…
“He’s also a genuinely good guy, one of the best in the clubhouse.”
Go to Moritz’s blog, for the Press & Sun Bulletin, for a few quotes about the promotion from Muniz.
