postGame: Mets 4 Braves 3
The Mets (83–62) defeated the Braves (74–72) by the score of 4 to 3 in Shea Stadium tonight.
For a recap and boxscore, go to Yahoo! Sports.
…i feel very good about this win, because the Mets were cruising, winning, looking good, the bullpen slipped, stumbled, and they fell behind, but instead of sulking the team bucked up, fought back, took the lead and locked down the win, and the rubber game, which is exactly what a good team should do…
…John Maine looked very good tonight…in fact, on many occasions he got the Braves to swing and miss and look foolish in the process…also, according to the eyeballs of ron and keith, maine was using two different sliders tonight, which is impressive if accurate…he lost the handle during the fourth, when he walked Andruw Jones with the bases loaded to score a run…damn you, Kenny Rogers…that was it, though…otherwise, he looked great…
…maine left in the sixth, having thrown 102 pitches…it looked like the training staff, and Rick Peterson, were huddled around maine on the bench before his exit…again, according to ron and keith, it was likely a blister, which i am hoping will not be a big deal…
…any time Guillermo Mota is brought in relief of Aaron Heilman and Pedro Feliciano, all in the same inning, it’s not going to end well…you know it, and i know it, and i hope Willie Randolph knows it at this point…sure enough, with the bases loaded, he failed to get the one batter he was challenged to get…and, of course, he was booed…actually, he did the old fake-to-third, turn, fake-to-first pick-off attempt, and his home crowd booed again…i have never seen that reaction from a home crowd…it was so sad, it was funny…
…seriously, if mota is on the post-season roster, my wife better learn CPR…because i may need it…
…no matter, though, because moments later, in the bottom of the eighth, without skipping a beat, Shawn Green returned the rally with a go-ahead single to score Carlos Beltran, who stole second base to get in scoring position…i blinked, and it was as if the previous half inning never happened…
…i like knowing that Keith Hernandez and Ron Darling are equally upset and disappointed as i am that their t eam team didn’t win in 1988 and 1987…
…by the way, green and Paul Lo Duca are doing a great job moving the bottom of the order along…they’ve made a nice little home down there…stay hot, guys…
…speaking of green, he made a nice forward-diving catch while playing John Smoltz shallow, and his hat never fell off…impressive…
…also, Marlon Anderson hit a bomb, deep, deep over the home team’s bullpen early in the game…powerful home run…
…Jose Reyes tagged on third, eyeing home plate, preparing to score, as Jeff Francoeur and his rocket arm camped underneath a pop-up to right, and the tension built and i love baseball…oh, and reyes eventually scored…
…Billy Wagner closed out the game, as he is slowly returning to his mid-season, dominant form…
…enjoy the off-season, Atlanta Braves…thanks for showing up this year…hope you had fun…see you next spring…and we’ll be sure to send you a post-card from October…again…
…night, night…
