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The Mets (2–4) lost to the Phillies (4–4) by the score of 5 to 2 in the final opening day at Shea Stadium this afternoon.
For a boxscore, check out the new-and-improved SNY.tv.
For a recap, read my live-blogging notes, here.
…by the way, as of now, there are 804 comments in this thread, which is unbelievable…i’ve never seen anything like that…i don’t know if i am impressed, or scared for Willie Randolph…
…wow…good lord, man…
…4:21 pm…
Jimmy Rollins is out with a sprained ankle.
…4:17 pm…
…Carlos Beltran hit a one-out double, following by a pinch-hit walk from Brady Clark…but, Ryan Church grounded out weakly to second base, against a lefty…
Mets 2
Phillies 5
end of eighth
…4:15 pm…
…in the middle of the inning, Keith Hernandez let out a nice, loud yawn, which i think says it all…
…4:06 pm…
…Jimmy Rollins has been taken out of the game in favor of Eric Bruntlett, so i can only assume that something is up with rollins, who jogged home slowly in the previous inning…
…forgive me if i’m not crying…
…4:03 pm…
…well, hat’s off to Shea Stadium, which just finished playing Rick Astley’s Never Gonna Give You Up, which finished first place in the team’s eighth0–inning sing-a-long content, due to heavy lobbying from Fark.com and Digg.com…this will not end up being the new song, though…for more, click here…
…4:00 pm…
…i hate to say it, but this feels EXACTLY like a game from last September…in every way, shape and form…
…thankfully, it’s only April…
Mets 2
Phillies 5
middle of eighth
…3:56 pm…
Carlos Muniz is warming up in the bullpen.
…Pedro Feliciano is still no place to be found…
…i can only assume there is something wrong with feliciano, who has not pitched since April 2…
…meanwhile, Chase Utley ripped a double on a meatball from Aaron Heilman, over the head of Ryan Church, to drive in Jimmy Rollins to put the Phillies up by three…
…3:50 pm…
…in a one-run game, Aaron Heilman walks the eighth hitter to lead off the inning…unreal…So Taguchi advanced him to second…Jimmy Rollins then ripped a ground ball under the glove of Carlos Delgado to drive in the run…
…delgado never had a chance, though not many first baseman would have…it was scorched…
…in the following at-bat, Brian Schneider allowed another pass ball, his second of the day - both of which he should have caught…sloppy play, letting yet another run to be in scoring position…
…this, as much as any thing, including any such managerial decision, is what loses games…mistakes…ugh…
…3:44 pm…
…Damion Easley popped out to the warning track in right to end the inning…i thought it was gone…damn…
Mets 2
Phillies 3
end of seventh
…3:41 pm…
…well, shows what i know…endy swings, hits a ball directly at Jimmy Rollins, who cleared the bases with a double play…
…Jose Reyes then ripped a single up the middle…i bet they throw over to first at least seven times during Damion Easley’s at bat…
…3:40 pm…
…for what it’s worth, i would not bunt Endy Chavez in this situation, with the tying run on first, no outs and a thin bench…
…3:33 pm…
…Jorge Sosa is in for Scott Schoeneweis to face Pat Burrell, while Endy Chavez is in for Angel Pagan…
…sosa got burrell to pop up, deep to left, but Jayson Werth hit a ball the other way, through the infield, with two strikes, to put the Phillies ahead…
…i hate that this is feeling like a game from last year, with all the usual suspects at play…
Mets 2
Phillies 3
middle of seventh
…3:27 pm…
…Ryan Howard hit a potential double-play ball, as was scripted, nice job Scott Schoeneweis, but Carlos Delgado made a poor 
throw in to the back of Chase Utley, who stood tall for as long as he could while sliding in to second…the ball bounced off utley’s back, rolled in to the outfield, two runs scored and the game is tied…
…Jose Reyes is a bit at fault, as well, since he set up for the catch right in line with utley…
…naturally, schoeneweis was booed while walking from the field…the thing is, while he allowed the two guys to get on, he did what he had to do by getting the ground ball…if any one should be booed, assuming you have to boo, you should boo delgado, not the pitcher…
…3:22 pm…
…Scott Schoeneweis let up a hit, then hit Chase Utley, who has been hit three times today, which is understable since his totally crowds the plate…
…ground ball, scott…ground…ball…do it…come on…
…3:18 pm…
…yes, i’m concerned that Scott Schoenweiss is pitching this entire inning, including to righties…and, of course, he’s struggling, while Jorge Sosa warms up…ugh…
…when do we issue missing person’s report for Pedro Feliciano…
…yes, i’m concerned that Scott Schoeneweis is pitching this entire inning, including to righties…and, of course, he’s struggling, while Jorge Sosa warms up…ugh…
…when do we issue missing person’s report for Pedro Feliciano?…
…3:10 pm…
Joe Smith warmed up on the mound. However, the Phillies pinch hit for Jaime Moyer, and so the Mets pulled Smith for Scott Schoeneweis, before Smith could even throw a pitch.
…3:07 pm…
…the Phillies played the shift on Ryan Church, who hit a grounder to short, which was fielded by the third baseman for an out…
Mets 2
Phillies 0
end of sixth
…3:00 pm…
Joe Smith entered in place of Perez, with the tying runs at the plate, to face the right-handed Pedro Feliz, and he walked Feliz.
However, he got Carlos Ruiz to ground out to end the inning.
…smith never hit schneider’s target the entire time, and threw an absolute spinning meatball to ruiz which he thankfully took for a strike…close call…
Mets 2
Phillies 0
middle of sixth
…2:57 pm…
…Shea Stadium is using the organ, which played a bit of Crazy Train by Ozzy Obsourne…
…i love when rock and pop songs are covered on organ…
…i prefer silence, or organ..that’s it…
…2:55 pm…
…Oliver Perez looked great, getting the first two batters…then, in natural perez fashion, the wheels started to come off and came off quick…he had Pat Burrel down in the count, lost him, walked him, he then balked, walked another batter along with a pass ball to give first and third…and that was all, which i agree with…i love oliver, but when he goes off the tracks, he’s not coming back…
…as such, Joe Smith is in the game…
…2:43 pm…
…David Wright hit two balls really, really hard against Jamie Moyer earlier in the game, but both were tracked down by Shane Victorino…so, in the fifth, he ripped a ball in to the right-field corner as far from shane as possible for his first hit of the day…unfortunately, the same can not be said for Carlos Beltran, who had a potential RBI double run down by, you guessed it, victorino, to end the inning…
Mets 2
Phillies 0
end of fifth
…2:34 pm…
…with one out and a runner on first, Oliver Perez walked the pitcher, who had been trying to bunt the runner over, bringing Jimmy Rollins to the plate who started with a 2–0 count, at which point Brian Schneider wisely walked out to the mound…
…he got it together, though, getting rollins on a fielder’s choice and Shane Victorino to pop out…
…nice…NICE rebound, ollie…and nice work, schneider as well…
Mets 2
Phillies 0
middle of fifth
…2:31 pm…
Luis Castillo has left the game with right knee soreness.
…how exactly does that differ from every other day of the week…
He came up a bit lame while running down a pop up in foul territory in the previous inning.
…2:25 pm…
Luis Castillo has been replaced by Damion Easley.
…let the Ruben Gotay comments begin…
…2:23 pm…
…bases loaded, Ryan Church up against a lefty, one out, and he hit a weak grounder to second, but it scored a run…good enough…unfortunately, they then walked Brian Schneider to bring up Oliver Perez with two outs, who first tried to bunt, while dropping his bat on home plate, and then eventually struck out…
…Carlos Delgado hit a one-handed single to the opposite field…and it’s about time…go with it, los…go with it…
…by the way, Angel Pagan uses the theme to Indiana Jones as his entrance music, which is music to my ears…Raiders of the Lost Ark is my favorite movie of all time…
…pagan legged out a ground ball deep in the hole at second, helped out by a double-clutch from Chase Utley…
Mets 2
Phillies 0
end of fourth
…2:13 pm…
…in case you’re wondering, ‘Everybody clap your hands’ is back…
…2:12 pm…
…by the way, according to few a e-mails, MLB GameCast has referred to all of Jaime Moyer’s pitches, be it a fastball or not, as breaking ball…hilarious…
…2:10 pm…
Shave Victorino and Jayson Werth just knocked in to one another chasing down a fly ball hit in to the left-center gap.
…both players appear fine, and play has resumed with both still at their respective positions…
…it’s a funny replay, i’m sorry to say, because werth essentially tackles him…they run in to one another, werth wraps his arms around him and brings him down the ground as though he was trying to force a fumble…weird…
…2:02 pm…
…again, Oliver Perez hit Chase Utley with a inside fastball…well, they say it hit him…if it did, it hit a loose thread on his jersey…nevertheless, record it as a second hit-by-pitch…i dig the game plan, which is clearly to pound him in…
…otherwise, opie is in command…
Mets 1
Phillies 0
middle of fourth
…1:50 pm…
…a nice 1–2–3 inning for Oliver Perez, who fell behind 3–0 to Jimmy Rollins, shook his head looking a bit dejected, but then got a strike and induced a ground ball out…
Mets 1
Phillies 0
middle of third
…1:45 pm…
…Carlos Delgado crushed a home run to left field off a 78–mph fastball*, which was received by a curtain call…
Mets 1
Phillies 0
end of second
…1:37 pm…
…heads up play by Carlos Delgado, who scooped up a one-hopper, then tagged first base and then tagged the runner leading off, confused on whether he should run to second, for the unassisted double play…
…Oliver Perez is in his groove…a nice little rhythm…
Mets 0
Phillies 0
middle of second
…1:32 pm…
…here’s a thought, like they did in 2006, when wearing the 1986 uniforms, the Mets should wear a modern version of each style at some point this season, to honor each era…
…1:30 pm…
…i know Jaime Moyer is a decent pitcher, and i certainly respect his track record, but he is the furthest-looking thing i have ever seen to a professional athlete…he looks like he is in pain…
…of course, he allowed a walk to Luis Castillo, but that’s it…
…David Wright hit a bomb to center, which clearly got knocked down by the wind, and was run down by Shave Victorino, putting to rest that this will become a hitter’s park this season…
…*like SNY.tv’s Ted Berg just said to me, should moyer’s fastball really be called a fastball if it’s only 76 mph…
Mets 0
Phillies 0
end of first
…1:22 pm…
…Oliver Perez looked a little pumped up, over-throwing a bit…
…on the plus side, thanks to Brian Schneider, he threw inside a lot…so much so, he hit Chase Utley with a slider…but, thankfully, got Ryan Howard to pop out, and Pat Burrell to strike out looking with a outside slider to strand two runners…
…interestingly, Ron Darling mentioned that the winds are swirling around the stadium more than he ever remembers, which is probably a result of Citi Field creating a wind tunnel…
Mets 0
Phillies 0
middle of first
…1:00 pm…
Michael Almanti is singing the National Anthem.
…this guy should put Official National Anthem Singer on his business card…i feel like it is all he does…every time i turn around, either he’s signing or Ronan Tynan is singing…
…i am actually convinced that tynan sleeps on a cot in Yankee Stadium, and is only allowed up for sunlight when they need him…
…12:55 pm…
…for what it’s worth, Willie Randolph got a strong ovation from the crowd, mixed with a few boos…however, Howard Johnson got the biggest cheer of any coach…
Howie Rose said, “Welcome to New York, No. 57 Johan Santana,” which was followed by a long and loud cheer.
…by the way, Scott Schoenweiss got booed…unreal…
Naturally, David Wright got the biggest cheer of any positional player in the starting lineup.
…12:50 pm…
…they are playing the theme to Superman while introducing the 2008 new York Mets…
…12:46 pm…
Howie Rose: No. 11, Jimmy Rollins.
Shea Stadium: BOOOOOOOOOOOO.
…i love it…of the starting lineup, rollins clearly got the biggest boos, though Pat Burrell came fairly close…
…12:35 pm…
The entire Shea family has taken the field, as a tribute to William A. Shea plays on the Diamondvision.
…there appears to be only a few thousand fans in the stands…
…12:17 pm…
According to Strawberry, his greatest moment at Shea Stadium was when his team won the NL East in 1986.
…12:10 pm…
…Darryl Strawberry is in the house…he will occasionally work with SNY this season as a Mets analyst, which i am very happy about…he’ll be an on-air guest in a few minutes…
…12:07 pm…
Mets 3B David Wright, when asked by SNY’s Kevin Burkhardt, about what he thinks of when he thinks of Opening Day:
“The fans, first and foremost. I mean, they come out in full force. 55,000 crazy, screaming New Yorkers.”
Wright, on whether he’ll miss Shea Stadium:
“I have a lot of memories on the field, probably even more in the clubhouse with the guys…But, I think, it makes the transition a little easier when you look nextdoor and you see what’s going up. But, I will be sad, there’s a lot of history in this park and a lot of memories for me personally.”
…11:55 am…
…i miss skipping school to watch Opening Day…
…11:50 am…
…i’m impressed…the pockets of fans who are actually inside the stadium do not seem all that hostile towards Jimmy Rollins, who is on the field taking batting practice…some how, i doubt the same will happen when he steps to the plate to lead off the game…
…i hope he has ear plugs…
…11:35 am…
…the stadium is rocking with sporadic Lets Go Mets chants…
…11:27 am…
…in typical Shea fashion, i’m hearing that is is a nightmare driving in and finding parking…what a shock…had i been driving in from Connecticut, i bet i would still be on the bridge, getting ready to do a tour of Corona Park, before settling on a spot in the Tennis Center…oh well…by the way, it appears The Hill is no longer available, and, as reported in the off-season, the old Subway Station and Stairwell is no place to be found…it has been wiped from the earth…what a crime…
Man, how did I forget this was an afternoon game?
Goodbye work productivity for the day.
Let’s Go Mets!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That is where I always parked, on the other side of corona parked and walked it. It was usually frr but I bet today there are charging
What about under Northern Blvd? Can cars still park there?
no seriously, I’m in tears…I so wish I were there! LET’S GO METS!!!!
Who would drive there with the new stadium up?
The same people who change their opinion of Willie Randolph after two games in Atlanta in April.
and the same people that think reyes has “lost” it
two best answers. ever.
What’s the deal with the subway now, with the station and the stairwell gone?
They built a new stairway out of the station… They whoe area there has been modified because of the rotunda and Citi Field Fan Walk area for next season.
How are the tailgates, Matthew?
I’m getting weepy thinking about the last opening day there. No more subway station with the stairs either! It’s so sad.
I hope they memorialize Shea and Bill Shea at the new Citifield. With something permanent. It will be a shame if they don’t.
William Shea will forever be a part of the retired numbers with the ceremony today. The numbers and the Symbol or whatever it is for Shea will be moved to Citi.
Also I believe they are leaving Home Plate from Shea where it is and will build something around it so people can still go there which is kinda cool.
I’m sure the subway will still have stairs, bro. And smell like hot piss like all the other subway stations in the city.
Next year we’ll have a nice new stadium and build a whole bunch of new fond memories about our beautiful park where you don’t get vertigo walking down 5 miles of steeper than they should be ramps.
LETS GO METS! LETS GO METS!!
(damn work for having meetings all afternoon)
So sad I can’t get WFAN on the clockradio in my office,…
14.95 for the season on MLB.com for the game on the radio
I have it but can’t use it at work. See my note below… Office IT told me to stop streaing because it was loadin their servers… Then sent out a nastygram to everyone that streaming is prohibited…
Thank God for internet radio. I still can’t believe that ESPN is not broadcasting this.
Got in trouble with my office IT department when I listened to MLB Gameday Audio last Monday…
No more Gamecast even for me…
thats BS.
You’re telling me…
We don’t even have the option of ANY streaming broadcast of anything. I’m going to be watching the little red and green dots on “Gameday.”
That’s rough! I really do feel sorry for you. Some people just don’t understand!
Just do like I do… leave the internet alone (scores) and just DVR the game and watch it at home. I know this can be tough for us diehards, but I’ve found that its an effective means to avoid getting blackballed by your IT department (which I am actually a part of in my company :))
people that DONT live in the metro area have to drive, like me from Vermont. I also think that Wilie is not right for this team. He didnt get it done in 06 and failed in 07 and so far in 08 the teams has NOT proven anything at all. Willie neds to light a fire under these guys and get them going. He should shake tings up and move things around, do whatever it takes. If they dont do it this season I think he’s done and Im not confident that the games 7 loss in 06 and 07 collapse has not gotten into the teams brains.
If this team is truggling by Memorial Day he might be gone…
Jimyager,
Then, why not drive to an LIRR or subway station and take the train into Shea?
i mean we are a whole 5 games into the season, we better change and shake things up now….hmm…..I’VE GOT IT!!!!
Johan gets moved to the Pen. Wagner gets released. Move Delgado to the old folks home, and have Nelson Figueroa be our ACE. That’ll teach Johan to lose a game! Oh, and Castillo should be benched for Easley.
Seriously, we’re 5 games into the season. CHILL OUT!
Daaaaaaaaaaarryl. Daaaaaaaaarryl.
mattingly still hasnt shaved his sideburns
Are there blackouts with mlb radio?
There are no MLB radio blackouts.
Another new customer
Just one big, childish, BOO to those of us stuck at work in PHILLY suffering the mlb.tv blackout. Yuck.
Let’s Go Mets!
I feel you man. I tried connecting through a remote proxy server but my work computer wont allow it. Since it’s impossible to avoid the score, making DVRing impossible, I guess its time for MLB Radio and a pair of headphones.
I’ve got WFAN via mlb.radio coming out of my speakers. Coworkers be damned.
…12:37…
charlie manuel just piced his nose.
Would it kill MLB.tv or Extra Innings to show the pregame festivities??????????!!!!
Would it kill MLB.tv or Extra Innings to show the pregame festivities??????????!!!!
i miss those days too matt. i remember one year my friends skipped school when we were in HS to go to the game and somehow a pic of them ended up in the newspaper (i think newsday). a teacher cut it out and had it on the blackboard the next day. it was hilarious.
haha. owned.
Didn’t that same thing happen to Zach Morris?
that happend to zach morris and ac slater once too
i think it did, i was gonna say my story may sound made up but it is true.
haha yeah but i think it was jsut zach and jessies sister black mailed him with a video of it. zach was pretending to be jewish so he could miss school
*jessies step brother*
I love it!
they’re booing trainers and equipment managers. Gotta love New Yorkers!
Ours or theirs?
Dude, we’re at Shea! Theirs of course.
id boo santa clause but im not from philly
Dude, you’ve never seen Mets fans boo Mets players or coaches?
I was joking, doofus.
with your DL, I am not sure that is a given that it is the Phillies staff.
i think id boo our med/training staff
LOL…me too. Stupid trainers.
Doofus? wow. that brings me back… to 4th grade.
Trying to avoid any real expletives on Opening Day.
Dipsh&t
Thank you. I forgot just how lovely the Metsblog posters were.
Feels like home!
Are they going to introduce Rollins’ dentist?? BOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
Well, they did boo some of our boys, which on the final Opening Day at Shea, is silly.
Heilman got some, and Show… well he got hammered. But you pay, so you have the right to boo whom ever you want.
if i were there i would have booed william shea
you can cheer when they implode the stadium like we did when they took down the Vet.
then we threw batteries at the wreckage.
I would’ve booed Willie “Brains” Randolph. But would he understand? Are boos more or less befuddling than the double switch for his limited mental cpacity?
you get trashier by the day
I’m so sad, because your approval is what I live for.
Really.
i am laughing
the superman theme song and the mets, jerry seinfelds head must have exploded.
I love it. Shoe follows Santana’s loud cheers, with loud boos. He just points to the crowd, turns to Johan, and pretty much tells him I told you so. LOL
lol, poor Shoe
id generally agree with you but i think the fact that can and prob will go home tonight and bathe in 100 dollar bills will ease is his pain
I recently moved to Philly , but I just got the MLB direct package….Matt thanks 4 keepin me posted on all the goings on b4 the game..I love this site…LETS GO METS!!
Seriously…they shouldn’t boo home players on opening day…tomorrow or after he blows it, but not now
Ummm..are you new to New York?
that can’t be right, only Philly fans do that. ESPN told me so.
You sure they are in Flushings?
There is nothing better than a ride on the 7 Train when the mets are playing a big game. People are packed in usually chanting lets go mets. they might as well just make it a METS FAN ONLY train because anyone on it for another reason just gets annoyed and usually loses hearing.
It is hilarious to hear the crowd boo’ing the Phillies TRAINING STAFF! .. that’s just funy
Gotta love it! BTW who’s doing the play by play here? Poor schmucks like me are in prison aka work…
are u sure Wise is on the DL
they announced his name but not Feliciano?????
who is Michael Almanti?
please OP just dont groove a fastball first pitch rollins is definitely going to look to start off this game with a bang and quiet the crowd.
whats the O/U on how many BBs Perez issues today?
I am setting it at 5.
Just FYI. I just checked CBS sportsline play-by-play and it is a good 30 seconds ahead of the mlb.radio broadcast. so just be mindful of this when posting any immediate “WOO!” or “GRR!”
Thanks for the heads up..
mlb gamecast is showing OPs fastball at 86-88. is this accurate?
I swear when they announced the Phillies bullpen coach, he was making a choke gesture. Did anyone else see this?
no but i can only assume if he did it then he was indicating to the fans that hes into sadomasochism and is wondering if anyone else in the stands is too?
I saw him. He was caressing his neck so fans by the left field line could see.
its saying 87-89 on the SNY gun
take that for what its worth though
sny just showed OP at 87
is it weird that Im WAY more afraid of Pat Burrell than Ryan “MVP” Howard?
Great start. Way to set the tone. LET’S GO METS!
Very nice Ollie. A couple of great pitch calls by Schnieder there too.
am i the only one laughing at ron and keith in the booth?
No - but after suffering through the horrid Marlins and Braves announcers….it’s appreciative laughter.
yea i live in florida and sny got blacked out. it was horrific
With Pelfrey pitching tomorrow it would really be nice to take this one
Hey hey what is this??? a little play by play would be nice!!!
I can do it…seeing as I have benefitted from others
Perez getting hit early. Second time through the line up is gonna be rough.
Double-plays help, Philthy phan!
He needed it. Pitch count is getting up there quick.
Moyer being hit harder, ILL.
You’re better than this. Get back over to sports-boards.net.
Man, why does the quality of the MLB.tv feeds vary so much on different broadcasts. Examples, every Braves game I have seen and a lot of the West coast games all come in widescreen on 1.2m feed and look fantastic for live streaming video, but every other teams games I see looks no better than the 800k feed (less clarity in the picture, no widescreen).
Mayor Bloomberg looked like he borrowed that orange sweater from Mr. Rogers.
how come spitzer isnt in attendance?
He’s probably at the local clinic getting tested for STDs…
Werth leads off with a single thru the right side of the infield
Feliz hits a curveball right to Delgado, playing on the line, who tags the bag and then Werth - 2 outs
Ruiz flies out to center - 3 outs
Good job, Ravi…
Delgado leads off with a HR to right!
Nice!
great idea about the uniforms
What about the uniforms?
Agreed about wearing all the uniforms in Mets history over the course of the season.
It would definitely be cool and would give the Mets some merchandise to sell
i guess delgado didn’t play with his kid this year
no and thanks to the nyc legal system i havent played with his kid this year either…
that’s all that keeps you from abusing kids, shameful
haha i was hoping someone wouldnt take me completely serious… thank you
just to clarify for those not witty enough to laugh…. i am being sarcastic
abusing children is very funny. and witty.
Keith’s stache…..ignore zen, he has lost his sense of humor on his path to enlightenment.
coming from a guy who prefers ad hominem attacks to intelligent critic
If you review the thread, it was I who was first attacked in an ad hominem fashion.
Yessssss.
Del-got it!
CDOG! goes yard!
Delgado leads off the 2nd with a solo shot to RF, off the bottom of the scoreboard. Mets 1 - Phils 0
Pagan hits a liner to center, caught by Victorino….both his and David’s drives seemed to carry a bit. 1 out
Church gets on after getting hit
Schneider grounds into a 4-4-3 DP
Thats great, but please no CDOG…
Hast I offended?
Delgado is raking!
Delgado CRUSHED that, way to put any boos to rest for today at least.
Good sign for Delgado against a lefty, but his issue is with pitchers that can beat him with a fastball. 80mph fastballs is just the recipe for what ails him. Maybe it gets him on a roll, though.
Good point, but nontheless this is def. a confidence booster..
he hit both smoltz and hudson in atl
Not with power.
fair enough, but it’s a few games in. i’m fine with him becoming a doubles hitter if it means he makes more contact and drives in runs
agreed. I’d take a .300 season with 20 homers if he also hits 35-40 doubles.
My problem is with your 35-40 doubles. Again, that means he’s hitting the ball hard into gaps. I’m afraid he doesn’t have the batspeed anymore to do that. I don’t think we can affort Shawn Green-style production out of a key power spot.
Moyer hits it right back to Perez, who does a nice job fielding the ball and getting it to 1st - 1 out
Opie goes 3-0 to Rollins, before Jimmy grounds out to Wright
Victorino jumps at the first pitch, and flies out to right.
Thanks ravi3.
I’m stuck at work today and cannot use MLB Extra Innings (my most favored treasure) . Your play by play is helping the day go by!
LET’s GO METS.
yea i scheduled today as a day off once the schedule became official…was trying to get tix up to last night (unfortunately, I wasn’t paying $390 for tix, even though they were field level behind the plate)
I’m waiting for a witty Saltzy (sp?) comment…
so much for my prediction of moyer pitching a perfect game and hitting a homerun… a la “the scout”
Perez leads off with a grounder to 2nd base - 1 out
Reyes grounds out to third…he showed bunt a few times in the AB, and if he can be good at it, it will be a great weapon for him - 2 out
Castillo grounds to Howard - 3 out
Castiliooooo-Noooooo
nice play by Howard.
Its pretty frustrating watching Moyer pitch. It looks like i could hit this guy and its fascinating watching him get Major League hitters out. How does he do it? The guys in my wiffleball league throw harder
lets get off delgados back
Reyes and Castillo have to start hitting sometime, right? Can they at least find a way to get on base some how? Poor David Wright.
Utley has been hit twice in this game. I call shenanigans!
What the fact that he is lucky enough to be hit without it really hitting him?
hard to tell through Sportsline.
I swear to God I’m going to pistol whip the next guy who says, ” Shenanigans.”
hey farva, wats that restaurant u like with the mozzarella sticks and the goofy things on the wall?
watching MLB Gamecast on the computer. You gotta love from Moyer:
79mph Changeup
79mph Fastball
Multi-million dollar contract. Talk about doing more with less…
haha can that really be called a changeup?
thats his palm grip fastball
Moyer hasn’t reached 8o yet per the phil cast.
Hey Ill, think that Howard will lead your team in SO including the pitchers?
he might, I really wish he would learn to bring them down. Is he leading MLB with K’s so far?
I can almost be positive he won’t get another MVP.
by the way: Ryan Howard, most overrated player in baseball? 11 Ks in 25 ABs. He could challenge Nolan Ryan’s 383 K’s in a year record!
58hr 149rbi
47 hr 136rbi
he sucks
you’re wrong, the guys a big time player but he DOES
K way too much!
Either way, that’s the pride of Lafayette High School!
overrated may be a stretch. the guy can hit it out of yosemite but i am curious to see what he’d be like playing at a place like petco park or even shea stadium.
career #’s
home: 64hr 161rbi
away: 66hr 194rbi
10 less homeruns…same amount of strikeouts
or what zen posted
look at his splits from the last 3 yrs.
64 HRs away from CBP
63 HRs @ CBP
The stadium doesn’t matter, the ball still goes.
I would rather him than Delgado…
thats such a stupid statement, there are hitters parks outside of CBP, his road stats mean nothing unless you break it down by stadium. i dont have the time to do that but if you told me his HR/AB ratio is similar at petco, and shea, and rfk to everything else then ill believe hed be the same player.
stupid is speaking before checking the facts. his hr per ab is higher at shea and petco than cbp
no stupid is not being able to read. my first statement said he wasnt overrated and that i was curious how his stats would look if he didnt play 81 games in philly, i never made any kind of declaration that hed be worse out of philly just stated i was CURIOUS do you know what that word means. my second statement simply said that you cant just go by home and road you would have to break them all down due to the increasing amount of hitters parks popping up all over baseball. oh and actually the accurate way to determine this would be to take his hr/ab at a particular stadium vs total, not vs just his home park.
again i dont have time to do this and maybe he comes out smelling like roses after the analysis i never said he wouldn just wondered what the exact numbers were. and for the record the “stupid comment” reference was to ill not to you zen, but you proved to be the bigger dbag of the two, so go f*** youself.
those are your requirements. you don’t make the rules. i disagree with your point.
“im curious to know” is not a point. I didnt try to make a point i asked a question, a question that you, the all knowing zen, think you have the answer to BUT DONT. and when i simply make it clear that I understand how to truely use stats to analyze something (just dont have the time to do it) you say you dont agree and i dont make the rules, so who does? you?.
g-d?
Utley gets hit again to lead off the inning…Both of the HBP’s were kinda flukey…Chase wears the baggy jersey, and both pitches barely grazed the fabric.
Gary reminiscing about the days when a game cost a $1.30….meanwhile the only tickets I could find for todays game were about $400….inflation is a B.
Howard strikes out swinging on a nasty slider low and away - 1 out
Burell flies out to RF - 2 out
Werth grounds to short, Reyes gets the out at 2nd - 3 out
Looking at the lineups going into the game, Reyes and Castillo are the only guys batting below .315 … they’ve gotta start sometime, right?
Ok, does anyone else have a problem with the new FAN guy? (his name is slipping my mind right now)
Hes good and has a good voice, but i feel he says things like he is trying to introduce the team to us, or like it was a national broadcast and hes trying to familiarize the team to the audience.”
he says things like ” David Wright at the plate, who just may be the central point of this met offense” ill come up with more examples but he just seems to not fit in.
Wayne Hagin
Phillies broadcast just beating the piss outta the Mets,
“nothing was sweeter then the Mets collapse”
“Reyes rubs teammates the wrong way when things not
going well” “pitching staff questionable w/o Pedro” etc.
–tough to listen to– Why no pinstripes on the last opener
@ the Big Shea??
Both Wright fly-outs HRs in citizens bank bandbox err
park. Of course no mention by the illie broadcasters.
why would they need to say that? They were not hit at CBP, so they weren’t HRs.
’cause they never mention what a bandbox they
play in.
they mention the small dimensions when they play there, but what does it matter when they aren’t there?
maybe the Eagles should give Werth a call.
Its kind of nice to watch guys from the other team collide in the outfield for once.
MLB gameday has started to label all moyer “fastballs” as changeups… lol I’m not kidding
I was wondering why he was throwing so many on there!!!!
Delgado, He’s done.
i agree… maybe its not too late to trade the rest of our prospects for a backup for him
Delgado on Sunday, only position player with 2 hits,
Today Delgado only position player with a hit.
It really lets me let out a big sigh of relief to see Delgado swinging the bat this way.
We truly need it.
Again, looking for Saltzy…
he always talks about his tickets therfore its safe to assume hes at the game
how great would it be to have Alou here. That is not meant to be a knock on Pagan…
Church grand slam right here.
nice… he got a hit…
Can someone describe Pagan’s infield single?
Pagain showing off his wheels. He legged out a throw by Chase Utley. Bases Loaded, with Church up.
weak AB by Church!
ill take the run
Wright leads off the inning with fly to deep right center, caught by Victorino, who collides pretty hard with Werth, but keeps the ball. - 1 out
Gary reminding the Beltran haters that Carlos came back 6 days after colliding with Cameron, with broken bones in his face…
Beltran draws a walk - 1 out
Gov. Patterson meanwhile is displaying his impressive Mets knowledge to Kevin Burkhardt, includin quoting the Murph…”We’ve got a real Pier 6 brawl here”
Delgado continues to go the otherway, shooting a single over thru the left side of the infield…Beltran to 2nd - 1 out
Pagan shoots a ball to Utley, who fields it by the outfield grass…Utley stumbles fielding the ball, and Pagan just barely beats it out to load the bases….Beltran to 3rd, Delgado to 2nd - 1 out
Big test for Church vs. the lefty Moyer…mixed results, as Church hits a slow roller to Utley, but drives in the run. Pagan to 2nd, Delgado to 3rd - 2 outs. Mets 2 - Phils 0
walk to Schneider to load the bases. Delgado on 3rd, Pagan on 2nd, Schneider on 1st, with Perez coming up - 2 outs
OH MY GOD I HATE MLB.tv
Did it just go out on anyone else too? Ok it just came back….what did Church do, sac fly?
Slow ground out to Utley
Come on Schneider!
wow intentional Walk! to a lefty hitting catcher?!!?!?!? this early?!?!?
Come on Perez!
THAT was the reason for the walk!
“I know it’s not new, but the blue m&m is one of the best innovations in the last 20 years”
lmao
With 2 outs and the bases juiced Perez strikes out swinging on the pitch in the dirt
That’s about as weak as being stuck in the office on Opening Day!
eh its a pitcher.. whatyagonnado..
Frustrating to get only one run with bases juiced and one out, but the line-up did turn-over again.
It is time for Reyes-Castillo to light a fire!
More like Reyes-Easley
isn’t that special. Easley will pop one next inning.
I agree
Easley in for Castillo…..No word on whats wrong.
Even though I hate the results, I still love the fact that the pitcher has to hit for himself.
Here we go! Castillo out ALREADY! But no I was wrong for hammering Don Omar all winter. Boy, that Wilpon $ must
spend x-tra nice in the D.R.!
Castillo probably got injured hustling for that foul ball
Mayor Nutter?
Only if we had kept Jeff Keppinger.
thought the same thing..forget gotay..he cost us kepp
Is gameday audio working for anyone?
yep.
Moyer is trying to give himself up, but Perez looks like he would rather walk him
simply no excuse! nevermind the Pitcher, its not Dontrelle
w/a bat AND Moyers 45!-Sure Boras won’t mention that
in his 300 pg. presentation when he wants to START the
talks @ 6yrs/90MIL
NOBODY gives a sht about the mayor, get back to the freaking game!
Boy, everyone who was expected to be hurt during the year is starting early… (I don’t know what’s wrong, but Castillo is one of those..
ollie meltdown here
nostradamus here :)
can’t walk the pitcher, you just can’t!
nice… walk to moyer
Did Schneider paid a vist to Perez? From Gameday he seems to have lost his groove.
Twice
“Right knee soreness” per Howie Rose. Wonderful.
Who has right knee soreness?
Castillo. Out of the game, replaced by Easley.
I’ve been watching Mets game on MLB extra innings up here in Boston, but was keeping eye on Red Sox opening game ceremony.
Guess who threw out first pitch?
Billy Buckner!
To be honest it was actually very moving…..serious long, loud ovation…..Buckner walking in from center-field wiping away tears.
2 Titles bring forgiveness!
Sh*t even I’LL stop doggin’ Don Omar if we could
get one.
Feliz grounds to Reyes, who nearly booted it, makes a high throw to Delgado, who is barely able to stay on the bag - 1 out
Ruiz grounds a single thru the right side - 1 out. Ruiz on 1st
Ugh…Moyer tried to bunt over Ruiz, but instead Ollie walks him - 1 out. Ruiz to 2nd.
Rollins grounds to Wright, but beats out the DP - 2 out. Ruiz to 3rd.
**Castillo out of the game with “right knee soreness”
Victorino flies out to Reyes on the outfield grass - 3 out
I don’t know what Schneider said to Perez, but well done.
Yeah, the Duke would have asked “Why you no peaka
english?”
Perez for Cy Young???
Calm Down!!–Lets see him repeat last year.
Duh, I know but as I now jinx him
11 innings, 8 hits, 2 walks, 10 SO and 0 runs.
That was huge getting out of that inning
Lol Tom McCarthy: Lets see if the Phils can make Perez pay for walking Moyer. If your the Phils you have to make him pay.
I know he is announcing on a Phils netowrk but it is weird to hear him say that.
WHEW!
easley is a servicable 2nd basemen, but i wish we still had gotay
Oh for crying out loud……Castillo is going to do this all year long………and yea Gotay is gone so their is Easley and then what………….Jose Freaking Valentin looks good right now even
I think Easley is a real good player and better than Gotay overall but still it would be nice to have that option
I still think Pagan is worth keeping over Gotay when it comes down to it……..and that was the choice when Alou returns in a few
Three runs + this inning!
i am predicting a david wright homerun his next at bat
Here’s one for you…What’s the difference between Luis Castillo and Anderson Hernandez? Give Up?
4 years and $ 22 million (I’ll assume Anderson makes 500K a year)
Seriously, what does Castillo do that Hernandez doesn’t? Stay healthy. Aside from that, he’s a slap hitting 2nd baseman. AHern is probably faster and fields better too. What a stupid signing by Omar.
Hit .300 with a .350 OBP?
Agreed. Hernandez may get a chance again this year though. I sure hope he can bat .300!
Castillo is also 33 and has chronic knee problems. He’ll be 37 and probably have 2 new knees at the end of this contract. If Omar signs him for 2 years, that’s fine. But 4? Is there no 2b depth in the farm system that he needs to sign Castillo for 4 years?
how will the mets ever survive with castillo making $5.5m for the last two years of that deal? it’s pennies for them…4% of the payroll
You do know we are the Mets right? If he sucks after 2 years then he can be a bench player or we can eat cash and trade him. So what? He was the best option and Omar made sure we could get him. That’s what a large market team can do. Do you remember what we paid for Jose Valentin?
Thats not what most of you said during the winter.
Castillo is a career .294 hitter with a .368 OBP and Hernanez is a career .138 hitter with a .157 OBP?
Do I win?
Nope, I buzzed in first. :)
That’s the past…we’re playing in the present here where is appears Castillo is no better than a slap hitter. I’d be happy if he prooves otherwise but this is not 2000, 2001, 2002, or 2003 all over again.
So all of a sudden a 32 year old guy is done and will not hit his career average?
I’ll take his .301 average and .362 OBP from 2007 in a second. Oh, and he’s 32, not 33.
because his kneesare 52 and his hip 72.
Yet he does not seem to miss many games, I guess he is tough too.
Again he will be fine for a least 2 years and then we can see where we are.
Um are people intentionally leaving out Marlon Anderson here?
Does anyone know why during the Wright AB half the fans
were standing looking down the 3B line? Was a phillie fan
getting a beat-down?
One can only hope.
Reyes lines out to Howard - 1 out
Easley grounds out to Utley in his first AB - 2 out
Wright lines a double to LF - 2 out
Beltran hits the ball to center…Victorino hustles and makes a nice running grab - 3 out
Sure would like to see Ollie go late in the game. What is his pitch count?
already nearing 90
90 after walking Burrell.
Can somebody please remind Shane Victorino that he sucks
He does not suck on defense.
Victorino is a solid player and someone I would like on my team…
Me too, I was hoping that when they had that log jam in the OF that we would have ended up with him somehow.
I’ll do it…
lol, all this castillo hate. Just wait till he starts hitting and this should all die down. Reyes and Castillo are as good a 1-2 as there is. It is…………………….April
Once again Omar, you are a genius for getting rid of Gotay. Who would’ve thought that Castillo’s knees might start bothering him?
I thought it was willies fault!–how can you blame the
teflon don omar?
You do realize that we have plenty of other 2nd base options?
Remember one thing about Castillo, he’s buddies with Santana. Don’t think for one minute that Johan didn’t ask Omar what’s up with his good buddy from the Twins. I would bet that Omar got his arm twisted big time on Castillo’s contract.
YEAH! O.K..
I hope not. But i do think its cause of the lack of depth we have at that position. We either have one or the other at 2b. Anderson got the defense and Gotay had the offense. Castillo i guess was a happy medium and thats why he signed him. The 4 years i think was the part he messed up with. But then again i dont think there is anyone in the farm thats coming up and can knock off castillo from his job.
mets should have locked up ollie to a deal before the season: $$$$
Boras would never let that happen
I hope they do. I would hate to see this guy go to FA and we have to compete against just about everybody to keep him. But remember we are dealing with boras sooo who knows with him
was never gonna happen , not with his agent.
Plus really you couldnt ’cause we dont know if what he did last yr is what he is.
they should have locked me up before the season too…now theyve done it and im going to sign with the phillies and show off my nasty 2 seam changeup… just wait
actually with it being a contract year for ollie, we may get the best out of him this year…it always seems that some guys start to decline as soon as they get the big bucks..look at kevin brown and barry zito
should. players always seem to get healthy/focused
in the walk year but THIS GUY hasn’t proven enough
to warrant 6/7 yrs-90/100MIl
Phils prob w/losing Rowland is that Victorinos gonna have
to make tose catches all yr b/t burrell and jenkins/werth.
If Castillo is out an extended period of time I’d like to try Church in that two spot
I think I would rather see Pagan and leave Church in an RBI spot.
Anyone know what Ollie’s pitch count is?
I can’t watch the game from work and you guys are my life line.
92
nice to see reyes coming in to focus ollie!
92 and counting
This is a knock-off version of an EL Sid performance
Less the complete meltdown. beauty! BB-balk-BB/WP.
THAT’s WHy you don’t throw crazy $$$ at this guy!!
So you would not take 5 2/3 of shutout ball? Willie just did not let him have the melt down. With another base open there was still a good chance he got out of the inning with no runs.
we all hear all these good things about Schneider’s defense, but holy cow he drops a lot of balls. It seems like he simply drops 2 or 3 pitches an inning. what gives?
and he never frames pitches, he stabs at them all.
Definitely noticed the lack of framing.
why does werth get to go to 3B on the walk?
come on Willie, leave Ollie in there
Utley leads it off with a fly out to shallow center - 1 out
Howard pops out to center - 2 out
Burrell draws a full count walk
**side note - they’ve got the organ going today which is a nice touch…playing Crazy Train while the Jacket visits the mound
Perez balks by making a pick-off throw to first with Delgado off the bag…He then walks Werth on a wild pitch. Burrell to 3rd - 2 out
Willie comes out and pulls Ollie, who is also on the cusp of the 100 pitch plateau. Smith coming in.
Great, here comes our “amazin” bullpen to hold this “huge” 2-0 lead, I’m confident…
Questionable call by Willie taking Perez out already…I would have let him either finish up the inning or give up a run…Hopefully Joe Smith makes him look like a genious and shows why I will never be a manager.
I would have liked to see him finish the inning too, however we would be killing Willie if he left him in and Perez gave up a HR to Pedro Feliz.
I don’t know, stuff like this happened a lot last year to Perez where he was seemingly cruising then a bad defensive play (usually his own) and a walk, the next thing you know we would be down by 5 runs.
No ?–you CAN”T let Perez pitch to Feliz!
Good move, Willie.
I never feel comfortable with Joe Smith pitching and a runner on 3rd
Willie seems to have a good amount of confidence in Joe Smith, which seems to be fine to me. I don’t know who else we would use anyways..
Good…now this give us 3.1 innings to question Willie’s imept managerial ability. Let’s see how he falters…
“inept” as in my spelling of the word inept was inept.
And 3.1 innings to here guys like you complain over every move that does not work and ignore the ones that do.
Did they get out of the inning. I cant watch the game and im pressing refresh like a mad man here lol.
Yes on a ground out to Reyes
Smith looks like he just throws and hopes it goes over the plate
THANK GOD, now count your blessings Willie and get him out of there
All side slingers do.
Uh oh…Come on Joe
ground out to short to end the inning. Willies a genius for now.
Smith walks Feliz to load the bases - 2 out Burrell on 3rd, Werth to 2nd.
Ruiz grounds to short, Reyes gets the out at 2nd - 3 out
Nicely done
ground ball to Reyes, out of the inning!!!
whoops, i guess MLB.tv is a bit delayed…not that I didn’t know that…lol
maybe all the Willie bashing can be put on hold now!
Atleast ’til the next inn.
Whew! We’re out the inning untouched..
alright, were out of that jam, but we cant have our starters only go 5-6 innings. when pedro comes back, you know youre not getting 7 out of him. that puts pressure on maine and ollie to go 7 innings and alleviate some of the pressure on our bullpen. the reason we imploded last year was because our bullpen was drained. willie cant be so eager to take the starters out.
You can with a RH hitter who hits HR or SO against a struggling Perez. Especially in the home opener. Besides the pen should be decently rested.
Dude, stop the arguing for the sake of arguing-
Ollie’s freakin wheels were falling off!
Smith got us out of the inning AND perez’ control
was bad all day! you’d be the 1st one posting
“Fire Willie” if Perez fell behind and served on up to
Feliz–I like him but he aint Koufax!
I assume you are talking to the guy ahead of me because as many would know I am a netural/borderline supporter of Willie.
And Willie was the manager…
Thanks I was not sure if he was or not. You really pay attention don’t you?
I agree in principle, but this is Oliver Perez we are talking about. When the wheels come off, and they definitely seemed to be coming off, he tends to fly apart completely. I think he had to pull him out of there.
Now the question is does he live Smith in for another inning or not?
Yes. Try here:
mlbDOTmlbDOTcom/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2008_04_08_phimlb_nynmlb_1
I wouldnt push my luck with Smith next inning….Lets go Sosa, Heilman, Wagner now.
Delgado grounds out into the shift, Utley to Howard. Carlos retired for the first time today - 1 out
Pagan flies out to Victorino, who is doing his best impression of a hoover.
Church grounds out to short - 3 out
Take Smith out, let him leave with some confidence.
Another great move by Willie. Lets see if the move works.
Dobbs announced as a PH, Willie brings in Schoenweis…Phils counter by sending up Taguchi…
Willie makes them waste a PH. Not too bad for somone as dumb as Willie right? :)
sheesh, shut up….
So now I can’t make fun of the idiots that are always on Willie? Just laughing at what they would normally say.
ok, ok. I just hate all the Willie hate. Our fans are just insane sometimes
I agree, I am hoping to drive them off by always making fun of them. I know it won’t work but it makes me feel better.
Where is Feliciano?
Too early.
Too early??? When is a better time to bring him in?
when you have Utley and Howard up…hopefully next inning.
hey gary… thank you for the stock tips
How you figure?–3 years now and obvious,willie not
a big feliciano fan. hard to understand.
the 78 appearances last year showed you that, huh
But obivioulsy Skyling was saying that none of those were in important games. Right Skyling?
These guys just look for anyway to get at Willie.
yea, i agree.. Home opener…Phillies….huge game. Heilman in the 8th, Feliciano in 7th would be fine w/ me
Yeah, but he hasn’t pitch in ages…
WOwww deep breath!!-SS gets an out.
I hate Jimmy Rollins..
Now is a good time to bring Feli. Or is too early?
Feliciano time…i wish
I hate Victorino … Get a Major League helmet you F’n tool
haha that makes me laugh
I got a sneakiy feeling Willie is either going to look like a genius or a goat.
he’s playing today?
hes playing the 5th infielder up the middle
the sny website just morphed from blue to silver in less than 2 minutes
Why Schoenweis in the 7th, why not Feliciano????
Make the move Willie!!!!
Now is time to bring in Pedro.
This smells like a bullpen meltdown, Mets style. UGH.
I do not want Utley vs. Blowinweis.
Taguchi works a full count, but grounds out to Easley - 1 out
Rollins lines a single to left - 1 out
Victorino lines the 3-2 pitch up the middle - 1 out
**Where is Feliciano?!
Schoenweis hits Utley to load the bases…3rd HBP for Utley
seriously, it’s time…..Feliciano…come on!
Chances of Ryan Howard hitting a grand slam - 97.3% with 2.7% margin for error.
yeah but whats the variance and standard mean deviation?
Utley HBP AGAIN?!? WTF IS GOING ON
I’m a huge willie supporter but w/t/f is he doin?
rollins,vic switch-utley,howard-lefty wheres pedro F.?
imean i know don omar made SS a multi-millionaire
and we got pedro off the scrap-heap but c’mon.
bases loaded now and the illie tv guys wanna know why
Met fans boo him??????????????/
agreed on all counts
this place is gonna explode if the Show screws up
can you say 4-2?
Hes gonna walk him.
It’s games like this that make me wonder if the Mets would be better with a different manager. Willie is practically handing them this game.
It’s utterly absurd that Feliciano is not in the game against the Phillies’ best lefty hitters. There is no excuse for this unless he is injured. And as a bonus, he can even pitch to righties, unlike SS. Close games can be won/lost by managerial decisions, and this is an awful one.
Oh dear Lord. Why Suckyweis here? Where is Feliciano????
a) Schoenweiss still sucks
b) isn’t there a rule that a player has to make an attempt to get out of the way of the ball? Utley blatantly stepped into that pitch
I don’t know but there is no way you can leave in the Show for Howard. You have got to go with Feliciano here, why else is he on the team?
When I said too early I meant that we needed to save him for Utley and Howard well that came this inning and he should be in now.
Un friggin’ believable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Holy God, the Mets totally forget how to play baseball against the Braves and Phillies. Things happen against these two teams that ive never seen happen before.
This sucks!
Wow…..just wow
God Schoenweiss sucks!!!!!!!!!!! Why Pedro? Why not Schoenweiss?
Would have been a DP ball, but Delgado nails Utley in the back while throwing to 2nd. Tie game.
2008 looks like 2007!
If they blow this Willie better hide.
thanks stinken-weis
you (singing)
SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the crowd is letting Show hear it
Before everyone calls for willies head, omar MUST share
some of this ! Schoenweiss 3yrs ? whos never had ONE
good year–c’mon!!
UGH! I understand they need to hit the Phillies players, but enough is enough already.
Anyone else saw this coming a mile away? I did…
Show got the pitch we wanted and Delgado gambled too much. Just take the easy out and give up one run.
im sick of willie and his stupid couching skills fire him now and save the season
thanks Willie……….
Scott Schoenweiss Karma
In all fairness here, Schoenweis would have been out of the jam, as he got Howard to ground to Delgado. Carlos made a bbad throw, hitting Utley in the back, leading to 2 runs scoring.
The blame here has got to be on Delgado.
agreed, but Show still is the guy who loaded the bases.
Ravi…Suckywies still put the team into that jam and the fact remains when the inning began, the Mets had a 2 run lead and Suckyweis came in to start inning……when inning ended, Mets were losing.
That is the karma of the “Show”.
ugh….it wouldn’t be a Mets-Phillies game without the Mets finding new and exciting ways to blow a lead. Jeez….welcome back to September 2007
Utley was definitely out of the baseline, but not enough such that the ump would call it.
Unbelievable.
Man, Delgado.
frigging awesome…here we go again
you have to f’in kidding me!
I can’t blame Willie for this however, again Show did what he was supposed to do. Get Howard out. Delgado just made a poor throw and Reyes was out of position.
How does Willie not get this blame?
For Delgado making a bad throw and Reyes being out of position? Would Pedro went out and got the double play on his own?
Actually one can make an argument that you can blame this on Willie. Blowenweis got himself in this situation to begin with and he should not have been there. Where was Feliciano? Is he even alive? I would rather take my chances with Feliciano vs. a righty than Blowenweis.
I would not have brought in Feliciano until Utley came up. Willie left Show in but he got the double play ball and we would have been out of the inning. So while I may have done something different I can’t fault him for a thowing error.
i can’t believe willie didn’t turn the double play. he has to get the ball to reyes there
If they lose this series against a team that pretty much stuck the knife in as deep as it can get late last year, they may as well move to Citifield now because Shea will explode.
Because a series in the second week of the season is the most important series to ever be played.
No seriously, Unbelievable!
its deja vou all over again
Mets baseball!!! Who’s feeling the excitement???
What bothers me the most about this, I fully expect them to blow the GD game. That sucks. ARRRGGGGHHHHH!
I know the feeling. I had a sense this game was going to leave their grasp due to the bullpen which has shown itself to be overrated so far.
We need Sanchez back effective in the worst way!
I know Delgado made the throwing error, but Schoeneweis loaded the bases. He SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The lesson here as always is that there is plenty of blame to go around to EVERYONE.. which is why it’s a Willie issue…
Hey EWM it’s funny but you seem to have shown up exactly when we started losing. Same as last season. Are you the devil?
I’ve been here thereal… I didn’t comment too much on spring training cause frankly I have no tolerance for all the crap stories that make their way around…
But to see this bull pen still stink after we did nothing to upgrade it.. is not a suprise..
Toss in the same attitude brought by the same manager that sunk the ship last year.. and I dunno why anyone is surprised….
You forgot to throw in some of the same fans that have no clue but make great armchairs.
I thought the point of a blog was to get to be a bit of an arm chair?
Two runs against Jamie Moyer. This is like a sick joke.
If the other team can’t beat us, we’ll beat ourselves. This team just can’t play 9 solid innings.
Seriously…where is Feliciano???????
Did he step on Willie’s shoes, breath on his 77-78 WS ring? WHAT?????
I hate our freakin bullpen
Sosa, Smith, Schoeneweis…………..all garbage
what did smith do wrong?
Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. Ugh.
Willie Randolph and the Heart Breakers!
ARGHHHHHHH
I hate the Phillies so much.
Painful to watch.
The saddest part is I have no confidence in our offense right now
This is like a sickening replay
Blehhhhhhhh!
I just puked all over my desk.
Sosa on to pitch, with Endy taking over in left
Burrell flies out to right - 2 out
Werth goes the other way with the slider. Utley scores. Howard to 2nd - 2 out Phils 3 - Mets 2
Feliz pops out to shallow left - 3 out
Again, I guess Willie should have brought in homerun Heilman instead of Sosa. What was he thinking? That major league pitchers should be able to do their job? What a joke.
thats what willies thinking given the fact that like mota
last yr who he kept pitchin over & over.like schoenweiss
these are omars guys. but again whats w/feliciano?
Seriously though…are the Phillies the most resilient team in baseball? Or, are the Mets that bad?
We’re that bad…outside of Johan this team fixed not a THING this off season…
Wise is on the DL
Registar off the roster
Sanchez still can’t pitch two days in a row
Whose suprised the bull pen still sucks???
The offense is worse which is why we waste a 7 innings of one run from Johan
Same moron manager
How is anyone reallly surprised this is happening????
No….and it really hirts to say that too. I have absolutely NO confidence in this team…just like Sept. 07
SOSA - sucks, Schoenweiess - sucks, Heilman - Sucks, Wise -Sucks..
Gee you think that hurts us?
I will be shocked if this team wins more than 80-85 games this year. They are just not very good.
and 2 runs off Moyer?!?!?! The Nats wrecked Moyer and we only managed 2 runs off him?!?!?! This offense better pick up and win this game because this team is already looking like 2007 The Sequel
hey at least schinder calls a great game.. and pagan is a great story…we don’t need actual players….
haha, nice
Yeah and Alous got and extra 10mil,castillos got 20,
schoenweiss is set for life as is mota,valentin picked
up a few xtra hundred Gs,Is julio franco still cashing
NYMet checks etc,etc,etc and so it goes for the teflon
Don,Omar the Great. What a friggin’ joke!!!
Unreal…At one point do we start to question Omar’s ability to put together a bullpen along with Willie’s ability to manage it?
not just a pen but LF,2B and a bench.
so whats the bullpens exuse now? they tired from all the days off and rain delays? oh i know, they just suck.
so when does omar say enough is enough????
Its April 8th.
As Opposed to September 30th? Same crap story all over again!
Sooo, you just ignore last year?
Think how bad we’ll be on May 8th!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When does Wilpon say enough is enough about Omar?
when is OMAR held responsible????
Willie Randolph - leadership, intelligence, strategy.
thats a minus right? LOL
suckyweise….same old story all over again
willie = i trust my guys. suckweise for the win…
what I don’t get is why does Schoenweis get to be the first lefty all the time, especially in the 7th inning when you might not need another lefty at this point? I get it if its the 5th but the 7th? It should be Feliciano. I just don’t get why Pedro hasn’t pitched in any important situations so far and Schoenweis has several times
In all fairness, if Show had done his job then Feliciano would have been in there to face Utley and Howard the next inning.
I’m real interested in how they respond. We had the picthing matchup, only 2 against Moyer is pretty sad. The Phils are too good to completely shut down.
Its early, but at some point you have to beat these guys. Gut check time.
Firre Willy (clap, clap, clapclapclap)
And now the awful phillies bullpen will look like the next coming of christ…
has feliciano pitched yet this season?!?!?!?!
Whats worse? 2 runs or 4 hits off of Moyer?
alright, come on offense. If there’s one consolation here, it’s that the Phillies might be the only bullpen in baseball worse than ours. I’m praying for a Tom Gordon sighting today.
youre right they are, except when they face us then theyre the late 90s yankees bullpen.
isiah thomas can couch this team better
is couch a newfangled term for sexually harass, b/c that’s the only thing Isaiah does well these days
haha well played sir
is Feliciano injured???? where has he been
OK, a big rally here (like putting up 5 runs) takes these guys out of our heads. Let’s show some life!
I hope Schowenweis gets struck by lightning!
Our bullpen is a JOKE
Thanks for ruining everyone’s day bullpen!
base hit up the middle for willie
Throwing a 3 hit shutout after 6 and now look at this mess. I don’t know who to blame, Willie or the pen. I just don’t understand the use of the pen though, especially in an important a head to head series with Phillthies!
I am the last panic about early games person but this is getting ridiculous.
At what point is this offense going to start kicking in? If we can’t score some runs off of a 45 year old Moyer than what happens when we face some really good pitcher?
The mets bullpen already gave up there share of runs, right now the mets will return the favor on the Phillies horrific pen.
The mets will win this game!!!
BSNI…another hit…wtf
I said it in a thread yesterday. Something is missing from this team Can’t get it done in a key moment against a hated rival in your home opener. Just horrible pitching and lousy defense. I know it’s early but …..this looks awfully familiar.
willie hits into a double play
dude its kinda funny but it still doesn’t take away the fact that Willie is without a doubt the worst manager in the NL.. He flat out has no clue how to run a ball club
What are your stats to back up that Willie is the worst manager in the NL? Do you even know all the managers?
Can someone please explain to me why Randolph does not bunt Endy Chavez with no one out, Schneider on 1st, and the Mets down 1?
WTF is the matter with Randolph?
I guess he figured that with Endy’s speed that most hits would not result in a dp.
what a joke. WHERE’S THE BUNT!?!?!?!
man, wtf….let endy HIT..not BUNT…as good a bunter as he is
jesus christ, this team is a disgrace
There you HAVE to BUNT, stupid move by Willie
No you don’t. In reality, the sacrifice rarely pays off.
And Reyes immediately followed with a single….obviously.
Tom Gordon warming up fellows.
base hit, fcking surprise
And if Endy bunts its a tie game. Willie is terrible
Explain that logic to me, please.
base hit willie. willie needs to steal second here
are you calling everyone on the team willie for a reason? Is it supposed to be funny? I don’t get it…
ignore him he thinks hes so much more intelligent than everyone and refuses to realize that willie randolph is a complete moron. when your offense is struggling to score runs and you have a leadoff man on down 1 run with the top of your order coming up you do 1 thing and 1 thing only BUNT. willie doesnt think so then guys like endy chavez ground into double plays that kill any life you had in the inning.
and you’re approach is so humble. love the ad hominem attacks
Obviously some posters on here think that Willie is responsible for everything that happens in the game.
you gotta be worried about reyes…..
you could throw a high school bullpen agains the Mets right now..wouldn’t matter
that never ever happened 2 years ago. this team used up all its karma in 06. please, now, jose, do something… steal a base.
steal Reyes..come on
Feliciano this year, one inning pitched. Even Figueroa, a late addition,, has pitch more….
Why does God hate the Mets ?!? Anyone ????
that’s a homerun pre-Citi Field
Mother F*&$@%
oh, and God hates the Mets because Jose Reyes used to have handshake dances with everyone on the team. Obviously.
willie hits it to the wall…nope
willie randolph= i trust my guys. i can taste the champagne now guys.
Schneider leads off with a single
Chavez bunting on the 1st pitch, swings on the 2nd…gets it behind Durbin, but it bounces right to Rollins, who turns the DP - 2 out
Reyes lines a single up the middle - 2 out
Easley hits it to deep left, but the ball stays in the park, and is caught by Taguchi - 3 out
so much for the ball carrying to left because of the new park.
Hey Matt,
why don’t you put up a Willie confidence poll now?
HAHAHAHAH I HATE THIS FRICKING TEAM. PLEASE, KEEP DOING THIS TO US. of course, when teixeira hits a pop up, it carries out of the park. but when easley drives one, it falls just short. i just cant take this every day. have we gotten one single break this whole year!?
I hate the new announcer on WFAN. He sound like he is rubbing it in when the Mets dont play well.
wow just wow…..
This team is just BRUTAL to watch
Can the members of this team do what last year’s squad couldn’t do and grow a pair?
It appears as if everyone, from the ball players to the fans, are pressing hard at this point…
johan santana = damit i should have stayed with the twins…atlest i would have gotton more run support……
Heilman in to pitch. Another outstanding double switch by Willie, which enabled Endy Chavez to bat (and hit into a DP) last inning instead of Marlon Anderson, the better hitter.
Seriously, I have no idea where his head is.
you’ve gotta be kidding me.
that ball goes out if citi field isnt there blockin the wind blowing out lol
we need santana to start 55 games this year. with this teams luck, he will blow out his arm tomorrow
I’m not going to kill Willie, yes he’s a bad manager, but this team just sucks. And I’m not basing this on 6 games, I’m basing this on the fact that since last May they’ve been under .500.
Amen!!!!!!
at least we got the middle of the order coming up….in the ninth……lets hope for a Miracle…that is if the bullpen can keep the game the way it is for another half inning….
why don’t the editing facists who run this site put up an Omar
confidence poll/rating?
Is “middle finger” an option on that poll?
This is so depressing. I honestly don’t even know what else to say. I agree with the post above, we’re going to struggle for 80 wins this year. Randolph is such a poor manager its comical. Comical for the rest of the league, just painful for us, actually. How does Feliciano not pitch the 7th? How?
There are way too many bums in the bullpen.
Does anyone have any confidence in ANYONE in the pen???
Not a one of them.
I blame these struggles on the weather. That rain out killed us. We had good things going for us: 13-0 victory, Braves used 7 pitchers the night before, got Maine going. Then the rain out, Braves pitchers get rested, Maine gets an extra day of rest which he didn’t need and the team becomes flat.
THATS HOW YOU BUNT!!!!
willie has to come in throwing strikes. you can’t walk the #8 hitter
Hoe come Mets pitchers walk so many guys especially to lead off innings. Do they teach that just to aggrivate us even more?
Rollins is about to take Heilman deep
OK, Metsblog commenters have reached the point of absurdity:
Comment by mets31488
2008-04-08 15:39:25
what a joke. WHERE’S THE BUNT!?!?!?!
Comment by gem779
2008-04-08 15:39:28
man, wtf….let endy HIT..not BUNT…as good a bunter as he is
which is it?
Willie is terrible, he has been from day one. He’s never out managed anyone, is in way over his head as a manager in NY of a National League team.
Omar is on the hook too, i still can’t get over 4 years for Luis Castillo, who (huge surprise) got hurt and had to leave the game. He, Alou and Pedro are all card carrying members of the “past their prime” club.
What a joke. the sad thing about this team is that they’re only as good as their bullpen, which is terrible. but that’s what you get when the starting pitcher gets yanked in the 6th inning when he’s pitching a shut out— you’ll live and die with the pen.
Pedros understandable but Alou twice? Mota last yr?
counting on Sanchez after 2 yrs,continued love affair
w/valentin? bringing back Easley and on and on.
They have ZERO confidence in themselves. They haven’t left last season behind because they have a coward of a manager.
Amen!
Funny, we’re just preconditioned to panic at this point as fans. I have to say I don’t like this legacy that the collapse have left upon us.
1 run game, folks, meat of the order due up in the 8th.
Make that a two run game
Okay, I now take it back. We suck. Season Over. Fire Willie!!!
delgado for gold glove. awesome man…good job
How funny is it that I don’t like 80% of the guys on my favorite team
considering i only actually like david wright thats puts me at disliking 96% of my favorite team.
we f’n suck…looks like its goin to be a lonnnnnng year—-rollins strikes again
Heilman walks Ruiz to lead off the inning.
Taguchi with a sac bunt. Ruiz to 2nd - 1 out
Rollins with a single just out of the reach of Delgado. Ruiz scores - 1 out. Phils 4 - Mets 2
Going back to work, this team isn’t worth my time
Prediction for the 9th: Mets load the bases with nobody out, Lidge throws a wild pitch, runner out at the plate trying to score. Walks the next batter. Wright hits a gap shot which Victorino makes an improbable diving catch on, and doubles off someone to end the game.
that sounds about right. That or the Mets just go quietly into the night.
What do ya know? Charlie Manuel bunts after the lead off walk, and Rollins drives him in…..
I’m embarrassed. how many walks today?
that basically proves that literally everyone in the stadium wouldve bunted with chavez there other than willie.
The Phillies and the braves are the teams to beat.
The Mets….just take beatings.
Let’s just fast forward to the end of May when Omar finally shakes things up and tries to save his own backside by axing Willie “Brains” Randolph.
did I ever mention that I despise Jimmy Rollins.
I’m looking at this team and I just really don’t see how they have a chance at a World Series title. Bringing Castillo back was a mistake. Delgado is off to a decent start but c’mon how long is it gonna last? He’s a shadow of his old self. Pedro is already hurt. We technically don’t even have a 5th starter. Maine and Perez both won 15 games last year but you never know what you’re gonna get from them every start. And let’s face it, other than Wagner our bullpen is a joke. Then throw in the fact that both the Braves and Phillies have good teams, I just don’t see this team getting far into the postseason………………And oh yea, we have Willie Randolph as our manager.
ok so the phillies just did what we were supposed to do last inning lead off guy on base, light hitting OF sub sacs him to 2nd, leadoff SS hits single to score him. i will never put manual in the same breath as willie its an insult to cholly.
Thats nice and all, but I don’t see what the big deal is about not sacrificing with Endy the last inning. A runner on first with no outs scores more times than a runner on second with 1 out, and that is a fact.
And oh by the way…Schoeneweis doesn’t have the market cornered on sucking. Heilman is right there with him. Good going Aaron. Way to keep the team in the game.
that’s our future closer you’re talking about!
I hope that when Utley and Howard come up Pedro comes, you have to use him here. But knowing Willie he will leave Heilman in.
Those who do not respect history are condemned to repeat it…
Keep telling me Willie Randolph should be the manager of this “team.” Come on. Somebody tell me something witty.
Must be nice to have a guy on your team that comes through when it matters…Where is that Philly fan that is always on here? Can you tell me how that feels, please?
oh come on, we know what that feels like. We just forced him out the door 3 years ago.
amen brother
I assume your talking about Piazza? He was a Philly killer.