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The Game:
The Mets (3-4) look to take the rubber game of their three-game series versus the Phillies (4-5) this evening at Shea Stadium, starting at 7:10 EST.
The Lineup:
- SS Jose Reyes
- LF Angel Pagan
- 3B David Wright
- CF Carlos Beltran
- 1B Carlos Delgado
- RF Ryan Church
- 2B Damion Easley
- C Brian Schneider
- P John Maine
…same lineup as last night…funny thing is, at this point i feel more confident with easley in the lineup than i do a healthy Luis Castillo…
The Pitchers:
RHP John Maine (0-1, 9.00 ERA) makes his second start of the season for the Mets. In his season debut for the Mets, Maine took the loss, allowing four runs on eight hits, while striking out five and walking three over four innings pitched against the Braves. In his six career starts against the Phillies, Maine is 4-0 with a 2.13 ERA.
RHP Adam Eaton (0-0, 3.52 ERA) takes the hill for the Phillies. In his last start for the Phillies, Eaton earned a no-decision pitching 7.2 IP allowing three earned runs on six hits, while striking out two and walking four. Eaton is 5-0 with a 2.68 ERA against the Mets in seven career starts.
…well, if anything this should be a well pitched ball game, as both starting pitchers have pitched well against the opposition in their careers…i’ll be looking to see if maine can regain his spring form and bounce back from his rocky first outing…
The Notes:
Chase Utley is batting .400 with 1 HR and 2 2B in 15 career at-bats versus Maine.
The Phillies lead the major league with 13 errors in nine games.
The Mets are last in the National League in hits (63) and homeruns (3).
Carlos Beltran is batting .364 with 2 HR and 4 RBI in 11 career at-bats versus Eaton.
How To Catch It:
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The Bleachers:
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…just as disastrous as the first game of this series was, we can all forget about it if the Mets win tonight and take two of three in the first regular season series versus the Phillies…
…my hope is the Mets get some length from maine tonight and the Willie Randolph can avoid using so many pitchers to finish off games…
…enjoy, and as always, Let’s Go Mets…
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Anyone else in here as pleased w/Pagan as I am..I mean the guy looks so confident at the plate..always makes contact…I kinda look at him as our Victorino..he has reached base safely in every game…..I want Alou back , but Im sure glad we got Pagan this off season..I only wonder w/FMART coming soon ..what we will do with Pagan next year. LETS GO METS!
If Pagan’s early returns hold up, I’m sure he’ll get a chance to contribute. A good fourth outfielder always gets plenty of at-bats.
We all need some perspective. I’m thrilled with Pagan but this is guy they got for nothing and because he’s got 9 RBI’s in 8 games people are talking about him in the future outfield, just like they are ready to dump any player who hasn’t pitched or hit well in 8 games. Its just 8 games, and its too early to make any judgements.
Its gonna be a wild season, and hopefully the true talent of this squad will rise above the other teams in the division but let’s relax from making rash judgments good or bad in mid-april.
with alou coming back lets move pagan to right and have church come off the bench
Church is doing really well in Right field- have you missed that?
you realize Church is hitting better then Pagan right now, has a HR, and only 2 less RBI? And he plays better defense then Pagan? You do realize all of that right?
Lets not.
yes, lets not
Yeah – bench Church. After all, if the guy only gives us 8 RBIs in 8 games, why should he get playing time? Anyone can hit .350 batting ahead of such noted powers as Angel Pagan and Damion Easley.
Sheesh…
any word on rollins playing?
from yahoo
Apr 10 Rollins (ankle) underwent a precautionary X-ray Wednesday, and it came back negative.
Recommendation: Rollins suffered the sprain in the eighth inning Tuesday when he spun awkwardly into second base on a fake pickoff throw. Rollins’ status won’t be known until close to game time, though it’s likely that Eric Bruntlett will start for a second straight day.
Per Comcast Sports Net in Philly he is out of the lineup again tonight.
I like this lineup too. We shouldn’t have re-upped Castillo (Although who knows how that factored into Johan’s decision).
I think we should have rolled with Easley and Gotay and tried for Orlando Hudson next year. Oh well.
Hudson wants 15 a year for 5-7 years. Still want him? I know Castillo is not great, however, I want no part of a Hudson contract.
no rollins
Victorino/Bruntlett/Utley/Howard/Burrell/Jenkins/Feliz/Ruiz/Eaton
Can Pagan play second? We’d have a nice lineup when Alou comes back if he could. Of course, I’m only half serious.
that wouldnt be a bad idea
yeah, lets teach pagan to play 2nd base midseason, not a bad idea at all…its a HORRIBLE idea.
its a shame its my opinion. no need to go crazy over 2 comments i posted
Yeah, Darkstar. Stop making sense.
Come on Mets! Lets get Eaton’s ERA above 5.00 where it belongs!
maybe its about time we can try and beat him with his 5-0 and a 2.68 era against us in 7 starts
We are do! I can feel it!
No Rollins..Eaton blows…..LETS GO METS!!!!
Its good to see another upbeat Mets fan here on the site. Been lacking lately.
move pagan to right and bench church when alou comes back? no way. first of all church has been hitting the ball very well and his defense looks great. pagan’s d is about avg. if anything, by the time alou comes back we will know how church handles lefties so maybe a platoon until alou goes down again. i know its still early but 2 out of 3 surely would be nice. Let’s Go Mets!!!
3 Home Runs? Holy Crap!
least hits, least HRs, blah blah blah. We still have one of the best OBP and we are near the bottom of runs allowed.
whats everyone worried about? alou will be hurt again by mid june-pagan will get plenty of playing time
Victorino getting doubled off first on a 55-foot popup–What an eeeeediot!!!! I bet Cholly is going to have a few words for ol’ Shane soon . . . and maybe even fine him for such a boneheaded play.
Alright everyone, let’s cool it with the pessimism for once darn moment and get behind our team. Golden opportunity to whoop up on the Phils at Shea with Rollins out. Everyone — deep breath — whoosa — okay. Let’s Go Mets! Ph- the Phils!
Reyes…WAKE UP!
In Reyes defense he did see double the amount of pitches he normally sees before he popped out this time.
That’s the spirit! Find the silver lining!
That’s funny. He doesn’t seem entirely “there.”
Eaton looking like Hamels on the mound.
david wright going after an outside breaking ball…odd, he never does that
So an 8 pitch inning for Adam Eaton where he dominates our hitters. Guys, it’s Adam freakin’ Eaton…I’m sick of this bum dominating our hitters.
They’re trying to hit the planes flying over Shea.
Can I make a quick point here. I was at the first 2 games. Watching at home now.
These crowds SUUUUUUCK. 1-2 2 out, man on 2nd….and its like they have to drag people out of their seats. Its the rubber game of a Phils series….we can be .500….LETS GO…
I fear the ‘avg’ Mets fan is becoming the sweet litttle family from LI. I go to Yankees games too, and say what you will…..better crowds….
and what’s wrong with being “the sweet little family from LI”?
Nothing…but can you please eat the sandwiches out of the cute little baggie in between innings….or at least put in down when you should be cheering and not only when its a ‘Everybody clap your hands….’ chant…
Last inning was better….
The Mets reaaaaak of a team when they win(pray) the bandwagon will make the Red Sox look like the Royals Nation
You could be on to something. Think about how many people bought tickets this year because it’s the last for Shea. Maybe they’re families trying to squeeze in as many games as possible because they know when Citi opens they will probably be priced out.
Maybe because people are getting tired of getting all worked up when they know that the Mets will choke once again with RISP.
hate to admit but your right-was at a semi important yankee game last year in mid season the place was a friggin madhouse!
mid season vs April…shea will rock again.
why is Easley swinging at the first pitch? Let’s get this guys pitch count up and get into their bullpen (should be tired).
Here we go again…. Getting shut down by this piece of crap pitcher
Maine is only hitting 92 on the gun, compared to 96 on Sat. I hope something isn’t wrong
right on cue, hits 94
fox’s gun is wayyy fast. he does not consistently throw 96. not to mention he was pretty amped up.
The only thing wrong is the Nintendo radar gun that was used by Fox
I dont understand-in 06 we scored 2 or 3 runs in like every first inning what is so different about this team?
Reyes
Definitely, and the fact that everyone in the lineup gets tight with runners in scoring position
Funny, I thought that too until I looked up our stats. Coming in to the game we were hitting over .300 with RISP. Nobody in scoring position I guess?
Victorino very nearly overran Reyes’ line drive there . . . Damn!
Is it too early to do a team headshave like last year?
Jesus Christ! Utley literally leans in to try to get hit on every inside pitch. I’ve never seen anything like it before.
Utley’s first instinct was to turn into the pitch there.
I think I love John Maine…
There I said it….
Well at least Maine is pitching better. I just don’t understand the way Eaton dominates us and has a 6.00 ERA or more against everyone else. Something has to give sometime right? But we are not even getting his pitch count up, that is something we have actually done well so far this season but not yet tonight.
Nice piece of hitting, Pagan for lead off?
You jest right?
Mmm, maybe half. He’s getting on base and has wheels. On the other hand he can also produce RBIs.
but seriously, are you really just going to give up on Reyes that easily? IT’s like last year with Wright all over again in April, I cannot wait for Reyes to shove it back down all of your throats.
It’s not giving up on him, I didn’t suggest they do it permanently. If Pagan can continue with a good OBP it at least gives us a baserunner from the leadoff more than we’re getting now. And if swap Reyes to 2nd, then even his pop up-itis can advance a runner.
dropping Reyes could be pretty detrimental to him, but yeah, it would equate to giving up on him. 7 games man, 7. I’m not sure switching around the line up every 7 games because one player isn’t hitting is a good idea.
Believe me, I like Reyes a lot. When I finally decided to give in and buy a player’s jersey it was his.
Switching lineups doesn’t always equate to messing up a team. Remember we started out last year with Beltran-Delgado-Wright as the heart of our order and our best offense came from moving it around to Wright-Beltran-Alou.
I think of Reyes at his best is a great top of the order hitter, not soley confined to leadoff spot.
Is his pysche that fragile that taking him out of the leadoff will damage him?
Reyes does not have the characteristics of a #2 hitter at all. If you can say anything about him you can say he is impatient. Does that sound like a #2 hitter?
its really hard to tell with some of these comments, but i mean, if you didn’t know Mets fans were fickle before…here you go.
BS third strike on Wright. That was low. But we gotta stop making this guy look good.
lol, what? if that wasn’t a strike neither was wainwright’s pitch in game 7.
wright looks horrible!
we should drop him to 7th in the order
Is it just me, Darkstar, or does this site get sillier by the day?
is ty wigginton available?
Anyone want to organize an anti-philly wikipedia barrage? i.e. talk about what an underhanded player utley is, etc.
Look at Church getting it done. Let’s Go Mets!
Church, how can you not like the guy?
niiiice!
I’m confused. It was two outs and there were men on, what happened? I need to check the owner’s manual, be right back.
Does. Not. Compute.
the power of christ compels you.
man I miss Milledge, the only thing missing from that play was Lastings jumping into the stands and crowd surfing.
omar makes a bad trade so i should take it out on church? i like church. lastings is just going to be much better. you are comparing a 29 year old in his prime to a 23 year old kid who’s off to a great start, by the way
I really like Church in th 6 hole, I would not move him. There will be plenty of rbi opportunities for him there.
I think when Castillo was in, Willie was getting it right playing the Matchups. Once Alou returns then Church will be the 7 or 2 hitter.
Can anyone else envision the nightmare scenario where Alou is about to come back so Omar decides to trade Pagan ONLY to have Alou get injuried about a week after he is reactivated? For some reason I’m anticipating this happening.
are you crazy? why would we trade him just because Alou is coming back? do you think Omar is that dumb?
I can just see it being the trading deadline, and Omar, not wanting to trade Martinez and scrambling to find trade bait, would ship off Pagan for like a middle reliever or something. Don’t put too much faith in Omar, you might get burned.
it was a joke, and we got 2 players for one, so just comparing Church to Milledge doesn’t make sense either, but whatever, that discussion is that last thing i want to do right now.
wow, i totally replied in the wrong place, just forget everything I said because I don’t feel like explaining it all to you or the other poster I was replying to.
Pagan starts it off..Church delivers…who wouldve thought? LOL…. and I now know why I hate To McCarthy…he claims Bruntlett bounced the ball to Utley on purpose?? WTF?? He is an idiot, ohh and Gary Matthews Sr says our waving towles are vrying towels…Philly announcers and fans sicken me ..no brains, class or respect.
TOM**
crying towels** tryin to rush back for the next inning
WHERE ARE THOSE LITTLE F’ERS WHO SAID THIS TRADE WAS BAD?
CHURCH 95 RBIs
was that really a 6 pitch inning for Maine?
pretty neat – huh? Having an easy inning or two in the first 5 is key to going 7, which is key to saving the bullpen. And if Maine can go 8 and turn it over to Wags, even better.
So are Reyes and Wright gonna deliver anytime soon or…
No, they’ll be awful forever. Let’s just trade them.
/sarcasm
When was the last time Reyes hit anything on the ground? Is it just me or does he not resemble the Reyes from way back when he first broke into the bigs and struggled because he wanted to pop every pitch for a HR?
No panic here though. I have faith the kid will get it going soon. Ya Gotta Believe.
Rickey meet Jose….
Jose meet SUCKING….
blaming Rickey Henderson? really? Please, Rickey was around when Reyes was doing fine, blaming him is such a horrible excuse, its on Reyes, and oh btw, its game 8 of the season. Does anyone out there remember David Wright’s April last year whne people were saying the same exactly things about him? How’d that turn out? Give it time (do MEts fans even know what the word patience means?)
OK…Jose….Evvverytime you hit one in the air you owe me 20 pushups….with your speed you should be hittin’ em on the ground and legging em out…
eeesh…what the heck is up with him?….
WEell, at least the new guys want to win. Hopefully it catches on with the rest of these clowns.
You make a hell of a point. Pagan, Church, and even Brian Schneider have been great so far. If only our own all-stars would play with the fire of these role players we’d be in great shape. Maybe we should turn over the whole lineup, cut payroll and reap the rewards of players who play to win and love the game instead of players anxiously trying to live up to their contracts and how great they’ve told us they are. I appreciate that Mr. Wright has become great at dealing with the press, i.e. making excuses (willies biggest talent as well) but is anyone tired of hearing wright’s painfully in depth analysis of every loss. SHUT F**K UP AND RAKE. And let Jose Jump around, dance, scream, spit on people, incite riots, bench clearing brawls, whatever it takes. Let the kid play his game and let Willie collect unemployment if he doesn’t like it. The time to let go of willie isn’t after 8 games, it was after his 1st interview. Mets could have owned the last 2 pennants under a different manager. You don’t get to play those seasons over. Just had to chime in with some reality for those of you who are giddy with the win today. If Willie doesn’t get the blame when his players don’t produce he doesn’t get the credit when they do and none of it changes the fact that he doesn’t fit this team and never will. If the Mets do anything it will be in spite of him, not because of him.
What will happen first, Duaner pitching in a game or Reyes getting a base hit? And go…
If Jose’s career had the story arc of Boogie Nights, this would be around the part where he’s masturbating for money.
^ I just spit soda out of my nose. :D
Jose, Jose, Jose is lost, lost, lost.
Atta boy Schneids…
thats why we got schneider!!!!!!!
That’s right you little runt, did you hear the OUT call through your little league helmet.
I hate that guy, he reminds me of Brett Butler. Just a gnat
Ouch, that was better than some of the hits I saw at the Rangers-Devils game last night.
How did we make it out of that without an injury? That had Marlon Anderson playing 2B for the next 3 weeks written all over it.
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! *Knocks on wood*
He needs to get howard here if he has the slightest chance of getting into the 8th
nevermind
oooooo crap, this has Pat Burrell 3 run homer written all over it.
its a burrell first pitch out written all over it
Take that, you were both wrong.
here we go!
I just hope he gets out of the 6th now, forget about the 8th or 7th.
As much as I like Maine more than Perez as a pitcher, I have to say, I trust Perez more in these mentally taxing spots
??????? They both lead a lot to desire in that department right now.
if they bring in show im going to put a bullet in my head!!!!!
I like Show, he doesn’t mess around with hitters, he just walks them right away. And he has that permanent look on his face like he’s trying to squeeze out a crap.
phew….
thank the lord
way to go Delgado! that’s how you throw to 2nd!
And this board’s blood pressure just dropped about 100 points,
Thought we might’ve had a replay of Tuesday with Delgado there.
Which proves that players play the game. 99% of the time they are not thinking about the previous game, much less the previous season. Just do what is in front of me.
pagans the man we might have to trade alou lol
C’mon CBel . . .
Right on cue!
It is absolute torture to try and follow a game on espn’s gamecast. I am in class right now and the Jenkins fielder’s choice took literally 5 minutes to update. You guys update the play by play quicker on here. Thanks.
Me too. Tnx.
Getting it done with runners in scoring position. Sweeeeet.
isnt it easy….platoon pagan and alou…less chance for alou to get hurt and a good bat off the bench always available.
Ripped!!!!
Does anybody else think that the Mets playing like garbage and the Mets having Castillo in the lineup go hand in hand??? I mean they did start being awful last year right around the time he came to NY!
No,we had already had a horrendous slump when he arrived and then had one when he was here.
i know what youre saying, but i disagree…castillo is just so uninspiring with the bat, the deal will eventually look foolish
Castillo hit what for us last year? .300?
I debated this for about 2 hours already. I just don’t see a .300 average with .370 OBP uninspiring or worthless.
eventually? its lookin pretty foolish already
judging a season on 7 games is definitely teh way to go, good for you. If we did that last year, David Wright would have been cut.
I give up on this subject, it’s going to be the one that many of you bash until Castillo starts hitting again so go ahead and have something to complain about. All of us agree it was too many years but he was still the best 2nd baseman available on the market last year and would have been here either way. Omar went 1 too many years, but get over it. I am done trying to defend a guy that hits .300 with .370 OBP. I will let his numbers prove you wrong.
yeah castillo is worthless. it pains me to think that gotay is in atl because of this waste of roster space
Don’t worry Gotay will be considered a waste of a roster spot soon by Atlanta when Placido comes back and we can pick him back up if we did not consider him a waste of a roster spot again.
meant Infante, wrong old Tiger.
they were playing like crap from mid may on
Seems as though this team is starting to play a little pissed off. ‘Bout time!
does playing pissed off mean they’re hitting the ball better…?
by the way, i hate victorino…he catches EVERYTHING
I really would not be opposed to keeping Pagan in the 2 slot and move Castillo down to 7th or 8th.
tank god no show
Oh god, here comes the bullpen
And it begins….
Why did Willie let Maine start this inning? I know it was the bottom of the order, but he was showing signs of losing it last inning…
Fasten your seatbelts!
Man he can’t win on here. The other night posters were upset that he pulled Perez when he was struggling now some are upset that he left Maine in.
Okay, then Maine needed to come out after the HR. C’mon, we’re Mets fans, we second guess quite well!
why did Willie just take that breath? why did Willie just lean over on the railing? Why did Willie just adjust his cap? Man, don’t we want our pitchers to go as deep as possible, or are you the one poster on this board with complete confidence in our bullpen?
It’s like a horror movie, you know the curious girl who is snooping around the house will get killed, it’s only a matter of how and when
She at least lives another scene.
I actually have faith in Pedro, unlike noShow.
Bruntlett has had a rough go of it in NYC…
Pedro has the right stuff.
come on pedro-una mas!
wow, now that’s picking up your team, great job by Pedro there.
Way to go Feliciano…….Time for Willie to bury Pedro in the pen again.
siiiiiick!!! go pedro
feliciano is the man!!!!!!!!!!
And the crowd goes wild!!!!!
Strap Schoe into a chair and force him to watch that inning over and over again.
if ur going to strap schoe into a chair please make it the electric chair so we dont got to deal with him
Was going to start an anti-Feliciano message. Glad I held out.
Good to have one reliable Pedro in our team
Bring back Pedro or call up Heilman in the 8th?
just wait to see if whatever willie does works or fails then decide like mets fans :)
am i the only one here who is even remotely considering takin reyes out of the leadoff spot?
I’d give him a few more weeks at least. If he’s still hitting under .200 in mid-May I wouldn’t be opposed to it.
im not saying they should but the idea has crossed my mind over this series
Yes, well you and every other national league manager who faces the Mets.
Not this year or the last half of last year.
Great job Heils. Sheesh.
If I were Manuel I’d walk Anderson
Scroll up the thread, myself, Darkstar and TheReal discussed that earlier.
heilman should pitch next and also have wagner warm up early
Again, I am in STL A couple of girls I know are at Shea at the game..What train from Shea wil take them back to Manhattan?
numero siete
The 7 train? That’s what I thought. Thanks.
si
Or, if they get lucky, the LIRR will take them to penn station if they hit the station near the time a train is scheduled – can be faster than the 7 train.
PS: you call yourself a Mets fan and do not know the 7 train?
How does a Met fan not know what train goes to Shea. There’s only one. The 7 train. Subway series anyone. Sorry, but just wondering how many don’t know this.
Great AB by Marlon.
Marlon doing his best Mookie Wilson impression.
Minus the roller between Howard’s legs.
Jesus, our bullpen SUCKS
its not the whole bullpen, its hielman lately, and schoe always, there is always someone who is sucking it up, and when its a main guy, it makes he pen look horrid
nice heilman nice
Can we please try Heilman as a starter so we don’t have to see him but once every 5 days?
Heilman throws at least 4 hangers in every inning he pitches
That guy is a beast!
Thanks Heilman, clutch as always
The sad thing is I have just as little confidence in Wagner
how can you have as little in wagner? he actually gets outs once and a while
I just don’t trust him in big spots
Time for Heilman to go. He is….simply terrible.
it sickens me to watch aaron heilman….
How can this guy be our setup man? The only thing he sets up is opposing teams’ comebacks.
wheres sanchez??????
ESPN still has Marlon AB.
Please get Heilman out of there. He is going to turn a great win into a horrible loss. Watch.
COME BACK DUANER!!!
My goodness, I have no idea what is wrong with Heilman. He can’t do this all year or Shea will completely forget 2 years of solid relief and be right back to what they were saying about him before. “Trade him for a bag of used balls”
Why oh why did the Mets ever get rid of Chad Bradford?
Did not get rid of him, misjudged the market and did not want to resign him at that cost. Then had to give the same money to Show. i think it also had to do with Smith.
To me, with the Mets payroll, that’s as good as getting rid of him
he was never the 8th inning guy, it was sanchez, he need a solid sanchez back
Why does Heilman always Procede to give up home runs? Can we only use him with a 4 run lead in the 9th?
Schoenworst warming up. Great sign.
I thought Heilman was the worst?
Why cant some of you figure out why he gets knocked around? Why is this a shock??
Look at his pitches! He throws fat meatballs right over the plate…and if not, he walks guys. His stuff SUCKS.
And its time for him to be removed from this team. Trade him Omar…before his stock drops anymore.
Un-Fing-believable. This bullpen BLOWS
Funny story, just talked to my two friends at the game. They talked to Howard prior to the game (we all grew up together) and they asked if he would go yard or not. They asked him to hit one for them and he obviously obliged.
This is where you use your closer. These are the 3 outs you NEED to get. Let smith or somebody take the 9th, this is the most important situation in the game, and I dont care what inning it is, you need your best reliever out there now.
How To Lose A Lead in 10 Pitches, a manual by Aaron Heilman.
Heilman…keep whining about being a starter.
You can’t get 1 out…let alone get through 6 or 7 innings.
This game is over.
Heilman needs to go some place and be a 4th starter. He has ZERO GUTS for being a relief pitcher. Willie needs to understand this.
Willie better go get him RIGHT NOW!!!!
The Mets are going nowhere with this bullpen. It’s really a shame
Did you not see Feliciano strike out the side? Please, it isn’t all bad.
Let’s play single, double or HR. I’ll go with double this time.
Can someone update me on the situation…This espn gamecast sucks!!
Tie game, runner at 2nd, 1 out.
3-3 heilman sucks
Heilman is an abortion
Why not keep Pedro to go after Howard?
Can not hold that against Willie at all. Man in scoring position and MA on the bench you have to PH there.
Besides Heilman is supposed to be able to get outs too.
We would have been better off letting Pedro hit and come back this inning. That is how bad Aaron is.
This guy is atrocious…Maine should have had this win in the bag and now he gets a no decision due to this fruitcake.
How can Heilman look Ollie OR Maine in the face after this series?
You would think he would have some composure out there. It’s not like he is a rookie or its his first year in NY.
No more Heilman in the 8th. He clearly doesn’t have the guts.
His numbers are a total mirage of how he actually pitches….which is horrible. I can’t stand to watch this bum anymore.
take him and Show and SHIP THEM SOMEWHERE FAR FAR AWAY.
Beautiful Maine game….nice 3-1 lead. We can’t preserve that lead for 5 minutes. thank you aaron
Too bad for Maine . . . but he should be going a little deeper in games. He hadn’t thrown that many pitches, but he got tired all at once. It’s easier to feel sorry for a pitcher for losing a W when he doesn’t spit the bit after 6 innings.
This is why people who predicted that Santana would win 20+ games proved to me that they don’t watch the Mets. How can you win 20 with this sh_t covering your back?
hell have to have 10 runs of support or pitch min 8 innings
Have to laugh at Wagners comment last week that he sees Heilman as eventually taking the closers role.
Pitchers have slumps just like hitters do. It just so happens that Heilman’s is coming when most of our offense is sucking it up.
You guys are so fickle (as we all are); don’t forget how good Heilman has been for us for the past 2 and a half years.
What is up w/ Helman this year.
This year? It’s been this way since ‘06
What Heilman have you watched? Typical, no recognition except for when someone fails.
Heilman 2007: 86 innings. 3.03 ERA. 1.07 WHIP. 140 ERA+
He has sucked bad so far this year, and he came up small at points last year, but those numbers are pretty good for anybody, any year. Sorry
he cant throw a strike and when he does it gets hit and hit hard, thats the obviouse sign he sucks and his stuff sucks
watch this no name loser drive this guy in
THROW STRIKES A$$HOLE!!!!
This team is a disaster.
Come on, why so rough? Be easy, we can just win one for you.
Alot of Mets starters will be looking to kill the pen this year.
There will be lots of great starts….and those starts will be butchered by the pen….just like we’ve seen numerous times already.
Maine should deck him in the dugout
Great, Rollins on deck. Please do not let Heilman pitch to Rollins!!!
I don’t boo players but If I were at the game I think I would break my rule.
Will you be outgrowing your Care Bears stickers and My Little Pony playset soon as well?
;-)
Not as long as your daughter still likes them. They make her crazy.
Nice try. No kids, that I know of.
All in jest, thereal…all in jest.
Oh man, that was your sister?
(thought I would at least try again)
Don’t worry people, Reyes is leading off, he should be good for a 2 pitch pop out
Can we have Vargas skip extended spring training?
Can we have the injured Vargas come in during the 8th? It can’t be much worse than what we just witnessed.
I’ll come in and pitch the 8th. I could do just as well as Heilman has.
Adios Heilman
I was looking foward to seeing u at Citi next year
Here come the boos!!!
Heilman, Show, and Reyes for Rollins.
I’d make that trade tomorrow haha. At least we would get a SS back that knows how to hit the baseball. I forget what that feels like.
Great commercial, have you guys tried this yet? It works great. Look at what it did for me!
Why take out Pedro Felicano? and bring in Heilman
I just dont get Willie Anymore!!
Are you watching the game? With a man on 2nd base you would not use the best PH in game?
exactly. no way are santana or maine winning 18+ games with this bullpen, which is continuing where it left off last september.
un-@#$%^&*-believable.
Guys we need to start giving Heilman a break.. The guy is a starting pitcher and he should be given a shot this season.. If we don’t and we continue to booooo him, there is no way he would ever resign here.
He is a good dude and a solid pitcher..
Who the heck wants him to resign?????? Good riddence
So if we continue to boo him he won’t re-sign? BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
So a guy that can’t control a single inning is going to get more innings to work with. Let’s see him handle the 8th ONCE before we give him a spot in the rotation.
Score this freaking run!
Okay lets see if we can understand this:
Pedro throws LEFTY
Pedro is our LEFTY specialist
Ryan Howard is one of the best HR hitters in the game
Ryant Howard bats LEFTY
Bring in Heilman
Heilman is a RIGHTY
Its plain as day to me. Don’t know what you’ guys are screaming about?
Again, did you watch the previous inning? Man on 2nd base with the pitcher due up late in the game. You don’t use the best PH in the game?
Gotta agree with thereal here….got to try and score there.
Of course, one could avoid the decision by double-switching Feliciano into the game in the first place….but that would require somebody explaining the concept of the double-switch to Willie….again.
Who did you want to take out?
With Howard due up first next inning, not feliciano.
I’d have to go back and look at who batted last in previous inning.
Could be it was not feasible/desireable, in which case there was no play but to PH Marlon for Pedro.
Of course, you and and I understand this conversation about who we might pull in a double switch. Then, ….there is our illustrious manager.
In a 2-run game, you really shouldn’t give up on a getting a run when you’ve got a great PH available. PH’ing for Feliciano was the right move.
mets gonna score this inning,just watch
this is where the mets regain their late inning instincts from 06′
There you go Reyes. Hit it there every time.
What’s even more maddening than Heilman tonight is that Willie will go to him in the 8th again because “he’s my guy.”
Well, who is he supposed to go to instead?
If Pagan hits into a DP I’m throwing my tv out the window
ur talkin about pagan, not everyone else in our lineup
what cant pagan do?
Nice, now steal 2nd!
What fun and intricate way will the Mets find to blow this one?
It’s pretty awful that Heilman might end up getting the win
I hate that. Why reward the bum in the stat column?
It’s alright, we all know he sucks
Hit this one to Flatbush Beltran, it’s the only way!
good news, reyes is hittin over .200 hes hittin .206
I hope they keep Pagan near the top of the order instead of that hack Castillo.
Why would they walk Wright? He’s looked awful tonight.
If the Mets don’t score here, it’s over, we all know it
Swing Carlos, swing!!!
This is why a man should never listen to his mole.
Willie should make the team watch the 2006 Mets DVD
Why, they choked in that season too
What sucks about baseball is that if the Mets go ahead here and eventually win, Heilman gets the win. Baseball is a screwy game.
a flyball, that’s all,..a flyball. If they can’t get a flyball here….
Rather have a hit. If Reyes is on 3rd then yes.
He was on third. Miss the double-steal?
Of COURSE he strikes out. The anti-86 Mets. This team SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why am I not surprised Beltran struck out?
Because he did it all last year when Reyes was on third and less than 2 outs. Thats why I was so happy when Willie finally put Wright up third. Reyes should have scored at least 20 more times last year but Beltran couldnt make contact with him on third.
c’mon – lets give CarBel credit……. at least he swung…… and he looked damn good trying.
Does anyone think Carbel breaks (makes) the 10 top MLB players list ?
Any wagers that Del-sucko will strike out as well?
C’mon Delgado, you’ve shown that you can hit the ball the other way, do it now.
Not the other way right at the 3B.
Trying too hard to hit it the other way. Don’t know that I have ever seen Delgado hit it to 3rd.
2 outs and no one on and Delgado is Ted Williams
Great……Delgado, another choke artist
shocked
No surprise we don’t cash in here.
Wow. This team is Art Howe worthy. Yawn. I’m bored of them.
Okay Wagner, now let the Phillies take the lead. We all know pitching in non-save situations gives you hot flashes.
!@#$%^&*()!@#!$^%!!!!!
This cast of characters that call themselves a baseball team is seriously trying the souls of every Mets fan.
My softball team could kick their asses.
There is no way we win this game. The Phillies refuse to give up and the Mets are anything but clutch. Sickening. Just sickening.
this team will never change. any good team gets that run in.
this team is seriously offensively challenged. one day it would be nice to get some big hits…..one day.
What a scrappy, fun, winning team.
There’s that clutch Mets hitting we’re all accustomed to!
Anyone want to take bets on how many runs Wagner give up this inning?
0
Wagner in a non-save situation while not pitching for 8 days against Jimmy Rollins.
There’s always tomorrow.
why do i feel like Beltran gets plenty of big hits and double baggers with no one one….
but NEVER EVER EVER gets the hit when needed. EVER.
Circa October 2006
At least Heilman doesn’t get credit for the win!
im disgusted.
Is it some type of defense mechinisim that as soon as we are no longer winning that the entire board turns to doom and gloom and we can no longer enjoy the game or the post? I know being a Mets fan makes us want to expect the worst but aren’t we also be the fans that believe?
therealsince86……all you EVER do is come on here and sugarcoat candyland any criticism a poster makes about this team.
ive seen your posts. this team isnt playing good baseball. guys are allowed to comment on that. why are you always the first one to come on and make it seem like everything is peachy.
its hard to “believe” when your team just completed the biggest chokejob in the history of the sport.
It’s not the candyland. If you notice I never say we are playing well. However, we are not the worst team ever, nor do we suck, nor is the entire team wanting to lose, nor, nor, nor……….. Believe it or not I was once viewed as a pesimist on here, how times have changed. All you guys do is bitch and complain about every player and every move that is made. Grow up and realize it’s baseball.
I have been on here since the begining and the doom and gloom on here has gotten to the point of stupidity.
If it was a year ago….maybe I can accept that as a reason. But after what occured last September, no one wants to see it again.
And this 2008 version of the Mets is no different than last years. In fact i would say the best hitters on the team are Pagan and Church….2 guys who weren’t here last year.
Where is Wright, Reyes, Beltran in the big spot?
Bullpen also sucks. its sickening to watch this over and over and over again.
Then just stop watching.
How can you compare this team to last year’s team during the slump? We have been playing poorly and have already won more games.
Then just give up and expect the worst every time. Why even watch the games or come on here to post. Is it just so you can bitch?
We do believe,…well,….with this team it is very difficult to believe. But we do it so that if the other shoe drops, it won’t be so devastating. This attitude though is strictly attached to this AAAA team on the field.
I’m not a lemming, I need a reason to believe. This team has given me none
I am not a lemming either. I hope you are not insinuating that. What I mean by saying we still believe is that we do not go into any game rotting against our team for better or for worse. But at the same time that does not mean we cannot be cynical and criticize or as is the case with this team, be frustratingly dissappointed by what we see on the field.
People are bitter from the collapse and the utter lack of anybody being held accountable for it (see: Randolph, William). Add in the uninspired play this year so far and it is a toxic brew.
Keep in mind, people use this forum to vent.
Frankly, while it can be irritating, I admire your rainbows and lollipops optimism…..but for those of us who are getting old enough to start forgetting important parts of the last championship season 21 years ago…..patience is wearing thin. We can take bad seasons with talentless, underpaid teams (we’re Mets fans) but this group has the talent and the payroll……so it is particularly frustrating.
I agree, but until the board was taken over by this crap you could go back and look that I had just as many complaints as any normal poster. This did not used to be just a venting spot, it was were posters could come on here and have intelligent discussions and actually want the team to win. Can you really say by looking at the comments on here when we are losing that everyone on here even appear to want us to win?
The collapse sucked, we could not get out of our own way. I now agree that Willie should have been fired. I think he has done a fine job here, however I don’t think he will ever be able to be viewed as successful here unless he wins a WS and will always unfairly be the only one blamed for last season. Maybe in order to move on, he has to move on.
I have also
Never liked Heilman
Thought that we went 1 too many years on Castillo
Should have brought in another RH bat
Signed Livan Hernandez
and the list goes on and on
However, I don’t think I am some kind of super genius that knows that every move I wanted was the right move and every move that others make is the wrong one.
I choose not to complain about every little thing and ruin a great blog.
I agree, the blog has changed. Part is the bandwagoners, part is the popularity of the blog and part is simply natural fan frustration that has progressed over the last few years.
Three seasons ago, the fanbase was thrilled just to see some positive signs with the franchise. Two years ago, the NLCS ended badly, but generally the fanbase was thrilled with the season and ready to build on it.
Last year was the biggest collapse in the history of baseball. You have got to expect some residual bad feeling from the fanbase after that. PARTICULARLY when nobody was held accountable for the collapse.
Personally, I’d be far more sanguine about the early season malaise affecting the Mets if the franchise had canned Willie after the collapse.
The comments are usually better on normal posts…but in-game threads will always be more dramatic as people live and die with every pitch. I’d rather a passionate fanbase than what I have witnessed at games in AZ, Seattle, St. Louis, elsewhere.
We both (you and I and people like us) should consider whether or not what “ruins a great blog” isn’t people’s overly negative or overly-positive comments, but rather other commenters insisting on starting side arguments about such negativity or positivity.
Let’s Go Mets!
I disagree, I think you were here and the constant negative stuff started as soon as we lost the game in 06 and has gotten progressively worse until now it is close to junk. Do you think it is a coinecidence that all of a sudden posters like you and me who have been here for years are starting to disapear. If I wanted to hear some one gripe and bitch all the time do you think I would be on here? I am a teacher, I get enough of that during the day.
I think we actually agree on the timing and the reasons.
Yes, it is getting toxic. But, if the team continues to struggle, the bandwagoners will disappear and us Mets fans will go back to our patented gallows humor.
There are lots of true Mets fans who just happen to be very frustrated. We’re now into the third decade since a championship. It can grate.
Make him hit the deck Billy.
Jimmy Rollins pinch hitting. This has lead-off double written all over it.
Guys, the home run is coming, you know it, I know it, it’s best to just sit back, relax, and take it
last night, we were fed a postgame that made you want to believe the Mets bats woke up. They did not. The phillies basically gave the Mets every one of those runs sans Pagan’s hit. 4 hits after that 3rd inning….4 hits.
And tonight they are no more impressive. Win or lose, this team has YET to impress.
The starting pitching has been efficient. YES.
The offense sucks and the bullpen double sucks.
exactly, nobody remember the 16 inning win against the Phillies?
Where was that pitch???
f’ing utley.
i hate him but he is so damn good
He’s represents everything the Mets aren’t.
he actually is exactly like david wright but lefthanded
and he lives in a dirty 2nd rate city
Wagner is blowing this game
sure he is.
i wish WAGNER COULD PITCH RELIEF ALWAYS!!
Oh, there’s still time
This should go well…
Urge to kill, fading, fading.
Well done, Wags.
One lousy run. That’s all I ask for. One run.
They’ll get a guy to 2nd with less than 2 outs. But he aint crossin the plate.
over/under?
Lead-off triple. Strike out. Pop up. Ground out
i love reading these posts, its like we already lost. You people are true mets fans, as pessimistic as possible
What about the last year and 6 games has inspired confidence?
How about the fact that if we score a run in the bottom of the ninth tongiht we are ahead of ATL and PHI in the standings despite getting off to a slow start.
i wish i knew about this site when we were losin 90 games every year, i would love reading those posts
Nope this junk did not start until
1) Mets became an above average team with high expectations.
2) Bandwagon fans from the Yankee’s jumped ship or started liking baseball.
3) Matt’s site became very popular
4) Beltran struck out for last out in 06.
Since then the comment section has been all down hill, especially when we lose. When we win there are like 50 post but in a close game or if we lose it’s 500.
Good pitch!!
time to pray
Great job Wagner….Now lets get one here.
By the way, all you “Mets fans” that are writing this team off already are really taking the enjoyment out of this site. That’s why I haven’t been posting as much this season as previous years. If you think we stink, then don’t show up at Shea and don’t bother posting on this site.
Thanks for taking over this site I’m sure Cerrone is happy he can finally take a break.
I have to agree. I know people have the right to post but can it at least be constructive at times instead of he sucks, they suck we will always lose…….
Maybe Matt needs to comments sections. One for the doom and glooms and one for the normal posters.
LETS GO METS!!!
Assuming they don’t score, will Wagner go 2?
Probably. He hasn’t pitched in a while and last inning was relatively easy.
only if they go 1,2,3
Pitcher is due up 4th so most likely not.
Talented reliever with confidence issues, yeah, this should go well for the Mets
facing the mets right now will be just what he needs
Should be the catalyst for his Cy Young season.
Come on Church!
It’s funny, Pujols got in Lidge’s head, and I think Molina did that to Heilman.
easily aint a regular so he will get a hit and be stranded
oops wrong again
they just roll over and die, its unbelievable…at least take some pitches before grounding out
ugh. 1 base hit last inning….we’re all brushin our teeth, mets are in the locker room.
instead we burn more and more bullpen arms for a game that should have been closed shut an hour ago.
ya gotta believe? i feel like this one is only a matter of time before our bullpen rears its ugly head again.
Don’t the Mets have anyone on the bench with power?
anderson is the only one on the bench but he already pinch hit
no wagner in the 10th, thats prob good he sucks in his 2nd inning normally
Walking Schneider may not be the best thing for us right there considering the way Wagner was dealing.
totally agree. but oh well.
the bottom line is, this game should have been over 2 times over already. Our cleanup hitter couldn’t hit a sac fly when most needed. Thats all i need to know.
The bullpen and the lack of offense will be a constant theme all year, until the personel is eventually changed.
Gimme a double down the LF line, come on ND!!
I’m watching this game on MLB.tv and i swear if Pat Burell homers this inning my computer is going out my 4th story window.
philsssh score on a 2 out hit, mets threaten in the bottom half of the 11th and have the bases loaded w/ one out but they dont get a big hit
would anyone bet against that being the outcome of this game?
i dont have that kind of money to lose my friend.
only i schoe pitches the 11th
I was in line for the bathroom when Endy hit his HR against the Yankees in the subway series game last year, that sadly might have been the only time I had a chance to witness an Endy HR.
Nice play Damionn
You know, I realize that the whole of blogs and forums like this is so that people can vent, but sometimes people forget . . . baseball is a 162-game season. When a team plays flat for 30-40 games, it’s time to say enough is enough, but . . . one bad AB, one bad inning, one bad game, one bad 10-game stretch — baseball is about having a little bit of patience.
Case in point: Heilman has been a solid late-inning reliever for three seasons now, often sought by other teams in trades, and suddenly people are saying he’s terrible and should be given away for nothing because he’s having a rough patch.
i agree on heilman but how have the mets played in their last 30-40 regular season games
more like the past 100 games
This current team has been playing like crap for WELL over 8 games. This goes back much farther than that.
When has Heilman ever been a solid late-inning reliever recently? Did you watch any of the 2007 season? Did you watch Game 7 of the ‘06 NLCS? I completely disagree.
Uhh….Heilman has sucked for a long time. His numbers are skewed. He gives up big game homeruns almost every time out. Hence Homer Heilman.
He pitches well when facing a crappy opponent, or has a substantial lead. Check the numbers.
And heres a newsflash for you. THE METS HAVE BEEN PLAYING BAD FOR 30-40 GAMES NOW. Last season counts….and aside from the AAA Marlins, the Mets have yet to play ONE GAME that we can consider crisp. Not one game has the offense been efficient, complimented by great starting pitching and a shut door bullpen. Not one.
So maybe thats why were all growing impatient.
My Saturday tickets will be sold if the Mets F this game up. I’m so disgusted with this s%$t team
how much for the tickets? its a johan game
Didn’t pay for them, they’re in the mezzanine section, I gotta see what I can get for them
this game will only go as long as it takes until schoe pitches
Yeah, as in Schoe’s over
Unlike most people on this website I feel like I have a love/hate relationship with Heilman. Needless to say, it’s mostly hate right now but I have faith I will love him once again.
You can love him in a new uniform. I don’t want him near the Mets. Hopefully he is trade bait by the allstar break.
Yea but then who takes his place in the pen? If Duaner returns to ‘06 form I understand that….but trading Heilman will only hurt this team if we don’t upgrade somehow.
I was picked on for suggesting that we should have traded him for the Rockies former closer when that was available. I think Heilman has done a decent job but I just have never liked him.
I agree…Heilman is either lights out or he completely stinks. He seems to not have any middle ground…ever.
But I’ve always liked Heilman and I will not give up on him or any Met player this early in the season – I think Aaron will get though this bad patch and be the pitcher we saw all Spring Training. …I hope :)
Every single guy gets ball one from this bullpen…
For the love of God, GIDP.
ill just take an out
I feel a double play ball from Feliz….Whether or not we actually turn it is another thing
Joe Smith = new 8th inning guy until/when/if Heils works out his demons?
score a f’ing run!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
do it
For the love of Citi Field, someone put a ball over the fence so we can all go home.
come on jose… do it…do it
Jose is long overdue…
C’mon!
can they play that clip for the 08 mets
Come on Mets, surprise everyone, come through here
Heilman, take note. That’s how to get outs.
there is no improving Aaron Heilman. What you see is what you get. He just doesn’t have good stuff. Its simple. He throws lots of balls…..or strikes that get crushed.
He hasn’t warrented the 8th inning spot, and should not have it anymore.
If there was ever a time for Reyes to bunt it would be now, I don’t think this fat toad could ever cleanly field it.
if jose can get on, pagan can bunt him over, david will walk and then we have beltran and delgado. lets go mets!!
Yeah, we can’t screw that up twice in one night, can we?
hmmmm sounds like the 8th an how did that end out?
anyone else think pagans the best player on this team? (sadly)
jose doesn’t get on base anymore. where you have you been.
this is the 2008 mets.
So freekin high, are you kidding me. God!
Swing the bat Jose
but, that ball wasnt eve close. well above the letters.
yeah, if you’ve noticed, jose’s “patience” and “working the count” is looking at pitches over the plate, or close to it. he takes way too many called strikes lately…
can we email these posts to willie and the players? maybe if they hear all the fans it’ll fir them up (especially the comments about firing willie)
fire
oh get over it. Thats the last thing they need. Us idiots filling their head with this kinda crap 24/7. Good suggestion though.
it wouldnt do anything….because the players don’t care. they make millions $$$.
thats the problem. they dont care. we fans care 100x more.
Do you honestly think that these players don’t care? If you say that I promise i will never respond to another post of yours. i will write you off as completely ignorant and move on.
the mets are in “roll over and die” mode.
just end the misery already.
I guess Wright did not get your message.
Wheres Flash Gordon?? I want Flash!!
this where wright can show he really is an mvp candidate, game winning JACK!!!!! 430 ft
this where beltran can show he really is an mvp candidate, game winning JACK!!!!! 430 ft
Wrights gotta steal here
Atta boy…COME ON CARLOSSS
good job david
Here comes the backwards K.
this where beltran can show he really is an mvp candidate, game winning hit
I gotta study and I can’t study! Its April for god sakes!
u got all night to study
Just go study, Mets aren’t winning this game
hes not gunna get a fastball he can sit on the breakin stuff
You would have thought so.
shocker.
i respect beltran for the bat slam atleast
only reason he’s mad is because he wants to go to bed.
7 months later and wright is still the only guy playing baseball out there
Man, another season of Ray Cantena commercials. Can hardly wait…
And I slam the television remote down in disgust as Beltran strikes out swinging……
good news is if beltran could hit the ball as hard as he could hit the ground we’d win the game…ha
Oh boy. Carlos…remiscing about Game 7 are we.
Are the rally towels giving anyone else bad flashbacks? I’m sure it’s because I (dreadfully, temporarily) live in Philly, but I completely associate those things with Phillies home games in the heart of the collapse. I’m actually glad I’m not at Shea.
Well….at least Beltran threw a bat? Though I very much like his (generally) reliable quiet confidence.
for those of you keeping count, thats 3 RISP left stranded by Carlos Beltran in 3 innings.
what a cleanup hitter.
Shocker.
Can someone please tell them that they don’t have to wait until there is 2 outs to get a man on base?
anyone not know that was coming?
this is like watching a retard trying to hump a chair leg…it doesnt look pretty, and it sure as hell doesn’t get anything done.
At least after that i am laughing.
This team just does not want to win. Here’s where we give the Phillies the game. I’m guessing a walk or two then a key hit.
they honestly don’t deserve to win this game.
they have had 2348329423 chances to put this thing away and fail to do so over and over and over again.
Cole Hamels has a batting helmet on…an “accidental” shot to his hand would work OK for me.
What difference does it make, it’s not like the Mets could hit whatever POS pitcher the Phils would throw out there in his place
Yup, this’ll be the inning they blow it
Guess Willie didn’t learn anythign from completely overusing Joe Smith last year….although I will take 5 more innings of Joe Smith than 1 from Blowenweiss.
mr. un-clutch!
Puts up 2 great years in a row, has 2 bad at bats today, and now he sucks. Great logic.
ps. I love Eric Brunlett.
they look so tight and almost look scared.. The mentality of this team needs to change.. They won’t win 90 games if they continue to lock up in clutch situations..
I would really like to see someone like HOJO or another coach start to take more of a leadership role.. Cause it really doesn’t seem like the team responds well to Willie
o my god!!!!!!!!!!
Games over!
I hate this team. Literally. I HATE this team. Just a horrible collection of players
Why do you still watch if you hate this team? I realistically don’t know.
I’m a masachist
You can even look back on this post, I have said somethings that are negative but seriously do you EVER say ANYTHING positive about the team?
When they do something positive I’m compliment them on it.
Come on are you serious. GIve an example of 1 positive post that you have made. How the hell did we even score without doing something right?
Great pitching Schoe!! There, there’s your example.
Frame that one, funny thing is I had to come back up to this post just to see if you did.
Wow this is over.
the only chance the mets have is if bruntlet bunts into a triple play
and the team knows who’s supposed to field it…
Thank God for Bruntlett
Hamel gets a hit….and the Phillies win the East, Phillies win the East, Phillies win the East
Great, Schoe is coming in. Goodnight everybody!
here comes the show haha
its actually funny b/c we all know what hes going to do
Shoe time!
Thank god for Bruntlett theres still hope
Nevermind..Show’s coming in theres no hope
Why? Is he batting two more times?
Do you think Schneider was just saying to DWright, “Hey man, my bad, but even worse, now I gotta catch Schoe?”
hahahahahahah… OH nOOOOOOOOOOOOOO….. Man this is gonna be crazy..
But he will come through…
POP up and and ground out to second.. inning over
Im sorry but the mets just dont look like they have it this year…i dont care if its early…they looked this way last year at the end and its seems to have carried over. Reyes is a huge issue but no one except for church and pagan have had clutch hits this year….wright, beltran, delgado, reyes….this team is a mess if these guys dont get the bats going…
-KG
if schoe can get us out of this without a run i wont say anything negative about him for a week
everyone agree if schoe gets out of this no negatives for a week
Gonna hold you to that!
Come on, CD! Even better, Church is up this inning.
this team is a freaking train wreck.
ok, who would u rather have in this situation? Tell us before you just ciritze willie. You keep the side arming righty in there. Shcow suks, but you gotta use the lefty against Utley and Howard. Not a side arming righty which makes the ball look like its on a tee against a strong lefty.
u gotta use show
not willies fault
omars
Doesn’t matter, that’s like asking what kind of bullet you want to blow your brains out
at least when he inevitably blows the game maybe we can shoe him the door and release him
If we all think positively then he will come through..
Not a big Show fan at all, Can Perez or Santana come in to relieve here?
this is a sickening way to spend a thursday night….why do we all put ourselves through this? i could be out drunk and trying to get laid, and acting like a normal 25 yr old american kid who gets off on the final four and the rose bowl. instead im sitting staring at a damn dot on my screen ruining my health…
Shoe, this is Dr. Roid from California, remember all that “stuff” I gave you well it makes you throw it right over the plate
Who do we have left in the pen? Only Muniz?
Sosa
Does this team drive anyone else to drink?
give me a groundball to reyes please
that’ll do!!!!
heres utley and howard to end the game
or not….
EAT YOUR WORDS EVERYONE.
:)
haha i can’t believe he did it
OH MY LORD WHERE DID THAT COME FROM!
So since our bullpen is used to the max in the 2nd week, can we take the rest of the summer off. I’d rather not see it through.
Hallelujah!!!
Guys, my feet are frozen to the ground, I think hell froze over.
YEEE HA…
Score a run and lets go home…
im not sayin a thing about schoe negative for a week (unless he blows it in the next inning if he pitches)
Willie note to self…..only put Shoe in against lefties
SCHOE TIME! I’m proud of him! It’s nice to see him with the jumbo fist pump actually feeling good about himself.
Now please Mets, do something here, we are out of pen minus Muniz….let the Schoe be happy…if he comes in for 2…no good.
and sosa thanks for the tip Koo.
YEAAAA……Lets “SHOE” him some love tonight.At least for one night….
Delgado walkoff…heard it here first…..
ok now i’m glass 1/2 full
i think we will score this inning
tom gordon does that to me
I’d be more than happy to be wrong about the Mets crappy bullpen, but they gotta stop blowing leads!
We finally agree on something. The pen is what took the air out of the team and us in September.
Wooooooo!!!!!
cmon cmon cmon cmon
Keep talking negatively! It seems to help.
Of course it does. If nothing else it allows you to let yourself down easy when bad things happen. :D
Should have gotten that on Tuesday.
i predict a delgado walk off hr
im sorry but i just dont have a good feeling about this game. im confident that they will bounce back and beat the brewers 2 out of 3 though and figgy will do horrible and claudio vargas will get called up
am i dreaming?? Show got outs?
nah, he gets lefties out just fine…
The problem is once he faces Howard Willie will leave him in to get burned.
Muniz and Sosa left in the pen and Sosa’s pitched 2 2/3 in the last two days. If Utley and Howard get up again I hope Oliver Perez is in the game…
Amazing when Willie puts Shoe in a situation to succed instead of setting him up for failure…. he gets the job done
Flash, we can hit. Seriously.
how nice would it be to let schoe get the win, he deserves this win he actually did his job
C’mon Delgado, take Flush Gordon deep.
Flash Gordon…Just the guy I’ve been waiting for all night.
that was an amazing walk off home run by delgado
He had the pitch to hit….I’m pretty sure I couldve at least singles on that hanging curve
thats true
why do we make garbage philly relievers look so good
Mets have to hit a homer, that’s the ONLY way they’re winning this game.
We agree again, this is getting serious.
After 2 outs, there will be 2 singles to put runners on first and third. Then a strikeout to end then inning.
Nevermind, a very quick 1-2-3.
yeah i know
gordon is looking good unfortunately
What the hell!!! Put me in coach these guys can’t hit.
Easley coming on to 2 Legit 2 Quit rocks my world.
ok back to glass 1/2 empty
Glass with holes in it, as Joe Beningo would say
wow
Did we make that easy enough for ya Gordan? Yeah? Good
oh oh. Gordan has the curve working, and the Mets haven’t hit one of those all night.
Who the heck is left to pitch? Sosa is probably still tired from last game, Muniz? Everyone else is done.
This could be a long weekend, especially if Figgy gets chased tomorrow..
Man, this team is offensively challlenged.
Prediction: BP melts down again, Phils score 3, then the Mets get a quick 2 and leave the tying run on 3rd!
What Sosa? Why not leave Schoe in to face Howard? At least let him face the lefty.
Why put Sosa in to face Howard?????? You let Shoe face Howard…….
There’s just no “fight” on this team. What is up?
that just isnt fair.
extra inning games at home are so tense , but man the payoff is great! lets go mets!
I just don’t see our pen being able to keep puting up the 0’s. Especially with Dr. Jeckly Mr. Sosa coming in.
C’mon, thereal….be positive! Ya Gotta Believe, and so forth!
:-)
That’s just being REAListic.
Scho NO!
Beer run be right back…hopefull this game will still be tied up
And the next post will win a prize if you can guess the turning point of the game
homerun right here
Say it isn’t Schoe!
this is prolonged agony…..change the channel.
And yes we have a winner, this blogger knew that putting in Sosa was the turning point of the game!
red is the worst flavor of tootsie pops
Did I see green in there? Is that new?
i hope so. green would be awesome
Howard though that was a bomb. F you (and I like Howard).
Look, there is no good option here. Schoe is bad for the 2nd inning, Sosa is worse against LH and is tired. Muniz? I think Schoe is the right call for Howard ONLY.
You leave Shoe in till after Jenkins
I guess that’s right. We don’t want to end up with Muniz as the only possible option.
That was random
I hate this little bastard. What does he weigh? 90 pounds?
How did he ever hit that one out against Wags in NLCS gm 2.
There are a lot of questions I still have about that series.
does so taguchi piss off anyone else in here besides me
victorino pisses me off more he catches EVERYTHING!!!!
Annnnnnnd. Gary jinxes Schoe. This doesnt end well
great gary gave schoe a compliment that means hes sukin it up
Just think, if it wasn’t for Heilman and his garbage, this game would be over. He blows.
Yup, I have tickets to tomorrow’s game and Figgy better pitch a gem or I’m going to be headed home ASAP to catch Rangers-Devils game 2.
Schoe is always at his most dangerous when he gets the first two outs.
He NEVER has a 1-2-3 inning. It’s UNCANNY!
who knows, maybe this’ll end up on a mets classic one day
we need shawn green and julio franco
OMG 2 straight outs. Thats a bad omen. We need people on base to drive the fans crazy … this is bad. Jenkins… be nice.
It is nice to see fans cheering for Schoe (even though I am as much of a hypocrite as they are).
Where is Bugs Bunny?
i thiink at this point i would rather go with a random balding fat old guy than heilman. i guarantee u if we put someone like that in the 8th this would be over
Lets give this guy some credit here…he’s pitchen
pretty well right now
everyone is so quick to kill this guy…give him some credit
o wait, mets fans only harp on the negative
forgot
Everyone isnt so quick to kill the guy……we just want Willie to use him in situations where he can suceed
Wow, double switch. Don’t let your head explode Willie
I looked away for a second and it looked like maybe Church was coming in to pitch. He was a college pitcher, you know.
:)
nice job show!!!
Dare i say it, Castillo would have made that play :)
Correct. Though, also correct that Easley would make that play 9 times out of 10.
You know who wouldn’t? Gotay.
Easley is not a very good defender but I agree he should have made that play.
Gotay would have ran and hid.
and then cried.
and said it was Willie’s fault for not supporting him on the play.
y u take church out? hes out 2 of our 3 rbis today
At least he used the double switch. People are always complaining that he does not use it more so there you go.
I knew someone was going to find something to complain about.
GUYS THINGS ARE LOOKING UP:
I just ran across the street to buy a 6 pack of Sam Adams Light…Paid with a $20 bill, got back my $20, pluse the $13 change back….So I just got a free sixer of beer and made $13.
This is a good omen….WE WILL WIN THIS GAME
Or at least you’ll have six beers and and 13$ soften the blow
Don’t you see why we’re negative. If you didn’t see why then you didn’t experience 2007
so schoe or heilman in the 8th inning?
wow Willie, I’m impressed!!
pulled Schoe after the lefties and managed to execute a double switch at the same time. Looks like Willie has learned something…
nope willie is still an idiot even a blind squirrel finds an acorn once and a while.
Come on Sosa, get this damn out
i think muniz should be in right now just to finish off the inning.
now who else do we got in the pen?
nevermind. gary cohen just answered my question
is it just Muniz? I’m watching the Philly broadcast (though gotta admit, their announcer is just fine.)
u kow what this means? figeroa must go deep tomorrow b/c well have no BP tomorrow
Muniz could be optioned for a long man from AAA.
Joselo Diaz is due to start for NO tomorrow, Stokes would start on Sat.
or Muniz could serve as the long man tomorrow.
Good thing its a friday, if the game blows I can just ignore it…
Okay wait i’m in Texas. I dont have the game. I’m following Yahoo. What happened. I”m frozen here.
It’s alright, don’t worry about the bullpen, I’m sure Figueroa will give the Mets a very workmanlike 4 innings tomorrow
there have already been about 57 things that willie did in this game proving that he is simply HORRIBLE at managing in game situations. the last being double switching and taking out church. one of 2 guys who can actually hit on this team. should have used someone else. bad move moron!
Can’t kill him, Church just batted
The great thing is if we score right now it doesn’t really matter.
I want Willie gone as much as anyone but hes actually managed this game pretty well. You pull Church because he was the next to last out and Sosawould have been up second this inning.
Uh, let’s see . . . take out Beltran . . . guess not . . . Pagan . . . nope, he’s coming up in the order . . . put your last catcher in . . . nope . . . Castillo . . . nope, he’s hurt . . .
Why don’t you do what a manager has to do and consider the possible alternatives before you start calling people morons. It’s an extra-inning game, you gotta start double-switching. Ryan Church isn’t a Hall-of-Famer yet.
I fear for Jorge Sosa’s elbow and shoulder…
The season is 11 days old and he’s working on appearance number 6. And he’s tallied 7 IP, which is more than everyone on the Mets but Santana, Maine, and Perez.
Yikes!
i think i mentioned this before. wrights defense has been very nice this year so far. i know its early, but hes getting to balls. the next level he needs to achieve is also those really great smart plays like when santana got to that bunt in his second start, wright should have gone back to the bag. if he could pull that off, and cut down on the throwing errors, i would be really impressed with his improvement.
His glove isn’t normally the problem. It’s the routine throws to 1B that give him trouble from time to time.
I may be in the minority but I don’t have a problem with Shoenweis. He’s shaky here and there but he was the only guy who could get outs at the end of last season. He should have gotten out of Tuesday’s game until the error. I’d take him over Heilman any day of the week.
Such as ……..
how about we dont swing at the freakin first pitch again
Holy sh$%! Can we at least let the Mets pitchers catch their breath?
wait so now we only have one guy in our pen?
this game is over in 2 innings max
3 pitches, 2 outs.
remember when reyes used to hit for power
Or hit for hits.
reyes walk off (or at least a big hit) would do a lot for him mentally, i would think. go jose!
like that! jose, jose jose jose!
who else couldve left? beltran or pagan?
Keep Running!!!!!
hernandez is such a homo
nice job jose
AWWW GODDAMIT So Close!!!!!! lol
Of course, the double comes with 2 outs.
he should have hit that one out
YES JOSE……Come on Angel in the Outfield……
now its time for pagan to be the clutch guy hes been all year
Pagan will win this!
You guys are absurd. Great job Jose–and now our RBI man is up! (sad, but true).
YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
god damn how wasnt that out
lets go Pagan!!!!!!!!
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
woohoo!!!!!
might’ve got a bad call
pagan with the game winner!!!!!!!!!
Come on Pagan, DRIVE HIM IN AND END IT!!
yayayayayayayyayayyayayayayyayayaya!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111
yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
I ADORE PAGAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
F$CK YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
he was our but i dont give a damn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i love you pagan!!!!!!!!!
yes!!!
and this game needed to end now, the pen was gone…
YESS!!!!!!!!!!
THATS WHAT ITS ABOUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Boy, I hope that gets Jose going.
trade alou now!!!!!!!! we got our left fielder!!!!!
WOOOOOOOOO……how was that play so close at the plate?????? WHO CARES GOOOD WIN BOYSSSSSSS
Mets win the ….game!
out**
Reyes is happy again!!!!!!11
Is it wrong to worship a Pagan?
That is just bad, but oddly amusing.
he is an angel
not at all tonight, especially when he is an Angel.
Good points…..and good night!
trade alou now!!!!!!!! we got our left fielder!!!!!
trade alou now!!!!!!!! we got our left fielder!!!!!
trade alou now!!!!!!!! we got our left fielder!!!!!
trade alou now!!!!!!!! we got our left fielder!!!!!
trade alou now!!!!!!!! we got our left fielder!!!!!
trade alou now!!!!!!!! we got our left fielder!!!!!
trade alou now!!!!!!!! we got our left fielder!!!!!
Pagan was the best pick up of the off-season. (other than Santana)
Pagan is THE MAN!!!!!!
Once agian……in the words of the legendary Ric Flair:
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!
nice way to pick up heilman, bullpen. good to see pagan playing so well. nice to see a home grown met having early success!
dude is so calm!!!
send us an angel!
i like that
I love Pagan.
Willie will prove himself to be an idiot if he sticks Castillo back in the 2 hole.
I start the thread of praising Angel and he delivers!!! LETS GO METS!!!! YES!!!
FYI: On the Phillies broadcast, they are NOT saying “bad call.” They are saying only “Coste though he got him….at any rate, game over.” I like that announcer.
that was harry calas. he is the only one i like. for good measure though, on their post game show mitch williams and the other guy are just flat out calling him out.
This team shows no heart, they just don’t want to win.
The Phillies that is.
lol
It was a tie. His hand and the tag on his back was virtually at the same time. The call could have gone either way. But a tie goes to the runner.
IF LUIS CASTILLO EVER FINDS A HOME BACK IN THE 2 HOLE, WILLIE RANDOLPH SHOULD BE FIRED ON THE SPOT.
KEEP ANGEL PAGAN BATTING 2ND. BURY CASTILLO AT THE BOTTOM OF THE ORDER.
:(
is that what you are thinking about ? come on. . .
why negativity after a win, fans like you love negativity way too much, enjoy the win, its baseball, we’re here to root on the Mets to win.
I better not see Castillo in the 2 hole when he comes back.
Pagan is technically a rookie with not enough service time. Hasn’t earned his stripes. When Castillo comes back, Pagan is out of the 2 spot.
And that is the problem with your thinking and Willie’s
Too wrapped up in earning stripes, senority, etc. YOU GO WITH THE HOT HAND….whatever gets it done.
Castillo stinks. Pagan is tearing the cover off the ball right now. If they move Castillo back there, it just shows how stupid this organization really is.
Too wrapped up in feelings, not in winning.
Read bellow, Willie if anything while he has been here has been one to stay with the hot hand. Usually even for too long.
you will
You know after watching Willie for the last couple of years I think he may not. Willie loves to ride the hot hand. I would not be surprised at all to see Pagan stay in the 2 spot until he and Castillo level out.
OMG! Thank You! I will live for at least one more day!
So behind in projects. Can’t do sh&$ when the Mets are playin’.
I hear you there. I gotta start a paper that due tomorrow now that the game is over. I’d take a Mets win over a good grade any day.
Jose’s “exhale” after the “safe” call was hopefully his rejuvenation visualized.
can someone take a sledgehammer to castillo’s knees so pagan can keep hittin 2nd
trade alou now!!!!!!!! we got our left fielder!!!!!
trade alou now!!!!!!!! we got our left fielder!!!!!
trade alou now!!!!!!!! we got our left fielder!!!!!
PAGANE needs to stay in the 2 hole – PERIOD!!
OK, Guys frame this one from me too, although I think that Castillo will eventually come back to his career averages and is still a great #2 hitter, Pagan deserves to stay at the #2 spot for now. I sure hope Pagan can keep this up the entire year, seems like a great way to replace Alou for good next season. Then you have money to go get Tex or CC.
Totally agree.
i think lee mazilli should be our manager. Anyone else?
Agree 100% because he has different reactions and responses to different situations.
Willie is a broken record.
that’s just what i was thinking after an amazing thrilling win
Can Willie and the rest of us not at least get a break from the fire Willie campaign when we beat the Phillies in extra innings?
I understand Pagan will go back down when Castillo returns..its all good…but man Pagan is good…smooth …like a mini Pujols..Im really liking him and Church thus far.
Uh…I don’t think Pagan is going down when Castillo comes back. Moises MAYBE, but not Castillo.
No, not to AAA, just down in the batting order.
He is going no where this season (unless he really tails off). Clark is gone when ALou comes back.
i think (hope) he meant in the batting order.
surely it is brady clark who is going down.
That’s 2 in a row. We win tomorrow, that’s called a winning streak. It has happened before, and it will happen again….
Anyone want to see the boys on Sunday or any day next week versus the Nats? 30% off tickets – My two seasons – Can’t make next week
How are the seats and how much? I’m looking to go.
Pagan keeps playing like this and he is a keeper.
How about a rotation next year featuring F Mart, Church, Pagan and Beltran in the OF?
Well, when Willie does bog the order back down with Luis in the 2 hole, at least we get Pagans bat back in a run producing slot.
I am not ready to anoint Pagan yet as the savior but I am very pleased with how he is playing…when Alou comes back he has to stay up…Alou, Church and Pagan can all get ABs and Alou is the righty off the bench on days Pagan plays…As for Castillo in the 2 hole…I still think its his spot..but if we do move him down…bat him 8th and he will get on base a ton and Reyes will come up with a runner on 2b not bad with Reyes Pagan/Church Wright Beltran afterwards
y does willie always seem pissed off. i just dont understand him
If Willie looks determined and serious he’s “pissed off”. If he doesn’t look determined and serious he’s branded as a dummy who isn’t taking the situation seriously. He can’t get a break.
Oh god, Wilie just used the word “skillsets” to describe Pagan.
ANGEL IN THE OUTFIELD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pagan in the 2 hole let’s Reyes get pitches to hit. Leave him there.
I don’t think pitchers are affraid of Pagan yet, but nice thought.
Well, they have to be more concerned with Pagan than no-hit Luis.
Who was that guy who decided to trade for Angel Pagan? Oh yeah, Omar Minaya. Now can everyone get off his back for a minute?
I hope Matt gives a “game ball” to Schoe. I really am impressed.
HUGE win for our boys.
If Jose gets going I’m pretty sure that everything will fall in line. (except maybe the crappy relief…)
expect to see Sanchez and maybe even Kunz sooner rather than later.
What the heck happened to Heilman? He looked great in his first few appearances. Remember the “make him the closer” threads?
Last comment today,
For all the doom and gloom, we are .500, in 1st place of the real teams (no way marlins keep winning), while the Phillies and Braves are under .500.
We have a winning record vs. the Phillies this season and have beaten the division leader 2 out of the 3 times they have lost.
Guys this may or may not be a great team but this should be a fun season and it’s still incredibly early. Enjoy being in the hunt for 3 years in a row, how long has it been since we could have said that?
a long time thereal, a long time. Gotta give credit where credit is due (even though i’ll probably be branded an apologist) but Omar has a knack for picking up these never woulda given the guy a 2nd look kind of player who is ready to contribute. Lovin’ Pagan, you gotta love him.
Yeah considering the Mets sold Pagan to the Cubs and then got him back
what did he do for the Cubs? Nothing. He may just be turning into a good player now, lets hope he keeps it up. Players develop you know…that means they get better….
We all need some perspective. I’m thrilled with Pagan but this is guy they got for nothing and because he’s got 9 RBI’s in 8 games people are talking about him in the future outfield, just like they are ready to dump any player who hasn’t pitched or hit well in 8 games. Its just 8 games, and its too early to make any judgements.
Its gonna be a wild season, and hopefully the true talent of this squad will rise above the other teams in the division but let’s relax from making rash judgments good or bad in mid-april.
give steve phillips some credit too. he drafted pagan.
oh I agree, i’m not saying Pagan is a savior or anything, but he sure has contributed nicely to this team in the early going, it’s just nice to see, that’s all. And like I said, hopefully he keeps it up.
What mattered most here most, ultimately, was that the Mets put one in the W column against the Phillies and took two of three in the series.
ok I don’t wanna say I told you so….but….on tuesday before castillo was hurt I mentioned what if pagan hit second…and some of you thought I should give castillo a chance.
Ha!
metsblog.com/2008/04/08/news-wright-on-letterman-april-14/#comments
only a matter of time before people start killing angel pagan. over under, july.
under. unless alou comes back to play left and goes 0-4 in 1 game then they will be killing willie.
Killing him? How so? For hitting so well?
one thing I do have to mention, why are fans booing a reliever when he comes into the game, in extra innings, with the game on the line? Booing Show in that position is quite possibly the stupidest thing Mets fans have done in a while, and I’m soooo glad he got those big outs. Booing anyone in that position is just stupid to me. Game on the line, and you’re booing the guy? You HAVE to put the good of the team ahead of your feelings for one particular player, and booing in that instance I think is potentially hurting the team.
yup..I agree. I am definitely not a Show fan..I can’t stand him 85% of the time…but give him a chance. When he effs up, then you can boo his a$$ off the field. For instance, was it really necessary to boo him during opening day intros?
yeah, i don’t boo, but i mean, if a guy messes up, continually messes up, sure, boo him I guess, but opening day intros? thats ridiculous, and when he comes into the game, before he even does anything, in a HUGE spot like that? STUPID, its like Met fans are more concerned with voicing their grievances then supporting their team towards a win. I’m just glad he came through.
Schoeneweis defnintely answered the bell last night, and he deserves praise for it. I thought that the hand he got as he was coming off the field, as Sosa was coming in, was well-deserved. We all get on him pretty good when he screws up. There’s another side to that coin, fellow members.
Scott, you did good. Real good. Kudos from my perspective north of the Mohawk (River).
Also, whoda thunk our two corner outfielders would have driven in the runs? The way some people were raking Omar over the coals for getting rid of the ‘tude that is Milledge, and getting Ryan Church in return, you’d think Willie Mays was traded away–in his prime.
Maybe the return of Reyes to form . . . ? But a great win for the team.
Excellent point darkstar…
So where exactly in the batting order do you Mets fans want to bat Castillo when he comes back (assuming you want to bat Pagan in the 2 spot)?
batting order is overrated, Pagan will contribute wherever he hits, Castillo will be fine as well in the long run, I’m not sure this is something people should be worrying themselves with.
Do you actually think that Willie is going to bat Castillo 7th in the line-up? Or 8th? . . . after signing him to a 4 year contract!!!!!! No way. That won’t happen. When Castillo is healthy, he returns to the line-up batting 2nd and Pagan goes back to 6th or 7th in the line-up.
I”m not saying you’re “wrong.” I’m just saying that won’t happen.
Well Willie didn’t sign him to the contract, so I don’t think he cares much about that.
Additionally, if you’re a good manager, you don’t care what kind of money the guy makes, or what kind of contract he has. You make the lineup and rotation based on ability and who is doing their job. Castillo hasn’t cut it so far, and Pagan has been, in my opinion, the only clutch player on the Mets thus far (Santana excluded, naturally). He came through with BIG hits today, including THE big hit. He deserves to stay with the team, and stay in the 2 hole.
8th. As mentioned, if he gets on, pitcher bunts him over, Reyes comes up with a RISP. Seems ideal.
From your mouth to God’s ears.
I just came back from the game and what a game it was. Both starting pitchers were good and the bullpen was ok expect for Heilman and Gordon. Overall I thought it was a good game for both teams. The Mets hitting needs to wake up more. If it wasn’t for Pagan,we might of lost. Beltran looks lost at the plate. Another thing about tonight at the stadium was that the Met fans were booing the hell out of the Philly fans.Also people were throwing stuff at the Philly fans lmaoo. I also forgot that a fat kid was running through the stadium saying Mets rule lmaoo.
Mets winn woooooooooooooooooo