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The Game:
The Mets (7-6) look to sweep their three-game series against the Nationals (4-11) this evening at Shea Stadium, starting at 7:10 pm EST.
The Lineup:
- SS Jose Reyes
- LF Ryan Church
- 3B David Wright
- 1B Carlos Delgado
- CF Angel Pagan
- LF Brady Clark
- 2B Luis Castillo
- C Raul Casanova
- P Nelson Figueroa
…as mentioned earlier on MetsBlog, Carlos Beltran is out of the lineup due to a stiff neck…
…interesting clark starts instead of Endy Chavez…my guess is Willie Randolph didn’t want to flood the lineup with lefties…i also like casanova catching tonight as he and figueroa seemed to work well together in figgy’s last start…
The Pitchers:
RHP Nelson Figueroa (1-0, 4.50 ERA) makes his second start of the season for the Mets. In his last start versus the Brewers on April 10th, he allowed two runs on two hits and two walks, while striking out six over six innings pitched. This is Figueroa’s first career start versus the Nationals. In four career starts versus the Expos, Figueroa is 1-1 with a 2.81 ERA.
LHP John Lannan (0-2, 6.75 ERA) takes the hill for the Nationals. Lannan earned a loss in his last outing versus the Braves on April 12th, allowing six runs on nine hits, while walking four and striking out two. In his only career start versus the Mets on August 18, a loss, Lannan allowed five runs and eight hits over 5.2 IP.
The Notes:
Nationals starters are 2-10 with a 5.16 ERA in 82.0 IP so far this season.
Ryan Church is batting .310 with a homerun, 4 RBI and & 7 runs in 29 at-bats during the homestand.
For more insight on the Nationals, check out Blogger Beat.
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…enjoy, and as always, Let’s Go Mets…
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Beltran off today??? Come on Willie. You could’ve given Delgado off. You had to give Beltran off after his good day yesterday.
No killer instinct at all. Yes Im pissed.
i just noticed stiff neck……..ugh
i just noticed you just noticed. Sorry for snapping… it’s been a long week ;)
how do you know there isn’t a reason beltran is off? Oh, that’s right, you don’t.
Carlos Beltran is out with a sore neck/shoulder. Brian Schneider is just taking a day off.
says john delcos. This whole “willie has no killer instinct” is an irritating narrative, don’t perpetuate it without even knowing what is going on. Why after 15 games, should Willie risk an injury to Beltran if he’s sore or stiff? He shouldn’t is the answer there.
Can we ban the the following words/phrases from this blog; “heart”, “killer instinct”?
I should specify, ban from the comments section.
I hate to say this but, EWWWW , Clark in CF??? not lookin good..maybe its just the bold print..I do like Casanova thought, gives B Schneid a chance to keep workin on his glove…LETS GO FIGGY , LETS GO METS!!
I might have preferred Pagan in CF and Clark in left.
Then again I don’t see them in defensive drills…
Ryan Church , finally a MET that hits good in Shea!!
Is it really worth quoting his stats vs. the Expos?
We better hope for a lot of production from 1-4 tonight, because there most likely won’t be much punch 5-9. Here’s to another huge game from Wright/Reyes.
YUCK!
That’s a pretty brutal lineup….but the 29 Yankees couldn’t beat the Nats today – what with the Pope being at their home stadium and all. Too much good karma for the Nats on this day, to confuse religious metaphors.
Willie should just bench the entire team and play all 9 positions by himself. The result would be the same anyway. They have GOD on their side.
Well…some mojo at least. ;-)
Yeah….I don’t really care about too many lefties, I want to see Endy Chavez in there as the fourth OF no matter what at least until Alou comes back
it does seem like Endy should be in there in center..Willie must be “trying to get Clark going”. We shall see!
Heres to Omar for bringing in that right handed power bat off the bench. Oh, wait…
******XM RADIO LISTENERS*******
Does anyone know why XM doesn’t broadcast mets pregame shows or postgame but will play every other teams’?
Figgy with the Slim Shady music.
Too bad the Nats don’t have a catcher named McCartney. Would have made a nice battery: Lannan / McCartney
Clark did well enough in ST to take the trip up North. He did have a hit on Sunday, even though he misplayed the base running. I think they’ll do fine.
Figgy with the personal catcher!
Sweet.
Looks like Endy is really gonna get the shaft this season. Doesn’t help that he’s a lefty off the bench in a line-up flooded with lefties.
Did they only make 4 of those Figgy t-shirts for his family? I want one!
Jose is back.
Bienvenido!
I’ve missed this José. Great to have him back!
ps. Someone really needs to get Beltran a Tempur-pedic pillow or something, lol.
Oh god…now he’s limping
someone please update …
Jose didn’t seem too concerned nor did I see the trainers going to him. Everybody noticed he cane up limping a bit after scoring on Church’s hit. Gary was terrified (you could hear it in his voice)…we’ll see.
maybe he was just doing his Luis Castillo impression?
He does a good Luis, then.
So is Jose hurt? Did they say anything? …and also, Delgado is done.
thanks gipper
Could it be? Do the Mets have TOO MUCH starting pitching??
What are the Figgy Shirts someone mentioned above? My idea would be “Getting Figgy with it”
ha–its just the normal name and number jersey-type tshirt. his family is wearing it in the box. but “getting figgy with it” would go nicely with my “go big pelf”
Wow, he has been great. Keep at it, Figgy.
…and why is nobody here?
Probably because they’re watching the game.
Here as in Shea Stadium, or here as in the Message board?
Try the Hot Foot Bleachers (link at bottom of original post)
Not many st Shea either. The critics of the reduced capacity at Citi should take note of games like tonight with the seas of empty seats, even as low as the loge level, nevermind the mezz and UD.
Dead wrong. The Yankees vs. Boston game is on in the Bronx. That reduces casual attendence at Shea. At Citifield, there may be 40,000 seats (the 45,000 is full capacity that includes restaurants, standing room, suites, brokerage house—just kidding—etc.) Some 35,000 seats will be eaten by corporations and season-ticket holders. So you and 40,000 other fans on a nice spring night can pay through the nose on eBay, StubHub, Mets.com, or your friendly neighborhood scalper.
Eh – I don’t want casual fans that are actually more interested in the Skankees games anyway.
Frankly, I wouldn’t have minded more like 50,000 capacity….but I’m not going to complain about the reduction.
As for costs…I am on the West Coast now and have to pay through my nose on StubHub (and for planes, hotels, etc) to watch the mets now either on the road out west or back in NYC at Shea/Citi.
Frankly, you have always had to pay stubhub/broker/scalper prices to get any decent seats at Shea as all good seats (Metropolitan Club Field Box, Inner Field Box, Loge boxes) are already all season tix/corporate.
I’ll take the nicer, more modern facilities, wide concourses, better sight lines, and just deal with still having to pay StubHub type prices.
PS: The bad seats at Citi (and far cheaper than premium seats on StubeHub type places) will still be pretty darn good seats and better than their quivalents at Shea (closer to field, lower elevation, better sight lines, better legroom, angled to home), etc.
Figgylicious!
Impossible not to like this kid and his family. Even if he cools off and is just a so-so fill-in fifth starter…its still a great story for a good local guy and his family.
oops!
that was a grapefruit
Cy Lannan
This guy’s going to end up with over 10K’s
that catch was HOT.
Is Figgy a sinker ball pitcher?
Missed most of this game thus far due to getting caught up on some MLB 08 on PS3. Who the hell is this Lannan guy? Figueroa looks pretty sharp as well.
nationals prospectish guy who worked his way all the way up from A ball last year to 6 starts in the bigs.
Long Island bred Met fan. 1984.
A Chaminade boy.
And is it just me, or are the Nationals one of the ugliest looking teams in the majors?
There again is why i would rather have someone else in the 2nd spot. Church is too aggressive. I like the fact that he can drive the ball but you have to give Reyes a chance to steal there.
what was that, on church? gary and keith dont know either. anyone?
ah–interesting. unintentional backswing interference. always something new to learn in baseball!
Talk about a pitching dual.
Figgy is doing well but this other guy is having a start of a lifetime.
im not trying to be pessimistic b/c sure i like to win but i wouldnt get too exited about figgy. i like him. he’s got great movement and hits his spots. i think hitter will eventually figure him out. he’s good short term but doesnt seem to “decieving” so i think smart hitters will figure him out. he seems alittle like kyle lohse. can be great at times. wen all circumstances are good but seems like the type of pitcher that once in a blue moon will get hit hard. always throw stikes…..but too many of them. and get hit hard
It’s not like Kyle Loshe is the worst 5th starter in the league either. If Figgy can give us those innings and be a little better than Loshe, that’s great for me.
Exactly right. If Pelf keeps it up, I think the organization would go with Pelf over Figgy when Pedro returns. If Figgy can do well enough until then and pick up the spot starts, that is a huge success.
I wonder if and for what Vargas and Sosa could be traded for, should it come to that.
Vargas has no trade value. Sosa because he has proved he can relieve has a little value. I would keep Vargas in AAA just in case another pitcher goes down.
Update plz. Gamecast is super slow.
2-1 nats, top 7 2 outs, guy on 1st (BB). 98 pitches for Figgy.
tnx.
Was Saul Rivera on the Mets? His name sounds familiar from MLB 2K7.
Never mind. He was in Binghampton 5 years ago.
Pinch hit Beltran here and let Easley play 2nd.
How can you bat Casanova in that spot???
Willie refuses to ever use his backup catcher.
Castillo will be fun to watch for the next four years.
Top of the lineup will get ‘em next inning though.
if willie pinch hits and the second catcher gets hurt who on this team catches……….no one i know of
I’m willing to risk the odds on that one. We’re here to win ballgames. Not to show confidence in our eventual third string catcher. Easley and Clark could catch if they had to. And I’m sure their arms are no worse than Posada’s. And heck, Delgado came up a catcher.
meow
Clark nor Castillo should have hit this inning.
As a sunshiner, Willie messed up that inning. You have to have your best hitters hitting with the winning run on 1 B and your weakest hitters up in the home 7th inning. If Beltran is injured, fine. Why not use Chavez and Anderson? That gives you two LHH against Rivera.
one sunshine to another………what a mismanaged inning
im still saying bad things
What is he saving Anderson and Easley for? And if Beltran comes up in the 9th with no one on I will blow my top.
And at this point we need to trade Chavez if he is never going to be used.
That inning was a real headscratcher.
And, the Willie approval rating poll still absent ….
Come on you know that poll was pointless it was just a popularity contest based on if we won or lost the series. It went from 70% to 40 in 3 games.
Luis Castillo.
Four years.
Enough said.
I am saying many bad things right now
I can’t believe how little faith I have in Castillo. It is so sad, but true. Poor poor execution.
He is for sure not living up to his career averages yet. There has to be a reason that last year for us he hit .300 with a .370 OBP. Maybe he just missed too much spring training.
Or he’s just aging.
Over the winter?
Double play?
90 lb weakling
Willie Gump strikes again, leaving Cassanova in to bat with goldilocks on the bench with his hurt little neck.
Lay off Beltran, he won the game for us last night. We have no idea if he is injured or not. However, if he comes out in the 9th with no one on, then I will have finally made up my mind on Willie.
As for Cassanova, i don’t have a problem with him hitting. Schnieder was not going to come in there and leave us with nothing. But how do you let Castillo hit in an RBI situation? Anderson should have been up then instead of now with the bases empty.
I can’t believe we’re blowing this great pitching performance from Fig-ar-o.
Not pinch-hitting isn’t the wrong move if you want to use Clark to bunt and save the backup catcher. I can respect that.
There’s NO excuse for not pinch running endy for delgado. Late in the game, that’s the tying run. You do what it takes to get the tying run home.
Endy moves to 3rd on pagan’s single, and then you can do what you like with Clark. Squeeze, pinch hit, whatever.
Pinch hit Marlon for Clark, then Endy can play CF and Marlon can play 1B. Done.
Let Endy run for Delgado, Clark bunt, Cass hit and then Anderson for Castillo. If Anderson hits then Easley hits for the pitcher. Anderson goes to 1B, Easley to 2nd and Endy for Clark. Done.
I’ll take that as well.
keep it close heilman…..no hrs please
Fudge!
People blaming that 7th inning on Castillo really don’t grasp baseball all that well. You can never expect 2-out hits. You have to do what you can control. A productive out scores a run that innings with 1 out. So again, it goes to the fact that a back-up catcher with a handfull of at-bats all season in batting in the most crucial spot in the game to that point. Once again Willie shows no sense of baseball strategy.
Willie refuses to use his 2nd catcher except in an emergency. This isn’t necessarily a stance I agree with, but it’s one I can respect. If you want to blame Willie, blame him for not pinch-running for Delgado.
isiah in a mets uniform?
I don’t expect 2 out hits, however I do no that Anderson has a better chance of driving in a run than Castillo does. That is coming from a Castillo supporter.
I grasp baseball very well and I agree that Casanova’s out was pathetic, but my comment was regarding slappy mcslapster and his inability to hit the ball beyond the pitcher’s mound. I feel confident that my 2 year old daughter could accomplish that. I just have no faith in him anymore.
Why not pinch hit Casanova with Schneider? Was he not available. I don’t think Casanova is a lefty is he?
Willie tends to do like most managers and save his backup catcher. That is common strategy.
so you’re happy casanova batted in that spot? I’m not on here to debate the percentage of manager that would or wouldn’t. Someone with a good sense of strategy and uses their gut in certain spots, would never bat him there.
I also agree on pinch running for Delgado but it became a moot point. In a perfect world chavez would’ve tagged up on a flyball hit by whoever batted for Casanova.
Look since day one Willie has not shown the tendency to use his backup catcher in that situation. Right or wrong it is debateable and could go either way. Schnieder had the day off, what if the game went in to extra innings and he had to play the entire time or if he was injured. I am not even saying that I would not have ph but I can see why he did not. That does not make him an idiot that just means that he had a different strategy than you and neither of you are dead on correct.
thank you captain obvious. gee, i didn’t know he had a different strategy than me. and yes, obviously willie always leaves the catcher in. he has for four years. it’s all part of the reason this team will never go all the way w/ willie at the helm.
So the reason we won’t go all the way is that Willie won’t use his bup catcher to pinch hit. That’s great, do you know, if I had the time to look, how many managers have won the WS and did not use their catcher as a PH?\
It’s just not clear cut, you could be right, you could be wrong. It’s like the closer in the 9th during a tie game debate. There is no clear answer.
surely you get my point on willie- he’s a weak in-game strategist and will likely get outmanaged in big games. larussa had no trouble outmanaging him in the playoffs and cox outmanages him every series. sorry to rant, but you can tell how passionately i am against willie’s refusal to pinch hit for the catcher. there’s going to come times this season when schneider is mired in a deep slump that this issue will resurface for sure.
haha, don’t even get me going on the closer in the 9th during a time game thing. way too managers are doing that like it’s some unwrittten rule so as to avoid criticism. you have to consider who you have batting in the bottom of the 9th for that to be an effective strategy. way too many managers do it with the bottom of their order coming up in the bottom of the inning, only to lose the next inning when a lesser reliever is facing the heart of the other team’s order.
Again, I may or may not have pinch hit for by bup catcher in the 7th inning. I think we both can agree that Castillo should have been pinch hit for with 2 outs and runners in scoring position. That most managers would have done.
see you lose all credibility there. There’s not one manager in baseball that would have pinch hit for castillo in that spot. you would pinch-hit for a guy who hits around .300 for his career so you can risk diminishing your defense at 2nd in a tight game like this and get slower so there’s no chance of stealing a base like he was able to do in the 9th.
castillo is not someone who gets pinch hit for. get used to him not being pinch hit for.
I disagree. Castillo is a horrible RBI man where Anderson is the best PH in the NL> Besides if he had listened to me it would have never have made it to the 9th and we would not have even been talking ;)
see somewhere above
thank u ronnie……..i dont hate u for now
We need another big hitter.
Alou?
cecil fielder
Well he was big. Really big.
nice ab my wright………come carlos earn your $$$
Being that clutch does not exist, lets see if Beltran exist.
Meant to say Delgado obviously, so used to it being
Beltran there.
Great job Delgado, got the fastball. What a stupid pitch.
Woooooooo!
OH MY……..THANK YOU CARLOS
Nice job Delgado.
Blind chicks…grain, etc.
Delgado is so un-clutch… jeez. lol
Delgado got a clutch hit! It’s ARMAGEDDON!
come on get this one 4 figgy
lets keep it going boys
I know that it is wrong, but I am positively shocked. Hearing Keith use the term “nothing left” and Delgado within a sentence is bad in any context. Even though he had actually been doing well, I really lack confidence in Delgado. I hope he is settling into his new identity as a smaller hitter.
Let’s Go Mets!
he was hitting smaller early on…..hope he finds it consistently
nasty curve………..not liking the angel wave
KKKKKKKKKKKKK
they go from the angel flap to booing him in 3 pitches…
lol
I thought they were booing the call.
I’m pretty sure they were just booing the called strike….looked high to me.
Hmm. I thought low and outside. but it’s been 8 minutes.
did billy copy mo with the enter sandman thing, or did mo copy billy…or did it just kinda happen at the same time?
not sure……..i know mo didnt pick his song. they picked it 4 him
Billy technically had it first.
reason number 688 on why i hate the yankees…
Tue, 04-04-06
Here’s new Mets closer, Billy Wagner, talking to the Star Ledger on the whole “Enter-Sandman-belongs-to-Mariano-Rivera” debate:
“I know, I know, Mariano’s got it too, and Lord forbid, the Earth should crumble, two guys have the same song,” Wagner said, rolling his eyes. “But it’s all right. I play for the Mets. He plays for the Yankees. I never have to face him. I think it’ll be all right.”
thanks…i still hate the yankees
I remember when Mike and the Mad Dog spent like a whole day trashing Wagner because of it
I don’t like Wagner in these spots
Why?
It makes sense. Heart of the lineup up. There is no save situation in a tied game after the 8th at home. Use Billy when you have to and I’d like him to face, supposedly, the top three hitters in the Nationals lineup.
No reason to save Billy for a save.
I’m saying anytime Wagner comes into a game tied he’s not as effective, although this time it worked out
What was that sound? Yes that was thousands of glass half empty Mets fans cursing Delgado because they were all ready to rip him a new one. Damn you Carlos, Damn you from denying them their hatred
As long as they are not here, lets not bring them up. They will be here soon enough.
Do you blame them? Delgado hasn’t exactly been Mr. Clutch over the past year
I think his point is that you don’t see them when he does well. And they do seem to get something from the constant bashing.
Did they announce the results of the poll asking about Reyes’ dancing and handshakes?
Sny.tv is still stuck on 97% Yes.
on tv they said the 97%
I think the poll was messed up. the website had it at 97% the entire time. I think the chance of it staying at same percentage the time is 100% minus Beltran’s current health divided by 4.
The other 3% spend their whole day on their front porch yelling at the damn whippersnapper kids to get off their lawn
nah…jimmy rollins just sent in 250 texts from philly
I’m usually a pretty optimistic Mets fan but if I said I expected Delgado to get a hit there I would be lying…..Lets go Billy lock it down
Billy just like last year is starting the year with filthy stuff. Let’s hope is lasts longer
nice…glad to see that after the first to third a couple of innings ago
Hey Milledge….KNOW YOUR PLACE B#%@!
holy crap! i thought endy was dead!
Beltran’s neck better be better by tomorrow
It makes me sad that Endy was willing to sign a two year contract to be a bench player for the Mets and now he has been out-Paganed and even out-Clarked. His (presumably) team-first attitude is what makes everyone love him. True, when he has pinch hit he has been miserable. But you gotta think the guy could have been a regular player somewhere in the league.
If he is going to be the 6th–or really, even 5th–OF, it makes sense to trade him.
I would trade him but to be fair it was a LHP tonight. If it were a RHP you would have seen Chavez.
My feeling is that last year he was always the 4th OF, regardless of pitcher. That may be a faulty memory. Regardless, I just feel for the guy, even though I also love Pagan and know Clark’s days are limited.
He was not in terms of starting. Plus his injury last season did not help things. Once he came back, I don’t think he was every the one against LHP. That was Gomez, Milledge and even Easley.
thanks for the reality check. i just love endy :)
and gomez.
i’m not liking this casanova guy
Well, that was ball 4…
He put his weight into that one!
that was funny….line of the night
Sweeping this series would make me even more pumped for the Santana/Hamels matchup tomorrow
castillo has turned into kaz matsui
Can you imagine Castillo by year 4 of his contract? Teams will be using 6 infielders
Slappy McBlooperton?
only if he hustles it to second.
Stealy McRunnerson?
overpayed mcsignedtoolongerson
Take out the 1st name. His dollars per year is actually respectable.
santana’s mcbuddyson
nowheely mcsignedtoolongerson
dude, he stole a base in this inning! the guy has zero power and often hits a crappy grounder right to a guy or into a DP. those are his weaknesses. i dont know what the deal is with this wheels nonsense.
Nowheely stole a base to get in scoring position as was even intelligent enough not to do it until Beltran had a couple of strikes against him so they would not walk Beltran.
Nowheely led the league in infield hits last season and had 10 steals in 50 games for the Mets.
He is just not himself yet. I think it was the lack of ab’s in ST. I hope.
ummm…maybe the 2 bad knees and the hammy that gets hurt every 3 weeks…
He played in plenty of games last year with those same problems and still did just fine.
agree to disagree…lets make fun of milledge
come on send us home
wait i am home
cohen is trying to think of a way to jinx beltran…
I guess in the longrun this is why Willie did not use Beltran earlier. Better chance to win the game.
Foresight would require managerial skill
Come on, Willie makes some bad decisions but he is an average manager. There are a lot of moves in baseball that could go either way. None are right or wrong. They are only right if the work and wrong if they don’t.
Bad wheels, bad wheels.
Don’t pitch to Zimmerman
Beltran gets 10 points for swinging.
Couldn’t see the curveball coming there could we?
At least he swung, I guess…
Beltran has a real tough time with the overhand curveballs, huh?
an overhand curve from that guy (6′11″) is more like a…bomb? something scary, anyway.
Funny thing is someone posted it last year, I don’t even know how they found this stuff, but only with 2 strikes. The rest of the time he hits curveball’s pretty well.
maybe bad memories psych him out somehow. would hope not, but that’s a weird fluke.
I certainly think it is in his head. He seems to be that kind of guy. Doesn’t make him bad, just human.
I am not sure it is even that. I think it is that he is not able to recognize the spin on pitches that well. When there is less than 2 strikes if he does not get a good read on it he can let it go. With 2 strikes he has to swing.
If Sanchez works out, the Mets bullpen doesn’t look half bad
i’d actually say they’re pretty good
If Sanchez works out, the whole Mets staff is good.
isn’t this the 4th extra innings game for the mets this year? they need to stop…
I dunno. As long as they keep winning them. Remember 2006? Tons of extra inning wins, awesome year.
It’s kinda like what my 82 year old gma says about getting older, it’s better than the alternative.
I like Church in the 2 hole….Come on DW
I bet that’s what Ryan’s lady friend says… :0
I had to, sorry.
Great job by Church.
I liked Milledge, but I am really not missing him in the field one bit.
Head up Church…way to know that milledge isnt payign attention…..if Delgado comes through again my head will explode.
He came through with the walk :)
I guess they did not want to see your head explode this early in the year.
my high school coach used to tell me to stop chasing butterflies when i’d do something stupid in the outfiels…lmizz has been chasing them for 4 years now
Please Please make Milledge think about that play all night.
Walk Delgado to bring up Pagan with a chance to win the game? Fine with me….
Wow Milledge is really not a good outfielder. Why did some of you want him again?
He keeps it real?
that was funny
Not liking a second inning for Dirty here.
Nope, I would not imagine he would be in there long.
Me neither, but he just put “Belly” ard on his a$$!!!!
I like it Sanchez, knock that jackass down
i like that though…dirty taking it to fat ronnie
I HATE facing Zimmerman in these situations
The Wifffffff
Smith will and should come in to face Zimmerman.
uh oh, I hope this works. Come on Sanchez.
Willie knows his guys much better than I do, obviously.
i think it did
Cohen, can you please shut up with the stats
Nice catch Raul….be careful with Zimmerman, I always get flashbacks of that 500 ft hr he hit off Billy Wagner in April 2006.
Good job Dirty
That is better than good, come on old man loosen up a little. Give us a speach.
??
Who is the old man? And what is a speach? I know what a speech is…..
Dirty Sanchez is backk
Duaner isn’t throwing all that hard, is he? Not that I’m quarreling with the results. I’m just concerned about his arm.
I wouldn’t be concerned, that’s just the way he is now
why is derek jeter on every sny commercial?!!! god i hate the yankees…
Break a leg Nick….
booooooooooooooooooooooooooo
nice outing feliciano…at least he kept his pitch count down…we might need him to walk somebody in the 12th tomorrow night
One of my biggest pet peeves of Willie is that he burns through relievers so quickly
Now this just isn’t right. You know Milledge will beat hte Mets here, because that’s just the way it has to go down. Arrrggggg!
C’mon Smitty!!!!!
I’m sensing infield single here
. . . and I’m sensing my hands around your neck!
it’s the reverse jinx
Before anyone jumps on Willie for pulling Pedro. Milledge is hitting .421 with a .476 OBP against LHP this season.
There is a god and he doesn’t hate me.
::exhale::
n d!
nice!!!!
Just a quick comment on sanchez. I think its a very encouraging sign he’s able to go two innings in a game. He’s sitting around 89-91, occationally topping out at 92 with his fastball. Its not what he used to as he could get the ball up to 94-95. However the guy hasn’t played baseball in two years, eventually i would think he’ll pick up a couple more mph on his fastball as he pitches more and gains arm strength. Sanchez even said so himself the other night.
His breaking stuff is still nasty though. So even throwing in the low 90’s he can dominate a game.
Great start by chavez.
Nice Endy here we go now…
Who said trade Endy? I would never trade Endy? ;)
That’s right I am the one who said trade Endy and take Raul with him.
i really don’t like this casanova jerk
unless he gets this bunt down
Well, I think we have a better backup. I cant remember his name.
Casanova looks lost at the plate…why was he waiting so long to set up to bunt the ball there? Not trying to surprise anybody
damn
ugh
Well that sucked
Man, our offense needs a bit of help. I know the pen is Washington’s strength, but it is still Washington.
Come on guys, I gotta go to bed.
i hear ya…5:15 is looking really really early right now
good see that from a mile away
crapola…
i love pickles!!!
2-6-3-4-6
joe!
Please no more procede commercials!
joe smith, i think i love you. (just don’t tease me like last year again.)
guiseppe franco looks like ben stiller had sex with a monkey…i hate this commercial…why does he say “i’m guiseppe franco” like we’re suppossed to know or care! man i’m tired
holy crap! a pregnant man is pitching!
hahahahahahaha omg my thoughts exactly
how is a pregnant lady supposed to make that play
good point…he really should be thinking about the baby
nice fielding hot dog neck!!!
It ain’t easy bein sleazly…
doesn’t the ump want to go to bed, wtf
terrible terrible call…i hope he goes into labor tonight
that is hilarious.
Bad call!
terrible call
Is LoDuca not playing because Ray King ate him? That dude is huge. How does he even get the arm around his body to throw the pitch?
it’s like watching a walrus in a nationals uniform
It wasn’t that bad. Closer than I originally thought.
but still wrong
hope that umpire is happy
David Wright – What is with you 2-nite
Ugh! Terrible at bat David. Patience, Patience
David wants to be the hero. He has to realize he already is, and doesn’t have to try so hard.
when will he learn to be patient with against new pitchers
Lame.
Is it just me, or have the mets gotten hurt by bad calls more over the past 2 years than the 10 before that?
The number of times Reyes has been incorrectly called out stealing 2nd alone is absurd.
it seems to happen to them a bunch at shea…
Mets have gotten monumentally screwed by the umps this year (except for the home plate call in Philly)
David Wright would make AROD proud tonight
Well that inning was all I could take. I will just wake up to the Delgado walk off homer highlights in the morning.
are you gonna wake up in 1997?
If David gets a hit we aren’t talking about this
Last Mets pitcher of the night?
Schoeneweis is waiting in the bullpen like the grim reaper
haha
Come on Sosa, get this one out
at least fat ronnie is winded now
ugh
who didn’t see that one coming?
This isn’t looking good
Would you bring Show in here and hope you can win it next inning. Double switch Schnieder in?
2 double switches in a game? Willie’s head might explode.
This is a nightmare, Milledge is gonna win this for the Nats
it would suck just as much if it were Ray King that got the hit. Does not matter to we.
come on sosa
good job
::heart in my throat::
I know I’ve said this probably too much already, but I can’t help but worry because this is Washington. We should be wearing them out.
Seriously….1 for 13 with RISP
I just do not like to see Sosa come in anymore. Right now, he is the weak link in the pen.
Although getting Johnson out was a nice thing.
Now just need to stop getting the winning run on with no outs and not scoring, but Ronnie really thought that the guy was save at third last inning on the bunt.
Maybe Delgado will hit the game winning HR?
Ronnie had night off. Mex and Gary only.
lets go Delgado!!!!!!!!!
that’s always a good idea…walking the relief pitcher
sosa walks,come on mets start hitting!!
c’mon, Endy
Cassanova…..the dance of love
endy walks, come on supanova!!
0-5 huh?
Wow, this guy seriously sucks
correction…0-6
sweet…nobody goes 0-6…
When is this inning going to be over so I can tell you ppl about this great hair product I put my name on!
holy crap that was hilarious…
by the way…what does you hair product actually do?
You’ll score some nice hair pie like me, guiseppe franco
Stop pretending there’s not a problem when there is, do something abouuu it
Ho doesn’t own the product, and he doesn’t he even know anything abou it…So I dont think he can answer that one.
Clearly you want the hair product endorsed by a guy who looks like he was just electrocuted.
Am I the only one who thinks he could be an older, harder worn Derrick Zoolander? The resemblance is uncanny.
PATHETIC!
Hey it’s slappy up again.
golden sombrero…maybe the most unclutch at bat of all time
second pitch to casanova looked high and the third one wasn’t even close
uuuuuuuhhhh, not this clown. Come on, bloop it in the outfield
Ok Casanova sucks where the hell is Ramon?
REFUSE TO WIN!
they’ve had so many chances to score
1 for 13, RISP. Not good.
I hope Beltran’s neck is getting sufficient rest
Damn we can’t catch a break were lucky the Nationals suck
The Phillies must be loving this…they’ve been done for over 7 hours and were already home.
i didn’t even think about that…damn
We just need Johan to pitch a complete game shutout tomorrow…that would help.
the mets would still find a way to drag that one to 17
Hahaha 14th inning stretch
Casanova is making Schneider look like Mike Piazza tonight
jorge sosa has been on base more than crapanova…move over schowenweiss…i have a new least favorite met
supernova must be a defensive catcher
Dude, he’s like our 3rd string catcher who will probably play like 10 total games this season. Easy on him, he’s not like suppose to be good or anything.
yeah, Jose…you’ve got a point….in fairness, Raul’s called a pretty good game today.
0-6 with 4 k’s is terrible for any major leaguer…
btw…supernova is a great nickname
guess what, he’s not a major leaguer, he’s a 3rd string catcher who shouldn’t in the majors. If our 3rd string catcher could hit and field, he wouldn’t be a 3rd string catcher.
Where’s Blastings Thrilledge when you need him :)
Will we see Schoe tonight?
Thank god the Nats suck!
Now please, please end this. Come on now.
If they get to the 16th inning will they play all three nominated 8th inning songs?
I’m getting a bad flashback to the Tim Spehr, Rey Ordonez, Manny Alexander days with these two teams.
maybe we’ll get rick rolled again
Who do you send down when Wise comes back? It’s gotta be between Smith and Sosa. Before today I would have said Sosa for sure (and I still think it should probably be him), but he’s really the only one who can go 4 or so innings in a long game like this.
watching that woman do the macarena was very horrible
The Macarena will inspire the team.
The Mets bullpen has been kicking some serious ass tonight
STOP BUNTING!!!!!!!
aaaarrrrrrgggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhh
I like the idea but bad execution right there
theres a lucky break
nieves is a pretty good catcher…lo duca wouldn’t have been that close for sure
1 for 13 RISP wow…..pathetic
1 for 14
come on church do this
f u
Deep fly ball, deep fly ball…
LETS GO METSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!
i love this hammerhan guy!!!
COME ONNN
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nats are trying to give us this game…..c’mon, DWright
Wrights got this
17 strikeouts
that is ridiculous
KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
Gary and Keith are right…How do they not walk both Wright and Delgado here?
The Mets situational hitting is a serious problem that goes way beyond this game
Come on Delgado!!!!!
This is one crazy a$$ game
Lets go SOSA!!
We are going to win with a walk-off walk to Sosa.
ooooo jeez, the Mets better score here
I’m calling a walk off walk
To Schneider
the nationals are a stupid stupid team
LETS GO Schneider!!!!!!
Wow I dont know about this…schneider please get a hit so we dont have to see shoenweiss
WOW…the NATS SUCK!
Holy chirst!
METS win!!!!!
OMG, that was ridiculous. 2 WP’s and an error gets him home
Well, I’ll take it. I hope they sent Santana home early.
i love hamarhan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’LL TAKE IT!!!!
Ollie looks cool wearing the inside out rally cap
SWEEP SON!
Yeahh!!!!! Now get on the bus, get some rest, and lets get ready for philly. JOHAN!
nice sweep fellas…g’night everybody
Jeez…i guess the Mets CAN score with RISP….
I thought the same thing about Ollie! I loe the young enthusiasm. Man, we couldn’t win that game…they had to give it to us.
I’ll take the gift….lotta Bad News Bears in the 14th…ugly, but they all count the same in the W column. Great job by the bullpen tonight, and gotta love Figgy’s quality start.
figgy started tonight? i forgot.
I know the mets couldn’t get the big hit, but you know what. They had their fair share of chances taken away from them, from the bad call at 3rd, to the two line drives they hit right at people.
Plus big hit for delgado. Great work by the pen.
All I can say to this is… LOL WUT?
Weird game, but hey, a win is a win. You don’t get extra points for style!
Now hopefully tomorrow the hitting shows up (especialliy with Hamels on the mound) but most importantly, Santana needs to have a big game, and go deep. WOuld be a nice day for 8 innings.
Come on Johan, please give us at least 7 great innings tomorrow.
in a game like this, its easy for some fans to point out the negatives, but c’mon, there’s a lot of positives too, none more important then the W. Great win really. You need some wins like this, gut it out wins, whoever can outlast the other guy, and its for the sweep, which makes it pretty sweet. Better team won, wasn’t pretty, but a W is a W at the end of the season, and we all know from last year how important each and every one of those is.
Very fair, very true.
Wooo, sloppy but good win. These kind of games remind me why I love baseball. I’ll take a win in any fashion.
And, all of a sudden, your 2008 New York Mets find themselves in first place (by percentage points over the Marlins).
Eh? Marlins are 9-6, Mets are 8-6.
Ah, I thought the Marlins fell to 9-7 with the loss to the Braves. My bad.
lets hope Santana and the offense don’t stop our winning streak again,
santana needs a win to keep his spirits up and be happy about joining the mets
Santana’s spirits will be fine as long as the dopes who booed him last week don’t show up in Phily
haha i have a feeling hes gonna be hearing plenty of boos in philly lol
Well, a win is a win. I’ll take it.
Santana will have a great start tomorrow, I can feel it. Hamels is due to have his first bad start of the season as well.
this is one of those games you’re happy to skip the comments section all game. a win is a win is a win.
On Sunday it was the end of the world and now we end with a 6-3 homestand. If we continue with 6-3 homestands its gonna be a pretty good season.
If Duaner keeps pitching like this then we will have a pretty solid bullpen. On a bad night the starter goes 5, Schoenweiss and Joe Smith match up for the 6th, Heilman and Feliciano match up for the 7th, Duaner in the 8th, enter sandman, and its a happy recap.
I’m pretty sure it was the playing of “The Macarena” during the 14th inning stretch that completely messed with the Nationals pitcher’s head and won the game for us tongiht. Long Live the Macarena! Viva la Macarena!