postGame: Cubs 7 Mets 1
The Mets lost to the Cubs by the score of 7 to 1 in Wrigley Field tonight.
For a recap and boxscore, go to SNY.tv.
…a John Maine fastball tailed back over the plate and was ripped over the wall in center by Aramis Ramirez to give the Cubs an early two-run lead…otherwise, maine looked pretty good, despite not having his best stuff…the problem was that Carlos Zambrano was just better, keeping the Mets silent through much of the game…
…the Mets picked up a run in the sixth, thanks mostly to ramirez, who forgot to tag Endy Chavez sliding in to third, while thinking it was a force play…however, with zambrano a bit on the rocks, and looking a bit out of gas, Jose Reyes hit in to a double play and Carlos Beltran popped out stranding two runners…
…for what it’s worth, Oh, Casanova made a nice throw off a weak bunt to nail soto to end the first inning…does Reebok really make his chest protector, or is that an advertisement…weird…
…speaking of ads, either this is new, or i just had not noticed it before, but it’s strange to see ads sold by SNY displayed on the green screen behind home plate at Wrigley Field…not that there is anything wrong with it, it’s just strange to see ads for Mets tickets on that classic brick wall…
…and speaking of ads, why do i care what Giuseppe Franco has to say…usually, i just skip through his ad…or, not his ad, because he doesn’t own the company, apparently, you know what i mean…anyway, i finally watched this commercial, and i am very, very confused…and how does Gary Busey help sell any product…so bizarre…
…in the eighth, thanks partly to a misplayed ground ball by reyes, Aaron Heilman let the bases become loaded – at which point i was hoping he would be removed from the game…to his credit, heilman got two outs and was one strike away from being done with the inning, but he let up a two-run single, which broke the game open…Willie Randolph then pulled heilman in favor of Jorge Sosa, who let up a home run to put the game out of reach…i don’t understand why he pulls heilman then, but not earlier…or why use him at all, when he’s clearly in a slump…
…i know some will rip willie’s use of the bullpen, which is fair…though, i hope those same people also take note of the pitcher’s lack of execution…that said, i just don’t know what to make of this, or any bullpen…they all confuse me…honestly, i just don’t think i am smart enough to figure it out…i often think willie should do one thing and it works, other times i think he should do something else, and it doesn’t work…there is just no rhyme or reason to any of it…i some times think he’d be better off flipping a coin when choosing who should pitch when…it’s mind boggling to me…my lack of criticism in this department is strictly based in confusion…which is not to say you are wrong, or willie is right…you could be right, and he could be wrong…my point is, i’m clearly wrong and i have no idea why…
…rough loss, mostly because i blinked and the game was out of control…it just all fell apart so quickly…
…lastly, how long have Cubs fans been singing that song after a win…is this new, or have i been living in a cave…
The Mets will face the Cubs tomorrow at 2 pm in Chicago.
