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The Mets (13–11) defeated the Braves (12–13) by the score of 6 to 3 in Shea Stadium today.
For a recap and boxscore, go to SNY.
…Raul Casanova ripped a two-run home run to right-center…his teammates looked very, very happy for him…by the way, Shea Stadium played Oh Casanova when he stepped to the plate in his second at bat, which is awesome…it’s about time…
…nice job of base running in the first inning by Jose Reyes, who took third from second on a ground ball to third – despite initially being looked back…he then scored on a pass ball…
…by the way, as SNY pointed out, opponents are hitting .094 against Nelson Figueroa during his first time through the lineup, which is a good sign should he ever need to move to the bullpen…figgy looked quite good today, especially early on…
…give a game ball to Carlos Delgado, who hit an opposite-field home run…he smiled, did a dance with Jose Reyes and looked very relieved…Don’t Stop Believin’ played as he rounded the bases, which is exactly what he was probably thinking as the fans cheered and jumped to their feet…later, in the seventh, he hit another long home run off the scoreboard…
…two home runs…in one day…not too shabby…
…the fans called for a curtain call from delgado following his second home run…he refused to come out, and the fans booed…it looked a) like he had no interest in coming back out, and b) it also looked like his teammates understood…nevertheless, delgado kept smiling…according to darling, in this city, any time the fans want a curtain call you give it to them…i’m sure this will be a story tomorrow…personally, i could care less…but, it is bad public relations on delgado’s part – assuming he cares…
…Ron Darling pronounces John Smoltz’s last name as ShhMoltz, which cracks me up…also, hat’s off to ronnie for asking Kevin Burkhardt if he has a pair of Vidal Sasson jeans to match the leather blazer he was rocking during a sideline report…
…speaking of SNY, i dig the new camera out in the bullpen, especially when the shot of the relief pitcher (from the back) jogging from the bullpen in to the game through the outfield…slick…
…David Wright clearly does not like facing shmoltz…i mean, smoltz…great, now i’m doing it…
…i am still uncomfortable seeing Ruben Gotay in a Braves hat…
…Luis Castillo looks locked in, comfortable and happy…
…figueroa and Joe Smith allowed three runs in the sixth, but the Mets came right back scoring one run in the sixth and seventh to expand their lead…
…fantastic catch by Ryan Church in the seventh, skipping over a sliding Carlos Beltran on the warning track…it first appeared to be beltran’s ball, but beltran wisely sensed he would not make the catch, saw church charging, so beltran hit the deck, church jumped over him and pulled it in…according to Gary Cohen, it was the play of the year so far…
…Billy Wagner is a machine right now…lock and load…
…in case you didn’t realize, the Mets are 13–11, they have won six of their last 10, and just took a series from the Braves…
The Mets will begin a three-day series against the Pirates at home tomorrow at 7 pm.
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You can boo whenever you want to boo.
You buy a ticket, you’re completely within your rights to boo.
I posted earlier about something that happened there today. I’ll sum it up again: I won’t tell anyone not to boo, and they shouldn’t tell me not to cheer. If people want to boo Heilman when he’s introduced, they can. I don’t see what it will help, but it’s their right. Is it sending out a message? The guy knows he’s taking a dump on the mound. He already got the message. Is it expressing frustration? Sure, and people have a right to be frustrated. That’s why I will never tell anyone not to boo, at least as long as they don’t interfere with my right to enjoy the game as well.
Personally, I’m not going to boo a guy for getting older. Take Delgado. Nobody knew what he would be doing towards the end of his contract, but did anyone expect him to get better? 2006 wasn’t that long ago, and he did everything he personally could do to get us to the world series. It wasn’t his fault we fell short, as pitchers were terrified of him during every at bat. I refuse to forget that Delgado. Others might disagree, and that’s their right.
Well said!
Just because you are allowed to boo doesn’t mean you should…
Boo the other team, but why would you boo your own?
(also, some people might not enjoy the game when all mets fans are booing their own players…that makes me die a little inside every time I see it…and then I remember that the people boo’ing players on mets are also the ones that need to vent their own frustrations because their lives so suck so bad and when their only outlet - the mets - aren’t winning, they get even more upset)
I agree. Booing your own team is simply bad form.
Mostly true, but there’s nothing we can do about it.
I do disagree with the very last part. You can’t assume someone’s life sucks because they’re booing. That’s a big leap to make considering you don’t know those people. But we’re not here to talk about their lives anyway. :)
its hard to believe how bi-polar the posters on this site are. not all posters, but a good chunk of the vocal bunch. its seems a lot of the bridge jumpers are the ones who cried about church and needin a platoon, delgado and castillo bein done and worthless, and the bullpen bein nothin but crap. now a ton of the same posters are sayin good for delgado, the pen is lookin good with sanchez(who was also done before the season), and have convienently forgotten how they ripped castillo. why cant these guys come back to reality? delgado aint an allstar anymore. but hes aint as bad as most make him out to be. he aint woth 16 mill, but who cares waht he gets paid? weve heard every name imaginable put out there as a replacement, but the konerkos and dan johnsons of the baseball world would do no better. and those posters would never fess up to the fact that they wanted a move like that. 1 hot week and the majority of castillo bashers have mysteriously vanished and moved on to other targets. face the facts, castillo isnt an allstar either, he just does what he always done. i have a lot more respect for those posters that admit they could be wrong than for those who just seem to search for targets to blame for any slump. heilman is the perfect example. he was the cant touch prospect, then the worthless bum, then the next great starter, then the next great bum, then the next great closer, then the disgrintled and slighted starter, then the next eighth inning solution, and now the inept middle reliever. for a realist, he was always, and still is a decent arm that deserves a place in ml baseball. why does it always have to be star or bum? wheres the in between? what id like to see is all these whiners and complainers who seem to overpopulate this site nowadays, to actually step up and admit when they are wrong, instead of just moving on to the next target and scapegoat. the reason i dont post here as often as in the past is because of these guys. im just sick of the holier-than- thou, know-it-alls who are quick to blame, and then just as quick to jump on a bandwagon like they knew it all along. right now it seems like there are too many fans of wright and reyes, instead of actual fans of the team.
Paragraphs are our friends
ill admit that ,if you admit to being wrong on a butt load of your ill advised assumptions all week.
There you go, now I only have a sentence to ignore
i’m really happy for delgado to hit 2 home runs today, and personally, i don’t give a crap if he comes out for a curtain call or not, whatever, as long as he hits, but i remember games like this last year where he would hit 2 home runs, then he’d cool right back off, so i just hope he stays hitting, that’s all, hope him and castillo keep it up and everyone else starts clicking
also…tell him to drop the bunt down the 3rd base line on the damn shift until they stop doing it, i’m so sick of the freaking shift!
LET’S GO METS
People are frustrated.
There are going to be a lot of ups and downs this year, and fans have a right to express themselves during both good times and bad times.
Why are you so concerned about people holding themselves accountable for yesterday’s posts? We’re all strangers here.
Besides, I don’t think anyone has changed their overall opinion about any given player. I still think the Castillo contract is a joke. Doesn’t mean I don’t want him to do well when he plays. If you think people are complaining about the pen now, wait a few months. Wait until some of these guys look like something out of a M*A*S*H unit.
Until then, let people have their good days and their bad days. You can’t tell people what to put in their posts. You CAN choose not to read them.
but i can choose to not respect those posters who play the blame game, and switch targets for that cause as they see fit. if someone blames delgado, castillo, heilman, or any other met, good for them. just fess up to it when your wrong, instead of playin the all knowing, and layin blame to the next guy. hate the castillo contact, i dont care. i wasnt a fan of 4 years either. but i aint goin to judge castillo now for what he might be like 4 years from now. the self-rightious attitude exuded by a good chuck of posters, especially on losing nites, is sickening. and its even more sickening when they feel they have the right to log back on and cheer for the same guys they were slammin the next day, while jumpin on the lets bash the scapegoat bandwagon at the same time. its called accountability, and a number of regulars here should have sacs to accept that. and you know who im talkin about.
Fans don’t have to be accountable. They’re fans.
Most of them are accountable to someone Monday through Friday 9 to 5, or some similar timeframe. Maybe during most of the weekend too when the wife is giving them the business.
For a lot of people, sports is an escape from accountability. Nobody has a right to take that away from them.
That’s just my opinion.
baseball players are employees and held accountable by managent just as most fans are by their employees and wives. so if fans feel they have the right to hold the players accountable too, its only fair that those fans are also held accountable. deal with it.
Yeah except for one thing.
There’s no way to actually hold fans accountable. You can post about your dissatisfaction with their comments. But that’s all you can do.
They can still boo, they can still be irrational on blogs.
You’re fighting a losing battle there.
By the way, still being somewhat new to this blog, I want to just point out to anyone who thinks I’m one of the boo-birds, not a chance in hell. I’ve been to just about every game at Shea this year, and I don’t boo anyone on the Mets. Don’t think I will anytime soon either. It would take a hell of a lot to get me to that point. I clap for some of the guys I’m not a fan of because they are on my team, and if they do well the team does well.
and as a fellow blogger, i can hold you accountable. you can whine and lay blame in print, while i post and call you out. i dont doubt that the majority will ever admit they are wrong. and those types, i will never respect. if you have the balls to lay blame, have the balls to admit you are wrong. its just a shame that those types seem to have taken over a site that i once thought of as a place to go to have intelligent discussion and gain some perspective of other points of view. now its just a whine fest and search for scapegoats by self deserving so called fans.
Just wanted to note that castillos contract in year 4 will probably be lower than league average for a second baseman and he may very well be in a strict platoon by then. Given Omars options this year and next, I was never upset by the deal and belive Castillos speed is invaluable now that Gomez is gone and Reyes and Chavez aren’t getting on enough to matter. Castillo nor his contract will ever harm the mets. That said Castillo .370 on base, .310 slugging, Reyes .310 on base, .392 slugging. I’ve always thought Reyes would add power and be a player who could drive in runs, why not switch them and see if Reyes responds. Castillo is what he is, but Reyes, in my opinion, is still learning and could be a chase utley type player if he was freed up a bit. He may never be consistent with his on base average. Let castillo get on like he always has, hes even stealing bases again, and let Reyes, Wright, Beltran and Church drive him in. Could any other team match them 2-5? it would be one hell of a mix of youth, speed and power from each spot in the order with no base cloggers and no slap hitters. The 4 of them are the mets best hitters and defenders, their most dynamic overall players. Why not group them together. Castillos worst full season on base percentage is still better than reyes’ best. Let him fill his role and let Reyes develop.
When you go to your kids little league game, and your kid has a bad game, or two, or three, I suppose as a parent the correct action would be to boo your kid.
It’s to show support for your kid who you love. And probably since you root for the team he plays on, you boo each kid that strikes out or makes an error.
Legally, you may have a right to do whatever you want at the ballpark, but why on earth would you go to boo YOUR OWN TEAM? The analogy may not be perfect since the Mets are not your “kids” but I think it’s absurd to go to the ballpark with the intention of having a good time by rooting for your team, and then boo like an idiot. I’m sorry to have to use the word idiot but to me, it’d be like booing your own son as in the example above.
Those that argue that ticket prices are high and therefore they are really venting at the overpaid players etc…..well then i suppose if you go to see a Broadway show and you don’t care for that particular show, you then stand up and BOO the cast? And if you go to see your favorite band in concert and the singing is a little off key - you stand up and BOO the performers?
IMO this is warped behavior by frustrated or inebriated people.
I’m not saying you have to be happy with your team when they don’t play well, but why not boo the opposition and root for the home team?
Most fans support the Mets but the boo-birds are louder than their numbers would appear.
If you really consider yourself a good fan - you should root for your team, not boo them.
trust me, their kids would be wright and reyes. but everyones elses kid would be booed.
nice work and nice words, stumped and grandslam. you make the best points. i’ve posted alot less since all of this derisive behavior has begun on the parts of the fans. i think maybe it’s because mets fans are so used to being underdogs and losers so that, instead of cheering for our successes, it’s more comfortable for us to cry and complain over our bad luck and bad losses…witness the fewer posts after a win and the massive posts after a loss. it’s NICE to win. but mets fans have brow beaten themselves into the “waiting for the other shoe to drop” mentality so that even when we do succeed, we can find something to dump on…i.e. delgado’s non curtain call. i’ve loved the mets for over 30 years now, but the new fans from the past few years are a little overwhelming and tend to take alot of the fun out of all of this.
great game today..took 2 out of 3 from the rival Braves and it was nice to see Delgado hit for a change and have some fun.
GO METS!
Great win today. Taking this series from the braves.
That said todays delgado drama only reminded me of the beltran incident a few years back. Beltran was booed relentlessly for being injured and not producing at the plate. Beltran was basically dragged out there by Julio Franco for a curtain call for PR sake. I understand why delgado didnt do it but i cant help but think this will make the boo birds come out more. Again like matt said if delgado even cares. This just goes to show those banwagon fans that we have to chill out with the booing. Im not one to change my opinion about delgado but frankly he helped us win today. To that end im happy for him. Hopefully he can build on today and CONSISTANTLY deliver at the plate. We need him to.
That said bring on the pirates. Welcome back home Nady who i believe/hope he will get a warm reception.
apparently I can’t read: I saw your last sentence about welcoming back Nady, and I thought we had traded for him. I went to ESPN.com, Mets.com, everwhere, and saw nothing. Then I read the second to last sentence. Whoops…
Anyway, today was a great game. I’m glad to see Delgado have a good game, but I’m still worried about him. Just like I don’t like to overreact to bad days, I’m gonna try not to overreact to great days like today: Delgado is still just 6 for his last 46 or something like that. Until he puts up a solid couple of weeks in a row, I’m gonna keep my expectations low. Also, what in God’s name is this team doing when they have the bases loaded? They were batting like .211 coming into today, and went 0-2 today (granted one of those was Figgy, but the other one was Wright). All those wasted bases loaded opportunities are going to kill them over the course of the season.
Alright, Debbie Downer moment over. Let’s go sweep the hell out of the Pirates. Heck, let’s roll off 20 straight wins and put this division away by the All-Star break.
A game like this made me smile.
And we better steamroll over the Buccos, I’m dead serious. They’re terrible (with the expection of today’s game when they held the Phillies to 2 hits =D)
How am I bi-polar if i say that delgado sucks but congratulate him for his game? I feel like he had a great game and there is no problem with saying that. On the flip-side i still feel like Delgado is done and i’ll write about how he sucks as much as I want to because thats true. Just don’t boo him…
You Met fans are more stupid than I thought you would be…
I’m glad Delgado did not come out for a curtain call because of all the premature booing your throw at this team plus all of the REDICULOUS COMMENTS above you make about him and this team….You derserved no curtain call whatsoever!!!
Let me clarify…
There is nothing wrong with writing about Delgado’s woes at the plate online…booing him at the stadium however is absolutely wrong. There is a big difference. This website was invented for us to talk baseball and right now the baseball talk is how delgado is losing it. Shea was built for us to cheer on the mets. Does that make some sort of sense?
Right on!