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The Game:
The Mets (16-14) continue their three-games series versus the Dodgers (18-14) tonight at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, game at 10:10 pm EST.
The Lineup:
- SS Jose Reyes
- RF Ryan Church
- 3B David Wright
- CF Carlos Beltran
- LF Moises Alou
- 1B Carlos Delgado
- C Brian Schneider
- 2B Luis Castillo
- P Nelson Figueroa
The Pitchers:
RHP Nelson Figueroa (2-1, 4.08 ERA) makes his fourth start for the Mets. In his last start on April 27 versus the Braves, Figueroa earned a win allowing three runs on seven hits over 5.1 IP while walking and striking out three. Figueroa’s .143 BAA through the first time of the lineup is the ninth lowest in the National League. In two career starts versus the Dodgers, he is 1-0 with a 5.40 ERA.
RHP Hiroki Kuroda (1-2, 3.82 ERA) takes the hill for the Dodgers. In his last start on May 1 versus the Marlins, Kuroda allowed three runs on five hits while striking out four over 7.0 IP earning a win. Kuroda is 0-0 with a 6.00 in his two home starts this season. Opponents are 0-for-18 with four strikeouts off Kuroda in the first inning. This is his first career starts versus the Mets.
The Notes:
Juan Pierre is batting .393 (22-for-56) with 11 RBI and 10 steals in his last 18 games.
The Mets are 13-4 when scoring first this season.
Carlos Delgado is 8-for-25 (.320) with 3 HR and 6 RBI in his last seven games.For more insight on the Dodgers, check out Blogger Beat.
How To Catch It:
Today’s game can be seen locally on
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The Bleachers:
For a live chat, head over to The Hot Foot Bleachers.
…well, let’s see, which Mets team shows up tonight…will it be the one thats only as good as their mediocre record indicates or the one thats favored to be one of the best teams in the national league…this team is so jekyll and hyde you never know which team will show up…
…enjoy, and as always, Let’s Go Mets…
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“This is first career starts versus the Mets.”
How many times was that a bad sign last year?
about half the time, the other half they raked the rook
My gut says today Nelson has a rough outing, but works himself out of trouble at least once and keeps us in the game, but it will be close.
I feel like Figgy will give us a really good start, but as ness said, the fact that the Mets have never faced Kuroda probably means they will make him look like Cy Young himself. This cold be a low scoring close game that gets decided in the bullpen….
Buckle up
and getcha popcorn
Cy Young’s overrated. Walter Johnson and Christy Mathewson were better.
You’re 50% right. Walter Johnson was better than Cy Young. But Christy Mathewson wasn’t. However, Lefty Grove and Pete Alexander were better than Cy Young.
Well, I sure hope Figgy isn’t throw off by the insane suggestion that he might be sent to AAA. What an absurd idea.
To make room for Wise, sending down Smith or DFAing Sosa requires one move. In and out. Sending down Figgy would require moving Wise in and also sending Sosa into the rotation (shudder).
I can only hope the “Mets Insider” with this idea was…lying.
I dont know why u would send a guy down to AAA when he has pitched successfully and seems to have his head on straight, when you have a young guy in Pelfrey who cant seem to get through the 5th inning, and could use the extra seasoning in the minors.
Agree 100%! Figgy has pitched very well always keeps his team close enough to win. You can tell the guy knows waht he’s doing out there on the mound. Pelfrey sometimes looks like a “Deer Caught in headlights” out there. He might be the future (and I’m seriously starting to doubt it – Paul wilson/Pullsipher? ) but Figgy can help this team NOW.
I don’t know why you would send down a starter, period, when a reliever is coming off the DL. At this point I would rather them send Pagan down and try him at 1B than send down Figgy.
Send down Smith if you are scared of losing Sosa on waivers. Personally, I could care less if we lose Sosa, but I understand that his innings would need to be picked up somewhere (Armas?).
1. Cant send down Pagan…it would leave the bench short a player. They need a backup catcher plus 4 other bench players.
2. I agree it doesnt make much sense to move sosa into the rotation, he hasnt even done a good job as the long man.
3. I dont see what the big deal is of getting rid of sosa. Hes just a long man. Heilman could become the long-man for the time being as he tries to find his stuff. he can pitch multiple innings. and let wise pick up heilmans 7th inning tasks.
I agree, I was only offering Pagan as a “better than Figgy” option. Anyway, aren’t we still carrying Casanova?
yes but we need a backup catcher…casanova is here until castro comes back.
Right…what am I missing? As long as we have Casanova or Castro, we will have a backup catcher. In my (silly) example, it was carry an extra RP, short one bench (non-C) guy.
Aside: Phils are sitting Howard today and playing Utley at 1B. Interesting.
why is everyone getting so excited about wise anyway. he may not be better than anyone in our pen. i mean, potentially, things could get worse. the only way things will be better is if sosa is gone. either way, we really don’t KNOW how wise is going to be in the long run. i’ve never seen him to be super exciting.
They are facing Randy johnson. Thats why Howard sits. For some reason when they sit howard, they move utley over. I guess they feel like its a way to give utley somewhat of a rest.
Nelson hasn’t pitched yet with Schneider,this should be interesting
Hopefully I stay up tonight for the game and its worth being dead tomorrow morning.
Mets need to start getting their Sh*t together right now. The Phillies are playing pretty good ball, and they dont even have Rollins healthy.
Hey Matt! Its your buddy Slappy McSingleton!!! Hope I can grab an infield hit or two, maybe get on base with an error!!! Whhheeeeeeeeeeee !!! Slappy McSingleton!!!!!!
and the award for most annoying use of exclamation points goes to…
Can we PLEASE get a good game tonight. Too often it’s come out flat, fall behind early and pack it in by the 6th.
COME ON BOYS–> Work the count, string hits together, and play with a sense of urgency.
I’m staying up late tonight, I just hope there’s something worth watching!
you and me both
Agreed…cos last night sure as hell wasnt worth it.
N. Figz !!
the power of christ compels you!
oh weird shea stadium isnt the only place the home team gets booed btw nice goin church
Yeah, from time to time it happens in 29 other parks. And not as often at Shea as you think it does.
Imagine that.
Ryan F’in Church Baby!
can anyone tell me why Keith Hernandez hasnt been doing games?
i think hes still on vacation
I’m pretty sure SOMEONE could considering Matt works for the same people he does lol. But I know hes only contracted to work so many games (I believe its just over 100, its the same # as last year i believe). Keith also doesn’t like to go on the road and since the mets have been away a lot, I’m just guessing but i figure he thought this would be a good time to block off on his calender. Since hes not doing many games to start off the year it just means he will be doing more later on.
CHUUUUUUUUUUUURCH
Wow, Andruw has lost a step.
Huh? Alou 4? Oh, Moiseeees.
beltran’s a late scratch…here we go.
did they say that on SNY? Vin has the same info as me.
MLB Gameday has Beltran at #4 too…
whats the deal with beltran?
thanks..thats a long vacation
Watching Sandy Alomar Jr. in that replay of him waving in Beltran last night made me think that his job could be done by one of those waving inflatable arm flailing tube men that you sometimes see outside of stores and businesses.
Wacky Wavy Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man!
hahaha i love ronnie in those commercials
Anyone watching on MLB.Com?
I know Vin Scully is like a legendary announcer and all….but I cant stand him. All fluff, no analysis.
Between innings Poll:
Who likes listening to Scully call a game?
Wish I could listen to him now. He’s the best.
i used to live in LA and i like scully too, obv he’s a legend… but he calls games on TV as if it’s radio– he never takes a breath and describes every detail plain to see on the screen.
again, he’s the best, but it’s a little distracting.
Um, he IS on radio in the first three innings, he is simulcast as the radio announcer for the Dodgers.
hm, i stand corrected. i wonder if he gets more general when they switched over. i never noticed whether he gets more general after the 3rd.
incidentally, that’s a pretty crappy system.
He does get more TV-ish after the third. I would be the first to say he is aging and forgetting ertain things. I just respect teh heck out of a guy who does the job as well as he does at his advanced age.
Plus, as I said, it is a huge upgrade over the putrid announcers for the Fish, Nats, and D-bags.
i enjoy him for about 2 innings. then i miss gary and ron
This is the first out of town announcer that I haven’t had to mute. I like Scully
vin scully is a broadcasting god…
love sculy: “the ball gets by buckner, and the mets win it!”
beltran not in line up, sny does not know why
If one picture is worth a thousand words, you’ve just seen about a million words
I do
scully is the man
Scully is a huge breath of fresh air after all the horrid announcers for the Fish, Gnats, D-bags, etc.
Pretty remarkable he does it alone, at nearly 81 years old AND does both the TV and is simulcast on radio in the first few innings.
First pitch strike. How refreshing.
Hopefully with Beltran is it just something minor and maybe this rest will get him going.
Wow Gavin Floyd as a no hitter throught 8
Actually, i konda hope Beltrran is injured, as that could explain his putirid start. But, obviously, let’s hope it doesn’t sideline him long.
I love that Ryan CHURCH has a SOUL patch style of facial hair.
Well, Pagan is in CF…what’s the deal??
I love listening to Scully, personally.
ronnie said that it might be his knees…
hey whats going on in the game. Extra Innings still got the yankees game on………
Top 1 Church solo homer; Beltran late scratch apparently, we still dont know why–Pagan is in.
Bot 1–1st out was a fly out.
thanks man
I love how Figgy’s shaking off a pitch is a full-headed “NO” like a 4 year old would.
I just love Figgy.
question guys: what is the largest deficit the mets have come back from to win a game?? (i don’t know the answer)
trick question. The mets have never come from behind to win a game.
i know we were down by one in a couple games, but i can’t remember anymore than a one run deficit.
hahahaha
No way walking Andruw Jones doesn’t come back to hurt Figgy.
Way.
cmon figgy…
good play wright…….gave figz another chance to get outta here.
Floyd with a no hitter ,top of ninth
No longer.
I would like to see the Mets’ pitchers actually go after hitters instead of nibbling. Thank you.
Phew.
i know it has been said, but having to hear all the ‘morons’ from the other broadcast teams is truly painful, but it as almost worth it to get the chance to hear vince scully for a few games. i am thinking i need to just listen to a few la games every now and again.
yea this guy has been very nice to listen to
very knowledgeable and unbiased
Huge treat. Reminds me of Murph how he paints the “word picture.” Especially in the first three inns when he is being simulcast on radio.
yes thats how you do it…offense give you the lead..hang up a 0
any news on Beltran?
Flu-like symptoms, according to Scully.
big, big out..can this bottom of the order do something or are we looking at 4 easy outs? (pagan, schneider, 0-forstillo, pitcher)
0-forstillo…clever
come on, the NY Bunters get on once in awhile ;)
Long First inning for Figs….looking like another < 6 inning outing for a Mets starter.
I wish Willie would read up on Figgy having 18 complete games in the Mexican league, sometimes going for 150+ pitches a game.
150 pitches! Free Figgy!
good drag….
that’s what u need 2 do pagan: carlos gomez them to death
lolllll exactly
nice bunt
nice hit
Bottom of the order to the rescue?
b side solid
beltran sick w flu
Beltran: flu like symptoms.
What?!? I thought professional athletes were immune to common folk sicknesses?
just conveying the news man!
Castillo is a “contact hitter”??? Since when?
To be fair, he never ever strikes out.
A lot of his contact, at least lately, is…caught.
Or, not, as in right now. Good job.
flu like symptoms……………..
can we order a plastic bubble for beltran tooo
taking bets on a dp by castillo
i lose. wow! that’s the hardest hit ball he’s hit all year
Ok Schneider….Beltran has flew that equals a DL stint for him.
You guys for real about Scully? He is awful…he confuses everything….he just said the Mets are behind arizona and florida in the NL east.
Well if you’re right then the rest of the world must be wrong.
dont be gay
Um, OK. I’m not.
Or maybe that was meant for the other guy.
Well, I’m still not :)
other guy
The guy is nearly 81 years old. He is bound to mix up a name or team now and again. He is talking his head off beacuse the first three inns he is simulcast on both radio and TV. Obviously, needs to talk more for the radio listeners. Mistakes happen to an 81 year old in those situations. Amaing that he does so well, considering!
Did you hear the Fish, Gnats, or D-bag announcers? Now THOSE are horrible announcers. Total homers. Actively root for their team.
Scully is a pro. If I cannot get the SNY feed (best booth in baseball, btw), I will take Scully anyday.
he may be a legend but is hard to listen to. it’s a monotone voice with one LOOOOONG stat that continues from pitch one till the end of the game. this guy never stops. he is like the energizer bunny. guess you have to when you are essentially talking to yourself. i mean, he actually talks about david wrights brothers and what reyes liked to eat back home, etc. the info/stats just never stop. he should just take a breath already
Again, he is SIMULCAST on radio. Radio announcers obviously HAVE to talk more.
You’re telling me you prefer the horrid, moronic homers in the Nats, Fish or D-Bags booths?
i know it’s simulcast and i understand that. i’m just stating my opinion so relax buddy. and of course, i’d take scully over just about any other team except sny. just makes me miss cohen that’s all
Ok, sorry. Just bitter about th team right now. Frankly, in my opinion the best thing about this series has been Scully, especially after those D-bag announcers.
That said, we are indeed spoiled with the SNY crew.
this, right here, is castillo’s job. can he do it?
I hate the phase “flu-like symptoms.” You either have the flu or you don’t.
flu like symptoms=hangover
Too much Cinco De Mayo!
are you suggesting Beltran was out with JLo again???
wow slappy comes thru
It’s X-mas come early!
yea slappy
now nelson gets figgy with it moves runners up reyes base knock big lead
finally castillo gets it done!
offense from the 2bm’n ?? let there be dancin in the streets… its Xmas in May. maybe he should swap positions with beltran in the order ? yuk yuk i know
cmon figs lets get the fundamentals down here…move em over
Castillo must have bought some procede.
he only has to use it once every 90 days, hopefully thats not how often he gets a hit!
EVERY ONE SAFE
come on lets blow the game out right here
Now we in business!!!
Did the Mets and the Dodgers switch places?
this is where the mets have to put teams away, they can break this game open early otherwise its gonna be another nerve racking final 3 innings
100% right
damn im a fortune teller playa
I bet the players have a smidge more bounce in their step when they’re working behind Figgy. I think that I would. The guy is the ultimate fan–the interviews with him sound like he just won the “pitch for the mets” contest.
That’s awesome. I love the idea of Figgy being one of us out there.
jose……………. jose jose jose
omar orchestrate a 3 way trade so kuroda goes to philly please
Get your bullpen up Torre.
CMON CHURCH!!!!!!!!!!!!
bases loaded for church!
Man, this Church guy is awful. Can we trade him for Milledge?
oh well cant get a hit every time hes up
well that sux
1-2-3 dp, saw it coming
Why didn’t you warn them?
didn’t have a direct line
there is something great about the 1-2-3 DP, just not against us.
ouch @ that dp
David looks like he doesnt even try to go to right field anymore
except for his last at-bat….and that walkoff hit the other day.
Wright needs a homer right here.
or a hit the opposite way
Id take a walk…alou will get em…
I’d like to see the Mets break this wide open. Make it a 10-0 game after three. Then I can go to bed early, because this looks like another 2am finish here. :)
lollll i know what you mean. I was dead at work today lol. Hopefully they can put it away early
I wish our pitchers could work outta trouble like that. Oliver Perez would have given up 27 runs on 4 hits.
Um, didn’t Figgy work out of trouble like that about 20 minutes ago?
No, bases were loaded with two outs for Fig. This guy had them loaded with no outs and the heart of our order up. Definitely not the same situations.
And this guy gave up 3 runs and Figgy gave up 0. It’s not the same situation, but its a battle that we came out on the better part of (for 1 inning, anyhow).
Excuse me for not being content with leaving the bases loaded after having them that way with no one out.
Mo, I understand what you’re saying and obviously leaving the bases loaded like that sucks. But 3-0 mets after 1 is not something I’m going to get pissed off about.
Surely they’ll give us plenty for that later in the game!
Backinbusiness,
Drinking much?
They got TWO runs from the bases loaded, no out, heart of order due up…not 3. And they are up 3-0 after 2 inns., not one inn.
Still, you are right that Figgy pitched well to get out of his (less severe) jam.
Wow. Shockingly, no. Just exceedingly tired.
I also just had a near-heart attack from an Alou face first slide.
I apologize.
ugh…bases juiced nobody out with your 2 best hitters coming up and you don’t score. That’s awful
Great execution…same shi*t different day…
NO KILLER instinct…now the game will stay close and willie will be forced to pitcher everyone in the bullpen.
I hope you are being at least somewhat sarcastic. Church and Wright have no killer instinct? Come on. Maybe they just made outs?
Silly to say Church and Wright lack killer instinct. Still, this team has a knack of making sure they do not break a game open when given golden chances.
How bad does Wright suck!!!??? I guess Church sucks more hitting into a DP with no outs and no runs.
they’re the two worst players in Mets history. Fire them both. Bring in some guys with heart.
Just the team in general….a good team buries the game right there….this team is struggling right now and throw the dagger.
We are up 3-0. It isn’t all awful.
I agree it’d be nice to be up by more, and they sure aren’t a great time, but hey, it’s still a good start to the game.
Aren’t a great team, rather.
Well, there goes that. Ha.
DeWitt, does … it.
*Rimshot*
Chin Lung.. Who?
My goodness I should get paid for my wit.
Chin Lung…Who?? very funny…
On a lighter note, is anyone else already sick of this new Verizon commercial with the dad, mom, son, dog, cat, and flea all saying “wow” at the picture quality? Verizon Fios seems to come up with new commercials to beat into our heads. I still have nightmares of last season’s commercial with the little kid and the verizon fios tech who brings fiberoptics straight to your door on three different spectrums of light…
Trust me, those three spectrums of…dbhot? or something…are much better than the service of Verizon Fios. Sucks.
I love seeing how they advertise to baseball fans — high definition TVs and Just For Men/ProCede.
Yeah, Verizon has the worst commercials and they’re on more than any other ad. That kid was annoying as hell.
YOU SHOULD SEE HIS TRUCK!
Yeah kid, with you under it.
OK, did I go too far there?
Hey, it’s just a commercial!
lol that kid was satan incarnate
Between SNY and WFAN, we have some of the most ridiculous commercials in the world.
WFAN is definitely the worst. My personal least favorite is “You bought a house?! For $199 a month??”
1-877-Kars4Kids
K-A-R-S Kars4 Kids!
LOL, truly.
765! 878! 567! 123!
And what about the Erectile Dysfuntion guy. I don’t even know what the hell he’s selling. “Forget about the pills!” He’s the Giuseppe Franco of morning wood.
Most of the commercials on WFAN have got to be scams! :)
I’m a bit pessimistic at times, but jeez. Let’s not all jump off the bridge because they didn’t score. They’re still winning at least.
Though I am starting Kuroda on one of my fantasy teams so I might be biased but still.
big hit by pierre, almost forgot what that looked like
a hit by Pierre? Me too.
I would love to know the reasoning behind hitting Andruw Jones 2nd and Russell Martin 6th….maybe Torre’s a Mets fan.
its 5 innings and out for figgy today
43 pitches, he’s good for 107 more, didn’t you read the article? ;)
yup, he cant get lefties out for anything either, that builds the pitch count walking those lefties every inning…
So even he cant go deep into games for the Mets. Maybe they should let him 6-7, 120-130 though, he certainly could handle it.
Maybe we should get a 2nd plastic Alou-bubble for Schneider.
great hustle….please dont be hurt!
here we go again, bet we don’t score this inning
I’d say good call, but they needed a steal of home by Alou…
ALOU!!!!!!!!!! Eat it! :)
i ate it sir
An Alou face first slide is not something a person with a heart condition should watch.
ALOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
alou ?
Wow, did these two teams exchange uniforms before the game?
Beltran is out, Pagan brings life to the game…
Alou!
wow double steal, alou takes home, insanity
holly crap alou….!!! Thats the kind of LIFE this team needs. BASEBALL STUFF!!!
WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW
i thought id never see the day
Let’s have some love for Willie, now–aggressive managing!
Damn you Willie for allowing Alou to steal home on the double steal. You should be fired!
its slapppppy time
WHAT!!!!!
was it a failed squeeze; no injury on the play ????????? omg !!!!!!! was our last steal of home by jose or the infamous, Mr Koo ?????????
Roger Cedeno, of all people, if you mean straight steal
Beltran apparently stole home last year on a double steal of some kind.
my god, a double steal with old man river stealing home?
Wonder how long he will be out for after this inning! (j/k, I hope!)
that was AWESOME!
for whatever reason, this team seems to be better on the west coast
eh
do you remember the first west coast swing last year? I think we lost 2 of 3 to SD followed by a sweep in LA…
but I know what you mean…over the past few years…yea we do seem better out west..AZ for sure
maybe they should follow the Dodgers and Giants leads…
No way willie made that call….Omar made that call from his luxury box.
stating the obvious, but we really, really… really need alou to stay healthy.
Ya gotta love Moises Alou!
That’s the kind of baseball I want to watch. Hopefully, it’ll rub off on some (all?) of the others.
Scully used “a little roller” to describe Alou’s check swing that DeWitt errored on…..ah, memories.
damn slappy is quick down the line, clear the 9 spot
hu is at short for the dodgers?
who’s on first
Third base!
Moises Alou stealing home. That is truly remarkable. I love it. What’s gotten into Willie? He even cheered!
Randy Johnson is such a sh!thead. Hes blowing this lead agains the Phillies.
ummm
hes like 80 and the phillies have a good lineup
for some random reason i have him on my fantasy team, have no real need for him, but hes there..
so i’d like him to keep this lead and get me a W
man 3 SBs this inning
figgy gonna draw a walk here
bingo………. ball 4
I feel like I’m watching Kaz Ishii.
“They were really worrying about Pagan” — because those Mets are Home Stealers!!!
Maybe Willie is upping his game against Torre.
Oh, for those keeping count, the Mets had “fire” in the 3rd inning.
Church had it in the 1st, but not the 2nd.
DW is fireless tonight. But of course, that could change later!
ok guys good job working the bases
now the important part
making it pay off
lets go reyes
On a side note, this ump is terrible
this is the 2am game folks…1130 EST only in mid of 3
me likey
more pitches for your money…
my god, I have never seen a team be so bad with the bases loaded before.
Maybe they were still distracted by the double steal home. I was.
The Grand Slam curse continues! When will it end?
i was thinking the same thing
Does anyone know who was the last Met to hit a grand slam? Was it Valentin in the game he hit two?
Beltran/Floyd in 06
when we get some clutch hitters on this team
Wow! I’d hate to see what you say about teams you don’t like.
not as bad as the no hitter curse
I;m a few minutes behind, as a catch up via DVR. Saw comments about double steal……I had to fast forward.
All I have to say is “who is that guy in the dugout with Randolph’s jersey and a Willie-mask on and what have you done with our manager?”
Also, for “Straw” who thinks Scully stinks….Scully saw something was up…he mentioned how Scneid and Pagan were looking at Alomar closely and Alomar said something to Alou.
ughhhhhhhh game should be over already
welp hope that doesn’t come back to haunt us.
at least we worked the hell outta the pitcher…
not so much with Reyes.
Kuroda has thrown 71 pitches in 3 innigs, so they’ll get some crap middle relief to beat up for a few innings. Hopefully the offense doesnt decide to shut down and call it a night.
too many LOBs
This is the story of the whole f****** season. They can’t get the big hit with two outs to bust the game open, and with a pitcher on the ropes. I’m gonna put my head through a f****** wall.
Goes back longer than this bleeping season.
Still, gotta love the double steal call by Willie.
Ugh. I said something nice about Willie. I feel dirty. So very dirty.
man, if you’re putting your head through the wall when we’re winning, i’m scared to ask what you’re doing when we’re losing!
this game is starting to seem eerily reminiscent of the Glavine game in LA last year (one of the tries for 300 I think?).
They could have blown this game completely open by now.
HOpe Figgy settles down and starts stringing some zeros.
i’m watching the game online. can someone tell me how that double steal went down?
Pagan stole second, they threw down to second. alou broke for home immediately and beat the return throw.
thanks. nice to see them playing aggressively.
im sorry, but what the hell is going on with Eric Bruntlett? The guy has another three RBI tonight. Is he performing the Jimmy Rollins voodoo dance or something? Seems like everyone who puts on a Phillies uniform lately has learned how to suddenly hit.
what’s the score on the phillie game?
6-4 AZ top 7
6-4 Dbacks in the 7th. Had a 6-2 lead, Phillies chippin away
6-4 Arizona in the 7th. Bruntlet with 2 homers
6-4 arizona. And I don’t recommend watching the Arizona feed if you have the baseball package. Mark Grace absolutely sucks. He has no place on tv.
Wright in platinum glove form tonight
Thats why he gets consideration.
ole!
good play wright at least helping with the glove
If Wright can learn to throw to first he might win a Gold Glove some day
chuckle, chuckle
this kid’s glove is just sick!
cmon figs work outta this
didn’t wright win a gold glove a few months ago?
Yes. Time to fine-tune your sarcasm meter.
my sarcasm meter eats eggs for lunch and watches 30 rock from the bleachers of the fourth accoutrement, if you know what i mean. winky winky.
I think I’ve seen this one before. Mets get pitcher on the ropes, cant deliver the knock out. Other team commences in whittling away the lead and eventually wins.
“doesnt it feel like it should be about the 7th inning right now?”
- Gary Cohen
this game is gonna end at like 4AM
Ever realize that the Mets pitchers seem to never put a hitter away after being up 0-2. It seems like everytime that it happens it leads to a weird hit or a walk.
absolutely! Thats why they end up throwing 100 pitches in 5 innings. No put away pitches to finish off an easy strikeout or grounder.
Yeah I have no idea why that is. Maybe its Rick Peterson or maybe its just bad luck. Who knows
thechime, just a little gold glove humor, I know he won one
Must be some really weak competition down in Mexico, eh Figgy?
MetsBlog gets a shout out from SNY
Metsblog plug!
Ron Darling with the Matt Cerrone name-drop
CERRONE JUST GOT NAMEDROPPED
“matt cerrone is a nice guy i met him a few times”
“hes a fan who has been handed the keys to the kingdom, i know what thats like ”
great lines
cmon figgggs get er done
Figgy, just b/c Ollie did this last game you appeared in doesn’t mean you can too.
Now I’m certain I’ve seen this one before
grrrr we cant catch a break
great delgado got eaten up….AGAIN
that’s how to hit in the clutch, get figgy out of there
ugh
i’m leaving the blog, the minute i came on…
the minute it got bad
I wonder what it’s like to have a real first baseman. Must be nice.
damn its hillarious ALWAYS ONE BATTER TOO LATE
I still have faith in him.
Walks are killing this team
we have all learned the painful way what walks will do to you
thank god for lousy 8th place hitters
Nothing is ever, ever easy for this team.
I cant remember the last time the Mets had a lead and I thought “well, this one’s in the bag.”
The 3rd game of the season where we won 13-0
Nope, still a white knuckle game for me
Ugh. See what happens when you blow two golden opportunities to break the game open.
Scully, “There might be some first basemen who make that play, …but not Delgado.”
some=most
Vin Scully. . . gotta love him
delgado looks like a matador out there
Hmm..I don’t hear anyone talking about how great Bannister is anymore. Maybe that’s because he’s 3-4 with a 4.46 ERA. Like I said, a .500 pitcher, at best.
Non-sequitor of the night.
I think you mean “sequitur” – and I said it because you’ll soon start hearing complaints about the starters.
It looks like Nelson pitches better at Shea. His worst starts have been in Chicago an LA so far.
Until his family starts to catch the boo bug.
Remember, he said in one of those interviews that his Dad boos him.
Yes, I am obsessed with the Fig.
how come all these teams bring up these young stud pitchers and the mets bring up 30 something journeymen?
i mean figgy has been doing great, but this team has no long-term pitching depth, and no hitting depth in the minors for that matter.
i truly believe if the mets fall out of it before the trade deadline, they should look to trade everybody short of wright, reyes, maine and santana
Pulsifer, Isringhausen, Wilson…
… Heilman, Pelfrey, Humber, Bannister…
wait, what was the question?
I think the question was, “why do all these teams bring up young stud pitchers and the Mets “young stud pitchers” suck?”
Figs would be fine if they didnt allow lefty batters…
Pierre, Loney, and DeWitt are 5 of 6 with 2 runs and 2 rbi
4 walks to righty hitters hasnt helped either.
When you put it that way, if no one was allowed to bat, we’d be in business.
might be the only way for the Mets to get a no hitter
No, I’m certain someone would still somehow manage to hit an 8th or 9th inning 45-footer to break up the no-no
Geez…I like figgy…and this is because he missed his last start probably, but I think its time to get Armas jr. in here. He has been throwing well in AAA.
its going to be one of those games
this is why it’s imperative that they put teams away when they have the chance. This thing should be like 9-3 right now.
It never fails. We cant do anything with 2 outs, but all the other teams do it against us. And someone brought up a great point about the Mets never putting someone away with 2 strikes. 2 strikes, 2 outs, leads late in the game, leads late in the season, this team can’t put the hammer down.
Well, Figgy is still in line to get the win. If this f****** team can show any remote approximation of a F****** BACKBONE, maybe, just maybe, we’ll win thie f****** game.
F****** A!
here comes a patented 1-2-3 inning from the mets bats
i’ve been wrong all night and loving it
figgy pitches better in front of his large family gatherings at shea
I agree. The Mets should flip the bill and send Figgy’s family on the road.
Or in front of large gatherings of teenagers…
sidenote: does anyone know the song that Blake DeWitt uses when hes at bat?
go MO!
He should use the Three’s Company theme.
I think that has to be the first Joyce DeWitt reference in mets history. ‘well played’ ;)
Benny the Jet Alou!
God Bless Alou.
Please, please Mets…score some runs here, and then Figgy give Willie a reason to stretch you out.
Who is the LAD long man?
ok here is yet anothe opportunity for this offense to do something and get some separation in this game…they better not come up short AGAIN.
jeez, i’m so sick of every pitcher having major milestones vs. the Mets…
Update on the Philly game. Still 6-4 Dbacks in the top of the 8th with Philly batting. Utley was just up and did NOT hit a homerun. A short fireworks display followed.
“Hong-Chih Kuo relieved Hiroki Kuroda” is not something you see everyday in the MLB, especially on the same team as Chin-lung Hu.
Neither is “as quick a bat as Delgado has…”. Oops, Scully.
hopefully we dont see Saito later…
It’s almost like Oliver Perez being double switched. Duaner Sanchez comes in to pitch and Endy Chavez replaces Moises Alou.
The only question about this game is will the Mets lose it by 1 or 2, or will the bullpen take them completely out of it?
over
I don’t know but the Dodgers look drunker tonight than Luis Castillo last night. Well, until Pagan goes up there “hitting”
my goodness, that was such an unfair matchup
again, can’t get the big hit, so frustrating
wow that was tough…great pitch. Oh what it would be like to have a hard throwing lefty
Oh what it would be like to have a Power-hitting 1st baseman.
3pm game tomorrow. That’s more like it!
the key to get the mets out is to put runners on base
lol. Right now that appears to be true.
Are Mets pitchers still allowed to throw 1-2-3 innings? I feel like i may have missed a rule change on the subject because I sure havent seen one of them in awhile.
No – league rule. Just like the rule that the Mets have to groove fastballs to Chipper Jones and Pat “the rat” Burrell.
Kuo leads off the inning….does Torre pinch hit or leave him in….the way this game is going-you gotta leave him in.
I would assume that a double switch was made.
this is Joe torre you’re talking about. easy with the double switching
Joe Torre’s ability to double switch makes Willie’s look adept
leave him in
I guess no double switch
so that is where Willie learned how to (not) double switch!
obviously you leave him in, don’t you remember his home run / bat flip last year? guy’s a slugger… ;)
That’s it. I’m putting my head through a wall now, and I don’t care if I make it to see the light of day on the other side.
Nice knowing ya guys.
man if we lose this game
8 men left on base…..story of the game
The other teams constantly score runs with two outs against us. We never seem to be able to get a two out hit to drive in runs. I don’t have the numbers but the Mets must be hitting below 100 with two outs and runners in scoring position. With the way Kuo just took over this game and the way Figgy is pitching I’m afriad this lead is gone.
yea but a least the guy is fighting to keep the lead…
the offense gotta get it together ASAP
LOL! Great story from Vin on SNY.
2/3’s of the way to the 1-2-3 inning, but Gary Cohen just jinxed it
here’s my surprised face. 8 – O
THIS JUST IN………
Beltran is a late scratch with a hang-nail on his right pinky. H’s listed as day-to-day but the Mets don’t expect him back until after the weekend.
1….2…..could it be???
man where was this andrew when he was on the braves……….
spk too soon
i can’t believe this game is 4-3
Wow Jones looked overmatched on an 87 MPH fastball. At least Delgado gets tied up on something faster.
Re: Nelson Figeroa’s our third best pitcher- Um, Really? This is our #3 starter? Can I borrow someone’s tire iron?
geezzz theres no real break in this lineup
Let’s see you do that Dewitt.
Hit it where they are!
damn wrights getting everything out there
hope he can translate that to his bat
I hope Guiseppe Franco goes away and dies.
I guess it’s based more on what we’re watching, and I don’t watch much besides sports at this point. But it seems like every commercial is for some kind of hair restoration or prostate formula. Do they even have commercials for cereal or candy anymore? I’m guessing those are on during cartoons, that is if they even HAVE cartoons anymore. Seems like they were killed by the infomercials. It’s all a great big scam!
82 pitches through 4, even on Figgytime he can’t go the distance :(
Let’s see how far he can go though…
COME ON BATS!!!
Figueroa getting smacked around, thrown 82 pitches through 4 and looking very sloppy… yet the long man has thrown 1 inning in the last three games… how does that happen? Willie?
82 pitches thus far….maybe Figs can give us two more solid innings???
That is unless Willie pinch hits for him in this inning….like only Willie would do.
Figgy bats!
Willie? Is that you?
Maybe Willie reads MetsBlog and saw all our reminders about stretching out Figgy…
this guy makes sandy koufax look like ollie perez
Hey, didn’t he throw like 160 in the winter league? Leave him out there.
280 “since 2006″ is what he said at ST
Was that a flyball from Castillo?
by “flyball” do you mean “injury RIGHT TO HIS FREAKING KNEE”?
He fouled one off earlier in the PA, I had to rewind DVR a few times to believe the ball stayed in the air.
0 balls. 10 strikes. What can we trade for you, Huo?
Well that was a nice story about Castillo. Wont see him anymore this year.
GREAT!!!!!!!
ON THE LEGS!!!!!!!!!!!!
HES OUT FOR A FEW MONTHS
right in the johnson
lol, if his johnson is way down where that pitch hit him, well then, God Bless. I will never talk bad about him again.
its a good thing Castillo no longer has knees, otherwise that HBP might hurt…
lmao
Well played. HA!
lol..very funny
so we wont see him in the lineup tomorrow
Now Castillo will run even gimpier?
Do you guys remember the articles out of Florida when he played there. They were hilarious about how he’d gimp around and then go steal a base. He’s a weird dude too
Mickey Rivers was like that in the 70s.
Wow I thought Castillo was headed for the DL…
cmon reyes
Way to be tough Castillo
Maybe now his one leg won’t be shorter then the other.
9 pitches, 3 strike outs, then walks the pitcher. We’ve got a spot for you on this team, young man.
Walking a mets pitcher twice isn’t that bad.
Looks like Shot to the Knee:Kuo::Shot to the Head::Wise.
Yup, as I expected. I leave for a couple of innigns, and the Dodgers are creeping back.
Mets get tons of base runners early, leave a bunch on base, can’t get the big hit to blow it open, then the O goes to sleep, and the other team climbs back in it.
I know I have scene this show before. Wonder where???
How come so many players own the Mets? Who do the Mets own? Anyone? Just us crazy fans?
The Dbacks in AZ only.
The Marlins in Florida only
just got home…where’s beltran?…nice grab ump
Scully said he had the flu. I don’t know if that’s right or not
late scratch = flu like symptoms.
perhaps he will resume baseball activities soon.
He was feeling 33.2312523% of a flu coming on.
oh…i undrestand…i can’t do anything if i feel anything over 31.28783745353% of a flu
You guys are ignorant…If you guys had a ounce of talent that he has in anything you do in life I would understand you saying that…just dumb Mets fans,..Love him when he is dominating pitchers, hate him when he isnt…
Will always be a Beltran supporter. I think he has always given his all to this team. Aside from his great center field play, when the guy gets locked in, he is a beast.
He was the reason for our success in 2006. He and Pedro were both part of the free agent class that turned things around over here.
crap……………
lets go church
what the hell is looking at?!!!
what the hell was that? DId a bug fly in his eye?
he likes to look at too many pitches
damn scully hit it on the head
RISP is killing us
that pitch was so low…ump is atrocious
Phillies have tying runs on in the 9th with 2 outs and Bruntlett up
done and done.
cmon guys we gotta walk away with something
phillies lose
Thu-uh-uhhhhhhhhh phillies lose!
final 6/4 diamondbacks
This guy Kuo must throw 106 MPH
Kuo = the return of Sidd Finch
this will be the longest 9 inning game in NL history
good lord
10 lob
DAMN that was hellova pitch
man if we lose this one….we know who to blame
Davey Johnson?
scott boras?
Why don’t these guys ever protect the plate??!! That inning is a microcosm of the past year.
granted, this guy can pitch, but at least make an effort…
Hey Church and Reyes pulled a ‘Beltran’
kuoned
: (
Do the mets even have a batting avg with runners in scoring position w/ 2 outs? I think the last person to get a 2 out rbi was Paul LoDuca last season
this season is .149 or something like that
.175 this year per baseball reference.
that doesn’t include today, obviously.
“An angry Church saying things that are not in Church.” –Scully.
That doesn’t quite make sense, but I feel you.
Scully for president
He is obviously a closet Mets fan also
give him a break…he’s 700 years old
he’s so old he was alive the last time the mets got a hit with a runner in scoring position and 2 outs
nice.
he’s so old, he was already old when julio franco was a rookie
I love Scully.
21 total left on base. this is RIDICULOUS!
This is just SAD
2-12 with runners in scoring position. sickening.
cmon figs 1-2-3 inning
jesus 10 left on base
10 lob in 5 innings. And they are now getting to the good part of the Dodger pen.
Somehow, I am not expecting good news when I check the result in the morning…
But, at least the Phils lost. Although Washington is sneaking up…
Ha ha, Ronny whited out the 1988 WS title out. Damn you Orel Herscheiser.
The pitch to Reyes was clearly a strike. The pitch to Church looked high and away.
Seriously you might not like the ump, but he has been consistent between the batters and teams and truthfully that is all you can ask for.
Classic line just said by Scully”
“this is one of those games that you are winning, but just standing around waiting to lose” (or something close to that.)
damn soo close
what song is playing currently for de witts at bat!?!?
I believe its Who Are You? by the Who
im going to be soooo dead for work today the way this one is going lol
think of it this way, you only need to be mentally at work until 3pm, then another game.
According to baseball reference Mets risp .247 .353 .364 – ba, obp, slg.
Walk Dewitt and Hu, maybe that will get Kuo out of the game.
Man, you guys are right.
2 outs, no on, 0-2, and of course the batter gets a hit.
No one on this team can ever do things the easy way.
Oh, and Scully just used the word “Dilatory” (sp?)
YAY!
wtf…………………….
Why was he talking about tongue depressors?
just disgusing…thats how you wave a guy around 3rd base
welcome back 2007! We Effing Missed You!
UGH! What a way to start a Wednesday morning.
LAME
where’s the backup there? way to stay with the play!
and THAT is the season, the past year in a nutshell….
Kelly Johnson
Chipper Jones
Pat Burrell
Blake DeWitt
stealing home and an inside the park homerun…in one game…only the mets
lol for real
well i guess it was a hr anyway……….
Dear god, Shawn Green in the LCS all over again.
Lol, he may have hit an inside the park homerun, but he still has a stupid name. Blake, yuck.
Once again with two outs and noboody on. This is almost getting predictable. This game is over. The Dodgers bullpen is unhittable. With a weak hitting righty on deck, why was this red hot rookie even given anything to hit?
Ryan Church is no Endy.
Close, though.
Looks like Church thought it was a home run. He kinda paused after he fell. Great effort though. We can’t lose this game (and now its all falling apart)
Funny. I bet if the same thing happened to Beltran everyone would be on his case for not hustling for the ball after the carom.
nice throw feet must not have been set
Scrubs thrive against the Mets
Delgado should talk over to Wright, hand him the first basemen’s mit, and ride off into the sunset
that would make us a happier people
soooo he makes crazy plays but cannot make a routine throw
jesus….Gather yourselves
wow…figgy should fight everybody on the team after this
Can’t we just drill Kuo for last year’s bat flip?
it’s sloppy crapfest baseball time
THIS is what happens when you leave guys in scoring position….and that is how teams score runs with 2 outs. I hope the Mets are taking notes.
Who was Wright aiming for in the field level seats?
Keith Olbermann’s mother
lol, that made me crack up. thank you for that.
sooo i guess those 10 runs would come in handy right about now huh………..
Dewitt will have 4 home runs all year.. count on it.
i don’t know…they do have 4 more games against the mets…i’d give him 9 homeruns
I want to puke once again.
I’m going to save everybody the heartache tomorrow. I’m going to write up the boxscore of tomorrow’s game and post it later. I don’t even need to watch these games anymore to know how they’re gonna end. Here’s a preview: 10 LOB, 6 hits, lead 3-1 going into the 6th. Maine loses the strike zone and starts to get hit hard. Leaves with a 3-3 tie with leading run on third. Smith then gives up the lead and things continue downhill from there. Mets lose 8-3
sounds about right.
My god this is just unreal…
Typical, only to the Mets!
They better start cashing in with those runners on soon before those good BP arms come in and shut the door. This game alone could turn a potentially great road trip into a horrible one.
cmon Wright hit a bomb here
Tough play that church unfortunately couldn’t make. I blame pagan more for not even attempting to back up. Cost us a run.
Its really amazing. I’m sitting there in the 2nd inning, were up 3-0, bases loaded and nobody out. We could have put the game away then. Now i’m sitting here a couple innings later and were losing.
thank god. Heilman is warming up
yes thank god, this game was getting out of control. we need Heilman’s calming influence.
only 104 pitches for Figgy, maybe we can score some runs now and he can go out for the 6th :-/
CMON GUYS FIGZ CANNOT GET THE LOSS HERE
unbelievable. They could just be rerunning a game from last year at this pace.
Nothing left but for the heart of the order to go down in the 6th on 10 pitches, then the BP to blow this open by giving up 5+ runs more.
If I see a W in the morning, I will be shocked. This team just never seems to win one when a game goes like this.
Actually, a good time to prove they have “intensity”, etc. If the battle back and play tough, great. If they get mopey and just pout out the rest of the game, a bad bad sign.
nice call
and here comes heilman to fullfill our prophecy
Kuo=God
wow wright… nice way to take ur defense to the plate..
Another Game. Same Story
Bases loaded 0 outs 0 runs for Mets. 2 outs nobody on 2 runs for the Dodgers.
I’ve see this game too many times.
well. there it is. it the mets m.o. leave men on on offense and don’t finish batters or innings on defense. it is like i little anything you can do i can do better contest.
Its amazing how bad wright looks at the plate right now. He’s trying to pull everything.
at least it wasn’t a strikeout…
where is it….where is it….ah yes….Looks like someone knows their Mets.
From approximately 11:00EST, after the 2nd inning…
NO KILLER instinct…now the game will stay close and willie will be forced to pitcher everyone in the bullpen.
i had to sign up just to say
YUCK!!!!!
And that Dewitt song is led zeppelin
Best. Pitcher. Ever.
this is almost embarrassing………….
Guys, I have officially had enough. Everyone have a good night. I hope the Mets come back in this one, but I strongly doubt it. O and whoever said it would be a 10 pitch, 1-2-3 inning for Kuo, come get your prize.
deep down, no matter how much we want it, and want to believe, what do you think? any chance to actually take this one? they just ‘look’ deflated.
Nope. I have no faith. Scully must have said about 6 times that they looked like they were standing around waiting to lose, and tht just might be true.
If nothing else, some of the guys (yes, DW, I mean you) are really pressing.
Forget about getting fire and intensity, they need to learn to relax too!
nope…they all look like somebody who knows they’re about to cry but they’re trying to hold it in…they’re done
Well, I had the 6th inning nailed, but Kuo owes them a couple of pitches.
Oh, I had missed Delgado’s golf swing of 2007.
Im gonna watch Scrubs on Fox instead right now. The mets simply are frustrated and don’t know how to fix their problems. It’s up to them.
scrubs?!! wow…are the mets that bad? you could at least watch an infomercial or something
7 K’s for Kuo……wow
thank god he can “only” get 16
I love the Mets, but I have such little confidence in them right now I would be willing to bet big money that they won’t even have a baserunner for the rest of the game let alone get a hit or score runs. Once Church bounced into that double play with the bases loaded and no outs, one could just feel another loss coming.
ill bet you big money that they will have a baserunner, and strand him at third
Kuo is throwing GASSS! wow!
BIG MISTAKE PULLING FIGGY HERE.
remember this decision willie lovers!
i cant beleive the negativity already.. at least wait til heilman puts this out of reach completely!
When O when will Willie’s head roll????
GET THE GUILLOTINE
man this is crazy. losing sucks as everone knows but its not just that its the way that the mets have been giving up these games thats killing all there cofidence and ours!!! not to call this one over but i have just become another glass is half empty mets fan.
…and there was so much hope after Arizona…It’s been said here before but this isn’t 2007 all over again. It’s 2005. This team will finish 83-79. All season long it will be two steps forward, one step back, four steps forward, six steps back. Mediocrity. A long, glorious trip to the middle.
Agreed..well said
I actually enjoyed the 05 season. Majority of the games I attended the Mets lost but my favorite game I attended was Pedro throwing a complete game shut out against the braves the day after my birthday.
the 05 season was great. We were just such a gritty underdog team………..good ol days
yea…this ain’t ‘05 (a season we were on the rise), this is 2002 all over again.
Glass half empty? I dunno about you, but my glass is completely empty, and this is my fourth glass, and I’m almost out of scotch.
the inside the parker literally drove me to drink
I would be worried, but earlier today someone posted that it’s still April. :)
of course we are losing and heilman looks like an allstar……..
nvrmind
heilman always looks great until he gets two outs
he’s like mr. sandman but in reverse
i have a few points id like to get out there, because i am driving myself insane!!!!!
1. Fire HOJO
The offense looks horrible since about the time he came along. I have never seen so many hitters consistently strike out looking, pop up on first pitches, look completely clueless at the plate, etc. Do we SCOUT PITCHERS??? One thing pissed me off, we faced that braves rookie, and he shut us down after the bobby cox ejection… After the game, willie said, “we had no approach against this guy, it was the first time we saw him”. How many times do averga eor straight up crappy pitchers make the mets look like the bad news bears??? Everytime we face a bumb, he goes 7 innings, 2 hihts 1 er…
2. Fire Pederson
This pitching staff is downright awful… to go with our batters striking out looking all the time, how many times do you see a mets pitcher throw a meatball on 0-2, 1-2????? fircal last night, the martin single last inning.. .Do we know how to throw a ball in the dirt???
It is may, and I am so sick of watching this team, its a joke. I love the mets… but look at us on here, we are all dying with this horrible display of baseball night after night..
You know we are not scoring again…
Oh wait, an update on pedro… WHOOOOPPPPPIIIEEEEE!!!!!!
what was the pedro update?
i think it was sarcasm
Sorry, don’t have SNY and got excited…
Man, it is 12:45 and we are starting the 7th…
He threw in front of Omar today in PSL. I didn’t really listen to the whole thing. Honestly, he can do whatever he has to do, and I wish him the best in his rehab, but I’ll believe he’s going to help the team when I see it.
And in that case, it’s not negativity. I really don’t know what he has left, if anything. Whatever they get will be a bonus.
they said he is ready to strat throwing, or thinking about throwing, or maybe he jus farted and they thought he was thinking about throwing.
METS = DEPRESSION
.500, here we come!!!
If you fire Willie and bring in a new manager he will bring in his own coaches. It’s time for Willie to vacate the dugout shouldn’t someone be held accountable for last year?
yes.. id like to drop the fn hammer on his big dopey head.. i cant stand watching him talk..
whats he gonna say tonight..
“You know, Figgy looked good.. i liked his line. Ryan Chruch really should have made that catch though.. he stinks, huh? Im gonna start Ollie again tomorrow, get my guy right back out there.. Oh yeah, and joe, im toasted.. ”
willie i know your not a bad guy, but this team plays like a bad sandlot crew for you, and thats why you need to go.. its not the managers fault, but you cant light a lamp under this team right now.. you are done here my friend.
let’s just leave him in LA with joe
The curse of the 1-2-3 inning lives.
man schnieder is getting run on more than piazza out there………
talk about taking advantage
at least his tips aren’t frosted…
Kuo K’s 2 this inning
nope… he walks the 7 8 9 hitter and reyes lines into a triple play and breaks both legs
and willie benches him for not hustling
watching heilman, he has such good stuff, if you saw him for just one batter you’d say he was a superstar, yet it’s just not working out… maybe he really is ready to get back in the rotation and be dominant
hope sosa’s taking notes
wtf..some of these hitters are just throwing their at bats away…..
this is the worst hitting performance I have probably ever seen. 3 2/3 innings 8 strikeouts!
Could be, could also be that Kuo is positively freaking nasty.
well he did lose his spot in the rotation this year…so i’d put some ofthis on the mets
as a reliever he had a 0.90 ERA coming into this day (10 IP, 15 K, 2 BB)
i
hate
this
team!!!!!!!!!!
SIAS, I think you said earlier you just signed up for MetsBlog today. The team is playing really sloppy ball, but they are down by 1 run! I’m glad I wasn’t sitting in your section last September. Breathe a little man!
i have been banned a few times… im letting it all out tonight, then im done until august..
i physically can not watch this team play anymore..
Kuo shouldn’t get paid today, he’s barely had to work.
hats off to kuo guys.
does this guy seriously not start???
he will when philly trades for him. yay! this guy ruins my life.
So… Anyone going to the new downtown sports museum this week? Looks fun.
Quick funny thing..
On that procede commercial, do you notice how they say
Giussepe Franco uses it for his celebrity clients, and then they show him hugging
GARY BUSEY!!!!!!!
Is he still a celbrity??? I thought he was in a parallel dimension?
I think he’s B list celebrity. I saw him on celebtrity fit club on vh1.
It’s not Gary Busey in the commercial!!!!!!!!!
How many times are we going to get it wrong, fellas? If it was, maybe we can hire him to be our pitching coach. He was a crafty ol vet in “Rookie of the Year”.
I wonder if the Dodger Stadium crew is hiding the chairs in the visiting team manager’s clubhouse. Supposedly after the Mets got swept last year in LA Willie broke a chair.
What did he do, sit down too fast?
no worries, he just sat on it funny
he turned the page tho
he just didn’t have his good sittin stuff that night…he got it going though…it was stii early
*still
Mock him all you want. Willie will be the one sitting on a broken chair sipping champagne at the end of the season.
ahahahaha! yeah! as a bench coach with the red sox! i’m not even sure this is a .500 team, and I’ve always known Willie is a TERRIBLE manager, bad all around, completely inept (pich-hitting, lineups, pitching changes, clubhouse, etc)
Get ready for Broxton and Saito….Nice game Willie Gump….great road trip so far….try motivating your players
Mets bullpen please take notes. The dodgers bp is what you should hope to aspire to be one day.
funny how you can be up 4-1, and still it seems like there is no chance you can win the game..
Heilman has kept us in the game, and he even got DeWitt!
Hopefully this game goes into extras and ends at 6am.
Steamboat Willies comments…..” We had em on the ropes there…got to try and put them away right there, but Kudoro got in a nice lil rythm and was able to put us down…..We’ll bounce back tomorrow it’s a long season and it’s still early”
here’s a fun game. put willie in different spots throughout history.
titanic: we had a good cruise, that iceberg just got a good bead on us and was able to put us under the ocean…we’ll bounce back though…i’ve got the hindenburg going tomorrow and it’s looked really good lately, it’ll be just the pickup we need
Navigator William Randolph, filling in on an important voyage for an ailing Christopher Columbus, keeps missing the new land. Tells Queen Isabella sometimes you just have to tip your sailor’s cap, and they’ll get there tomorrow.
America is discovered by a James Rollins sometime later.
what i’m really wondering is whether he trusts his guys
our secret weapon is coming up
our secret weapon should have been in the dodger bullpen coughing on guys
You guys. This game has been horrendous, but do you realize we are down by 1 run. 1! This game is not over. Breathing exercises?
Beltran is hitting with flu like symptoms? But I thought he was a pansy?!
.210 beltran and his goldilocks hair…I wonder if guisppe Franco is his stylist?
they are near beverly hills
why does gary keep saying carlos beltran is a secret weapon????
He is hitting 200..
He is going to strike out looking or swinging at a drit ball..
He carlos, i have flu like symptons, BUT I HAVE TO GO TO WORK TO EAT YOU OVERPAID 2 HOMERUN HITTING WASTE OF A CLEANUP SPOT!!!! I love you in the field though carlos..dont get me wrong..
But Blake DeWitt has tied you in the HR category now..
Watch him sneeze and hit a hr by accident
And The Glider could have legged out an inside the park HR last night.
Damn you were right. Someone also guessed correctly on Kuo setting down the heart of the order 1-2-3.
well dudes,, if changes are not made then this is going to be one miserable summer. Our last year at our ballpark will become a huge black eye. The GM and manager will forever be held responsible for this disaster. This might be the most talented Mets team we have ever had and they consistently underachieve and play like they don’t believe in themselves. Something has to be done so we can have one last dance at shea.
was that a ball in the dirt?
HEY I CALLED THAT!!!!
SECRET WEAPON STRIKES OUT on a DIRT BALL!!!!!
Very fitting that they’re playing the Dodgers.
Beltran coming up there as the secret weapon was exactly like Kirk Gibson, only completely different.
You think it would’ve made a difference in Nelson’s performance if Casanova would’ve caught today?
yeah, he wouldve only sucked a little bit, not completely…
It’s amazing how beltran will take pitches right down the middle and then swing at those balls in the dirt!!
would be nice to have that double a few innings a go
here comes
David “What is an RBI” Wright..
OK. DW. You own the Dodgers, remember? Law of averages? COME ON DW!!!!!
(Nice hit Church.)
ARE YOU FN KIDIDNG ME???????????????????
MY SON WOULDVE SWUNG AT BOTH THOSE PITCHES, AND HE IS 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
church has such a nice compact swing. it makes you wonder just how mismanaged the nationals really are…
I sense another RISP LOB
kelly johnson
auggie ojeda
blake dewitt
whos next, ashlee simpson and kevin federline?????
are they on NL rosters???
wow
swing the effin bt for the love of mookie….if we were home would the boo birds finally turn on wright?
yes…church and johan might be the only ones immune right now
cmon DWright….
the “SUCKING” disease has finally got a hold of wright.. church hasnt caught it yet, but he will..
It must be all that Booing of Andruw jones thats effecting the Mets play
Literally laughed out loud at that one.
i hope we lose 27-4
johan already caught a few vs the brew crew…
oh yeah…i forgot…i guess trade him for wags on the list
there has to be a way to blame this game on the fans…did they hear us booing through the tv?
my 9th graders arent going to be very happy w me in the am, thats for sure
dammm mets
pop quiz time!
Our team is 1.5 games back of first place on May 7th.
Our team is 1.5 games back of first place on May 7th.
Our team is 1.5 games back of first place on May 7th.
Our team is 1.5 games back of first place on May 7th.
Our team is 1.5 games back of first place on May 7th.
Shut up and have some faith. We are going to win this game tonight.
Let me know when the Mets win this game…..
WE SHOULD BE 5 GAMES UP ON THIS UNDERPERFORMING DIVISION..
KEEP SETTLING FOR MEDIOCIRTY AND THATS WHAT YOU GET!!!
I believe in the Alou solo homer.
Quick… what will the final score be?
5-4 dogers
6-4
8-5 mets…luis castillo hits the granny
Hey Jooztee,
Our team was seven up with 17 to play.
When you join us in the real world, let us know.
Im taking bets right now..
I am giving even money on brad penny throwing a 1 hit complete game shutout against the ” We are tired, its too early to play baseball, we thought last night was the last game, thats why we stopped playing in the 4th inning like we always do” Mets…
Well, we know Alou and Castillo will be out of the lineup, they are far too fragile to play day games after night games.
and beltran will have a tummy ache
This team is UN-WATCHABLE
No one is settling for mediocrity. Everyone in the organization wants to win. We also can’t panic like a bunch of idiots. We, the New York Mets fans, are the laughing stock of baseball.
Our team is 1.5 games back of first place on May 7th.
Stop crying.
We were the pre season, guaranteed to win the world series favorite, remember that? Even Steve Phillips picked the mets…
There is not a sports writer out there now that will take this underachieving team to win the world series..
wow….good thing no sports writers play for the Mets
Chill out
and think where they would be if the team actually showed up to play
is andrew jones taking BP with HOJO and Carlos 1 and 2?
If it wasn’t for the Detroit Tigers, the Mets would be the laughing stock of MLB
Here’s the story of the Mets’ Season….high pitch counts….no offense…too many walks….lack of timely hitting and an up and down bullpen…..smells like .500 baseball to me.
on a side note, there’s a guy in a suit sitting right behind home plate who looks just like craig t. nelson
coach for manager
Smith is just hot. I will cry when they send him down.
Alou, Delgado, Pagan.
I’m gonna go with Alou.
Let’s Go Mets.
I’m sorry, I haven’t checked all the posts, but has nobody really made the “HU’s on first” joke?
someone did
gary did… too obvious and lame..
ill make it in reference to the mets, because no one ever seems to be on first, so “Whos On First?
Lets Go Mets. Lets Go Mets. Lets Go Mets.
omar? is that you?
I want Jooztee’s happy pills.
And we all know they will send him down too..
THEY SHOULD DFA SOSA.. WHO CARES??? WE NEED HIM TO PITCH IN BLOWOUTS???
Smith will be the next heath bell, up and down and up and down, then traded, to become a stud.
I am two outs away from wasting my time playing GTA IV
mr met just jacked a police cruiser and ran down castillo
Do we have to hear all year how its PERFECT DEFENSIVE POSITIONING for delgado????
HIT THE BALL TO THIRD YOU MORON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Don’t be surprised if DW is out of the game tomorrow with “suicidal like symptoms.”
holy crap! that was hilarious!
prolonging the agony
We can do it!
no…no we can’t…
uh oh..
its slappy mcbadknees
ground out to third, or second???????????
Quick Poll
A. Castillo drives in tying run
B. Castillo drives in go ahead runs
C. Castillo makes last out
D. Castillo gets hit in the knee again
We have a RISP. Game over. HOpe I am wrong
That’s what they said in 1986, just ask Scully.
Jooztee,
I knew the 1986 Mets. The 1986 Mets were friends of mine. And this team, Jooztee, is no 1986 Mets.
{Paraphrasing Lloyd Bentsen}
2 on, 2 out, Castillo.
How about Marlon instead?
Willie trusts his guys. Castillo is one of the best 2 hitters in the game.
my thoughts too
ground out to third???
ray knight ray knight ray knight ray knight
that’s a candidate i hadn’t read here before
strike out on junk, or looking???
Look at the bright side kids, we’re only down one run
why do I get the feeling that the best part of this season will be reading all your comments?
By my count, Castillo has hit 3 balls into the outfield. 2 were foul, but hey — progress.
Way to swing Castillo…
struck out looking…that should be the mets motto this year
Castillo can do it!
ok this was awful. but that’s not a strike
PROTECT THE PLATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The mets should all get drunk and get that tatooed to their foreheads!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
can’t read it if it is tattooed to their forehead
but hey guys castillo so rarely strikes out, he is a great signing, someone please tell me what a fine widdle .300 hitter he is now
was that like 15 K’s for met batters tonight???
Well its obvious what the Mets need. Asian pitchers. O and more guys named Blake
i’d take an asian manager named blake
Did you see Larry Bowa repositioning outfielders? At least you can tell he is watching the game and has a pulse. How about him for manager?
bowa or the outfielders?
i’m fine with either choice
and one guy named augie
Thats what i was asking myself as well. Why not marlon in that situation? its stupid to bat castillo there. The outfield is gonna play extremely shallow anyway. Not only cant they do that with marlon, but he’s got some pop as well.
I HOPE CASTILLO BREAKS HIS KNEECAP CLIMBING INTO HIS BED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and that last half inning pretty much sums up this team right now, the get your hopes up only to let you down in the end!
Would have loved to see Marlon there…but hey stick with your old crusty veteran willie
Marlon is an older, crustier veteran. I hate Willie, but he did absolutely nothing wrong this game.
Marlon should have been hitting there. There is no argument you can possibly make as to why Castillo was hitting.
Friggin scrub DeWitt beats us… what a joke..
fire #12- it’s time
It’s time. It’s past time. Still, tonight made me want to fire the dang offense more than Willie.
Who didnt see that coming? The Mets cant come back in the 9th innings (or comeback period), and we’re the masters of the tease.
Seriously, I’d like to know how many comebacks we’ve had in 07 and 08, it has to be very low. This team has no heart and its disgusting.
the difference between the phillies and the mets
i hope we get swept, so at least there is a chance this guy gets canned before june..
swept in LA, and then swept by the nats..
that would do it..
5-12 donw the stretch last year AND HE STILL HAS A JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Damn you New Yorkers who moved with the Dodgers to LA and went to the game tonight! Damn you to hell for making it hard for the Mets to relax and get into a groove. The New York Fan Virus continues to hurt this team!
willie should option the fans to aaa when wise comes up
Is it an option if we just go on our own?
we’ll give omar the credit…it’ll make him look good
agita!
27 outs and 12 of them via the K…what an offensive powerhouse!
Or you could hope we win the next 4 games and take control of first place – but that is just crazy talk on this blog.
I thought they were winning this game….you must have just started watching this team to believe that
we do HOPE that they win the next 4 games and take control of first place…but we KNOW that they probably won’t…how long have you been rooting for this team?
22 years and I pull for them no matter what.
And you rip on other people for being “bandwagon” fans? What did you do with all of your Yankee stuff when you came on board?
I was 8 years old you dumbass and was first drawn to baseball then. The series against the Astro’s made me a fan for life. Wow, what an idiot.
Yeah, sure you were. SURE you were. That’s a lot of name calling there, buddy. If I didn’t know better, I’d think you were 8 years old NOW. You were like a lot of other clowns who became fans that year. Lying about it just makes this post about as pointless as the rest of your “contributions” around here.
You are serious> You expect a guy who has been a fan for 22 years to liken to you calling him a Yankee fan? And you expect me not to come back with name calling? I have lost an incredible amount of respect for you just based on these last few post. I have no desire to respond to you whatsoever. By the way, how old are you?
Yeah, I came at you like that because I don’t see you offer ANYTHING here other than the usual talking down to people who don’t agree with you. You lost an incredible amount of respect for me? That’s hard to believe. I haven’t seen you treat anyone with respect in any of the threads since I’ve been here.
Did you come here tonight with anything to offer, or did you just show up and ask people to stop being fans? Maybe that’s supposed to be humorous, but it’s pointless more than anything else.
You don’t want to respond to me? Don’t. I don’t really care. I’ve been around a little bit longer than you have, and in spite of what you think, you don’t know nearly as much as you think you do.
You have been on here longer than me? Are you joking?
Bigger question, why do you get so upset and challenge any poster who still believes or still has hope for this team?
Not around this blog. Just around. Anyway, I believe as much as you do. You can read my longer post down below if you want. I’m frustrated by more than just the play on the field. I’m completely burnt out on this Boo Gate nonsense, so I’m gonna cool it for a while.
If we have to hope every week to win 4 in a row, i think the Nats will catch up to us eventually.
we clearly all want the team to win, but admit it to yourself, they are not good..
this team shows no sign of being anything more than 500…
our precious alou is back, and we are 203 with him in th elineup.. and hell sit tomorrow, along with castillo and schneider..
So whats our lineup look like tomorrow boys???
is willie going to play?
But, no that will not get Willie fired, Seriously, I think some of the “fans” need to go on strike and give up baseball until Willie is gone. Please!!!!! Start right away.
The Mets are very capable of winning the next 4 games or for that matter losing the next 4 games. But I’m with you and let’s hope they win 4 in a row. But then again the way this team plays they could very well follow up the 4 wins in a row with 4 losses in a row. They are the perfect definition of mediocrity.
Is this what $150M (or whatever our bloated payroll is) will buy you? Omar got scammed.
what does willie say?????
Can we hear a warning shot from Omar, maybe.. THIS CANT CONTINUE LIKE THIS FOR MUC LONGER, OR HEADS ARE GONNA ROLL!!!! And by heads, i mean ill trade church schneider wright and all you other lighties…
I’m not sure whether to laugh, cry, break everything in my apartment, or all three.
I echo the sentiment put out by a previous poster: WHY NOT PUT MARLON IN THAT SPOT INSTEAD OF CASTILLO!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Fire Willie. Fire him. Please fire him.
I’m so beside myself right now. And all this time I’ve been the optimistic glass if half-full Mets fan. I don’t even know what to say about this.
Well I’ll say this. It’s one thing when your team doesn’t hit because they don’t have good hitters. That’s fine. You know what, I can handle that. But that’s not our problem. When your team can’t hit with runners in scoring position, and when your team is hitting well under .200 with RISP and 2 outs, that is due to LACK OF CHARACTER. And that’s the problem with this team – THEY LACK CHARACTER. They used to have it. For a whole season and then two months of the following season, they had it. And then they lost it very fast. And I don’t know if they can ever retrieve it.
This team is a disgrace. I don’t care if it’s early – I know it is. I don’t care if we’re only 1.5 games out of first – that was the perpetual story last year. I don’t give a flying f*** about any of that horsesh**. This team lacks balls, guts, character. They should be ashamed of themsleves for what they did tonight and what they have done all season. And I seriously wonder if anyone on this team, aside from a very small select few, is truly ashamed.
And I have completely lost my mind.
welcome to the club…hats and coats on the left, chips on the right
Frustrated but I can understand why you let Castillo hit there. Anderson would have been the next man up and you have to trust Castillo to get on. Anderson comes up and they walk him, who is up then?
johan
Your not serious are you>
not really, but castillo really really sucks
(besides, arizona PHs their awesome hitting pitcher)
i’m sorry, but no one is walking the potential winning run into scoring position for the sake of a matchup. not even torre.
When you have the pitchers spot up it’s very possible. You have to think at best they pitch around him.
Dude, I feel your pain. I’d like to scream, vomit, and smash my head into a wall all at the same time. Oops, I’m embarrassing myself as a Mets fan.
Does Orange-n-Blue have any F-ing Guts or What?!
Time to curl up in the fetal position and watch Game 6 of ‘86 for the 400th F-ing time!!!!!!
I think Trippingac sums up the sentiment of the fanbase perfectly.
Typical mets. Win 2 in AZ and start to build some momentum and then drop 2 to the Dodgers. They won’t get swept though. They will do just enough to keep afloat and give us all hope….only to crush us in Sept.
Then quit now Cuban. You ask earlier if .500 on the road was good enough? It’s more than good enough against good teams on the road. I am guessing you know how a season is built. Want to win 90 games with this bunch then go .500 on the road and 20 over at home. That’s 91/92 wins. Go .500 against the good teams and 20 over against the bad, that’s 91 wins. So yes i am encouraged by a 3-3 road trip against the Dogers and Arizona. I would not be encouraged by a 3-3 trip to come home a lose a series to the Nats. Then I would be angry.
How about 2-4? Cuz that is a possibility now.
Serious question, do you see any difference in this team’s attitude since May of 2007? To me, they look totally the same…bored…”its only one game”…”dont worry mentality”.
I actually don’t buy the bored thing at all. I see a team actually that lacks confidence and presses too much when things get going in the wrong direction. They come up thinking here we go again. Still could very well be because of Willie or lack of leadership.
I think both are very real problems. I don’t think they are very cohesive as a team. I don’t know who gets the blame for that, but they seem like individual parts They dont pick each other up. They seem ok with losing. Its just not what I want to see from a team.
I think they hate losing and with every down turn it digs a deeper hole in their confidence.
Might as well trade Wright at least he might have some protection in any other lineup.
And again, outstanding starting pitch…oh, that’s right, it’s the earned run per inning avg.
Hey, for a change the relievers were good, and this time we lost by only one run (okay so we led 3-0, just a technicality).
It’s only May 7th…
C’mon Castillo’s just warming up
and beltran will hit his stride
and delgado will find his swing
and pedro will be back
and el duque isn’t dead…
like some mentioned, that last half inning sums up this team right now. They play with a sense of urgency when its to late. After they went down 5-4 they went to sleep until the 9th inning. We let kuo come in and strike out 8 guys in 3 innings! Then against saito we finally get a couple hits. Where is that same sense of urgency. We need to maintain that the whole game.
This team is way to talented to be 1 game over .500. The fact is we can’t even blame it against the NL east as we’ve played pretty well against them. Its a good thing nobodies playing well in the division right now. We’ve been waiting for this team to hit stride for a year and a half now and put everything together, it still hasn’t happened.
They had two on against Kuo with one out….and they managed to srike out 2 times…I believe that was the 6th. Same sense of urgency or just lack of heart?
I dunno, Kuo was smokin’ tonight. He pitched an incredibly good 3 2/3 innings and struck out 8. We hit pretty well before he came in and pretty well after he left. We hit not as well when he was in the game.
Is that lack of heart? I think maybe we just ran into some damned good pitching. That wasn’t the whole of the Mets’ problem in this game, I know, but during the innings that Hong-Chih Kuo was pitching, I think they were just outmatched. It happens.
I have to fly over 2000 miles to go to a game at Shea. How can I be expected to spend that kind of money to support my team if all they do is phone it in half the time?
I am considering selling the tickets i already have and not seeing Shea one last time.
i know the team is play crappy right now but come on, if youve a fan all your life then you know you have to see at least one more game at shea and say goodbye or youll regret it. my dads been taking me there since i was 5 so i dont care how bad the team might be doing, i gotta see it one more time
Well, the positive I see in this season is that they won’t collapse. They will be nestled comfortably in 2nd place, and hope that the rest of the NL is awful to back into a Wild Card spot.
Honestly, right now I see the Phillies winning the division again, they have been playing really well. Howard cant hit his way out of a paper bag and they are without jimmy Rollins and still winning regularly. Also lidge hasn’t given up a run in like 15 innnings. The Mets will really need to get their horses going if they are want to keep pace. I fear they just dont have the heart or desire right now.
WILLIE TIME… COMIN’ UP!
We are still only down one run. Is it too early to panic yet?
we’re only a game out last year!
what is willie going to say?
He should say…
1. THIS WAS AN EMBARASSING LOSS…
2. WE ARE JUST NOT GOOD RIGHT NOW
3. I HOPE I DONT GET FIRED YET
4. WE REALLY REALLY REALLY ARE PATHETIC
5. I AM TEMPTED TO UNLEASH THE WRATH OFKAHN ON CARLOS CARLOS AND DW…
He will say:
.1. Its just one game
2. nothing to get crazy about
3. figgy pitched well
4. we will get rolling again
5. ryan church stinks for blowing that play, i always knock my best players for no apparent reason… johan, your next
6. hommina hommina hommina
Willie should throw a huge fit, call off the post game bull$hit session and knock some heads in the locker room.
you forgot the catch phrase of the night…” Kuo just got in a nice lil rythm……”
Also no doubt marlon should have batted there for castillo. I didn’t think willie did anything wrong up until that point. Stupid to bat castillo there. With one swing of that bat marlon is a guy that can give us the lead. The outfield was gonna play shallow anyway against catillo, on a hard hit ball their is no guarantee pagan scores despite his speed and the fact he’s running on contact. Just another great example of willie trusting his veterans way to much. You put your best hitter up right there, and that is marlon anderson.
Ohh and someone needs to tell D wright he can start going the other way again. In his first AB he fouled out yes, but at least he made solid contact. There constantly pitching him away and he’s been way to pull happy.
If I am managing the Dodgers there and Anderson PH’s for Castillo then I walk him. Then who is up?
EASLEY??
So know you have taken the bat out of your best LHPH against a RHP. Besides good or bad, it’s Castillo’s job to figure out a way to get on base there. I could have went either way there. I don’t think it’s a clear cut decision. Obviously now it is but not then.
Plus, Castillo, even with his slump, is batting .231 with a .340 OBP. Anderson’s stats are nearly half that. He hasn’t exactly been hot either. And he’s not much of a second baseman.
Pulling Castillo in favor of Anderson would’ve been a dumb move.
I really don’t get the Castillo hate that seems to permeate here. No, he’s not a slugger, but he never was — that’s not his game. But he’s smart, he plays hard, and he runs damned well for an old guy with bad knees. And, when he’s on his game (which admittedly he hasn’t been much this year), he’s a damned hard out.
your managing tenure is what’s up if you walk the go-ahead run into scoring position
Willie looks different tonight. Slightly flustered. At least he looks less robotic.
he’ll turn the page and get into his nice little day game C team lineup rhythm tomorrow
There will never be a time more appropriate or needed than right now to fire Willie. The team needs to wake the players up from his coma inducing ways.
I know that’s harsh, but it’s either now or never. If they wait til June, the team’s probably still at .500 or less and it’ll mean that many less games for the new manager to get things going.
But they won’t do it. It’s not the Wilpon’s or Omar’s style. They’ll wait until it won’t matter.
way too many wasted opportunities
we shouldve scored extra runs
we gotta start swinging better
figueroa gave up runs with 2 outs
didnt make pitches when he had to
missed way too many opps tonight
kuo was a bit erratic(???????????????)
not horrible, at least he said several times that they have to hit better…
He said they have to hit better???? Nice way to point out the obvious! STEAMBOAT WILLIE
I was born in 1986 and I’ve been a Mets fan my whole life. I think its outrageous for someone to question my fanhood because I support my team.
This loss crushes me just as much as all of you. But, it crushes me more to see “fans” with such a negative view of their team. I honestly believe the Mets need their fans’ support if they are going to succeed this year. Right now we have a home field disadvantage because of negative people like you who boo the home team. We are not the New York Knicks. We are 1.5 games out of first place with 131 games left. Support your team and you might actually remember why you love this beautiful game of baseball.
Well, What positive would you take from tonights game? 12 K’s , lack of timely hitting?? What have the Mets shown you lately to be positive about? A throwing error in Arizona? or that 5 hit performance they put on just about on a daily basis
Hey. I’ve been a fan longer than you. I go to about 20 to 30 games at shea every year and I have to travel over 2000 miles to get there. I never boo my team. I also go on the road to see the mets play (you will see me on tv occasionally being the obnoxious New Yorker on the road). Anybody that knows me will never question my loyalty to this team, but listen man, this is horrible and unacceptable.
In my opinion, this team is worse than the teams from the 70s and early 80s. those clowns were expected to lose 100 games per season. This team has been bought to win and they just aren’t doing that.
I spend a lot of time and money and effort to support my team. Is it too much for me to expect my team to do the same?
I’m a displaced Mets fan living in Houston, so I have to rely on mlb.tv. Therefore I don’t get the post-game, and it takes sny.tv forever to put the post-game up. Someone please tell me what Willie is saying, how he looks, etc.
Hey tripp. My suggestion is for you to get DirecTv. They carry SNY.
I would, but the homeowners association of my condo, for some weird reason, does not allow satellite dishes.
he looked flustered…but he said the same thing he’s been saying…too many ducks, didn’t take advantage of the opportunities….blah blah blah
Actually, I thought he seemed a lot more frustrated than he has in previous interviews. He did not say “it’s early, we’ll be fine” or any of that stuff. Maybe that’s a good sign.
5/7/2007 – Mets 19-11
5/7/2008 – Mets 16-15
I’m just saying…
9/30/2008 Mets 81-81
They have not been good of late, it is true. But I still love my team and I will always root for them until the last out.
sweet dude…you rule…i’m gonna keep getting angry when they lose a game on a backwards k
As you should, but there is a difference between getting mad and completely writing of the season and calling anyone with hope a Yankee fan.
Well, gee, I apologize for calling you a Yankee fan. I was going to call you something else, but that’s what came out. I’ll come up with something better next time.
what’s worse than calling somebody a yankee fan? not much.
AMS the original comment that I took objection to tonight and responded in support of another poster was this one.
“i hope we get swept, so at least there is a chance this guy gets canned before june..
swept in LA, and then swept by the nats..
that would do it..”
You tell me, does that sound like a fan to you? Do you not think that a guy wishing us to lose is a little over the top. Would it be too much that during all of this we could still root for our team? I want Wilie gone but I would never wish losing on the Mets no matter what. If that makes me wrong then so be it.
I’ve decided to take a week off from watching the games, and I guess I’m not missing much.
Well. we have to try to avoid a sweep tomorrow against their ace and our day-game B line up. Nonetheless, I will be watching.
I remember a time when we didn’t have to hope. We just went in and won series after series. Oh well.
I don’t know about you guys but I can’t take this much longer. This is our last season at shea… This is a very very big deal.. the mentality of the guys in the clubhouse is backwards.. They don’t realize that they are playing for us.. This team is much much bigger than any of these so called superstars. This team will go on and they will be gone.
They better check there attitudes when it comes to how they talk about us.. I personally don’t boo but I can understand why some might. Its sickening to watch this team lay down and die.
Well anyway, as long as people are talking about supporting the team and how often they can go, etc., I’ll just chime in on that.
I’ll get to about 60 games this year. I have a few different plans, go with different people all the time, and sometimes I’ll just buy a ticket on a whim when I feel like going to a game I wasn’t planning on going to that day.
And truthfully, I’ve been in a bad mood all day, and probably haven’t handled it all that great. The point is, all of this stuff about people not supporting the team, and about the boo-birds making the team want to go on the road, I’m going to say one last time that it’s nonsense. Sure, some people are booing, but it’s been blown entirely out of proportion… Most of all by the NY media which needed a story, so they created one.
Put Aaron Heilman in any other ballpark and tell me he wouldn’t have been booed by now. But I never did. People forget that Schoeneweis was also linked to steroids, and maybe some of the boos were for that too. I don’t know. I didn’t do it. People booing Delgado for gettting older or Santana for not having a great start are out of control. But I didn’t do that either.
And neither do most of the fans at Shea. But I’ve seen post after post from people here that have practically blamed the team’s struggles on the people who pay their hard earned money to go to the games. Games the Mets have won more than they’ve lost, incidentally.
Anyway, I like this blog, but I think after seeing so much of the Boo Gate take it over, it would be good to take a break for now. For anyone who can get to Shea this year, please do so. You’ll find that things are much better than have been reported.
Take it easy. I’ll say the same three words I said when I first posted here.
Let’s Go Mets!
Good post. I think the boo reaction has been much overblown too. I do think however, if we are going to win this season we have to have a home field advantage and so far we do this season. I can’t say as to why we played so poorly last year at Shea only to say that this team lacks confidence, especially at home. Hopefully with a 9-5 record at home this season (I think?) we have started to turn the page there.
Sorry but as a Met’s fan for so long in an area where being a Met’s fan is, well there are none, makes me very combative anytime that someone comes on and just bashes them to the point of wanting them to lose.
I also have been a poster on this site since the first few months it existed. I have watched it change dramatically as far as the type of posters it has attracted. In the begining there were many fans way more knowledgable than I that would debate baseball. The only true always negative guy was Mr. Met. Now I the blog is home to about 1000 posters who come here to vent. Believe it or not over the last few months I have watched the exodus of many of the longtime posters. I miss those guys and long for a day in which every poster on Mets blog supported the Mets.
I should also apologize to you, because while I didn’t agree with your post at the time (and said so), I did not realize that it was in response to someone saying they hoped the Mets would lose.
That line of thinking — that if they get swept this or that will happen and things will get better– has never had any merit. If I would have seen that, I never would have jumped on you.
All the more reason that I think I will take a break for a few days. I may be new to the blog, but this sure has been some time to get started. A little time away couldn’t hurt, because this is supposed to be fun, and tonight sure was not. I don’t know if it’s the up-and-down play, or the perception of the boo-birds taking over Shea, but people who are supposed to all want the same thing are at each others’ throats, and it wasn’t just you and me tonight. Hopefully things will get better soon, and that will stop.
Thereal,
Now I understand your knee-jerk positivism. Your geography dictates it. I’m with AMS on this, and think his post was spot on. I agree with you, however, that the site has changed. I too remember when Mr. Met was the only downer. Part of it is just increased expectations, which is a good thing because it means a more talented roster.
A larger part – and here is where I fear you just fail to totally grasp the nature of this factor – is that many, many fans who have always been very supportive and positive were deeply, psychically wounded by last season. Fans that were always happy-go-lucky and eternal optimists vis a vis the Mets are now embittered in ways even thy thought would never be possible. And they are stunned when they see other fans who seem to have been able to let last year go so easily. And, honestly, I don’t know what, other than lots and lots of time, can heal that.
I will confess that I am one those fans. I will also confess I sometimes (though less often that you I am sure would think) post comments that even I think are a bit much – but feel so necessary and cathartic after all the bitterness.
None of that means that the newly pessimistic crowd aren’t good fans who were there and were in full throated support during the lean times of the early 60s, much of the 70s and early 80s and the 90s, etc etc. depending on age.
AMS is right, being at each others’ throats is not the answer.
wow, what an awful loss. I passed out when Kuo was pitching and we were up by a run, and just woke up to find out we lost. I don’t understand how a talented team can be so bad with runners in scoring position. I don’t know if it’s heart, lack of desire, bad luck, or whatever, but it’s become pandemic at this point. They just seem to lack the killer instinct to put opposing teams away. I’m a fairly positive Mets fan, and I still believe this team has a lot of good baseball in it, somewhere, but to date, this has been the least enjoyable Mets squad to follow since 2002.
This team is just so frustrating to watch! They NEVER get a big hit. Can somebody tell them to take the bat off their shoulders and swing at an 0-2 pitch once in awhile. This is the same crap we saw last year win two loose three. Can somebody tell Beltran to get the sand out of his panties and man up and play a game when his belly hurts him a little bit. I still hope this team can turn it around but I think the saying goes”Its getting early late”.
Why is it that Mets pitchers seem to give up hits and runs with two outs? They quickly get two outs then implode. You see it coming everytime. Its fustrating to watch.