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The Mets (22–19) defeated the Yankees (20–24) by the score of 11 to 2 in Yankee Stadium tonight.
For a boxscore, stats, etc, go to SNY’s Mets Recap Page.
Oliver Perez will test your patience. He ‘looked’ like a total mess out there at times tonight. He was all over the mound, all over the strike zone, he was walking batters, using different arm slots, landing in different places, he was spinning off the mound in his follow through like I had never seen before, yet he was throwing nice and easy, kept it together and allowed just two runs in to the eighth inning. He’s a total enigma, but as long as he’s a successful enigma it works for me.- In the fourth, the Mets picked up a hand full of runs, after starting the inning with the bases loaded and one out. However, Carlos Delgado hit a home run off the bottom of the foul poll in the left-field corner, which was reversed by the home plate umpire following a pow-wow at mid field. It was clearly a home run. The third base ump, who was closest to the play, actually called it out, yet the home plate ump, who was furthest from the play, called it foul. Unreal. What’s worse, is the umpires look confused when doing this sort of work. Get. It. Together. Blue. Jeez. The score should have been 6–0 at that point. Fortunately, Delgado ripped a single to get one back, but still.
- Following the botched call, both Willie Randolph and Jerry Manuel were jawing at the ump from the dugout, but it was Manuel who got tossed and not Willie. People will make a big deal out of this, as if Randolph getting tossed from a game really matters in the grand scheme of the game. Of course, it doesn’t. That said, it’s sort of funny, in that with all the talk of Randolph’s passivity, it’s his bench coach who gets booted. Nice timing, skip.
- I don’t mean to pile on, but why is it so hard for Jon Miller and Joe Morgan to actually talk about the game at hand. It’s right there, on the field in front of them, yet they’re seemingly always talking about some other nonsense that has nothing to do with the game.
- The Mets played some nice defense tonight, including a nice play by Perez and Carlos Delgado. Ryan Church made two nice catches, including a sliding grab to end the second inning.
- Speaking of Church, he hit another home run tonight. He has been this team’s MVP so far, and I’m happy for him. He plays hard, plays well, and I’m glad he’s on this team.
- This game seemed like it was out of reach for the Yankees when it was 8 to 2, but then Jose Reyes clocked a three-run HR in the seventh and that was that. What had been a likely win, turned in to beat down.
- Best part of the game: 20,000 or so Mets fans, with only a few thousand Yankees fans, left in Yankee Stadium during the ninth inning.
- This worked out so well. Given the mood surrounding the team these last few days, beating up on the Yankees in the Bronx on National television has to make them smile on route to Atlanta to take on the Braves.
- By the way, if the Mets are supposedly ‘flat,’ then what on earth are the Yankees. Good luck with that, Hank.
The Mets will be off on Monday, then travel to Atlanta for a double header against the Braves on Tuesday.
jon iller and joe morgan were so annoying last night. at some points i put the game on mute. why the heck are they talking about basketball. i also hate those sportcenter updates. they showed the same thing like 5 times.
Every announcing team that isn’t Gary, Keith and Ron just plain sucks, especially Jon and Joe on ESPN and McCarver on FOX. The SNY bunch (Kevin, too) really are the best at what they do and we are damn lucky to be able to have them in the booth. Let’s hope they don’t split up anytime soon.
Wells said, Mexfan. There is no better broadcast booth team in all of MLB.
Mike Reilly and Bob Davidson, deserve to be fired.
First, mike for allowing an umpire further than him rule on the play. Second, his hand went up right away. How do you go from be sure it was a homerun to being overruled.
Davidson, for thin king his fat arse saw it go foul. If your not sure, why rule after a call was made? The crew last night was the biggest bunch of meatballs I have ever seen.
+1
The SNY broadcasts would mean nothing if not for Giuseppe Franco and Gary Busey.
lmao
The only thing better than a solid Met win over the Yanks is WFAN Steve Somers’ monologue afterwards. After Saturday’s win, his monologue had me partically drive off the road.
Abre-boo
Fansworth..boy, did he get on that guy.
Man, the things he comes up with…pure genius and absolutely hysterical!
i dont mind them talking about basektball every now and then, but that was excessive…not to mention the way they kept starting stories and not finishing them…ugh
I really cant stand these Mets-Yankees 8PM espn sunday night games, i would love a good 1PM SNYgame for these Sundays. Joe Morgan has to explain the finer points of baseball to Jon miller like he is in kindergarten!
The funniest part was Joe talking about how shortstops have to be able to dance, then saying Jeter does it with power and speed where Reyes does it with speed and uh quickness.
Moron.
I actually found that part interesting–though Morgan’s explanation left a lot to be desired. Though Reyes does it with speed, quickness, and power–his arm is clearly better than Jeter’s.
They are such idiots. Did anyone hear how when David Wright tagged up from third, Joe Morgan kept saying how David left early? Then he saw the replay and said that while his foot remained on the bag, his upper body left the bag early. Someone want to explain what that means? Then he just wouldn’t let it go for like 10 minutes, saying that the Yankees would probably appeal at third, showing the replay over and over, commenting on where the umpire was. Hey Morgan, you’re the only one who thought he left early. Just let it go. That was only one of countless moments during their broadcast which left the listening audience a little dumber just for listening.
They also seemed to really believe the foul pole was in the wrong place, which is absurd. And John Miller pronounces Beltran wrong for yet another broadcast–you’d think someone would correct him by now.
Actually Massey, YOU are incorrect with the pronunciation of Beltran. His name is pronounced BELL-tron. Jon Miller actually works very very hard at saying a player’s name correctly. As a broadcaster, he’s got many short comings, but I appreciate his effort to say a guys name the right way.
Well, after the numerous replays and actually shot of the foul pole. It looks like there is a 3 foot gap from the homerun line on the padding to the actual pole. So to fix it they would need to draw the lines a little further in.
Actually, Miller pronounces it, bell-TRON. He always stresses the 2nd syllable. Drives me insane everytime he says it….
Ollie’s line should read: “kept it together and allowed just three……hits in to the eighth inning.”
Ball Game Over! AL East Race Over! AL Wild Card Over! The Yankees SUCK!!!! THHHHHHHHHHHEEEEE YANKEES SUCK!!!
Back to Mets. Let’s not Willie off the hook for 2 good wins. Jerry Manuel did a great job campaigning for the Mets managing job and he got my vote by getting himself tossed.
Great point, Shea1986. Kudos to Jerry Manuel. Your John Sterling needs work, though. It’s more like “DuHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHuHuHuHHH, YANKEEES SUUUUUUUUUUCK! ” :)
i didn’t read all the way down - so my bust if someone else said this.
if you paid attention…. willie was the one yelling at the ump’s and was about to get tossed. manuel then got off the bench and started jawing so that willie didn’t get tossed.
Yeah, I heard the ump say “Shut up, Willie!” before Manuel got tossed. Initially I thought Willie got bounced, then I saw Jerry heading to the clubhouse.
I just do not get it. The Mets are now 1 game out of first and we still get people calling for Wilie to be fired. The team has not had a great stretch yet and we are almost in first. I think in the long run we will run away with it. Besides it isn’t like Willie was sitting on the bench staring at the ground the man was out there arguing Jerry just happened to say the magic word.
I love when the Mets beat the Yankees. It makes work so much more enjoyable the next day, considering I have a bunch of Yankee fans here in the office. What a great weekend.
A bunch? Try the whole office! Me and one girl are the only Mets fans in an office of like 20 people, althiough one guy likes the cubs and one the cardinals. But when thr Mets beat up on the Yankees, all the Yankee fans are so quiet, as if the games were never played right?
In that case, I remind people the games were played by leaving copies of the back page of the Daily News on their respective desks. the headline - Even Bogus Call Can’t Save Yanks from Mets Thrashing.”
Beautiful.
The Subway Series does Matter. There I said it and I LOVE IT.