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The Game:
The Mets (22-19) begin a four-game series versus the Braves (22-21) with game one of a day-night doubleheader today at Turner Field in Atlanta, starting at 1:00pm EST.
The Lineup:
- SS Jose Reyes
- 2B Luis Castillo
- 3B David Wright
- CF Carlos Beltran
- RF Ryan Church
- LF Moises Alou
- 1B Carlos Delgado
- C Brian Schneider
- P John Maine
The Pitchers:
RHP John Maine (5-2, 2.81 ERA) toes the rubber for the Mets. In his last start on May 13 versus the Nationals, Maine earned a victory allowing two runs, one earned, on wo hits while walking one and striking out five over 6.0 IP. He has allowed two earned runs or less in seven consecutive starts. In five career starts versus the Braves, Maine is 2-2 with a 4.61 ERA.
LHP Tom Glavine (1-1, 4.41 ERA) takes the hill for the Braves. Glavine earned a win in his last start on May 14 versus the Phillies surrendering four runs on four hits and two walks while striking out four over 5.2 IP. Left-handed batters are hitting .323 versus Glavine this season. He is 16-7 with a 2.86 ERA in 35 career starts versus the Mets.
The Notes:
Moises Alou is batting .313 (21-for-61) with 3 HR and 14 RBI in his career versus Glavine.
Brian Schneider is batting .333 with 1 HR & 5 RBI in his last 15 at-bats. He is batting .270 (10-for37) all-time versus Glavine.
The Braves are 8-7 during the first game of a series this season.
Kelly Johnson is batting .250 with 5 HR and 18 RBI in 96 career at-bats versus the Mets.
How To Catch It:
Today’s game can be seen locally on SNY and heard locally on WFAN.
The Bleachers:
For a live chat, head over to The Hot Foot Bleachers.
…enjoy, and as always, Let’s Go Mets…
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The one matchup that cannot be allowed today, Heilman vs. Kelly Johnson.
Ain’t that the truth. They have to get more consistency from the pen, some of this is on Randolph but Peterson and Omar need to shoulder some of the responsibility. I think they have the arms, this is another area that I think will improve from the first 40 games.
I like the lineup as well, lets get the opener. They have to take pitches and get the pitch count up. I posted earlier Galvine has been less effective against lefties so far this year, he is not the same pitcher (as if we didn’t know). Delgado has also hit him well.
If you think they have the arms, why the hell should Omar take any responsibility? How many bullpens would you feel comfortable completely swapping with ours? I bet that number is smaller then 5.And yes, Omar should take responsibility for the fact that our best reliever over the last 3 years is in a slump serving up HR balls. Omar, why didnt you foresee this?
At this point of the season, anyone versus Heilman can’t be allowed.
Love the lineup.
It’s the “my a$$ is on the line here” Willie special.
Mets, I don’t care if you lose 100-1 in game 2, please kick this clown’s a$$ in game 1. You know what to do, find out early if his 2 foot outside pitch is going to be called a strike (which in Atlanta is a 50/50 proposition) and if not, take until he lobs his slop over the plate.
That is what I’m talking about. Take everything out on Glavine. Pretend he slept with your wife/girlfriend/dog, etc. . . And punish him!!
(I usually don’t get vindictive, but I am today).
Glavine has awful, awful stuff. That said, there were plenty of games the past couple of years where he managed to get by somehow. Let’s hope today is not one of those games! Glavine has horrible stuff lets pound it into the gap and right at Frenchheart’s (oxymoron if I’ve ever seen one) stupid smiling face in right field!
How Glavine performs on any given day depends on how wide the umpire’s strike zone in. If he has to throw ‘real’ strikes he gets shelled.
And I’ll have it on, on MLB.TV definitely with the sound off!
ESPN Game Cast, or MLB Gameday?
I sort of hate both, but usually go with Gamecast…Gameday betteR?
LIke Orel Hershiser, I thought Tom Glavine was nothing more than a double agent. Go get em boys and show no mercy.
With a lefty in game 1 and righty in game 2, shouldn’t you work to your team’s strengths and play Castro vs. the lefty and Schneider vs. the righty?
I think lefties are actually better against Glavine. If I remember correctly.
Yes. Church only 1-12 though.
Castro 1 – 4.
so this is why Church is batting 5th oppose to 2nd?
You guys love this lineup? I would also if there weren’t a second game to be played. Why not mix in the reserves and regulars for each game and try to win them both? schneider won’t play both games so why not start him against the righthander tonight and Castro against the lefthander? how about giving Tatis a start against the lefthander and delgado in the 2nd game. I am tired of .500 ball. Try to win both of them!
Is the game delayed? I’m at work, so I am reliant on either Gameday on ESPN or CBS Sportline’s game center, and nothign is happening.
How does CBS Sportsline compare to MLB Gameday and ESPN Gamecast?
It’s not as good. I just like the layout of the MLB and ESPN gamcasts better. The other two have better graphics. Unfortunately at work I can’t use MLB, which is my favorite of the three.
yeah whats up with that
Hmm according to that lineup card, Ryan Schneider is catching for us today.
Maybe the Mets should have made up special road alternate unis. The colors could have been white/black/and aqua for todays game
Seriously? One-pitch and bunt from Jose?
Would like to see him take some pitches and make Glavine work…
26 pitches would have been more is reyes to a pitch or two more
as my first baseball related post of the day…can we please knock Glavine out after 1/3rd of an inning? Maybe he can be devastated to lose for Atlanta.
I like your baseball posts, keep it up!
He is clearly done, even if he pitches decent they should be in the pen early which can impact game 2.
Big game for Johnny Maine, save that pen.
HAHAHAHAHA!!!! CASTILLO!!!!!!!
HOMER BY CASTILLLLLLLO!
HAHA!!! SLAPPPPPPPYYYY!
home run? castillo?
LOUIE!!!
Holy crap, little Louis hits one out! And I don’t even have him in my fantasy starting lineup!
thats f’in cool
Glavine might wanna think about retiring right about… now!
Is that a typo on Gamecast or did Castillo just knock one out???!!?
wind must be blowin’ out.
Slappy. Insane. Gary was saying how Castillo owns Glavine. Even had a homer off him. I was thinking, “Wow, Slappy actually can hit a homer?”
Sure enough, Slappy’s ownership of Glavine continues.
willie!
..Was shown clapping stoically on the top step.
How dare SNY!
Slappy McHomerton
that was a 330 foot pop up! luis !!!
I love it. Only 6 runs to go with this one out.
YES! if all luis faced was soft tossing lefties he’d be absolutely Ruthian.
Guess we now know how Rollins hit Glavine so well. . ..
How come you can’t ever listen to the mets game on wfan.com, they always black it out with old Mike and the Mad Dog shows??
Cause you gotta pay for MLB Gameday Audio. It’s all about the money.
MLB has broadcast rights if you are out of the coverage area.
I have MLB.com’s Gameday audio. 15 bucks for the whole season.
Stupid MLB rules. You have to subscribe to mlb.com in order to listen to radio broadcasts.
That sucks b/c at work all i have is the internet, I’ll have to use metsblog, keep with the updates!
Ummm, mlb audio IS on the internet, Is really cheap. $15 for the whole season. Can choose which radio feed, too (home or away).
Are you devastated now you piece of crap, you just gave up the least likely home run in baseball
Somebody check that bat!
keep taking, this guy doesn’t throw strikes
damn, if it weren’t for that gift by Reyes this guy would really be screwed
Please don’t let this *#&$ off the hook here.
ya gotta love it Glavine at his BEST this is what we endured when he was a Met!!!
BTW, is anyone watching the game. The pitches that are being called sttrikes look way out of the zone according to Gamecast.
Nah, if anything the ump has a small /accurate zone. Gary and Keith and Ronnie talking about how pre-Questec, Glavine would get many of the balls called strikes.
keep taking…
LETS GO METS!!! I hate this sonuvabitch…
I HATE the Braves announcers! They are so awful and such homers
lol, you mean Ron Darling?
j/k
Whats a “homer”?
I hear Michael Kay get accused of being one all the time
kay isn’t as bad, but a homer is a guy who is so blatantly FOR the home team that it’s awful. It is just biased opinions, and comments that do nothing but downgrade the other team and boost your team. it’s unfair and the gary, ron and keith never do it. which is why they are the BEST in baseball. kay just sucks in general, especially his contrived homerun call. just awful
Why do you have Braves’ announcers? Extra Innings has SNY for this game.
As for homers, the braves guys aren;t as bad as the Nats. Any long fly by the Nats, and thgeir play by play guy literally yells, “get up, get up, get outta here, YES! Woo hoo! a Nats homer!” Unprofessional hack.
you are exactly right about the nats guys, just terrible. but i’m watching on mlb.tv. so it’s the braves guys. they suck
I think Yahoo Sports is down guys. Anyone know where I can get another feed of the game? It says “L. Castillo homered to deep left”. Malfunction?
1-0 Mets
Bases loaded, 1 out
LET’S GO ALOU!
Someone posted a couple games back (I believe it was during the reds series) a website where mlb games were streamed for free. Anyone remember that?
myp2p.eu but you need to install some software called tvants and for some reason the stream doesnt seem to be working for me right now. Might be because I am trying to watch it on a windows tablet, Mac is not supported by this site.
THIS GAME IS GIVING ME FLASHBACKS
what the hell happened?
that was a rope- tough luck, alou
c’mon moshe
Comeone Tommy pay us back with a 7 run inning too!!!!
Aww damn. :(
one run would be highly disappointing.
Shcist…Don’t try and pull him Alou!!!
come on Delgado, you want out of my doghouse, take this son of a bitch deep
c’mon Delgado…knock him out!
man… alou and delgado hit the ball hard. those both could have been doubles
The old Delgado hit him to a the tune of .500
ugh…one run was a bit disappointing there. At least they made Glavine work.
Durn. Got to cash in on those opportunities.
i feel like every game the mets get bases loaded and can’t get a run home
Two ropes, 1 long pop up, two singles. Only 1 run from the pop up.
that sucks
manny acta would have had glavine knocked out of this game
only if Glavine was still with the Mets…
Damn it, you can’t let him off the hook like that…
They must have the least sac flys of any team in the league, gotta look that up.
Glavine will be lucky to go 4 though, lets stay on him.
atlantasnumberonemetsfan moshe cant get it done!! Nebach
Of course at the same time, the offense has struggled the first time thru the lineup lately, only to come alive the 2nd and 3rd time thru…so let see what happens.
JOHNNY MAINE!
god Glavine sucks ass
although I’m sure now he’ll completely dominate
damn… that really blows, coulda been a big inning… lets go maine!
Missed opportunity, but a good start. 26 pitches already.
yeah, but you WANT Glavine in the game
No you don’t. Blow up the Braves bullpen so they will be shorthanded for the nightcap.
nah, in a DH to start a series we want to hit their bullpen early and often
what a frustrating squander. if they don’t rock him today i’ll be so angry
delgado really took his time getting to that pop up
Castillo’s hurt. . .
Or looked it anyway.
you can tell he’s hurt when it says CASTILLO on the back of his jersey
stop…what happened?
Running hard for popup in no man’s land in foul territory, It did look like he came up a bit lame. Well, lamer than usual.
and it begins.
escobar pulled a reyes there!
huge boo boo by escobar
arg! Can you guys describe to those of us not watching/listening?
escobar tried to advance to third on a routine grounder to reyes, jose had him dead to wrights at third
Escobar hit a double. Next batter hit a grounder to Reyes. Escobar ran for some reason and Reyes went to Wright to get Escobar out at 3rd. Batter safe at 1st.
terrible play escobar. fire cox.
Haha. . . :D
That is a play the Mets players would have made.
Look they hit the ball hard, its bad luck. What can you do? I’d be more upset if they popped up or struck out. You gonna blast Alou for ripping a ball to Chipper? Come on
Can anyone watching the game tell us if Sandy should have sent wright on that church single? I am just watching on Gameday. So far this year I have been frustrated with Sandy’s unwillingness to take a chance with sending a runner on a close play. Especially with our troubles hitting with RISP so far.
it was borderline – i wouldn’t have sent him, but i don’t think i would have been outraged if he went.
I don’t think so. It was hit pretty fast, so Blanco got to it quickly and actually made a good throw (in hindsight).
No.
Ok cool
Can someone please post with some sort of detail as to whats going on? For some of us this is our only source of info.
Metsblog is your only source?
Well, you are obviously online, so your choices include: MLB.tv, MLB audio, MLB Gamecast, ESPN gamecast, CBS Sportsline Gamecast, etc etc.
No one knows the website where they stream mlb games for free??
I don’t believe there is such a website.
there is…a poster mentioned it on the boards here a while back.
You can, it’s illegal though.
well im ok with that do you remember the website?
Or you could just pay for it. 15 bucks for MLB isn’t bad. I am sure your bank would give you a good interest rate on a loan if it is going to break ya.
myp2p.eu
You have to download tv ants first and hope your connection is good enough. I think tv ants sucks and it never works for me but I know some people who use it.
myp2p.eu
I agree with SoDak….I mean, it’s not like MLB.tv or MLB audio, or even the Extra inning package are all that expensive. Just pony up. It’s an Intellectual Property issue.
STRIKE HIM OUTTT!
kotsay scores on tex single…1-1
actually maine sorta got away with that pitch…could have been in the seats
finish him, johnny!
how many wins would mets fans be content with this series? i just want a split
I’ll take a split, but you need to win the Rockies Series.
I’ll take 4-3 over the next 7. Thats 6-3 on the trip.
Agreed. 4-3 is the minimum.
would be happy with 3 wins but somewhat satisfied with a split
we drop 3 and we are back on the willie vigil
Well I think a split would be the most reasonable desired outcome, but I’d love to take 3 of 4
3-4 for the series would be nice, however i think historically DH are usually split so a split of the series is more likely
Split is okay. Anything less than that is not good. Hope for 2/3 in Colo.
Split would be good with our troubles in that ballpark. I would however like to see 5 out of 7 on this roadtrip.
I want 3/4.
The sky would not be falling if they split, although it may seem like it. They need to have a winning trip though in my opinion.
anything less than 3 and we’re back where we started from with the inconsistent play
damn it tex…can’t you wait until next year when you won’t be in atl anymore?
yeah, so we can hear how he is the second coming of Gehrig in the BX.
Don’t rule out the Mets. They potentially have $42 million coming off the books after this season (Delgado, Pedro, Alou, El Duque, and someone else I think). Plus the new stadium revenue.
I’d love to have him on the Mets. Switch hitting 1B with a great glove.
Uh oh, Willie just shown doing nothing in dugout during Tex’s at bat. Bill Webb really IS a Klansman.
Willie said nothing about SNY being racist but continue on and get it out of your system.
He said race plays an issue in the crtiiques of him and also blamed SNY. You are correct that he did not explicitly connect the two. One can argue whther he implicitly connected the two. I certainly gleaned that, But, even if you say he meant them as two separate excuses, both are equally absurd.
Or, do you really think it is Bill Webb’s fault?
just the look on “larry’s” face makes me sick
better than in atl….
good point
F’ING MCCANN…JUST STRIKE OUT ALREADY
mccann pops to alou, inning over
Aw, man, you’re taking away the suspense. My Extra Innings feed is like 20 secs behind your posts.
LOL! like three commenters asked me to update.
I know. Cheap freeloaders want to rely on us instead of paying as little as $15 for the season for mlb audio.
just keep up the strategy, take pitches
just when i start to think i hate the sillies more than the braves, i get brought right back in and face reality. i can’t think of anything else in this world that I despise more than the braves. i mean, it’s actual hatred. even watching a florida state game, when they start doing that damn tomahawk chop it makes my skin crawl. which is why i hate fl. state too. man we have to beat these guys.
Both teams have wifebeaters and I have respect for neither fanbase. It’s pretty much even.
Fairly new to this Blog. Love you guys and your comments.
Can someone tell me is there any other way to see the latest comments being posted other than just keep hitting Refresh?
welcome, and not that i know of
Yeah, if someone has a better way please tell me, cause it s a pain to refresh and look back for the new comments
If you are using firefox and download an extension called tabmixplus, you can set the browser to reload at whatever interval you want.
Check that, it doesn’t work with tabmixplus, but you just had the extension – reloadevery – you’d be fine.
O.K. – thanks anyway.
schneider flies to kotsay, 1 out
was hit pretty hard. we are stinging balls against glavine.
That’s great, but they need to find holes. This is the thing with Glavine. He gives up lots of hard hit balls throughout his career but somehow always limits the damage. This is why Pujols made his famous “he wasn’t good at all” comment. Nobody knows how he does it with his stuff.
Despite the run, Maine was having a great inning before McCann came up..He was only at 12 pitches before that 10 pitch AB. Hoping that Johnny Maine can keep up that pace.
I’m telling you, Glavine is going to cruise now.
maine dribbles to kelly johnson, 2 away
reyes take BORDERLINE strike 3 inside, inning over
if they don’t put up a crooked number against glavine next inning… i am just gonna snap.
If I don’t win the lottery By tomorrow I am going to kill myself!!!!
Again, I am not watching the game but am using Gamecast, but those pitches seem to be way out of the strike zone. if Glavine is given a liberal strike zone, then he’s a lot tougher to beat.
except for reyes strike 3 last inning i think the ump has a tight zone, glavine is not getting calls.
So on Gameday, every called strike from Glavine shows up as being way off the plate. How does it look on TV?
No. As mentioned above, gary, keith and ronnie mentioned how Glav would get many of the ball calls as strikes in pre-Questec days. That he needs Eric Gregg back as a home plate ump.
HAHAHA – Sit down. strike 3.
frenchie failed to check his swing, K, 1 away
Gary talking about Willie’s SNY framing me comments.
Gary sounds more sad, like for a mentally ill relative than anything else.
ron darling literally just called willie “wrong” over SNY comments
keith surprised at comments, never heard anything like them before
Mild-mannered Ronnie: “Willie is wrong.” “Some of our best work is showing Willie and his staff educating the young players…He ought to spend his time being worried about his team”
Keith, in stunned voice, “Never in my 17 years playing pro ball have I head a manager say something like that.”
On the whole Willie saying his race comments were “tongue-in-cheek, both Gary and Ronnie befuddled by that excuse. Trying to give Willie benefit of doubt that he meant something other than “just kidding” like “taken out of context” or something…because “tongue in cheek comments about race would be very odd.”
can’t you talk about this in thread dedicated to this and allow us to enjoy the game.
Well, I can’t hear the broadcast, so I’m thankful someone is keeping us up to date on what SNY is saying…
zen, The commentary by the SNY guys is occuring in-game. It certainly seems pertinent. Pertinent enough for SNY, the best baseball broiadcast in the country, to take several half innings to discuss on air which seems to me makes it pertinent to our discussion.
And many people can’t see the game during the day.
the two of you fill every thread with anti-willie comments. it’s tiresome.
Where above did we make anti-Willie comments?
WHERE?
We were quoting newsworthy comments made by GARY COHEN, KEITH HERNANDEZ, and RON DARLING over the biggest news of the day in Metsland, which directly affects them and SNY.
For people that don;t have the SNY feed or can’t see the game at work. We were thanked for it.
I realize any questioning of your sainted leader Willie is verboten in zen-land, but there is no way that the SNY guys’ take on the recent controversy is of no interest to many readers of this blog. Especially the many who cannot see a day game.
This was my first Willie post in this thread…so relax zen.
watch out willie, SNY is gonna start focusing on you typing away on metsblog instead of patting asses.
he’s obviously close to being fired. move on.
What does that have to do with relating to those hwo can’t see the game or have the Braves feed on MLB.tv what the SNY guys were saying about the controversy about SNY?
You have yet to say what is wrong with us relating those facts to the blog’s readers.
Let’s Go Maine…quick inning.
Maine’s fastball had wicked movement there…goodbye Kelly Johnson.
Maine is getting in some loong AB’s…10 pitches to McCann, 9 to Blanco…no good.
come on, maine. finish off batters with 2 strikes
Its really just two batters that have killed in pitch count. 19 pitches to 2 batters, 24 to the other 7 thus far
Perez, Santana, Maine, all have had that problem. They get to 0-2 and 1-2 and then cant finish anybody. This is what gets their freaking pitch count up so high that is like a national holiday when one of our guys goes into the 7th inning.
Is it wrong of me to wish Maine would just bean Glavine here?
No. It is very much right.
Hmmm, another Met pitcher on pace for 100 pitches in the 5th inning. Awesome.
45 thru 2…not good
You could have a drinking game off of the breaks that the Braves are getting
Tom Glavine’s extended strike zone is not cute, its just fkcing b u l l s h i t
glavine grounds to maine, inning over
do you know what billy wagner does in his spare time?
pets alpacas
how did blanco get t o 2nd?
SB
stole second, went to third on WP
Thank god for Castillo, you know he’ll take pitches
flied to center on 3 pitches
wright flied to center on 2 pitches
and beltran flied to right on 1 pitch! 6 pitch 1-2-3 inning.
I guess the patient approach only applied to the first inning?
who has time to take pitches, they gotta be ready to watch the bench play the second game
Alright boys..they were hitting the ball hard the first time thru the lineup…now lets start cashing in those good swings.
Ugh. 45 pitches thru 2 innings for Maine. Not good. They are approaching maine the same way the Mets bare,…taking a lot of pitches. He needs a couple of quick innings.
Its not even that though…He just wasn’t able to finish off two hitters – Blanco and McCann, who saw 19 pitches between two of them. If they had modest ab’s, Maine is much closer to the 30 pitch mark, where he needs to be.
yup, of course, Glavine lucks out in the first inning and now he dominates. happens every time
Not every time, as we all know too well.
looks like glavines cruising with his extended strike zone
Is Glavine throwing curveballs??? I thought he got rid of that pitch when he joined the mets.
Sort of. . .Though unless you are Barry Zito, the Guru Jacket doesn’t like curveballs.
Damn you. . . Punish him no more. :(
Wow, that was quick.
Are you sh*tting me?
6 pitches and they done?
What the hell was that? They must have had their heads up their asses. In no way shape or form should they have let that piece of garbage Glavine get off scott free like that. Bad habits again!
geez
gee great inning, way to make glavine work
5 pitches total to retire Castillo, Wright and Beltran….
Not gonna cut it fellas! Make him work!
The ONLY reason Glavine ever succeeds is that hitter become impatient. That’s it, assuming the strike zone is called accurately, if hitters took pitches and waited for soft tosses over the middle of the plate he would never win a game.
You would think that the players would know this right?
His pitches must look very tempting
Well it seemed like the mets knew this the first inning and approached it perfectly. Then someone must have reminded them they were the Mets.
I hate Glavine so much I’m actually getting indigestion
Are you sh*tting me?
6 pitches and they done?
What the hell was that? They must have had their heads up their asses. In no way shape or form should they have let that piece of garbage Glavine get off scott free like that. Bad habits again!
geez!
Maine MIGHT get through 4 innings at this rate….haha
Wow, look at that! A nice 7 pitch at bat and counting from Maine to start an inning. I wonder what it would be like to have pitchers who can finish batters that have 2 strikes.
Or face teams like the Mets that never work the count?
Come on Maine, of all games to come back down to earth.
He isnt coming back down to earth. He really hasnt been good all year, despite the numbers, outside of the LA game. He has battled through in games like this and kept the team in it, but the whole season has been like this, and I would hardly call this coming back to earth. Why are you so stupid?
What’re you a 6th grader?
7 straight starts giving up less than 2 runs. Yeah he’s been bad.
LOoks like they let Glavine settle in when they had him on the ropes.
COmbine that with Maine at 45 pitches in 2 innings!, and this could be an early BP day. Not shaping up to be pretty, especially with a 2nd game.
ALthough with the cataclysm happening due to Castillo hitting a HR, it may not matter!
Can’t finish them off…somewhat annoying I must say….He won’t give up more than 2 runs, but it might be in 5 innings.
It is annoying, I agree, but I think when all is said and done he will get us 6 innings with less then 2 runs. Which is what he has done all year when he only actually pitched very well one time.
maine is really really inefficient right now
huge play by the schneid
braves look terrible on the bases today.
Really poor fundies.
Tags himself out – hahahaha !!
schneider caught escobar stealing
alou looks like an antelope in left field
Almost guaranteed that you are seeing HEilman today. ALong with everyone else.
Oh, the Braves announcer just dissed the MEts. Said on the ball up the middle, that Johnson would have been going to field it, and Castillo never moved.
Jeez, I thought only Met fans cold rag on Castillo!
the ball hit the bag, and escobar runs well, i don’t think it would have mattered.
maine is not good today.
woo hoo, they just switched over to sny on mlb.tv. this is awesome!
Same thing just happened to me! Woot!
Sweet! My mlb.tv just transferred from the ATL broadcast to ours!
I don’t know if the gods did this or what but my Mlbtv just switced to SNY. No more Homer the homer announcer. Yippie.
I dunno, TRS, you may have been offended by Gary, Keith and Ronnie ragging on Willie if you had the SNY feed earlier. ;-)
gipper, how can I get your email…i want to forward you an email I got.
If you click on my username, you’ll find my myspace page. I’d prefer not to give out my email in the thread.
Ok…I’ll have to do it from home cuz they block myspace from work.
no prob.
Remember Gip, I am in the I don’t give a crap section of the Willie debate.
I know…but the negativity!!! ;-)
I hate Tex, the guy seems to pad his stats against the Mets
LOL
I wish I was trying to make a joke
Does Maine have an out pitch?
I don’t know but he had 7 SO in 5 innings against the Braves the last time.
not today
2 outs, nobody on and they get a run in. bases loaded, 1 out, and we get nothing. typical
Great point….
It seems to me that that Maine is pitching scared, trying to nibble instead of going after them, or is his location just off today?
According to the guys, he is leaving his changeup up.
Then he needs to stop using it. LOL!
Seriously though, his chanegup is what seems to get him in trouble this year.
He hasn’t pitched in 7 days, so he’s probably rusty.
I’d like to say I’m shocked, but seriously, is anyone in the least bit surprised by how this game is turning out?
Wow, they just showed Chipper and Delgado laughing together. As if you needed another reason to want him gone!
Wait a minute, now I am seeing the SNY feed on mlb.tv. earlier it was the Braves feed. Wonder what happended (although there was a bit of a gap a little bit ago).
Maine may not make 4 at this point. He needs to suck it up, keep them off the board and go at least 5.
That happens in every single game you watch not just the Mets games. Product of FA I guess.
Tex has a bad case of “FNS” = Flared Nostril Syndrome
Francouer has a bad case of “BTS” = Buck Tooth Syndrome (only when he is batting though)
Chipper has a bad case of “CDBS” = Complete Dousch Bag Syndrome
This has all the earmarks of a game 1 blow out. Which of course will use up the pen. Not good when you have Pelfrey in game 2!
vargas, no?
These guys are well-disciplined hitting machine. Patient. Disciplined. They’re like stormtroopers, robots. It’s why they beat the hell out of Glavine when he pitched vs. them, and it’s why the Mets can’t seem to get it done vs. Glavine now.
Well let’s see if they wake up and realize that the patient approach worked for them from Saturday thru the first inning of todays game, before they fall into their old Mets habits.
too late
How is maine doing so far? I’m missing the game.
Ok well could have been worse. Though giving up a run, Maine did improve his pitch count slightly….If you follow the benchmark of 15 pitches/inning, he was15 over after the 2nd, but only 10 over after the 3rd. Settle down, and lets start hitting already.
yep, gotta score some runs.
Darn they switched back
crap, back to the braves guys, damn
Are the Braves guys commenting on Glavine’s wide strike zone?
geez, the Mets are making Glavine look like Cy Young here
They didn’t for 20 years why would they start now?
Here we go,…Mets bats fall asleep against crappy pitcher.
It just boggles the mind how Glavine can commit the equivalent of pitching suicide last September, killing himself and his team, and then turn the gun on the Mets when he faces them the very next season.
Glavine looked like Andy Hawkins in his years with the Mets but the Mets will do their part to make him look like vintage Glavine today….
dude its just ridiculous to watch this guy pitch….he never throws a strike….
Great job guys. Here you have the man that gave away your season last year. You have a chance to make him pay, and we get this.
Can you save that for when he is actually done pitching. We all know that Glavine is capable of stinking at a momments notice.
man, glavine is cruising. MAINE, we need a 1-2-3!
Glavine must enjoy home cookin’ , his belly is big.
ugh….so much for carrying forward the momentum.
They approached him perfectly in the first inning. WTF happened since then? Ugh.
The Mets realized they were the Mets – impatient, impestuous, not so swift on the uptake, no advances scouts,…..
Fire Willie
Hey, is buscuit and gravy or buscuit and jam or just a butter buscuit?
A fire willie biscuit…
that must taste like crap.
I still have faith in Maine.
had him on the ropes bases loaded and mets did nothing … better wake up soon or this weekend was for nothing
maine, just end the misery
Does Maine even have a strikeout yet???
And here’s why so many of us just plain dislike this team. They’re letting Mr. 7ER in .1IP crap all over them. This is a game we’re DYING to see them pound, and they’re blowing it.
AGAIN.
And a loss here basically nullifies this weekend.
Again, I can’t care a whit about 1 or even 2 wins in a row. Show you can win 5,6,7 in a row then get back to me.
Enough with this mediocre stuff.
cool, so all they have to do is win 4 in a row and then lose one and then you will go away? Tempting.
Nope, I’ll stay to spite you!
dont tell me delgado isnt a leader. maine, if you want to be elite, pitch well against the braves- it doesnt matter how you pitch against the nats and marlins
how is it that these guys dont take glavine opposite field all the time instead of pulling him?
I wouldd like to say I’m shocked, but seriously, is anyone in the least bit surprised by how this game is turning out?
Nope.
Here’s how I would describe this game:
“PFFFFFFFFFFFTTTTTTTTTTTT…..”
No
If Kelly Johnson played in 162 games vs. the Mets over the course of a 15 year career he would hit 820 HR, 1,673 2Bs and have a career average of .370…..
I hate all of these rednecks…in fact, i think Omar should spend some more time in Georgia (and Texas, for that matter) because they clearly grow smart, disciplined hitters on trees down there…
But if they were on the Mets who would they do this against?
only against the Mets, these losers will come back down to earth when they play everyone else. That’s what’s so frustrating
Did these guys not watch Glavine pitch the last few years??? In the first inning they have the correct approach and take pitches but since they are swinging early in the count. Doesn’t make much sense.
an absolutely pathetic job my maine thus far. watching glavine do this to us is just killing me.
Of all the games to suck. And both lousy games against the braves. Ugh!
Maine, I love ya…..but you sh!t the bed today. Thanks a lot.
blanco… you cant be serious! maine, get the frickin job done.
thats why this team aint going nowhere
Delgado??? He was over matched and over powered last inning by Glavine!! He sucks!!!!!!!!!!
Willie once again does not have his team up for a game after winning two against the yankees. Typical…..
well this time he actively ran his team off the tracks with the distraction he caused by running his mouth in the press.
c’mon on Maine. let’s go. This WFAN announcer sounds more like a Braves announcer than Mets. I miss the old crew from last year
Howie is still there. Wayne Hagin has replaced Tom McCarthy who took a job with Philadelphia. Hagin’s not that bad. He has his moments.
4-1
uh equals 3?
Negative thinking, I guess.
the braves are the best at getting 2 out rbis. I cant stand that team but I wish the mets played a little more like them
never judge a team by how they play against the Mets
Hitting machine. They’re robots, terminators. They know nothing but hitting.
Have the Mets ever seen Glavine pitch before?
Oh yeah…they have. Maybe they were trying to memorize their dance moves instead of observing how every other team in the NL over the past 5 years destroyed this guy with relative ease.
if only the mets could do this… and the worst part is that this inning isnt over
why the hell did maine put that ball where glavine could easily lay it down? throw up and in on him
F**king mediocre sc**bags.
I feel like putting my fist through the tv
MAINE, do you want to pitch to kotsay or jones? throw strikes!!
I bet I would make better contact than these guys.
braves have scored:
-with a man on second and two out
-with two out and nobody on base
-with the 7-8-9 hitters due up
the mets have scored:
-on a luis castillo homerun
braves wasted opportunities:
???
mets wasted opportunities:
-bases loaded 1 out in the first
-this entire game thus far, including being incredibly inpatient against glavine
Mets wasted opportunities:
2006
2007
……………..working on 2008
Braves=Hitting Gods
90 pitches for maine so far
Ugh can’t deal with this. If I’m going to procrastinate at work, I’d prefer to do it for something worthwhile.
I agree but the filters block out the good stuff.
hahah touche. SI Hotclicks helps pass the time
I thought that was my secret. :-)
i hate to say this, and i’m not being negative, just realistic, but this game is over. you can count on that. again, i don’t mean to be negative but it’s just the trend that the mets have shown all season, and most of last season. get down early to a good team and that’s just all. sucks, but it’s true. maybe they can prove me wrong, i sure hope so!
The only hope is that Glavine is equally as unclutch as the Mets
anyone who either swings at a first pitch or gets struck out by Glavine in this game should be fined
What the heck is our hitting coach hojo preaching to our hitters? And what about the esteemed jacket? He obviously knows glavine’s vulnerabilities…unbeliveable it’s like the worst coached team all around Fire willie’s whole crew except for Jerry manual.
The Braves hitters except Francouer have had a gameplan when they go up to the plate. I forgot that teams actually do that.
Franceouer is the exception to the Atlanta Hitting Gods rule. Boy can hit but he lacks discipline. Should be on the Mets.
Again could have been worse…..
Mets = .500 team
Wow, you think of that original and thought provoking comment yourself? Oh thats right it gets posted 30 times whenever the Mets are losing.
Glavine has been blowing a ton of leads this year. We still have a shot at this one
No we don’t…..this team very rarely picks itself off the deck.
Unfortunately the biggest deficit erased by the Mets in a win so far this year is 2 runs. :-(
Hey, plenty of baseball left here.
Not sure who just said it, but Wayne Hagen, the new radio guy, is awful. He clearly loves the Braves. And not like I expect him to be Pro-Mets ala Sterling with the Yanks, but jeez, try and sound a little like a home-team announcer. He seems like a person just visiting, stopping by to call a game, with no real connection to what team he is calling. Maybe that’s why he has bounced around so much, no one can connect with him. Give me Howie by himself, it works for Vin Scully.
I like when Howie and Ed Coleman are in the booth together at the same time. Unfortunately we haven’t had the pairing nearly enough over the past few years.
So how many pitches will it take for Glavine to get through this inning? 4?
Brave pen sticks, we have a shot!
What pen? Glavine will throw a complete game.
Are they as bad as that horrible phils pen that dominated the mets last year? i hope not.
plenty of time…LETS GO METS!!!!!!!!!! pick it up
Does anyone else not enjoy watching the Mets right now. I cannot understand how so many times the Mets can have no luck on hard hit balls.
Thats what happens when it’s not meant to be.
Eric at Always Amazin’ did a fantastic study on the BABIP of Met batters, and compared them to the expected BABIP (which is based on line drive rates). All players (except one..I think Schneider) are underperforming the eBABIP by a pretty good margin
Yeah, I saw that …. Couldn’t believe how lucky the Marlins players have been.
holy crap… are the braves paying the umps?? the strike zone for glavine is ridiculous!!!
COME ON METS!!! YOU’RE FACING FKING TOM GLAVINE!!!!!!
i loved schneider’s plate discipline against the yankees, but he swung at two ball 4’s and took and obvious strike 3.
thats a horrible call. when glavine gets that outside corner, hes tough to stop
THAT IS NOT A STRIKE!
Does the ball have to be over the plate for it to be a strike or is 8 inches outside OKay?
This is why I took nothing from the Yankees series. Losing this game against this shtty pitcher negates everything.
With another sure L in the nightcap looming…..g-d mediocre scrubs
Mets: where hall of famers (besides piazza) go to die…and then they leave and are re-born again to come back and haunt the mets.
I work nights so I unfortunately have to listen to Hagin pretty often and he is awful. I actually miss Tom McCarthy who was pretty bad himself. When he calls an out of the ordinary play the listener has no idea what happened.
Exactly, it takes him an extra minute to explain what just happened. He’s the only weak link in the Mets broadcatsing team, both TV and radio.
thing that bothers me about Wayne is that you can’t tell what happens.. I mean, a long fly ball that is headed out of hte park sounds the same as a lazy grounder to 2nd.
and when he talks about Mets history, like them never having a no-hitter but it’s coming soon (which he just did today) I want to tell him to shut up, he’s not one of us..
Come on how does the pitcher not even take pitches?
Honestly, it almost feels like the Mets are throwing this game at this point. “Ah, we’re down a few runs. Time to shut it down.” Pathetic.
good job mets
is this is the implosion inning for maine?
Someone please tell the Mets it isn’t 1993.
What a joke.
14 batters in a row, stellar job, keep up the good work
14 in a row? is this some kind of a joke? this is the most hittable pitcher in the league by far (other than heilman of course)
Well it’s glad to see we took that momentum from the Yankee series
Don’t blame Willie though, you don’t want to be a racist
But what if I say it tongue-in-cheek?
Only if you clarify 24 hours later.
Well, at least they’re having good at bats. Oh wait. Well, at least they’re working Glavine’s pitch count. Oh wait.
What do you guys expect? They are playing 18 innings today….don’t wanna exert too much energy in any one inning. Keep it even keel – the Willie Way…..
and glavine is out of the game after 82 pitches and 17 straight outs?
at least he didn’t grow a pair after he left town.
They’re down by 2 runs, don’t give up.
Maine needs to hold them here.
Why shouldn’t we give up? They have.
for the mets it seems like 2 runs is an eternity when they scored 18 in two games this weekend
lets go maine. shut them down this inning and let the offense explode off of glavine
Thats it, not over yet.
finish this inning maine!!!
I swear to god, the Braves could take any cracker scrub from the bayou, put him in the lineup, and they’d hit .290
Gods of Hitting…Hitting Gods. They should write a sequel to Ted William’s book on hitting.
Glavine gets traded to Mets and gets killed when facing the Braves, essentially helping the Braves out.
Glavine loses game 162 of 2007, helping the Phillies out.
Glavine goes back to Braves and kills the Mets in 2008, again helping the Braves out.
He’s trying to figure out a way to help the Marlins out next…
How is that not a strike?
leadoff walk, nice
Unreal…actually, all-too-real, that Glavine can’t have a game like this last September. Vintage. But again, Glavine is a finesse pitcher and the Mets don’t do well against finesse pitchers. Plus, they’ve never seen Glavin pitch before and don’t know what he throws.
The Braves pitcher tonight is a finesse pitcher who the Mets have never faced…
annnndddd another hit from moose face, shocking
Karma not going their way again…..
maine- are you serious with that walk? and now a chip base hit and we’re screwed for the inning.
stop putting the leadoff men on! pathetic outing by maine.
I see the strike zone changes from inning to inning and back again for glavine. screw Georgia
all right cut the cord…he just doesnt have it today
2 steps forward, 1 step back- 1 step forward, 3 steps back; maine, you should be embarrassed
7 days since his last start, you know this is going to happen just like the one at the beginning of the season. If anyone is to blame, it’s Willie for holding back Santana for a rained out game…but I don’t want to be a racist so I’m going to blame the weatherman. Oh wait, the weatherman predicted 90% of rain for Friday.
I guess SNY is racist because they showed Willie taking the ball from Maine
Who’s coming in? Why not just bring in Heilman and make it 6-1 in one swing. Doesn’t really matter, we’re not scoring again today.
maine gets guys in 0-2 holes and somehow they end up working the count to 3-2.
Thats because the Braves have professional hitters.
Could someone who’s able to watch this on TV tell me who’s warming up in the Mets’ bullpen?
Doesn’t matter what happens, he will still be my favorite pitcher. Today just wasn’t his day.
Mets fans gotta stop blaming the umps, the umps are fine, it’s the Mets who suck
And this team really has to wonder why they get booed?
Certain games you gotta come through.
This was one of them.
What do we get?
EPIC FAIL.
F**king medicore scrubs
dude, I’m as bummed as you and the rest of the fans, but the game isn’t even in the 5th yet.. I mean, we are down 4-1.. 3 runs is not that much.. they can come back
not saying they will
but holy sh*t.. the attitude from fans lately is unreal
The reason that the Mets are struggling can be tracked to one person. Howard Johnson. He just doesn’t seem to give his hitters a chance to succeed. It is almost like he doesn’t have a plan.
I love the guy, but he is a horrible hitting coach.
so, everyone, this must be willie fault right? That John Maine just didn’t have it today…Totally Willie’s fault
That the team clearly wasn’t ready to play against a huge divisional rival? Who’s fault?
Willie’s doing a fantastic job
comments like this are absolutely useless.
No, but taking the wind out of the sails of a very good weekend could definitely be pointed his way…
I think more than Maine, this falls on the Mets failing to capitalize on big innings.
dykstraw? what comment was useless? most of yours and the other people who flood this place when the mets aren’t playing well? or my sarcastic comment directed towards those people
you bait the comments that you then whine about
Okay, so Maine didnt have it it today.. it happens, guys has been solid for 8 straight starts.. he’s allowed to have a clunker from time to time
now it’s on to his teammates to pick him up.. get some hits and runs against Old Man Glavine
Exactly. What’s done is done. It can still come out alright . . .
Just don’t show Willie in the dugout, we wouldn’t want to agitate the delicate flower.
oh boy, let johnson hit another grandslam whydontya
Obviously the Yankee series was just a tease, but the story from this game was written long ago. Did anyone honestly think this team had the discipline and plate savvy to know Glavine around? The Top of the 1st was clearly either luck or a brief tinge of brains, because Glavine is the type of pitcher this team regularly loses to.
They keep talking about the Braves hitters having a gameplan. When is the last time Met hitters have had a collective gameplan?
Swing and pray…
No freaking way Kelly Johnson doesn’t get on base here. No freaking way.
Great, now we get to watch the banjo kid from deliverance hit a grand slam
That was funny
It’s NOT funny, it’s annoying as SH&T. The Braves suck ass and yet the Mets never take advantage
Bases loaded….it’s gametime
C’mon, need a DP
that’s what I’m thinking. too late
oh jeez, intentionally walked frenchie to get to the mets killer…
game over
god….
….is not a Mets fan.
SF. One scores, but the fire didn’t get too big.
darn leadoff walks
Pretty good job by the Big Show if he gets Blanco
3 runs, might as well be 10
same S*** different year BLAH!!!!!!!!!!
The final score of this game will be:
(A) 4-1
(B) 6-1
(C) 7-1
(D) 10-1
I’ll go with C.
If Heilman makes an appearance I will go with D
4 innings to play man. cmon. a little positivity wouldn’t kill you, would it?
Good job by Schoenweiss.
Alright, lets get a few.
HAHAHAHA…funny
nice job by show….as if it matters.
It’s amazing Kelly Johnson is probably the worst 2B in baseball in his other 143 games
yea, but that’s pretty much par for the course…allow me to give you some names:
ronny cedeno, ronnie belliard, carlos ruiz, greg dobbs, jesus flores, felipe lopez, christian guzman, ryan theriot, freddy sanchez.
all these guys burn us and have done so for years.
Oh, well. The bullpen had a four day rest. Time to get to work.
Can they hit?
And they have 2 today…its gonna be a long nite.
okay Glavine, you piece of sht, continue your domination against this lineup full of retards
The reason the Mets lose is always Delgado. No matter where he is in the lineup he never gets a big hit. Not since 06′ at least. Hes sickining to watch when his plate appearance matters
Memo to the mets:
Please get at least one hit this inning.
Thank you,
Mets fan.
if they come out swingin at the first pitch, i swear HOJO needs to go.
the whole coaching staff has to go, anyone associated with last year
Agreed.
Agreed. Hojo needs to go. Never seen a less patient team.
castillo has to stop swinging for the fences
I dont know why these guys arent sitting on Glavine’s changeup on the outter part of the plate. go the other way!!
Because they are not professional hitters.
GOD DAMN THAT IS NOT A STRIKE. WHY is glavine getting that corner?
You know, if you just pretend Glavine’s in a Met uniform and the Mets are wearing Marlin uniforms and the calendar says September 2007, this game is actually a lot of fun to watch.
i like your thinking
This may be the worst offensive performance of the year
Where was THIS Tom Glavine last year, or do we just stink!
what is that 20 in a row?
THIS Tom Glavine was in Atlanta. Where he’s been for the last 5 years. Where he always wanted to be.
castillo: 0-2
wright: 0-2
jam out and k. pathetic
You can’t show me this game and ever hope to convince me that this team actually cares.
The poor dears are tired from travel, they have a DH today, this is such an obvious “mailing it in” game that it sickens me
I wish I could argue.
you really seem to be accurate, and it makes me sick. i can’t help but say, thats its games like this that make me hate this team. i was so positive today, really confident. that first inning came and went – but hey we took it to glav and it looked like we would all day. then they dont get the big hit to break it open, maine lets a quick run in to tie the game, and then the mets proceed to quit and mail in the rest of the game. that should be the postgame. this just makes me so F$%^* angry. And screw my coworkers for saying its just baseball and my fellow mets fans for saying its early (game and season). this SH%T excuse for baseball happens over and over again. Except the ‘rinse’ doesnt wash anything away.
This is embarrassing.
honestly, the mets hitters have no shot today. glavine is getting the strike 6 inches off the plate. the hitters are forced to swing at that garbage and then he can come inside on them… this is disgraceful umpiring. but of course, what do expect? we are frickin loser mets fans.
tom glavine is an example of why baseball almost fell off the planet in the 90’s…..no one wants to see umpires controlling the outcome of games by making the strike zone four times bigger.
was the strike zone really that bad? i didn’t have the opportunity to see. amazing how for only 5 years in his career, he didn’t get that call. can you guess which 5 years?
Nothing like getting blown away by an 81 mph fastball.
Embarrassing.
This game was the second Delgado made the last out in the first inning.
So painfull to watch DAMN!!!!!!!!!!
8 pitches, wow
ugh. i can’t help but start to laugh. are these Mets serious? If i hear one more called strike. I hate Glavine, some one needs to charge him and pound the S out of him!
Funny and sad all at the same time
3 hits, 3 FCKING HITS!!! I hate you Mets
Pujols was right about Glavine.
Who would’ve thought that Tom Glavine would be the one to knock out Tom Glavine?
Maybe the Mets will finally put some sort of game plan into action against the Braves bullpen.
HHAHAHAHAHAHAHA – game plan???? I almost fell out of my chair when i read that Reyes watched tape of his at-bats. I thought they got rid of the video equipment so they could pay Santana.
of course Glavine is too much of a pssy to throw at Shea.
this was supposed to be the game the mets took to start a big streak.
im mad glavine is out. he sucks. he’s gotten lucky all day (mostly that the mets have impatient and pathetic hitters)
It must be the curse of Slappy. I knew that 1st inning jack of his was just too weird to result in a blow out…
The thing I can’t stand this year, as has been said many times on SNY, is that the Mets never seem to put teams away early when they have a chance. Today is a little different as Alou and Degado both hit the ball hard, but still, it makes watching the games very un-enjoyably. I just really hope luck will turn around at some point for the Mets, although, Braves fans could have a pretty good point on the luck factor, as they should be about 8 games over .500 right now.
Why did Cox pull him? Fire Bobby Cox!
Well, at least Glavine’s out. Maybe, we’ll rough up the pen.
Gotay base hit, good one God
This to me, shows how gutless Glavine was last September. How do you not get an out in a game your team has to win? How do you pitch your worst game in 20+ years? Pedro would have pitched better than that with his arm falling off.
I hated Glavine when he was on the Braves. I hated when the Mets got him. I grudgingly put up with him on the Mets. And I hate him now even more.
6 innings, 17 retired in a row, 82 pitches, and he’s out of the game during a DOUBLE HEADER? what a gutless me-first player. good thing he wanted to go back to the braves. too bad we didn’t clean house a little more.
Tatis, pinch hit three-run bomb, you heard it from me first!
That requires baserunners.
Not now, later. Probably another day, LOL.
Hey Willie, I thought Gotay couldn’t hit lefties?
i wonder how many times in the last year, the mets won a few big ballgames and we stupid fans thought they were on the brink of breaking out of this funk (although it has lasted over a year and soon can’t be called a funk anymore). this is horrendous.
the braves have had the lead-off man get on in 5 off 6 innings
I completely forgot about Gotay and how he is on the enemy now…what a mess up that one was…
what happened to Glavine?
Gotay…..well is that just fitting
What’s Glavine’s pitch count- 30?
He’s going 9 today.
can you change your nickname to ignorantfan?
ex-mets!!
ok, there’s still time…You knew Gotay would get on, I can’t believe I’m relying on Show more than Gotay to help my team.
LEtS GO DP
ruben.gotay.
oh well. at least we have damion easley! nice one minaya!
That one was Willie. It was pretty well documented that Willie didn’t like Gotay.
it was randolph who did not like gotay. no defense and can’t hit lefties.
well, not to be smart or anything, but isn’t that 2/3 of his game?
Gotay…you got a raw deal here.
He only has 26 at bats. It’s not like he’s tearing it up down there.
The SHOW!!
if you say Glavine with a long A sound, and do the Jerry Lewis voice, it’s kind of fun.
Hey Glaaaavine!
You’re right, I just tried it
My Fiance did that all last season whenever he pitched, we associated it with Professor Frink from the Simpsons.
Chipper 2-run shot?
Thank god he popped out, I could not have dealt with Larry doing damage there.
OK, let’s get something here….we’re not that bad….are we?
i cant believe im saying this but…
thank goodness for scott schoenweiss???
maybe he should’ve started
Yep, nice job. I wonder if he will get the 7th if they don’t PH
This game is awfully frustrating. Why does our lineup look like they don’t want to get base hits? Glavine looks as if I couild hit his pitching (I can’t but still) ,wtf is going on here?
glad to see schoenweis have a nice start to the season.
and a side note- Castro should be starting this game. he has homerun pop against the soft-tossing lefty
but nope, he’ll play against the righty and schneider does nothing today against the lefty.
genius willie!
Probably wanted Schneider to handle maine.
Schneider hits Glavine.
Glavine has been worse against lefties this year.
glavine is getting the pitch 6 inches off the plate…seriously, i dont fault the mets…the umps are the 10th man for the braves right now
dude, the umps have not been that bad, seriously, and I’m the FIRST guy who would jump on them
For those of us following along on the internet can we get a ruling? Did the Umps give Glavine the outside corner or not? We need to know who to be mad at.
don’t get on willie
it’s the bench coach’s job to argue calls!
Why the hell was Glavine pulled? He could’ve pitched 10 more innings today, the Mets wouldn’t have scored. We might actually have a chance now.
How about Scotty Schoe?
Another great outing from him.
But I don’t get why Willie is going to bring in Heilman in a close game?? Keep him away from any game 5 runs or closer until he gets straightened out.
how about a baserunner, is that possible?
Happy to see Glavine out of the game, finally. Now we can start scoring some runs.
that’s funny
when is everybody going to realize that reyes is nothing more than an average player.
actually when you think about it they all are except wright.
compare any of them to rollins, utley, chipper jones, etc.
wake up met fans it not ONLY WILLIE.
I am kind of curious if the Braves can get through this entire game throwing fewer than 110 pitches. I think they can do it.
I just heard the dreaded words…”Heilman is warming up in the bullpen…”
we better up like 10 runs this inning
This is a perfect situation to bring in Heilman. If he gives up 5 runs, who gives a crap. We’re not scoring again today.
this is so sad
have a nice night guys, and enjoy the second game, I think I’ve wasted enough of my life today following this disgraceful team
ok then, take care.
well, this is the best news i’ve heard all day!
Please, Do let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya!
here comes the K
i’m gonna be sick
Twenty up, twenty down….hysterical.
who else saw it coming, other than me and delgado
Is this 1999?
Glavine dominating the Mets, we get a garbage start from our SP, go down without a fight, can’t win in Turner Field, etc….
This is horrible!! Give me a baserunner at least. Geez. Delgado strikeout. Fn Shocker!!!
They shouldn’t bother showing up for game 2…..they didn’t bother to show for game 1.
Gutless, heartless, overpaid mediocre scrubs
20 in a row.
willie really had them pumped and ready for this one,
This comment made me laugh.
Normally, I would say that is a pretty easy target, but when this stuff happens time and time and time again, you gotta place the blame somewhere, no?
Schoenweiss gets the 7th? C’mon, one more.
Can we put Delgotyou out of his misery?
OOOOOH THE PAIN!!!!!!!!!
I’m not watching, but has this team shown any “energy” or “fight today?
Castillo hit a solo home run. thats it
bases loaded in the first, no runs scored.
20 straight mets retired.
You be the judge
Mets have not had a hit since the 1st. What does that tell you?
Here’s where we will get the gem from Heilman. a 1-2-3 inning and it will be completely wasted. AND it will put him back in WIllie’s good graces, so he can come in in a close game and lose that for us.
**** hitting today from a **** team. Thanks for that revenge we’ve been waiting for for 8 months
That has been the last 150 games…Heilman, Mota, Schoe…different people, same usage.
you’re probably right on Heilman. way to rise to occassion.
not quite.
Lets all be honest here please….who REALLY thought those 2 wins over the weekend were gonna be some sort of launchpad?
Anyone?
If you said yes, you’re a sukker.
G-d MUTTS
I somehow convinced myself that they might….
Bad job outta me.
same here sadly
Geez. With the talent on this team, I just don’t understand how they are .500….Anytime they go on any sort of winning streak, they give those games right back. They can’t seem to sustain any sort of success. That sense of entitlement may have been somewhat understandable last year, but they don’t deserve anything right now. I can’t understand it. They can beat two very good pitchers in Wang and Pettite, and completely cr@p the bed against the definition of average. Its almost like they just don’t try.
the game is not over till its over, but when the mets are down after the 5th inning then its over and when heilman comes into the game it really is over
here we go with the walks, now he’s going to fall behind a couple of hitters and well…you guys know the outcome
Hey, something new…the leadoff guy gets on for the Bravo’s…
Aaron Heimlich….
Wayne Hagin just said the Braves took BP today and the Mets chose not to. Good call.
does look like the Mets eithre wrote this one off or just don’t care.
Guess the Yankee series was a fluke? Or maybe it proved to them that they really are the best, and will win without trying? You know, flipping the old switch when they need it.
Now Heilmann for multiple innings? Never a good sign, but they should just let him finsih the game to save the “real” pen.
I think the Yankees series probably only proved that they stink worse than us.
i have a feeling we’re going to get swept today, the mets never hit a pitcher they’ve never seen before.
I’ve figured it out. The real Tom Glavine was stashed in the Turner Field basement, only to be woken at a time when he would be needed to beat the Mets.
The Tom Glavine we saw all those years with the Mets was actually a sleeper agent name Mot Elaving. Very sneeky, Braves. Very sneeky indeed.
Never fear….Heilman is unhittable when the Mets are down.
Yeah sure, lets walk the lead off man. Is it too late to change my vote to 10-1?
did WFAN just say the Mets elected NOT to take batting practice? great idea Willie!
don’t be racist.
I know, right? Fabulous decision.
that goes for you too. don’t be a racist.
hahahahaha.
Please…tell me this is a joke.
to disagree with the fact that Willie chose not to take BP after an off day means only one thing…..
you are a racist.
I hope Wagner gets interviewed after this game.
and if you can’t do anything against the Braves pen either, that is really a bad sign.
aaron heilman needs to be put down.
ps- mike piazza officially retired
ah man. what a great career. my first trip to cooperstown will be the day he goes in.
My next trip to Cooperstown will be to see that guy inducted. He was the BEST!
Nice – I can’t wait until this jackass organization hands out #31 to some scrub middle reliever.
Nice, Heilman
i can’t say i didn’t see this coming
WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
AARON HEILMAN GIVES UP ANOTHER
Wow, Heilman gives up a big hit! What a shock!
Good thing Willie brought him into a close game so it could be put away for good.
Joke Joke Joke Joke Joke
The mets can’t get texiera because they will have 3 rotation spots to fill as well as left field
Yep
uh oh, here we go…
WHY IS ERIN IN AGAIN??????????? Willie is starting to do this on purpose I think, I hate this team.
Im sorry, but that pitch before the HR was a strike.
He should have been out..
It was the same pitch that David was rung up on….
bet you mccann will be in there for the night cap
Anybody that defends Heilman or Delgado on this site again should be banned from blogging. I consider myself a genius for hating these guys like death the past 2 yrs.
We’ll see how dedicated the Wilpons are to renovating the team. Sosa, Figueroa, I think Aaron should be next.
Aaron Hielman cannot be brough into a close game with the braves at this time
i will say that willie did a good job bringing aaron in now so he can’t bring him in later
Don’t be too quick to judge. Willie trusts his “guys” and for my money that includes using his worst pitcher in both games of a double header.
Is it just me, or does it seem that every time a Met pitcher goes 0-2 on a hitter, it is almost guaranteed they end up 3-2, or at least 2-2?
Maybe instead of niblling at 1-2 or 2-2, they should throw an out pitch?
Dump Peterson.
There’s the Heilmann we know and love! Talk about proving my point. Starts 0-2, and he homers on 3-2
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
Tick-tock, Willie. Tick-tock. Maybe today was Bill Webb’s fault too?
Bill Webb is such a racist.
Bill Webb made our hitters have no plan at all at the plate today.
were you just taking a dig at Willie?
racist.
Bill Webb made that LOOK like a 2-run homer off of Heilman. It was actually a double-play. Webb is the artist and we are the canvas. Damn that racist Bill Webb and his editing tricks.
Heilman should accept an assignment to triple a, or get traded.
Immediately.
wow. Heilman…great job
C’mon guys, give Heilman a break. The reason he likes giving up the long ball is because it clears all those pesky baserunners off the bases.
And he has to represent himself in a certain way so that awful relievers that follow him in the years to come have an example to follow.
Send him down now!!!!
Scho threw 24 pitches and made it through 2 innings. Heilman threw 24 and gave up 2 runs with no outs recorded.
Is there some sick sense of pride attached to Heilman that says we can’t DFA him or send him down because it reflects badly on our ability to develop talent?
who pitches game 2???
CLAUDIO
Yawn,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Whatever
funny…i think that’s what the mets are doing on the bench too…
ugh
I bet the opposing hitters are like “YES!! Heilman’s in!! higher avg, HR, RBI, BB…”
does he have any options?
He has options.
I said he shouldn’t been sent down last week to get his mind right. It’s painfully obvious that he doesn’t have it right now. Let him work in the minors and bring him back in the second half.
This guy gives up HR’s like they are going out of style. Heilman is just trying to compensate for the HR ball being down in MLB the last 2 years, you can’t blame him, hes just trying to put butts back in the seats.
I think he serves them up on the road because he knows he’s guaranteed to get cheers.
LOL well played….
I feel foolish for getting excited over their weekend play. They look unbelievably flat. Furthermore, my love for Heilman has come and gone.
Minaya, please try and work up some trade magic.
Trade lube?
Linger longer!
This team sucks. Just flat-out sucks.
wow, i actually thought that the wagner comments and the two wins against the yankees would be a turning point for this team, guess not…fire willie now, why wait any longer?
its pathetic something like mets blog exists. this team/joke of a franchise is pathetic. seriously
IT’S STILL EARLY, DON’T GET UPSET!
THEY’RE STILL OVER .500, DON’T GET UPSET!
- what a load. I’m way past upset with this team.
I’ll say now what I felt after ‘07:
I’m for the uni. The individual players may as well be dead to me
Bye!
It’s still April! Right?
Heilman, this is for you. Thats what you deserve.
(__I__) <——– Eat it.
OK, that made me laugh.
Lol! The only funny thing so far today even though this game is a joke.
I can’t watch the game, and so I have a question for those who can: I noticed Maine’s pitch count way up early, but he was still at least 2-1 strikes / balls. Were the Braves fouling off a ton of pitches?
yes
As I said. They need to do something drastic with Heilman or they’re just wasting a bullpen spot.
Trade him, or send him to the minors with the directive to stretch him out for starting.
Let my people go.
(my people = underappreciated and underrated former starters stuck in bullpen purgatory)
Wow, just Wow. Man, get what you can for Heilman at this point. He is a hard throwing reliever who wants to start. Any takers? Hello, anyone?
yes heilman is bad but this game is on the hitters. you would think the players would want some revenge on glavine for ending their season. honestly glavine is not a good pitcher this year. out of all his starts this year none of them were a quality start. he doesnt have great stuff anymore. also has anyone noticed the mets havent been 4 games over .500 yet?
how pitches do you think the mets will make atlanta throw this inning? i say 8
lol im not watching the game, but when i saw the comments saying Heilman was warming up, I laughed to myself and wondered how many comments I would have to pass before I got the ones about him giving up a homerun. Its like clockwork.
Okay, Heilman is trying to get traded, right?
Thats what i have been thinking, real unprofessional though.
I can’t see the game. Did Heiman lick his hand and look all hangdog?
The Mets are a team that comes to play everyday. Its clear Willie got them all fired up before the game.
Why didn’t the Mets take batting practice today? Did they take batting practice on Sunday?
Apparently Monday wasntt enough time off for them.
They should have taken BP and brought Jerry Koosman in to throw it. Or Steve Carlton. That’s pretty much what they got completely dominated by today.
It’s really a bad feeling when you loathe your own team. This collection is almost impossible to root for.
Sun rises in the East, Sets in the West, Heilman gives up a home run….
y r all the players swinging at balls
Bench clearing brawl?
Stop with the Fire Willie junk. Willie isn’t the one who gave McCann a fat one to hit.
I know you’ll say “oh he should’ve brought smith in.”
Well you know what, you can’t bring Smith in EVERY game, because then you complain hes getting overworked.
i totally agree with you. im a huge willie supporter. sure some of his decisions arent good but he isnt the one playing.
It is Willie’s job to make sure the team has a modicum of a game plan at the plate though.
It’s probably not his job to blame SNY for his troubles.
But, I digress, it is obviously Bill Webb’s fault that the team looked so impotent at the dish today.
it is NOT willies fault! He had to use heilman in that spot, Omar took Sosa away from him!
I heard that Matt wise, feliciano, sanchez, and smith had the day off and weren’t available.
i’d play the race card on your ass right now….but I’m all cleaned out.
Give me a second while I break out a fresh deck.
right, but you also have to play to win the games…both feliciano and smith have been more effective than hielman…the game is within reach…you play to win the game…period…
besides…the team isn’t even close to looking as pumped as they were this weekend…i don’t get why it’s so hard for them to stay pumped for longer than like 2 games…
Really. How many times this year are we going to hear that this is the time they are going to turn it around. The aren’t turning anything around because this is what they are; INCONSISTENT. There are times they are going to blow away teams and times they are going to get blown out. Its unfortunate and is almost more painful than knowing the year is a lost cause because you are going to hold out hope. If anybody can figure out why they are so up and down please scream it from the rooftop. I personally do not know, but since I all I hear is how Willie likes to keep a steady hand and such and a team is supposed to reflect the manager I can only conclude that Willie has no control over this team.
If it weren’t for Willie, you would still be in “hiding” now….
(Sarcasm, of course)
How does Heilman giving up homeruns show he has no control over his team. Please explain that to me.
anyone know why the Mets didn’t take batting practice today after a day off?
they did, but sny covered it up
They did show Castillo taking BP early on. Must have been BP, cause how else was he gonna hit a HR? :)
Because that would have required them to give a damn.
i’m not sure, but i think it was weather related
The Bravo’s took BP. Does the weather not effect them or something?
It was probably too hot for these nancies
Do the Mets know that there was a 1 pm game scheduled for today? Maybe they figured it was just a night game; simple mistake that anyone could have made.
Maybe the Mets are just applying the appropriate effort in this re-scheduled game, seeing as how they weren’t playing that well when they were SUPPOSED to play this game (beginning of the season)
They’re a stickler for organization and application.
On WFAN broadcast they said Mike Piazza just announced officially his retirement.
Happy trails, Mike.
Yup.. he did… Mets should sign him to the one day contract…
Agreed
Too bad the Mets don’t do things like sign a guy for a day so he can retire a Met.
Can he manage?
LOL!
NY Cuban…
I used to post under other names but was blocked numerous times now. Anyway, I am on board with you with Willie. Always have been.
HA HA HA.
awesome.
it’s not apparently a requirement around here
they should have him come take #31 off the shea countdown, except, SURPRISE, it’s your number getting retired!
also, do this for keith.
great idea!
That would be nice, but you know it will just be another corporate type taking #31 down.
piazza changed the face of the franchise at a time that the mets were at it’s lowest coming off those ‘worst team money can buy’ years.
retire #31
retire #31
AT SHEA.
Please do not wait on this one.
They’ll wait. Drag it out for several years until people sort of forget. They’ve gotten better in the last couple years, but this organization has been dreadful when it comes to their history.
And the Roller Coaster season continues…
…and if i hear one guy “tip his cap” to Glavine…give me a break. This was a pathetic performance today and yet another giant step back….the confident side of me says, ok, win the next 3, but please…..a 3 game winning streak is a novelty for this team.
I guarantee you will hear the “tip your cap to Glavine” quotes at least 7 times.
a 3 game winning streak in atlanta is about as likely as castillo going deep three more times in the remaining three years of his contract…….
….or about as likely as glavine going three innings in his next start, against whoever it is…
…or about as likely as. i don’t know anymore. i give up.
I could see them winning 3 in a row, but it would be followed by 3 straight losses, after which the team alternates wins and losses for the next 2 weeks
good job reyes. now our only power threat today can get you home. YAAAAAAAAY!!!!
I say we get 1-2 runs in the 8th/9th but, of course, come up way short in the end.
6-4 final. So it can be on Heilman.
doesn’t matter….Maine will still get the Loss.
and he should. he didn’t look good at all today.
Holy crap, relax people, let it play out. If it continues, Randolph and alot of other changes will be made. They just won 2, lets see how they do on this trip.
Has anyone ever been fired between games of a doubleheader?
After losing 3-4 to the lowly Nats and 4/7 to the Nats and Reds combined.
How much longer must this .500 / two steps forward, two steps back crapola play out????
Mike Piazza for Hitting coach!!
hear the message today…
Guys its gonna be a long day.. I don’t want you guys the wear yourselves out so no need to get to the ballpark early and take batting practice. Just relax and enjoy yourselves. Its all about relaxing after an intense weekend in New York.
The braves took batting practice and it shows. Good call Willie..
braves don’t need to take batting practice. they are born with bats in their mouths and patience in their head. mets need to take a cue and canvas texas, georgia, florida – teh entire southeast for guys who know only three things – god, hitting and hunting.
isn’t the message.. by Willie saying not to take batting practice.. Take it easy today!!! What in gods name is more important than making sure these guys work hard. Don’t allow them to chill out. This is a big series.
Who wants to bet that we WILL see Heilman again in the night game??
Mets19,
You’re on. I’ll even take it a step further and bet that he will have a perfect inning. Do I get 1,750 to 1 odds?
why not let heilman hit and stay in the game? why burn another arm, besides maybe heiman can hit, since he can’t pitch.
keith hernandez just asked if pi began with 6
embarrassments all around
Glavine pitching, where’s Julio Franco, this isn’t the old timers day game, you mean it counts, someone tell Willie!
Is it racist to say – fire that guy who is ruining our team – Rick Peterson?
or Howard Johnson?
Nah…it’s just the way Bill Webb makes the Jacket and HoJo look in his evil SNY broadcasts.
time to start throwing at people.
I think we can all see the mets biggest problem. Once we get down, we start to press. We have bad AB’s. When were up and everything is clicking were good. Unlike a team like the phillies however we have not shown an ability to come back. That missed opportunity in the 1st inning today seemed to deflate this team. For some reason though we let that carry throughout the rest of the game.
I didn’t expect us to win both games today, however losing both cancels out any good we did over the weekend. Vargas second start tonight, don’t really know what to expect.
Hopefully its a good night tonight and the Mets win and the Knicks get a top 2 pick in the lottery.
I agree but not today. Today isn’t about the team pressing.. Its about the guys sleep walking through the game
watching the highly professional approach these ATL batters have had all game, and contrasting it against the Mets….one has to wonder what the gameplan was today?
You mean to tell me that we don’t have a book on Glavine? Seriously, What did HoJo tell these guys?
(note I said HoJo. I didn’t say Willie b/c: a) we know he just lets his players play and has no gameplan, and b)…I’m not a racist.)
Does this team employ advanced scouts? Seriously. If so, they’re terrible.
And like I’ve said, Braves are professional hitters. They live, breath and die hitting. That’s what they do.
We do that every single game. It’s like they get depressed when they don’t score in their scoring chances and just mail in the rest of the game
who here thinks Chipper is not turnign this 1-2 count into a hit or walk? anyone?
ok. I’m a moron.
Has an entire staff ever been fired between games of a doubleheader?
At least the players have to stick around for another game. So the reporters can ask the guys who actually played in today’s game for their thoughts.
Too bad, after a game like this we might need another closed-door meeting.
Close the door and lock it from the outside.
And I guarantee Heilman will still find a way to give up a HR in game 2.
OK boys, five runs down, you can do it – you’ve done it before against better bullpens than this one. Let’s go Mets!
What time did you start drinking?
Nice hit Beltran! Way to go.
:-)
Moises is da man! Let’s go Delgado, base hit.
Other than that Dodgers blowout, what is it with weekday day games and this team. They have such a hard time winning these games…or at least being competitive. It seems like they always lose big (+5 runs)…..
Anyway, nice to see the Mets mastering the Real Genius dance: Take one step forward, take one step back, step forward, step back….
Willie RanGenius!
I want to stop paying attention to the game, but I keep finding myself back to the gamecast and msg. boards. Its like someone is conducting an experiment to condition me to something, but its just not working.
“Its like someone is conducting an experiment to condition me to something, but its just not working.”
Blame SNY!
I get the impression like the Mets believe it takes too much energy and focus to come out and play every day.
Its long season…a marathon. The champagne will taste sweeter in September.
Delgado K’s on 6 pitches.
boy were you wrong. you owe Delgado an appology after that weak groundout to first.
wrong again.
honestly, I had narrowed it down to 2 choices.
should have gone with “palys pepper with 2nd base”
Great effort today, guys. Way to deflate yourselves after that 1st inning.
of course, NOW they get some hits….god-forbid they do something vs. Mr. High Arc Glavine with the bases loaded….
they’ll win tonight – sheesh!
WTF it hurts real bad………..
What if I told you that there is a 50-50 chance you would be disappointed eating a meal at a particular restaurant. Would you go?
Braves pitchers combined for 123 pitches the entire game.
John Maine 99 pitches in 4 IP.
It’s called patience and having an approach to each AB. How does not get through to them?
It takes a certain type of hitter to do that. They are called grinders. The Braves have them (Chipper, McCann, etc.) The Phillies have them (Utley, Burrell, Werth, Victorino). The Mets however, don’t. Delgado, Beltran, Reyes are not grinders. Their at bats end relatively quickly whether successful or not.
OK guys, PLEASE regroup and let’s come out fighting in the next game.
DFA Heilman between games, Call up Muniz. Any reason at this point not to>?
It’s only May and I am exhausted with this team already.
It is so clear that this team can only operate on one momentum ride. Once it is exhausted, they are deflated and give us the walking dead approach the rest of the game.
This game was over after their 1st inning was put to rest despite hitting the ball hard off Glavine.
FIRE WILLIE! And his race card!
I’ve been wondering where the hell you’ve been……
Just looking at the highlights from the earlier innings. Where is this teams approach, the same one they used against the yanks this weekend. Our guys trying to pull those outside pitches against glavine. Granted glavine was pitching inside a bit, however your not gonna get beat inside by an 83 mph fastball. Try and go the other way.
Its ok to have a long AB. Maybe you see 8-9 pitches and still make an out, but you also make the pitcher work. Something the braves did a very good job of doing against maine today, while on the other side we let glavine off the hook.
This game in my opinion was the most frustrating game of the year. It’s always two steps forward, one BIG step back for this team. Every time you think they are going to get on a roll and start playing consistent baseball, they stink up the joint. Honestly, if they are going to play like this I’d rather just see them lose every game instead of teasing us with an occassional great series.
Did we win?
we whooped em.
okay, that’s out of line…
wow
His kids are actually Mets fans. How ironic is that?
unbelievable. i can’t believe we follow the same team.
nope the dude is a scumbag and ill throw a party if his kids get hit by a bus
Jerk
So what, he is still a horrendous person who purposely blew the last game for us…….I’m a Fidel Castro fan, how ironic is that?
dude…thats not cool
Dude, over the line.
Matt seriously needs to ban children from this site.
New around here?
I agree, I am annoyed about the game as well, but those things shouldn’t be said. We need to remember it is just a game, and if for nothing more, it makes the blog look like a bunch of 11 year olds are posting
If you go back and look you will realize that it is just one TROLL making those stupid comments.
Exactly. Or the team plane can crash..either one works for me