Comments on: Note: 60-40 over the Next 100 Games

By: dstraw18

dstraw18 — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:32:01 +0000

i think it’s time to stop doing calculations of what it will take to finish in 1st… and start doing calculations on what it will take to make sure we don’t finish in last…

By: Slappy McDoubleton

Slappy McDoubleton — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:31:44 +0000

Just play a game at a time. There are 100 games left. We’re 6 behind in the loss column, and we play them more than 6 times…a game at a time…a game at a time…

Is this Willie Randolph on here?

By: Slappy McDoubleton

Slappy McDoubleton — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:18:48 +0000

I collect RBIs like baseball cards.

(By the way there are 3 of us McSingleton is speedy so he can play center)

By: Slappy McDoubleton

Slappy McDoubleton — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:13:50 +0000

No, it’s not, because they’d beat us.

By: Slappy McDoubleton

Slappy McDoubleton — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:12:24 +0000

Underperforming player throwing a curveball? You must be talking about Heilman, Pedro, or Perez, because if it were Beltran or Delgado it would be missing a curveball.

By: Slappy McDoubleton

Slappy McDoubleton — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:03:52 +0000

How about Omar Minaya, once they win 60 more games there will be nothing left and that means he’s fired.

By: hdarvick

hdarvick — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:31:37 +0000

This season, whenever I read about “If they go blank and blank all we have to do is go blank and blank to win,” I remember last September, “If we go 10 and 7, they have to go 17-0 just to tie us…”

Just play a game at a time. There are 100 games left. We’re 6 behind in the loss column, and we play them more than 6 times…a game at a time…a game at a time…

By: af1257

af1257 — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:07:07 +0000

The bottom line here is not if the caliber of talent is there or not, just if the caliber of play will get them there. Can this team win 90 games and get to the post season? I think the individual stats of each player would say yes, but the combined sum of the team does not add up to a likely pennant.
In watching the team (less Wright and Church) play they seem to lack energy, enthusiasm, or passion. Before the Padres series it looked like things were turning around, then everyone seemingly went into a coma. Where is the attitude and fire? Beltran is having a great year in the field, he has made some seemingly impossible plays look routine, then he gets to bat and all but falls asleep. Reyes is just a mystery, he’s gotten his average and OBP up but still loves to swing at the first pitch, regardless of how good or bad the opposing pitcher is throwing, and strikes out once for every two hits. One day he’s on fire and the next he’s a mess. The relief pitching is starting to show the same inconsistency as last September, and it’s only June.
It’s just not looking promising. This team needs an emotional boost from somewhere. Whether from Randolph, or a player (personally I’d like to see Wright take charge as a “team captain” per se) but someone needs to motivate these guys. If they continue to play the same way, come the All-Star break we won’t be asking if they can win enough games to get to the post season, rather what players we will be looking to trade off before the deadline.

By: Mr. Mets Butler

Mr. Mets Butler — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:07:23 +0000

Ceetar…you are so delusional. Rollins did not run out a ball due to the stress of having to play hard all the time? The stress is getting to them? That is the most ridiculous crap I have ever heard on this blog. Please…give me a friggin’ break.

I hate to bring you back to reality, but the Phillies have an awesome ballclub. Rollins and Howard have won back to back mvp’s. And they will have a third mvp at the end of this season at Utley’s current pace. They have great complimentary players in Feliz and Jenkins and Victorino.

Oh…and how can us Mets faithful forget about Burrell.

Don’t pin your hopes on Philly slacking off. It’s so off base. And did I say….DELUSIONAL!

The Mets will have to play at least 60-40 over the next 100 games to even sniff Philly’s arses. Does this current team as is really give you any hope of that?

Think before you post. Geez…

By: mm88112

mm88112 — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 23:45:46 +0000

Comment by therealsince86
2008-06-09 18:26:40
LOL, so you really think that in the long run that the Phillies have better SP and BP? That’s a big stretch don’t you think?

It’s not a thought, it’s a fact that their pitching has been better than the Mets’. Their staff has been consistently giving strong outings, and despite what that idiot Ken Rosenthal says, their ‘pen is nowhere near being over used because Romero, Gordon, and Lidge haven’t pitched two innings all year, and are still as fresh as backend pitchers can be in June. Compare that to the Mets’ bullpen that is over-reliant on guys like Heilman, feliciano, and Sanchez who will be burned out by mid-July.
They are allowing fewer runs PG and have a lower ERA. And what has the Mets’ pitching shown to even make you think they’ve been that good? Honestly, Mets fans need to get over ’06 and realize that those days are gone with this group, and that the Phillies are the best team in the division right now. People are on here saying the Phillies are going to lose 80 games and the Mets are going to blow by them-what teams have you been watching this year? Again, not that it’s an excuse, but the Mets won games that weren’t convincing in any way, and in 3 of those 4 loses Rollins would have been the difference. The difference between this year and last year is that the Phillies are playing better as the season is going on and they know that the only way to get where they want to go is to play and win games. This team has received no credit for what they accomplished last year, and people really underestimated the talent that they have, while overrating the talent on the Mets.