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The Mets defeated the Rangers by the score of 4 to 2 in Shea Stadium this evening.
For a full recap, boxscore, stats, etc., go to SNY.tv.
Despite losing in the first game, the Mets looked up beat and confident in the second game.
However, in case you missed it, know that Pedro Martinez looked strong, keeping hitters off balance, getting testy with Marlon Byrd, while throwing 92 pitches to 25 batters, of which seven reached base and only two scored; the Mets played some great defense, and some very bad defense; Carlos Beltran and David Wright were a combined 5 for 9 with two RBI; Willie Randolph chose to pinch hit for Martinez in the bottom of the sixth, with the bases loaded, and Martinez on a roll, but Robinson Cancel delivered; and, lastly, Billy Wagner threw a 1–2–3 ninth inning for the save.
Welcome back, Billy – and Willie, enjoy the flight.
The Mets travel to Anaheim to being a three-game series with the Angels tomorrow, with Mike Pelfrey facing Jared Weaver.
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I’d say Bill R. came in to manage the second game, except the Cancel pinch hit makes me think Willie Randolph just got lucky.
No, he went with his gut. Cancel is one of his guys….he knows him, believe me.
Sheesh. It was the correct move AT THE TIME. The Mets won the game as a result. At least give the man credit when he makes the right move.
End of story.
I didn’t really like the move, but I am not going to crucify him or make this a reason why he should be fired. This team is desperate to score runs. We had a bases-loaded, 2 outs situation in a tie game. I rather take the risk taking Pedro out for a hitter in that spot and hoping the bullpen pitches 3 scoreless innings, than giving the Rangers an easy out of that jam and trying to keep the score tied. He did get lucky that Cancel got the hit but better be lucky than good.
dammit i went to the first game but couldn’t stay for the second one…arrghhh….at least we won the series :) it was fun watching the Mets almost come back in game 1, been a while since i saw that
I am in Scottsdale and could not see the game.How hard was Pedro throwing?
low 90s
I was never a big proponent of firing willie in the first place, but I did think that it was necessary. I am not as down on him as some people on this site. I must say, however, that these past few days and the way the team has handled the situation has almost made me rally behind him. This weekend I found myself watching more intently and hoping they would win for Willie. It’s weird. A few weeks ago, I was accepting of Willie being gone, now I am hoping he succeeds more than ever. I hope this situation has the same effect on the players and they rally behind him. Maybe the front offic had a plan.
I feel the same way but the flaw with this thinking is that Willie still does not handle the Xs and Os well, and goes with his gut too often when he has poor feel for the game from a managerial standpoint. A lot of that has to do with his loss of confidence, and I guess if he gets that back his gut will be more successful than when he coaches scared, which I think has been the case since Game 7 in 2006 a little, and full bloom in September 2007 when he started really doubting himself. I never thought he could get his confidence back, and I still don’t, and even with the confidence he was still making mistakes with double switches and basic strategy, so as much as I root for him now as a person getting a raw deal from the front office and media, I still want him replaced.
You would be giving the front office way too much credit to think that they would “have a plan” to motivate their players and manager… Tonight Minaya layed the ground work for firing WR and a few coaches — he had not been so non-committal up until his press conference. It seemed to me like his firing was immanent.
But I agree with your take on Willie and I hope the players do what they’re being paid to do, what they’ve all proven (at one point or another in their past) they are capable of doing and play some good, inspiring ball. They need to get a pulse and then the bullpen needs to get some balls.
Itll be interesting to see how we play in LA. Again as gary mentioned on the air, the angles haven’t exactly been tearing the cover off the ball. 11th in the AL in average and runs scored and Rbi’s. There strength of course is their pitching.
The next three we get weaver who’s struggled(4.45era), then lackey vs santana which should be a good one. Then garland (4.13). Again the angels record reflects well in the fact that they just find a way to win games, and their bullpen is very good. However i think there beatable.
Like i mentioned before, we have been getting great starting pitching, the bullpen has been shakey and i think we can somehow get a nice setupman we should pull the trigger as the 8th inning has haunted us.
However i’m interested to see the impact of trot a little more. With 3 righties going in LA he should be in their all 3 games. 2 walks and 2 hits today. Also notice he was right in the middle of both our rallies in the bottom of the 8th and 9th.
“they just find a way to win games” and the mets find ways to lose games….
Scioscia vs Willie…any questions?
Exactly. The Angels have an enormous advantage in managing.
Garland and Weaver aren’t as bad as their ERA suggests. Even if their team BA is low, they have Vlad Guerrero. No one on the Mets is as good as Guerrero.
The rest of their lineup plays small ball and can be tough.
FIRE WILLIE!!! This cannot go on any longer. Why the black cloud over this team? What are the Wilpons so afraid of? Get rid of them and start over…this season is not lost yet!
Fire NY CUABN from this site!!. Stop whining like a little girl for Willie to be fired. Its annoying! Try rooting for your team for a change.
Go Mets!!
Go willie!
Normally, I would agree with Keep Willie but the Mets are starting to reach Isiah Thomas proportions and rooting for the Knicks from 2003-2008 was like drinking poison.
don’t you mean “like softball girls”?? ;)
Fire “Keep Willie”, a guy who obviously signed up for this site just to bash people who state the obvious — manager+team=mediocrity or worse.
Yeah. You know more about what Cancel can do and not do compared to Willie. Hahaha. That’s is just so funny.
Pedro was only going one more inning anyhow, you dope. You know nothing about baseball.
I love these guys that log on (usually late at night) and just go from one post to the next — rip, rip, rip. Get a life.
To Boscov and Sasseroni and all you other yo yos, I told you Cancel was recalled over Pascucci b/c he is a better hitter. If you watched at all this spring, the guy swings a decent stick and Willie liked what he saw. Especially in a spot like today, you want a hitter who puts the bat on the ball, not like Pascucci, who whiffs every 3rd AB in the minors! Maybe all you know it alls will shut your mouhts a little bit.!
Robinson Cancel = one big hit = Hubie’s messiah
No, he’s not a messiah. Orange and Blue, you are another one of those “know it alls”, who just rips and criticizes at every opportunity. Firing Willie is not going to turn this around, and just maybe once in a while, it would be nice to give credit when credit is due. The decision to recall Cancel over Pascucci, just won us a ball game. This whole site ripped the deciison to keep Cancel, when 98% of you have never seen Pascucci swing a bat.
Hubie, first of all, the guy has not had a hit in the major leagues since 1999! that is not even in this millenium! so easy on the “i told you so” cuz willie got very, very lucky there.
And Willie was not the one that recalled Cancel, Omar was. Perhaps you should be giving the credit to omar.
The guy got his first hit in the majors since 1999. You think there may be a reason for that? The ball had eyes and for once the Mets got lucky. The only thing Cancel is proficient at is eating. I would like to see him at an all you can eat buffet. He would put the restaurant out of business.
Hubie, that could be a(n) historically ridiculous post. Satire couldn’t better capture the stupidity and needlessly confrontational tone of some posters when discussing a topic (25th man) of minimal importance. Robinson CANCEL gets ONE HIT and it’s “shut your mouths, haters!”
Good night. What part of “$140 million 4th place team” do you not understand?
No, its not about Cancel’s one hit. Its about all the criticism from know it alls like your self who come on here mainly after losses to rip and criticize. Well, keeping Cancel was the correct decision as have been many of Omar’s decisions in his time here. Sure there have been a few screw-ups, but unfortunately, with the Yanks in the playoffs every year, there is tremendous pressure to win and perhaps decisions mainly for today are made.
We need to keep Willie and Omar, support this team, even though I agree, there is a strong chance we are headed toward mediocrity this year. Bringing in a new regime is not going to help correct what has happened in the past and I still think Omar and WIllie give us the best chance to success in the future. change does not guarantee anything.
Finally, a person who admits that he wants to keep Willie because he accepts mediocrity.
Obviously, you can’t read or comprehend.
Resorting to insults = out of ideas.
Headed toward mediocrity? Headed? Does that mean you think 33-35 is good?
I can’t help but laugh at all the posts about the 25th man on the roster. He got a hit. Be thankful. He’s as good as any 25th man.
Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in awhile. This team is going nowhere fast and the indecisiveness of the the front office isn’t helping things.
If this team is not going anywhere, it not because of Willie Randolph. This team, as presently constituted, isn’t going anywhere with Jerry Manuel either.
If this team does go anywhere, it will be because the teams gets healthy or because Omar makes a few moves - one being to get a productive left fielder WHO IS HEALTHY. We only have about 20 ribbies total this season out of that position.
Hey Hubie you’re a riot. Real riot
And you are an idiot!
resorting to insults = out of ideas
Cancel was called up because he calls a good game. If he wasn’t injured during ST, he’d have been up instead of Casanova as the backup.
I thought the cancel move was the right one. Pedro gave you six solid innings, you go for the win right there. Were not exactly tearing the cover off the ball offensively. That was a golden opportunity to score, you don’t just let it get away. Who knows if pedro gets into trouble if he even finishes the 7th inning.
For all those that didn’t like the cancel move, whom would you have brought into pinch hit? He was our option from the right side. It worked. Good move from willie.
Ding, Ding, Ding, Ding, Ding!
Give this man a cigar.
I was at the game and was wondering if anyone knew what was up with the HR apple? It didn’t go up for any of our HR’s….
It was in shock.
omg omar’s an idiot. anyone watching his interview on sny?
Allowing Bernazard in the clubhouse to undermine his manager pretty much solidified Omar as an idiot in my book. Willie doesn’t need things made more difficult for him, believe me.