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The Game:
The Mets (35-36) begin a three-game series versus the Rockies (31-42) tonight at Coors Field in Denver, starting 9:05 pm EST.
The Lineup:
- SS Jose Reyes
- LF Endy Chavez
- 3B David Wright
- CF Carlos Beltran
- 1B Carlos Delgado
- LF Trot Nixon
- 2B Damion Easley
- C Brian Schneider
- P John Maine
The Pitchers:
RHP John Maine (6-5, 3.87 ERA) starts for the Mets.
RHP Aaron Cook (10-3, 3.29 ERA) starts for the Rockies.
How To Catch It:
Tonight’s game can be seen locally on
and heard locally on WFAN.
The Bleachers:
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…enjoy, and as always, Let’s Go Mets…
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Phillies losing 3-0 to the Angels….would love to see them get swept
LETS GO METS….time to beat the team that probably would have swept us out of the first round if we managed to win 2 more games last year
Come on… one game at a time boys.
No Castillo again. Anyone know if this is an injury thing or a Jerry Manuel thing???
i answered my own question but in case anyone else was wondering…
Luis Castillo is sitting out a second game Friday because of a wrist injury.
He’s day-to-day. Damion Easley is playing second base and batting seventh.
no…his wrist is fine…Jerry is rewarding him some playing time for the home run,,,read it at Adam Rubin’s blog.
he’s day-to-day because of his wrist
Right field – bugs bunny.
two left fielders? awsome
Yup. There is going to be a lot of action out there in left tonight…haha.
lol, they better catch all the balls going out to left or we’ll know they really suck
Maybe its Manuel realizing Castillo is a much better hitter from the right side of the plate
Does anyone know what the 2008 overall inter-league record is presently? I know the Mets are doing well in this regard. Perhaps we just need to be in a tougher league to keep the lads interest piqued? :)
I think he is out with a contusion to the wrist. He will be spending the night out on the town with Tony Bernazard to talk behind Manuels back.
Strong thunder storms in the Denver Area, would hate for this team to play another double header.
The thunderstorm watch is only until 9:00 so hopefully they will be fine.
The storms are to the east of downtown Denver, where Coors Field is located.
I’m not too worried. Maybe a delay, but not postponed.
lol, i think the team should tarp slide and see how many injuries result from that….
who cares, as long as hes out we have a pretty good chance at winning…anyone know when Church is due back?
supposedly church is due back our home stand against seattle..
delcos just posted that church will begin working out with the team once they return home for a few days. Then he will play several rehab games with the Cyclones
Here’s hoping it’s a solid outing from Maine tonight. Time to start climbing up….
With Brian Schneider behind the plate, i think John Maine will get the win. I say that because John Maine won more games this year with Schneider behind the plate then he did with Castro or Casonova.
Just so you know “The Straw” Luis Castillo, i think, left the game against the Angels for some injury.
Chavez in right.
where’s burkhardt?
vacation
gotcha…thanks
Maz’s commentary is as sharp as his suit–yet I can’t help but think that he & Yalloff sound like they’re setting us up for a Reyes trade…
That would just be crazy. To me, just as crazy as trading David Wright.
I agree.
heilman for fuentes…that would be wonderful
whos filling in for burkhardt? i missed pregame show
Matt Yaloff
Sorry, that’s not right. As usual, I’m having problems with posts tonight. It’s not Matt (who of course is doing the pre game show with maz) and his name is on the tip of my tongue but I can’t pull it out…..
jonas schwartz
luis castillo needs competition…it seems like he gets bored quite often
Luis Castillo’s new competition is REESE HAVENS… Anyhow, just a thought: Should the Mets become sellers if the season does not get turned around, is it fair to say that the following players should be traded in order to get some type of value/prospects in return: Carlos Delgado, Pedro Martinez, Oliver Perez, Brian Schneider, Scott Schoenweis, Aaron Heilman & Moises Alou. Here’s a BIG IF (not that it will happen): Carlos Beltran.
i hate cook.. screw him
If David Wright, by the end of the season, hit the following:
30 HR; 108 RBIs; .272 AVG.
. . . would you say his had a good year?
good for most, but still lower than expectations
Yes. 108 RBIs? That’s a good number, you’d have to assume helped win ballgames and isn’t that really the bottom line?
Decent….but thats a step back for David.
Good but not great – AVG should be higher and RBIs too – what are you predicting his OBP to be? OPS?
A lot has to do with his pressing while the lineup has struggles and sputtered and started and stopped thanks to bad stretches by the Carloses, injuries to alou, Church, etc.
do the mets attract rain? they have to have more rain delays than any other team in baseball
um . . . there’s no rain delay.
not yet
Maybe we should start hoping for one. : (
i was thinking the same thing…
agreed
Oh, Christ.
Where’s the magic touch of Jerry Manuel? I guess he’ll at some point tell Maine that he has to get some guys out.
Manuel = Genius
Good start
were gonna lose this game, i can tell already… maine doesnt look good, and cook will throw another CG or close to it
I was at least hoping to feel the usual nausea during the 2nd-inning, yikes!
The Phillies should probably lose tonite, so here’s another chance for the Mets to win a biggie.
and the ump is squeezing Maine too
nice way to start a game. at least the mets looked good at the plate in the top half
did someone mention that mike carp’s defense sucks? I was watching him play first today and he looked awfully like delgado today as he overran a routine ground ball for an error
Thank you for that wonderful news. What next? FMart can’t hit lefties?
That’s the reason Carp’s not up.
Oh, and Delgado’s hitting just well enough to keep his job.
come on, big inning here
OH YES!! JUST LIKE THAT — IT’S TIED!!
WOOOOOOOOOO!!
Oh, man – Carlos! Way to get us back in the game!
Delgado plays for Manuel.
He’s gangsta.
Pul-eeeez. Delgado starting hitting before Manuel was manager. You’re just like that nimrod Will Sommer.
Oy vey….take a joke, dude. Tongue in cheek, etc.
Is Will Sommer an adult, or a child? I couldn’t tell after reading his article.
wow…is it true?…i think delgado might be waking up!
Hey Matt, what’s up with this delay? Is this all Pacman’s fault? If so, cut some bacon off his back and ban him (the pessimistic bastard).
seriously, this delay sucks
LOL – but seriously – it’s been horrible this past week trying to post anything. Don’t know what the problem is but it’s never been this bad….
Carlos, my man. I love Carlos Delgado. What a first baseman.
Is it me or does delgado’s bat look a little bit quicker these past two games.
that was a nice surprise
Did Trot Nixon ever used to be good?
One of those players who played one decent season and then took a nap.
Yes. Used to be. But that’s why Omar got him.
Willie Randolph would’ve never managed together this second inning comeback
Right. Jerry Manuel knows how to get his players to get base hits. It’s a family secret. He looks a certain way at you, and you get a base hit.
So Manuel managed them to hits? Will he manage them to strikeouts too?
I was kind of joking, although I am thrilled that Willie is finally gone
Change was needed. Although the team got rolling with Willie at the helm, Manuel will get much of the credit.
It was a nive AB, but I still refuse to like Delgado!
At least manual seems to be burying Cstillo, so that is good news.
Warthan needs to earn his new big paycheck and get Maine going with that extra pitch he needs to take out guys (2 seamer?).
Or with balls flying, maybe they didn’t pay the rent on the humidor?
Jose! Ya just gotta love him. I don’t even want to hear trade rumors that involve his name….
Me neither.
Fellas, the magic of Manuel is at work. It’s called “The Manuel Mystique.”
And this time Schneider scores!
schneider is incredibly slow…nice slide
He’s almost as slow as the comment moderation delay on Metsblog.
I have much more confidence in this team without luis in the 2 hole. Even though he’s been pretty decent. I don’t feel were as scary. I know he’s supposed to play tomorrow, but i’d love to see him toward the bottom of the order tomorrow.
Nice job by aguila sending schneider. Know where the outfielders are playing. Right fielder playing very deep.
Jerry Manuel San. Show me the way.
5 runs in! Keep ‘em coming.
Big inning, big inning!…no Whammies!!!!..Big inning!
Who cares about WHY, the simple fact is the Willie Randolph is gone, Jerry Manuel is our manager, and for some reason this team has a little excitement and thunder behind it.
This is absolutely awesome.
Yeah, Jerry Manuel Mistique
You moron, Willie won 3 of 4 when he was fired. (Oh god, help me deal.)
thank you for someone sticking up for willie
Yes, Willie was a smart man.
Willie was a savvy baseball strategist.
Willie understood the NL game.
Willie kept the clubhouse loose.
Willie was a master motivator.
Willie was not paranoid nor delusional.
Willie was…..oh, hell,. I have to stop, i’m laughing too hard!
Good riddannce to bad rubbish!!!
Bad rubbish with six World Championship rings. If I was Willie, I would have worn them those last few weeks. Between the Wilpons, Bernazard and Omar they have combined 1 World Series ring.
But change was needed let go Mets, lets go Manuel!
I love Jerry Manuel.
Matt, I’m gonna end up with tendonitis in my right index finger from hitting the refresh button over and over and over and over and over . . . .
Yeah, there’s got to be a better way, Matt. Maybe if we all comment, he’ll realize there’s a problem and get his IT gurus on it (hopefully he’s got at least one. Saw a bio on him where web sites/techncology is really not his forte.
Maybe no one has noticed but Reyes started the season very slow. He is now hitting .298.
If we aren’t getting Volquez and Cueto or Sizemore and Lee, then Reyes better be a Met.
You bunch of whiners….this is a new team. This is Jerrys team. THEY ARE GANGSTA.
hahaha, glider. Don’t worry that will be alou’s next injury.
i wish sny would stop showing derek jeter commercials…i really hate his stupid voice
holy two out hits batman!!!
If the Mets start to win now that Willie is gone what are the tabloids going to bitch about?
the yankees?
Have you looked at the history of our records after we replaced managers mid-season? Well, let me tell you, it ain’t pretty. Manuel is playing with the same deck of cards Willie was playing with.
“Oh, but Manuel will work his mojo.”
Yeah, ok. right.
True, but usually the teams that got new managers where horrible, I still think this team has talent and hopefully they’ll respond better to a new skipper (I always argued it was worth the managerial change to find out since clearly the team wasn’t responding to Willie anyway).
Let it go man, Let it go,, willie is already a distant memory.
Willie who?
Nothing. Wins will heal the fan base and create goodwill with the media. But to say that the media was “bitching” is crazy. The Mets deserved every bit of what they got. The Willie situation was embarrassing for all Met fans but wins is what this is all about.
Now, how they fire Manuel after we get to the playoffs is a different story. Regardless of what happens, Manuel cannot be the long term manager.
Offense puts up a great inning and a Mets pitcher follows it with a leadoff frickin walk. Ah, the joy of being a Mets fan!
Well, m=Maine did do a good job of recovering. Maybe it was just cobwebs after the long inning.
*Not sure what my malfunction was there with the “m=Maine”
I like it as a nickname anyway.
gonna be a long game with Maine tonight (and I don’t mean he is going 8 innings!)
Why do Mets starters have such a fear (or inability?) of throwing a ouple of strikes, and ever getting ahead of a batter?
Premature?
Angels 7; Phillies 1
Bwhahahahahahahahahahaha.
So we’ve got a chance to gain a game? That would be good….
Thankfully Manuel played Chavez with this ridiculous outfield
That would have never occurred to Willie.
Dude, get the rod out of your a$$, seriously
Don’t make stupid comments. BTW, the rod is up your A$$. “Manuel, Manuel, Manuel” You must be joking.
can your dad beat up his dad?
Really? Last time I checked Willie played Chavez a hell of a lot. . . There is a righty on the mound so Chavez would have started in a heartbeat, no matter who the manager is/was. . .
You people are looking for arguments, I didn’t even mention Willie in my post, I just said I was glad Manuel put Chavez in this big outfield.
The Willie Protection Patrol is just adrift. They’ll come around.
Trot Nixon taking a walk down Memory Lane.
TROT!!!
Gary – ‘And it was a Bomb. Nixon ‘trots’ in’…..
Whoo-Hooo!!
The Rox announcers sounded like somebody took their lunch money.
maybe somebody did :)
Keith might have.
And he said it like he’d been waiting to use it since Trot got here.
Damn it feels good to be a Gangsta!
::smashes computer printer with baseball bat::
lol!…can’t help but think about office space
::throws mug of coffee in Lumbergh’s face::
i said no salt NO SALT on the margarita and you gave me salt i should burn down this resort
PC loadletter?!…what the f_ck does that mean?!
Thing is, Bob, It’s not that I’m lazy, I just don’t really care.
hey peter man…breast exam channel 11!
LOL. Trot killed that ball. Off the 2nd deck facing. LOL.
Is that Ronnie Lane doing the play by play on Rockies radio (I have XM)?
I think its time to get over the fact that willie is gone, and start thinking that maybe a new manager can make a difference. even if it is wishful thinking.
Im looking at you Glider.
Im thinking that since the collapse last year this team has played tight under willie, pressing too much. I think Manuel has come in and immediately lightened the mood, allowing the players to relax somewhat and have fun.
Agreed. The organization wanted Willie gone now hopefully everyone is on the same page.
Wow, I don’t think I’ve ever seen Helton struck out before
seriously…it’s like a gwynn o-fer back in the day
Johnnie Maine!
Good recovery by Maine after the first inning, I’m sure he’s thrown over 80 pitches but I’ll take it
59 pitches thru 3. Lets see if he can go 6 tonight.
59 pitches
Willie randolph looks worse with every run the mets score
He sure does… looks as if he was completely lost with this team. Doesn’t make any sense. Maybe he isn’t ready to manage in the Majors just yet.
Give it a rest already.
Willie keeps complaining to the post and daily news. Give it a rest willie
wow the site is super slow tonite. anyone else getting funky errors when you refresh?
yeah…i think it’s the comment moderation
Dam the braves suck, couldn’t be happier. Take that Jayson Stark
Tom Glavine was clearly the missing piece to the puzzle
i wonder if he’s devastated?
Haha i still cant believe we got Ike Davis for him
Endy, he’s an octopus
Oooooooohhhhh, thank God Jerry Manuel had the managerial instincts to put Chavez in the line-up tonight. Shear genius.
lol. i’m wondering where all the “get rid of endy” fans are right now.
I’m here. I love Endy. I’ll never forget that catch in the NLCS against the Cards…
that was so amazing.
kind of interesting he’s batting second. don’t think i’ve ever seen him there before
this jackass is just upset because I made a comment that he mistook as a slight on Willie
Oh, liar, liar, pants on fire. Yes, you were slighting Willie. P*ssing on his grave. “A little bit; yes, you did.”
You’re just mad because I nabbed you, red-handed.
I’m telling you . . . lol. Cognitive dissonance is all over this joint. The Willie-hater are creaming in their pants. I mean, Manuel was Willie’s hand-picked bench coach. They were seen side-by-side every game talking to each other. This was Willie’s first managerial job. He clearly relied on Manuel for in-game decisions.
It’s all such a bad joke.
Im not sure that he was his hand picked bench coach. I dont think willie had any input in Manuel. I remember reading something that Manuel was seeing he didnt even know willie until he joined the mets.
The old hitting coach was the only one of “willies guys”.
But none of that matters. Its about helping this team find an identity. Which is something he couldnt do as a bench coach. He obv communicates with the players much more than willie, and i would bet his sense of humor is something the players consider refreshing.
That’s what Manuel says now (”Who’s ‘Willie Randolph’?”) LOL. Trust me. Hand-picked. Read the articles. Do “the Google” as John McCain says.
yeah because you would know.
It’s also clear, according to team insiders, that Manuel viewed Randolph as stubborn and overmatched. Randolph would frequently ignore Manuel’s advice as bench coach, even though Manuel had managed the White Sox to a 500-471 record from 1998-2003 and Randolph was a first-time skipper.
As Per Adam Rubin. So…you may not be concrete on that.
thank you sir.
What a wooly comment.
How good a fielder is endy chavez! Him and Victorino are the best fielding outfielders in baseball.
TROT!!! ROLLIN WIT DA GANGSTAS!!!
not bad for a career right fielder
I hate to say it, but “Nixon’s the One.” [Ouch!]
Outfield looks good tonight. Team is hitting the ball well tonight…nice job Jerry.
Wow. Nice catch, Trot. Like this effort I’m seeing from all – something that’s been missing for awhile.
Man, my posts are like a half inning behind. It’s gonna get real confusing, real fast in here…..
it’s kinda nice though…you can reply to 10 comments seemingly at the same time
why they take so long to post??
It’s that ‘comment moderation is enabled. Your comment may take some time to appear’ option they’ve got turned on. Wish they would turn that off.
I feel like Homer Simpson . . . hit refresh, hit refresh, hit refresh, hit refresh, hit refresh, hit refresh, hit refresh . . .
LOL…we need the plastic bird on the pedestal
wait, why is beltran only on first? watching his hit?
He banged it off the RF wall. Right to the defender.
The camera guys need to get on the stick tonight. This almost pickoff is like the 3rd play they’ve failed to key on that I had to wait for the replay to see…..
Anyone else REALLY liking the Manuel effect on these guys?
Metsfan119.
Willie’s gone, man.
Get over it.
yup
me
I’m the president of the fan club
Oh, yeah.
It’s working so far.
me
::kool aid guy busts through my wall and yells::
ooooooh YEA!!!
yeah….I can see how that can be annoying.
Too soon to tell.
blister?
D-Wright – nice play. They are just looking sharp in the field tonight.
Wow, A+ for Mets Defense tonight so far!
what did they see maine that they conferred at the mound? i know about his finger, but why just then?
he limped running over to cover 1st. looks like hes fine though.
smiles all around from these guys.. Great to see.. Even fun to watch
That was a huge inning for maine to plow thru 1 2 3.
Thats why hes my favorite pitcher on the team.
Way to go Johnny.
test
It appears to me that John Maine is pitching much better since Jerry Manuel became manager two days ago.
. . . and hitting better too!
dude…they’re winning
so what happens if the mets get like 5-7games above .500 and are right in it against the phillies?
will you still be saying manuel has no effect?
how bout if they make the playoffs? win the world series?
still nothing???
The Mets were playing better baseball BEFORE Manuel became manager.
so? manuel is here
Are you Willie’s brother?? Who cares why they are winning or who the manager is?? As long as they WIN!!! I could care less if Lucifer himself is the manager as long as they WIN!!
But I do not think it is a coincidence they are playing a crisper brand of baseball the last 2 games.
Sweetheart, you shouldn’t stick your nose in the middle of a tet-a-tet of which you know nothing about.
There are certain gentlemen on this site that are attributing certain unforeseen events to the managerial skill of a certain Jerald Manuel. Like his genius of playing Endy Chavez in right field. Wow. Or the deft timing of his confronting Jose the other night. (Of course, when Willie bench Reyes for not hustling – a move all baseball people applauded at the time – and Reyes then sulked and tanked the rest of the season; well, then Willie is a bad manager.
Of course, none of this had anything to do with Bernazard’s backstabbing maneuvers behind Willie’s back.
I’m all for the Mets kicking arss the rest of the year and winning the World Series. Trust me. Just don’t tell me how much better a manager Jerry Manuel (Willie’s right hand man) is.
Glider,
Not only are you a complete idiot, but you are also a sexist a$$hole.
thank you
Glider: it is “tete-a-tete.” Not tet a tet. Tete-a-tete is defined as as “a private conversation between two people,” (hard to actually have one on a blog commenst section, but that’s neither here nor there).
Tet was a Vietcong and NVA offensive in the Vietnam War set to coincide with the eponymous holiday in late January, 1968. The offensive was an abysmal military failure for the Communist forces, but a stunning propoganda victory.
I know your love for Willie “Brains” Randolph is all-encompassing, but perhaps dumbing yourself down to Willie’s level is not the optimal way to demonstrate your abiding affection.
Oh, and a blind, three-legged, rabid basset hound would be a better manager than Willie.
So, Jerry, by definition, is better than Willie.
That said, I am yet to be convinced that Jerry is the long term answer.
Looks like the Phillies aren’t so great once they’re expected to win
We know all about that. Don’t we.
K em’ up johhny
Endy “Manuel” Chavez!
Very impressive start for maine. He’s a fly ball pitcher and is doing well at coors field. Phills lost-we can pull to withing 3 games back in the loss colemn
I got my world series expectations back.
I’ve rediscovered my swagger
i agree
don’t call me stupid
don’t call me an idiot
call me a JERRY’S KID
love it…done and done…we need t shirts
There is a difference between tyring hard and playing hard. It’s the difference between thinking and doing.
These guys TRIED very hard for WIllie. I won’t debate that one.
But they are PLAYING hard for Jerry. Seriously, I think everyone has their uniform dirty tonight.
the phiillies are not that great as they seem, their starting pitcher is awful, except hamels of course. and chase ultly is the only hitter I fear, howard can be pitch to
they’re due for a losing streak…i hope
You don’t fear Rollins? Howard? How about Pat Burrell? Every hear of him? Do you even have the slightest idea of what Burrell’s stats are against the Mets?
are you even a mets fan? or just some a-hole that sits on this blog and whines and makes negative comments all the time.
I live in Philly, F%ck the Phillies.
Every 4 out of 5 games, they have to win with by out-slugging. They dont have a good enough rotation to scare anyone.
Someone needs to write john maine a personal apology:
Comment by mark5674
2008-06-20 21:18:46
were gonna lose this game, i can tell already… maine doesnt look good, and cook will throw another CG or close to it
Don’t forget to apoligize to the offense to.
Beltran is an animal.
Let’s tack on a run here. Come on.
Shaping up to be a great nite, with both the Spankees and Phillies losing their games, and the Metropolitans creepin’ to get another “W.”
Braves got crushed too and Marlins losing :)
Maine better still be pitching
why do they keep showing that nat geographic commercial about the girl with 8 limbs on sny?
Very creepy.
94 pitches for maine. bottom of the order. come on jerry keep him in. dont be like willie.
interesting to see how much slack Manuel will give his starter
These are the kind of games they need to stay in it. Everyone contributes. Hey, even Schneider got a hit and scored a run. Some real nice plays in the field too.
Now, if we can count on the pen when they make their appearance….
best to score more runs
Jeeze, a two base steal….
Almost looked like Maine was pulling a Jose and didn’t want to come out….
O.K. – I get it now. Was waiting to pass the ball on personally….
i think he slipped smitty some cash too :)
lol – good one.
Beware Jimmy rollins, chase utley in com. , a power unlike any you have ever seen has been released
you wouldn’t like them when they’re underdogs…
stupid hacky line, i know, but it seems like the mets are a much better team when they aren’t favored
Nice game John Maine. Way to bounce back after the rough first.
No can the bullpen please strand his inherited runners for once…ppppllllleeeeaaaassseee.
gracias
Anyone else feel there are too many commenting on the good effect that Manuel is having on the team??
He may or may not be having a good effect. Lets not send accolades his way just yet. The team just came out of a STORMY situation with Randolph and now can just play w/o the managerial situation hovering over the stadium. Also, whatever effect the team is feeling may be felt by any manager and not just Manuel. Maybe its just the fact that its someone new – nothing more. I hope i’m wrong and Manuel has the Phil Garner effect (He took over the Astros mid-season and took them to the playoffs).
Can we just wait and see how things play out. Lets re-asses the situation at the All-Star break. ARen’t we all excited when we start something new etc. Same thing here. For now…Lets Go Mets…
yes, agreed. team was already showing good signs pre-manuel. can’t really tell with 3 games. one game lost and people will be calling for his head again. thus is the life of a mets fan
Bloggers here arse-kissing Manuel after two games????? Really? I couldn’t tell.
As a defender of sanity what is your problem? Why can’t you just let it go. There are a lot of Mets fans that just feel better about the team after the cloud of Willie was lifted. What do you have against them? So what if they did not like Willie. Let them be happy.
Can’t we also just be glad to finally see that there actually is a team that’s fun to watch out there too?
Regardless of Manuel being the cause, or the lack of Willie and the “STORMY situation” being the cause, there IS a more exciting and fun team out there.
Willie had over three years to threaten to cut one of his players…but he just didnt get it done. Manuel needed all of one hitter.
The Manuel effect is soo evident.
(Vomit.)
It’s not “the Manuel effect” you moron. It’s the no more media blitz effect; the no more Willie is a dead man walking every single day effect; etc.
Are you Manuel’s ho?
What is your problem? Just let them be happy for once.
Them? Who’s “them”?
everybody on the site not named glider. how exactly do you want us to root for the team? you seem to get angry whenever anybody says anything good about the mets. what would make you happy?
Never.
The issue is not people being happy about the team right now. By all means be happy. Cheer and not boo. Do what ever you want. I started this string b/c I was sick of seeing people write about the positive effect that Manuel is having. He may very well be having a positive effect. I’m not saying that he isn’t.
All im saying is that lets watch this team for a little longer. Lets see them hit a skid and rebound before we say its all about Manuel. Manuel’s a fresh face; A new voice. It all seems positive right now.
You couldve put Bud Harrelson, Jeff Torborg & Art Howe here and people would be saying they’re having a nice effect on the team. Thats just silly.
But again, by all means, cheer. BE HAPPY. dont let me or anyone else take away your joy. Lets just wait and see what happens before giving too much credit to Manuel. Thats all.
I think the major effect that Manuel will have on the team will be the same he has on the fans. He’s not Willie. It’s not even that Willie was a bad manager, it’s that the team could not move past the collapse with him as the manager and neither could the fans. Now we don’t seem to have that oh no here we go again feeling. It’s like we are starting over again. I understand Manuel is just an average manager just like Willie and just like Bobby Valentine but still it’s nice to move on.
NCMetsGuy hit the nail on the head.
I’m certainly not sold on Manuel yet…but my God, anybody would be better than Willie!
Call it the no more moronic, baseball strategy-challenged, thin-skinned, paranoid manager effect!
And, what in the name of all that is holy (i.e. Mookie, Seaver, Gil, Koosman, Agee, Mex, Bob Murphy, Mr. Met) is wrong with being happy about that?
Who did he cut??
Im referring to his gangster comment. Did you really not get that??!?!
Just got back from B-Mets/Trenton Thunder (Yankees). Anyone else there? Parnell and especially Kunz looked real sharp, the first thing I saw out of Carp was a miserable error, ball right under his glove at 1B. Wonderful. Gotta say he looked fine the rest of the way, certainly no worse than Delgado. But… 0-4 Carp; 0-3 Evans; Murphy on the DL. Ah well, $5 and some nice pitching.
Who cares about Carp…Delgado found the fountain of youth tonight!!!
saw it on tv – fun to watch them play. pitching was great and carp’s error was horrible on a routine play
those aren’t Lennon glasses,,, those are Tom Kite glasses..
You guys know Kite?
never heard of Kite, but they look a lot like my Tag glasses
How perfect would a G.S be here in this new era. Come on Reyes!!!!
So what’s the record on how many ML managers got fired within one week? What is it up to now – 3?
Jeeze, Schneider…..
is there a slower athlete in the history of professional sports than Schneider. He makes Tony Siragusa look like Jesse Owens.
we easily have the slowest Catching tandem in the Majors.. Probably in the world
no way…there’s gotta be an over 40 softball league somewhere in the country with slower catchers…i think
hahaha,, so true, so true, but not by much
I think snieder is slower then castro
Man, Schneider is slow. COst Jose a base hit there.
good thing the run still scores!
He’s slow but that was mainly some stupid baserunning. Crappy how Jose doesn’t get a hit there
He was running his big butt off but that’s a tough play because of having to hold up. He must have hesitated too long.
can there be an error on a runner?
Feliciano gets on my nerves this season. Something is just not quite right with him since the middle of last season.
Cmon, is it really too much to ask for them to play like this EVERY game??!!!
Does Feliciano ever NOT walk the first guy he faces?
Actually, does he ever get an out anymore? Seems like he comes in, puts a couple of guys on base, and gets pulled.
Might be time to put him on the endanered species BP list too!
I type this as he gets a SP, but it was a tough play by DW!
I am not impressed with Schneider. He makes too many mental errors. Doesn’t really call that great a game. Also a lot of wild pitches/passed balls this year.
How do you know he does not call that great of a game?
Nice, Pedro.
You know, it was only two weeks ago where I didn’t think any lead was safe, not even a 5 run lead going into the 9th. Now, with a lead like this, no way I expect them to blow it.
nice rebound by Maine.
here’s my view. we have a clear cut ace. we have a 2b pitcher in maine. we have 2 #3 starters in pedro (if he stays healthy) and perez and a legit #4 in pelfrey.
I think that could win the division.
i agree. although im not comfortable enough with perez to call him a #3. Hes a #4 that will pitch like a #2 20% of the time.
But it looks a hell of a lot better than the Sillies rotation.
3.6 = perez
Would you look at that,, They like each other again… Wooohoooo
what was that chicken headed dance david wright was just doing? and isn’t it great to see them goofing in the dugout?
the defense has been outstanding tonight
everything that was going wrong a month ago is going right now. at least for the last couple games…
We’re becomming like the Yankees. We’re now the New York Metkees.
Again, comments like that make any poster lose respect for you and kill any credibility that you have.
Blah, blah, blah.
Exactly.
Glider is a philthy fan troll.
Don’t feed the troll!
The Glider could never make it as one of Jerry’s gangstas . . . fo’ shizzle
Hey Hey we’re the Metkees
people say we Metkee around
but we’re too busy winning
to put anybody down
Beautiful game by the boys tonight
Lets make it a special saturday night
done and done…back to .500…i hope this isn’t the fake mets again
I can see clearly now the rain is gone..
Welcome back to .500 and hopefully on our way to .600!
showcasing heilman? what’s the story with heilman for fuentes?
Rumored over the offseason with the Show but I have not heard much since.
We don’t have enough left-handed relievers?
The way Feliciano has been pitching and Heilman why not? Fuentes is a closer and has setup in the past would not be a bad 8th inning guy at all.
nice to Beltran and Delgado showing some emotion. Hopefully it lasts more than a few days…
3 losses back of 1st with over 3 months to go.
time to go on those 7-3 runs like they are supposed to go on.
There’s something I really like about the way this team plays under Jerry Manuel. I can’t quite put my finger on it but I like it. I wasn’t a huge proponent of this move but I am willing to give it a chance. I sort of like what I see so far.
Trot Nixon sounds EXACTLY like Stone Cold Steve Austin.
Good pitching, timely hitting, solid defense.
I liiiike!
Go gangsta!
Good pitching, timely hitting, solid defense.
I liiiiike.
Go Gansta Manuel!
Nice win tonight, they actually have been playing quite well this past week. I don’t know if the players didn’t want to listen to Willie or whatever it was. We got an easy schedule coming up, besides the Yankees and after that. Time to climb over .500.
You guys reading way too much into it.
LETS RELAX & support our team weather or not they WIN. thats what a true fan is.
BTW its only been 2 GAMES, what if they go back on a loosing streak wich they will, what then? are u guys gona blame OMAR again or the “OVERRATED chemistry.”
LETS TAKE IT ONE DAY AT A TIME>>>>>>
LETS GO METS
Great win!
It feels like the beginning of the season all over again.
Easley should always play 2B
Castillo really wasn’t missed at all, was he? The drop off in defensive ability is not as much as we should’ve expected.
Easley did fumble a tailored made double play, that basically got Maine mad and out of the game. My guess Castillo would have had it.
Gangsta up . . . fo’ shizzle
Castillo can play, however i’d love to see him out of the 2 hole. I just don’t like the flow of this offense when he’s hitting left handed. He prevents us from having alot of big innings.
Now granted he has a good OBP, and leads the team in average with RISP. However i just don’t like him in the spot. I got the feeling the manuel might not have either, his comments at the press conference and bringing up the 2 hole in the lineup and all.
One thing i also like about manuel, he stuck to his word so far. Gave easily an extra day (regardless whether castillo was injured or not) because he was performing. If castillo does go back to hitting in the 2 hole and doesn’t perform, i have a feeling manuel is gonna take him out, shake things up a bit. Something we never saw from willie.
Feels good to be a Mets fan again. For the moment.
I don’t care who is to thank for it, it’s good and we should all just be happy.
It’s 2:30AM East Coast time…no post game recap post yet? Cerrone, I’m worried sick. Are you OK?