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The Game:
The Mets (46-44) play the middle game of their three-game series against the Giants (39-51) tonight at Shea Stadium, starting at 7:10 pm.
The Lineup:
- SS Jose Reyes
- RF Endy Chavez
- 3B David Wright – VOTE WRIGHT NOW!
- CF Carlos Beltran
- 2B Damion Easley
- 1B Carlos Delgado
- LF Fernando Tatis
- C Ramon Castro
- P Johan Santana
The Pitchers:
LHP Johan Santana (7-7, 2.96 ERA) starts for the Mets.
LHP Jonathan Sanchez (8-4, 3.87 ERA) starts for the Giants.
How To Catch It:
Tonight’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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y no nick Evans? He destroys lefties!
While you watch the game, it may help to be on your PC voting!
Don’t forget to vote for Wright during commercial breaks!!!
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VOTE RIGHT, VOTE WRIGHT
No. Don’t vote David Wright. No ASG, NO HOME RUN DERBY, no nothing. I want David rested for the big second half push. Sorry.
Playing 2 at-bats of a game is not going to tire him out, don’t be stupid.
And it’s pretty clear that Jerry Manuel believes in keeping his players rested so it’s not an issue. If Wright needs a day off, he’ll get a day off.
No.
I have heard Wright say numerous times that he wants to play in the All Star game. I heard him say it on Russo just before. I’ll do whatever Wright wants, he is my god. I just voted for him 50 times. You all should do the same.
“[H]e’s my god”?????? Jesus, man, get a grip.
are you doubting the divinity of david wright? heathen! you should be hanged!
I agree with you, Slider. The All-Star game is pointless (yes it counts for something, but Wright or no will make no difference). The guy has played a ton, let him rest during the break. We’re all going to forget about the All-Star game the day after anyway.
You know, Wright once said he’d give up all the All-Star game appearances and Silver Sluggers and Gold Gloves for a W.S. Ring. I think we should abide him and not vote him in.
World Series or Bust.
Not that Wright isn’t deserving but maybe his comments will become more of a prophecy of things to come.
Just a thought
Well, this is a real Algonquin Roundtable right here. Let’s go through this slowly: The Premise. Is. FALSE. There is NO evidence that Wright’s attendance at the All-Star game will do ANYTHING to help OR HURT his second half performance. You are not baseball players, trainers, managers, or coaches. You have no idea what you are talking about. To feel clever (I guess), you are punishing Wright for being a productive Met. This is beyond idiotic. If nothing else, understand that you and your ilk drive a wedge between fans and players. If you resent the players so much, DON’T PAY TO WATCH THEM PLAY.
Sheesh.
Thanks Mr. Seinfeld
That’s the reference, yes.
Well said. But I’m sure that will fall on deaf ears to those who just refuse to get it.
No, they’re the “Real” fans who know that the MEts have no shot at winning the World Series if David Wright plays in the All-Star game.
Just typing that makes my head spin, it’s so blindingly idiotic. . . .
There’s a lot of power in our lineup. Let’s get hits for Johan Sebastian!
Are we taking a break from the Fan Confidence polls this week due to the mid-season report cards? Just curious, as I hadn’t seen a poll for Manuel today or one on Monday…
guys texting is faster if u want to vote
36196, text N5
What does it cost you?
Idk
First you have to buy Platinum Field Glowing
Box and Surf section seats at Citigroup Corporation Incorporated Field for next season.
$24520 per seat.
… then you can text D Wright.
LET’S GO RUN SUPPORT!
Run Support: I was on my way to the stadium and then I realized that Santana was pitching so I’ve gone home.
Hello fans its Moises Alou…
I just wanted to give you update;
I’m in Bermuda. If Madonna Calls tell her Arod is home.
Madonna: I want Nick Evans.
Mets PR Guru: We can arrange that for you Madonna.
Madonna: On a leash.
VOTE DAVID!
David most likely has a clause in his contract that gives him a bonus probably of somewhere of 50,000 – 100,000.
Knowing David he will immediately donate this to charity like he does with a lot of his money.
So vote for Wright and contribute to charity. It takes 5 minutes to vote 25 times.
Not with those stupid validation keys.
Shocking statistic of the day:
Mets are 4th in the NL in runs, and 7th in MLB.
That’s runs, as in offense.
That is shocking.
I know! I was stunned.
I guess having Damion Easley batting 600 helps.
Seeing this line-up every day is starting to get depressing.
And yet, we keep smacking teams around.
Yeah, it won’t last with Tatis in left, but I’ll take it while I can. 7th in MLB in runs! We can hit! Woo!
This lineup has gotten 14 hits 4 games in a row.
That’s even more shocking, and hilarious at the same time. How often do teams lose their starting rf,lf, and 2b and get better.
This team can survive the next 70+ games with Chavez and Tatis in the OF.
**can’t
I think we’re going to end up having to survive with at least one of them. I wouldn’t count on Alou coming back for an extended period of time and I really would be surprised if Church wasn’t shut down for the season. Even if we trade for a bat (Adam Dunn!) we’re going to need either Chavez or Tatis.
Bizarre. Doesn’t depress me as long as we win!
Ron paraphrasing Jerry Manuel regarding why he took Johan Santana out after 8 inning against Philly:
“It was more about making sure he didn’t get a loss…as opposed to not letting him go out there and go for the win. Sometimes you need positive affirmation.”
Is that the most INSANE thing you’ve ever heard?? This is $150 million f-cking dollar pitcher!!!! With 2 Cy Youngs!!! LET’S GO FOR THE WIN NEXT TIME
I agree
Right. Johan needs “positive affirmation”? You must be kidding me.. That’s about the most stupid things I’ve ever heard a manager say. I think getting paid $25 million a year is enough “positive affirmation” Johan need. Now, take the ball like a man and go out and give me 10 innings.
I just voted for Wright 40 times
Go read the above idiocy from “North Jersey” and “Slider.” It will make you want to vote 40 more times.
Don’t make me find you. I swear I will. Then you’ll be very sorry.
Way to be creepy AND pathetic. Grow up.
Let’s see – weird creepy guy with name we’ve never seen on here before vs. TMU.
I vote for TMU.
I think I have seen slider and those wonderful insiteful comments of his on here before. Just not often.
Hmmm. . . Let’s see. Listens to WIP in Philly, doesn’t want Wright on the All-Star team, posts creepy, threatening comments. . . . Phillies fan incognito?
I swear does Johan pitch for the Nats or something? How can a pitcher have an under 3 ERA and be .500.
Meet the Mets, meet the Mets come on out and greet the Mets!!!
Answer: Aaron Heilman, Delgado, Castillo
Good AB by Wright.
Oh and the steal.
And he steals second!
Come on, Carlos – get him home.
. . . a non-all star.
And your point is ????
Lighten up, kid. I could care less about the the joke of an All-Star Game that Bud Selig has promoted.
I could care less whether Wright plays in the ASG. The playoffs are the only thing on my mind.
Ok?
O.K.? Not even close….
‘I could care less’. Just put the period there. That says it all.
And hey dude, thanks for the compliment on ‘kid’. If you only knew….
Besides that quote is wrong and misunderstood? You really could care less?
I think you mean couldn’t care less.
Oh, my mistake . . . senile?
Slider Baby, it’s “I couldn’t care less.” Get it?
Enough. Truce. I’m here to enjoy the game and my fellow bloggers.
Let’s just move on……
And that comment was just for The Slider dude….
how does keith get sooooooooo many days off a year?!! his job is not stressful, tiresome or crappy!!!
oh yeah…he’s keith hernandez, he was mvp in 1979
Boy, this Sanchez kid look gooooooooood. The Giants have some great young pitching talent.
On the Philadelphia sports talk radio station (WIP – it sucks), they were discussing (hypothetically?) a trade of Ryan Howard for Tim Lincecum. Interesting proposal.
not even the giants would make that trade. mo vaugn jr’s best years are behind them
A young phenom pitcher for a DH….I don’t think so. Not even Sabian is that stupid.
Not to mention the fact that Ryan Howard is 5 years older (and doesn’t rate to age well given his body type) and has already reached arbitration (and thus is about 10 times more expensive than Lincecum)
The do have about the same number of strikeouts this year…that has to be good for something.
I think I agree with you guys. And Howard strikes out way too much for my taste. But, he is hitting over .300 with RISP and he is leading MLB in RBIs after a crappy first half.
RBI are completely context/opportunity driven. They mean almost nothing when evaluating a player
A caller on the radio made a good point today. Robinson Cano cam out with a jug of gatorade today and dumped it on Bobby Abreu. Cano is hitting .255 and has done nothing all year. It is July and the Yankees are 6 1/2 out of first. But yet the media says nothing.
What if that was Jose Reyes? He would get crucified.
Cano was never on a team that collapsed, and that makes all the difference.
absolutely agree, lupica, francessa and wallace matthews would make it the number one topic for the rest of the week if jose did that.
Oh nice, they are showing this game for a moment on ESPN now while the Phillies game is in a rain delay so I don’t get a 30 second delay like on MLB.tv.
I hope it keeps raining them. Watching on the gamechannel is not fun.
Some run support for Johan early in the game please, boys. That would be a novelty for him….
: ))))))
Sanchez is very tough. He’s going to be a very good pitcher. The Giants have a very nice young staff to build around if they ever decide to develop any hitters with talent
Well at least we’re working the count
Looks like Santana is going to have no margin for error yet again.
Relax. It’s the second inning
Sanchez reminds me so much of Dave Righetti it’s scary.
isn’t righetti the pitching coach in sf?
Sooo…Slider was a Skankee fan back in the day?
Wow, nasty slider
Weren’t we rumored to be interested in acquiring Johnathan Sanchez at some point in recent years? Even Wandy Rodriguez too, if I remember correctly? Boy, they are having fine seasons.
Though i’m not watching, looking at Sanchez’s nos., this is no walk in the park.
This is on Wikipedia on the possible end of Mike and the Maddog…
On June 22, 2008, Neil Best of Newsday reported that Francesa and Russo were considering ending their radio show.[32] The reports stated that the relationship between the radio duo had soured in recent months, and is the likely cause of the split.[32] Although Russo’s contract with WFAN runs until October of 2009, Francesa’s contract situation is unknown.[19] Newsday contacted Francesa on vacation, where he stated “no comment”. On June 23, Russo, doing the show alone, denied the rumors.[33] He said that he and Francesa had been “fighting like cats and dogs” until early May, but that their relationship had since improved. “Nineteen, 20 years, you’re going to have your issues occasionally,” he said. “You gotta get through those issues.”[33] Some fans have suggested that the rumors were created as a contract negotiation ploy or a publicity stunt.[32] The next broadcast where they are both expected together is July 11, 2008.[34] On June 27, 2008, Francesa acknowledged the show is at a “crossroad”, and could not guarantee the show would last through the summer. Francesa also stated he and Russo had not spoken since reports of their possible breakup came out.[21]
Personally I prefer Chris by himself (yes, including the Tennis talk) over Mike, he’s just too arrogant.
You respond to your own posts too?
He strikes me as a bit crazy. Several times in the program he’ll become despondent, mutter things away from the microphone, and then let dead air settle for sometimes 4 or 5 seconds at a time.
Interesting…..
As a Met fan, that would not break my heart.
so who are we going to get to guess the ratings for sports events for 45 minutes at a time?!!!
also do they really need a commercial break every 5 minutes?
We got ourselves a real 1960s pitchers duel Let’s see if they’ll pitch up to 7th inning. Johan needs some “positive affirmation.”
mets really need to get this guy’s pitch count up… he looks untouchable. who the hell is he, btw?
A sick pitcher on a crappy team.
Dave Righetti, Jr. (but they changed his name to Jonathan Sanchez).
He’s a young guy but not without promise — strikeout guy who walks too many hitters. He’s actually walking guys at the same rate this year as last but, thus far, fewer hits are pushing them in.
He’s pretty good.
He is, however, vastly outmatched in this pitching matchup, so the Mets really ought to win. You can’t legitimately expect even a pitcher of Santana’s caliber to win every start, but against a relatively anemic offense and a middling pitcher, you should expect the Mets to win this one. We shall see!
Agree with everything you just wote except for you calling Sanchez a “middling pitcher.” Sanchez is a good pitcher–maybe even very good. A middling pitcher is a guy like Kyle Lohse or Carlos Silva or Nate Robertson type
Tater doesn’t hit in the first 9 innings.
Santana looks freaking fantastic right now. 24 pitches, 19 for strikes, 3 K’s, 1 H, 0 BB…
Give this guy a B!
Thanks for jinxing it.
Hi my name’s Gary Coen oops.
(Let me see if I can correct this.) Santana’s got nothing tonight. I hope he makes it past the 5 inning.
He gets an A when I get to see him throw a no-hitter.
Sarcasm
Incidentally, I really wouldn’t mind if the Mets were to get Winn. Just throwing that out there.
Agreed. As long as it cost us next to nothing. He’s certainly an upgrade over Endy and Tatis.
I’m not sure what his contract situation is. The Giants do seem to like to bat him third, so they’ll probably wait until they really sag in the standings to send him anywhere.
Bill Hall?
Hes really bad this year.
Yeah. Brewers move him around to much and he’s tired of it.
Hey TKFJ, are you TKF from the knicks blog on realgm?
Hall would be vaguely interesting but he’s really only had one good year and one decent one. This year and last he’s been pretty poor. I’d prefer Winn, easily, and Hall might actually be more expensive because of incorrectly perceived upside.
No, it stands for TheKidFromJersey, i actually belong to the Nets board on realgm.
We need more power production from LF than Winn would provide IMO.
Nets, huh? What do you prognosticate for the coming season from the Nets? Were you happy with their draft picks?
I agree we need more power than Winn would provide, but I don’t think Hall would provide it. Take that aberrant 35 homer season away and do you consider him a power hitter?
Honestly, I’d prefer Hall, but I don’t think the Crew would trade him to a team that could be battling them for a wild card or in the playoffs. With the Sabathia deal, they’re in it until the bitter end. Winn would probably be available, and possibly for less. He doesn’t hit a ton of homers, but he can do virtually everything else. He’s . . . dare I say it . . . gritty.
This is definitely a rebuilding year, but I thought both Lopez and Douglas-Roberts were steals at their respective spots. Andersen was a surprise but it looks like he has some good talent, afterall he led the Pac-10 in scoring as a Sophomore i believe. I’m not expecting much, but they should be a good exciting young team.
They need bullpen help so I could see that working. Hall would be a salary dump for them because he is signed through 2010. Maybe even Show and Muniz.
I really like Bill Hall. He is a hard-nosed player that can play any position and he has good pop, and he has proven that he can hit around .275.
I like him, too, but I really doubt the Brewers deal him within the NL while they’re still contending.
He hit .275 or so for two seasons… I’m just not feeling it.
That being said, if he could revert to his ‘05 – ‘06 performance he’d be great.
If we brought him over just to hit LHP then it would be great. He has over 1.000 OPS this year against LHP. And has played CF, 3B, SS, and 2B this season.
He’s slugging .414 this year, and like .250 or something on the road. We might as well stick with the players we have.
dammit…I was getting the Mets game on ESPN while the Phils-Cards were in a rain delay, but now they’re back, and I get to watch 2 of my 3 least favorite teams in the NL play. Boooo
Root for the Cards, please (trust me on this one).
oh no, trust me I am, I just don’t like them. The Phillies are by far my least favorite team…I would root for the Yankees to sweep them if it came to it.
Cohen ‘Santana pitching as though he knows he has to pitch a shut out’.
Pretty sad that the boys can’t get him a few runs early here. He’s probably thinking ‘why am I the only one pitching here who never has a good lead to work with’?
I think those that gave Johan a C or less needs to cut him a break – b/c he certainly isn’t getting any so far this year….
I’d say the same about a B or less, too, to be honest. He’s top 5-7 in the NL, easily, so far.
Just… not in terms of his win-loss record.
I gave him a B. Felt his stats deserved it and he’s pitched in some tough luck games this year so far (i.e. no run support).
I don’t get that, though. Putting aside his win-loss record (which means nothing in terms of performance), find me a stat where he’s not in the top 6 in the NL?
There are one or two, but even there he’s in the top 10 and you’ll be hard pressed to find them ;).
Awesome.
Let’s let Sanchez go another time through the order before we predict 1-0.
You gotta wonder, especially after Santana’s comments, whether the players subconsciously zone out when Johan pitches because they don’t particularly like the guy.
If that’s the case, fire everybody on the team but Johan Santana.
Well damn….even if they don’t like the guy, they should at least LIKE WINNING – which is the bigger picture, after all.
As much as I think Johan is a top pitcher, from his interviews, I don’t get the feeling he eithergets it about being a team player, or cares to be.
Haven’t made up my mind about that yet…..
Yeah, I know what you mean. It’s weird — he came in with an enormous team guy reputation but his comments, particularly of late, haven’t been right in line with that. That being said, I can certainly understand his frustration. When you go 0-6 with a sub-3.00 ERA, you’re going to be a bit angry.
But, even if he feels annoyed, he shouldn’t be expressing it in interviews.
Yep – agreed.
I think he has a little bit of Greg Maddux syndrome.
What I mean by that is I think Johan would rather leave a game in the 6th giving up a run than win a game giving up 5 through 8.
The two situations are incomparable. The second one, where he wins after giving up 5 through 8, requires him to know in advance that he will win despite having a very bad game.
Without benefit of foresight, I prefer giving up 1 in 6, don’t you?
I am SURE Santana would rather win the game. Everything about his makeup suggests that he’s a very intense competitor. He’s not an ice-cold stats-resume guy.
What I was trying to get at is I think that Santana would rather leave a game in doubt if he felt he might possibly be losing it rather than having a Jack Morris-like “pitching until he’s pulled from the mound” mentality.
Yeah, I get you, and my initial reply was a bit silly.
Regardless, I’d actually prefer to have a pitcher leave the game if he knows he’s losing his sharpness rather than have a warrior mentality. Warrior mentalities are pretty overrated.
Grady Little: Dude, you are completely sucking right now.
Pedro Martinez: No, I am Pedro Martinez. I am a warrior.
Grady Little: You’re right, my bad.
I know that’s a cheap example but, really, if the choice is between a guy who can tell he’s losing his stuff and leaves after 6 having pitched a sharp game and a guy who is so completely stubborn that he stays in to give up another 4 runs, don’t you take the first guy?
I mean, the warrior seems much more focused on himself. The guy who leaves the game is a team player who wants to win.
That’s highly debatable
I agree, hence the debate ;).
Here’s how I see it:
The team player knows he’s losing his good stuff and allows himself to be taken out because he knows the opposing team’s odds of scoring runs against him is increasing. Better to get a fresh arm in there.
The warrior player doesn’t care that he’s losing his good stuff, he wants to stay in because he’s a frickin rock star, a warrior, a gamer, in it to the end, you can’t get ME off this mound because it is MY mound. Forget the fresh arms in the bullpen, this is MY start.
This is all silliness, of course. Who cares who is a warrior and who isn’t, as long as you have a SP who minimizes the opposition’s ability to score runs? I couldn’t possibly care less about someone’s attitude, I just care that everybody do whatever they can to win.
Basically, to me, it comes down to this.
Situation A:
You leave after 6, having given up 1 run.
Situation B:
You insist on staying in, and give up 4 runs in the next two innings.
Situation B < Situation A
Why because he makes good points? The offense isn’t backing him up. You’d be upset too if people were blaming you for what your team isn’t doing.
I’m not blaming him – and I agree with you. I think the guy is totally frustrated b/c of no run support for him. Just think that frustration at his team mates should be expressed to the NY media. They just blow it all up out of proportion…..
Sorry – obviously mean ’shouldn’t’
I doubt they zone out. In fact, quite the opposite. This team doesn’t seem to produce when they “press.” I think they are acutely aware that they’ve let Santana down, and want to rectify that.
exactly. See: Game 7, 2006; also, September, 2007.
That was close…
They should plate a run here. They really should.
Most hilarious and ill-advised double steal ever? Reyes would probably beat Castro to third.
shrek had one stolen base in 2005
Does Sanchez remind you guys/gals of Ollie Perez?
I don’t know. Has he pitched brilliantly one game and not made it out of the first in the next?
Heh. Yeah, good call. Let’s hope we aren’t running into Ollie on a good night.
yep. I feel like we had this conversation on here back when we faced him in June.
Come on, Wright! Campaign!
He presses.
Sigh….
Is this gonna be one of those games instead of 14 hits, they leave 14 runners on base?
Something tells me they’re not getting 14 runners on base
God, this team can’t score for Johan.
Tatis is just a horrible outfielder.
Tater, no!
Don’t get me wrong. I love the guy off the bench. He’s just not a good outfielder.
I think that would be b/c he isn’t really an outfielder. Think he’s an infielder by trade?
yeah, 3rd base his entire career
Correct. But he’s playing LF tonight for us. So . . .
I don’t know why, but I was thinking Aurilia was hitting it out. Close call.
Johan better be careful, the pitcher is coming up
At least the bases aren’t juiced.
yet
Ouch. 60 pitches for Johan, incidentally.
That’s about what his pace is. 120 through 8. Of course that could go either way in 1 inning.
With the way D wright stroke out the first two times he was up today he deserves to be on the NONE-star team instead.
Is there an “All-Grammar Team” for us to put you on?
1. What?
2. He struck out once.
3. Willie arent you supposed to be playing bingo with your mom tonight.
4. Im guessing you are a closet Yankee lover.
I’m going to go out on a limb and say that we won’t be seeing a looping David Wright commercial on YES anytime soon.
how about 4 looping david wright commercials?
at least the cancer lady without fingers isn’t on anymore
LOL – good one.
Sanchez is dominant.
I hate the Jeter commercial. I bet the edge that Jeter has that they always say is ‘roids.
I think the spot is intended to be ironic — that nobody thinks Jeter has an “edge.” He’s not “edgy.” He’s, like, good all-american derek jeter.
That being said, it’s completely retarded.
Methinks I spoke too soon. This DOES look like a 1-0 affair. For Santana. Again.
Wow, nice hustle by Delgado. Offense is struggling but I like the hustle.
delgado has become a different player these past few weeks…i like this version
It’s nice to see Delgado and Ollie have finally realized they’re in their contract years
lol…true
Excellent AB there Delgado
Sanchez is starting to get erratic, eerily similar of Ollie.
Here’s hoping…..
Sanchez is now Evil Ollie.
Just give me a cheap single here
Tatis has steel ones to take that pitch.
O.K. Castro. It’s up to you here.
WOO
Sanchez isn’t getting past the 6th inning. Almost 80 pitches
Walk Castro here?
That’ll teach them.
He’s not getting anything here
Let’s see Castro walk and Santana hit a grand slam. Real men make their own support.
We definitely know he won’t take in that spot
Stapler: 5 stars
Was that acceptable instead?
CASTRO BABY!!!
YES!!!
SHREK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SSSSHHHHHRRRRRRREKKKKKKKKK!
Ramon is THE MAN.
Woo-Hoo !!!!!!!
THE AMAZING FOREHEAD STRIKES AGAIN, YEA BABY.
CATCHER PLATOON!!!!
That was awesome.
CASTRO!!!
Bwahahahahahaha
SHREK!!!!!!!!
GOOD GOD….THAT’S RAMON CASTRO’S MUSIC!
Ramon never fails to make me LOL after he hits a home run.
Why on EARTH did they pitch to Castro with the pitcher coming up? Is Willie over there?
Anyone remember a Mets-Braves game where they pitched to Rey-O with a runner in scoring position and the pitcher due up and he rapped a game-winning (or at least go-ahead) double?
HAHAHA – Who knows, who cares?
Castro took advantage, that’s for sure.
LOL
Hey. Watch it. Don’t go there.
Everyone wants the pitcher to lead off the next inning. I think they should have walked Castro, but I can see why they didn’t.
His RBI to at-bat ratio is ridiculous
DONKEY KONG!!!!!!!!
No. No “Donkey Kong.” That’s so Imus.
That decision will be rightly second-guessed.
I Heart Shrek.
I was hoping Castro would walk or single so Johan could redeem himself with a grand slam.
SHREK or DONKEY KONG
PLEASE VOTE
Puuuuleeeeez.
Shrek.
darth catcher?
To me he looks like one of the muppet dinosaurs from that short-lived ABC series that ripped off the Simpsons, but . . . that’s probably too obscure. Shrek.
NOT THE MOMMA! NOT THE MOMMA! NOT THE MOMMA!
you are absolutely right
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nice thanks
King Hippo
Neither, The Amazing Forehead is more original.
mr potato head?
I always liked Blastro.
Man Castro makes Jerry Manuel look like a smart man, with that homerun, and with this, Santana now has a 3 run lead, hope he can hold on for a couple more innings the game ends, or maybe perhaps even better, it rains.
Which is actually pretty tough to do. Kudos to Shrek.
Ok, no more whining about run support, Pelfrey had a 3 run lead for most of last game against Lincecum
Are you kidding – no whining here. That HR will probably be huge in this game……
You’re right, this one game where the Mets have scored 3 runs in support of Johan completely erases the 8 previous games where the Mets scored 2 or less.
Get through this half inning and that is an official game
3 runs for Santana? what is the christmas in july? if the mets gave him 3 runs in every start and kept billy wagner on the bench he would be at least 12-3
Earl Weaver said it, “Give me a three run homer and some good pitching”. Lets go Mets!
Ah yes, Earl Weaver. I remember him well. Didn’t we kick his, and his team’s, ass in, er, about 1969?????
Yep, with his own strategy!
SHREK, KING HIPPO OR DONKEY KONG. CAN WE GET A SURVEY
THE AMAZING FOREHEAD.
I like King Hippo.
Yes, Tatty. Just get out of the way.
They should have a Chris Russo cam for the rest of the game at the bottom of the screen.
oh man, I was scared for Reyes and Tatis for a moment, the Mets don’t need another concussion problem.
That slide would have ended Alou’s season
One more out. One more out. One more out.
Poor Tatis. Have to give him an ‘A’ for effort out there in LF…..
GET THIS OUT!!!
Throw it down the freaking middle
What you said!
This is hysterical
Throw a freakin’ fast ball
In Santana’s defense, I’d imagine it’s not easy to throw strikes in this rain.
Oh, no. If at anytime you needed an out here, Johan…..
YES
Yesssssssssssssssssssssssss.
put it in the books!
Yes now that’s an official game, I hope it stays raining.
‘And we know have an official game’.
Yo, baby!
Woops – ‘now’.
Where’s that edit feature on that new format when you need it?
YES
OFFICIAL
CG SHUTOUT
The rain will be over soon. Just a small cell overhead.
Yeah, I’m just exaggerating.
Yeah, I heard the rain from my apartment in Brooklyn about 15/20 minutes before it started in Queens and it’s already over here.
Well my opponent has Johan in fantasy and it counts SO’s and CG’s! Unbelievable!
sweet
Ron Darling was so funny was Winn swung there!!!!
WHAT’S HE DOING?!
It’s beautiful in Philadelpia right now so this delay is not going to be long…
nice to know the game is official right now however
I’m singing in the rain
Just singing in the rain
What a glorious feelin’
I’m happy again
I’m laughing at clouds
So dark up above
The sun’s in my heart
And I’m ready for love
Let the stormy clouds chase
Everyone from the place
Come on with the rain
I’ve a smile on my face
I walk down the lane
With a happy refrain
Just singin’,
Singin’ in the rain
clockwork orange ruined that movie for me forever
song…
That’s because you weren’t doing shrooms.
It’s pretty disturbing that’s the movie I was thinking of too
is there a song that was changed more without changing the lyrics or melody ever?
Copyright infringement. Cease and desist.
Oh really? Sorry all. Sorry Gene.
nope, public domain dude
Exactly. Mex . . . . you’re going to get banned for that.
LOL, kiddin. Wish i can dance i the rain, its 103 where i am!
Wait a second. You can get those lyrics on any lyrics site to download all you want.
Shut up.
OMG. You guys are too easy :)
Looking ahead….
If the rain stops, bets on Santana coming back out there?
Bullpen for 4 innings?
I’m loving Howie Rose opining about Vietnam on the radio right now!
Now you have to worry about blowing out the bullpen for 4 innings
Yea, this sucks. Three run lead with Santana is golden, but if they march Muniz out there, look out!
Ramon Castro needs to be our everyday catcher!!! WE NEED MORE RUNS CUZ WE DONT WANT WAGNER COMIN IN!!!!
Yeah, we need to give Wagner a 5 run lead.
So that he doesn’t pitch ha ha
Castro nevers stays healthy long enough to play everyday. If you play him everyday he won’t last a month. Love the platoon though!
Time to go walk the dog. See y’all in a bit.
These guys talking baseball is soooo much better than watching one of the 4 episodes of Beer Money
Gotta give ‘em credit. They don’t have a ballgame in front of them to call, have to just keep talking and sound intelligent at the same time.
I much prefer them though then cutting to some other SNY programming….
you mean you don’t like sweaty fat guys screaming at each other?
Keith is probably wondering what night do we get to talk about only hitting
Is it just me, or do the Phillies play 162 home games a year?
153, they come to shea 3 times (4?) a year
Randy Winn. Not exactly baseball smart.
I love you Gary, Ron and Keith, but I get it, pitchers don’t go as long today.
Well this just goes to show you guys, that the Mets have changed, they are a very different team than when Willie Randolph was here. The diffrence between Willie and Manuel, is that he gets into his players faces and tells them the truth. Manuel let’s the players who play well, play and won’t take any BS. Manuel argues with the umpires alot more than Randolph. In like 20 something games he’s already been more times than Randolph. That kind of effort by a manager is what gets teams pumped up and always ready to play, their best.
…and gives the stadium some life. The attitude at the ballpark is very different. No disrespect to willie.
I live in Boston and watch (virtually) every game on MLB Extra Innings which means I have to watch a lot of out-of-NY announcers do Mets games.
I hope we all realize how great it is that we have Ronnie, Keith and Gary announcing.
I’m sitting here listening to them discuss pitching mechanics during the rain delay and I have no desire to switch channels.
They are such a treat to listen to.
It’s a pleasure.
right on, bro. I listen to sterling and Waksman every now and then. They are as brutal as Michael Kaye. Imagine those three having this convo.
i honestly cannot listen to anybody else call a game (except eucker and scully)
I have xm in my car. The royals announcers are…. um, Midwestern sounding. That has to be a tough job.
anyone notice delgado trimmed the goatee? Plus he threw in some “Great Looking Gray”. I think Keith should tell him “Your beard is weird. Your stache is trash”.
……..but his swing is (recently, at least) king!
haha. Definitely coming around. Doesnt just feel like a hot streak either. The guy has been booed out of the bldg all season. Very happy for him……and for me too :-)
Well, that was quick.
not a minute too soon.
Off topic, but did everyone do their homework tonight?
Homework complete here.
that’s no good. That’s only 100 votes between us. 50x each. Corey farkin Hart can’t win this. Nice player? Yes. All Star? Maybe in Williamsport
Did they just put the tarp back on or am I unfamiliar with rain delay practices?
Rain delay is over.
the tarp looked like it folded under itself
castro’s favorite tv network is noggin
favorite band: the talking heads
favorite day of the week: w-heads-day
looked like they turned it over to get the rain off the top of it.
on second thought, that makes more sense…listen to 09
Santana coming out anyway. was that even 30 minutes?
he is out of the game?
Fyi everyone, it is tough to post from an iPhone (although my spell check automatically made the lowercase “i” and capital “p”). Nice touch there, apple.
heilman warming up
fantastic! Pause not
thats what the guys said.
Translation: FYI everyone, I have an iPhone.
(sorry, I had to ;)
anyone ever notice that bentleys stick in 2nd gear?
haha. No, just excusing myself for any expected typos, etc. Way past the stage of bragging that I have an iPhone. Not really a status symbol. Its not even that great. Although I can sit at home in my fuzzy bunny slippers and blog. Oh, and I can do it at the bar too.
Anyone notice santana grimacing after his last pitch? I saw a replay of his last out.
I just don’t get how our ace has to come out after a 30 minute rain delay in the 5th inning.
I’m sure it’s because he’s a wuss and not because of some pragmatic, effectiveness-related reason
I never said it was. I SAID it did not understand. Easy.
Like I also do not understand why you need to bunt Reyes to 2nd.
You’re right, my bad — my knee-jerk Santana defensiveness kicking in there. Sorry man!
Pragmatic and effective like wasting 4 innings worth of bullpen?
Pragmatic and effective like not injuring himself in the process of giving up a bunch of runs with his now stiff arm. The pen sometimes has to eat up 4 innings. There was a rain delay. This stuff happens. I’d rather “waste” 4 innings of relief from guys with warm arms than blindly test my luck with a guy whose arm is now stiff.
I’m not going to question the move.
Santana’s arm could be stiffening up. Hard to make a judgment without being in the dugout.
Everyone should have voted for D Wright 50 times during that delay.
i’m kind of torn about santana coming back in, on the one hand i think he should cause it hasn’t been a long delay and its only the 6th. but on the other hand we do need him for the long haul and don’t want anything to happen to him for the sake of 2 more innings
Santana should be in, this blows out the bullpen, this crap drives me crazy
I want to believe in Heilman, but my sense of calm, while enjoying a cold beer, has totally disappeared.
I would certainly feel better with several more runs.
come on carlos, big hit here
Is Santana coming back out?
Apparently not.
heilman is in
As I said earlier, I never agree with bunting Reyes to 2nd. He should be able to get there on his own. Try a hit and run or let Endy hit and if he does not get it then you steal with Wright up or you steal early . Whatever, you just do not need to waste an out to get Reyes to 2nd.
agree 100%
I absolutely agree. Maybe not “never,” with Reyes, but almost always.
Only way I could see it is against a LHP with an incredible move and a high SO guy AB. That does not happen much with the Mets because who ever bats 2nd is usually a contact hitter.
Gary said it, unless he’s actually hurt or Manuel is adamant about taking him out, this is weak on Santana’s part
Yeah, didn’t Pedro come back out after something like a 45 minute rain delay not too long ago???
Gary is always right and we know with absolute certainty this wasn’t Manuel’s decision, I know.
Also, Gary is always right either way.
Huh?
Sarcasm overkill
Got it.
; )
Even Gary Cohen knows that the only excuse for Santana not being in the game is that he is hurt. Otherwise, he’s a pussy and Manuel is a moron.
I was going to use the P word but I’m too lazy to create another screenname
You mean “that” gets you (I mean “me”) banned? Pussy is short for “pusillanimous.” There’s nothing wrong with that word.
I don’t see how anybody can blame anyone, there’s a thousand possible reasons he’s out, and we are privy to precisely none of them.
I can think of only three:
1. Manuel pulled because he’s so stupid;
2. Santana pulled himself out because of his pusillanimous character; or
3. Santana is hurt.
Is there any possibility we can get Sizemore from Cleveland?
Where would you play him?
People have to have more reasonable expectations, we are NOT getting Sizemore.
Obviously, I’m just curious as to where he would play
left field, i know he’s a center fielder, but he would be perfect at the 2nd spot in the order, although i know cleveland would demand a queen’s ransom for him
I don’t like the idea of having two really good CF play in the same OF, the whole Cameron thing scared me. Endy is the exception. Besides we would never have enough to get him, he’s like the Wright/Reyes of Cleveland.
I think you can find a spot for him. I would try a three way deal. Possibly getting Milwaukee to ship them sabathia.
I’d love to hear your offer on that one
F-Mart, Muniz, and Niese
Yes, deplete our already weak farm-system. You see there is this thing called developing our own players, we should start doing it.
They’d hang up before you’d finish your sentence
Listen I know its extremely unilkely it’ll happen, but its not like Sizemore is a mid-30s guy at the end of his career. he would add to our young core of position players.
EXACTLY. And he’s cheap and amazing. That is precisely why he is one of the mive MOST VALUABLE ASSETS in all of Major League.
There is NO WAY (repeat: NONE, ZERO, ZILCH) that the Mets (or anybody else) could acquire him
LOL @ getting Sizemore from Cleveland.
Maybe Muniz, Easley, and Schneider is a package they would go for?
FMart, Carp, and cash, lots and lots of cash
I think omar would have to break out the now infamous metsblog trade lube
LOL, for who? Santana and cash?
Even Santana wouldn’t get Sizemore
I don’t see how you can blame Santana, Manuel has the final say.
Manuel is a moron. The Mets are winning despite him; not because of him. That’s for sure.
Willie Slider Randolph at your service.
Did you see Friday night’s game against Philly? I rest my case again. Do us all a favor and try and respond without taking pot shots.
Squeeeeeeel, hick boy.
How’s it going pac_man?
your a M*ron. If you can not tell that Manuel has made a huge difference with this team, you just dont get it.
No, you’re right. I only played organized and college baseball and then played up through and over 30 league with ex-major and minor leaguers while being managed by a former MLB pitcher for the Phillies.
So, please explain to me how Manuel is so much better than Randolph. I can’t wait.
Wow that is one impressive resume…i once played basketball against TIm Perry who was part of the sixers/suns trade for charles barkley….so that must make me a basketball legend…..
How about bringing a laid back, fun-loving approach to managing. How about doing the small things to turn this bunch of individuals into a team. How about playing the hot hand no matter who it is….should i go on?
So, I am the former prime minister of England and I moved to Charlotte because it is named after my former Queen.
LOL.
There you go….that beats everyone.
Right, his “play the hot hitter” approach has been doing horribly of late.
[sarcasm]
you should change your name to FastballUpAndIn
Not necessarily
Look back at friday night’s game against Philly. I rest my case.
Something tells me Santana wasn’t exactly pleading his case to stay in
Willie is that you? I can’t believe you would rather have Willie managing. I’m not even going to begin an argument with you, because it doesnt look like you posess much logic.
Rest your case???how about the next 4.5 games since last friday….are you kidding me….this doesnt even look like the same team we saw for the last three months.
Get off of it. You obv had a man crush on willie and will never accept jerry. even if he takes us to the playoffs, you will say its despite jerry.
Yeah, if you’d still rather have Willie at this point I don’t know what you’re watching
True Dat!!–Manuel,Int. Mgr. & Santana 100Mil Ace
Pitcher But Jerry has final say?!?–Ooookay!?!
The team was turning it around when Willie was fired. Manuel can’t manage his way out of paper bag. Listen to him talk. He’s a dope. “Gangstas on the field. . .” Ha, give me a break.
The Latinos are playing now because Willie is gone. We can thank Bernazard for burning the bridge between Willie and them.
Try and rub a couple of brain cells together. Maybe you can make baby brain cells.
You, sir are beyond help. Please don’t lecture us any futher, I am getting a headache from your obsurd psycho-babble.
As long as the Mets are winning, who cares? It’s over, let it go, frankly, I think the Mets had every right to fire Willie. His performance over his last 160 games spoke for itself, whatever the dirty politics going on in the front office.
Ah, okay, so it’s less about whether Manuel’s Mets win than it is about what Manuel says to the media.
Or it’s because Manuel’s last name is hispanic, and it’s all Bernazard’s fault.
Who’s a dope, again?
I’m not even that big a Willie or Manuel fan — I honestly could scarcely care less.
But saying that the Mets are winning despite Manuel’s “gangsta’s” comments AND because of his last name is not only self-contradicting, it’s asinine.
I feel like I’m playing a video game and I traded the MLB 2k8 version of heilman for the 2k6 version
Its still a little strange taking Santana out at this point. Especially since this is his last start before the All star break. So he’s not pitching again till next thursday. I guess Jerry would rather be extra cautious, but it was a 42 minute delay and about a 10 minute Bottom of the 5th, so I can’t imagine 52 minutes is anything to worry about. But if you are goinjg to do it, this little league lineup is the one to do it against
Maybe he can start the last day before the all star break, since he didn’t throw many pitches.
I was thinking the same, but pelf is in a groove. A long layoff may hurt
It’s bad enough that the bullpen will be overworked, but if the Mets ever blew this game, Santana is going to get some heat in the press
Not going to happen. Pelfrey gets sunday night. you dont skip your hottest pitcher.
Pelfrey’s hotter than Santana? What about Perez’s last three starts?
are you serious….take a look at pelfreys last 7 starts…he has been virtually unhittable. you really are not a fan of this team are you.
You’re right. I’m not a fan. You’re so astute. You must be a lawyer.
Not to be a lawyer here, but:
“Pelfrey’s hotter than Santana? What about Perez’s last three starts?”
What does that even mean? Pelfrey’s not hotter than Santana, just look at Perez’s last three starts? What?
what does a lawyer have to do with being astute?
let me give you some help:
In the past 30 days Pelfrey is 5 and 0 with a 2.79 ERA.
Does that work for you?
Did you graduate 3rd grade. Follow the bouncing ball.
Pel-frey is hot-ter than Santana?
and
What about Perez’s last three starts?
Do you get it now lame brain?
It’s a start. But if you’re trying to tell me that in a must win game tomorrow you’re picking Pelfrey over Santana or Perez or Maine … well, then I can understand why you must think Manuel is a better manager than Willie.
First of all, nothing scare me more than Perez and must win in the same sentence. Secondly, Perez will be pitching Friday, so its who cares.
And its not a matter of pitching Johan over Pelfrey for one game, its a matter of pitching johan on short-rest in order to skip Pelfrey, who has been fantastic over the past 7 starts. Do you not think that could rattle the young kids confidence a little?
And if you have any sense at all, you would realize that the reason Pelfrey is pitching so well right now if bc he finally has confidence in himself. So yeah skip him, that will work wonders for his confidence.
Did I say anything about skipping Pelfrey to pitch Santana?
As for Perez, who have his last two starts, which were both gems, against? The Yankees and the Phillies? Two of the best hitting teams in baseball. Both of them were BIG games – and the Philly game could be described as crucial.
So, you don’t think Perez is a big game pitcher?
Pelfrey shuts down the Giants – the worst hitting team in the NL – and your creaming in you pants.
Hey Straw. I think you should stop using your straw, if you know what I mean?
Dude if Santana pitches Sunday, you would be skipping pelfrey. why is that so hard for you to understand??
And for Perez, he can be an ace one day and a total bum the next. He is always good against the Yanks and Phillies and Braves. Thats why its great to have him. But he also can be terrible against many weak teams. You never know what your going to get with him. He may be a “big game” pitcher, but he is too inconsistent.
I would totally call Maine a better and more of a “big game” pitcher than Ollie.
and no i have no idea what “stop using your straw” means.
I absolutely agree.
Additionally, we should consider that a 42 minute delay ices a pitcher’s arm. Beyond injury risk, that potentially depletes a pitcher’s effectiveness. Bullpen pitchers have been tuned to be able to warm up on very little notice. SP’s are much more drastically impacted by a long delay. I think Manuel’s playing more to win this game than to avoid injury risk, although the latter probably plays into it as well.
Yes, but we have seen many pitchers go out and pitch after a 40 minute delay. Again, it’s not a big deal as long as Santana is fine and the Mets win this game. I would like to see Heilman pitch atleast a couple of effective innings if he can.
Oh, you’re absolutely right. I’m just assuming there was some conversation during which it was determined that during this particular delay his arm just lost it. It’s an assumption, just like every other assumption on here, so there’s no reason to think I’m right.
But yeah… give me some good Heilman!
Wow – who is that guy wearing #21? Use to by Delgado.
Go Carlos!
Jeeze ‘*be Delgado……
I’m not making excuses for Santana or Manuel, but just a little something to think about…
Santana has thrown almost 80 pitches. How many more would we get 20-30 max. When he finished the top of the fifth it was pouring down something fierce. When you get that wet, you get cold. That is not good for any pitcher. Cooling down quickly and getting cold after already having thrown that many pitches normally spells finished for pitchers.
i just think it shouldn’t be risked for two innings. hopefully the mets can score some more runs and put this game out of reach
Out of reach – or out of reach of Wagner? – LOL.
lol
I just think that we’re getting to the point now where the babying of these pitchers is getting to ridiculous proportions
911 you’re right, but the problem is that you’re really babying 6 years and $135 million
But if you’re compromising wins and losses, it just seems counterproductive, it’s not like he threw 100 pitches and it was a 2 hour delay.
who knows, maybe this is why he’s such a great second half pitcher, cause he keeps enough in the tank. i.e. its a marathon not a sprint.
I do agree that we baby them too much.
However, a pitcher cooling down and soaking wet is not they way you want to handle your big buck ace. It may sound crazy, but Santana being healthy for the second half is just more important than this game. At least for me.
Back on your point though…If there had been no rain, I would have loved to have seen Santana pitch 125 and have thrown a complete game shutout.
I have no problem with the decision for Santana not coming back in.
Each game, pitcher, situation is different. There is no set rule concerning rain delays.
And I say I have no problem with the caveat that the BP better get it done.
Gary: “The Mets have still not allowed a run in this series.” Here we go.
Tell me about it.
is heilman throwing more breaking balls or is it just me?
He also just hit 94 on the gun. Not too shabby.
I saw that to just a few minutes ago and thought it had to have been a fluke. I think Aaron knows how important it is not to let Santana down. If he does the team and the fans may look for him in the parking lot.
As I said before, none of us know how Johan’s arm is feeling.
The rain and the break might’ve cooled him off. If he seriously doesn’t feel up to coming back out, I wouldn’t force him.
One of these days Heilman is going to leave the Mets and win 15 games as a starter
So, Trax did for us but that does not mean I want him back.
Yeah OK ’cause he was such an effective SP before
being made a RP.
Good effory by Heilman. Score one more run so that this doesn’t have to be a save situation
i love this “umpires don’t see in hd” commercial
I would rather see Anderson batting, get him some at-bats to raise his confidence.
My B.
he’ll be up if there are “ducks on the pond”
People are giving Manuel all the credit for the Mets success, I credit Marlon’s printed Excel graphs
Glad I went away for awhile to miss the predictable Santana gripe-fest.
Good job by Heilman.
While I probably would have liked Santana back, the Giants are a good team to let your bullpen regain a little confidence after the Philly debacles.
JOSE!
Whoops, I wasn’t paying attention and didn’t realize it wasn’t Jose, but the other Reyes.
Good point about the bullpen regaining confidence, but again if something went wrong this would have been a terrible game. Still can be, don’t want to jinx anything.
We CAN NOT have Reyes bunt here. Come on!
Yeah, didn’t like that call.
This team does too much bunting, IMO.
I like the bunt call here.
How can you possibly like the bunt there?
For one thing, bunting is almost NEVER the right move in any circumstance.
Second, Reyes is one of the 2 or 3 best hitters on the team. Good hitters should NEVER be sacrificing. NEVER. EVER. EVER
Horrible at-bat by Reyes.
I dont get the game, did johan come out cause his pitch count was high, or cause of the rain delay?
Delay.
Didn’t come back in after the 42 minute rain delay. Hence the controversy.
Dunno, but the pen has bridged it to the 8th, so it doesn’t seem so bad now.
Philly update: St. Louis has men on 2nd and 3rd with 1 out in the 7th.
endy will get a big hit here, watch
a walk is as good as a hit
Hate to mention it, but J.A. Happ is throwing a 3 hit shoutot. Come on St. Louie, score some runs for Keith and us Met fans!
Reyes never does well on the “sacrifice” bunt. He should have been swinging. It’s not like there could have been a logical DP.
It has gone both ways, so I can’t complain, but this ump definitely gives some lllooooowwww strikes.
All right David, earn that All-Star spot. Come on man.
Should be 3-0
double steal here?
Does anyone actually have the counts for the vote?
I just put in about 15. Tired of entering that stupid code.
Cards making a move
oops
Typical.
Not good execution right there by Wright. Hope that doesn’t come back.
Easiely slam????
It would rare, but nice!
I suck.
Ah, come on that was our chance to score big runs.
OK, let’s go Duaner.
2nd and 3rd, 1 out for the cards.
bases loaded, one out pujols up
Bases loaded 1 out for Pujols in the 7th for the Cards
Pujols up bases loaded one out Durbin pitching seventh inning
Bases loaded for Pujols, one out!
Bases loaded for Pujols with 1 out down 2 to the Phils!
Perhaps the 8 of you could have gotten together before posting? :D
Bases loaded, 1 out, Pujols up
He hung one there but Easley a little out in front.
I’d love for them to tack on, but I can’t say I would be mad if we see a smooth 6 outs to end the game by the bullpen.
Sac fly 2-1, come on Glaus, kill Philly now
Bob Gibson. Now, there was “a Man.”
The BEST EVER
Man, Argenis Reyes is a strange looking fellow.
But I think he’s a keeper. He plays real hard. And he looks like he has a quick bat. I just don’t know if he can put that quick bat on the ball enough.
He looks almost like a plastic action figure.
couldn’t agree more…he looks like a scary leperchaun
Not even Wagner is capable of blowing this game against this line-up, right?
great inning by duaner
Duaner made that look easy. Send him out for another.
tied!
TIE GAME!! GLAUS!!!
Great job Duaner.
Cards and Phils Tied!!!
Glaus! Tie game!
Gotta love the Phils pen
gotta love the phils pitching staff. after Hamels there are no starting pitchers on that team that i would want.
There ya go Cardinals
Tie game in Philly!! 2nd and 3rd, 2 out for Ankiel I think but not sure.
Yesss! I hope the Cards pull it out. I’d love nothing more that to walk into my office full of Phillies fans and ask them how many games they were up on us now.
GO cards!
Cardinals tied the game against the Phillies with runners in 2nd and 3rd..
I’d like to think it’s all because our pitching is this good, but it has a lot to do with the inept Giant offense
Have to tell you…..I took a look at some of the Phillies blog sites last night as they were losing their game. Fans were not liking life at all but they don’t sound anywhere near the ‘jumping off the ledge’ point we were all at a month ago.
Just goes to tell you we NY Met fans take our baseball very, very seriously…. – lol!
And some of those fans were giving kudos to our pitching and sounding very, very afraid….
They’re also in first
Not for long. Bwahahahahaha.
I’m hoping not for much longer…..
Carlos Del-bato.
I still want to know who this player is wearing #21 lately – lol!
Keep on hittin’ Carlos. Can’t believe I’m saying this, but come on everybody, follow Delgado’s lead.
Delgado is starting to see the ball very well. That spells very, very good for us Mets fans.
Man, I sure hope this is the Delgado we get the rest of the year.
Delgado is en fuego!!!
I don’t know where you were reading, but after the mets took the third game, I read alot of posts from bridge jumpers. I even saw a lot of shots taken at the great Jimmy rollins and Ryan Howard
I think it was predominately beerleaguer??
I saw some bridge jumpers too and some very mad fans wanting to trade Rollins – saying last year was a fluke but for the most part, were pretty tame. Or at least that was my take.
Yeah, but they honestly weren’t as bad as we were a month ago. A month ago it felt like most were giving the Mets a 0.2% chance of winning anything. The Phils “bridge jumpers” had more of a “we are playing really poorly and this is what’s wrong with our team” tone, not a “THE SEASON IS OVER LET’S GO HOME :(” tone.
Exactly – my perspective as well.
Maybe Carlo got some contacts.
Joe Mather battling for the Cards.
Well, at least we scored more than 2 runs in Santana’s start today.
damn
the idiot 4 the cards swung at ball 4 (with bases loaded) about 3 times…
yes!, reyes
No Wagner!
i’ll never ever root for joe mather ever in my life he just swung at ball 4
Alright Reyes!
Dude, A. Reyes, I’m sorry for saying we should hit Anderson instead of you. My B bro.
So you think Manuel made a mistake?
Reyes!
A Keeper!
Rock on, gentleman.
Reyes, Jr !! Very nice…..
If it stays 4-0, who pitches the 9th?
Smith warming up.
J smith is warming up.
I vote Duaner.
nl west=worst division ever. no team over .500
every other divison has at least 3 team over .500
west is always like that. hahah diamond backs destoryed early…. w/o their hot april they r ten games under 500 i bet
Yay, no save situation!!!!!!
Thank god the Phillies have cheap ball-less ownership
There you go, put the Gary jinx on him. Jose is going to rope one now.
I really want to gain on someone in the division tonight!
Argenis, Argenis Argenis Argenis, doesn’t have the same ring too it as Jose Jose Jose Jose
reyes drives in reyes
Kazaam!
reyes X2
YES!!! No Billy Time!
Reyes and Reyes!
muniz should be up
JOSE!
Reyes drives in Reyes! If only the pitcher was Jo-Jo Reyes….
Man, this is, like, a team I can actually enjoy watching now.
Woo-Hoo – Jose, Jose-Jose-Jose !!
I’d bring in Muniz as well.
Big tack on 2 out Runs. this is so not the team we had seen the first three months of the season.
Honestly – if we’re gonna play .500 or below for several months, I’d rather it be the first half of the season and come back strong for the second half – then that disaster that was last year (which was the exact opposite).
Forget Wright, Reyes should be in the all-star game
yup
all of the runs scored today have been with two outs!!!!
Whoa. Utley almost hit it out. Eighth inning
I’m watching this game too. Every fly ball is almost out in that place.
The “Reyes to Reyes” line is going to get old real fast.
not if they keep scoring
The scoring won’t get old, just the line.
well driving in reyes by reyes will get old. how many times will he pinmch hit for reyes to drive him in
Ok, the Phils have to lose.
“Oh Yabu, I think you are THROUGH HOO”
:lol:
Pujols up with one out and the bases loaded. Durbin pitching for the Phillies.
? A little late?
Are you in Malaysia or something?
HOLY CRAP!!
you made me spit beer all over my dog…great line
Hey Mad Dog, is there anybody ALIVE out there tonight?
He already left.
He’s home watching pre-taped tennis
What year was the slogan throughout the subway, “The Magic is Back! (?)
Dudes, it is!!
80
Yabu Dabu Du
Utley with a shallow pop fly to the warning track /infield dirt.
Offense tonight has relayed on Castro and Delgado 3-4-5 are hitless tonight
and?
Relayed?
I would say that is a positive rather than negative. You know they will hit, they are just having one bad night. But the other players, I am happy to see they are hitting.
Five more hits guys…
Wright watches more balls go right down the pipe than anyone else I’ve ever seen.
Luis from the left side gives him a good run for his money.
ah, touche
Uh….everyone hits tonight except Wright?
Smith in ok fair enough
5 game winning streaks were barred during Willie’s reign, along with facial hair
Already had one this season in April.
so Willie wasn’t the manager in 2006? Strange…
Not even the point, I don’t think we had many then. We HAD one in April against the Nats and Phillies.
I remember a 7 game winning streak in April 2006, and an 8 game streak in June that year, including a 3 game sweep of the Phillies. And who could forget the 6 game winning streak the first two weeks of Willie’s tenure as manager (after the opening 5 game losing streak of course)…..
Or maybe you just werent a “fan” as far back as 2006?……..
I think Wright could have tagged 1st there. LOL.
Might Joe Smith !! Great game, guys.
Santana is in the clubhouse shaking his head, saying ‘FINALLY’ !
Put it in the books!
Put it in the books!
Lovin it…
done and done…nice game everyone
Put it in the books!!! Okay, that’s getting old, I’ll work on something new. PEACE!
Put it in some Elias/MLB.com server?
5 in a row!
And just like that Howard homers in the 8th.
Howard HR.
good win guys.
howard just went deep. 3-2 phils.
Howard goes yard 3-2
Another good game.
Who gives a crap if Ryan Howard just homered.
see, if the Phils lose we’ll be within half a game…………..
i think we were just passing along info to the people unable to watch the Phils game
I realize that, but I just want the Mets to play well again. You don’t scoreboard watch in July…
Sure you do. Don’t think for one NY minute the Phillies fans aren’t doing the same thing…..
then dont. I’m watching the actual game. goodnight
While true, it is early, it would be a huge blow mentally to the Phillies if after all of this we were in the lead at the ASB.
Yeah, I have the game on ESPN as well. I just don’t see the point in getting too caught up in what the Phillies are doing at this point as long as the Mets are taking care of business.
Again, it’s not like the Phillies are just going to go away. Any advantage mentally is big. Plus, how many games did we lose the division by last season? You always want your rival to play poorly and root against them.
when in Rome…..
Wow, the Mets are good again. Who would have thunk it?
Hopefully I didn’t just pull a Gary Cohen.
Anyone notice that just when Gary started to talk about the Mets picking up games against the Phils, Howard hits a homer moments later. Why Gary, why?
He’s good like that. He mentioned that Jenkins was 2 for his last 40 before he hit that bomb off Heilman on Monday night. The guy should keep his obscure stats to himself.
Amazing what a genius Manuel is for “taking” santana
out ’cause th e pen did iits job.
howard bomb puts phils up 3-2
That was so 4 minutes ago.
Wow. The Mets finally have a starter over .300- Jose is now at .301!
that is amazing on so many levels
Jimmy “MVP” Rollins reverting back to his career sub .350 OBP.
Man, who knew following this team could actually be…enjoyable? Been quite a while since I could say that.
By the, I’m currently watching the baseball channel on mlb.tv mosaic, it’s Game 7 of the 1952 World Series between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Yankees…it’s completely awesome (except that I know the Yankees win, but I don’t really hate the pre-’62 Yankees, so it doesn’t really matter)
gone again 4-2
i can’t believe that hr by feliz, he was lunging for it
that is a joke of a ballpark especially the 314 left field fence
The Philthies play in a shoe-box, both HR’s would have been doubles or fly outs in any other ballpark.
Feliz just Homered
Lidge-Pujols in the 9th (due 3rd)
if lidge blows this lead (which would be his first) it would demoralize the phills
5 runs and the 3-4-5 spots went 0-4
crazy
pretty sure Pujols comes up next inning for the Cards, would LOVE to see him go yard on Lidge…it’d be like when war veterans get flashbacks when they hear explosions. Lidge would be toast for the rest of the season.
Anyone else besides me find it strange that the Marlins are right in there too, neck ‘n neck, and we don’t even think about them?
Must be b/c the Phillies beat us out by that one game last year….
a) Phillies beat us in September, so they are fresh in our minds
b) Philadelphia’s a hell of a lot closer than Miami
c) Very few people think the Marlins have staying power…they remind me of the 2005 Nats, who were in first place at the all-star break and completely faded in the second half.
Shumacher on.
Ankiel needs to deliver, just like against the Cubs
come on Big Albert…
never mind….literally as soon as I hit add comment he popped up
Come on Anikel!!!
come on ankiel….
phils win. whatev. we gain ground on the cards.b
I’m posting, because this is now the 667th post (self-explanatory).