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The Game:
The first place Mets (68-57) begin a three game against the Braves (56-69) tonight at Shea Stadium, starting at 7:10 pm.
The Lineup:
- SS Jose Reyes
- LF Nick Evans
- 3B David Wright
- CF Carlos Beltran
- 1B Carlos Delgado
- RF Fernando Tatis
- 2B Damion Easley
- C Ramon Castro
- P Oliver Perez
The Pitchers:
LHP Oliver Perez (9-7, 3.91 ERA) starts for the Mets.
LHP Jo-Jo Reyes (3-9, 5.33 ERA) starts for the Braves.
How To Catch It:
Tonight’s game can be seen locally on SNY and heard 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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We may have seen the last of Billy Wagner in a Mets uniform. I hope not, but it sounds kind of Tommy John ish. If so, they have to break the bank for K Rod
Signing K-Rod is a must. Unless there are great middle relievers in the market this offseason they have to get K-Rod.
ain’t gonna happen…the angels are the best team in baseball right now, and they just spent a ton to rent tex…there’s no way they part with krod until he tests free agency, they want to win right now
I don’t think anybody is talking about this week. No closer will make it to the Mets. They need to get lucky with a decent middle guy who can get hot for a month and a half
Al Reyes is a free agent….At least he has some closing experience
yeah my bad dude…my typing went faster than my brain
mike said heyman had info about maine being the closer
Not Tommy John-ish…I posted this on an earlier thread, but here it is again:
From what I’ve read, the elbow doesn’t hurt when you need TJ surgery. In fact, most people can go on with their lives without getting the procedure, and not notice it. It is when they try to do baseball related activities when there is an issue. This doesn’t seem to be the case with Wagner, as he is experiencing some pain, so there is a glimmer of hope here. Perhaps it is “just” a strain….
July 23: Tim Hudson left Wednesday’s game with what’s being called right elbow tightness.
July 24: “I don’t foresee it being that big of a deal. It doesn’t feel too bad. It just feels like tight muscles.”
July 28: Braves placed RHP Tim Hudson on the 15-day disabled list with a tight forearm.
July 29: An MRI on Tim Hudson’s elbow revealed ligament damage that could sideline him for the rest of the season.
K ROD is not doing as good you think. his velocity is down 3-4 MPH and is very shaky in his situtations
Say what you want about, Billy. Without Billy down the stretch – downright scary…..
Let’s Go Mets tonight !!
Mike,
Jo-Jo Reyes pitches for the Braves.
2 shortstops Mike?
Lol
Sorry, doing too many things at once.
Hey, no need to apologize – at least for me. I love this site, I love this blog, I appreciate all you guys do to get the info out there fast. I can figure out where Easley is playing – lol.
going to a jo jo every body going to a jo jo every1
2 SS Very interesting gotta see how this works out
Jerry took are biggest power threat out of the lineup
Brian Schneider
good one. Hey, you never know. I’ll take a few key hits or HRs from Brian….
thanks for the fix i was about to say” leftys wouldve loved that”
lol schnider looks like popeye without the bulging elbows
So much for Delgado getting the day off today. Mets.com reported he’d be on the bench tonight.
is there someone down in AAA that can close right now that can be flat out dominant? I think we might see a mets version of Joba Chamberlain in Bobby Parnell. He has a power fastball, I know that much, but does he have a plus breaking ball or change?
I think if that guy was out there he’d be in Shea Stadium right now.
you got a point, but what the mets thought is that kunz would run with the closers job, but he didn’t, and now that we know wags won’t be back for a while, why not convert Parnell to a reliever for now.
In all honesty, they barely gave him a chance. Guy made 4 appearances. Didn’t have the greatest command but they didn’t really use him correctly in my opinion.
HAHAHA – Billy Wagner’s comments aired during pre-game:
‘Only reason I’m a closer is b/c I sucked as a starter’…..
He had nothing but good things to say about the Met BP. Said they’re great, no one appreciates how hard the job is, said he wouldn’t trade them for anyone out there right now.
Kudos for him backing up that BP – no matter what we all think about them right now…..
It might be nice to see the opposing team’s lineup posted here too. I know it wouldn’t be too hard to go and find it on my own, just thinking it’d be nicer if it were in the same place and easier to get an idea about matchups, etc.
cmon ollie
too bad that Kunz was handled so poorly by Manuel,
now we still don’t know if he could get the job done
or not.
From the Braves broadcast:
“And Chipper Jones will get booed for the first time in this series as he come to the plate”
First time and every time….
LLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRYYYYYYYYY
sad to say, but there is only one piitcher in our bullpen/farm that has the remotest chance of picking up the slack and be that “dominant” closer you spoke of…
…and his name is…. Aaron Heilman
BAD OLLIE!
1-0 Nats in Philly!
O.K., Ollie, O.K…..
I few 1st inning jitters but I expect Ollie to settle in tonight.
maybe he got it out of his system
not bad…
Ollie threw more pitches than desired but got through an early jam against hitters that torture the mets
F the pitch count…let him sling tonight
Does anybody know what Jose Reyes’ first two At Bat songs are? Thanks a ton in advance.
Looks like Blanton ate one cupcakes too many before this start…
Lets rock Jo Jo
nice hittin evans
rbi….nice
Nice sac fly. Get all the runs we can here.
I’m liking the young guns hitting in the two hole
They have a good approach, hit to all fields (thus far) and are getting the job done
makes me really miss castillo
/sacrasm’d
We do need Billy Wagner back, but even before getting hurt he was doing as great as he was doing in the beginning. Even though his number’s are still good, his ability to close out games is showing with his age. Honestly, I want Billy back this year. But going into next year, I’m not that thrilled about it. There may be better options out there such as K-Rod. Come the off season, the Mets need to revamp the bullpen. Not change one or two like most seasons. Change like 4 or 5.
Wagner’s apart of these bullpen problems. Just because his numbers are good doesn’t mean he’s done well before getting hurt. Look at Schoenweis. The way I see it Wagner could still be a great set up man even if we were to pursue another close. Look at what we did with John Franco in 99′ and 00′.
Gotta score some more now.
All Right TATIS.
TATIS!
TATIS!!!!
stupid ground rule double rule…
Tatis is awesome
More like TaTITS!
ah yes two out hitting…
we missed you yesterday
Was Delgado supposed to sub today?
mets.com said earlier in the day that he’d get the day off but now that story is mysteriously missing.
and easlely picks up right where he left of yesterday
That second run will turn out to be big. I see a great start coming from Ollie. It’s been amazing how many no run type performances they been getting. Even Pedro.
It would have made sense to give the day off against the lefty. With the way Murphy’s hitting, I think he could tear lefties apart and Nick Evans is both a natural and good defensive 1B. They shouldn’t be speaking too early for Jerry on that site though. Eventually Delgado and Beltran will need some rest.
Unlike Ollie’s early starts – he’s off first inning, he looks like he can figure it out now. Back in May, before you blinked, he’d have given up about 4-5 runs….
I know it’s early yet but just saying….
man it would suck to be kochman…getting traded from the best team in baseball to a terrible also-ran….
i mean apart from getting paid millions of dollars to play a game
I thought Beltran could have gotten to that one. Eh, maybe not.
yeah, I try not to feel sorry for millionaires
I thought that was gone
dangit Nitram Odarp!
No big deal if we can get out of this with 2 outs. It could be nothing more than a walk. He can’t be throwing crap to the pitcher though.
sweet, J. Reyes grounded out to J. Reyes…
why would anyone want lime flavored beer?
scurvy?
not bad
i dunno…although some very hoppy beers such as IPA’s can be rather citrusy, but it’s the nature of the hops, not adding lime flavoring later in the process…couldn’t imagine that would be very tasty.
Lemon/lime any fruit can be good in certain beer, just not any of that pre-flavored bottled BS that Miller and Bud have been hocking lately.
Just cracked open and Anchor Steam, myself.
Sigh…
Instead of Castro on second, we’ve got crazy man Ollie on first. Look at that lead – watch him try and steal and hurt himself….
well, that ones a ball
well that was 5 pitches longer than it needed to be
:(
Nick Evans has done a good job lately, but this is why you don’t want slow guy’s hitting 2nd. That’s supposed to be a table setter, not a guy who’s as slow as Delgado.
Ollie, you owe Blanco some money or something?
Anyone see the stat that SNY put up about Reyes’ AVG & Runs during Mets wins and losses?
It was something like:
WINS .314 – 68 Runs
LOSSES .266 – 20 Runs
How is he not an MVP candidate?
LAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRYYYYYYYYYYY
Perez does not have his stuff tonight
well, you’d have to compare that with the others.
Most players have worse stats when they’re on the losing end
damn ollie….haven’t seen this in a while
Come on Ollie!!!!
an error that won’t be called
Schneider would have had him at first, don’t you think?
yea he would have
Sigh.
On a night I decide to sit down, drink some beer and watch a game for the first time after work in awhile Ollie decides to throw 50+ pitches before the end of the 3rd.
:(
dang
Braves are really crushing the ball.
This won’t end well……
Castro? What the hell was that?
The damage could be worse. Gotta get out of this now though.
can’t stand larry, but if he played his career in ny he
would be a god
although he strikes me as a guy who would have a real problem with the NY media
You walk garbage like Gregor Blanco to lead off an inning you’re gonna pay
The Braves play better than Pittsburgh and Washington. At least against the Mets they seem to. We can’t afford to lose 2 out of 3 in this kind of series when Philly is playing Washington though.
Anyone hear Billy’s comments during the news conference before the game today? basically along the lines of
I wouldn’t trade any of those guys [pitching staff] for anyone else out there right now. I think they’re doing a great job, heck they’re better than me. The only reason you’re looking for me to come back is because I have the closer title, but I only have that title because I sucked as a starter.
Yup, I heard it earlier too. Commented up above on this post on that.
Kudos to Billy for backing that pen – no matter what we all think of them.
I agree. I love that he backed his guys there….We almost sound like a real…Team. Remember earlier in the season when he threw Delgado under the bus?
Well, that could have been a lot worse.
I’m going to have to consume a lot more beer a lot quicker if I’m to prepare myself to watch the bullpen in about 2 innings.
lime bud?
hahahahahahha god no.
Anchor Steam and this Sierra Nevada Harvest Ale.
I’m doing guinness. smooth
and grand mariner
Nice.
yeah, feelin warm and fuzzy
Good swing Davey.
JoJo Reyes will now be played by Sandy Koufax
cmon offense…don’t go to sleep
Please settle down here Ollie.
Anyone going to the game Saturday night? Tailgating?
I think the score we’re looking at right now will be the final.
you think the pen won’t give up a run?
I’m thinking we’re going to win this one.
Can we get a leadoff hitter out?
OK, this Reyes dude is 0-5 in his last 5 starts and the METS have never faced him before, that can mean only one thing. ANOTHER METS LOSS!!! I only hope the NATS can hang on and beat the Phillies. LETS GO NATS !!!!!
what’s the score/inning?
the mets are behind…that always brings out the chicken littles
Chicken Little? Have you been watching the same team as I have? When we face a Rookie, first time pitcher or one with a high ERA and bad record that usually spells a LOSS for us. That plus our pen sucks and cant hold a game late. We are doomed without Billy and the Braves always kick our butts. They have won 7 of the last 9 games against us. I hope and prey that we can win. As long as the Nats beat the Phillies a Loss is ok. It would be nice to pick up another game on the Phillies. If the Phillies win the series against the NATS and we win our series against the Braves we are still in first,
honestly, i know ollie has had a few good starts this year, but i pray that he is gone next year.
I think it’s been more than a few good starts this year, especially in this second half.
true, but i still want him gone
has perez started out 0-1 on any batter this game?
Every time I come back to look at my computer there’s a runner on with no out’s. I remember when the Mets lost 4 in a row, this is the kind of thing that happened. He’s got to get it under control now before he lets us out of the game.
Throw the ball down the middle. Let him bunt it!!!!!!
NICE D!
WOW!
NICE PLAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THANK YOU DEFENSE!!!
YAHOOOO
I don’t want to see Oliver gone. Remember those 7 ininng 0 run outings against the Phillies? Or the 12 K’s. He’s worth the price. He’s pitched great of late. This is his first bad one in a while. He can still turn it around though. I don’t think he’ll make it past 5 or 6 inning’s though. My guess is a no decision.
Let’s get a rune here, come on!!!!!
x 2 !!
That was a reference to “thank you defense,” obviously. Although getting 2 runs would be nice, too.
Ronnie’s just now saying, ok, Ollie doesn’t have his A-game, let’s see how it goes for him. And really, this is encouraging. The rails have not come off. He’s battling. That’s excellent. Maybe the results of this game won’t be what we’d like, but for Ollie, battling is big.
Yup. I agree. Give him a chance. We should be able to get some runs. ‘Should’ being the operative word…
Yup, good D.
rare 2 c a dp on a bunt
See what happens when you decide to throw a strike to Blanco, Ollie?
He might do thing’s backwards, but sometimes you want that. He’s not throwing as good against Atlanta, yet if it were the Phillies or Yankees here tonight he’d probably have 5 K’s and 0 runs through 4 inning’s.
4-1 Nats Top 5, come on lets get some runs!!!!!
ugh, if the horrible Nats beat the Phils and the Mets lose to this crap team I’m going to be nauseas
I’ll be more nauseous if the Phils win.
Um, you mean you’re going to love the inscrutable ways of the universe? How does the phillies losing on a night we lose make a person nauseous?
LOL. “Inscrutable ways of the universe.” I’m gonna use that one.
Because it’s like losing a race to a cripple because you pulled your groin.
I love Ollie, but let’s face facts, he’s gonna be wearing a Rangers cap with a 5 era next season.
Pedro as a closer?
Why wouldn’t the Mets bring him back? They’ve given big bucks to crap before like Kevin Appier. He’s still young and lefty. He’s a good pitcher. We’re a big market club. If they let him go to some team like Texas, that’s pathetic. If they get K-Rod, I’ll take that as a consolation, but still.
Cause I can see the Rangers offering him an absolutely ridiculous contract (in the 18-20 mil for 5 years category) that the Wilpons wouldn’t match.
I don’t think Ollie’s mom would match that if she had the money…
There are other good SP’s on the market though such as Derek Lowe and Jon Garland.
Garland’s finished, and Lowe proabably won’t be a FA.
Keith ‘Phillies just can’t hit’.
Uh, not seeing the Mets doing much of that tonight either.
Come on guys, gets some hits/runs !
The Braves are having a terrible year. They’re mailing it in against everyone else. But against the Mets they’re the 1927 Yankees. Damn I hate the Braves.
The quicker we get used to this the better. We will probably lose 2 of 3 this series.
Does Castro swing the bat straight up?
It’s the same story, if the Mets have a crap pitcher on the ropes and let him off the hook, he inevitably shuts them down.
Come on we have to be able to score more than 2 runs off of Jo Jo freaking Reyes and his 5 era.
first pitch popout…thank you escobar
I just got relocated to Atlanta for work (hopefully back home to BK within a couple years), so I’m blacked out from watching SNY on the extra innings package, and I have to say, it’s borderline lawsuit material how venomous Caray and Simpson are towards Shea Stadium. Each one of them has expressed their desire to see it torn down “tonight” at least 4 times, Caray said he would want “nothing” to be saved as a memento and it’s just gone on and on for most of the game. I’ve seen them do this before, but it’s downright hateful and disrespectful to a stadium that means a lot to at least some people. Go ahead and say you don’t lie the park, but geez, you’re allegedly journalists.
caray is a joke…last postseason on tbs proved that…you really get the feeling that the mets have the only impartial gamecallers in the division
SNY best booth in baseball.
yup
fking LArry!
another leadoff hit.
sorry, 1 out hit
wouldn’t it be groundbreaking if the Mets had a starting pitcher with the balls to throw at Chippers chin for once?
because they respect him enough to not to try to hurt some one, Clemmons.
not hurt him, but get him a little uncomfortable. I mean for christ sake, he’s naming his freaking kid after the stadium!
won’t happen, the last time they should have hit somebody they threw 4 feet behind him…stupid shawn estes…although he did hit a homerun off of clemens in that one
nice play shrek!
Ramon always gives me a good chuckle no matter what he is doing.
where is this team’s offense?
vacation
they can’t snuff this team? When they don’t win the division their record against the braves doomed them
chokers
great, well, looks like the Mets are going to be shut down by this clown, gotta hope Ollie keeps it close enough so they can come back against the bullpen
I’m feeling a complete game for JoJo along with no hits allowed after the first inning.
I mean, J.J. Reyes here? Who the hell is J.J. Reyes anyway?
Am I missing something?
well, looks like the mets of early 08′ get down and can’t buy a hit. come on already, someone do something!
Evans 2 for 2!
I refuse to believe that a pitcher can turn from complete sht to gold in half an inning
its not the pitching….its the mets offense…they cant hit after the 1st inning.. Jojo reyes ishorrible…just look at the pitches hes making…they are not that good
this team needed two important pieces before the deadline (and still do) and Omar got nothing
“This is kind of stunning, the way Reyes is throwing” says Gary Cohen.
Is he serious? He really is stunned by this?
he is horrible…of course hes stunned…he is 3 and 9 with an era over 5 and he shutting down the mets tonight
How is that stunning? Pitchers like this always shut the Mets down it seems.
Why is nobody else concerned about re-signing OP to a long term deal? We all know what a head case he is and when you couple that with the fact that he WON’T be playing for a new contract, what are his numbers going to look like?
No thanks, save the money for someone else who isn’t a whack job, pocket the draft pick(s) and let him walk. Let Texas have him if they want him.
The Mets are like Mike Tyson, start out like gangbusters, if their opponent fights back, they waddle on the canvas looking for their mouthpiece
I’m sorry if Ollie loses this game it’s a crime. Freaking Mets offense of old, the lack of clutch hitting, score early and then pack it in, is back.
there hasnt been any clutch at bats yet in this game…and ollie is not pitching well at all
He’s obvioulsy does not have his best stuff, and he’s given up 3 runs in 6 innings, that’s a quality start in my book.
yeah, this is more about the Mets offense than Ollie. You gotta hit JoJo freaking Reyes
Yeah, if you have watched Ollie at all, this is extremely encouraging. He’s hanging in there. His pattern has always been to fall apart completely if he’s not on. He’s not on, but he’s working. I’ve been on the fence about signing him, but seeing this, I’m ready to sign him, at even a pretty good price. He’ll be lights out a lot of the time, and if he can keep us in the game even when he doesn’t have it — the combination is not something you can pick up on every corner.
I gues they were warriors against 2 teams that didn’t feel like bothering but the braves get up for these mets games.
John Franco said it best – this team doesn’t come to play every day
I know Ollie does not have his best stuff here tonight but he’s kept us in the game. Where the heck is the offense to cover his back???
Here’s hoping they can get it done in these late innings.
tut tut now, relax everyone. we’re going to win this one.
mets don’t win many when trailing
ok Mets, take a deep breath, this pitcher is terrible, do your jobs
key chain night? when will they have smelt night??
I wish they played every inning like it was the first.
this offense is ridiculously bad and delgado is back to his first half form
Just as you said, three runs in six innings is good. I want him back. Long term? As in what? I’m saying 3 or 4 year’s. Probably 4. 4 yr/52 MM seems fair in my mind. The only consolation will be if we go after a pitcher of similar quality. We got very good starting pitching and it should be the thing that carries this team. Look at the Yankees 96-00′. Pitching did it. Since than, they haven’t had it. With good health and a respectable bullpen, the Mets can have 4 fifteen game winner every year. Plus Jon Niese could join that club too.
i think hes gunna want a longer contract like 5 or 6 yrs/around 15 mil per yr
Nice shout out to Matt “the King of Metsblogs” Cerrone by Gary Cohen. Well deserved!
Looks like we’re back to April-May-June Delgado.
Make that 1-19 Gary. Seriously, has there ever been a more unclutch team than the ‘08 Mets? I guess the ‘07 Mets.
Delgado needs a day off. He goes cold every now and than, but over the past couple months in only usually last a couple days. We were complaining with Beltran, than he came through with a few hits since. These guy’s need rest though. They haven’t gotten it. Delgado’s an old guy. He’s played in just about the same amount of games as David and Jose.
He was supposed to get the night off. Not sure what happened.
Can we re-up with Delgado for July only next year?
Braves are 0-19 in 1 run games on the road this year. Guess what? They’re about to be 1-19.
Not when the bullpen comes in. They should give up at least two more in this game, thus negating that stat for tonight.
This is pretty sad though because Jo Jo Reyes just doesn’t have that good of stuff. He’s just lucky no one on this team can rip the crap out of him right now.
wow! is that the middle of our lineup?
Mets are making this hack look like Sandy Koufax.
This offense SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
pathetic
Don’t worry, Schoe, Sanchez, and the rest of the boys will take the drama out of this game real quick
ugh
hate to say this, but mets need castillo back
Church even more. Castillo comes and goes though. Argenis Reyes done well for a few games. It doesn’t make sense. When he’s not playing well, they bat him second. Than when he starts to do good, they put a roughed up Easley who’s struggling back in the line up. Maybe when they get Church back, they can put Tatis at second.
one more run and this game is out of reach, with this offense and this bullpen
The Braves offense sucks too. Both of them teams only scored in one run. Take out the bottom of the 1st and top of the 3rd and it’s a scoreless game. They caught a tough break with the ground rule double, but this game can still be won. And look at Washington right now.
the Mets offense doesn’t suck though, that’s what’s so god damn frustrating about this
Ayala getting warm.
Jesus, how did Delgado miss that one? He looked like he was standing in glue.
nice, looks like Ayala is going to break his Mets cherry by busting the game wide open
well here we go….not a bad game from ollie, considering his control was all over the place…it could’ve been a lot worse…
Delgado, after this year GOODBYE. I thought he could have had that one too.
We’re talking about how bad Jo Jo sucks. Look at Bergman. He’s thrown respectable against the Phillies. I never seen a pitcher get abused in one inning worse in that 12-0 Mets win last week
HAHAHAHA !!
I like the way this Ayala throws!!! :D
there you go ayala…
Welcome Ayala, don’t break our hearts. Please.
this team…..deserves the abuse they’re going to wind up with when all is said and done
chokers
at least he throws hard
Does this guy have closer-type stuff?
ayala has a huge mitt…don’t see that very often
This is a completely different discussion, but the universal agreement on the fact that pitching and pitching alone is what wins titles isn’t exactly on point. Let’s not forget that 10 position players on the ‘98 Yankees hit double digit homers, with every starter but Chad Curtis hitting at least 15 and 4 .300 hitters. To delve further into the Yankees as a franchise, we all now they’ve got more titles than anyone, but there really isn’t one Yankee starter outside of Whitey Ford (and I’m not counting Clemens, as his two peaks were in Boston and Houston, really, save one season) who even deserves to be mentioned as a top 30 all-time starter. The Cleveland Indians, and the Braves for that matter, both have histories absolutely loaded with great pitching, and 5 championships between them to show for it. In my mind, good teams win, period, be it with offense, pitching or a mix of both. I’ll concede that if your staff is awful you ain’t winning but if it’s good enough some pop will get you there.
2002 Angels were the most offensively-skewed champion of the last 25 years, if not more.
To paraphrase the ESPN Sportsguy, does anyone know where I can buy stock in things like “Braves 3-9 scrub Jo-Jo Reyes will shut down the Mets for 6 innings and counting at home”?
bill simmons shoutout…nice
good start ayala!
WOW, nice job Luis!
THERE YA GO!!!!
Ayalaaaaaaaaa!!!!!
All right, Luis. Way to get it done.
wow, that’s the best performance by a bullpen pitcher this year
Yea AYALA, can we score some freaking runs please.
Baseball is a funny game. I think 9 times out of 10 McCann hits that into the bullpen.
Well that was nice and different from what we have been seeing.
phillies about to tie, 1st and 3rd one out
tie game 4-4
now the offense has to build off of that. this is seriously getting ridiculous
lets hope at least there is a new pitcher for the braves
Ayala looks like he could be a player. Good point by the SNY guys too, he’s pitched to everyone in this division, so none of these guys should come as a surprise to him.
Can Ayala close? I mean at this point what are our options? I heard the Hoffman rumors floating around today on the FAN.
This has been driving me crazy for some time now.
What’s the name of the song they play on the organ during the mound visits?
Green Onions by Booker T & The MG’s.
Thank you Sir
Actually I don’t think that’s the one
It’s one of them. Don’t know if it’s the one you’re thinking of but they play that one on occasion.
It’s the last one they played when Warthen visited Ayala on the mound. Not green onions although I know they use taht sometimes this is the other one, any ideas?
this is driving me crazy!
damn, Phillies tied
Jo Jo out, let’s beat up this sh!t bullpen.
I liked the defiant way Ayala pointed his finger in the air after each of those pop-ups.
Let’s hope we can beat up on Bennett, now.
at least Easley can’t hit into a DP
come on rrrrrrrrrrrramon
Let’s go Murph!
Question: Why doesn’t Daniel Murphy play everyday? Nick Evans has absolutely no power and you want to see what this kid can do against lefties.
he has 2 hits in this game
he has 5 rbis for the year
Crap. I was in charge of informing the Mets that the Braves BLOW and I totally forgot. Now they are confusing the Braves with a competent team with a decent bullpen.
This one is on me.
Death, Taxes, Mets losing to the Braves
Is it just me or does it seem like NOTHING is falling in the outfield for both teams. Weird night.
damn…unlucky half inning
offense is horrendous, braves are 0-19 in one run games on the road, watch them break that streak today
What’s the name of the song they play on the organ during the mound visits? It’s not Green Onions
Solid inning fellas. 3 solid AB’s. That 1/2 inning lasted about 3 seconds.
Still a one run game, folks. Let’s at least wait until Heilman blows it before we start groaning. :)
I’ve taken pisses longer than that inning
This is an absolute disgrace. Again, Perez without his best stuff kept the Mets in the game, he deserves a win.
Must be nice to be able to take the night off like the Mets are
When the Braves come to shea, do the Mets just leave?
When was the lat time the Mets had a baserunner?
two days ago
wow, that sucked
Delgado once again looking like he’s standing in glue.
Carlos needs a day off.
Maybe several days off.
I just don’t understand the mindset with the Braves. The Mets have dominated them – what? one season in the last 15?
Mind boggling……
It’s the Mets, when they get behind after leading they bat stupid, they’re not as selective as they are in the beginning of games
Am I the only one who would agree to the Mets starting the year 7-12 in echange for not having to play the Braves 19 times?
This is so miserable that I need a new word for miserable.
chipperesque?
at least Reyes leads off next inning, just gotta hope Heilman can hold
Braves are letting the relief pitcher hit. Why not just go and punch every Met in the balls while you’re at it.
It would spare us the joy of watching Aaron Heilman pitch around him.
I’m f’ing speechless.
And btw – Met-killers Kelly Johnson and Brian McCann were on the bench today.
Yeah, we;re getting swept. Again.
Swept?? Getting a little ahead of ourselves, aren’t we?
I’ve seen this too many times before thanks.
But maybe I should be encouraged by our replacement closer walking a middle reliever?
McCann has been playing the entire game.
uh…didn’t mccann start?
amazingly enough McCann has had 4 ABs in a game he was benched in…
Anyone else want to jump in with a redundant comment?! I made a mistake! Jesus!
heilman pitching him like he’s babe ruth
lucky he swung
haha, I LOVE IT!!!
holy crap. u suck heilman
here is heilman that we all know
Way to walk the relief pitcher Aaron.
YOU FKING SUCK!!!!!!!!!!
i love walking rp………………….
I hate these Heilman walks……
5-4 phillies, always coming back
And congrats to the Phillies, who are about to win and move into a virtual tie with the NY Chokers
and that ties up the division for all intents and purposes
The Braves are about to be 1-19 in one-run games on the road.
No they’re not, they;re about to score two more runs.
just underhand it over the plate
double up the gap coming
guess not
Now, can we actually make bad bullpens look like they’re supposed to?!
YES !! Big ones for Aaron.
Way to get out of it, you still suck.
The division is NOT a possibility for the Mets.
At the end of this stretch, they needed to have a few game cushion.
They won’t have that.
Game. Set. Match. Phillies.
This team can’t be bothered to beat the Braves how can they ever beat a real team
dude, i am worried that you might have an aneurysm watching this bullpen…
I’d switch onto the olympics if I were you
dodged one there…lets put up some runs
The fat lady has not yet sung.
But she’s warming up.
Again, can we get at least one freaking run here please.
I’ll just take a baserunner at this point.
Where did I put my defibrillator? Friggin Heilman does it to me every time.
come on, let’s take some pitches here, how about making the pitcher pitch from the stretch for once?
please somebody hit a homerun
Since the first inning the Mets have one hit, ONE!
and the horrible umpiring continues
Pitching doesn’t win championships alone. Hitting does too. As does defense. You can’t be like the Rangers of a couple years ago or the Rockies of the late 90’s and expect your team to win ball games. The pitching is the root. That includes both the bullpen and the starter’s. You need to have depth, health and more than anything else – clutch.
This would be a stupid term, but the Mets were on there high horse, pedestal or ”glory days” in all of 06′ and the first two months of 07′. I know Julio Franco wasn’t producing in the first half of 07′, but it’s a little weird how when they got rid of him they left that period they were in.
The umpires LOVE when the Braves beat the Mets.
Come on, Jose. Need a Reyes run here.
If we only had Jeff Bennett!
come on nick hit your first one here
when are the Mets going to snap out of it? they cannot just score runs in the first inning every game and hope to hang on for the win
Evans was so good when he pitched for the Bad New Bears…maybe we can convert him?
Pick me a winner Bobby.
this is so frustrating…
only one hit since the first inning
Wow, a baserunner!!!!
thatta boy Evans
two run homer david, please
Maybe Wright can forgo the DP here?
The Phils got the lead 5-4. Hopefully at least the Mets can win or Phillies lose. The Mets are 2-7 against the Braves though which is pretty pitiful. Who’d think the Mets in a rough period with the firing of Willie could snap that K-Rod streak? Maybe the Nats could do it to Brad Lidge’s.
Nice eye, Nick.
Come David, you’re due.
Why not pinch run here? Endy just rotting on the bench.
Your wish.
You’re a pitch ahead of Jerry.
excellent call
one hit since the first inning. Forget Heilman. Blame the Dead Men Batting.
That was close. Let’s get a hit now.
it’s time for an MVP highlight here
No one is getting a fastball this inning.
Braves announcers: “Wright has been a clutch hitter all year.”
Nice, let’s go Beltran!!!!!
this is the game right here, the Mets better not blow this opportunity
funny stuff here
there went our chance with that walk, don’t trust beltran or delgado
they better do something before they load the bases
Yeah, ’cause we know what happens usually with that scenario…..
O.K. Beltran – give me something to cheer about here.
There we go.
Guy can’t throw strikes right now. Keep taking.
wow, that didn’t breed much confidence
Why does anyone, ever, throw Beltran anything but low sliders and curves?
YAAAA!!!!! Bases juiced!!
OH NO
Yes !
Do NOT even think about stranding these 3 here….
that is pretty much the best that Beltran can do right now
Bringing in the lefty to face Delgado. Not a good matchup here.
I never thought I would hate to have the bases loaded……..
c’mon Delgado…I’m begging you..stay back on the ball!!!
Shoot – lean in and get hit by the pitch. Anything but a double play here.
phills win
yanks lose
Guaranteed DP
All we need is a stupid sac fly. One of those fly balls that irritate us to start out an inning. Drive in a damn run Delgado.
c’mon GS
what about a squeeze here? :D
I love it. Will never happen.
squeeze?
Just missed!!!
damnit!
bases loaded….game over best chance was Chipper throwing that ball away
I had faith the entire time
You don’t squeeze with the bases loaded
YAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Come on Delgado.
Eat it angry and 911
lol.
nice
still have to see the pen in action in the 9th :(
Nice! That ball was DRILLED.
my man delgado..
DEL-GOT-IT!
DELGADO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DELGADO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Damn, Carlos missed a grand slam by about 2 inches there.
FINALLY!!!!!!
Missed a GS by two feet!! Still only one out!
Yes!
See, he listens to me.
Let’s score some more.
Now PLEASE get these two more runs in and make this a comfortable 9th.
This win is on Ayala if they pull it out. They NEED a couple more runs here
Braves will be 0-20.
love to see Delgado go the other way, even the foul ball. Nice work staying back
Is Show really going to come in and try and save this game? Ugh.
easley, lets break this game open
c’mon fernando finish em off!! WE NEED INSURANCE
C’mon Easley, no DP
Bring in Feliciano. Come on. He’s got 2 and doesn’t make us get mad with seeing Show.
I seriously did not think he would get a hard hit off a tough lefty. Wow.
good, now I might get some enjoyment out of the Yankees losing
I hate Easily right now…
I sense a shift in momentum. I say Easley gets a base hit here.
I’ve been telling u all nite that we’re going to win this one
They gotta break it open here or at worse, score run. Damion’s got luck though. Remember that helmet.
Well we’ve got 2 righties and Chipper coming up so why not Smith?
Anybody but Joe Smith.
6-3!!!!!!
Gimme one more here!!
C’mon lets get Tavarez..f’in antisemite..
Who doesn’t get enjoyments out of the Yankees losing besides Yankees fans? lol There announcer’s hate the Rays which is pretty sad. At least a guy who should be a Met can take care of the responsibility of taking care of the Yankees.
lol “there”
YES!
weeee
Told ya!
FINALLY EASLEY
Show blows against righties doesn’t he? Why not use Smith?
EASLEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Easley comes thru!
Woo – Hoo !!
EASLEY!!!! HUGE insurance runs.
EEEEASELYYYYY!!!
Come on Ramon ‘Brave Killer’ Castro!
mas por favor
Yup. There we go. Score some more now. I don’t want to run my luck out with my wishes. I’ll save them for the pen.
Still, with Schoe, best the clean the bases here
there we go, I should manage
I want more. Much more.
Giddy up. One more hit and Stokes can finish it!
Feliciano can get it done against righty’s. Just no Duaner tonight. You can go with multiple guy’s. Or even why not Brian Stokes with a 3 run lead?
BRAVE KILLER!!!!
CASTRO
hmm…we could send Heilman back out there. nvm, we broke it open
this just keeps getting better and better
Wow Castro wow
SHREK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111
More. More.
How many pitchers is Bobby Cox gonna use tonight? It’s now a 4-run game.
And Castro continues !
YES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So do you think they’ll keep Heilman pitching?
Who here remembers that game when the Mets were losing 8-1 and came back to beat Atlanta with that Piazza home run off that thing in LF that looks like it’s apart of the wall? I remember watching that whole game. Ramon’s getting it done. It must suck to be a Braves fan.
Well, they can always take their anger out by dissing our ballpark.
love this inning
Mrs Cox may want to lock Bobby outta the house after this one
Bobby Cox getting some serious TV time this inning.
Heilman’s arm might go cold after a long inning. They might ”need” him later in the week. If they leave him out there, as long as he doesn’t make us breath hard I’m happy.
Guess not. Either way, I’m happy.
the sad thing is I’m still not comfortable with this bullpen
4, maybe 5 runs ahead? I’ll take my chances with The Show.
Oh come on. Let that sourness go. This could be a turnaround for us. Who thought, even with men on base, that we probably would not get a run this inning? All of us, not to mention most of the team, no doubt. They needed to get over that doubt, and they did.
A big portion of the bullpen failures this year could have been chalked up just as well to the lack of offense.
Ya gotta believe!!
still not enough with our bullpen
It’s hard for Braves fans to accept how bad they suck. From great pitching to one of the worse. Amazing year for Chipper, but loads of injuries. Great second half with Texeira and now they trade him. And no Salty for that future.
They screwed themselves with that Tex deal.
Let them insult our ballpark all they want. No one cares about them. The only thing that kind of pisses me off with the Mets is that they sold out by using Citi Bank as their sponsor. Turner didn’t do that. They were who they were with Shea and the Yankees won’t do that. I guess it’s a business though.
so this is what it’s like on the other side of a bullpen meltdown
heinous
My gf is a Braves fan and I will see her in 20 mins. She will not be pleased!!!!
if she’s a true Braves fan, she doesn’t really care about baseball.
and she might eat you while you sleep
Great play.
That was some play
Maddux traded to Dodgers today.
C’mon, Endy. We need more.
they show bobby in the dugout figuring a way to win this.
He’s a genious you know.
I’m sure Endy hadn’t planned on hitting this inning. Wasn’t he just on base?
Nice inning!!!! Let’s finish ‘em off.
Yeah, they shouldn’t have trade for Tex. Or they should have at least made the committment of giving him the money. It doesn’t really make a whole lot of sense.
If the Mets were to go after Pat Burrell in the offseason which would serve two purposes of taking a weapon away from the Phillies and giving us one in the offseason, do you guy’s think it’d make sense to use F-Mart in RF and consider the idea of Church at 1B. Some food for thought, but you never know how he might handle that kind of transition with his concussion problems.
great great inning…cmon bullpen 1-2-3
is 4 runs enough?
Thank goodness for the Braves pen!
Of course, the Mets still have to survive the 9th with their pen, so keep piling up those insurance runs.
How exactly are they supposed to pile on insurance runs in the 9th?
Just throw strike, if Schoe walks the first guy, it’s time to get nervous
Yes. 1-2-3. The most important thing is to not let the first runner get on. 51 percent of the time that means you give up a run. For the Mets, that means multiple. That means hair closs and high blood pressure. Let’s just win tonight and get off to a good home stretch.
If 4 run’s isn’t enough, that’s sad. At least we know Heilman did good tonight and couldn’t contribute to such. I got confidence with Show though. It’s not a save situation which seems to matter in these pitcher’s minds.
HUGE
ya gotta love the Braves announcer saying “well that was awful folks” at the end of that inning
1 down. Clap Clap Clap.
2 more…
There we go. 1 out on 1 pitch. Arguably as important as the first runner, the first pitch should always be a strike.
stop biting your nails, this one’s in the books
Ron Darling is 48…that’s depressing.
2 DOWN!
You suck
Chipper
Clap, Clap, Clap-Clap-Clap
2 down. Clap Clap Clap !
I’ll never believe that until I see it with this team lol
LARRY!!!!! LARRRRRRRYYYYY!!!!!! LAAAAARRRRRRYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!
one more
Am I about to witness a comeback win? Against the Brave no less? Somebody smack me.
Of course this can’t end easily.
not in a game involving the Braves and the Mets (and of course, the Mets BP)
Come on, Shoe. Don’t need any drama here, thank you.
PUT IT IN THE BOOKS!!!!!!
what i say? what i say??
Got to give you mad props, you called it really early.
NICE WIN!!!!!
PUT IT IN THE BOOKS !!
Woo – Hoo !!
Kudos to Ollie and the BP.
Nice offense late !
Doesn’t get any better than this……
We can breath. Thank you Scott.
DONE AND DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
so much for the guaranteed loss eh angry?
LOL !
I liked the way Ayala threw. Maybe he could be like our 06′ Mota.
If we are looking to fill the closer role, he might not be a bad choice for the immediate future.
Yeah, definitely. It’s only been one game though so far. But a change of scenary can boost a pitcher’s confidence. At least coming to the Mets pen there’s less pressure that you’ll lose your roster spot with the 40 man opening up soon. Plus, how much worse can anyone be? He’s got similar numbers to Aaron – even in terms of decisions.
If Wagner is going to be out for an extended period of time, perhaps most of September or even the rest of the year than Omar’s got to keep looking. Maybe Ambiorix Burgos can make an impact. We could still use another reliever via trade though. It doesn’t have to be anyone amazing. Someone like a Brocail or Gary Majeski.
At least Aaron Heilman can say his record looks like a starting pitcher. He’s got more decision’s than Pedro and probably will at the end of the year.
David Weathers is actually the best option out there because of his closing experience. Plus he did well with the Mets and has pitched for the Yankees too. I don’t know what he’ll cost them though. He’s a FA at the end of the year and the Reds are obviously done.