The Game:
The first place Mets (77-61) continue their three-game series against the Wild Card leading Brewers (80-57) today at Miller Park in Milwaukee, starting at 8:05 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 Robinson Cancel
- P Jon Niese
The Pitchers:
LHP Jon Niese (0-0, -.– ERA) make his Major League debut for the Mets. In 28 combined starts for Double-A Binghamton and Triple-A New Orleans, Niese was 11-8 with a 3.13 ERA. He has allowed only one homerun in 126 at-bats versus left-handed batters this season.
LHP Manny Parra (10-6, 4.00 ERA) starts for the Brewers. In his only career start versus the Mets on April 11, Parra took the loss allowing three runs on six hits and a walk, while striking out four. He is 6-2 with a 3.36 ERA in 15 home games, 14 starts, this season.
The Notes:
The Mets starters are 10-1 with a 3.03 ERA in their last 18 games.
Nick Evans is batting .317 (20-for-63) in his last 24 games. He is batting .351 in 57 at-bats versus left-handed pitchers this season.
Damion Easley is 6-for-14 (.429) with 1 HR, 1 3B and 2 RBI during the Mets current road trip.
The Brewers are 31-14 versus left-handed starters lead the National League with a .821 OPS against southpaws this season.
Prince Fielder is batting .188 (3-for-16) with 1 RBI versus the Mets this season. In 174 at-bats versus left-handed pitching this season, Fielder is batting .224 with 9 HR and 31 RBI.
How To Catch It:
Today’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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i love this depth of a evans/murphy platoon . i guess it makes sence haveing cancel – the human speedbump call his game since they have been batterymates in the past – an observation fellas – cancel makes castro look anorexic :P
I think Cancel is in there more becuase of the catching platoon.
Yea but Cancel is definitely faster than Ramon gotta give him props for that.
I like how Cancel is listed @ 6-0, 190 lbs, and Jose Reyes is apparently heavier @ 6-1, 200 lbs…
In fact, according to mlb.com, Cancel is the lightest Mets player in tonight’s starting lineup…
The Nats are making Hamels work, that’s some good news.
well actually not really, but hopefully he’ll go over at least 100 pitches.
Cancel is probably in because he caught Niese in O’leans. Atleast I think he did and it would make sense.
and cause Schnieder can’t hit a lefty to save his life.
Here’s looking at our future #5 starter.
We are getting Manny Para next season?
mota?
If we win today we’re guaranteed a lead going into the Philly series.
it’s good to see tatis back…unrelated topic: who’s fatter, prince “i only eat vegetables” fielder or robinson “watch me steal third” cancel?
Prince for sure.
clearly Prince
Put CC in that debate too
why not mo “i can’t believe i ate the whole thing ” vaughn
my write in vote is bartolo “un mas chimmichanga por favor” colon
nice…don’t forget about eric “i can’t pitch but check out my sweet beard” gagne
im hoping the remnants of these hurricanes don’t impact sat’s game – johan is pitching!!
CRAAP SHHITTTT FUKKK
are you being robbed
yess sir..its jimmy rollins breaking into my house and stealing all my stuff…i hate this guy
hahaha well it wouldnt be that bad if washington’s baserunners didn’t get doubled off on insanely shallow fly balls
lets get this fukkking gm started already shiit
WTF? Utley tried to steal home?
Looked like a dirty play to me. He veered left into the catcher and flew into him shoulders first. The catcher wasn’t blocking the plate, a normal slide may have worked but he pulled a Pete Rose vs Ray Fosse.
Well, in the same inning Flores smacked Ruiz in the face on a play at the plate even though he didn’t catch the throw.
I wouldn’t call it a dirty play. The ball beat him and he did a full airborne dive to get to the plate and/or knock the ball loose. The Nats announcers haven’t said a word in criticism of Utley. I’m sorry about Flores but I love Utley’s hustle.
mlb live indicated that there was an injured player – was it Flores or Utley?
Sorry, it was Flores. :-)
Who do you think?
john niese was born the same day they won the 86 series?!! sweet…love the karma!
Let’s hope so.
And Oh, my God – that makes me feel so old…..
not old…just seasoned!
LOL – thanks! I like that much better…..
im really not pleased that since i left the US all i get is stupid wayne hagin from now on.
The baby won’t sleep and I cannot keep my eyes open.
Let’s Go Mets!
he looks like he’s terrified
completely…on a side note my wife keeps calling him shovel face
wow
Hmmm maybe they were just anxious and excited to see Niese pitch…
well….here goes nothing
uh huh
way to go offense, give the kid a cushion to relax him! j/k.
now let’s see what the kid can do.
If he gets through 5 innings without too much damage take it any run. Anything more would be greedy gravy.
uh oh !!!! damn niese…..2nd pitch ?? geez
welcome to the bigs kid…dang
dang you, beat me to it.
Well, I don’t think that’s the way he wanted to start off…..
WELL THERE GOES THE NO-NO
lol…nice
wow…
hopefully Niese can regain some composure. Quite a rude welcome to the Bigs…
yikes
Lookin good.
now is that anyway to welcome a young guy to the big leagues?? how rude….
well, that’s some improvement
Well, must have gotten too much advice from Pedro.
Settle down, kid. You can do this….
my thoughts exactly.
good lord almighty
Wow, what an annoying Brewers annoucer. On the HR: “Get Out! Get Out! To the Wall! HOME RUN!”
Think it’ll be the same enthusiasm when Delgado hits his – LOL?
was it euker?
a strike!
There we go, two strikes…
these dudes r lookin’ to TEE OFF on niese….i wanna see what his fastball tops out at if he lasts to say the 3rd inn.
Thank the lord for “Foul”
Walks R Us
When you need a car, truck or van……
hahahaha
Well, at least we have Figgy as an emergency starter
to quote jerry seinfeld:
this is not good…THISISNOTGOOD!
cmon kid…you got this
Looks like he might really be the new Barry Zito….
Hey at least he’s not costing 100 million
oh brother. nice help
yeah, Delgado just trying too hard to get 2 to help the kid out
c’mon GAdo! At least help the guy out!
Yay, now he has an ML ERA!
LOL! great line
i like his curveball
lets see if this kid can pull it together. You expect him to be erratic with his stuff, making his first start here. More interested to see how his attitude and approach will be. IOW, does he have a big or little pair?
although it is seeming that going with a vet might have been a wiser idea (although who is that? Figgy?)
good thing they have the extra guys in the pen.
and CD aint helping him blowing a DP ball.
COme on Niese, get out of this!
good good
huge K for the kid
Easy now.
there ya go kid…1 more
Nice K!
And his first K.
ok!
no matter how niese does tonight i still like the move of putting him out there. lets see what he has, get the nerves of his first start out of the way incase we need him later and it sets up our lineup for the philly series which, not to overlook the brew crew but we are all looking at that series as the division decider
One more strike, kid.
wow maybe y’all knew this already, but Niese was born on the day the Mets clinched the World Series in Oct. 86. Now that’s interesting..
It amazes me how dumb some ball players are. Why did Hart make an attempt at running down to first with it open with runners on 2nd and 3rd? You got a third catcher who could throw it into right field. I guess it’s best for the Brewers to not be too smart. Jon has to get out of trouble here.
Nice K. Maybe if he gets through the first he can settle in and do OK?
That curve could be a real 2 strike weapon once he gets his confidence up and control down.
Questec says he was ripped off on that second pitch.
Nice job kid!
Cameron’s actually having a decent year. Amazing how he does better without steroids than with it. Than again, you never know lol
I think Cameron did get a medical/MLB exemption to use amphetamines this year though….
(due to the infamous outfield collision, yeah I know, makes a lot of sense…)
THERE YA GO NIESE!
yeaaaa baby….way to go kid.
wee. that’s better than I expected
And his second k.
Nice. I’m impressed he got himself outta that.
Yea Rook!!!!!!!!
There we go. I saw that coming. To only give up one run there isn’t bad. Now it’s time to score some runs.
On pace for 3 1/3. But overall not bad kid.
Now how about doing something for this kids nerves here and getting about a half dozen runs? If ever a game we needed them…….
Nice!
Nerves/jitters are to be expected. Weeks took advantage, but good to see Niese settle down and get outta the inning after a coupla walks.
I’m only watching on Gameday, but the curve even looks pretty there!
too bad he gave up the hr, but i will take it as a good inning
Awesome.
full count change looked sweet. the 2 strike curve did too.
If this kid gets a little more life (movement or location) on the FB, and calms his nerves down, he could be a keeper.
Hey, there are other guys in the rotation that probablycouldn’t get 2nd and 3rd, 1 out and K the next 2 guys (even if one was Cameron!)
nice kid. NICE!!!! mabe he will settle down now that he got out of that jam and struck a few out!
Let’s hope SNY doesn’t show his family after every pitch. Once or twice is OK, but the overkill is annoying.
totally agree, shades of joba chamberlain/michael phelps
isn’t that exactly like what happened with Figueroa?
How guy’s saw Utley take out Jesus Flores with the ambulance? He had to have broken his femur bone. This is the second Nation it’s happened to that used to play for NY. Talk about a turn of events there. It was a hard slide by Chase. I didn’t even think it was a slide. He never landed on dirt. I don’t know how he didn’t get hurt. If the Nats got anything in them, they’ll actually hit him for real unlike all the other times he’s been this year.
HOW has utley not been thrown at yet? it boggles my mind
The announcers for the Phillies were trying to save Utley too. They kept saying how Utley felt bad for Flores because you could see it in his face. Saying it was just a good baseball play.
Nine-hole.
Beltran is John Wayne. “I’m limping, aren’t I?” The best.
that is one of the nicest curves by niese that i have ever seen
carlos and carlos!!
Come on Delgado. This guy’s a machine
Smart, Carlos. Right through the shortstop hole they opened up for you. That’ll teach them…..
See THAT Brewers?! Now its OUR turn.
I actually made that post during the middle of that night lol I didn’t know that happened yet.
You bunt here?
nope lol
looking good here
Fernando !!
Woo – Hoo !
TATIS!!!
I’m happy they didn’t listen to me
Attaboy Tatis!
NICE
Yea Tatis!!!!!!
Niese’s adrenaline must be through the roof.
We need more…Come on Damion
hopefully the mets give niece a lead and he will be able to calm down
Does anyone know if Niese a good hitting pitcher?
125 Ba in AA
165 in AAA
alright, let’s get him the lead!
what a catch
lets give the rook a little breathing room
good job easley
mmmmm ribs…delicious
Every run counts. I’ll take it.
Easley and Tatis ‘ 08 = Valentin ‘06
Good job. The Brewers announcer said he thinks Damion didn’t start because Luis is in the dog house. Is it that hard to believe that Easley is just the same as him in terms of talent?
Tatis is even better than Valentin. Valentin was big, but Tatis has gotten hits in areas no one could have ever expected. It’s almost like you can have an expectation he can do it and he actually does it.
yeah, but valentin had a way better mustache
Of course lol I hope he keeps playing.
Good eye, kid. Make him work.
I just looked at Damion’s numbers last year and considering he missed a decent amount of the year he actually still had a really good year. His numbers looked very good for a platoon.
Hey, batting in the second inning in your first game, ok!
I don’t think anything was bigger for us than Timo Perez in September 00′ and the playoffs. Who could have saw that happen? It feels like it was a really long time ago even though it wasn’t that long ago.
Good half inning, plus we clear the pitcher for next inning.
why does he keep throwing that 1st pitch fastball???
Brewers broadcasters just had some disturbingly erotic dialogue…
???what did they say?
it’s uecker…probably drunk
Haha, they were talking about “blowing people off” regarding text messages. But it sounded very dirty.
“I blow so and so off all the time!”
That 1-2 change-up looked like strike 3
agreeed…it may have been a little outside
Yea Nick!!!!!
Nick gets that one! His reactions in the outfield make ya chuckle.
YEAH EVANS!!!
great catch. that was noise
and the johnny damon award for the most hideous catch of the year goes to…
Yeah, but the difference is Evans actually caught it.
Lol this time the Brewers on the Evans catch: “Hi drive deep left field. GET OUT BALL! GET OUT! It is…caught at the wall.” Great stuff
*annoucer
**announcer??
yeah sorry, me so stupid
Just a tad biased, huh?
just a little bit
5 hanging curves so far. . .
Otherwise his curve looks good.
That fastball rises, huh?
Breaks the laws of gravity I tell you.
niese inning
oh lord…even fozzie bear would have booed that one
I haven’t heard the Brewers announcers, I always thought the worst homer announcers were the White Sox.
nice inning niese…7 more to go
O.K., much better. Nice going.
alright!
hamels 70 pitches in 6th inning w/ 1 out
how could the nationals win 7 in a row lol
Pressure’s off. Also, LoDuca is a marlin now.
nice catch fatso
Fielder is no Delgado.
You beat me to it. Was just gonna say, ’show him how to dig those out, Carlos’ – LOL.
what’s the difference between howard and fielder at this point?
There we go dwright.
Love the scruffy beard look on Beltran, Pelfrey, etc. Much better than the shaved heads they all went for last year – lol.
NICE!!!
oh that’s good
BELTRAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GOODBYE !!
Beltran comes through!
BELTRAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BELTRAN BOMB!!
The knee is alright.
Overrated, so unclutch. Trade him for Willie Tavaras.
garbage rbis…i hate em
Right, we all know that HR’s only count in the 9th inning when it’s close. If it’s 4-3 in the 9th and you hit a HR in the 1st to score 3 then only the AB in the 9th counts.
it’s funny how you don’t see those posters when the mets are ahead…
BOO-YA!!!
Beltran for MVP
Yes!
CARLITO’S WAY !!!!
Awesome. Good call by Jerry. There’s nothing that’ll cool him off. He’s heating up at the right time.
Home run in 13 consecutive. Awesome.
Lol, how about this. Announcers on the Beltran HR: (Very low sounding voice) “High fly ball deep left field, Braun going back, leeping, gone for a three run homer.”
stepped away for a minute….and am greeted to a 5-1 score thanks to Mr. Beltran! Awesome!
looks like Beltran is on pace for 30-100 again this year.
Beltran for MVP is actually not the most absurd thing in the world.
He’s obviously not going to get it, but he’s had a good number of runs and rbis this year, plays a defensive position very well, and has been on fire as of late.
Of course, half the people here still hate him.
Yeah I don’t get it. His defense is simply amazing, and his offensive numbers are right inline with his career numbers. Homers are a tad down, but there is still a month left to play…
We might have the same problem this year as we did two years ago. Reyes, Wright and Beltran all were MVP candidates and the votes were spead out between them. This year it could be the same thing. Of course if the Mets win the division I could care less about the MVP.
Who’s better in the field, Sizemore maybe. But that’s it.
Think the Twins will get the AL wild card? Go-go Gomez in the playoffs…
Lets score some more and hold this lead now… Lets remember we got a rookie on the mound. So far, so good. So am I the only one on here who’s had a random Jehovah’s witness ring there doorbell and try to convert them at 10 in the morning? lol
Niese has a nice curveball.. mix that with a changeup and fastball.. should be pretty good combo
He just needs to throw more strikes
C’mon Niese throw some strikes you got a cushion to work with
Beltran’s not an MVP. We’re just not used to seeing him come through like he did against Florida or now. He’s playing through pain. Without a doubt, he’s a gold glove. He’s a decent middle of the order hitter when he’s not in his droughts. No where near MVP. No where even close to club MVP. So many guys would be ahead of him. Delgado, Reyes, Wright, Johan, Pelfrey. If Church had been healthy, he’d have better numbers too.
He’s not a real MVP candidate this year — compared to DWright, Jose, or Delgado. (No whammies re September and after.) But he is absolutely MVP material.
Throw strikes man, we have a 4 run lead!
ughh i knew this wouldnt be easy
Uh, oh….
singles on a pop up, huh. damn. only watching gameday here…
broken bat blooper over the head of reyes
If gives us 5 or 6 and only gives up like 2-3 runs, I’ll be okay with that
I think they call that “quality.”
he looks like ralph cramden
5-1 no excuses niese lets go!!!
if u don’t know who that is, the heck with ya
At the risk of aging myself, sorry to say I do – lol.
yup..he kinda does
Get Bobby Parnell In There!!!!
(yes a little sarcasm)
Niese cannot get behind every batter or he is asking for trouble.
He’s working hard through this…
phew…
He battled his way out of that. Nice.
Yea Niese!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He could be doing better. These are rookie mistakes. He’s still doing okay for a guy who’s never been in the pro’s before.
And the era is now 3.00.
crazy question… does anyone know why i cant get the game on wfan.com? im in rhode island and i get howie and crew sometimes and other times i just get this crap noise… i cant tolerate these brewers guys anymore… thanks
you can get howie and crew from mlb.com. you need to pay like 15 bucks for the rest of the season though.
I just tried it and even though I can get to wfan.com, the live feed won’t load. I’m on the Jersey Shore in the NYC metro area so don’t think it has anything to do with you being in R.I.
I usually have no problem but every once in a while it won’t load.
WFAN.COM does not broadcast Mets games. During games, the online stream has alternate programming. If you want to listen to game audio on-line, you have to buy the gameday audio package from mlb.com. No way around it, unfortunately…
Looks like his stuff is pretty good. He just needs couple more outings under his belt to throw for strikes
Where are all the scouts who said the Mets farm stunk???
Shhhh
they’re talking about the phils guts and never quit attitude now
They can talk all winter about it.
What’s Niece’s ball to strike ratio?
62 pitches 30 strikes. Not too good.
On pace for 124 through 6. Don’t think he is going 6 tonight. Start Stoking the fire.
i’ll take 5 innings 2 er at this time. although the thought of bullpen pitching 4 innings is scary
Neise is getting it done so far despite the high pitch count. If he goes 5/6 and keeps the lead it’ll be a successful debut.
Don’t bunt out, kid. Swing away. :)
hopefully he goes through enough to be in position to get a win. with figueroa up, they should consider using him first. than try to work the ball into stokes hand. than from there, him or ayala can look to close it out. with niese doing decent after never pitching in the pro’s, why not give al reyes a shot tonight too.
That’s a terrible idea — figgy pitched last night and besides he’s seen the brewers twice.
Dude…
terrible terrible terrible slide
Yeah, though I will say I didn’t mind the decision to have him steal in that spot. Almost had it…..
don’t mind it either…they’d never expect him to steal there, just needs to make that slide though
Is Cancel serious?
Slid too early
well at least we start out with the top of the order next time
Why the hell does Cancel keep trying to Steal, he’s like 100 pounds overweight!!
CAN YOU PLEASE TELL HIM NEVER TO STEAL AGAIN?
HE IS AWFUL
Eh, I really didn’t see anything wrong with that decision.
He actually runs quite well, and that’s unexpected for a guy his size, which could be an advantage. Has to work on his slide, though.
its like he popped up with the intention of being out. i dont know why some guys try to get up as soon as they go for the bag. is calling time out insulting to an umpire?
ROBINSON CANTSTEAL
thats good lol
Cancel is incredibly intelligent. Once the pitcher was cleared you try and steal to get Reyes a guy on 2nd or you have Reyes leading off the next inning instead of Evans. He’s a genius.
Exactly. I actually couldn’t believe the play was as close as it was.
thats the second base running blunder by cancel WTF!!!!
Just a clarification. I have complained of Beltran in the past and last weekend I mentioned his sometimes nonchalant defense(after which he hit a game-winning GS and went on a tear, so maybe I’ll do it again). But the reason I do so is that I expect alot from him. A LOT. My college best friend was a huge Royals fan (yes, they do exist…) and all I heard was Beltran, Beltran, Beltran…
That’s fair. But he *is* that good.
It wont let me post my full comment!
Crap.
if he gets out of this jam then i will be impressed!!
Depressed?
Shoot!!!!, come on Niese.
Crap Manny Parra can hit!
damn
Ok, three big hits in a row. Who’s warming up?
Looks like Figgy next.
Okay. It might be time to get him out of here early. Maybe if we bring in Figueroa he could make a ‘’spot start” in mid game so we don’t have to see much of the pen
This is the one thing I hate about the NL. Pitchers can help their own cause.
That is what’s great about the NL. Are you crazy?
that’s what I like
Get him out!!!!!
O.K., think I’ve seen enough here.
last batter?
need to minimize the damage to 2 runs
Damn Niese is having a meltdown.
I think “meltdown” is a little harsh for a guy making his MLB debut in the middle of a pennant race.
Now I KNOW I’ve seen enough.
Ruhroh.
Just get some outs here man.
LOL, time to go buddy. Lets see what happens next time. Prob. waited one batter too long.
It’s ok, kid. But five hits in a row means time to watch.
boy..
tough outing…looked good at times, looked awful at others, but it’s a very good lineup in an unfriendly park…it’ll be interesting to watch this kid next year
Hopefully in AAA. Depending on him would be a huge mistake.
I think I’d give him one more start before writing him off. A lot of that was nerves, I think.
Goddammit. Hamels is about to pitch a CG shutout.
This is why I wasn’t getting too excited about Niese getting out of so many jams. He was getting hit hard so it was just a matter of time before he was going to give up some runs. Not saying he is going to be a bad pitcher. Just saying he didn’t look like someone who was ready to pitch.
all their doing is sitting on his fastball.. He got away with it for 3 innings cause it was a rising fastball high in the zone. Cancel really blew that.. You have to mix it up more…
Well, I think all of us scoring a high scoring one coming. The baloon was going to pop sooner or later. We should have expected with throwing a rookie out there. The good news is we can put Johan out on the mound on normal rest and not have to start him. If they start him against the Phillies with Pedro in the same series, I’ll lose a lot of respect for Manuel.
I don’t think I could lose any more respect for Manuel, but they’ve already released the probable starters for the Phillies series and he’s not in i t.
subject to change. If they fall 4 back, he might start. 1 up, maybe not.
oh well. wheels came off in the 4th.
3+ erratic innings. Flashes of promise, but obvious nervews.
too bad he couldn’t start at home against a pansy hitting team like the Pirates or pads.
But, hopefully the offense can tack on, and the pen can hold them. IOW, get out of the 4th no worse than tied, and it is like they wil lbe playing a 5 inning game of bullpen roulette!
Look at that Marlins score. 11-10 in the 5th. It’s like the Red Sox Rangers game
oh yeah, Niese needs to spend the rest of the week glued to santanas hip talking pitching, change up grip, etc. Just stay away from OP.
Now time for Figgy to suck it up and pitch at least 3 decent innings.
He was throwing too many fastballs..he needed to use the curve alot more
Good start Figgy.
nice k figgy…braun’s a tough out…never mind…113 strikeouts, wow
Thats really not THAT bad.
yeah, you’re right…i just looked up his numbers, the kid is pretty good…i’m just reactionary…NICE THROW BELTRAN!!!!
Braun’s a monster. Now if he could only learn to draw a walk…
Why is it that a rookie pitcher can shut the mets out… but as a met they get pounded… sheesh…
Was it me or is Niese’s stuff not very impressive? Hope its just a matter of getting better…
Its the guys MLB debut against a hot team in the middle of a pennant race. Take this start with a grain of salt.
yeah he looked very average, the curve is nowhere near as dazzling as a Zito’s or a Affeldt’s for example. And the fastball is… not fast
His curve looked real good, and his change looked nasty a few times. If he could locate his pitches, I think he has a future.
Though his delivery does sort of scream “Righties will pound me!” Which might’ve been what happened today. I wonder what his splits are like in the minors.
Damn! And good job Cancel!
His cumulative stats this season are about the same vs. righties and lefties- he actually did better against righties at NO than against lefties (1.11 vs. 1.30 WHIP). For his career so far overall, he’s a little worse against righties (.240 vs. .260 AVGA and 1.27 vs. 1.31 WHIP), but not any more than other lefties, and not really enough to be concerned about at this point.
whered that miss???
Nice curve Figgy!
Wow. Caught a break there. Nice throw there Carlos.
Well, if Carlos isn’t “100%” right now can’t wait to see what he’ll be like once that bruise heals!
;)
Nice D!!
Freakin’ bloops.
Seriously! They got so lucky there
cancel made up for his mistake. did he learn that from brian
Unclutch play by Beltran.
agreed…terrible…we need jay payton back
that’s what I was trying to say about Beltran: cant think of a single player (except maybe grifey jr) in this era with more all around pure talent : glove range ARM speed on bases and bat from both sides, let’s see if stupid metsblog will let this one go through….
that’s why (as I also was trying to say half hr ago…) I though he might turn into one of the best alltime…
No need to convince me. I’ve always been a Beltran fan.
look at the bright side. Niese only threw 73 pitches, low for a Mets starter!
Nice job cutting down the runner at the plate. Keep it tied, and it is a 5 inning 0-0 game effectively.
yes but normally a mets starter pitches into the 7th inning
LOL, true. We should try and let the other team score a lot and get out early in the game. It would decrease our pitch count.
NICE FIGGY
Yes, Figgy. That’s the way to limit the damage.
I am loving Figgy in the pen
HUGE K FIGGY!
cmon bats, get some runs back!
Big strike out. Brand new game now.
Excellent Figgy……excellent.
Not sure why, but I got a hunch a big hit is coming from Tatis tonight… Or maybe Delgado.
looks like Hamel’s pitching Sunday they took him out as soon as he reached 100 pitches.
we need to get to thier pen..even tho it might not make a difference
Figgy should have started today, he beat the Brewers back in April, and we have another lefty tomorrow. Too many lefties in a row.
Agreed, but no we had to see what Niese had in the middle of a pennant race.
Figgy’s numbers in the minors were god awful though.
Not god awful just not great. Who cares about that? You think he did not know he would eventually get his chance? Maybe he was just working on some pitches or going right at batters who knows. All I know is that this was not the best time for Niese to get his 1st start.
They were pretty bad, his numbers actually got progressively worse each month he pitched. It probably wasn’t smart to start a 21 yr. old rookie against the Brewers, but he did outpitch Figgy by a wide margin in the minors.
ok that was not good…. but let’s start over
sometimes david can look so good, and sometimes he
can look so bad. I used to know a girl like that
Were the hell are all the trolls?
With our game tied and Philly winning you’d think some guy would be here declaring the season over by now.
shhhhh…. they can hear you
sshhhh don’t ruin a good thing
Past their bedtime.
they’re actually good luck
Wright striking out. What a shock
wow what a game in miami…
And I was having a rough time watching THIS game………
13-12 now Florida in sixth…
actually 14-13 braves
Wright probably gets tomorrow off, to get a good long rest.
He’ll be back and crushing the ball before you know it.
i wouldn’t hold your breath on that one (about wright sitting i mean), jerry basically said today that his core guys are playing everyday from here on out (beltran, reyes, wright, delgado)
pitchers duel
there’s DW changing things up. Instead of whiffing on a slider in the dirt, he decided to half swing at a fast ball up around his eyes.
Please don’t tell me the 3 innings and done offense is back! That sure can’t work out good tonight.
With the day off on Thursday, they may not have to. Giving Tatis a start at 3B is okay with me though. What ever it takes to keep these guy’s fresh. They got to be ready for Philly. They have to take at least one of these last two against the Brewers before they get there. With the Phils, I was just happy seeing them not sweep Washington.
What sucks about being on the road for the Mets is not having last licks with the pen we got. I think we’ll see the Mets up by like 2 runs by the time the 7th or 8th rolls around. All they got to do is get a few runners on and find ways to drive them in.
Wow, was it just me, or was Kendall about to smash his bat in half after that fly out?
This’ll come back to bite me big, but Jason Kendall isn’t a good enough hitter to get pissed about missing a pitch to hit.
F* Parra!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We can get the big bats out but not the pitcher????
Come on, Figgy. Geth this 3rd out.
whats going on here? another double? this guy’s like johan
If fiigy keeps rolling like this, treat him like an SP on a low pitch count and leave him in. No need to automatically PH for him when his turn comes up, unless, of course, it is a big spot in the game. 2 outs no on? He hits.
even with some extra arms, do you really want to see more of the pen in the 6th?
And as I type this, Parra smokes another double!
How the hell does Parra keep hitting?
The filters on this blog are like WTF sometimes.
amen. it just ruined my longest comment of the year, in praise of beltran
Take the time, write it again — people here need to hear it.
Apparently you can’t write “Jason Ken da all” and “looks like a guy on Ken Gri ff e y Jr on Su per Nin tendo” in a post.
I’ve tried to make a variation about 100 times. Each time–denied.
Holy crap it worked!!!
why do pitchers feast on mets pitching?
nice stop…
Shoot. Nice stop but couldn’t quite get enough on that throw.
Nice play. Not nice throw.
phew…
YES, Nick Evans tracks it down !!
evans…wow…you scare the bejesus out of me…nice catch though
Yea Nick!!!!!!!!
Saved a run there–maybe. Who knows if they would have sent Parra, good play regardless.
Way to go Figgy!!!
NICK EVANS I WILL HAVE YOUR BABIES
OR FIND SOMEONE TO, AT LEAST
LOL, dude…
and who says hes not a natural of
nick evans=willy mays?
Cut that out, go back and write out your Beltran praise.
HAHA
come on Beltran hit another bomb.
Well, maybe we can see what Muniz or Parnell can do instead! Lot’s of hard hit balls.
It would really be nice for the offense to bust out another crooked number here. Chase parra, and fatten up on the pen.
I hope the Mets lead never gets lower. Just win whenever the Phils do (and also when they lose of course).
is there gonna be a mota sighting?
God I hope so. Just to fix the impression he may have given yesterday that he is halfway ok.
Phils win :(
ok beltran now steal a base to show off that all around talent..
o right, he’s hurt…
yeah watch mota shut us down lol like david newhans gets hits off of us. i’d love to see them beat up on mota. who was more instrumental than him in the collapse
Our luck, right?
uh oh mota’s ready
why can you not write ” KEN G R I F F E Y” ?
I know man its mind boggling.
that must have been what FU…D my oration on Beltran…
just say jr…most everybody knows who you’re talking about…i haven’t been able to post his name since i first started posting here
That is pretty odd. Any idea why they would block his name out?
Good AB Delgado.
Mota!!!
i can see him shutting us down
WHAT DID I SAY?????????jeeeez
Only positive thinking during the game! I mean, I know we’re mets fans…
Bring it, juicer!
i can’t believe i still get this mad when i see his face…man i hate mota
Now its time for Mota to pay for his time in new york
damn
WHAT?!
Damn. I don’t mind not pinch hitting there, but would have liked that to not happen.
crucK! frap!
Bad Tatis! Bad!
ughhh… i hate when some of my negative predictions come true
4 pitches for that freakin bum…grrrrrrr
That hurts.
Crap that inning SUCKED.
How can you not hit Guillermo Mota?
fing mota…mets should be killing this guy, at least as revenge for being a major culprit in the 2006 NLCS and last year’s collapse.
Put Mota back out there again. I don’t think he can do that back to back innings. I know I never saw him do that in NY…..
I was kinda hoping Jerry would have Tatis bunt.
I thought the same thing earlier in the game but than he wouldn’t have driven in runs. Can’t do it every time. We’ll score some. I’m just hoping it doesn’t take forever. Both of these teams leave too many runners on.
yup Mota lights out against the Mets…. not for them… against them
Was that the same Guillermo Mota that pitched for us last year? I wasn’t sure since he came in and actually got outs.
WHY SANCHEZ? WHY!!!!!!
to be fair to mota at least he has only giving up one reason in his last 16 appearances. the brewers r just as competitive this year as the mets were last year. he’s had a good turn around. some guy’s will get endless shots in the pro’s. the brewers took a chance on two steroids users and they’ve actually produced.
Ruhroh.
Duaner in!
We’re done, Duaner Sanchez is pitching.
2 outs. Keep your fingers crossed that this is the only inning he throws. The last thing I want to see is our coaching be greedy.
I don’t know about Duaner here….
Yikes. Thank goodness for foul balls! Fielder tagged that
I’d rather see Duaner now than in the 8th. If he goes through one inning without giving up a run, I’m happy. Build a bridge for Stokes and Ayala.
mota looked good, hopefully he goes out for another inning so we canremind him that he sucks
One more!
O.K., I apologize for doubting you, Duaner. Good job.
I’d rather not see Sanchez at all but he was effective!
omg!!! did he actually just retire the side in order???
Wow.
Nice inning!
Can the Brewers bring in Gagne already?
how about that? a great inning for duaner. these kinds of games usually happen from time to time for him. now jerry should be looking for a chair for him to sit on
no worry. He is due to hit this inning.
Watch Church come in, get a line drive double, then stay in for Tatis!
first time dirty doesn’t give up a run in a long time
Wow, clean inning by Sanchez???
yes that actually happened…ur not imagining it
Best I’ve seen duaner since the cab. Six pitches, three outs.
Come to think of it, that’s the best I’ve seen Mota since the cab.
I wanted Jerry to PH Church for Tatis to try and blow this game open. Man, what a bad time for a DP.
Who was that guy wearing the Sanchez jersey and goggles? some ML call up?
Tatis’ numbers against RHP are not bad. Plus, gotta think he would not have hit into a DP.
if Mota can pitch a scoreless inning than so should our pen.
Yea Dirty Sanchez!!!
So far so good for the BP. Can we not waste the good effort here and get some runs ??
Why not pinch hit for Cancel there?
why is Reyes hitting? DOn’t they have real bats on the bench? THere are 3 lefties. I know there is 1 out, no on, but does he want to guarantee it is 2 out no on?
Fake Reyes walk!
Best possible outcome.
I may have missed the sarcasm tag.. dude leads the NL in hits.
Oh, you mean Argenis. Kid’s been watching Murphy and now knows how to draw a walk.
OK, he walked. THey ataully had 5 lefties on the bench. Could have PH Schneider too for Cancel.
Guess he is saving them all for 9th inning? Not going to use any through the first 5 of the order (unless it is Murphy or Church for Evans). Brewers do have a ton of guys in the pen too for match ups.
Actually, L/R matchups are overused. Just put the good hitters up there and let them hit! Better Church or Murphy than Castillo with a lefty pitching.
ahah a reyes finally got his pic up on mlb.com.
it does justice to his ugliness
He’ll look fine in a World Series ring
Mota and Duaner now pitching good , when i was there they were trash !
Whoa, Argenis walked. Amazing. Sets up the Reyes to Reyes connection.
for the love a all things holy, can someone please destroy Mota!!!!!
Why no Church here?
OK, 2 out RISP, big AB for Evans. Surprised to not see Murphy.
he takes 1 hour per half inning.
Crap!!!!!!
you would think these guys would know how to hit mota…
Yessir, it’s Guillermo “Cy” Mota.
Damn it.
just wait till we trade heilman and he shuts us down time and time again…
am I the only one with a bad feeling about the bottom ofthe 7th?
Wow, nice string of zeros up there for the Mets. haven’t we seen this before?
Wright, Beltran, Delgado in the 8th. Hang in there.
Of course. It was a different game before the 5th. Now it’s a pitchers duel or a matter of who’s bats are more dead. Or who just can’t drive in runs. Who’d think Duaner and Guillermo could be the guys to prevent all this. I’m feeling confident late in this game because of the Mets clutch hitting, but it can’t happen until we score runs. Than the anxiety with the bullpen starts.
am i the only one who just gets sick when i see mota’s face?
nope
you gotta be kidding me.
No Church or Murph for Evans?
i love seeing gagne warm up
gagne sighting…. c’mon Stkes, get through this!!!
Yay Stokey!
gotta love how stokes just gets in there looking very relaxed and just pounds away with the fastball
wow. How good has this Stokes been for us?
He’s been great. He’s basically done exactly what he supposed to do. That seems to be a lot to ask out of Mets relievers. Most other teams wouldn’t regard him so highly. He’s pitched at an even better level than Darren Oliver as a long man in 06′. It’s nice to know there’s at least a guy or two we don’t resent putting the ball into the hand of. That’s why it’s been more Stokes, Figueroa and Ayala lately over Heilman, Duaner and Schoenweis.
because of Shouse !
I would’ve do the same thing
STRUGGLING !
Eric has to shave…
Come on Delgado. A big hit is coming from Carlos Delgado or Fernando Tatis. Just watch.
Yea Stokes, lets knock around Mr. I need a shave and a haircut real bad Gagne.
C’mon Delgado.
Who’s this Gagne guy? He’s pretty good. I bet he’d make a great closer.
Scoreless against Mota (2 innings) and Gagne. Wow.
Yeah, is that necessary on a night our BP gives us scoreless innings? Least we can do is reward that effort with some runs – lol.
Gagne was CASTAWAY?
good wood by belt and gado, gagne got lucky! man i hate his face, he just LOOKS like everything that’s wrong with Canada
So I guess Gagne can’t be a bum EVERY night.
I think the difference is that Keith pronounced his name “Gag-knee” last night.
well that about does it. not good cuz you KNOW the phils will beat the nats tomorrow also. which pretty much makes tomorrow a HUGE game for the mets. almost a must win. of course they are all must wins now. would be nice to go into that series this weekend with a 1 game lead.
Did we lose? You always do this. Can you not wait until we actually lose before you start talking about must wins tomorrow?
mind your own business. you tool.
gee imagine that, therealsince86 read someone else’s post and make a comment on their post rather than the subject…gee that never happens!
bullpen duel?!?!?
I’d rather be stabbed in the eye than hear the Brewers’ announcers slob on Mota’s knob any more.
Fla-Atl tied at 14, top of the 9th.
It’s the battle for the basement!
I think the Nats have that one
Hey, give Atlanta time, they could still get there.
ENDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ENDY!!!!!!!!!!!!11111
Super Endy !
Oh Man. Endy NAILS him !!
YEAH ENDY!!!! ahahah that was funny
close call…wonder if yost is gonna send a dvd to the ml office tomorrow for that one
Come on Rickie did you think you’d knock down an old man and not get called out lol
ENDY!!!!
Endy is awesome. I can’t think of a better defensive replacement. That was really big for us.
He was safe, but he deserves the out for this stupid new slide everyone’s doing nowadays.
Slide with your feet. Straight into the bag. Get there faster.
Actually there is no doubt in my mind he was out.
Was he? Great. According to my laptop and the Milwaukee feed, he looked safe.
That’s not exactly conclusive evidence.
the coors light freeze cam showed him out pretty clearly…still a tough call, but i think it helped us that the ump was knocked down
He was out, not even close (actually it was close)
Are these announcers watching the same game? He was clearly out.
Brewers announcers saying bad call. Are they looking at the same replay I am?
man, how often does that happen, you put a guy out there for defense and he gets a play in the next inning…weird
Yea Stokes!!!!!!!!!
CY Stokes !
Stokes got it up to 95. Impressive.
And Stokes just keeps on getting it done. I’d be tempted to get a Stokes jersey at this point, if they made one – LOL !
anyone remember when mo vaughn hit a bomb off the right field wall and was thrown out at first? or maybe just barely beat it, cant remember..
Gotta play conservative and let Stokes bat if possible. Can’t win with him out of the game either.
no way…got rincon to go long and ayala still available..go for the win
Who pitched between Sanchez and Stokes?
… I had to step away
The Brewers.
did stokes go 2 innings?
if so… he’s incredible… i love that man
Yeah Stokes went two.
lol
Can we score a f’ing run here please???
agreed. may need to be a creative one
Going to need to be real creative with 2 quick outs.
how many innings can Stroke pitch?? 6, 7??
Did anybody remember when i put Endy in LF in 06 NLCS an he made THE CATCH ?
but you weren’t comfortable in your own skin like jerry
THE CATCH is a perfect description. Everyone knows what The Catch is.
oh com’n that’s just sad…. another drink on the house?
damn…thought easley had that one
Crap. I’m really getting tired of these fielding Brewers….
how is it that hall blows on defense, yet he seems to be getting everything? unreal. yesterday as well.
not just him…everybody on this team turned into a bunch of gold glovers (except fielder…ironically the only one who can’t field out there right now)
i thought braun carried a shovel in left? am i wrong?
come on already…the gods are clearly against them tonight
didn’t you get the memo?? they are NOT Mets fans
joe smith? oh god. not feeling confident …
what’s the point of this comment, wouldn’t you be nervous no matter who is coming in?
I have more confidence in Bobby Parnell and Ricardo Rincon
Still don’t know about PH there. I understand why you do, but with 2 outs and nobody on….. I think I would have just tried to wait it out.
darn. :(
Oh, and the Braves have taken the lead in the Battle of Mediocrity. 16-14 heading to the bottom of the 9th. Go Fish!
If we had managed to keep them to 4 runs, we could be ending this game here with Ayala in the 9th.
Shoulda, woulda, coulda.
If we had scored 12 more then Stokes would still be pitching. ;)
BTW, the Braves are beating Florida 16-14.
** hope somebody took the over.
Jerry is a backstabber !
Ray Catena has some slick blow-dried hair.
Why are we even watching this game if there’s no hope in the Mets scoring runs?
stokes for 3… wow… I dunno… how much can we ride this guy… we need him day after day
who else do you want?
i know, i know… i just worry about that magic arm of his… it’s so foriegn to see a 95mph arm coming out of the pen for us… i’m paranoid about ruining it
He’s a starter, pitched 20-something games this year. Won 10.
In home games I can tolerate it because there’s like a revenge you get in the bottom half after giving up a run. Or you can just do it and get out of there. With this though, it’s so stressful just to score one run and than it’s even more to hold it.
96 mph on that one
stokes … how could you
this is going to be a gut wrencher
yea, it’s gonna be tough. who comes in after feliciano?
Way to go Pedro !!!
Feliciano vs. Fielder. I’m afraid to watch.
agreed.
double play
double play
double play
i am trying.
GOOD CALL !!!
woo hoo!!!!!!!
now……
ground out
ground out
ground out
then…….
mets score five
mets score five
mets score five
then…….
123
123
123
Nice call, again. Two for two. You may be onto something… I HOPE!!!
Good job!
this is the right call though, stokes was clearly done
I’m a little nervous….
i wish i were only a little
Chances of things that Feliciano will do.
SO, DP, GO, FO, Single, Double, Triple, HR, Walk, Walk, Walk, Walk, BB, BB, BB, BB.
YYYUUUUGGGGEEEE!!!!!!!!!1
Yea DP, good job running down the line Fielder.
Prince Fielder is a big fat vegetarian slob.
Maybe he needs more protein in his diet, give him a little more “umph.”
“vegetarian slob” made me LOL.
I have a good friend that is a vegetarian and a big dude like Fielder. Blows my mind.
Wow, that means a walk off HR chances just went way up in the next AB.
i don’t want to see cameron get up there, the way the ghosts have been haunting them of late…that said, i will be nervous regardless
does fielder suck or what … seriously… talk about a dog
Sample size…sample size.
Gotta love Stokes. Hope e will be OK to pitch against Philly after the long outing
By now, every Met reliever that comes in should have the mindset of ‘I’m not gonna be the one to blow this’.
who’s coming in, smith?
I’ll tell you what: if ever there was a time for this Met BP to turn it around, Sep would be the time.
Nice play, DAVID !!
DWRIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
well, if you can’t hit, David… you may as well pick it!
WRIGHT CLUTCH WITH THE GLOVE!!!!!!!!!!
great play, can we get some runs now
And that is why David Wright IS clutch.
At this point, after what…6 scoreless innings, I cannot fault the bullpen, regardless of the outcome of the game, unless of course one of the pitchers walks the bases loaded, as well as the deciding run. The offense too, despite not scoring has at least looked alive, working deep counts, and hitting the ball hard…The defense obviously has been superb. These two teams seem to be very evenly matched.
yea, the Bullpen has done its job.
unreal. as much as david is in a funk, wow.
are pedro and wagner watching this together in a bar? I mean, that’s why pedro went back to NY, right?
“Two relief pitchers walk into a bar…”
Mets D has been absolutely stunning for the last few weeks (with very few exceptions).
Let’s go Murph!
good start, i like this kid murphy
aiiight Murphy! Get it started!
What do you guys think about bringing in Heilman? I mean, sure he’s had some tough outings, but he can be just so good in these situations, right?
tell ya what, if we score 10 this inning he can come in
Talk about a man crush, ahhhh Murphy.
HA. thanks for admitting it. I think we’re all there right now
if we don’t score here…
Thanks for that remark…NOT!
aiiight Jose! Keep it going!
YES.
MURPH great baserunning too.
YES! Come on, guys. Get Murph home.
bunt it towards fielder jose
Steal Reyes, steal early.
Just got back to my apartment in time for the top of this inning……great start here…how’d niese look?
let’s not talk about that now
3 innings. Didn’t get an out in the 4th. All 5 runs charged to him. A lot of nerves, got out of some jams in the first 3, but no go in the 4th. Nice curve ball.
young…
ENDY!!!!!!!!
nice curve, decent fastball, needs to work on location and nerves
Shaky, gave up a leadoff homerun, then two straight walks. Then got a groundout and two big k’s with men in scoring position.
Two decent innings (gave up a few walks), and then unravelled in the 4th, 5 straight hits to start the inning.
He has decent stuff, had very little location, and doesn’t have a ton of speed on his fastball. He couldn’t throw that many strikes. The Brewers destroy lefties, so it was a tough team to face.
Looks like the guy could have potential, although his delivery says “Righties can hit me” to me.
Endy scares me here.
send jose?
Why is Reyes not running?
glad i am not the only one
to retain the hole on the right side of the infield with fat boy having to at least watch the runner
With pull happy Wright up?
no, with endy up and a runner on third. i though thats what we were talking about
why do you not go? unreal
YES ENDY !!!!!!
alright Endy!!! Thatta boy!
Yea Endy.
there we go endy
reyes steals, wright finally gets a big hit
guess not
Great job by Endy!!
aiiight ND! Bring ‘em home!
thats getting it done endy. the throw and the AB, good game for endy
jose should be on third
i know i’m not the only one hearing the guy screaming beltran yeah boy lol
is he screaming at beltran or for him? i can’t tell
Manuel has locked up Reyes. He never seems to run now and when he does it’s just hit and run on 2 strike counts.
has to be
His 11 stolen bases last month are tied for the most he’s had in any month this season.
i just don’t understand why he did not go there. i did not know that though, it seemed as if he has been stagnant. i do know he had a few multiple steal games in there.
they should be sending jose. it doesn’t make any sense. does not getting another run not matter? come on. this team needs it like it’s a tie game.
Seriously, I can’t stand it. Why is he not running. Give me one good reason.
He’s tired?
Not feelin’ it?
I dunno. It sucked, though.
He has not really been feeling it for a while.
The Brewers announcers sound so sad.
Totally stupid not to send Reyes once we got one run home.
And now we hold our breath……
david “arod” wright!
considering that he’s saved at least 2 runs on the defensive side of the ball i’d say he’s had a pretty good game
Did you seriously not see the play he made in the bottom of the last inning?
yeah i saw it, just saying, any big spot at the plate and you can count him out…but obviously he saved our arses a few times tonight on defense!
watching the game is for losers. It’s easier just to talk sh– about wright constantly
And that would have scored Reyes if we would have let him steal like he should be.
hey david, there are other parts of the ballpark besides the left field fence
THAT is why they didn’t send Reyes. To set up the double play.
Oh wait. That makes no sense…
Vintage David Wright.
Damn, okay buckle your seatbelts everybody.
jeez, wright, when is he going to start going the other way again….he’s way too pull happy.
I hate to say this – the NY Times had a side by side comparison of Arod and Wright in the clutch and needless to say Wright does not fare too well. One reason is definitely his inability/unwillingness to go the other way.
Yeah, really wish Wright would go back to being open to hitting it the other way like he used to. If he can hit near .300 being pull-happy, imagine what he could do if he’d go the other way once in a while.
Wright is the new Arod.
you mean a gold glove third baseman that gets you 30-100 every year? man that sucks…
seriously, he looks it too… has that same ‘thinking-to-much expression that arod wears… except a-rod tries to play it off like he’s relaxed when he clearly isn’t… d wright doesn’t even play
Difference is I know Wright will turn it around any day and Arod will suck in big spots forever.
So who is closing tonight?
And where is my damned Pepto???
Odds on this ending well? (crossing fingers)
I’m scared.
I ‘m totally on edge
Reyes only has 14 steals in the 2nd half.
great to get the run, but they blew it a lot there. before, man on third, infield in, there was no way they were going to throw through. reyes is on second. runs scores….probably gets to third on the sac fly. there with one out. it changes everything. david goes up there with the infield in, and multiple ways to get him in…..AND a looser at bat.
dude, if reyes steals, fielder plays off the bag and if endy, who is a lefty, grounds to the right side, instead of finding the hole, it’s an out. thats why you dont run reyes there.
Didn’t Endy fly out to right? Yes if he had hit to 2nd then Reyes would have still been on 3rd and would have scored on Wright’s junk. That’s worst case if he runs, unless he is thrown out of course.
yes, but you still want to keep the hole open for a left handed hitter. I’m not agreeing or disagreeing with the move, I’m just saying thats why he didnt run
i see your point, and it is a good one, but there are about scenarios that could play out. maybe they walk endy to load the bases. then maybe david gets a hit…etc…
i just would not have minded 2nd and 3rd with no outs..of course i know how well that has worked out some times this season
yea, sorry I got a little uppity about it.
I agree there were two ways to play it.
Come on where did that 1-2 pitch miss?
ANYONE giving Wright a hard time right now is out of their mind…
debbie downers…always gotta complain about something
i know. it’s totally absurd and we have to listen to it every night. He just made a great defensive play. He’s a little off at the plate right now. Cut him some slack, or name one third baseman you’d rather have
Strikes 3 and 4 on that one. Make up?
C’mon Ayala, two more.
Damn. Keith ‘what do you have to do to get a called strike’.
and on that note, first K. Two more…..
C’mon Mets! Stay tough and win this thing.
1 down!
You’re Alright by me Ayala!
Mike Cameron K’s feel so familiar.
Reyes not stealing there… woulda liked him to run, but Kendall’s been throwing real well this year.
As to David, give him tomorrow off, let him take two days off, and he’ll bounce right back. His career numbers in September are huge.
That 1-2 pitch was a strike!
2 down!
one more out and this will be a GREAT series
1 more!!!
One more, Luis! And this guy was a cupcake yesterday…
you have to love getting that first out
one more one more one more
That’s a big boy out there. Matt Stairs Jr?
Doesn’t Brad Nelson look like a fat Ryan Church?
damn
dang…thought that one was gone…whew…i just crapped myselt
d’oh!
Oh, My God. They’re gonna give me a heart attack.
Thank god. I thought that was gone.
We’ve seen this show before from the staff. Where is the close out?
Hang in there, Ayala.
cmon ayala…ground ball
Son of a…
That looked foul. Guess not.
Oh man, come on Ayala.
Also, thankfully that guy is really fat otherwise that would have been a triple.
Come on Louie. Another runner and he has to come out.
That right field corner was not made for TV
this whole stadium is overrated…shadows everywhere, weird angles, blind spots
Do they bring this guy out of retirement just for the Mets?
Come on he had 2 outs too.
Why did I have a feeling a game would come down to some guy like Gabe Kapler?
He did this in Philly with 2 outs and 2 strikes with a one run lead.
Man, I don’t want to see Weeks again. Let’s get this guy!
lol
Luis, get out of this now.
Ayala is only good for 2 outs. Same every night.
He’s hurt, get someone warmed up Jerry.
Man, Ayala is hurting out there.
It’s a demand Luis. Do it. Come on. Don’t let hitters get ahead of you. Not Gabe.
PLEASE TAKE AYALA OUT HES HURT
So who do you go with, Schoe? Heilman? Al Reyes?
!##@$@#!$ bullpen.
Learning to love Wagner.
This guy is hurt. How desparate are we?
Okay, do we leave him in like imbeciles or take him out?
pepto…pepto…please, some pepto
I couldn’t find mine, otherwise I’d share…
Cardiac Mets in full effect tonight…
Ayala obviously wanted nothing of Kapler.
ugh…
Is there anyone even warmed up or do we have irresponsible coaching?
cmon ayala…love your heart…one more guy
Time to pour myself a screwdriver!
Gary jinx coming up.
They’re leaving him in for weeks.
(Ba dum bum.)
Screw Billy. If this were his game, it’d be blown. It’s a big game in September. As far as I’m concerned Luis has as good of a shot as him which isn’t that good. Billy not having 1st and 2nd? I’d say he’d have it with no outs and try to battle out of it. It’d be tie scored.
This guys got enough hits tongiht
Close the door Louie.
HE’S HURT!!! take him out
One more strike. Please come on. One more. Or an easy out.
one more strike
OMG OMG OMG
OMG
Lucky.
holy sh!t.
He gets lucky every night.
WOO-HOOO!!!!!!!!!!
Let’s give credit where credit is due, bullpen gets an A+++ tonight
ill give it an a- can they save a game without every met fan having 911 on speedial
DONE AND DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11 WAY TO GO BULLPEN!!!!!!!!!!!11
It’s never easy.
Gabe Kapler GRITTING IT OUT ON THE FOUL.
wow
YEAH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GAME OVER ! Put that win in the books.
Props to the BP. I’m just loving it. Even if they do stop my heart from time to time.
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!
YEA BABY GREAT JOB AYALA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Got him. Happy recap!
He did it. He listened to me.
YESSSSSS
YEESSSSSSSSS!!!
yeesh
holy cow! wow, that was a big one.
Not easy here. But we did it. I’m happy. All of us get to sleep good. Screw Milwaukee. Screw Philly. Go Mets.
5 wins on this trip so far. Going in, would’ve been thrilled with 5, but would love to have 6
Put it in them thar books.
The underrated aspect of this team this year has been the defense. Tonight, because of our defense and pitching the game was won. That’s why I had a good feeling going into extras. So refreshing. Well done ‘pen! Figgy and Stokes were great. Duaner has a heartbeat. Feliciano gets his DP.
YES!
And just who is this Billy Wagner of whom you speak?
WE LOVE OUR METS!
Really did NOT expect to win this series. Take one, but to win the series and have a chance at a sweep, pretty sweet.
Yippie. This has been a great pennant race so far. I have not gotten any sleep since the allstar break. If this keeps up I may get fired but as a baseball fan watching these kinda games EVERY night….. This is the most fun I have had in years.
Woo!
Stokes for MVP?
Stokes has not let us down thus far.
I believe he’s earned a permanent bullpen spot (but in this bullpen, nothing is permanent)
You know what, people? I think we might have a really good team.
we always have, they just weren’t playing like it until the yankee was fired
brian stokes and luis ayala our two best bullpen arms…amazing
Tomorrow is house money
or beer money
They an A+++++ for the series lol It better carry into tomorrow because Philly will probably beat the Nats. This is how you play. There pitching was awesome after the 5th. Usually it’s the starters doing the job. The hitting has to get more consistent, but a win is a win. Especially against a tough team.
I remember a couple weeks ago I said something on here that I’d rather see Milwaukee than St. Louis. I may take that back because the Cardinals simply suck, but no one can sit here and tell me we can’t handle the Brewers. I know we didn’t see CC, but we can beat this team.
Why should they “have” to carry it over tomorrow. I would LOVE a sweep but just be happy we WON the series on the road against a very good team. 2 out of 3 on the road is usually the best you can expect.
Holy crap! That base hit from weeks is fair Jerry is a goat. Its foul so Jerry and Ayala are heroes. Unreal!
Anyone see a winning streak coming?
Finally over .500 on the road again. Nicely done.
My God I am loving this team. Amazing to say it after last year and the beginning of this year.
But I don’t know if my heart can handle this daily? I am too young to die of heart disease
Man….how much flak did Omar get for bringing in Brian Stokes, of the 7.08 era last year in 62.1 IP? He is looking like one of those great, under the radar pick ups by Omar.
Can’t forget about Ayala, Figueroa, Claudio Vargas, Endy Chavez, Fernano Tatis and a lot of his random pick ups that make us have incredible depth. He’s a risk taker. He does a lot of good and a lot of damage. If the Mets had not had him, we probably wouldn’t have had guy’s like John Maine, Endy Chavez, Fernando Tatis and Ryan Church. But than again, we might have Heath Bell, Matt Lindstrom and other’s. The Santana trade was a good trade too, but most GM’s would have bit on that. Carlos Gomez will be an awesome player for years to come.
I think many GM’s would have either given up, or have given the money to Barry Zito
good thing i dont watch the comments until the end of the game.. as if the game itself wasnt too much for me, you guys put it over the top. shut up and watch our first place, willie-less mets.
I can now breathe. Kudos to our bullpen which was, I can’t believe that I’m saying this, but GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sure wish these we’re the Playoff games.
12 straight very big scoreless innings from our pen. Stokes ,Ayala and Figgy are now are big late season pick ups
I was actually pretty impressed by how Niese handled the first 3 innings.
He was obviously not ready, but I saw a lot of good things from him there.
gotta give credit to ayala, he was pitching hurt. he isnt afraid to throw strikes and pitch.
He deserves credit for bringing in Brian. He also deserves to lose some for losing Jesus Flores who’s career might be threatened after that injury tonight anyway.
I don’t think Omar’s a god or the worse thing that’s ever happened to the Mets. He’s what the Mets are. Mediocre to slightly above average. If that above average team carries you into the playoffs, than everyone’s happy. Otherwise, mediocrity doesn’t seem to be a way for this team. Not since the prestige that’s come about since 2006.
You just can’t be pleased, can you?
Tomorrow’s Headline:
“Luis Ayala channels John Franco!”
I know he isn’t left handed and doesn’t throw a screwball, but aren’t his outings just like Franco’s?
Billy Wagner has a totally different feel. You know that every now and then Wags is going to groove a pitch and give up a long one. But in between those times he’s going to be damn near dominant.
Ayala is like Franco was. He lives on the edge. No such thing as a smooth outing. Every at bat is at least 8 pitches long with really loud foul ball strikes… and that’s in his 1-2-3 innings, which he rarely has. Most of the time he has baserunners everywhere.
You know. I kinda forgot how much I missed that.
Yeah. Franco does remind me of him. Armando Benitez reminds me of Wagner. All 4 of those guy’s always make things interesting, but you always had the uh oh in your mind with Wagner and Benitez. Like you knew they’d blow it before ever coming it. It’s there mentality. They’re crunchers.
Ayala looks like he has control of himself there. He looks like he knows how to get outs if he takes his time. Billy manages to not look like he’s not about to have a heart attack, but it doesn’t mean he doesn’t know what’s going on. I’m not thrilled about getting Billy back other than having an extra arm in the pen.
At least they’re using the guy’s who they need. Stokes. Ayala. They’re mixing in Feliciano and Smith. Less Heilman, Duaner and the guy’s who destroy games.
Honestly, no. Not until these Mets are in the playoffs. All of us have the right to look and monitor every thing as if it’s the most important thing. That’s how we lost it last year. It was painful. If the Mets can get into the playoffs and take the division that’s ours back, than I’ll be somewhat satisfied even if we don’t make it deep into it. Than I’ll look at the playoffs as trying to continue our achievements.
Ok…But if you say this team is mediocre, then why have such expectations for them. Make up your mind! Don’t dismiss their accomplishments and only be satisfied if they’re dominant. Being a baseball fan is supposed to be fun, not upsetting.
If we win tomorrow, we’ve got a shot to bring the wild card back into reach too.
what would that make us like 2 or 3 games…that would help alot
awesome bullpen…
STOKES!!!!
FELISIANO!!!
SMITH!!!
AYALA!!
BIG WIN!!!!!
to win such an unfavorable pitching match-up tells me something about this team. props to the bullpen, the defense and just enough runs to put it in the books!
Yeah, we do. If we make a big winning streak out of this, we have a chance to knock Philly out of contention. Well, they can never really be knocked out in September – but if we get hot enough than we might actually be able to breath a little easy in September. It wouldn’t taste half as good if Philadelphia gets in winning the division if we are the wild card. I want the division. I want to see Phillies fans using the Eagles as there excuse for the pain they’ll be experiencing when the Mets take there division. They’ll have to deal with Carlos Beltran’s prediction for months and months.
yea maybe we can get a 7 run lead with 17 games to go!!!
*game not run
So the Phillies have one amazing September last year and a team has a once in a lifetime collapse and this automatically sets a precedent that this will always happen for the rest of time?
To hear Phillies fans talk of it, yes. Any time you say anything that even rhymes with Mets, they automatically respond with some reference to the 2007 collapse.
I know that Philadelphia hasn’t been known for its smarts since Benjamin Franklin died… but has anyone done the math? 7 games with 17 to play isn’t worse than 6.5 with only 10 (aka The 10 Game Phlop).
In a way, yes. They are our division rivals. No, not necessarily. It’s more of just a recent memory thing. If it’s not addressed with a personal feel, than it can happen again. I don’t even think it’d be possible to have another historic collapse because the Mets came back on the Phillies and probably won’t ever be that far ahead of them.
It wasn’t even so much the Phillies having an amazing September. The Rockies had an amazing one. The Phillies had a good one. The Mets had a horrible one. So horrible that even horrible teams didn’t play that bad. It was to the point that Mets hitters couldn’t get anyone on base like the last week of the season except for one game that made the last game of the season even count.
Now is the time. Last September has to be a motivator and a reminder. I don’t see a reason why they can’t do it. The games that will count the most will be against the Phillies. Being 10-5 this year and doing well against the NL East who is most of our remaining schedule is the difference between last year and this year even though the records are not all that far apart. They play better at home, they are getting better starting pitcher and they’re back to there great ways of scoring runs early. There depth is amazing. There defense is solid. The only big problems are the bullpen, some of the injuries they’ve had to deal with and the inconsistency of the offense late in the games. If they can make all of those categories at least average, they’re in really good shape.
I know it was a little weird how I initially answered that question, but that’s really the only way of describing it. I know a lot of people who resent the idea of even thinking about last September. I agree with them that it’s not worth the agony. There’s no way of completely forgetting about it though. And if we do don’t make the playoffs regardless of the circumstances, people will say not this all over again. Especially if it’s on the last day of the season.
Um, I’ll gladly take the 7 game lead w/ 17 to go–THIS TIME!
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