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The Game:
The first place Mets (83-65) begin a four-game series against the Nationals (56-93) tonight at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., starting at 7:05 pm.
The Lineup:
- SS Jose Reyes
- RF Ryan Church
- 3B David Wright
- CF Carlos Beltran
- 1B Carlos Delgado
- LF Fernando Tatis
- 2B Luis Castillo
- C Brian Schneider
- P Pedro Martinez
The Pitchers:
RHP Pedro Martinez (5-4, 5.44 ERA) starts for the Mets. In 15 career games, seven starts, versus the Nationals, Martinez is 5-2 with a 2.40 ERA. He has not pitched against the Nationals since 2006. In seven of his last 10 starts, Martinez has allowed three runs or less. He is 4-1 with a 6.06 ERA in10 road starts this season.
LHP John Lannan (8-13, 4.09 ERA) starts for the Nationals. Lannan last start came against the Mets on September 9, earning a no-decision, allowing five runs on eight hits, while walking one and striking out two. He is 0-2 with a 6.53 ERA in his career against the Mets and 3-8 with a 5.65 in 12 home starts this season.
The Notes:
The Mets are 13-8-4 in road series this season.
Ryan Church is batting .444 with 2 HR and 5 RBI in 9 career at-bats versus Lannan.
Christian Guzman is 7-for-21 (.333) all-time versus Martinez.The Nationals are 20-28 in series openers.
How To Catch It:
Tonight’s game can be seen 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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Interesting Nuggets here guys…
Plenty of pregame tidbits today:
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John Maine made 35 tosses from up to 60 feet. He reported no pain, though he’s curious how he’ll be when he gets up to 200 feet. Maine hopes to get in a game for an inning or two during the last home stand. He joked he already has closer’s music picked: Posses on Broadway by Sir Mixalot. He’s open to closing next year if the organization asks, but prefers starting.
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Jerry Manuel confirmed that Brandon Knight will start Wednesday against the Nationals.
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Bobby Parnell will face batters Tuesday afternoon in a simulated game. With the state of the bullpen, Manuel wants to take a look at Parnell. The interim manager has no similar plans to look at Al Reyes or Carlos Muniz. Parnell has been tossing 15-20 pitches off a mound every other day to try to stay sharp.
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Luis Ayala retains the closer title, on a short leash. Manuel essentially said Ayala will still start most ninth innings, but will get a quick hook if struggling.
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Damion Easley has a strained right quadriceps that’s still tender. He may be available to pinch-hit, but won’t be available for second base for several days.
Time for Pedro to play for next years contract. He needs to step it up and go at least 6 or into the 7th inning. Lets Go Mets!!
Let’s Go Redeem Team!
nice
I think it’s safe to say that every game from here on out is a must win game. Hopefully we can get a few good innings out of Pedro but I expect him (and every other pitcher on this team) to be on a short leash. Why not have Pelfrey pitch on 4 days rest tonight? Would much rather see him than Pedro in a sport like this. I’ll keep my fingers crossed.
Must win is next Sunday on the 28 guys. Every game is “BIG” but not must win. Pedro will pitch a big game tonight and then you petey haters will go away.
Not a Petey hater per se, just not sure about his stuf in this situation. I’d rather take Pelf’s mid-90’s fastball verses Petey’s 86-mph fastball. Just sayin’.
don’t know what to/should expect from Pedro today, but we need to win this series desperately.
Win series?? There is 14 games left. I dont worry about winning road trips and winning series. I worry about winning tonights game and then tommorrow and then the next agme
I love the New York Mets
Well lucky for you, you’re on a New York Mets blog!
Isn’t that fortunate?
i love lamp
i love turtles
i love….carpet
One game at a time…..
Someone said something about next year and pedro, I don’t care how Pedro does, I don’t want him on this team next year PERIOD, he needs to retire because he is done.
I don’t want to jinx it tonight by calling him done, however I want no part in Pedro as a player on the Mets ever again. 2009 Mets, No Pedro, Alou, Elduque, Wagner. Oh happy day, oh happy day……
Totally agree with you real on all of them, happy day indeed, except for Wagner, I am sorry to see him go down like that.
Was just on mlb.tv and they are now offering both TV feeds (SNY and Nats). When did they start doing this? Haven’t seen this yet and I’ve watched over 100 games on mlb.tv this year.
This rocks!!
Who cares about next year, who cares about next month, who cares about next week, heck who cares about tomorrow, all that matters is tonight’s game.
Let’s Go Mets!
For once and maybe finally we actually agree on something. LGM tonight’s the night.
hey thereal, i want to believe, i want to be optimistic, its just that this team hasn’t given me much to do so
crap…i forgot about the rbi baseball camera angle
please take the magic number away matt!
reyes’ setember numbers are prety bad
Allright Churchie!!!!, come on D Wright.
ok church is on, let’s go david
i’m pumped
Reyes looks like he’s pressing (circa 2007). He’s swinging at pitches 4 inches off the ground. He’s not waiting for ‘his pitch.’
It’s worrisome solely because of what happened last year. I don’t think Reyes has shown he’s matured enough to brush slumps off like good hitters do. He sulks and presses.
I hope HoJo/Manuel see it…
ugh…nice pitching there
Shoot.
this is a big rbi if beltran gets it
Jose and DW swinging at great pitches.
mlb.com started offering the dual feeds today. Thank god, I never have to listen to the Marlins, Nats, Brewers…and all the other horrible home team’s guys when we are on the road.
So let me get this straight, we can send a man to the moon but 2008 is the first time mlb.com can offer dual feeds to a baseball game? Glad to see you started spending some money on the fans Bud.
I figured they could have at least started at the beginning of the year, not with two weeks left. Either way, I’ll take it.
The dual feeds started last Thursday. Just an FYI
come on pedro, get off on the right track!
I think every Met could have walked in that inning.
seriously this guy sucks…..hes throwing softer than pedro
Crap, boy they all swung at really bad pitches, I hope they are not starting to press.
1. over/under on the # of times gary slams milledge this series?
2. manuel needs to get this team to the playoffs if he wants a contract
3. the nl mvp will be decided in the next 2 weeks: howard, delgado, reyes, wright, pujols (just of #’s)
4. i hope dukes doesn’t hurt any of the mets players this series.
1. 7
2. agreed…although he will at least be in the running if he doesn’t
3. yup
4. even castillo?
woulda been nice to get one there…..
odds pedro gives up a run right now???
We need him to say F…. it and throw hard even if his arm falls off
83? hmm
uhoh
oh boy
Willie ‘Met Killer’ Harris to lead it off.
hey imagine that, pedro walks the leadoff man…here we go again!
I suppose it’s better than a leadoff dinger.
good point!
all 83 mph fast balls
I was saying 86 in the pregame. Looks like I was giving him way too much credit.
CC said something about pitching for a contract next year, NO HE’S NOT!!!!
If this ump isn’t going to give him that low strike we could be in for a looong night.
how the mighty have fallen…
its sad to watch…
Pedro Stinks
Good Lord Pedro, just please hang em up. It’s just sad at this point.
Ehh
good lord
this does not look good and with this team’s inability to come back in games we can’t get to far behind
pathetic…if the mets don’t score 48 runs tonight, game over… not being negative, just realistic. pedro has done nothing for this team, ever…can’t wait till he’s gone
If the Mets score 48, they’ll probably score the first 46 in the first 3 innings, then tack on two more in the seventh. Then the Nats will score 10 in the 5th, 15 more in the 6th, 10 more in the 7th, 10 more in the 8th, and then five in the 9th to win it 50-48.
LOL….holy crap that was hilarious…
…but true.
i agree, very funny, and yet so true!
Pedro just looks like he knows that he is shot. The body language is awful. Can’t wait to give his 14 mil to Burnett or Sheets.
Freaking Pedro is so finished it isn’t even funny. Get Figueroa warm and get him out.
ill take it
haahha, wow
i’ll take it
Good job turning the dp!!!
if only castillo could hit as well as he can field…
i believe he will come around
no…he’s just old
old and injury plagued
He does. His fielding stinks too.
Can Pedro just one game not give up a run in the first inning. Just one game.
at least it’s not a homerun…
Pedro – a shadow of a shadow of a shadow of the pitcher he once was.
I see Pedro going 3 innings tonight
i give him 5
Geez, I could have hit that pitch. Talk about a hanger.
Pedro stinks, PLEASE RETIRE AT THE END OF THE YEAR!!!!
We might have to bid for sheets. I can’t believe how awful pedro is pitching. I always thought he was a gamer, and keep us in the game, but I guess I was wrong.
Burnett?
Maybe. You got Dempster and others out there too. They’ll get a lot of money though. Why not just re-sign Ollie and say screw all that? Throw a 5 man set of Johan, Pelf, Ollie, Maine and Niese and you’re pretty damn good. The only way I’ll accept them not re-signing Ollie is if they can pull off Sabathia.
I’d rather have Burnett, as he’ll go for less, be more consistent than Ollie and be injured less than Sheets (though that’s not saying much)
sheets has been injured in nearly every season he’s played in the bigs…
How can anyone here say that Pedro still has something left of him. As of now Bobby Parnell is a better option than Pedro. I feel baad for Gary, Keith, and Ron. They try to say things nice about Pedro but inside they are probably like phuck you pedro
I hate to admit it – but Pedro may just be hurting this team. Even with all the injuries. He won’t make it through 5 against the low Nationals tonight and gave up a run to start out the game (again). The Mets really could have used El Duque or Claudio Vargas. I still think that Figueroa could be a better starter than him. And you can add in Niese too.
This is pure BS though. Letting the Nats get out to a lead. They better not lose this game. If they do, it may just be a long series.
I don’t think there’s any “may be” about it. He IS hurting this team. He stinks.
it is hard to admit, but pedro is hurting this team. i don’t know if it is any better with whoever they may toss out there, but does anyone think pedro even goes 6 and doesn’t give up at the very least a couple more?
i would thrilled if he did, but i just don’t see it happening. i am hoping, god am i hoping…
Knowing Omar he might give Pedro and Alou one more Yr and sign El Duq for 2 Yrs
Why not bring back Julio Franco while we’re at it.
Shhh, don’t give him any ideas.
If he resigns any of them, i’m officially divorcing the mets
will not watch baseball until omar is gone
hypothetical, of course
glad they are off to such a hot start. how sad we are down to rooting and being pleased with giving up runs. clearly, with only a handful left, they are all “must wins,” but they have got to get this first one. try to get the stench of the weekend cleared a bit.
i will say it now though, if they don’t stop swinging at all that junk he is tossing in the dirt, they will be lucky to put up a run, let alone win the game.
Pedro will probably land some useless Bartolo Colon-ish contract with some team. He’ll probably make like 10 starts and throw in the towel. As long as it’s not with this team, I really don’t care. They’d be better off giving El Duque a minor league deal than Pedro.
Of course, you recall Omar LOVED Bartolo Colon….
I don’t see the Mets getting Sheets because there’s a load of other teams that’ll make high bids. He’s too much of an injury risk and will cost more than Ollie. Ollie is a healthy pitcher who’s gotten much more consistent.
Just re-sign Ollie and either make Maine the closer and sign another guy or sign K-Rod or Fuentes and that’s all they need to do. Than fix the bullpen and decide who’s the LF and 2B we’re good.
give me o dawg
Ollie is as good as gone. No way the Mets will match whatever outrageous contract someone is willing to give him. Nor should they.
seconded
are we making the playoffs?
affirmative.
Yes. It may not look like it right now, but we’re going to do it. I just don’t know if it’ll be as the division winner or wild card. My guess is the division. No ”collapse” is coming, trust me. The Mets have bounced back time after time. It won’t stop now. We’ll all feel much better at the end of the night when they win.
no question…they may back in, but they’re in
Not with this bullpen.
keep swinging at slop boys…………good game plan
exactly. he is throwing junk up there and they are just swinging away
WoW we look real good out there tonight NOT !!!! as much as I hate the Philis they have more heart and Guts then this sad team
i guess you get hearts and guts from sweeping the beer makers…a week ago when the mets were doing it they were the team with hearts and guts…now they don’t have any at all…hearts and guts have nothing to do with anything…its the 2nd inning and the nats have been a hot team for a month now…give the mets time
DUDE I SURE HOPE YOU ARE AWAKE WHILE I’M WRITING THIS (12:39 est). “give the mets time” WHAT WORLD ARE YOU LIVING IN.
IM SICK AND TIRED OF SOME OF YOU ON THIS SITE TELLING US FANS TO CALM DOWN. THE METS OF 2007 BLEW A 7 GAME LEAD IN SEPTEMBER (AND DON’T SAY THAT SHOULDN’T MATTER). THEY JUST LOST 3 OF 4 GAMES TO THE NATS AND BRAVES. EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE IN LINE TO WIN 3 OF 4 THEY LOST THEM. THAT IS CALLED CHOKING! THEY ONLY HAVE 12 GAMES LEFT AND THEY ARE ONLY UP BY 1/2 GAME. YOU SAY GIVE THEM TIME LIKE ITS AUGUST 1ST. WHAT THE HECK DUDE. ARE YOU EVEN A MET FAN. I’M SURE OTHER MET FANS FEEL THE SAME WAY I DO HERE.
THERE IS NO TIME!!! METS HAVE TO WIN! IF THEY DO NOT, NO OMAR AND I HATE TO SAY CAUSE HE’S DONE A GOOD JOB, NO JERRY EITHER. AND WHATS WORSE, YANKEE FANS CAN THROW IT IN OUR – FREAKIN AGAIN!
Mets are swinging at EVERYTHING tonight!
I hate Willie Harris.
I’m getting real tired of this Harris character….
i hate willie harris…
in the dirt here?
WHY DOES WILLIE HARRIS ALWAYS DO THIS AGAINST THE METS
Maybe Minaya should just get Harris at this point. Considering he owns us. Just get him so he cant hurt us anymore.
Damn Willie Harris comes back to haunt us again.
well, things could look better, with catches like that
No we are not making the playoffs and if they do they will lose in the frist round
Maybe we aren’t. What the hell do either one of us or even the Mets know? If they get in, it can be anyone.
I f-in hate Willie Harris
Willie ‘Defensive Met Killer’ Harris
predictions for castillo tonight?
Castillo could have done us all a favor and gotten tossed.
i have a bad feeling that the mets are not going to touch this guy today
Me too.
me too, they are just swinging at junk down in the zone. church had patience and at least drew a walk. everybody else it trying to hit a 5 run jack with no one on.
Ehhh, I HATE SLAPPY!!!!
I swear, once the Mets have one bad inning, every one says they have no guts. Get real. They have already fought through more this season that pretty much any other team.
he did strike out again looking…..
however, might be the best at best besides tatis
Lets build on that
what do you know, luis castillo looks at 4 straight pitches and gets a full count (his only useful offensive trait)
how come there was no poll today? or did i miss it?
Yeah, Matt put up another poll about the Magic Number, and so many people voted “no”, it crashed his server.
Castillo just might be the most useless hitter in major league baseball. Put me up there, I’ll strike out looking just as well as he does.
only you aren’t being paid millions of dollars over 4 long years for it
Exactly.
this might be the last season of baseball after the market crashes
Jerry PLEASE bench this overpaid sack of ****. he just watch 3 pitches to hit go right down the pipe.
Why can’t Jerry Manuel just give Murphy or Tatis a chance at 2B? Maybe I can understand Tatis since he’s played no 2B, but Murphy played some time there. And did okay. Probably even better than his natural 3B position.
I don’t think now is the time for experiments.
+1
While in theory it sounds like a good idea, it’s a little late to be trying something new.
Do you honestly feel comfortable with what we have? Everyone is always complaining how the Mets have no heart. Who enbodies that more than Castillo? Who was a sparkplug for the Mets to turn it around? Murphy. Everyone is always complaining how the Mets can never score late in games. Who would you rather have out their with the bases loaded in the eighth inning? A young emerging hitter, or an automatic out?
i know there are a few defenders here, but come on, since he came back, yes there was that one hit, and that play or two, but he is just simply horrid. at least before he flared out, something….he used to at least not strike out, now he takes the third strke just about every time up
Lannon looks tough tonight. I’m concerned.
Do you think D.Wright knew he was being interviewed for a Palmer’s Cocoa Butter ad when he filmed that bit about his defense?
at least it wasn’t topdot…
I still feel better when Argenis Reyes is out there over Luis Castillo. It always makes people happier to see those who overachieve than underachieve.
i agree, plus reyes is a better hitter AND fielder. not that he is a good hitter, but he is definitely better than crapillo
I’m with you on that.
good start pedro, get two easy more outs like that
guess john “cy young” lannan will dominate tonight. boy it doesn’t help that our 6-8 hitters are basically automatic outs. what a shame. rather have Murphy/A. Reyes/Castro than Tatis/Crapillo/Schneider…
tatis has been decent
he has, but he’s hit or miss. he will either have 3 or 4 hits a game for a week, or he’ll go 0fer in a week. at least murphy has “good, quality” bats basically every time he steps to the plate.
i sooooo love being wrong!!
Slappy McWatchy
how i long for the days of the slap hit….or at least ground out.
LOL. Yeah, at least with a Slap hit there’s always the chance of an error. Now he’s more McWatchy than Slappy. But don’t tell some people on here that, they will bombard you with useless stats on why Castillo is a good 2B. They use to say a ‘great” 2B, now they’ve backed off a little and just say He’s the best option we have. LOL You and I are better options.
linger longer…love it!
Not bad, but I like Whiffy McWatchy.
LOL. That works too!
there we go pedro, four pitches two outs
So will Marlon Anderson’s prediction of 92 wins do it?
hopefully they will get right so we can find out
yes for the wild card
good inning by pedro: 7 pitches
When was the last time he did that?
2002.
Argenis Reyes wouldve had that single up the middle
Score some damn runs now!
i love when they listen to me lol
I don’t get this Nissan of Manhattan/Bay Ridge Nissan ad….”can you feel it? can you sense it?”
big ab by schneider, needs to get on, pedro bunt, top of lineup
now the bunt
now reyes, let’s see if the plan works
it did work, tie game and that’s how you play nl baseball
i hate schneider……..hes overrated defensively and cant hit for crap……
screw that hit…..still sucks
While I’d tend to agree…
I’ll take the hit.
Nice hit, Schneider, but ten bucks says they don’t plate this run.
Sweet….my ten bucks is going in the kitty. I’ll go double or nothing later on Castillo striking out looking.
how bout 2:1 odds against dukes throws another tantrum?
In other news, the sun rose in the east this morning.
SHNEIDAH!!!
baby steps
Good job Schneider and Pedro!!!!
i
hate
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camera
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me too, each time they have been here, annoying.
I second that. I do not see how they can possibly think anyone would want to see that angle….
Well, it’s not pretty, but I’ll take that run.
Good job, now is Brian fast enough to score on a sac fly thats not to the warning track?
i’ll take it!
Good job Jose!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sweet they got the run back! they have hearts and guts again!
dammit reyes……first pitch grrrrrrrrrrr
We need to pound this guy dammit
small ball ftw
reyes at the mendoza line in september
This is fast becoming known as the ‘Reyes Sept. Swoon” .
luckily, wright is entering his signature september hot streak
hoping he turns it around….but i have been for a bit now. looked good the other day, but i just wish ALL of them could get together at the same time. even if just a little. they are close now if only jose could join in .
Heart and Guts!!
This team should be pounding a guy like this but aleast they tied it
relax, its only the third.
And as far as the awful camera angle……here’s hoping that’s the only thing I’ve got to complain about tonight.
good point. that would be nice.
Elijah Dukes= Menacing looks
We now officially have the Elijah Dukes face.
look who’s up
The Mets have a chance to win almost every game. It is extremely rare that a Met SP loses the game for the team when he is in the game. I have never seen anything like it. 27 blown saves, and 83 wins. Seriously. That’s 110 games right there that the Mets have been in and would be expected to win if you believe in the theory that late leads should equal wins. I mean, they have blown saves in 4 of their last 5 games.
Dang…that’s crazy.
That is very true, because they rarely if ever get blown out. They are in, in every game.
Mets have 12 more blown saves than the Phillies
saved a double there…nice play
come on… work hard and get out of this pedro
pedro is affaid to challenge them
YES!
Nice DP!!!!!
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This guy looks good or is it the Mets that making him look good
OK, lets start the Castillo pool. What do you say Castillo will do in his next AB?
1. Strike out swinging
2. Strike out Looking
2. Pop -up to shallow OF
3. Pop-Up to Infield
4. Pop-up in foul territory
5. Groundout to short
6. Groundout to second
7. Ground back to pitcher
8. ground out to third
9. Try and bunt his way on and still get thrown out at first
10. walk
11. Actually get a FREAKEN HIT!!! ????????
Who can call it right?
i WILL TAKE 2 number 2’s and a 7 please
I’ll take a Q, another Q, a third Q, a 4 and the batman symbol.
one hit in 4 innings against a guy who is throwing softer than pedro
hmm great
only 4 innings, but where is this offense?
wow, who is this john lennon guy? he’s amazing!
The offense has not arrived yet.
This team does not usually hit too well against soft tossers.
Crap, nice pitch down the middle of the plate pedro!!!!
sit down dukkkkkkkes
this team revolves around jose and the bullpen, and both have been horrible the last week. But for the last month jose and the pen have been cyclic, so they suck right now and will be good later (and when i say later i mean really soon). So i think its a lapse for now and both will get hot sometime this roadtrip and stay hot through the end hopefully.
Wishful thinking but I’ll take it.
I’m in too.
i need something to keep me going
Crap. At least they got the out on second.
heads up play by delgado
“JUST out of the reach of Castillo”
Isn’t EVERTHING “just out of the reach of Castillo’ ????
6 hits and 2 walks in 3 and 2/3 innings, plus 2 runs…that’s just terrible. this guy sucks.
Time to retire Pedro. Nice career, now do us a favor and go off into the sunset
seriously though, i mean come on already. it’s obvious he doesn’t have it anymore, pull him already before it’s too late.
To be fair a lot of those balls have dropped in between fielders, although I think a more mobile 2B could have done better. But the major consequence is that it’s driving up his pitch count and foreshadows a long night at the roulette table with bullpen.
It’s really sad to watch Pedro like this, it really is.
Yeah you gotta pitch carefully to a dangerous hitter like Anderson Hernandez. God forbid you give him a pitch to hit on a 3-2 count
Almost as bad as giving Castillo a pitch ti hit on a 3-2 count!! LOL
i dont why you wont throw strikes….. its like hes affraid…..
walks and over pitching is what gets ya……just throw strikes
Ayala threw strikes last night, didn’t work out to well either.
fine but at least they beat him…….he didnt beat himself……
one reason ayala has been decent is because he throws stirkes……
something heilman sucks at……if pedro pitches 6/8 starts ill take it
castillo, schneider, pedro…can you say wait till the 6th inning
They’re playing down to their competition. I just don’t know if I can watch this. It’ll give me a damn headache all night. Get rid of Pedro. Get some damn balls. And stop using Castillo. Money isn’t everything, is it?
i mean, at least argenis gives a lot more range. murhpy would at least give a bat.
Can we please score off this guy Please !!!!!!!
going in, the mets had to figure they were going to need their bats. well, they need the bats. now the only question is will they actually show up, now that it is the fifth?
i hope they show the topdot commercial 18 more times tonight…bring back guisseppe
Hate to say this but they are not winning this game.
Anytime the offense wants to make an appearance would be fine with me – like this inning would be oh, so nice. Please and thank you.
GET SOME RUNS.
hits?
lol – well yeah, need them first.
Can’t help but think the Phillies are sitting home watching this game with a big smirk on there faces.
Slaptastic!
i have never seen a man look for a walk with such intensity
Trust me, that’s a major victory in his mind. He gave a trot to first base as though he just hit a game winning HR! LOL
So who had Castillo walks in his next plate appearance pool?
Some VERY optimistic person! LOL
Does anyone outside of Jose steal anymore?
this guy has given up 1 hit and 5 k’s? wow. i thought this was supposed to be a game that the mets HAD to come out hot and fired up. a huge game, gotta get this one after yesterday’s loss…well i don’t see it yet, come on already!
well, you see, they had to….but…to this point
totally saw that dp coming
i hate him
CRAP!!!!!!!!
manny ramirez can walk on water. period.
wow schneider is slow
Slow would be a compliment to describe Schneider’s speed.
unreal, this team is starting to press again
Not like we haven’t seen it before.
I think it’s obvious this team is beaten up. This is terrible.
if they don’t get it next inning, it may not happen. that said, let’s hope pedro gets that first out and keeps it where it is.
I say fire Omar.
1. crapy pen two years in a row. Blame him more for the second year by doing nothing.
2. Alou, el doque, martinez, and wagner being too old and wasting our time and money.
3. Castillo on a long term contract.
4. picks up players who are professional, but don’t know how to get abgry to push their team over humps.
It’s not going to happen because he’s buddy buddy with Wipon, but it should happen.
i will only say… 07, lost in large part b/c the pen. what happens in the offseason? not much in the pen. if they don’t win in 08? lost in large part b/c of the pen.
take it for what you will
Dead on right Mookie.
yup……………reyes needs to get going….
1st pitch swinging with a man on and a chance to put some pressure on them……he is a lead off man……
boy oh boy, after this weekend’s debacle the mets had 2 choices. come out tonight and start the beginning of a huge run, and show the fans that a collapse is NOT in their cards, OR, come out and play just like they did last year against HORRIBLE teams, with no fire, no bats, and no pitching…so far, i’m not liking their choice. come on mets! PLEASE don’t do this to us again ,we can’t take it!
It’s outside the 4th inning. Stick a fork in us. Done.
well try to take a positive out of this, the way the brewers are playing and the astros start sucking like they have the last few games we might back our way into the playoffs with the wildcard
Castillo plays = The Mets lose. Don’t ask me why but it’s a fact, look it up. They were doing just fine before he came back off the DL.
he just seems to bring bad juju
very true
Murphy for 2B!
I’ve started to campaign for him now
:)
that should be my new name
murphy09
unless lannan goes the distance, theyll have to use the bullpen, which the mets hit very well last week
yes pedro get pissed!!!!
Keep that mad, Pedro. Screw ‘em!
lets go mets
lets go mets
lets go mets
lets go mets
First one-two-three inning of the night against the Nationals. Great.
pedro getting pissed is the best thing that could’ve happened to him
Hey, if you had told me Pedro would only give up 2 runs through 5, I would have taken that in a heart beat!!
good point
as much as he has struggled to get there, pedro has proven me wrong and has them in it to this point. it just has to happen this time through to get them going.
I hate to say this, but we might have to sign Manny Ramirez. Like him or not the man can hit the ball at any time, and he doesn’t care about curses or what people think of him. Bad fielder, but honestly if we have tatis out there, would it be that much of a difference?
we don’t have to do that at all
awful idea
i’m signing him without a doubt……….
You cant rely on murph or evans
plus noone else out there
is that really our biggest problem?
what about our bullpen?
or our lack of another starter?
or our subpar second base (if murphy can’t switch)?
or our subpar catcher?
i agree with you on those fronts but those are pretty obvious ( check my fire omar post), but we lack the player who doesn’t care what happens and just hits. Our hitters think too much and as a result can’t come up big in september. Ramirez doesn’t care, and it scares the junki of opposing pitchers. I say if we can sign him for a two contract why not.
i believe that if the mets are going to do something today then it has to be this inning.
lets go jose, get on base any way possible.
typical reyes
Come on, Reyes. What are you doing????
dammit
bad time for reyes to start sucking
1-2-3 inning coming right up
leadoff triple
leadoff triple
leadoff triple
then lots of hits
…
yeah, i was wayyyyy off on that one
ryan church has done nothing since he had the grand slam. absolutely nothing.
reyes, church, castillo = automatic outs
Ok this team does not have it and when I mean it I mean baseBALLS
this is truly awe-inspiring
this would be a good time for david to step up
never mind
07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That’s what’s going through their minds even though they will never admit to it.
and if they go on to not win, it will be the same reason….bullpen
DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1 hitter and this team is supposed to be a playoff team
Okay this is just sad. Is Pedro even doing as bad as we’re making him out to? Or are we making him the scapegoat for the Mets inability to hit? Is the difference of playing in Washington D.C. the reason why the Mets can’t bash the ball? You do you come from 13 runs last time to 1 in like 5 runs this time? I know this is baseball. But this is sad. And these are the teams you’re supposed to beat.
Just score some damn runs… score 2 or 3 next inning and I promise I won’t complain Mets lol Otherwise I’m going to have to turn on the Eagles game
today it’s the offense
last time pedro pitched, it was all on him
that was like hitting minor league pitching
u can’t have an easier inning than that, sorry to say it, but i was trying to stay optimistic, but this game is over
cause here comes the big inning by washington
wow. how can our 1-2-3 batters get out 1-2-3. this is why this team will not win the division unlike the phillies who has 1-2-3 hitters that can actually do something
does anyone else blame me if the only person i really trust to hit right now is the irish hammer?
how can you come out and get 1 hit though 6? man, can pedro get it done another inning?
especially vs. whatshisname pitching for the Nats
God this is one frustrating game to watch. 07ish, if you will
Please pull the Shave Zone commercial with Maz, they have started playing bad ever since SNY has aired it lol.
why has reyes only seen three pitches in two at bats?
well here comes 5 runs for the nats
i said it above here comes the big inning by the nats
alright, i’m starting to get F….CKING pissed now. what the H.ELL is going on here. this is a bunch of bull crap. ONE freaking hit against this tool? damnit, it’s like they don’t want to win, like they want to collapse…AGAIN! DAMNIT already! someone in that dugout needs to smack something around, get them fired up. this is a HORRIBLE sign that it’s happening again, yeah that’s right, IT is happening again…ONE HIT????? you must be kidding me. way to come out ready to play guys. i’m really pissed about this. we invest so much of our time in the team that we love, and 2 septembers in a row, this is the effort we’re given. i don’t know what to say but this is unacceptable. plus pedro blows. what is that 7 hits now and 2 walks. sure not a lot of runs, but can he keep guys off base for ONE inning? sorry, just venting…
he did last inning
also, we need to sit castillo
NOW
he’s killing us.
i know, and i know, again i was just venting, but boy are you right about crapillo…
john lannan, best NL pitcher since Sandy Koufax
manny is carrying the dodgers into the playoffs…..
talk about a hitting machine…..everytime i look i see rbis!!!!
really hard to say it, but look back, if they had gotten manny????
I didn’t realize Manny could pitch out of the pen…
true, but maybe the pens failures would not even matter. we will never find out.
no he cant but he tacks on runs!!!!!
2 against the nats
and a real offensive kill against the braves pitchers
he has rbis when they get shut out
The guys are beating themselves.
Pedro hasn’t pitched that bad tonight.
Mets going down like a bunch of girls on prom nite…fast and easy
heyoo!!!
Q: Why is a paternity test never necessary for Pedro Martinez’s parents?
A: Because everyone knows who “Pedro’s Daddy” is.
pedro has been 0-2 on milledge all three at bats and hasn’t been able to get hm out
until now
This team is pressing. 1 hit against Lannan through 6?
David needs to stop with the political correctness, “Not even thinking about the Collapse.”
Well, everyone else is!
I hope they blow up shea with the anemic offense and horid bullpen inside of it.
September V. 2.0
man, strike there. here it goes.
nice catch…thought that was falling for sure
Reading David’s mind……………..”07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07″
petey getting squeezed
many pedro is SHOT. rolling this guy out every five days is just asking for loses. were gonna need some big offense at some point cause between him and the bullpen, its only a matter of time.
have the mets had two runners on at the same time all game?
here we go…
im i the only one who doesnt want the WILD CARD
Just look at the 1st round
Cubs-Vs- Mets
Phils-Vs-Dodgers
oh wait..what im i talking the mets wont even get that!!
THEY WAY THIS TEAM IS PLAYING!!!!!
DEJAVU ALL OVER AGAIN!!
Your humor slays me.
If the Nats score anymore then you can kiss this game good bye .Its pretty sad to say because this is the Nats but I can’t wait untill we get into there pen maybe then we might get a chance
mets are a bigger choke team than the Jets
well were looking at 3 innings or more of bullpen relief, this is NOT GOOD!
One inning is not good.
besides 2 relievers basically, the bullpen is fine….i’m not buying the bullpen collapse bs, i’m buying the offense is MISSING!
ugh
this game is just so frustrating i was trying to avoid this place tonight, but… it doesn’t matter
honestly i dont want the wild card for me its division or lets just call it a season.
i think all of us want the division,but umm….playoffs are playoffs…i seem to remember last year’s nl champ was a wild card
I would imagine you are alone. Playoffs are playoffs.
the great anderson hernandez coming up!
Gee I wonder what Hernandez is gonna do here….
Bingo.
The choke is on, big time.
The Ayala for Hernandez trade is having a great 24 hours!
HUGE BATTER HERE!!!!!
Anderson is chomping at the bit to pay us back.
This game is not on Pedro. They were teeing off on the Nats pitching last week and if anything seeing a pitcher as many times as we see NL East starters should shift the advantage to the hitters.
Credit Lannan who is keeping the guys off balance and generating a lot of swings and misses but we’re giving away too many AB’s.
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhaahhahahahahahahahha
Not surprised.
GOD DAMMIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Game over
i dont even know what to say anymore
HE FREAKIN BLEW IT. PATHETIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Game over. Collapse v2. **** you mets for even climbing back into first and teasing us like this
GAME OVER, mets have not come back from 3 down all year to win
How many Mets does it take to do a pile of laundry?
One, but if there’s any folding to do, everyone shows up.
Good one!!
Did anyone have any doubt what’s so ever what Hernandez would do in that spot?
I hope Castillo is paying attention!!!!!!
No doubt whatsoever. If I hadn’t been in the kitchen cooking dinner, I would have posted it.
Castillo… since you suck at hitting, the least you can do is make an effort in the field
that would require earning the money he’s recieved.
CAN SOMEONE PLEASE WAKE THE TEAM THE F UP?
Too late, they’re already in their Fall Hibernation
And thats the game and the collapse pt2 begins
Way to go guys!
hmmm so a half game lead…nice
matt, you have bad luck, i’m not calling it a jinx, but thats what you get for listening to the readers on a pole, its just dumb to have a magic number up with a half game lead and 13 to go
anderson hernandez, mets killer.
he killed them in his few ABs when he was with the team
And he kills them now
These guys better get their act together immediately because i sense the phillies going on a 2007 Rockiesesque run.
I wish we had Anderson over Slappy
argenis reyes is our anderson hernandez.
watch the pitcher get a hit here, doesn’t matter though
OF F#ing course. What did we do to deserve this? god must hate the mets. I shouldve learned last year and kept my promise by stopping watching this team forever
a-hern? we talkin’ ’bout a-hern.
we’re lucky if we win another game.
a-hern?
the guy who we felt was an offensive downgrade from argenis reyes?
The Mets are in a tough position. There are going to be games down the stretch when the other team will outplay you. There is not much you can do about those games but you have to win the games you outplay the other team. In other words win the games you should win. But with this bullpen the Mets lose their share of games that should have gone in the win column. It’s hard to make the playoffs under these circumstances. My philosophy is that if the Mets make the playoffs I will be extremely happy and lavish praise on the players. But I don’t realistically expect them to make the playoffs even though I will root hard for them to do so. We all know the weaknesses of this ballclub so it makes not sense to complain any longer. Let’s see what transpires and when the season is over we can discuss the moves that have to be made.
Unbelieveable.
adios playoffs
Hey guys, I found an interesting story online.
Queens, NY. (AP) – A seven-year old boy was at the center of a courtroom drama yesterday when he challenged a court ruling over whom should have custody of him. The boy has a history of being beaten by his parents and the judge initially awarded custody to his aunt, in keeping with child custody law and regulation requiring that family unity be maintained to the highest degree possible.
The boy surprised the court when he proclaimed that his aunt beat him more than his parents and he adamantly refused to live with her. When
the judge then suggested that he live with his grandparents, the boy cried and said that they also beat him. After considering the remainder of the immediate family and learning that domestic violence was apparently a way of life among them, the judge took the unprecedented step of allowing the boy to propose who should have custody of him.
After two recesses to check legal references and confer with the child welfare officials, the judge granted temporary custody to the New York
Mets, whom the boy firmly believes are not capable of beating anyone.
you’re a moron dude…..get a life
just trying to make everyone laugh when i honestly want to just throw up…
nice
Good, and all so true.
HA! that honestly made me LOL! sad but true!
Castillo can not move in the field… put A. Reyes in for chrissake… first he couldn’t get that bloop from Boone and then he stands there on the A Hernandez hit.
$24 million
awful
just awful
25 actually
The Mets really had us fooled this year. Hopefully Omar and the bullpen are gone next year.
anderson hernandez has more rbi’s against the mets the last week than he ever had in his ML career
There is one move to make if they don’t make the playoffs: FIRE FREAKING OMAR MINAYA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and the phillies aren’t going to lose a game for the duration of september…
why do I still like this team. I guess my hatred for the Phillies is just too strong
when will the mets have a COMPLETE team game? i mean….either pitching is great, offense sucks, or offense is great and pitching sucks… or hitting and pitching are good but bullpen sucks
COME ON
lol gary…”potential post-season games”….. :(
Unbelievalbe!!! A second basemen who has the range of a 42 year old DH
A second baseman who has the range of an elderly WWII veteran
CHRIST. I AM STARTING TO DISLIKE MY FAVORITE TEAM
here comes the patented 1-2-3 inning
Beltran with a weak swing grounds out to short. Delgado Strikeout to follow
bottom line is, with pedro on the mound and crapillo in the starting lineup, that’s an automatic LOSS, every single time. count on it. oh, and it’s official, the collapse part II is underway.
memories of 07 coming back as we speak i know its still not over but still
Holy Crap a RINCON SIGHTING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
are we really gonna collapse again…is this really gonna happen…i guess we cant really call it a collapse because we were only up 2.5 games on the phils
we’re only 1 freaking game on soon to be half!!!!!!!!!
unbelievable. its like deja vou all over again. the mets have a lead with 17 left to go, matt puts up the magic number, phillies fans start focusing on the wild card and concede the division, suddenly the nats are the 98 yanks and the phils throw their gloves on the field and win every game. I’m just waiting for Bill Murray to show up in my living room and watch the disaster unfold with me again
and not to be negative but there is ZERO chance the mets come back to win this game.
dump Castillo, Fire Omar, Get a GM with some balls and a brain. Clean up the bullpen sign k-rod, sign a good starting pitcher add a better bat and don’t freaking choke for the 3rd season in a row.
it really is that simple. I’m serious. But why am I confident none of that will happen
bc you understand the way this organization is run
It is really, really, really hard to be optimistic. I really want to be, but this past weekend was a complete catastrophe, and we’re seeing a carryover. This is John Lannan not Sandy Koufax. They should be destroying this POS.
I hope the bullpen is blackballed from MLB next year. I hope Heilman and the rest of those coolers are playing in the Cape Cod league.
JOHN LANNON 2008 = JOEL PINEIRO 2007
can you imagine that the season may come down to the ayala for ahern trade?! a 2 game swing in the last 24 hours. unreal.
PLEASE PINCH HIT MURPHY FOR CASTILLO FOREVER
Again. Castillo play = Mets lose. How simple can it be.
He is The Cooler. I’ve said it before. Where he goes, darkness follows. Even though the Mets played like crap most of last season, things went downhill fast after he arrived. He comes back now, and the same thing happens. They need to hire a priest to perform an excorcism around his locker. The man is bad, bad luck. A walking negative aura.
this is at least a better argument than the magic number…….right? or is it?
Mets are really working the count tonight. They don’t seem to be pressing at all.
i am with you, a lot of nice patient at bats.
i thought the mets always come back after tough losses?
thereal i know you’re out there, there is no way you can positively spin this one and don’t say that the mets are still in 1st place
1 hit through 7 innings…wow, it’s almost funny
So when can I get a refund on my playoff tickets??
good luck on that one, last year i asked for a refund rather than putting it towards next year and I think it took like 2 months
Lannon is an all-star… just like Greg Norton is a future hall of famer
all in favor of moving murphy to the everyday starting 2b position say I
it doesn’t matter bro
it definitely does, that kid is a hitting machine and should be in this lineup everyday no questions asked
Absolutely
Scroll up and you’ll see I’ve been lobbying for it all night
This is why.
How could our defense POSSIBLY suffer?
I I I I I! DEFINITELY I!
I’d put cancel at 2B ahead of castillo
So would I. Castillo plays = Mets lose, it’s really that simple.
The sheer fact that he takes up more space than Slappy would be an upgrade over his range.
I’ve really never seen a 2B with less range than Castillo… I’ve never seen worse.
good night, this team is officially DONE
and now we get to watch the mets press at the plate, swing for the fences but only pop out, and bullpen make this a blowout. same sad script. I HATE SEPTEMBER!
The Mets are officially waving the white towel. Done.
UN BE F UC K ING LIEV ABLE
i mean the fact of the matter is we lost 2 out of 3 at home to the phillies…what team cant go home and win 2 out of 3 against the phillies
No reason for anyone to overreact. Just chill, Met fans. Like Metsblog says, this is exciting baseball. A great pennant race. What you’re seeing is perfectly normal. Once in a while you will have a bad night. I trust my guys and the champagne is going to be that much sweeter in the end.
OK Willie.
I was waiting for that punch line.
I really want to be optimist, but I didn’t go to sleep in 2006 and wake up in 2008. I mean, this is serious deja vous here.
cant believe you brought up those infamous lines! now we are DONE!!!
On the bright side, there’s no possible way Omar can stay GM if we don’t make the playoffs.
RIght?
RIght?
I hope to God not.
we all knew it was coming, what else can we say? who knows what will happen from here on out this season, but they only will have themselves to blame. given everything, everything, they were sitting in such a good spot. if they can not somehow get it together the rest of the way, there will need to be some kind of shakeup that none of us here can even imagine or have even considered for the team to move forward.
good luck
If the Mets blow it again this year, Wilpon can stick his mock Ebbets Field up his as.s
Just laying over and ****ing dying. A-****ING-GAIN. AGAIN. SHOW SOME HEART YOU MISERABLE MILLIONAIRE PIECES OF ****. DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH WE POUR OUR HEART AND SOUL INTO THIS TEAM. MERCHANDISE. TICKETS. COUNTLESS HOURS. HIT THE DAMN BALLLLLdy
well its official…this team is consisted of nothing more than choke artists..plain and simple…Fire Omar for putting this collection of overpaid bums together.,…Fire Hojo for the horrendous game planning…fire these advanced scouts
I said it yesterday, I give the Mets credit in the past for showing some heart and bouncing back from heartbreaking losses the day after this year but when you blow 11 freaking games in the ninth how many times can you expect a team to bounce back.
27 total blown saves!
Well I gave full control of the TV to my wife for the rest of the night The Mets are done
Another abysmal inning for this offense. They look terrible tonight.
Like someone else said, it’s amazing how lethargic this team looks when Castillo is in the lineup. He certainly continues to be a cancer on this team. No one hits, it’s like he brings the whole moral of the team to a screeching halt.
bad juju
i kills me how we end up making these so-so pitchers look like cy young candidates. lannan one hitting our lineup. common are we bipolar or what. we have to have the most head cases on one roster in the league!
parnell shoulda been used in relief in pedro’s last outing…
has anyone seen this kid?
he is MIA
Pedro is a washed up has been..there is a reason why Theo Epstein did not wanna give this idiot a 4th year…hence the reason why the Red Sox have won and Omar is just a moron
Pedro very may well be washed up … i missed the start of this game… but he’s afraid to throw his FB… I dunno why he’s so scared to spot an 88mph two seamer… that is not a fat pitch whatsoever… but he fools around with all this slop
when can i get a refund on the time i spent on this team for the past two years of my life. I swear to god we should start a petition, where bags over our heads, boycott citi field until every single god forsaken member of this organization is fired or dead. I can’t bare to subject myself to this joke of a franchise for any longer. EVERYONE MUST GO NOW.
Screw the freakin Muttsacks!!!!!!!!! Worst team in September in the history of the game. Worse than the Brewers!!!!!!!!!!!!! Worst lineup. Nobody’s clutch. And do I even have to mention the bullpen
To be 1 hitted through 7 innings by a pitcher who has an ERA of 6 against you for the season is disgraceful. I could see it happening in the first when Reyes, Wright, and Beltran kept swinging at awful pitches. They looked tight and looked like they swinging to hit the 5 run homer. Gary Cohen made quick note of it.
I am going to suspend disbelief and think that we can go on a 5-2 roadtrip.
this team is capable thats for sure. and thats what makes nights like tonight so frustrating! there capable of so much more and all we get is THIS. its just MADDENING!
honestly, i don’t think we can lose another game because i seriously think the phillies are about to go on a big run. They thoroughly destroyed the Brewers. Granted Brewers are struggling but i just can’t envision Phillies playing less than .750 ball the rest of the way.
When John Lannan shuts you down in a must win game, you really have to look yourself in the mirror and ask yourself if you’re in the right line of work
Pedro can’t get off easy here either. When he’s healthy – almost never – he has never stepped up. Yes, he brought credibility to the team but he’s been bad more often then good.
I’m not confident anymore… Two losses to two crap teams in a row isn’t just a reason to get worried. It’s a reason to actually start believing this team will not make the playoffs. There’s 2 weeks left. And they could be really long weeks. And a really long offseason.
3 out 4. two that ripped out their hearts, and one that they just showed nothing.
Give Niese Pedro’s spot in the rotation. I mean seriously, I don’t care how many CY Youngs this guy has he’s no longer effective.
No..Pedro Sucktinez is a washed up has been
at least he’s something to look forward to.
Of course next year that’ll be the case. If we had two Nieses (we actually may in Parnell) than Pedro wouldn’t be pitching…
This game comes onto the shoulders of the offense though. Not as much Pedro.
this game’s not over…
yes it is lol all momentum is working against them. if they win though, i’ll say im sorry for doubting them. i want this team to win. it seems like there luck is better when we expect nothing from them lol i don’t know why
no. i mean there are a few more innings of suffering.
Does anybody have the Mets’ numbers with and without Castillo in the lineup this year?
dont even ask, the only thing castillo has contributed to is last years collapse, oh and possibly this years mini collapse too (god i hope not though)
last check, something like 62-66
So you think there is some magic potion that when you insert Awful Reyes into the lineup that Pedro will pitch better and runners will score? What is it? They think boy this guy REALLY can’t hit so I am going to have to try harder tonight?
If the Mets are a weak enough team that Castillo effects anything on a large scale then they don’t deserve to make the playoffs anyway.
What are GKR saying about the team?
i cannot wait for pedro to be gone. he has given us absolutely nothing over the course of his contract. unbelievable. the braves will totally stick it to us in atlanta. our only hope is the cubs have it locked up and they decide to rest everyone.
but i’m sure they would love to stick it to the mets like every other team.
at least they’re using rincon and not abusing their pen like they always do. i guess ayala’s groin problems weren’t enough indication why not to use him every day – even when you don’t have to use him.
Why hasn’t Rincon been pitching more often?
My question is why do you try and get that extra inning out of Pedro? He should not have went back out for the 6th and at least have been pulled when he allowed runners.
it’s easy to second guess… if he hadn’t, maybe we would have been complaining that he only goes 5 innings. this is partly on pedro and the coaching staff – but mostly on the inconsistent offense.
I think the bullpen blowing game after game has worn on this team, what do you think the position players think when they see the bullpen door open, the same thing we do: OH CRAP He’s coming in.
Wow. Ricardo Rincon looked pretty good. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT TO USE HIM AT ANY TIME BEFORE TODAY (cc: AL REYES)
Here we go. Reliever gets first two batters out. So naturally let’s take him out and overmanage. Let Rincon get Zimmerman out. I don’t want to hear about this righty/lefty matchup crap. Let’s face it. With this bullpen most of the time it doesn’t matter.
absolutely
this is dangerously leaking into willie territory…
Yeah, it’s all Castillo fault that the team looks terrible at the plate. He put a trance on Reyes, Wright, Beltran, Delgado and Church. Give it a rest already and stop blaming him for every fault of the Mets. It is quite tiresome.
Just shut up. He makes the entire lineup shallower, gives the guys in front of him no protection, and moves slower than Bengie Molina with arthritis.
And thus Awful Reyes makes the lineup even shallower.
not saying he doesn’t
but murphy is the obvious best choice right now.
I agree Wrighton92, one player CAN have a negative effect on the ENTIRE line-up, just like ONE player (Manny, Delgado, Puljos) can carry a team by himself.
So you are saying that Delgado thinks, “Boy Castillo stinks, maybe I should give him a shower?”
So how is he affecting the1-4 hitters batting seventh tonight.? So Wright’s 2 strikeouts are Castillo’s fault. Interesting theory.
If you can’t understand how one player in a line-up can negatively affect the ENTIRE balance of that said line-up then no matter what I tell you I’ll just be wasting my breath.
Keep on wasting it Xman, you will eventually run out. Again, if that is true the Mets are a weak weak team.
I’m sorry. Castillo affects the 2 batters around him. He does not affect a batter 5 spots ahead of him. In fact because he is not batting behind Reyes, Reyes should get better pitches to hit.
You can’t deny the negative effect he has on this team. The Mets were firing on all cylinders until he came back from the DL. I can’t put my finger on why but this team sucks when he’s in the lineup and play like they don’t care.
That’s just silly. Again, if the Mets are so weak that they suck just because Castillo is in instead of Awful Reyes then they don’t deserve to get into the playoffs. Plain and simple.
real, are you actually luis castillo posting in disguise
because that would explain many things, including your absolute lack of interest in the game.
Why should I have any interest in this game? I already know how it’s going to end, Castillo is playing.
100% correct.
Hey you guys if it helps you cope to blame Castillo for us sucking then go right ahead. I chose to blame the entire team for falling apart in September but hey what do I know. I guess the ONLY thing they need to do is get rid of Castillo. Don’t worry about resigning Perez, getting Krod, Minya or Manuel.
I just wish the Mets front office were as dumb as you guys just so they could try that method and see what happens.
6 innings 4 runs not unexpected from pedro, but ONLY one hits for the Mets?? Not acceptable!!!
Lannon had very good stuff tonight. He stuck the bats up our butts. But we’re only down three, baby we can get to their bullpen.
No, that was last week.
yep, that may happen. And then they’ll get to our’s.
ding, ding, ding, ding, ding
Oh, Duaner. Adding pain to the misery….
Unf#cking believable. LEAVE RINCON IN THE GAME. HE GOT THE FIRST TWO BATTERS OUT. LEAVE HIM IN. LEAVE HIM IN. JESUS H. CHRIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
manuel has been good juggling the pen but no i just think hes overdoing it. he just has no faith in anyone out there.
Sanchez really worked that AB. Love this pen.
6 outs, 3 runs, can we do it?
What a disgraceful team.
I feel like an abused wife that goes back to her sh-t husband b.c she loves him
when will I ever learn with this team
Jeez…
in their defense, can you imagine the pressure that the big 4 in the lineup are facing? having been contributors to the greatest collapse in baseball history, it is no wonder they are all trying to hit the 5 run homerun. they just need to relax and play, things will work themselves out.
yeah, they’re really working themselves out nicely.
None of those guys are old enough to have played on the ‘64 Phillies team.
wow put sanchez on to walk a guy!! what? Ricon can’t do that all by himself?
How can relievers live with themselves? Their job is to come in and get a few outs every couple of days. Is it that hard?
I’ve been asking that question for the past 2 years..apparently it is….a reliever’s job nowadays is to take years off of a fan’s life and make life miserable for them
Why do they keep saying there were more fans ever for a game vs the Braves? I would believe the ‘99 NLCS would lay claim to that.
take out rincon after he gets the first 2 outs, hmmmmmm
yup. i made this point 20 posts ago. this is an absolute disgrace. you take out a guy who got the first two batters out. i don’t want to hear about this righty-lefty matchup crap. what an f’ing joke.
Next….
Duaner is a disgrace to the number 50.
I’m really frustrated tonight, but I am seeing this play out like 1999. People forget how bad this team collapsed at the end of 98 and they got right on the verge of repeating it in 99, only to salvage it at the last second and make a run.
That said, this pen is an abomination.
why take rincon out and put dirty sanchez in…sanchez has been horrible this year
God dam milledge has more hits than the entire Mets team, pathetic.
wow, that angle just made this that much more depressing.
sanchez is GARBAGE. GET HIM OUT!
lastings and anderson sure are getting there revenge, ain’t they?
With all due respect AH and LM didn’t have the advantage of facing the Mets bullpen until now.
Somebody call a cab.
HA! one of the few thingst that put a smile on my face tonight!
i don’t know where they get their attendance figures. having been there on saturday, if it was 3/4s full, i would be surprised. there may have been 20,000 for the nightcap. nothing like the 99/00 series.
it is based on tickets sold, not who shows.
It’s paid attendance, not actual attendance, and Shea seats a few tohusand more now than it did in 1999 with the expanded picnic area and seats behind the plate.
THAT’S AWESOME DUANER!!!!!! 2 out no one on!!!
Party in Philly!!!!!!!!
What a joke.
Good thing we took Rincon out. He was looking tired.
sure was. those two batters probably made his arm almost fall off with overuse. he should get a few days off, to rest his arm.
I give up… Maybe if I walk away again something good will happen for this team. All I hope for is wins the next few days. This team owes it to us. I’m happy the Phillies weren’t on today because they probably would have forced a tie for the division again. I wouldn’t have minded if the Brewers were on though…
oh boy
FOCUS ON THE BATTER
Wow…nope, no choking here.
These c*nts are doing it to us AGAIN
They’ll be in 2nd by end of game tomorrow.
Brandon Knight Wed?
OH GOOD LORD
I agree
why knight on wednesday? was brian lawrence busy>
Why are you turning your whole body to 2nd base? You know you aren’t going to throw it down there
lol sanchez is SO bad
i hate sanchez
Jerry has waved the white flag and given up on this game because Heilman is warming up.
Duaner will NOT be re-signed next year.
What a shame. He was SO good before the ‘accident.’ You could make the case, the Mets fortunes went down the drain that fateful night.
You could make the case, had the accident been more severe the Mets might have a shot in this game.
Anyone got a white flag? lol
Honestly, Sanchez and Heilman should be released just to at least shake people up.
Good night. See you all next season.
They are serving up every possible reason to lose this game:
starting pitching
BP
No offense
And on that note, what the hell was Sanchez still out there for – gave up a HR?????
Sigh….
FUC# SANCHEZ. FUC# Manuel for taking out RINCON. NICE JOB JERRY. FUC# YOU AND THIS FUC#ING DISGRACE OF A TEAM.
well honestly no one choked tonight at least. we were never in it enough to call this a choke
NYJ you said yesterday Sanchez could be our closer next year lol.
lol well, it’s better than heilman. i don’t know if it were you but i saw a couple people saying they were feeling better about sanchez because of his recent performances. too bad now lol
Dear God.
told you. i can see in the future lol
great move removing rincon there jerry, great move…
I absolutely saw that coming….dbag couldn’t find the plate so he needs to lob one in there. What a d*ck.
Duaner should have been shut down WEEKS ago.
Fire Omar, fire Jerry, fire the damn ball boys.
you can just see the writing on the wall.
Sanchez is such a peice of sh*T…remember that stupid quote he made about the mets going 21-9 and that the bullpen shouldnt be blamed since we were winning games….what a loser
he is a big-time loser. he also has this twisted tendency of saying that his pitched well even when he gets smoked. No accountability whatsoever.
I love seeing these loser teams with no talent and nothing to play for laughing at us. Again.
Duaner sucks but Manual is an idiot. I just dont get it. How come these mets never learn their lesson? Rincon….first 2 guys out..hmm let me take him out for…duaner.
Idiot.
Agreed.
When they choke again in the next 2 weeks, can anyone answer me why the entire team shouldn’t be just torn down and started over?
Yes I know the stats look good, but they’re proven chokers and losers. You can’t build around a nucleus of losers.
Reyes? Nice guy, great stats. In Sept 2 years running he’s useless.
Give me guys with less talent who plays balls-out and find ways to win.
honestly, how do these guys look their teammates?? They are so pathetic, so bad at their job. None of them deserves to pitch in MLB next year.
It’s ok Dunaer – cab is waiting outside.
ouch
once again this reminds me of that 13 run killing wasington laid on us last sept. worst part is were getting beat by lastings and that human piece of waste dukes. WHAT THE F!!!!
i was at that game. Just dreadful.
Does anybody really take David Wright seriously when he says that no one on the team thinks about last year? If you believe that I’ve got some real estate on Park Avenue I’d like to talk to you about.
Goal for 2009: A 31 game lead by August 31st.
move on without omar
2007
Gary just asked who in the bullpen can the manager trust? Jerry just took out the guy who looked the most trustworthy.
I think this team needs and Uncle Norman pet sponge. Maybe they can wash away the filth….
I don’t want to say it but I partly blame it on Matt and his posting of the magic number. My mom taught me at an early age ” son respect the streak, and do everything you can not to jinx us.” Baseball players are the most superstitious people for a reason.
I will reserve the bottom space for your insults towards me.
No, you’re right lol Why did he have to do that with 17 games to go? He even asked us and a lot of people were against it… Oh well
i am superstitious as well, but i mean, at this point, can it hurt to take it down? either it shuts us up or it works, right?
sanchez and hielman need to be SHOT! Pedro too. i never wanna see these guys in a mets uniform after this season!
where the @$#@ is Reyes and Parnell. Why DO THEY HAVE TO KEEP RUNNING OUT THESE LOSERS DUANER, SHO AND FELICANO!!!!!! Worse…he had Heilman warming up? WTF???
What is Manual smoking?
I mean…look. The game was over already before the HR but to add insult to injury just pisses me off.
Not that it matters, the final line for the mets will be one hit, one run. Just get Parnell up and have him bean someone. This zombie team needs a brawl to wake them the **** up
Funny but I think we were all saying the same thing last year.
honestly, i almost want to laugh, either that or cry. i mean, is it seriously possible that this can happen again? i mean, we basically have it locked up, sure it’s only a few games, but we’re playing the GNATS for christs sake. i mean, if this team can’t get up for this, well, that’s it. i suppose it’s just best to accept that we will not be playing in the postseason again this year. at this point, unless MAJOR changes happen to this organization, it seems like we won’t be in the post season EVER. we’ll see what happens in the offseason.
Last year on this day Mets lost 12-4 to these guys and the collapse was in full motion.
I was really optimistic going into this past weekend. I was practically giddy going into the weekend.
And then Easley hit into that double-play with the bases loaded. I honestly believe that was a turning point. Unable to tack on, requisite bullpen implosion and voila…
I feel like the entire country…at least the redneck parts…are rooting for the phils to take the division
I hope an earthquake occurs in DC and swallows the mets bullpen
arcghjlsamdl’dmfgd’lamgl;ar!
I can hear Willie laughing…. its sooo loud..!
Mets are making the Brewers look good!
Nice bounceback guys! way to show your fans last year is behind us!
Not too often that they unemployed laugh. I always find these type of comments amusing.
If by unemployed you mean $13Million guaranteed, then I would love to be unemployed like that. Fire me tomorro Real!
if this does not stop tomorrow, i hate to say it, but this will just snowball and it may just be a carbon copy of last season. it is already on their mind and after tonight, it only gets worse. another loss with knight going? i know none of us saw niese doing exactly what he did, but it does not bode well.
i only hope i am wrong, but there won’t be any giants win or jets loss to the pats to hide behind tonight / tomorrow.
“if this does not stop tomorrow, i hate to say it, but this will just snowball and it may just be a carbon copy of last season.”
That is what i said yesterday.
IM SICK OF SEEING CASTILLO
Right now Mike Schmidt has a big, stupid smirk on his face.
WHERE IS REYES AND PARNELL? WHY IS RINCON TAKEN OUT OF THE GAME?? Manual Manual Manual. I just dont get it. WTF. This really pisses me off. I mean…if he goes to Ricon, parnell and reyes and they are just as bad, then I can at least said he tried.
FOR GODS SAKE HE WAS WARMING UP HEILMAN!!!!!
LETS GO NATS!!!
BOO YAHHH!!!
Man I hope you work for Lehman Bros and get fired!!
lol
please take down that magic number.
Did you see Cerrone’s post earlier. What a jerk.
Dont worry tomorrow will take care of that, by the end of play Tuesday the Mets will be a half game out.
Question does Castillo hit a slow roller to second or the pitcher?
he doubles when it doesn’t matter… to keep his avg above water
I wish he woulda broken his hand on that slide
LoL – Now? Now Castillo gets a double?
HAHAHAHAHAHA !!
Leave it to the bullpen that has blown 27 saves, 11 in the ninth, to put the final nail in the coffin for this game.
The New York Metropolitan franchise is a joke..always has been..always will be…its the reason why they are the laughing stock of baseball
This really sucks. And what do I (we?) have to look forward to? The Jets? The Knicks? Ugh. I guess if you’re a NY Giants fan, you got it good. Otherwise . . . .
That’s me, GO BIG BULE. All you philly fans suck on this:
Giants-3 Rings
Eagels-0
yeah!
no team fears us in sept. opposite for the phils. simple as that. everyone knows they can beat us down the stretch and look forward to it.
yay rally so we can lose by 1 run!
This team needs to stop setting a goal of “Meaningful September games”
It over Johnny!!!
Even if we make the playoffs how can we expect to win with this bullpen.
Thanks Omar for upgrading the bullpen!
Dauner pitches well enough, just long enough, to be trusted with an important spot he can blow. Hopefully the season will be over before he comes to the top of the sh!t heap again.
Can they just quit now. Let them be 7 games out by Monday so I could give a sh*t.
Being a met fan is the worse. I truly must love hurting myself.
Luis Castillo= turns it on when the game’s over
What a player.
sure, get a hit when it doesn’t matter worth a crap
manager of the year? HA! how bout worst manager of the decade. put the gman on a TV show or something, my grandma has a better feel for baseball than him. cowardly, undecisive, by the book guy, HE has turned this pen into mess, full of insecure nervous wrecks
hey give him some credit. we wouldve never even smelled first place if willie was still there. at least we have a shot.
Sorry, I can’t agree here. This is the same crap we saw from the BP both in 2007 and beginning of 2008 with Willie.
well nice to see a hit when were completely out of it. guess you could say he pulled an A-ROD!
I’m actually looking forward to the knicks season now
we gotta begin starting murphy against lefties…
At least Cerrone wont have to update his jinx number tonight. Tool box.
Are the mets pitchers scared to throw inside???? Are they scared of contact????? There is 7 gloves behind them to make a play for pete sake….unreal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
maybe someone should call THE United States Immgriation Services on the NEW YORK METS… and DEPORT which ever LOS MET is not playing well…………..
THIS IS A JOKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2007 OVER AGAIN
2008 NOT BETTER
2009 EVEN WORSE WITH MINAYA IN OFFICE
FINAL GAME AT SHEA IN SEPTEMBER!!
Let’s see, how can we strand a runner at third here. Any ideas?
dont worry they will figure out something.
Well look at that. Castillo has more hits tonight then the top 6 spots combined in the lineup tonight but he’s the reason why we are losing.
Give it up, they need someone to blame to cope with disaster. It does not have to make sense to them, it just keeps them from beating their wife and kids. Willie was the guy last season and now its Castillo.
That ball was so foul its not even funny.
Hey Matt….its ok..you can say it….CHOKE ARTISTS!!…i honestly think someone needs to say it on live TV
Tomorrow is another night. At least there won’t be garbage out on the mound. I hope this team can get behind Pelfrey and give us a much needed win.
what drugs are you on and where do you get them
i meant for tomorrow. what pelfrey is garbage too now? lol on wednesday night, i’ll lower my standards with knight.
Well, not to bring up a sore subject (well, maybe), but if we blow this dare I say “again,” that takes Willie off the hook and put it back where it belongs.
I don’t agree. Willie and Manuel are both still on the hook for this season as well as the players.
Oh real where’s Omar on your list of who to blame you Omar lover.
Omar lover, nice. Shows you intelligence and ability to carry on a good arguement.
I have said all along I am giving Omar 2009 as I do not think it’s a coincidence that all these old timer contracts all expire this season.
If he goes out and does nothing this offseason then I agree he needs to go.
He doesn’t deserve another year Real he has done ENOUGH damage.
murphy comebacker to pitcher followed by Reyes K looking
murphy always comes through.
Reyes is likely to come through here, and I also won the lottery.
give murphy some credit, the kid has the most ridiculous at bats ive seen 8 pitches every time up!
I’m royally pissed as well, but do people realize that 2 other divisions are within 1 game right now?
Just relax people…it’s a bad night. Long way to go. I honestly think people would prefer us to be down 2 games.
Did you just become a Met fan this year?
Did you just become one last year?
I do NOT care about the other two divisions, especially one in which either team is fine no matter who wins and who does not.
One team is the defending World Champ and the other has never played a playoff game, so even if they fall apart, they are doing something they have never done.
Keith is mad
he needs to go to the clubhouse and tell this team to grow a set!
Hey guys, it’s still April. Long way to go!
14 games is a long way in a pennant race. Or haven’t you heard?
Maybe too long. Losing 3 games in 4 days of baseball play can never be good. I just read an article that was written following the 13-10 win that said the Mets are up 3 1/2 with 17 to go – what are the odds they blow it? They’ve risen a bit.
They’ll do it. I just need to doubt them now. It’s best for my health lol
Could tonight be the Mets turn for a 7 run come from behind rally? Or is it only Mets opponents and division rivals who can do that?
on, this is probably just the mets getting our hopes up and letting us down in the end, just like this whole season
leave it to the youngest players to show these “Veterans” how to play with some BALLS!
You know we are headed for a 7-6 final.
Great call by you!
Does anyone else on here find Keith and Ron extra annoying when the Mets are busy imploding?
absolutely
Hojo needs to be fired…because whatever game plan he has been concocting for these hitters is just way off
Yep, Delgado has just been awful.
The Luis Castillo sighting is nice, I have to admit.
thank god for duaner
The collapse is underway. for all the Omar lovers here, who else should be held responsible for the mess that is this bullpen? The pen is what caused the choke last year and no improvements were made. Every baseball executive has to learn from the mistakes of the past. This one was too stubborn. The Wilpons gave this guy a blank check. It didn’t work out. It’s time to find a new director for this show.
How can you consider Stokes and Ayala as not improvements? Who did you want him to get?
In August? The work had to be done over last winter.
Only trade that I think should have been made that could have saved the season was in December when Omar was offered Fuentes for Show and Heilman. That would have been huge. Other than that, there was nothing out there.
Real we all know you have a poster of your idol Omar Minaya in your house. Geez, Omar can do no wrong in your eyes right. Let’s see first it’s Willie, then Jerry, then the players, where does the freaking GM fall on this list?
At least after tomorrow there will be no magic number to put up
One thing that is for certain, this entire pen needs a make over for next season. It would not break my heart to see Heilman, Sanchez, Feliciano, and Show all be traded, released and not resigned. Their time is up.
K-Rod!
i see you are finally realizing the obvious
Pretty sure I have said that from the begining. I was the one up in arms about Heilman not being traded in a package for Fuentes. But it was “No Fuentes is terrible and Heilman pitches a lot of innings. Heilman and Show are too much for another LHRP that is not that good……”
I still think that
Fuentes is not the answer.
But neither are Heilman and Show. Having a reliable arm would have been a much better solution. At least we would have a real closer right now.
Hinckley in!
Thank God I’m a NY Giants Die Hard Fan. 2-0 baby! It will make this Collapse 2.0 that much easier to take just like it did in 2007.
I feel bad though for you Jets fans. You have my condolences
You honestly believe the Giants will do it again? lol I praise your confidence. Good luck. Well, at least we got a legend… I don’t know if that’s a good thing if we don’t win though lol These Mets will get it done.
TO TD # 2
Yo NYJ easy on the Defending THREE TIME SUPER BOWL Champions. What has it been 40 years since a Jets Superbowl? A legend who we beat last year in his stadium and his conditions.
At this point I have more faith in the Giants winning another SB than the Mets making the playoffs.
too little, too late. nice job boys. When you are 1 game up in the division with 14 left and you are going to DC to play BY FAR the worst team in major league baseball for FOUR FREAKING GAMES you should be salivating you should be dying to play these games and just run away and hide with the divisoin….nope not the 2007, i mean 2008 Mets.
I’d like to be mad at Sanchez, but he likely just saved us from being mad at Church.
Gary “homer” Cohen has a lot nerve to say another team is in a freefall.
too little too late
Hopefully Church can turn it on now.
Oh good, only 5 more runs to tie.
And oh good, part two: bases loaded. We’ve all seen this script before….
Can we have a different ending please?
DRod for the double play…
DRod??? How hilarious!!
Do you have nicknames for Delgado and Beltran, who both have had horrendous games?
CAN WRIGHT COME THROUGH! COMMON DAVID!
David Wright up…
Let’s see what David ”Clutch” Wright is made of…
We need a 10- run inning!
here comes a dp by wright
called it, wow
Oh man…..
i hate you scumbag
If the Mets magically find a way to win this game… All of us are going to party lol
don’t get all excited guys, it will just make you even more sad when they DON”T come back
true that, temper your excitement
we need to light this hinckley kid up! LETS GO METS!
BYE BYE
Most Valuable Schmuck
CHRIST ALMIGHTY
Oh he’s so clutch…
I guess that DP was Castillo’s fault. He upset Wright.
Exactly. Good call. Now you’re getting it!!
Dude, just shut up.
David Wright is a joke. I actually thought for a second we were gonna come back.
I think that’s a bit unfair.
MVP MVP MVP!!
all you have to do is hit a pop fly to the outfield and he can’t even do that…seems to be the case with wright when there is someone on 3rd with less than 2 outs. disgusting
Wright for MVP
(Gunshot)
Clutch Mr. Wright. Nice AB.
wow…. I actually saw that DP coming
2-0 count and you do that?
off course. what was i thinking hoping for a comeback. i shouldve known better. thanks david.
Shocker!
unreal. I thought I saw some life and david sucks it right out of you.
im gonna go play in traffic, you guys have a goodnight.
WTF ALREADY WRIGHT?!?!!? WTF AAAAAAAARGH?!?!?!!?!?!???!?!?!?
David is a team leader. … LOL
Where did his go the other way stroke go?
SELFISH WRIGHT!!!
2-0 COUNT. A WALK THERE IS HUGE. JUST KEEP THE LINE MOVING.
BUT NO, GO FOR THE GRAND SLAM. TOO BAD IT WAS NOT THE FIRST INNING WHEN YOU ALWAYS COME THROUGH.
GO PUT YOUR CRYING FACE ON BABY WRIGHT!
WHAT THE HECK?
F’ING BASES LOADED CURSE
Way to Arod the rally, Wright. NOW its over
FINALLY PARENLL!!!!!!
Whoa!
I thought he got lost on the way up from the minors.
is that one of those “clutch” moments that doesn’t show up in the stats? i am just wondering
just before Mr. Clutch grounded into the inning-ending bases-loaded double play, the Nats broadcast showed that he is a .389 hitter with the bases loaded. He must have been like .850 with the bases loaded before this season, right?
actually his first season and a half he was automatic if i remember correctly. it may have gone longer, but i am not sure
Why do NY third basemen ground in to so many rally killing DPs?
see how easy it is
When the Mets don’t make the playoffs, I think ALL of the players that made up the ‘07 and ‘08 Mets need to go. Yes, that’s right. That includes Reyes, Wright, Beltran, Delgado, Castillo, Easley, Castro, Pedro, Heilman, Feliciano, Schowenweis, Sanchez, Wagner, Smith, Anderson, Perez, and Maine.
the mets just need a fresh start, i truly believe this is necessary
i stated this earlier. clearly all of that will not happen, but if they blow down the stretch again, i do think there needs to be some kind of dramtic change or shift that none of us see coming for any remaining parts of the team to move forward.
WTF? are you crazy thats not even possible. Yes get rid of the bullpen and maybe Castillo. Plus you’ve got free agents leaving, but Reyes, Wright, Beltran, Maine, Santana and Pelf. Are you kidding me they can’t even do that that’s 137 mil of payroll down the drain. you are crazy!!
i didn’t say santana and pelf
but still Reyes, Wright, and Beltran thats way too much talent and money going down the drain. Those 3 guys have to stay. Maine does too although we might be able to get good value by trading him
i just feel that every september it will be the same thing, but i definitely understand your point and know that it will NEVER happen
No offense, but your completely insane
this team will do that to you, no offense taken
Bases loaded + DWright = CHOKE 100% of the time.
hmmm……….
these guys from the bullpen that we never use are pretty good….
why don’t we use them more often?
do not use any of the older/veterans – other teams have seen them and know them well. Use the new guys everyday from now on
Who ever thought I would say I hate seeing bases loaded for my team….
thats right folks it has come to this, guys we have not seen are in a game in september
Pedro sucks! Sanchez sucks! Even D-Wright sucked tonight!!!
spoiler alert:
al reyes makes a pinch hitting appearance.
On another subject, I believe this Monay Night game might be in the 30s for both teams by the half. 21-20 Cowboys with 10 minutes left in the half.
messed up thing is we have another close game no way we’ll be using Parnell…theres no way Manuel will
Wow – Parnell. Where ya been?
at least parnell might be good for us later this year/next year.
now don’t everyone go and get all crazy for parnell. i can recall more than a few guys who “started” their season on fire, and then became a joke.
Gee whiz! Why didn’t Jerry take Parnell out after the first two outs? I cannot believe he was in their for a third batter.
al reyes was complaining of shoulder tightness.
los dos carlos
HOW SMART I AM… go back and look at how long I’ve been lobbying for Jerry to let Parenll in the game… look it up… I’m the best!
bobby parnell for closer role. and im late but as i said earlier why take rincon out after he gets the first two. hate how jerry does this often
Guarantee you DWright says again in the post game interview that they are not thinking about 07′. What a joke, at least be honest.
Agreed, I mean at least be honest. There isn’t a player on this team that isn’t thinking about last year.
D WRIGHT is still drinking Willie’s kool aid if that’s what he says
He doesn’t say things after lossess… he whispers so no other players will hear him
DAVID WRIGHT WILL NEVER BE ANY BETTER THAN A ROD IN CLUTCH SPOTS!! HE IS AN OVERRATED, PRI MADONNA CHOKE ARTIST AND IS THE SYMBOL OF THIS COLLAPSE THAT IS COMING AGAIN!!
Maybe Parnell and Rincon actually are options… If Jerry has the canolies to use them lol
Yo NYJ easy on the Defending THREE TIME SUPER BOWL Champions. What has it been 40 years since a Jets Superbowl? A legend who we beat last year in his stadium and his conditions. Your Jets couldn’t beat the Pats with a quaterback that hadn’t started a game since High School lol lol.
So they both won’t do it lol Everyone knows it’s easy to catch up in the NFL. The only team that’s dominated year in year out has been the Pats. That says it’s not only Tom Brady… There are better quarterbacks out there who haven’t won the amount of super bowls. I say they both get in the playoffs. Jets 10-6. Giants like 11-5 or 12-4 and both of them lose. I’m a reasonable guy lol
nad the beat goes on. At least there was a parnell sighting.
Given how much this is 2007 all over again, Jerry needs to make changes, and fast. That means ptiching parnell (big spots even), Rincon, Reyes, anyone that might have a chance of doing better.
And if Cstillo can’t hit and the O is scuffling, scrw it and put Murphy out there.
Better than going down with the same old ship.
3 out of 4 losses to bottom feeder teams, and quite likely in 2nd place by tomorrow. And to think a week back, the Phillie fan base had pretty much given up and conceded!
exactly my thoughts
I can’t take this. I just can’t.
i agree not to get all excited, but why are these guys even here if they just sit there? clearly, the status quo has not been working. can the results really get much worse?
can’t wait to see D Wright’s postgame whisper
I hope this shows Jerry that these Rooks are better than these crappy Veterans!
At least the clubhouse was so loose and happy because of the rookie hazing.
Glad they’re having so much fun!
In the meantime, this club is ensuring that both Willie and Jerry are not managing next season.
When do these chokers ever pay the price for their gutlessness?
and the Magic Number is…
IRRELEVANT
……about to be looked at from the other side if they don’t get it together
lol, Omar trading A Hern turned out to be a bad move too. That guy can’t do anything right
Ever since the 2006 postseason, Wright has had the tendency to tighten up and become a pull hitter in any big situation. He goes up looking to hit it out of the ballpark. He opens up and pulls off the ball and forgets about driving the ball the other way. Thus, the strikeouts, weak pops and groundballs
watch delgado hit one, that would be awesome.
I am soooooo sick of david wright doing that…..
when this team rallies…it rallies, and i believe that if david wright got a 2 rbi single then beltran and delgado would have kept it going and we would still be in this game..
david wright has to stop ending these games in the 7th and 8th innings
UNCLUTCH
At least the back pages should be amusing tomorrow…..Mr. Met on a Heimlich poster maybe?
I can just see Utley and Victorino with a big, smug, smirk on thier faces.
hey at least scott kazmir got blown up tonight
hooray?
tomorrow’s lineup should be:
reyes
murphy
wright
beltran
delgado
evans
church
a.reyes
pelf
sorry, switch schneider for a.reyes
LOL
If only someone on that team could catch
haha
however, if you switch in Castro for A. Reyes
then yes.
yess…i dont care if its a lefty or right put in both evans and murphy and def a reyes
Absolutely 100% agree…it seems like Manuel forgot what got this team back on the right track…platoons…all of the sudden Manuel is Willie and is trusting “His Guys”. Murphy, Evans and A Reyes ride the pine while Church and Tatis play everyday…unbelievable how the so-called veterans get preferential treatment.
And why would you take out Tatis?
real, you’s out of it man
fo realz.
Seriously, did I miss something? Why would you take Tatis out of the lineup?
have u been watching the games lately????tatis is not playing well at all
I guess I must be watching a different Tatis. He has an OPS of over 1.000 in September. I know his defense is bad but remember it was said that Evans’ is even worse.
NO, NO, NO. This season is not over yet. It’s just not……
3- hitters, 0-11. That’s why you lose.
The good thing about his collapse is it will take the bloom off of Manuel’s undeserved rose.
I HATE THE FREAKIN METS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Will it be better to take down the magic number when the Mets are a 2nd place team?
So who said earlier that Luis Castillo was unfairly targeted?
Nope he stinks, just not as bad tonight as the rest of the team.
That last out made all the difference in the game. It was better at bat than any David Wright had tonight. I’m not here to defend Castillo but to blame him for everything is just plain ridiculous. This was a team effort. But if rationalizing that it is all the fault of Castillo make it easier, so be it.
Again, it’s keeping them from beating their wife and kids. It does not have to make sense.
After awhile, it is like talking to a wall. Everything is the fault of Castillo. Wright hits into a DP in a big spot, it is Castillo’s fault because he’s batting 4 spots away and it affected the way David hit. Reyes swings at bad pitches to start the game that’s obviously the fault of Castillo batting seventh. The pitcher doesn’t have to throw Reyes a strike because he’ll face Castillo in 6 spots.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
To cheer things up, The Phillies did lose 3 out of 4 last week. They can do it again.
The Phillies are 6-0 in Atlanta this year, and with how they’re playing atm, it seems almost impossible that they’ll even lose a game in that series
One note: To ALL the “Wright is a choke artist” people: didn’t you guys just spend the last week talking about how he was reemerging in the race??? Oh I forgot, one bad game makes you a choker (Morons)
in my defense, tonight was the first game I’ve watched since the last Nationals series, so to me, he’s been stuck in unclutch suck mode.
not to be the proverbial stick in the mud, but last year the Phillies struggled in early September while the Mets took the 7 game lead. Then, suckage.
I’m praying it doesn’t happen again this year, but right now it’s not looking good. Sadly, the only thing that makes me feel good is we still have the Cubs. This pathetic group can’t seem to get up to play crappy teams, so hopefully they can get up to play a good team.
no chance they do it again. in fact, i bet they don’t lose a game the rest of the season, seriously. but if they do lose, it MAY be just 1 or 2 games, no more than that. which means, if the mets continue to choke to HORRIBLE teams, well then it’s over.
Maybe, but they just won 4 games in a row. I hope their day off today will hurt their momentum. We need to start winning again. Pedro wasn’t so great today and this bullpen sucks!!!!!!!
TAKE DOWN THE MAGIC #, WE ALL WHAT THAT PIECE OF CRAP OF THE SITE AND ALL YOU DO IS CHANGE THE LOGO!!!!!!!!! I KNOW THIS SITE’S FREE BUT IF IT WASN’T FOR THE FANS THIS BLOG WOULD BE MEANINGLESS, SO TAKE DOWN THAT # NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
dude, it will be done automatically after tomorrow
look…im really not superstitious but ever since the magic number was posted on this site the mets really have not been playing well.
This BLOWS!!!!!
THESE MUTTS ARE A DISGRACE TO THE FINE CITY OF NEW YORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This team makes me sick. I went to all 3 games this weekend and by the end of the game yesterday I wanted to throw up. This is last year all over again. Didn’t they learn anything? I can’t take another ending like last year!
So which of you abused spouses are gonna run to Citifield next year to see choker v3 (or v4, depending on your view of the 2006 season)
And like game 162 last year, and Sundays game, Luis Castillo makes the last out. How the hell does a no range, no bat old p.o.s. get playing time?
At least with Argenis we get fantastic defense, and hey, he never kills a rally. This was a horrible loss. AGAIN\
You want to motivate the team? Send Heilman home for the season. Cut Blowenweiss, Cut Sanchez and let Stokes, Parnell, Ayala and Al Reyes take over middle relief. Smith and Feliciano can stay as the specialists
How does he get 4 years is a better question?
In a just world, he’ll be drawing a Mets paycheck much longer than Omar will
LOL never kills a rally. Exactly how is that possible? His OBP is .277 LOL. He and Castillo have to make up the worst 2B duo of any playoff team.
well the good news is that we might have a chance for the wild card with the way the brewers have been playing
REPLACE PEDRO WITH NIESE. HAVE PARNELL BE THE CLOSER. RICON AND SMITH ARE THE TOP SPECIALISTS. PLAY ANYONE BUT CASTILLO. AND PUT IN RAMON CASTRO!!!!!!!!! SCREW THESE VETS THEY CANT GET ANYTHING DONE. THEY JUST CHOKE UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We won’t have a chance at any if we don’t start winning. Losing 3 out of 4 to garbage isn’t helping..
It’s that f(*&ing magic number on the site. It must be. Anyway, I guess it doesn’t matter anymore.
Is there anyone out there? I feel so alone right now. Anyone?
FU*K YOU METS!
Instead of stressing out… I say all of us just stop thinking about baseball for the rest of the night. Save our energy for tomorrow night. We had to break a record with the number of posts lol
All the speculation on who we should use and who we shouldn’t isn’t going to matter… This team has to win it’s games. They haven’t even played .500 ball against garbage teams in the last half week. It’s going to take at least 9 wins to win the division. Or at least the Wild Card.
Why do the Mets have to be up as much as they can get with 17 to go? lol I remember the Mets worked up that 7 game lead… They worked up a 3 1/2… It’s a really bad number. Is there a # 17 on the Mets?
What we’re going through right now is exactly what the Phillies have gone through. We’ve gone through it before but in the last month it seems like the Phillies have had more anxiety with it…
It hurts that the Phillies are playing great when the Mets are struggling. They can’t be thinking about the Phillies though. They need to think about their own games. Their own easy games. It’ll get harder next week which may be what the Mets need. They need to win as many as they can. They’ll turn it around… We got Big Pelf and Johan going in 2 of the remaining 3
johan and perez pitched the two losses against atlanta
I spit on your “big Pelf and Johan”
Hamels Myers Moyer Blanton are a superior 4 to our gutless pitchers
The Phillies have gone through this? What, I don’t remember them choking last year.
Sorry friend, what these losers are doing is unique
so, i thought the mets always won after tough losses?
You can’t do it every time, they have only done it like 9 or 10 times this year.
I wish I could see the post game show. I’m down in FL and watch the games through the extra innings package. Wtf is Manuel saying right now?
we’ll get em tomorrow, this’ll make the champagne that much sweeter…oh wait
Here’s what you’re missing on the post gm:
they threw out the phrase “still in first place” and said it feels like we’re just re-cueing shows from last year.
Can people please stop with the stupid magic number that is NOT the reason why they are losing.
This bounce back mentality is screwing them up yesterday Wright quoted “We’ll bounce back just fine,”and “It seems like the tougher the loss, the better we play the next day,”. Then how the frick did you not win today Mr.Wright and you sucked in the clutch. This turn it on turn it off mentality lost it for them last season and it’s doing the same thing once again.
EVERYONE CALM DOWN!
You didn’t all think it was going to be that easy, did you?
When we’re on a winning streak and the Phillies are losing, it feels like that will continue forever. Likewise, when we start losing and they start winning, it feels like that will continue forever. Am I the only one that can see this?
It has been a very bad 4 games, no doubt. But if this team hasn’t shown you enough over the last 2 and a half months – if the way they have played over the last 2 and a half months doesn’t give you the least bit of confidence that we WILL BE IN THE POST-SEASON, well then – you’re just not being realistic.
Last year, when the situation was about 3 games up with just 13 left to play or so, we were in a better situation than we are now. Still, at that time last year – I felt awful – I believed, deep down, that they were going to fail. But right now, this year, at this time, I still believe that they will succeed.
No one thought the Mets would go 1-3 in these last four games. Of course, in the beginning of the month, no one thought that we would sweep the brewers and that the Phillies would go 2-4 against the Nats and Marlins. Baseball is a funny game.
I would really like to see all you die-hards out there try to stay a little more positive. We need positive energy people.
PLEASE.
LET’S GO METS!!!
It’s just anxiety that’s all… I don’t think people aren’t confident. Baseball is a funny game and so are it’s fans lol If we win tomorrow, people will be like a cured patient. And if we win 2 or 3 in a row, these 4 games will be a distant memory.
Likewise to you, I’m confident and sensible. I know this team can do it. This team has proved something to be this year. They never stop fighting. They can get lazy, but when someone starts kicking their heals they start moving. With acknowledging that they can be knocked out of both the division and wild card leads tomorrow, that might be enough to get them moving…
so because YOU believe that they can make it to the post season then we all should? listen, I admire your optimism, but you shouldn’t use the term, “realistic.” The only thing that’s realistic is that last year the team DID collapse and until this team proves to be a championship caliber team, the majority of fans will always have that collapse in the back of our minds, and therefore find it very difficult to be positive when the mets are losing to extremely horrible baseball teams when they need to win the most! i’m sorry but THAT is just the reality of it all. i hope this team can turn all of our mindsets around and MAKE us forget the collapse. but until it’s done, i’ll be worried and sick and frankly just a little bit pessimistic. sorry.
It really isn’t the team as a whole this year. Yeah the offense didn’t score much tonight…but they’ve been scoring a lot of runs this year. The problem is and always has been the freaking BP. If we would’ve won the games over the weekend that we should have, tonight would be no big deal. It’s baseball, and you can’t win every game. You’re due to have games where you just get beat. And that’s what tonight was. We just have to hope that BP is going to come through. Manuel has got to figure it out.
Yup… Tonight was a legit loss. It’s just harder to stomach because of Sunday’s loss which should have been a win. We’re used to seeing them bounce back quick… They’re luck they’re still up though. I don’t know how they’ll do it, but they will
If your as superstition about the magic number, than you should be about the number 17 too lol In reality though, that’s not why we’re losing. We’re losing because they’ve lost their momentum. I think the rain outs hurt. It’s forced Knight into the rotation and we haven’t even see that yet. It stopped the momentum a bit too…
But that is baseball. This Mets team picks it up. It’s better than last year. A couple of bad days can convince the team otherwise. Than when the Mets are back to winning like 6 in a row, people are in love with the team once again… This team will get it done for as crazy as that sounds.
Some good news is that Houston – one of the hotter teams lost tonight to the Cubs. It’s make the Cubs get closer to clinching their playoff birth and home field advantage through the playoffs. The Mets play them next week so the games may not matter for them. That can actually be a bad thing though lol I don’t know…
can anyone sum up what jerry said in the postgame about taking rincon out after 2 outs? did he address it?
No matter what, we just have to win games. Have to get it done. It’s virtually a tie now. Whoever wins the most games until the end wins, plain and simple. A very short season of 13 games. We have to out-win the sillies by just one game. Hopefully it’ll be more than that!
Lets update that standings box……
CHOKE MUCH MUTTS FANS???
And where exactly were you on Wednesday or Thursday? lol Go back to bed. By Wednesday or Thursday this week, you’ll be worrying about the Eagles… Not the Phillies
Hey, even if we both tie as long as we’re ahead of Milwaukee and Houston in the wild card that’s okay… Because than the Mets are win the tie breaker based on the head-to-head 11-7 record against the Phils. That’s not how you want to think, but it’s an advantage… Trust me. I say 92 gets them in. Mets go 9-4 and Phillies go 8-4… Phillies win the WC
I really want to get into the playoffs, be it WC or the division. But I really want us to take the division, big time! Things are going to get crazy the next 2 weeks. Don’t know how I’m going to make it. Can’t imagine how the players handle this.
Don’t egg on the ”Chokeartist” screen name guy to come back on here lol He’s been waiting for this moment for a couple weeks. I’m hoping this ends quick too… We need to win all 3 games that are coming up. And than take at least 2 of 3 from Atlanta. Maybe Atlanta can help s out on Philly…
Jones is going going going touchdown! lol
And Dirty.
based on this inning, never mind
I believe it was off Walter Johnson of the other Washington team.
No.
I don’t believe in “tipping your cap”
You may as well go to the White Swallow Bar and spread the cheeks wide open for business, it amounts to the same.
“Thank you for f**king up the a** “
remember this time last year, when the Giants were 0-2 and EVERYONE in NY wanted him gone?
Maybe Coughlin can manage baseball in his off season? At least he’d light a fire under these player’s butts!
Yes, the parallel is AMAZING