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The Game:
Weather permitting, the Mets (88-72) continue their final regular season series of the season against the Marlins (83-76) tonight at Shea Stadium, starting at 1:25 pm.
The Lineup:
- SS Jose Reyes
- CF Carlos Beltran
- 1B Carlos Delgado
- 3B David Wright
- LF Daniel Murphy
- 2B Ramon Martinez
- RF Ryan Church
- C Ramon Castro
- P Johan Santana
The Pitchers:
LHP Johan Santana (15-7, 2.64 ERA) starts for the Mets. This is Santana’s second career start on three days rest. In his last start on three days rest on October 5, 2004, Santana earned a win, pitching seven shutout innings versus the Yankees in the ALDS. Santana is 4-0 with a 2.49 ERA in four career starts versus the Marlins.
RHP Ricky Nolasco (15-7, 3.55 ERA) starts for the Marlins. In five games, four starts versus the Mets this season, Nolasco is 1-1 with a 3.71 ERA. Nolasco has not allowed more than three runs in each of his last 11 starts. He is 9-3 with a 3.38 ERA in road starts this season.
The Notes:
Carlos Beltran is batting .292 with a .924 OPS in his career hitting second. Beltran is 7-for-20 (.350) with 1 HR and 2 RBI in his career versus Nolasco.
David Wright is 10-for-22 (.455) with 3 HR and 7 RBI all-time versus Nolasco.
The Mets are 67-31 when they score first this season.
Hanley Ramirez is batting .167 (1-for-6) in his career versus Santana.
The Marlins are 14-10 on Saturdays this season.
How To Catch It:
Today’s game can be seen on CW11 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…YA GOTTA BELIEVE!
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the first of probably 2000 comments tonight… shall be a busy day on metsblog
please dont let us down again…lets do this!! and BTW lets go CUBS!
Well although last night i was kinda crushed its like a train wreak just got to watch and see what happens…LMAO….LETS GO METS
LETS GO METS
I’m officially scared to death to watch this game. The feeling is actually worse than the Glavin’s disaster end of last season.
However, I’ll be watching and I’ll be here. I so want them to win…..
How about this wacky scenario…
Phils lose two
Mets win two
Brewers win two
Mets win division
Brewers win WC
haha LETS GO METS
if that happens, we will have to play the phillies on monday at CBP.
No we won’t because we win tiebreakers and wont play the playoff game because there would be no WC
Wrong. The only way the season record tiebreaker would work is if both the Mets and Phillies finished with better records than the Brewers.
If the Mets win two, and the Phillies lose two, one game playoff on Monday.
Regardless, the NL East should not be our focus atm.
Sylar (Gabriel?) is correct.
I think, if this happened, the only way you’d have to play Philly on Monday is if they were tied or up on the WC.
If this scenario lends itself to the Brewers having a better record than Philly, and the Mets/Phillys are tied for the division, it was said the Mets automatically get the division b/c they took regular season series from Philly.
At least that’s the way I understood it.
No head to head record only matters if we’re trying to decide between who gets the division and who gets the wc winner. If the Brewers finish with a better record than either of us and we and Philly end tied there’s a play-off game.
You’re right. Realized what I was trying to say couldn’t quite make sense b/c we would have the same record as Philly at that point.
I think my brain is just so fried from these games - lol.
anyone knows if the CUBS regulars are playing today?
to early
watching last nights cubs game I got a definite sense they don’t want to beat the brewers.. They want to play the Dodgers in the first round.. Not looking good for us
am i the only one looking for a double header tomorrow while the brewers have to play today, put the pressure on the crew with no knowledge of the mets score earlier for once.
We cannot play a DH. It will be over then. Cant sweep them
New season. Glavine game never happened. We’ve got our stopper. Let’s go Mets.
question for anybody: is today’s game going to be shown on gameday? i can’t get cw11 in boston and the florida feed isn’t being shown either…
yes it is shown on mlb.tv
gotcha thanks….managed to make it the whole season without buying it….figures i’d have to buy it for one game
Whoa, that’s a crazy lineup. Aggressive changes by Manuel. I like it! I like it!
hello from ireland. how’s the weather?
Raining but lightly, tarp on field. Scheduled start of game is now pushed back to 1:45pm.
As just relayed by the SNY crew.
I thought I was the only one here who logs in from Ireland.
Erin Go Bragh.
This final weekend at Shea could be like a weekend long funeral.
tired. sick. tortured. stressed. helpless. resigned. dazed.
Hopefully we can add elated at the end of this day.
Or ‘alive to be tortured for one more day’, depending on your perspective….
This team needs to be put to sleep.. like a sick dog. Gut the core and bring in guys with Guts.. David Wright and Jose Reyes lack the intangibles that make for a championship player.. They are soft.. No leaders on this squad.. Jerry has failed us..
Jerry has done absolutely everything he could possibly do with the hand he was dealt mid year.
Except prepare them for September baseball.. He waited way too long to talk with this team about the Collapse.. Its wasn’t until September 10 or something when he had the team meeting.. He blew it.. They should of talking about this situation from the day he took over. They needed to learn how to deal with the pressure and he didn’t help them one bit.. He should be gone at the end of the season.
true. jerry’s been da man.
BOBBY VALENTINE to the rescue
BELIEVE
nope,, I don’t BELIEVE anymore… they are soft
then why you still here?
because I’m angry, heart broken, and stressed out of my mind..
yeah…know what you mean….a tiny part of me still believes though…
Me too,, I kind of believe also… shhhhhhh don’t tell anyone.
no problem….
I know you want to believe…
part of me want to BUT theres so many things against us…
rain delay?
yup…until 1:45
why—- is it supposed to clear up?It’s not gonna get better. They’yre probly gonna cancel it so johan gets another day of rest
if we win today and the brewers lose, we will get in. we own olson and the cubs will play all the regulars in the final day.
we do own olson
I agree. Olsen is a jerk and we’ll hammer him. He will be out late tonight. Just get tomorrow with a shot. I have to believe the cubs will win 1 game.
Is it good Karma that on the first 3 days of this month we beat up the Brewers in games we had to come from behind in?? Just a thought
On a bright side………. I looks like we will never see another starting lineup with Luis Castillo’s name in it…….. Bring on big Murph at second or O Dog..
we do have a leader on our team and his name is our ace johan santana hes done it all year espiacially the last 2 or 3 months without him the mets would probably have a worse record than the marlins, santana is our leader but we need a leader for our lineup which we do not have.
well thats a problm our leader is only in there every 5th game, we need a leader who is there every day, thats why i think this team lost a lot more when cliff floyd left, he was a man, not a little boy like everyone else on this team other than johan.
That stat on the front about Santana on three days rest is incorrect. While on that date those stats are right, that was on regular rest in game 1 of that series. He would pitch in game 4 on three days rest and give up one run in 5 innings. Regardless, I am confident that the closet thing we have to a leader on this team will gut it out and pitch a great game today. BELIEVE AND LETS GO METS!
great news: we arent closing 2009 against the marlins!
Guess they have nothing to look forward to next season then!
best news i’ve heard all week!
The best news I heard all week was that I am STD Free…
But that ranks number 2.
what a toolish comment there
wow…uh…congratulations?
LARRY!!!
I’m so glad you’re back ♥
all i want is for them to just get it, no matter who we play no matter the situation, we can beat anyone on any given day if we play up to our potential and maybe the bullpen could step it up in the post season
looks like the game is gonna happen
Here we go. Rain has temporarily stopped in Flushing. Game starts at 1:45.
Is it too early to start drinking????
nope…as jimmy buffet says: it’s 5 o’clock somewhere
Mets need to get out of the first inning without Florida scoring. Hanley is going to try to jump on Santana any way he can…. even taking a walk and stealing second. Keep Hanley off the bases!!! That man is focused on destroying the Mets and their fans!!
The Mets need to jump out to a lead. We know how this team tightens up offensively…… so score early and often Mets!
CLEON JAMES
cleon jones
I am at work right now doing Press Releases for the Jockey Club Gold Cup @ Belmont where we have horses running on a muddy track so I don’t see why it took so long to get this game going…
I wish us all luck, and not just the Mets on the field, but the Mets in here. We are tortured souls, but that’s the greatness that comes with being a Mets fan. We’re The Amazin’s, The Miracle Mets, this is what we’re all about. I was as downtrodden as the next guy after last night, but this situation is just so obviously created so we can triumph! This is our chance for redemption, and we have the best pitcher in baseball on the bump tossing for us today. We can still do this. Believe….
Remember, fellas, this is the same franchise that down by two, with two out and no one on, with one more out marking the end of the World Series in ‘86, came back and won. We’ve had our backs to the wall before, and we’ve prevailed. This team will show us what they’re made of today, and tomorrow will have more meaning than the end of Shea. This is what it’s all about….
that said….LET’S GO METS!!
It’s never too early to start drinking especially with this team.
The thing about the Mets is - if somehow they could make it into the post-season an aircraft carrier-weight of pressure would be off their backs, they would feel such relief - that they could actually do pretty well in the play-offs.
santana is slowly becoming a mets favorite
Nothing slow about it.
There goes the no no like last year with maine
alright show me your 137 million worthy.
come on santana be the stopper we need
santana is looking sharp so far.
Santana is the ONLY GUY on this team who can not be criticized if this team does not make the playoffs.
murphy? ramon martinez? big pelf?
I meant more of the bigger stars on this team.
gotcha…my bad dude
No problemo bro.
can we score 5 in the first please???
Allright JOSE!!!!!!!!!!!
I sense a Reyes run here.
this is the telling inning folks, first and 3rd no outs, we have to score at least 1
YES! 1.0 NY
woo 1-0
i will take it
Good work, just keep the lineup going.
Good start, need ALOT MORE RUNS!!!!!!!!
CARLOS!!!
Down in his happy area.
man, will jumping out to a quick (hopefully big) lead be huge here.
put some pressure on the brew crew! since this game won’t be over before they start.
and Keith just mentioned Delgados “happy area”
All right, David.
Keep it going, boys.
It’s not really this game I’m worried about so much as tomorrow’s.
I’m gonna be there, and it makes me nervous.
Especially Perez on 3 days rest.
Like the new lineup!
62-20 when Reyes scores.
Cmon Murhpy. do some damage.
DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
we should have been the espn game tomorrow
nah..dont wanna have to listen to espns cast… miller and morgan on the last game at shea… i’ll take gary, keith, and ron.
Even after suffering in person last year at the “glavine game”, I’ll take tomorrow live. Just as long as it doesn’t rain.
seeing them clinch (or at least alive to play monday) will of course be sweet too!
dang slow track. dry day that ball is through.
Hey, if we are tied with milwauke at the end who goes to the playoffs?
monday game @ shea against them
U think we actually have a chance at that scenario? And if it does come down to that do you think we will win?
u gotta believe Gator.. u gotta believe
Game on Monday at Shea to determine wild card winner.
One game playoff on Monday at Shea.
one game playin at shea
come on RRRRRRamon’….
LETS GO METS!
SHOOT we should have had more than ONE RUN
We slightly let them off the hook, but they’re getting good swings in.
oh well. 1 run better than nothing, but man they could have sued some more.
just better keep smacking nolasco like this and get some runs in early.
no surprise that we couldn’t put up a big inning…can’t ever do that.
no surprise that we couldn’t put up a big inning…can’t ever do that.
Santana looks like he’s got that ‘take no prisoners’ attitude so far.
If we win this game, what about starting John Maine tomorrow, have him throw 2-3 innings, then go to Perez?
I agree wit that Drew.. Im just leary of maine struggling early and perez pullin what he pulled against the cubs..
Ya, it’s definitely a risk, but I don’t think it’s any more of a risk than just starting Perez.
Not a bad idea, though I think Maine is done for the year.
If nothing else, regardless of what manuel said, have him ready if they need someone in the 5th again!
JOHAN SANTANA HAS BALLS AND COLE HAMELS HAS A VAG THAT’S WHY THE METS HAVE MORE HEART THAN THE PHILLIES. HAMELS WAS SCARED TO PITCH ON REGULAR REST AND SANTANA’S DOING IT ON 3 DAYS REST!!!!!!!!!
dude, chill out… were 2 games behind the phils
That’s a weird comment.
I seem to remember Hamels complaining earlier this year when he was asked to take an extra day off. He has a 2.68 ERA on regular rest and a 4.03 ERA on 5 days rest.
It’s clear Hamels isn’t a big game pitcher (see his last two starts when the Phils needed wins!), but I don’t think he’s ever been against pitching on regular rest.
ladies and gentlemen your f’in ace of the stafff!!!!!!!
santana is amazing
worth every penny!
santana is a god….
even if he loses, hes still a (baseball) hero in my books
Dead on right.
Here’s the big question, how many innings can Santana go? I’m hoping at the minimum 6
min 7, depending on pitch count
If it’s a close game, as far as I’m concerned Santana’s out there ’til his arm falls off.
whats the metsblog record for most comments on a post?
lol - I don’t know but the more we get into this game, the slower the refresh rate is gonna be. The more posts, the more it slows down.
its scary how we might have a great performance from johan in the 2nd to last game of the season….just like last year with maine……tomorrow will be very scary
We win 2day, Brews loose.. We win 2morrow brews loose.. remember it here folks!.. I feel it in my bones like brother Jerry!!!!! lol
church!!!! come on man
nice ab ramon
Know what’s even scarier last year Glavine free agent was his last start as a Met, tomorrow, Perez free agent could be his last start as a Met. We can only hope that the result is not the same tomorrow.
perez needs to win tomorrow for his $$$$$
Totally agree with you on that.
im not even sure oliver perez knows tomorrow is the last day of the season…. im not even sure he knows hes in his contract year
the only thing on his mind is prolly whether he can play his psp after the game today
ollie is pitching for a big time contract tomorrow, while glav was just looking for the mets to pick up his option or run back to atl….
so hopefully ollie comes back strong and makes a statement saying, ‘i’m the sh&(*), now give me my money.’…
LETS GO METS!
poop
Church is just awful…..
whoaaaaaaaaa baby
JOhan is the man
Come on, guys. Get Johan some more runs here.
What were they just chanting for Ramirez?
Couldn’t hear. But I heard the boos when he came up to the plate.
gorgeous…just gorgeous
Does Church get an automatic RF job next year after what he has done in his 5 major league seasons????
johan is a beautiful man
no romo*
HAHA
Johan = Gangster
and, the bats go to sleep…
Moises Alou,Luis Castillo,Entire Bullpen,Ryan Church,Marlon Anderson, Argenis Reyes, all need to get the hell offffff this team..
i agree with all except Church. If he doesn’t get hurt, he is a very nice RFer. They all can’t be all-stars, but his defense is exceptional and his offense is good enough.
Casey Church averages 9 homeruns and 40 rbis in a full season in 5 major league seasons as a rightfielder… The guy is not an everyday ballplayer… He never got full playing time under Frank Robinson (great basemall man) because he isn’t that good…. Come on man Church is really a 4th fielder… Go look at his career stats the guy is 30 years old and has done nothing and couldn’t get full playing time with the Washington Nationals!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Add Pedro Martinez and Ollie Perez to this List and we good son…..
batzzzzzzzzzzzz
poopy poop
nolasco is locked in …. this marlins team scares me bc they can all hit dingers at any point
Church averages 9 homeruns and 40 rbis in a full season in 5 major league seasons as a rightfielder… The guy is not an everyday ballplayer… He never got full playing time under Frank Robinson (great basemall man) because he isn’t that good…. Come on man Church is really a 4th fielder… Go look at his career stats the guy is 30 years old and has done nothing and couldn’t get full playing time with the Washington Nationals!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
without ryan church in the first 2 months the mets are not in the playoff race
and Ryan Church is Good???????? Is that your point??? If so your dillusional….
he’s had 2 concussions this season, hasn’t been in a groove since and he was batting 325 before that trip to atlanta….not to mention he’s got a cannon in right field….
If that’s your case Benny Agbayani for 2 months in 1999 was the greatest ball player alive…..
Where are you getting your numbers from?
By my calculations, Church’s career 162-game averages (my definition of a full season) are: .273, 17-18 HR, 75 RBI. For this season, his 162-game average is .282, 22 HR, 90 RBI.
Oh, wow.
delgado has saved wright idk how many times this year
hey, guiseppe’s gone, dude…
would you like me to put imtiredofmorgagecommercials?
a toll-free number has been established…
how about:
imissguiseppefranco
awesome play, david
great play by wright and delgado
Terrific play David.
patented delgado tag…
GREAT PLAY DAVID!!!!!!!!!!
NICE DIG CARLOS!!!!!!
Yea D Wright!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SCORE SOME RUNS… great play DW
just bought my mets playoff tickets
need to swing the bat in that situation on the second to last game of the season with the season on the line.
Not a good scenario here boys…
***udome
cedeno
Hoffruth
edomnds
johnson
fontenot
mcghee
blanco
lilly
that’s *** funny!
Lou Piniella’s a d-bag
Nope, it is his team and he can do what he wants
he prefers playoffs in warmth (LA).
what a pitch by nolasco…
the guy is locked in
khmustache so what is your conclusion on Church??? All Star Caliber player???
he was before the 2nd concussion
really???? Have you seen his career stats??? The guy couldn’t get playing time with the WAshington Nationals for 4 seasons….. Why do you think Frank Robinson never played him fulltime… Ever think about that??? Benny Agbayani in 1999 was the greatest baseball player alive for about 2 months and what kind of player did he turn out to??? Church couldn’t cut it for 4 years as a Nat what the hell do you think he will be with the METS??? the guy is 30…. geeez you church lovers are so dumb……….
Stop repeating yourself and reply to my reply.
calm down with the name-calling dude…i’m not talking about his career numbers. i’m talking about the season he was having before he got hurt. and before he got hurt he was undoubtedly an all star THIS YEAR.
I agree. He’s still not all there. Would love to see him play a whole season completely healthy.
YES !!!!
Ramon, where have you been?
jeez, why have we been hiding this guy? why?
It’s nice to be using a 2nd baseman who can actually get a ball out of the infield.
RAMON!!!!!!
Ramon Martinez is now the best Ramon the Mets have.
RAMON!!!!!!!!!!! MURPHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AGUAYO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ramon martinez is a g
good job by raaaamon martinez but ryan church is done
r u kidding me?? that was 10 feet outside
1 at bat dude
It sure was. What? The ump wants the game over fast so he doesn’t have to stay out in the rain?
NOT EVEN CLOSE!
how does church get called out there when johan never got that pitch
wow….it always amazes me when i see just how slow castro is
f nolasco… he was headhunting there
i feel bad for church he has taken so many called 3rd strikes (many bad calls from umps) and he looks like he is done, he is struggling and he will be back to april/may church next april/may
Andrew he never got a full playing time for the Washinton Nationals in 4 major league season under Frank Robinson who has a great mind for the game and an eye for talent… If Church was so talented why didn’t Robinson give him a chance to play everyday????? Instead they dumped him to the METS for Lastings Milledge….. If you have less than 50 homeruns as a RF in 5 season that pretty much tells you the guy is not an EVeryday Rightfielder… You call it what you want ,but he’s not that good trust me……..
I am telling you as soon as the season’s over Church will send you your wife back. Don’t get jealous, she is serving a higher purpose.
Jealous??? hahahaha…. My favorite player on the METS is D Wright…. I know talent when I see one and Church has none Brother………..
But why keep saying the same thing over and over. Why do you think we care if you like Church or not. We already know and it’s not like they are going to play anyone else right now. You are as bad as metsmad and Castillo’s global warming ability.
This is the third time in 5 minutes you posted this. Do you not think we all get your opinion? Move on.
And it’s not Casey, and it’s not Andrew.
What do you call playing in 144 games last year, if not full playing time?
Yes, he was in a lefty-righty platoon for much of his time as a National. When you say “less than 50 home runs in five seasons” you’re being disingenuous, because they weren’t full seasons.
I see Church as basically a lefthanded version of Brian Jordan, which is not bad.
man, i hope johan gets this 42″ wide plate that nolasco’s getting
What a rip.
this ump is ****ing pissing me off
Watching the balls and strikes on espn and gameday is infuriating … is this guy really as bad as he seems?
yes
think as bad as u have ever seen then think twice as bad
this ump is killin johan
absolutely sickening strike zone…. downright despicable
I’m gonna be sick.
This ump is killing Johan. Be different if he was calling that same pitch for both pitchers but he’s not.
Who’s the ump, Nolasco’s dad?
this ump
ump squeezing hell out of johan
Whew.
thank you JOHAN. Let’s score some F’N RUNS!
jerry come out and go crazy
these marlin announcers are pissing me off
“when are they going to realize he is not getting that call”
really guys? nolasco had that call at least 3 times already
CHURCH!!!
if nolasco keeps getting these calls then someone better sacrifce themselves get thrown out so santana/bullpen can get that call
how much are the brewers paying this piece of sh*t ump????!!! this is horrendous. we’re in a bad enough position without having to a$$-fuc*ed by the ump. excuse me, but that was infuriating
LETS GO CUBS! LETS GO CUBS!!
No need to be nervous for the Mets - Santana will NOT let this one get away today. This is what he is all about
real86 I am just frustrated at the METs Organization on how they overblow and overrated their players and try to sell them to the fans….. by the ways Joahn = Stud….
Reply to all bud.
As for selling to the fans. Who is selling? Church is a solid defensive player and we shall see next year, hopefully, if he is a fulltime player or not. Move on. Is it really worth that many post?
amazing….guy is a terrible fielder vs. every other team in the NL…except the Mets.
I can’t see the game, is it raining?
I think it’s like a light mist going on right now.
And foggy.
NO LUCK - NO OFFENSE
damn
what a play by hanley
So how many pitches in Johan going to throw? Watching on gameday, how much more does it look like he has?
someone should tell the marlins that if they played like this for the other 159 games, they’d be in the playoffs, not hoping to be spoiler. why is the worst defense in the NL suddenly gold glove worthy today?
i think because it is such a close game he will go 7 no matter what
We need more runs than this. The thought of our bullpen coming in for 1 or 2 innings scares the sh!t out of me.
Johan is worth every damn penny they paid him.
santana is a beast, and someone needs to wake this lineup up
SANTANA IS THE MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i have a huge man crush on johan
Andrew… Church had 15 homeruns and 70 rbis playing fulltime for the last place Nats…. If that’s something special you really have low expectations… Andrew answer this question…. Why didn’t he get fulltime playing time in 3 season under Frank Robinson…. Frank Robinson was a great ballplayer and has been around baseball for 50 years… He never thought Ryan Church will ever amount to nothing and he is right.. Andrew please enlighten me on why Ryan Church never got full playing time if he was so great under such a great baseball man like Frank Robinson…
shut up!!!!!!
Just ignore him, he is clearly clueless.
88 pitches thru 6 inning so def 7 maybe sent out there for the 8th
Ronnie is incredibly insightful
uh oh guys.. church is on deck
By the ways does Cohen have a Man Crush on Ramon Martinez… I know he’s been pretty good for like 3 games but enough GAry….
let me guess…you recognize broadcasting talent when you see it too…
C’mon Church. DO SOMETHING for a change!
Must be nice to have a job where you can be as arrogant as you want and no one can challenge you. These umps are really bad.
X man please try to tell us how Great Ryan Church is and why he has 47 homeruns and he’s 30 years old… But probably you know you can’t so SFTU….
Dude, I’ll this this one last time and everyone on here knows where I’m coming from, I will not waste my time responding to an idiot so this is the last comment you’ll ever receive from me, go ahead and respond with another 2 or 3 idiotic comments, yoyu already made yourself look Like an A**s to evrryone on this blog. BTW ……………..it’s STFU …………….not SFTU. Moron. LOL
church gonna get tossed?
this dbag ump better start calling that pitch for Santana. There is ZERO difference btw Johan’s pitches on the corner and Nolasco’s. He must be on the payroll.
this umpire needs to get lost
OK, if there was ever a case to be made about an umpire being “On The Take” this is right up there.
Hey I figured out who the ump is, he is techwonV27.
lol.
LOL.
What rock do these idiots come out from? It’s funny how they pop up every now and then.
tim donaghy behind the plate
Can the Mets actually put the bat on the ball? Who’s on the mound Cy Young? or Nolan Ryan?
LoL Church is just awful….
Go back to umping.
Johan been gettin squeezed all day.
and yet 7 shutout innings 2 hits so it shows how good he is
great inning….just what the dr ordered
COME ON LET’S GET A COMPLETE GAME HERE. 96 PITCHES THROUGH 7. LETS GET THROUGH THE 8TH BELOW 110 AND THEN SANTANA CAN PITCH THE 9TH!!!!
Huge inning. Stays under 100 pitches. Guys Johan has to go for the complete game.
HAS to!
One of the best pitched games by Santana this year. He’ll be in for the 8th - Thank God.
what a masterpiece… bravo santana
CRAP BEN SHEETS IS PITCHING!!!!!
By the way church has 2 homeruns in 2 months….. OHHHH wait it’s all because of the concussion… Damn that concussion… If it wasn’t for the concussion Ryan Church would have been 40HR 120RBI and be the Mets savior… I hate the friggin braves… And if he didn’t play under Frank Robinson he probably would have gotten full playing time and would be a perrenial all star… Damn Frank Robinson and that stupid concussion….
we get it….ryan church is the devil….please please move on
Snooze. You are really boring here today.
Santana comes through with flying colors! No runs!
RUNS!!!!
X man can’t give a reasonable answer to why Church has the career numbers that he has so he has to rely on name calling… Typical guy who knows nothing about baseball… Tell me how great Ryan Church is please tell me or atleast tell me how good he is… haha can’t right???
Reyes is an absolute choke artist.
what are you looking for?
have you confused ryan church with luis castillo…
Santana will have his arm come off before coming out of this game. lol
That’s an ace for you.
johan santana is an artist
The bullpen probably cost Santana a Cy Young, but then again they cost the season too!
IF (please god) they play on monday does anyone know what time the game starts….
they will play at night on TBS
I think we may have needed some tack ons this inning
OK Johan Santana is just a STUD period…
id rather score 2 runs today when johan is in complete control and score 8 tomorrow then score another 2 today and not score tomorrow
That’s Jose, the most exciting player in the game.
Too bad exciting doesn’t equal clutch
sit down juicer
no matter what happens after this, they should erect a statue of santana in front of citifield.
We are all commenting on how great a game santana is pitching… and it is true. But most of the comments about the Nolasco have been about how awful are hitting has been. Nolasco deserves some of the credit here, no?
Now score some F’ing runs.
Yeah, but we don’t care how good Nolasco pitched or didn’t pitch. We just knew Santana had to pitch a great game.
And if 2 runs is all we get, so be it. Santana did exactly what he needed to.
True. But if we win 2-0 our offense did everything it needed to. Now let’s score 5 more.
with Nolasco out, maybe the Mets can score some more runs
JOHAN IS SICK!! HE IS DA MAN BABY!!
he has gotta win the Cy
if we had even a decent bullpen, he’d be a lock.
Correct.
That’s the understatement of the season.
They need to go out and revamp that BP over the winter if for no other reason than b/c of all Santana’s blown wins - lol.
He’s not winning the Cy Young Award this year.
WOW
JOHAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SICK
Johan for prez!
That is a pretty sick 2,3,4 coming up. On paper at least. C’mon boys.
If Manuel takes out Santana then I will personally come to Shea and gat him.
Same here!
please let him finish the game!
You cannot let the bullpen F*&% up this game. If we are going down, we have to go down with the best.
hopefully ollie can draw some inspiration from this.
Santana is pitching tomorrow on 21 hours rest.
LOL. Why not? Cy young did. lol
SANTANA IS PITCHING 2MORROW FOLKS!!!!!!!!
Use him in relief do whatever it takes.
Speaking off I am guessing tomorrow will be all hands on deck starter or not.
Santana is just AWESOME!!!!!! Hanley Ramriez, you can play on my team any day, he is a really impressive player.
he is at his “limit” jerry set but if he gets taken out unless we score 5 runs jerry should be hung outside shea becasue the pen will blow it if given the opportunity
if you were ever going to bet on anything, you can bet johan will be allowed AT LEAST 20 more pitches.
SCORE PLEASE
Johan is already my favorite Met of all time
only if we had 24 more of him
It looked like the plan is to bring Johan back out to start the 9th.
He looks like he got even stronger towards the end.
Play for 1 run. But I dont’ know if you can let Delgado bunt. Can this guy hold anyone on? A steal is definitely in order
The Cubs are resting all their regulars today. They don’t want to face the Mets in the playoffs because they are making no attempt today
Hopefully some of the rookies and bench players will play hard and try to impress. I have a feeling Sheets is not going to be on top of his game.
That $uck$ for us, but you get that right when you win early. If I were the Cubs though, I would rather take my chances with the mets than Manny and the Dodgers
why wouldnt they want to play the mets? they are the worst team right now. they are resting their guys day game after night, they all play tomorrow.
If Johan doesn’t come out for the 9th and the METS blow it that’s it for Jerry… He will not return… INstead he will get a Vince Mcmahan Your fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiired from Fred Wilpon……
By the way, I know this guy is a goofball and an airhead but he is A WINNER and CLUTCH. I’m start to lean toward signing Manny.
best right-handed hitter in history
i actually think he’s smarter and savvier than he lets on.
after these last 2 months the dodgers are signing him
You don’t know that for sure. Besides, I’m sure he would LOVE to come home. He could teach these guys how to hit in the clutch, just as an example alone because he’s done it SO MANY TIMES!!!!
Don’t be so sure. The Dodgers don’t traditionally act like a big market team and Manny is going to want at least 20 a year.
They are gun shy about signing free agents after being burned by Shmidt and Andrum Jones, Pierre, etc.
That DP my haunt
That DP was BRUTAL!!!!!
Well, here we go. 3 more outs, Johan.
Piece of cake.
nothing’s ever a piece of cake.
I’ll take both please.
Thanks for that great run support! Let’s go Johan.
These umpires are absolutely killing the Mets today. Delgado’s ball was clearly on the line.
9th inning, here we go. Let’s go Mets and let’s go Johan
As a first guess, I say let Santana stay in and if he blows it himself, so be it. I dont’ want to see the bullpen here
lets go cubbies!
After this game, Johan is now Officially “The Man” on the Mets. Step aside David.
He sure showed Glavine how it’s done. That heartless pr ick lol
BRILLIANT
2 more outs
He can do this.
I mean we are the Mets you know..
Johan is just unbelievable….
Watching on gamecast. Do we have anyone warming up?
Willie would have pulled him after that double.
So true.
HE struck him out.
One more, Johan.
We could use a few more Santana’s. Time for the Wilpon’s to invest in cloning.
1-0 CUBS!
*2-0
2-0 cubs
Go CUBS 2-0
YES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Johan is a God.
PUT IT IN DA BOOKS JOHAN!!!!!!!!!!!
jeez, had a heart attack
YEAH BABY!
PUT IT IN THE BOOKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
san ‘motha f’in’ tana!
2-0 cubs!
157 MILLION WELL SPENT
Today we saw a man become a legend.
incredible isn’t it?
2-0 cubs.
2-0 Mets. Final
I’m going tomorrow and I CANT WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JOHAN THE STOPPER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I STILL BELIEVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GO CUBBIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
GO NATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
Nice, someone send 911 please.
HAHAHAHA
YAAAY! Our bats are bound to wake up tomorrow. Who the he11 is pitching tomorrow???
Ollie and a cast of thousands.
Big game Ollie and every pitcher on the staff.
OMG that looked like a 2 run bomb by Ross… By the way… Way to go Darryl Ward… Darrylllllllllllllllllll……
Yup, my heart stoppped until Endy stoppped running and caught that basll.
That’s why Aces get 20MM a year. Best big game since Bobby Jones against SF.
Can he pitch on 1 day?
Go Cubs.
you now, in my time of following the mets from here in Ireland, that’s the most beautifully pitched game of baseball i have ever seen. Thank you Johan
Santana is a GOD.
Not to go unnoticed, good move by Jerry to put Endy in left there….
Glavine isn’t on the team anymore, Right?
Was that close to being a HR by Ross? Gamecast shows a deep fly to the wall.
LET’S GO METS!
yeah….i thought it was gone off the bat…about 2 feet in front of the fence
chavez was on the warning track
They never should have fired Willie.
Castillo should have been in there today.
Milledge has more upside.
Heilman is due.
Wagner is a racist.
Sarcasm?
and THAT is why we got him. Starts like that.
OP MUST come up big tomorrow.
Now that it’s over, did anybody else think that was out?
yup
yes - i thought that was gone.
+1
Dudes I’m a bit emotional right now.. Wow,,, what an effort..
THANK YOU
MR. SANTANA
THANK YOU SO MUCH
What happened to your, “Gut the core, gloom and doom” comments?
Wow, this is seeming an awful lot like last year…..
I thought the same.. then i slapped myself.
wasn’t it a 2 hit shutout last year…. thank god Johan gave up that 3rd hit
That was a hell of a performance Johan proved he’s worth every penny just carrying the team…. Ollie has to step up tommrow and I’m ppretty confident Ollie alaways seems to pitch well on the big stage and last game of the season, it does not get much bigger… and plus his last start was lack luster so he’s due for one of those great Ollie outings.. LETS GO OP LETS GO METS LETS GO CUBBIES LETS GO NATS (just because I hate philly)
Heart rate is finally coming down to normal.
Go Cubs. Go Nats.
OP needs to show but so do the bats. They need to score a bunch of runs.
an 8 spot in the bottom of the 1st would definatly help me relax until the bullpen comes in
Ted Lilly needs to come up big for us. Plus I need him to help win my fantasy league. so GO CUBS!! GO TEDDY!!
The resigning of Perez will be based completely on tomorrows game!
True that.
Unless he’s going 6 or 7 and 2 or 3 runs, goodbye “Big Game” Ollie.
Wow…Johan Santana…can’t really say anything that hasn’t already been said…just wow.
On another note, I think we owe our old friend Shea Stadium a big thank-you for holding that last out in the park…because she, unlike her Philadelphia counterpart, is not easy to score on.
Would anyone rather see Brandon “Olympian” Knight tomorrow instead of Ollie? I guess I’d go with Ollie, but days rest against a righty laden lineup is scary. At least it’ll take Jacobs and Roids Gonzalez out of the lineup.
Not that we need motivation to win, but it would be nice to take out Olsen, with his smack talk and under .500 record.
Will the Mets play Castro again tomorrow against a lefty? Maybe Cancel??
Lets go Cubbies!! up 2-0 in 3rd
4-0 Little Bears!!!
Cubs up 4-0… OMG, things are looking better for our boys… I hope they get about 10 runs this inning
Beer fans giving Sheets a nice ovation after that performance….
Hmmm….maybe we really are bad fans at Shea??
or as kurtz said:
“oh the horror”