Today’s Game:
- The Mets (2-1, 2-1 Road) begin their three-game series versus the Marlins (3-0, 3-0 Home) today in Dolphin Stadium in Miami, Florida, starting at 7:10 p.m. EDT.
On the Mound:
- RHP John Maine (0-0, 0.00 ERA) will start for the Mets. Maine is 6-2 with a 2.36 ERA, while holding opponents to a .204 batting average in 10 career April starts. In his last start versus the Marlins on July 28, Maine received a no-decision, allowing one run on four hits and a walk, while striking out six over 4.1 IP. He is 3-1 with a 2.75 ERA in six career starts versus the Marlins, including 2-0 with a 3.22 ERA at Dolphin Stadium.
- RHP Anibal Sanchez (0-0, 0.00 ERA) will pitch for the Marlins. He has not faced the Mets since 2007, but is 2-1 with a 3.85 ERA in three career starts, allowing three runs or less in each of those starts. Sanchez is 10-3 with a 3.32 ERA in his career at Dolphin Stadium.
At the Plate:
- Jose Reyes, SS
- Daniel Murphy, LF
- David Wright, 3B
- Carlos Delgado, 1B
- Carlos Beltran, CF
- Ryan Church, RF
- Brian Schneider, C
- Luis Castillo, 2B
- John Maine, P
Stats:
- The Mets were 10-8 versus the Marlins last season, including 5-4 at Dolphin Stadium.
- Ryan Church is 6-for-11 (.545) with 3 2B, 1 HR and 4 RBI in his career versus Sanchez.
- Carlos Delgado has 24 homeruns in 364 career at-bats at Dolphin Stadium.
- Hanley Ramirez is batting .188 with 1 HR in 18 career at-bats versus Maine.
Random Thoughts:
- An earlier season showdown against the team I think will give the Mets the most problems this season.
- Confidence. That’s all Mainer needs to be successful. He’s got the stuff, just needs to trust that he is healthy. Once he does, skies the limit.
Today’s Broadcast:
- Today’s game will will be broadcast locally on SNY and WFAN.
In-Game Chat:
- To chat live with fans during the game, go to the MetsBlog.com Bullpen, here; or voice your comments below.
Enjoy, and as always, Let’s Go Mets!
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hey guys its time for the tgif version of “this day in mets infamy with rusty” so lets go cuz my pizzia from davinci’s is getting cold
first off b-day wishes go out to
journeyman pitcher from the early “60’s Frank Lary (1930)
Leroy “i played in “73″ Stanton (1946)
Phil “i also pitched in ‘73″ Hennigan (1946)
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Mets drafted Mike Bruhert from the Philadelphia Phillies on April 10, 1973. yet another go nowhere deal lol
Pittsburgh Pirates signed Mike “why do we always get the wrong brother?” Maddux of the New York Mets as a free agent on April 10, 1995. and just off the wire mo vaughns comeback attept is in full swing – razor shines is trying to get the fat one motivated by hanging a ding dong on a string in front of mo while he runs on the tredmill
mo had what doctors called a “weight problem”…
Let’s Go Mets! Get it done tonight, Johnny.
4decades b4 i go did u see me thankyou in my acceptance speech?? lol
Yes, I did. Thanks. I wanted to comment but no reply option b/c I guess, was too far down in that thread…
lets hope beltran hit a grand slam like he did last year
THAT WAS EPIC.
I want the Mets to come out like there and make it a blow out sometimes I think the fans are the only ones that remember how these teams talk smack about us
hey ceetar i added yer site to my i-phone
cyas later ill be watchin the game
cool cool. :-D
turning pregame on right now myself.
I wonder what the Phillies team ERA and bullpen ERA are?
i think the technical term is “stupid high”
the phillies are losing 10-3 against the rockies
Game is over. They just don’t got it. I heard Cole was averaging like 5 mph below his speed. For their sake, they should probably put him in extended spring training to build up his arm strength, but knowing them, they’ll be stupid and prove Verducci right.
Let’s fry these fish now. It’d be nice to get out to a good start in this series… We gotta get on Sanchez early.
just to put something out there if we ever want another catcher; Kengi Johjima would be a nice fit
Maybe, but he only hit .227 last season. I don’t think he’ll leave the M’s though. I think he’s getting paid like 8 mill a year too.
It was an off year for him, good defensively, good at calling the game and in 07 he had a good offensive year. So I would like him here
If he could back to where he was in ‘06 and ‘07 though, he’d be a great upgrade to Schneider. I’m not sure who they’ll go for with Schneider and Castro are free agents, but I’m hoping it’s Ramon Hernandez or Bengie Molina. They’re real offensive threats and right-handed bats that help balance our line-up.
I would take Bengi in a second
I think there’s no reason why we shouldn’t win 2 out of 3 in this series. I feel great about our chances of winning with Johan, so Sunday’s gotta be a win. I don’t wanna see Sheffield in there either, with the way Ryan’s hitting the ball. No need to let Tatis pinch hit for him either. People are going out saying the Marlins started out so ”hot”, yet forgot to remember it was the 102 loss Nats they were going up against.
but they crush fastballs and thats what Maine throws… all the time
I know, but it’s all about if John hits his spots. If we can get 6 IP, with 2 or 3 ER, out of him tonight, I’m pretty happy. We need to hit to win this game though, because we can’t expect perfection out of Maine to start.
Anibal Sanchez is no pushover though
lets go john what do you got for us tonight
if anyone is wondering my nickname doesnt mean I’ve been a Met fan for 46 years. No it means Metsfanfor6years, and a coincedence that my first name is 4 letters, and my last name 6 letters.
Considering my first Mets game was when I was 5, and most fans start that young as fandom is pa.s.sed down from generation to generation…does that mean you are 11?
12 in a month very nice
Good for you kid!
thanks
I’m hoping I don’t get Marlins announcers on MLB.tv tonight lol
what where do you live then?
I live in New Jersey, about 25 minutes from Philly, in Burlington county lol Believe me, it’s the worst place on earth for a Mets fan to live.
Come on John… It’s alright, we’ll get it back.
You get your choice on MLB.tv….but are stuck with the horrid FL announcers on Extra Innings. I put the Extra Innings on my TV, mute it, and keep my laptop on with the SNY feed.
listen to WFAN on the radio
WFAN’s signal is strong – but it isn’t reaching across the continent! I could get their feed on MLB.audio, but I prefer some Gary and Keith over any Wayne “Disingenuous, Generic Play-by-Play Guy” Hagin.
How do you choose?
I know I could put on WFAN, if I could find it . I looked for it on the link the last couple nights, and the only one they had for the Mets was in Spanish. I remember having it on Direct TV, and yeah, you would be screwed lol
Go to mlb.tv, go to current subscribers (top of screen), sign in, then they have a chart with all the games and all the feeds available for each game. Find the game – look to the right, click on “SNY-HD” blue link.
I’m watching it now.
I guess I didn’t wish hard enough lol
Your problem may be you do not have the MLB.tv premium, which allows choice of multiple TV feeds. MLB.tv regular does not. Should have spent the extra 30 bucks!
That said, mlb.tv should have the WFAN feed. It certainly used to always be available. And, it is available to me under my MLB>tv premium subscription.
I feel for you, man, the FL announcers are bush league.
I don’t have premium. I’ll look for the WFAN feed. It’s not really other announcers that I get mad about. It’s nice to have some variety. Like you said though, these Marlins announcers are ughhh. It’s as bad as having hear Harry Kalas saying adda here lol But sometimes they don’t give you a variety…
At least ”Hammer” isn’t a Marlin this season
I hope bxmetsfan wasn’t watching Keith just say that division rivals should not like each other. He’ll be demanding a public showdown with Mex!
Gip you know there is a difference in between the METS hating the MARLINS and Reyes hating Hanley.
Marlins hate Reyes
That must make HANLEY and REYES relationship difficult. Again, it’s team vs team when they are on the field.
The whole division hates Jose.
True enough. But bxmetsfan’s point was broader. Or, was his point that he wanted some attention from cerrone?
LETS GO METS!, LET’S GO METS!! , LET’S GO METS!!!!
Gary was saying the Marlins absolutely hate the Mets. Why? There is no reason for there ever to be that much hatred even if they are division rivals. Is it because no one else cares about them enough to create a proper rivalry?
the mets draw more fans in south florida than they do. that would make any team mad, let alone a team in their own division
Hardly the Mets fault. That have horrible fans.
They*
dang…
sorry, didn’t mean to reply there
mURPHY!!!!!
wow delgado swingin for the fences there
is anybody watching the end of this cubs game. kevin gregg is about to lose his job (again)
Letting Kerry Wood walk is going to turn out costly for the Cubs
you are not kidding there. even naming gregg over marmol was a bad decision. he couldn’t handle the pressure in south florida, how is he going to handle it in chicago?
Cubs lost .
SNY not showing the radar gun speed? Wonder why not.
no there not, but gary is tellin us how fast hes throwin, right now hes at 92-93 which is great
Gary just noted a 93 mph FB by Maine.
Oh shyt.
93 mph both is reporting for Maine’s fastball.
Looking good until that HR.
*booth
I think I jinxed us.
I hate Hanley Ramirez
You mean Hanley “The Don” Ramirez?
That HR is Schneider’s fault.
He has to be the worst game caller ever.
Ouch. I don’t care if Jose loves the guy… I loathe him.
did Keith JUST jinx John Maine!??!!? he and gary falling all over themselves about how amazing John Maine looks….ha! Early in the game y’all….LET’S GO METS!
Even down a run, I FREAKING HAVE MISSED BASEBALL SO MUCH!
Let’s DO IT
Yes, I am sure Maine heard Gary and Keth, who are like 2 stories up in a press box. Of all the silliness on ths blog, announcer jinx discussions have to take the cake.
It’s better than thinking that John Maine has taken on the persona of a National or something…
aren’t we supposed to have fun on here? or are all just undiscovered commentators and sports writers who have to be so serious all the time!
geez.
:-)
hanley thrives himself to do good against the mets
well, at least we can say no-hitter now
Johnny Cakes is gonna shut the (back)door on them for the next 6 innings.
Damn I hate and love Hanley at the same time he is just such a great talent
Unfortunately, he provides his great talent to support the forces of evil.
brush it off Johnny, lets get at em
Nasty movement on Sanchez’s fast ball to strike out Bel-TRAN
Looks like they won’t be able to hit this guy tonight
damn florida is gettin every call so far, i though that 1-2 pitch to hanley was strike 3
Schneider didn’t hit it THAT good. Got it off the hands a little.
how bout we see church steal here
Noooooooo. Concusion risk.
lol, but u like to see castillo with a 2 out rbi chance
Lets hope the 2nd time around we be able to hit this guy
Oye.
WOW after johan are pitchin is really sown hill
down*
our*
pitching*
Maybe his key board buttons are not working right
Sigh…..
wow
Ok so its turning out to be one of them games
Another gopherball…
As usual, Omar addressed the previous year’s issue only, and failed to anticipate this year’s problem. This rotation will be our downfall!
It’s Game 4 of the season. It may turn out to be a problem, but don’t you think it’s a tad early to be forecasting doom?
As a Mets fan, it is NEVER to early to prepare for the inevitable. And yet, we all manage to fool ourselves into private, deep-down optimism.
wow… its only 4 GAMES INTO THE SEASON!!!
JohanItOver,
And only 23 YEARS SINCE WE GOT IT DONE! :-)
Let me put some perspective: the Phillies best pitching performance this season was the 3 HR, 4 ER outing by Brett Myers. Do you think they’re doomed???
It’s way too early. Give it a month, and if it’s still bad, then we have a problem..
No. I think Gipper is right on. The sad part is that it wasn’t like there was nobody available.
Of course you do. You are the epitome of a pessimist.
Dude, you eat people’s brains! Pessimism seems like a small fault in comparison. :-)
Damn that was a Bomb.
Man the Mets are looking like a .500 team again. I’m not going to call them that yet, but the pitching has got to get ALOT better.
We’re dead.
I hope we get a rainout Sunday, so at least I can see Johan pitch the opener.
2 innings in, let’s see what the offense can do before we declare this game a loss.
I meant overall.
We only have one pitcher.
Dumb, dumb, dumb
Regardless, if the Mets want to win a ws, i’m not talking making hte playoffs, i’m not talking going .500, they need to aquire another dominate starter.
what? Pelfry got it done, Livan hasn’t even pitched yet. How can you make a statement like that this early?
The Cubs have Zambrano, Harden, Dempster and might eventually aquire Peavy, the Mets are gonna need at least one more guy to compete with that.
Thats even worse…your predicting doom 4 games into the season? After seeing a pitcher 2 innings into the season after shoulder surgery??
Maine will be fine…his velocity is good and location not bad, except for two pitches
lets hold off on ending the season early until we play a few more games
I’m not predicting anything. I’m just saying that they don’t have a championship caliber pitching staff, which they don’t. And if they do, pitchers are gonna have to have career seasons.
Relax guys it’s only the 3rd inning!
Speaking of the opener. Who’s going ?. Is there some sort of gathering planned for the people that post here ?.
The rotation won’t be a weakness this season. Ollie’s inconsistentcy will be a concern, but Pelfrey and Maine will come along. Just give them time. It’s been one way around. Look at the Phillies. What did Amaro do to address it? Chan Ho Park? Come on. At least our ace is looking good. There isn’t one pitcher on their staff who’s looking good. If John can give us 3 ER in 6 IP tonight, I’ll be happy. But if we only score one run to that point, I’ll have a problem with that. These hitters aren’t pushing themselves hard enough to score runs early. Get on base, move runners, be patient and don’t swing for the fence, and we’ll be fine.
there ya go reyes! way to work the count.
had to step away to put the kid to bed, did maine get nailed? (by a line drive i mean)
Ricocheted off his shin so hard it is amazing he is walking!
ouch…thanks
Yes, on the lower left shin.
Yes, Jake Peavy or Roy Halladay would really put us ahead of the bunch in the NL. We’re right there with everyone, but you could imagine how fierce we’d be. There’s other parts of our roster that may eventually need to be addressed too, but you can never have enough starting pitching.
murphy has to take a couple of pitches to let reyes run
I see the radar gun is showing now on the top graphic.
Given that Gary and Keith were saying the speed of Maine’s pitches, I am sure it was a technical glitch – not some sort of conspiracy!
Maine’s fine. A ball hit him in the shin. If there’s a problem, it didn’t knock him out of the game or we didn’t hear about it. There probably will be a bruise, but it shouldn’t be anything to be that concerning. We got lucky there, considering what happened to the Giants pitcher.
I guess I do have premium lol Just found it. Go the Mets announcers…
wright has to start going the other way with those outside fastballs
i am for real! he’s trying to pull everything and missing by alot! even if he hits those, it certainly won’t be well struck. get it together!
Come on, Sanchez is good, but he’s not that good. I’m starting to get sick of watching these Wright at bats
damn if you want to think positve here is the Mets rotation best and worst
Johan Best: 22W-4L 2.45 E.R.A 245 Inn
Worst: 15W-10 3.15 E.R.A 205 Inn
Pelf Best: 18W-9L 3.35 E.R.A 210 Inn
Worst: 12W-10L 3.95 E.R.A 185 Inn
Maine Best: 15W-10L 3.65 E.R.A 195 Inn
Worst: 12W-12L 4.35 E.R.A 175 Inn
Perez Best: 15W-10L 3.95 E.R.A 185Inn
Worst: 10W-12L 4.75 E.R.A 160Inn
Livan Best: 13W-10L 4.00 E.R.A 225Inn
Worst: 10W-10L 4.65 E.R.A 205 Inn
Accurate?
No not accurate at wall. Pelfrey had 1 good half of a season. I WANT HIM TO SUCEED. I HOPE HE SUCEEDS. But how can your worst case scenario be an era. he has never even acheived yet. Perez has got alot of work ahead of him.
For the whole season I think the numbers for each pitcher will be between the numbers I gave
Any other opinions?
Can they send a damned runner! Worst case scenario D-wright leads off the next inning. C’mon grow a pair.
wright is gettin me upset and its only the 4th game this year
ugh…two backward k’s for wright….not a good start
What else is new with Wright he really need to get his head out of his a$$
he’s a slow starter… this is 3 years in a row. give him time, he’ll get hot.
Wright is starting to sicken me freakin SWING!
Didn’t Wright have a slow April last year? In fact, I don’t think anyone but Church was hitting for average going into May.
Here’s hoping we don’t see a repeat of that…..
yup. 3 years in a row for wright….i think he’s just a slow starter
on a more positive note, castillo looks a lot better out there
good to see you’re back for another season btw
you too! Love debating Met baseball with you all.
Metsfan, you are on to something, I’m the worlds worst about doom and gloom and I suppose misery loves company so that’s why I like it on here. But this is game 4 of the season, it’s a bit early to start lamenting the rotation, starting in on David Wright’s swingning and how he’s “un-clutch”, and how we should all just give up, give the Marlins the eastern division title, not even bother going to New York and opening Citi Field.
You addressing me? If so, I think you’ve got me confused with another poster. You’ll never see me giving up.
if you look at my post I expect alot more from the rotation than a lot of other people. And wright is taking way too many strikes for strikeouts. I have the Mets winning 102 games this year. But if Wright doesnt step up… I dont know. And if perez’s otingdoesnt worry you i dont know what will. LETS GO Mets for christs sake
If they outlawed the home run, Marlins would be 0-162.
LOL – especially with that defense they’ve had the past few years.
Love the name….
i just got home, saw it was 2-0 and I absolutely knew they scored the runs with a home run. that’s all they do. they’re too dumb to run the bases correctly and they can’t field. they just hit home runs.
The Marlins look like tehy’re going to have a big year. With Philly still on their honeymoon, don’t be shocked if the biggest threat this year is Florida.
Actually, I thought before the season started our biggest competition would be Florida.
honeslty maine looks good, he just made to mistakes leaving fat ones over the plate
agreed
Even if this one doesn’t work out, it is only game 4. John Maine does look strong after his operation and I think he will get better as the season goes along. Like I said during the second game, let’s not start hanging ourselves yet.
I just don’t get how Reyes doesn’t get the green luight there, and if he did why he didn’t try to take second. To me, its a no brainer. I don’t know this guy Baker too well, but I don’t think he’s got an amazing arm.
DEAR LORD I JUST TURNED THE GAME ON HOW ARE WE DOWN BY TWO ALREADY?
homers by hanley an uggla
OH PURE S U CKAGE.
SCHNEIDER ……………..
UGH
the godfather was looking to go yard there again…
Can we score off of this guy or are we going to make him look like CY
cmon lets get some runs now-LETS GET ITT
how bout a 2 run homer beltran
RALLY !
i realize keith just said this, but why are the marlins holding delgado on first?
OO! thats brutal, why swing at that pitch.
Baker got clocked
We HAVE to score when ya have a dude in scoring position zero out you HAVE to do it.
Ouch.
And I’ve noticed that too. So many hitters swinging around and letting go with one hand. Never used to see that.
Church has been hot hopefully he gets it done here
Keep fightin Church
awww
ughhh u have to do sumtin there church
C’mon Chruchie!
Dang
you got do something Churchy..
i’m pretty sure everything distracts keiths concentration
HAHAHA.
Please get at least one in.
i know u love to see church swing away, but u think he should have maybe tried an bunted for a hit?
The bottom of the order is a black hole.
Nothing ever comes out.
SHYT
i hate schneider
Schneider, castillo, pitcher in a row is a joke.
Come on Castillo… Give us a single, we need it
u gotta be kidding
god no clutch today. 3 staight innings 2 out grounders to hanley sheesh
If we lose this game, we better win the series.
typical mets i hate this
Well, damn..
We really do have a weak bottom of the order. I just don’t see how this combination is going to hold. At least Schneider got a big hit the other night. For coming off a good spring, Castillo sure hasn’t gotten off to a hot start and Mets fans are going to give it to him if this is how he hits at Citi.
I understand this is only game 4 but this team is playing the same way we ended the 07 and 08 season you fig after the way those 2 yrs ended they would want to start this yr on fire
Ooooooo, there’s that hottie in the Firestone commercial!
I keep missing that.
Thankfully, I’ve always seen it. Oh … oh … oh, oh. yesss, yes!
ugh…. bottom of the order…
i will say that i am liking the looks of castillo though. once he gets comfortable at the plate, i think he’s going to to do well. he seems like a completely different player this year
I don’t get that impression for a second. Castillo simply cannot hit.
So far he’s looked far better in the field but his hitting so far is suspect.
no you’re right about the hitting. i wasn’t specific enough. i really like the way he looks in the field, which has always been his strong suit. i feel like since he’s nearly back to where he’s used to being in the field, his hitting should follow. i’m not saying he’s an all star, i’m just saying he looks better.
I guess… I mean, I feel better than last season with him, because he came in trying harder. He looks like he wants to be here more. He’s fielding his position well. He’s gotta hit the ball though… Otherwise, it’s not going to be pretty.
Listen, he doesn’t strike out much, he takes long counts. The problem is he just doesn’t get hits. No power, he’s not as fast as he used to be, he’s just not good enough to get hits.
Church is hitting the ball, so bunting over doesn’t make sense… If it were later in the game and a one run game, and we still weren’t hitting, I could have seen doing that though and bringing in a pinch hitter for one of Schneider and Castillo. What I want to see is Tatis play some second base, so we get a better bat in there.
Murphy at 2nd Castro at plate, And Sheff/Tatis in left is what everyone is saying I guess. I personaly have no problem with schneids/castillo
There’s no reason for Church or Murphy not to start. Now, if people were suggesting Murphy at 2B more, with Sheffield in LF, I’d think that’s more intriguing. Tatis at 2B, for Castillo, against lefties works too. The problem with Cora, who’s weak hitting, is he’s also lefty. In a way, it would have been more useful to bring Damion Easley back instead of signing Gary, holding onto three 2B, using him against lefties. People forget that he actually was pretty productive last season. The problem was his body gave out, right when the Mets did, two straight seasons.
can we keep the lineup the way it is. Our bench gives us good problems. But i was always a huge Easley fan
Agree 100%.
We need a bat in place of Castillo.
I say when Schneider catches, play Tatis or Cora, and when Castro catches then play Castillo.
At least it will be balanced that way.
You dont agree with me I want Castillo and brian to start
I just don’t understand why the mets didn’t start putting Murphy at second for the entire spring training and winter ball. You don’t get many offesnively productive 2b’s in the game, and to get a young talented one entering the beggining of his career is such a huge bonus.
they tried that in winter ball… and he got hurt. Here’s what they didnt do….. ORLANDO HUDSON! would have been a perfect fit but I would still give Louie a 2nd chance
Yeah, and the deal the dodgers got him for was a steal. The mets pretty muched payed the same price for cora.
The guy has trouble with fly balls in the OF, how is he gonna deal with turning DPs, covering the bag on throws, etc, etc? Middle infield is much harder than playing LF, and he doesn’t do that very well.
does anybody read what I write! the lineup is fine the way it is!
if maine can hold it, i think we will come back an win
It looks like Jose Reyes is growing his hair longer lol
nice play reyes
Yeah, I mean, as long as John can give us more innings like the third, we’ll be alright. We got a good bullpen. In my opinion though, we have to get Sanchez out of this game at least being tied though to have a good shot at winning this game…
yea i think the 5th inning is the time to get to him, the third time around the order lets score multiply runs boys
Nice, Daniel.
He’s smart enough not to try that forward dive Tatis did which ended his season. He’s not any gold glover by any means but you can tell he’s been working on that defense out there.
you’re not kidding. he looked downright comical at points last year.
OMG THATS THE EXACT DREAM I HAD OF MURPHY THAT I MENTIONED BEFORE SLID IN JUST LIKE THAT AND THEN BOOM A SHIN INJURY.
Now will you please get John some runs.
Here we go, let’s get a little rally going!!!
ok can murphy please take some pitches for reyes
Now steal freaking 2B. Danny is due to give us a nice single up the middle or the other way.
STEAL THE BASE! murphy goes oppo well, try a hit and run or something. but force the issue
steal jose steal
Can they send Reyes already
Sounds like more Marlin fans then Met fans
Reyes is so fast that even with the worst of jumps, it will still take a verygood throw to get him.
gary – ‘another Daniel Murphy marathon’…
And who is that guy hacking that sounds like a dolphin????
jose is deff goin now
david please get a hit please
I love Murphy. Didn’t come through, but he always battles and has good at bats. This one is not on the offense, Sanchez is just on tonight.
and thats why you steal bases.
Rally monkey time! come on 3run shot Delgado! come on!
nice hit dwright, but if jose had stolen during murphy abat maybe its a 2-1 game
Very nice, DWright.
Let’s go Carlos.
Sanchez approaching mid 90 pitch count. At least we won’t have to face Rhodes coming in. I swear we just cannot hit him.
CMON CARLOS HIT A BOMB
he keeps goin inside eventually one will be over the plate an in the stands
carlos that was down the plate omg
hes gonna throw a ball right here
NNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
wow just wow
Here we go clutch hit, here we go….. NOT!
this is bad Y CANT WE HIT THIS GUY WTFFFFFFFFF
You just made sanchez look like Santana there carlos. He had 2 pitches to park in the upper deck and missed them both
exactly! i see hitting with RISP will be our forte again this year
but a 158 games left not including this one but every day theres been a problem
Day1: No offense
Day2:Shaky Pelf and bullpen
Day3:Perez
Day4:No clutch
Day5?
couple things:
1. you know more about baseball than any other 12 year old i know…good on ya kid
2. you’re absolutely right about the problems. i know nobody wants to hear this, but it is still pretty early. they’re still working out the kinks and hopefully things will get better
Just screw thru its arsehole
dang dang dang
Ugh
There you go, thats what you get when you’re afraid to push the envelope. Had Reyes have stole, which he had 10 chances o do before murphy popped out, that single would have drove him in. You can’t be afraid to score runs.
Boy, I really do hate the Marlins telecast…., they’ll be drooling over that pitch for the rest of the night….
That was pathetic Carlos cannot do that again
That KL15 said im negative but really what the hell is up with our bats?
Maine should learn how to throw a solid changeup. With Johan around he should be able to pick up a few pointers.
Maine has been doing well but now we need to get our bats going
I remember saying back in the 2nd and 3rd that John would be alright and that the starting pitching isn’t the problem. I said if he could give us 6 IP, with 2 or 3 ER, he’s done his job. These hitter’s just aren’t holding up to their end of the bargain though. Does anyone know what Sanchez’s pitch count is? I know Danny helped run it up.
95
Ok, good. Finally. We need to get hitting on their bullpen.
God do the mets need a single
This performance by Maine is definitely a positive after the surgery and the spring training he had. Looks sharp at least….just got no run support.
…and on another note, the Marlins look like a good team. Real good pitching and a scrappy lineup.
nice inning johnn
I know hes had a good start
Agreed. Overall, hasn’t been too bad. Just those two solo HRs. Not like he gave up a ton of hits or walks. Glad to see this.
I want it all!
And I want it now!
CARLOS Baby!
He got every bit of it!
YES!YES!
YEAH BABY !
( I mean Beltran )
Gone Goodbye!!
Beltran – woo-hoo !!!!!!!!!!!!
This pitchers is trash! this should be run city.
HOORAY
Now that’s what I’m talking about. Beltran’s on a nice roll.
Damn!!!!!!, ok, lets build on this guys….
Come on Ryan. Get on base and let’s get this thing going.
CHURH HAS BEEN EN FUEGO
BELTRAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Alright…one at a time.
I want it all!
And I want it now!
Deja vu? nice hit churchie! ok rally monkey time!
Long season – you’d better pace yourself. Lol.
Whats Deja vu?
Thanks for listen Mr. Church… Now let’s keep moving with this. I’d bring in Tatis for Castillo.
Did I mention I hate Schneider ?.
Come on dude, prove me wrong.
clearly not.
Good small ball
Do you not see who’s coming up now? bad baseball
Interesting bunting there. And not that great of a bunt either but he went for the sure out at first.
We need to get this run in.
Why leave Louie there? Come on. I’d put in Tatis, bring in Cora for defense.
Castillo has pop from the right side
More lke Pop-Up….
Castillo’s having so many opportunities to slap in runs… Come on. Just do it already.
come on Louie!
Now if Maine hits do you unleash Sheff?
Bring out the Sheff !
I’ll take 500 here, Mr. Sheffield….
Maine’s being taken out?? How many pitches did he throw?
Don’t know what his pitch count is. Obviously, they’re going for the tying run here.
LOL.
So when does the castillo watch begin?
Stop. Please. It’s much too early to even bring that up.
Yes i know, But I wanted to be the first to ask…. ha-ha…
Around 10:30 tonight.
Soon. Probably his first at bat at Citi.
SHEFF!!!!!
Well, Castillo can’t come through. Not much of a suprise. Not sure why they just didn’t bring in Sheffield to hit for him… Oh well. I’d love to see Sheff get a hit
LGM
Wow, I had not seen Sheff. He is fat.
Right!
Throwing around Sheff? Come on Gary, prove you deserve playing time
Is that a gut I see on Sheffield?
I guess they didn’t want history being made off of them. Make them pay for it Jose.
If the Marlisn were smart, they’d build their new stadium with a 5,000 person capacity, so maybe it could look somewhat full for a change.
LOL.
Seriously, someone please explain to me how the marlins possibly can afford to keep their franchise running.
2 ABs no swings for Sheffield.
He can’t get the bat around his stomach.
wow. rather pitch to Reyes?
Good point.
Yeah, and it looks like that was the better call for them.
Gary – ‘Mets have had men on base every inning this game.’
Mets ALWAYS have men on base. I’ve never bothered to look up the stats but if I did, I’ll be for the last 40 years, they’re right up there with highest number of men LOB. Getting them on, no problem, getting them around to home……
I guess so
This pitcher reminds me of Ollie
Ok, maybe not, Perez probably wouldn’t have gotten out of it lol It’s only a one run game now… Now it’s a battle of the pens
lob…story of the mets
the guy just threw 5 straight balls…not one of them were close, and he doesnt take a pitch? come on reyes ur smarter than that bro damnit
Well…….I may be dreaming here, but I really think things are going to be OK for this year. Even if this game does end in a loss. So far, and it’s just so far, I really like this teams play. Personally I do think the team is MUCH better than last year’s.
I would like some hits with runners on base
right down the goddamned middle! why would you not throw that breaking ball that Cantu looked absolutely dumbfounded on. cmon!
On a serious note, the report just came thru, the dude driving the van that killed that young pitcher was charged with drunk drvinig and murder.
I hope he rots in hell.
Me too
bac was >.24… both him and his victim were 22 years old… stupid stupid stupid
I agree, damn coward… unfortunately that kind of crap happens to often in California….
y is reyes swinging so early in the count when this guy just threw 4 straight balls ughh work the count jose
reyes is still very baseball dumb, unfortunately. he never sees ABs in context. each pitch is total independent of anything going on in the game. as far as he’s concerned, it’s always batting practice.
so at this rate the pen’s collective arm should fall off about when? mid may? maine looked pretty good, only 83 pitches. dumb to take him out when we were already into their pen with >3 innings to go.
manuel told them they were gonna get worked hard these first 2 weeks. he didn’t want any of the starters to go long.
Are you kidding me?!?! The guy is coming back off of shoulder surgery. I wouldn’t work him too hard early on. Or his arm will fall off and then you DO have a problem. I think he’ll get a couple complete games in the second half of the season.
so all “shoulder surgery” is the same, eh doc? as a surgeon, i understand he had arthroscopic (minimally invasive) surgery to remove a spur from within the socket. there was NO structural compromise or repair. this was a symptomatic procedure, not reconstructive. unless you’re jimmy andrews, thanks for your uninformed thoughts. all that is to say, his shoulder was in no danger of falling off and (at least medically) could’ve thrown another inning.
I have to say, I think Johnny Cakes did a great job tonight. He had excellent stuff and he seemed to trust it (maybe a little too much). Still only 2 hits and 2 runs, 1 BB and 5 Ks in 5 innings is a step in the right direction. Definitely.
agreed. but why do we call him Johnny Cakes?
its from the sopranos.
I went from John Maine to Johnny Maine … Boomer calls him “Johnny Maine” and I just naturally call him “Johnny. ” I guess it’s his boyish looks. And the Sopranos had the character “johnny Cakes” with Vito …. remember??? Did you watch The Sopranos?
Absolutely. I didn’t think they would leave him out there too long given it was his first start. Not to mention Jerry playing the odds, going for the PH and the tying run.
ughhhh cmon sean dont let that runner score
Crap.
Shyt. One out.
Come on, Green. You can get this done. DP ball here, please, Another grounder to short would be nice.
They giveth, and taketh away…. great….
right down the goddamned middle! why would you not throw that breaking ball that Cantu looked absolutely dumbfounded on. cmon!!
Oh for the love of….
What’s up Green? You looked good in ST.
It was really, really, really dumb to take Maine out so early.
agreed.
yeah going for the tying run is so dumb.
it was still early, plenty of time to make up 1 run.
When your previous 3 starters haven’t gone 6 innings, your SP has only thrown 83 pitches, and it’s a 1 run game, it’s a dumb move
the dumb move was schneider giving up an out against one of the worst pitchers out there.
Tough call, Sylar. Hindsight is always 20/20.
Jerry was going for that tying run at the time.
You have a lefty throwing meatballs and a very dangerous right handed bat on the bench with a single tying the game. Maine is good for maybe 1 more inning. You gotta go for the run.
Agree.
yes but it was only the 6th inning and Maine had only thrown 83 pitches
he’s coming off surgery in his first start since august. He’s going 85 tops. you’re going to give up a run for 1 more inning at the best. you gotta go for the run.
i meant to say 95.
dang…right down the middle
It seems like this guy needs some time with Warthen… good stuf just always placed in a good spot…. he’s like thisclose……
Meant “just not always placed” in a good spot…
what was maines pitch count
83
If Luis Castillo could do more with his bat than John Maine, maybe Jerry wouldn’t be put in such crappy decisions.
what i meant to say was crappy/tough situations. i mean, you want to leave maine in, but you want to drive in the run. i don’t know if he had that they’d walk gary in the back of his mind though, but if he did, it was a good strategy, because jose’s who you want up
oh boy
At what point do you have Parnell get up?
Now.
as soon as the bases got juiced
the audio on mlbtv is TERRIBLE…
Watching the marlins telecast on the MLB extra innings is not that great either…,
Come on, come on, come on.
83? that’s it? maybe they were cautious. not sure. i’m not happy with what i’m seeing from sean though
Yeah,he seems to be right there…., maybe a little more control….
O.K. – could have been worse.
yea but y is he throwin a fastball to cantu?? should have stuck with the breakin stuff
I do like Sean Green’s stuff, though. Reminds me of Roger McDowell a little.
cody ross still looks like a fraggle rock doozer
Ha – is that some kiddie cartoon reference? No kids here so I’m out of touch….
yah….it was an acid induced muppet spinoff in the late 70’s and early 80’s
LOL- ‘acid induced Muppet spinoff’….
look it up on youtube…you will be amazed…specifically look for the doozers you’ll see cody ross
and you just know the mets will get 1 more run and leave a guy on this inning.
It’s only a two run game. We just need one inning to break it out. Get the runners on, and get some hits… Come on, we got to capatalize on that Phillies loss today…
We’ll take it.
This guy having a problem finding the strike zone.
And on that note, he’s outta there.
Murphy is the best hitter on this team. Absolutely born to hit. He has batting champion written all over him. (knock on wood).
wow putrid defense by hanley
always.
don’t have sny here…watching on mlbtv…is it true? no guisseppe franco this year?
Correct. There was actually a post about it. Something to do with due to financial considerations, it will not be an advertiser this year.
we really need to score now
Gary is right – this Marlins BP is their weakness.
Now let’s capitalize on it, boys.
C’mon Carlos… here’s another opportunity…. Let’s get it….
Carlos #2 …
Ouch.
Bases loaded.
Hopefully that didn’t break anything….
Beltran GS (fingers crossed) awsome for the mets awesome for my fantasy team great overall
RBI is still good though
Ha-ha, good to see that all your bases are covered….
Lets Go Mets
Nice hustle by Beltran
O.K., we’ll take that one.
Up to you now Church.
yes baby
Need Tatis here
Church is a stud. And we’ll want his D once we take the lead here.
ooo yea tatis will come up here
We have Reed for defesne. not crazy about this decison.
anyone know the career numbers with pinto/church and pinto/schneider
Church: 1 for 3 with a walk
Schneider: 2 for 5
this is our inning LETS GET ITT
nice carlos…nice…
Whether it’s Chuch or Tatis, we need to tie this game. A sac fly will do.
interesting call by jerry tonight… compared to lastnight
its funny to think that a rod makes more than the entire marlins team.
how about tatis as a pinch hitter next at bat
Agreed. Don’t be afraid to PH for the catcher!
than go with castro for castillo, than bring in cora for tatis defensively
or if the inning goes long enough cora for the pitcher
C’mon baby!!!
good…
Tatis. Get it done here, Fernando.
Jerry > Willie
Here’s Mr. BIg Hit
lets go fernando
Marlins will be out of pitchers by next inning.
Ha – was just thinking that same thing. Reminds me of the Mets BP last year…
Marlins BP will be the weakness that does them in, unless their starters can go consistently 8 innings.
How well we know…..
it doesn’t matter fernando. you can hit better off righty’s, than brian can
BIG SPOT here for fernando i want a shot in the gap LETS GET ITTT
Just and I mean just missed it
Good, Tatis. You did your job.
All new ball game. Now let’s go ahead, here.
NICE JOB FERNANDO just missed it!!!!
Thank you for listening Tatis lol Had me thinking that was a home run off the bat… Now bring in Ramon
Wow, Just missed! Well at least its tied.
Damn…. didn’t miss that by much….. but it’s a new game now… come on castillo…..
why are you leaving castillo in here? come on. uggh maybe he’ll prove me wrong. i’m not even sure who we’d bring in, but the point is, we need the lead
This is where Castillo turns it around….
Guess not….. que “M”
good eye so far
please don’t swing…
come on castillo…
what’s luis looking for at 2-1???? fb down the plate, i’d hope. that’s what he got and he just stared at it.
as he should… best-case scenario with him is a walk.
then he should save a tree and not get bats
Castillo is AWFULLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
Sigh……
Nasty pitch.
does he EVER SWINGGGGGGG
Gotta swing if its close…mor.on.
I’m sorry, but Castillo is such a freaking coward. He won’t swing. He thinks he can make it through entire at bats with his eyes. I’m sick of this. Yank him. He won’t make it any longer than Kaz Matsui did in ‘06.
OK, tough break, that pitch could have gone either way.
He cannot be defended for that putrid AB
How many runners has Luis left on by himself? This is freaking ridiculous. I’d feel better leaving Tatis at 2B, so we actually have someone who’ll swing next time around.
I am so sick of Castillo and his AB’s. SWING THE D*MN BAT!! Why is he constantly looking for walks?
You got 2 fastballs down the middle of the plate in a tie game, with a runner in scoring position. Why is it so difficult to swing?
OH right..Marlon Anderson was on deck. Makes complete sense. Castillo is going to get boo’d out of Citi Field if these types of AB’s keep up.
Someone needs to tell him to start swinging.
can the bullpen do it cmon boys LETS GET ITTTT
Now it’s a battle of the bullpen. Can’t give up any runs. Nice inning here. Score a run in the 8th from Bobby. And Putz and K-Rod send us home happy… That’s what I wanna see.
why isnt Putz pitching?
7th innning
7th inning?
its only the 7th inning. putz role is the 8th. we could get through this, take the lead and have a save situation protected with jj and a save from frankie if we score in the 8th or 9th
7th inning tie game
nice inning here from bobby* lol i didn’t mean to say he’d score us a run, unless he’s some kind of hitter we never knew of
Murphy gets good jumps for a guy that is supposed to be terrible defensively.
Ok, now it our back of the bullpen against their back of the bullpen …. mano a mano!
Bobby Smokes,.
no smoking according to the commercial lungs are like spounges
they just had that fastball at 99
99 MPH,,WOW PARNELL!!!!!
come on bobby one more out
they should have seen that coming… but what are you gonna do? i’d like to see jose get on more this way… it’d help. get baker out
I’m not sure what to think about Louis. I want him to be good. I really do, but he’s such a weak link. I know it’s greedy to want strength 1-8, but he is just a bit depressing.
just a bit…….
Bad contract signing by Omar. He should anticipated signing Hudson instead of Castillo and sign Mark Gruszjhzidmans.
…for one year.
Shyt. Hanley
their has got to be somebody in this organization that can play 2nd base better than LC. Hell, put Tatis there, just no more Luis.
Cora?
hell yeah, forgot all about Cora. Jerry, please get Luis out of there.
Tough break.
Come on, Bobby. You can get Hanley. No worries.
Grrrrrrrr, c’mon
WARM UP THE PUTZ-ROD
Oh man. I hate Ramirez.
Hanley Ramirez is really good, and why the hell is Parnell throwing an awful slider there?
well, there’s a reason why this guy is mentioned when talking about the best SS in the league….
Two games in a row that we cant get a hit when we need it and when our pitchers give it right back. It is still early, but, I cant help but feel like HERE WE GO AGAIN.
the difference in this game … getting hits with RISP vs. grounding out or sac flys
Did I already mention that I hate Hanley Ramirez?
I like him, at second base for the Mets….
Difference between Mets and Marlins:
Marlins hit in the clutch.
Mets wish they could hit in the clutch.
Difference between rational people and morons:
Morons complain that the sky is falling
Rational people see it as the 4th game of the season
Kumbaya…., can’t we all just get along?
and there ya go … perfect example. their franchise player gets a 2 out rbi … the mets’ franchise player grounds to short with man on 2nd.
sorry, didn’t mean to reply here
so much for a revamped bullpen
Yeah, what the hell, let’s just not play the rest of the season and go home. How much longer till football right?
they arent going to be pefect every game.
not sayin they have to be perfect every night but thats 3 straight games now
they were perfect in perez’s outing.
yeah, they were perfect in ollie’s outing. they did a good job that game. they did awesome on opening day. the second game was a little shaky. i don’t think you can blame that on o’day though. ollie shouldn’t have put that many runners on, but jerry shouldn’t have let him dry out there that long…
good job danny. good aggressiveness. seriously, why can’t he play 2B? maybe the mets should learn from that aggression
yea but o’day has to get those guys on base in that game. an if he does the mets tie the game an maybe even win that game you know, but iam just upset. and then to see dwright ground out with a runner in scoring postion an see hanley rip a single says alot
Not true. The bullpen is much, much, MUCH better than last year. C’mon man.
This game isn’t on the bullpen or the starting pitching, thankfully.
It’s on the Mets complete and utter inability to get base hits when there are runners in scoring position. It’s the same lineup as last year and you will get the same result as last year.
We have the wonderful Luis Castillo looking to draw a walk with a man on 2B and 2 outs. It’s simply unreal how stupid of a baseball player he is. He is going to destroy this team.
Hanley got his hit off the end of the bat. Good pitch by Bobby.
All of that with two outs, huh? You know what, enough with this philosophical bullshyt. If Jerry’s such a brain, he should have known better not to pitch to a .462 red-hot Hanley Ramirez with a base open. Whether it’s Tatis staying in LF over Reed, Jerry’s decision to let Castillo go in every at bat getting abused or this, I’m questioning all this…
I want to say I’m confident with Bobby, but you know what, we should have more than 3 freaking runs right now, with all those left in RISP, largely due to Castillo. I mean, how many chances do you need to give a guy before realizing it’s just not going to come? I guarantee if Easley’s there, he gets a hit. Give him a call and let him take over, just like last season.
The reason its not going to come is because the man is a coward. He isn’t going to SWING.
No matter what the situation…he is looking to walk every single time. Get used to it.
thanks again omar.
Gary ‘could be Marlon’s last stand’.
Could be? I’d lay odds on that one.
Goodbye, Marlon Anderson. Last AB as a Met.
we can only hope
painful to watch
2 runs from 2 innings from a bullpen just isn’t going to cut it… those are supposed to be our two best middle relievers too.
waaah…..waaah….waaah
there could be a lot of that this season if they don’t get it together lol i hope not, at least…
gotta love murphy.
Murph!!!!!
Murphy dosent have great speed but his baserunning is boss
He’s a gamer. Simple as that. A fearless ballplayer. He’s the anti Castillo.
Now lets see the golden boy earn his paycheck.
No one told Murphy this team can’t hit in the late innings – GO DANIEL.
Ramirez might be a great hitter but I don’t think his defense in the field is ever gonna be better than mediocre.
You know, I have to apologize to Murphy…, I was one of those people who clamored for Ramirez…., boy was I wrong….
Not necessarily.
Well, from the aspect of just the desire he shows….,
MURPHY!!!
just come true david
of course david can’t come through, right… oh well. onto the 9th.
there it is … with the game on the line, hanley comes through, wright grounds out. all you need to know.
It’s one at bat, all you need to know…
yeah, you’re right. it’s not the exact same as last year. wright didnt hit in the 240s with RISP last year. why do people keep saying 1 game, 1 ab, early in the year???? this stuff’s been a problem for over a year now. wake up.
… and even if it is one ab. that one ab is the difference in this game. so it essentially equals one loss. how many games did we miss the playoffs by these last two years? oh yeah, that’s right…
Oh for the love of…..
Over/under we get to Lindstrom in the 9th?
Sigh….
I say we load the bases and strand ‘em
Wright is so not clutch
Good job David. Way to come up in a big spot D-Rod.
2 outs and a RISP on this team is kryptonite
It’s a long season. Relax.
Its been a long 2007 and 2008. I’m finished relaxing.
It’s time for this team to put up.
yeah, but it’s the exact playbook from last year too. this is nothing new. not just 4 games.
Whoa David Wright not getting the clutch hit to score Murphy where have i heard/seen this b4.
all the things i want to say about wright wouldnt let me post on the site..so ill just sum it up as best as i can…wright is AWFUL…already looks like he is pressing and its only the 4th game of the season…holy crap
francessa? i didn’t know you posted on metsblog! you were a lot better with the dog
Why, Wright why?
We need need a new third baseman.
That Wright guy can’t score a run to save his life.
We should cut him too.
Just, wow….
Sarcasm
Sorry, right over my head…..
Thanks, yes dripping w/ it.
I was mimicking the naysayers.
i agree he cant score a run WHEN IT MATTERS…he is able to get runs in when it is a blowout…but good job getting that run in…not just him the rest of the team…considering we are yet again 0-8 or 0-9 with RISP…good job mets
…. and we haven’t won with Santana either. Why are we paying him so much money. Maybe we can package Wright and Santana for a bunch of great prospects. lol.
prospects nothing. according to the einsteins here we should package those two for arthur rhoades and cody ross.
id rather johan come to bat with a man on 2nd…i feel good with both carlos and carlos coming up…beltran has been nasty to start the season
relax lol wright’s come through with hits, just not the ones we really need… i guess you can call him ”non-clutch” in a sense. i don’t even know if the wbc hit counts for anything, because to most americans, the wbc meant nothing lol if jj can keep it here i feel good with next inning, as long as castillo doesn’t get an at bat
In the 11 innings that the mets have scored in the early season, 7 of those innings were followed by giving runs back. That, combined with horrible average w risp is making for a very painful early season.
…. you mean, after 3 games?
That David Murphy can sure play.
I remember a few years ago we had a couple of young kids that played that way.
They played the left side of the infield, wonder what ever happened to them
They both became two of the better players in baseball, especially the one at 3rd???
Sylar, just ignore them.
That was sarcasm…
I was poking @ the foolish bloggers who can’t recall the team plays 162 games this year.
Sorry you didn’t see that.
:)
That didn’t take very long.
You win…
who’s david murphy?
Plays for Texas, right?
David Murphy is that new kid on the Mets. Seems no one can get his name right, even Gary slipped tonight.
i hope delgado takes that 100 mph fastball an puts in in the seats next inning.
y isnt reyes takin that himself
No hit, no catch… Mr Non-chalant on the field…. wow…
come on putz get out of this
just to get to the point…they do not deserve this game. the more things change the more they stay the same. it is early, but with ALL the problems last season, if they hit with RISP they still would have won the east.
here it is again. walks. ground outs. sac flys. that is not going to get it done when the chips are on the table. let us all hope this is not the beginning of the trend we saw all of last season. this is a game that could have been had, it is just a shame.
yup, you’re right. this is the kind of game a world champion wins, or at least a division winner in a tough division. you got to fight your way through games. there’s no reason why we couldn’t have scored more runs. luis has had numerous chances though and they’re just not doing anything about it… alex cora, and maybe ramon martinez, could probably give us more. all luis castillo is an older overpaid argenis reyes with not as much mobility
it is hard, i am trying not to be negative, but this in a lot of ways is a carbon copy of last season.
i understand that there was some bad luck for parnell and i love that they did come back, but they wasted an ok outing for maine by letting SO many chances go by the waste side. i do not expect them to always get the “big hit,” but 0-10 w/RISP is just killer. not acceptable really.
as a side, why have they gotten away from the agressive play of 06 07? it tailed off last season and it seems it to be trending in that direction this season.
hard to watch, hard to watch
just let cora play. there is no reason to have castillo on this team. or at least not in the lineup.
Maybe we outta try Murphy batting 3rd. lol.
good job jj.
…it all just looks the same. castillo taking 9 pitches per at bat to get called out looking. not driving the ball at all. i don’t know, i am willing to see what he can do, but it is not looking good at all to this point.
can castillo hurt this team in any other ways? Terrible “hitter,” bad range, and unable to turn a routine double play. Eat his contract and say goodbye before the fans make him cry.
i’m tired of waiting for castillo to produce. it’s just not gonna happen.
tell me about it. i was (and am) rooting for him, for him, and…..well, there really is no other option, but it is already getting old only a few games in. i appreciate he has come in with the right attitude and worked his you know what off in the offseason, but he is not giving anything to this point.
exactly. i try so hard to stay positive but it’s already getting difficult.
alright mets. lets do this.
C’mon Delgado… park it in the lonely outfield seats…
come on guys!
What’s up with these camera guys? Took two replays before I could even catch that play.
And again, Ramirez in the field….
We’ll take it.
still want him at second…
Ok, C’mon Church…. Park it in the lonely outfield seats…..
this team hits like this with RISP all year..we wont even be in second place…marlins and philly will be and are able to hit with risp..
with their history so far…im being very negative..i hope they can turn it around very soon
And Church comes through.
Let’s do it, Ramon.
okay…c’mon castro. maybe
12 LOB. Please tell me we’re not gonna see this double digit stat all season.
i think we will
I said don’t tell me – lol.
yeah..that stat is awful to think about. at least castillo won’t be hitting next if we even get to the 8 spot.
C’mon watermelon head…
Baring a DP here, at least we won’t be seeing Castillo coming up.
Something tells me you won’t be seeing him tomorrow either…
Like I said…. no Castillo tomorrow…
good job castro…way to get a hit..excellent…he can take part in the 0-10 with RISP…good job mets
No way should we even be in this position.
12 LOB…..They have GOT to find a way to reverse this trend.
ugh…
c’mon reed. at least he’s not a guaranteed out like castillo would’ve been.
C’mon Jeremy….
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
ahahahahahaha yes!
reed!
woo hoo!
YES !!!!!!!!!!
At least someone knows how to hit with R.I.S.P.
Jeremy Reed is the MAN!
Clutch hitting what?
maybe reed can take wright under his wing and show him how to do that…ohhh man…how sweet it would be to take the lead and bring krod in
we’ve already burned our bench..
Jeremy Reed t-shirt jersey order… complete.
lol
i can already tell that the marlins are going to be more annoying than the phillies
Come on, get a run in. I think we’re out of bench players.
In case Cora doesn’t come through here… the Marlins don’t have Robert Andino on their bench, right?
top of the lineup coming up in the 10th…hopefully if feliciano can get them out
thank you! i guess all they needed was someone different! this is a game they just have to win now for mental stability. it can turn all the negative things into a positive
Oh man…..Real happy we tied but we’d better hold it and we’d better get something going in the 10th.
No spares left….
We’re fighting man. Gotta give credit to Jeremy Reed. He came through. He’s definitely earned some of our respect with that hit.
indeed. i like they that they have been fighting and clawing, let us just hope they finish the deal.
let us also not see hanley bat OR that blur get on base.
wow jerry has the balls to put in feliciano
o no…..
nah, that was the umpire….
when did cantu turn into keith?
i’m watching on mlb.tv and the game froze as soon as cora hit the ball in to play. i had no idea what happened. i was going crazy. bahhhhh
I think I would have brought Frankie in, but maybe they think we can bring this into the 10th with the other’s, score and than bring him in… We’ve given up 2 runs in 3 innings with the pen tonight. No excuse to give up anymore. Let’s get through this. Take the lead with the top of the order next inning and win this.
Like a General on the front lines would say…. HOLD!!!!!!!!!!!
when did cantu learn how to field his position?
REED!
It would have been nice to have Livan Hernandez here as an extra pinch hitter right now… Not sure who they’d go to. Maybe Santana.
that would be my guess..
oh nooooooo….feliciano…
yea risky to have him face righties.
jesus….here we go
anytime i hear a name that was involved with our bullpen last year i die a little inside.
thats exactly how I felt. We should have revamped the WHOLE bullpen
the name heilman scares the hell out of me.
lol..heilman and schowenweis…however you spell it…oh god…i cant even think about last year
feliciano has looked great this year though…feliciano was a bright spot last year…he just pitched too much last year…hes a lefty specialist…worked too much last year
wow. it looked awesome not seeing castillo playing at second.
Come on Feliciano… Two more outs.
have to win this game…they can not afford to let this get away. bring us all back to 06 a little bit
cant fault him for that….got the ground ball
ughh… tough break. we gotta out of this.
cantu is a gold glover and this guy suddenly has figured out how to get on base.
i am so nervous i feel sick
lol…yeah…he turned into keith
Is there anything that has gone right for us this game?
Bloop hits are killing us.
feliciano has looked nice this year so far
he’s not looking bad tonight. i’m still scared.
nice job feliciano..could be out of this inning…lets go mets…lets go…one more one more
i know it is like they are just battling uphill both ways in this one…it would only make it that much sweeter
O.K. nice K.
O’Day? Holding my breath here….
Honestly, I think anybody they brought in would make us hold our breath….
i’ve chewed off all my fingernails during this game lol
Ha-ha… I had a full head of hair….
nice job pedro, if it wasnt for emilios speed he would have had a 1 2 3 inning
feliciano did his job. got caught on one tough break because of bonifacio’s speed. he’s made a nice turn around the last couple days after making us lose it on tuesday
Darren O’day and Farful
who is sick right now? hanley…shrug
god nerve racking
Does anyone else hate this new layout? I have to scroll from the bottom to read new posts???
Agreed.
you know i thought after last year i could face anything..yet it is still nerve wrecking
Oh to be a Mets fan. it’s never easy….
Settle down, O’Day.
oh god
nice late inning pressure situation stats for hanley
TOOL
pitching around hanley to get to cantu
difference…the marlins can get runners in from 2nd with two outs…now im extremely nervous
whatever the outcome, that is the right move. can’t let hanley beat you. he’s too automatic.
Wow, I thought they traded Joe Smith.
jesus christ
I can’t believe it.
What happened
13 LOB.
Enough said.
unreal. this is last season
You know what, get rid of Darren O’Day. What’s this guy doing here? A middle reliever’s job is to be able to come into a game and get out of innings with runner’s on. There’s a reason this guy hasn’t lasted on a major league roster very long. This is why the Angels didn’t want to hold onto him. He walks guys. He can’t control his pitches.
Middle reliever pitching in the bottom of the 9th. What’s wrong with this picture?
It should have been KRod to protect the save we didn’t have b/c – I don’t know – 13 LOB……….
cmon guys its the same old crap as last year, this is a joke
You are absolutely correct.
I wonder when this team will get sick of the Marlins beating up on them
We were 10-8 against the Fish last year, and 11-7 the year before
Yeah, it just feels that the losses hurt more, than the wins feel good….
Exactly. I know we always win the season series, but the losses have been a lot more bitter in the last couple of years and they always, always play the Mets tough.
new season…last years stats dont even matter anymore..marlins beat the mets when it matters most
So let me get this straight, game number 4 is when it matters the most? You can’t be talking about last season because you just said that did not count. LOL.
I keep on telling you guys that Manuel is a stupid JO. Why wasn’t Frankie Rodriguez in the game?
We go through this every year. 99% of managers save their closer if the game is tied.
I thought not if you’re the visiting team, right? Between Putz and FrankieRod, we should have had it covered without having to go to Darren O’Freaking Day!
Slider think this through. So you bring in Krod and he gets the hold. Who pitches in the 10th to hold or save the game?
That’s true. I mean, if you’re going to rest K-Rod, but not Putz, I don’t really see how that makes sense. In a save situation, you want to use both of them. What bothered me is they didn’t even have him warmed up, for the option. It’s not like this is cold Cincy either. South Florida’s a more ideal place to warm up quicker.
If this were last year, unless it were the first month or two of the season, I’d never want Billy Wagner having the ball in the 9th, but hey, I don’t think I would have wanted any of those losers too. People can go ahead and keep saying Jerry Manuel’s some ”genius” or ”philosopher” all they want, yet he disappoints with some of the most basic things. Not just Tatis playing LF over Reed the other night, or letting Castillo dry out there, but this too.
Who pitches the 10th inning?
Because we didn’t have the lead?
And somebody had to pitch the tenth.
Damn right. I wanted to know why he wasn’t either. Maybe he figured he wanted to save him for Saturday and Sunday. I don’t see why he can’t pitch both games over the weekend now, but he should have came in. Feliciano got his job done, for the most part, than O’Day loses it. O’Day just isn’t that good. I said last night to people on here that we should be concerned about him, and well, we should. He may have not given up an earn run yet, but the three inherited runs he’s given up have been that crucial. If he gets out of that messy Ollie inning, the game would have eventually went 6-6. If he got out of a more reasonable Feliciano started jam, it’s 4-4. A couple of tie games. I could see maybe giving up a run in one of those appearances, but both? I just don’t trust this guy…
then what? use O’day in the 10th?
(hindsight is 20/20)
Exactly.
It’s pick your poison if the good relievers get rocked.
J.M. did the right thing there.
Oh well….. I guess it wasn’t meant to be….
Well, according to some ppl on here, the only problem in ‘08 was the bullpen. This happened over and over again last year where this offense cant hit with RISP. This is totally on the offense.
I wonder if there are any good hitting coaches available?
Keith has all the answers, why don’t they bring him down from the booth (I’m serious this time).
3 ER from the bullpen in 4 IP. That’s what I’m concerned about. I don’t these ”oh that’s a little bloop hit” crap… You know what, once, twice, fine, but it’s like we had to hear that five times today. We don’t have a good pitching match up tomorrow. We should have one this game. This is a game a tough team wins… We’ve got the talent, but we just ain’t tough. Not enough Daniel Murphy’s on this roster…
i dont get this…how can there be positives?…maine…good job…that to me is what spring training is for…what spring training is for also is to get used to HITTING WITH RUNNERS IN SCORING POSITION….but i guess they decided not to cover that…they have been terrible…oh my god
there isnt a positive the team is a joke again, our bullpen is not that good we cant get anyone out its upsetting
One positive i can take from this is that last year this game would have been over in the 5th…. the comeback is reminiscent of 2006, the wins will come….
That was tough……
A good fight by the Mets…..
But the Marlins did it again…….
1 for 12, that hurts…Can’t have that.
What ever happened to those opposite field drills????
OH DEAR GOD!!! Fire sale the entire roster. What a bunch of bums! Reyes, Wright, Beltran, Delgado, Santana, all WASHED UP!! IT’S OVER EVERYONE, WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR!!
ROFL!!!!!!!
Might as well give them their time. Nothing we say is going to make them rational or keep them from panicing.
Yeah, and while there at it, take down Citi-Field and bring back Shea.. ha-ha…
lol..haha
My big concern is that it seems the only team everyone is going to whip this year is the nats.
The NL East is going to be nasty this year.
We are going to need every single win out of division win we can get, because the East is a cat fight.
I stand correct. It wasn’t 13 LOB, for crying out loud it was actually 14.
Any two pushed across would have done it.
I’m really not trying to sound like I’m making excuses here. I agree leaving 14 men on base isn’t going to get the job done. One of the problems they will have untill at least next week is you only get a limited amount of time in the batting cage on the road. So if you’re in a funk either as a player or as a team it’s hard to break out. Got to get better I agree, but I’m willing to give the benefit of the doubt for now.
-no clutch hits. nice.
-bullpen got rocked, they are so lucky each guy only gave up a run.
yeah this isn’t familiar. now we get shutdown by Nolasco tomorrow.
So you did not see the 3 clutch hits in a row to tie?
did they lose?…yes…did they come through in the clutch at least half of the time?….no…why should met fans…given the last two years…feel happy right now?…when last year towards the end of the year they couldnt get a clutch hit to save their lives and now it continues into this year…good…they got 3 clutch hits to tie…and how is it 3?..i believe only reed had to get a clutch it…so…how can you feel good?…i just dont get it
I would like to add that last year when I was tearing up Howard Johnson everyone said I was picking on the wrong guy.
i dont believe it is howard johnson..just the fact that johnson can only do so much to help…he cant control if the players get clutch hits..which they cant…and thats the problem…they can all hit…its just the matter of being able to get the hit at the right time
LOL so only hits that drive IN runs are clutch now? You guys are crazy. It’s like there needs to be a definition of clutch and then we can always rely on it. You guys just adjust it to what ever you need at the time.
Yes we were TERRIBLE with RISP but to tell me that those are the only clutch AB’s? Getting 3 hits in a row against the Marlins closer who is throwing 95+ is clutch from every single one of them.
that is stupid…so when any team can get three hits off of a starting pitcher who is throwing 90-93 MPH…thats getting clutch hits?….no…thats stupid…when you have men on first and second with no outs…and you dont get any runs in…that is NOT clutch…
There was 1 out down by 1 in the top of the 9th and we get 3 straight hits. How is that not clutch? We missed a lot of opprotunities but those 3 hits against the other teams closer were clutch.
thereal, i more or less agree with you here, but generally, the “clutch” hitting was non-existent. had they cashed in at a poor level in any of the numerous chances they had earlier in the game, the game very well could have been over
Manuel sux. Either Putz or FrankRod should have been in to pitch the bottom or part of the bottom of the 9th. O’Day????? Are you freaking kidding me???
Thank you Dr. Hibbert. (Hohohohoho.)
You don’t bring in your closer in a tie game and Putz was taken out for a pinchitter
Strange but I was under the impression that you have to sub out a pitcher once he is hit for. Hmmm. You are right Jerry IS The Idiot.
I have so many words, that it’s probably better off that I just keep my mouth shut. Unbelievable.
Different faces, same results….
Ain’t that the truth. This team will be lucky to finish third in the division. No timely hits. This is why they should have gotten Manny.
D.U.M.B.A.S.S.
why is he a d.u.m.b.a.s.s?…the manny is a little extreme…but hes right…phillies and atlanta are going to tear us apart…especially since we dont get big hits when they count….marlins dont have a problem doing that…
why are you always being such a dick?
not u krod that dick sylar
I said it because he is saying, after THE FOURTH GAME OF THE SEASON, that we’ll be lucky to finish in 3rd.
Keep on living in your fantasy world Sylar.
It’s the fourth game of the season, and I’m not living in a fantasy, I’m just not acting like a chicken with his head cut off.
I think we hurt his feelings
I don’t think Sylar has to say that, for people to know that. We all know the season isn’t ”over.” We all know it’s unlikely we’d end up in 3rd. We all know the Marlins and Braves, even if it takes a month or two, will revert back to their .500 ways. To say the Phillies will eat us alive, when they struggle with RISP too, and can’t get any quality starts, nor an ace who can consistently get past 86 MPH, it doesn’t make sense to say that. All of our games have been close. Even if we haven’t started out like the Marlins, we sure haven’t started out like the Phillies or Nats.
ROFL.
Too funny…
I mean we hurt her feelings
at least just throw it to hanley. i mean, anything to the outfield and he was in standing on second.
don’t GIVE them the game in EVERY way. i would rather two hits beat me than to just advance the runners.
that said, once again, it came down to hits when it mattered. the mets did not (save reed) in many more chances than did the marlins. a three-hit two out rally late with another clutch two out hit in the ninth to win it.
put it in the books. tough, tough loss in a lot of ways. pen, overall, i don’t know to this point. at this rate, even if they don’t give up runs they will burnt by june. “clutch” hitting, i don’t know. castillo?
just looking a lot more like last season than i wanted to see already.
So, you guys are ok with Jerry’s use of the bullpen tonight?
yeah fine with it
Not really, but if Parnell and Green didn’t give up runs, or reasonable expecting, only one of them gave up one run, it’s a 4-3 ball game that JJ sets up and Frankie closes. Frankie should have been in the game, after Feliciano took care of the lefty. You put talent up against talent. That’s what you do with Hanley. You don’t back down like O’Day did, leaving RISP. The odds of Hanley beating you with a double or home run are less than Cantu with a single.
obviously you can not see the walk before it happens, but i would rather see them get “beat” than make it easier on them to beat them if that makes any sense. that is, don’t walk the guy and just move everyone up a base. make the opponent make the play to beat you.
With O’Day, I could have seen that walk coming. I knew he was going to throw around Hanley, because he’s had a great game. O’Day’s had a tough time gathering his command. Point is, with runner on 1st and 2 out, you want Frankie in there. He gets the one out, you score, and he gets through the 10th inning. The top of the order was coming up, so if Frankie would have come to bat, the Mets would have had to score a couple runs, which would have been fine leaving him in. This is how I would have done it. I don’t agree with Jerry’s selection of who he used, but I guess it doesn’t matter. The game is over. I just don’t like seeing this play out. I think Jerry’s relying way too much on his middle relieving core, to use them instead of K-Rod, at least.
I don’t care what “The Book” says. FrankieRod should have been in the game instead of O’Day.
Who pitches the 10th?
Sorry. The 9th. Whatever. Same argument. Same result.
Why not Frankie? If he only comes in for one out, is it really that much to ask for the 10th inning out of him? I don’t care if it’s a save situation, or a win. What I want is a win. K-Rod’s the guy who gives you the best chance to win, at that point in the game. Now, if we didn’t score, and got through the tenth, than it’s a legit question to ask, but ideally you go with Stokes, with the anticipation he could go 2-3 IP, if need be, although he might not have not been able to do that on back-to-back days.
Look if a guy is in our pen then Jerry should be able to use him late in a tie game.
This is on O’day not on Jerry. If it was late in the season and O’day had an ERA of 6 then you might have a case. But for right now it was the EASY call. You would not have gotten ANY manager who would use their closer there.
We know we have a rock solid closer and set up man. They’ve only given up one earned run in five combined innings. Pretty good ERA. We could even say we have a pretty decent long reliever. It’s everything in between that’s questionable.
Same crap every year. You will not win with the chemistry of this team. They are surely lacking a big time hittet.
Blah, blah, I’m in love with Manny’s fro, blah blah
Doesn’t have to me Manny. Could be anyone. But this team needs a big time hitter who will continuely come up with the big RBI’s
And you want him to take who’s spot?
Murphy or Church?
too many should/woulda/couldas in this game.
If we didn’t leave so many on base.
If Tatis didn’t just miss.
If there weren’t those couple/three bloop hits.
If Cantu didn’t look like a gold glover tonight.
Could go on and on…
This is one we could have won.
It is what it is – that’s why it’s called Baseball.
Come out tomorrow, shake it off, shake it up a bit and give Livan some run support.
AAAAAAAA……..MEN!!!!!!!!!!
Exactly. Lots of if’s. But it all doesn’t matter. The point is, the best thing we can take out of this game is John Maine had a solid outing. 2 of our 4 main SP’s have looked good so far. Pelfrey looked good in between the 2nd & 5th inning of his game too. Compare that to the Phillies. Moyer and Myers looked good after the 3rd, kind of like Pelfrey after the second, but Blanton and Cole were lit up like christmas trees, while Ollie was for us. Also, the Jeremy Reed hit was pretty nice. The biggest concern, to me, is the middle reliever’s, basically, everyone except K-Rod, Putz and Stokes. Either way, we go into tomorrow’s came poised and ready. Just like after not scoring much on Opening day, we have to go out and score right away.
i agree with you, it is just that in the end, for how horrid the phillies have looked if the mets lose tomorrow and phillies win…they have the same records……AND the marlins are 5-0
again, i agree, but i am having a tough tough time with moral victories at this point. i was looking for the mets to be world beaters from day 1 and show some guts, some (sorry to bring this word in so soon) fire….knock teams around and show some swagger….instead i see a lot of the recent past and it has me worried
PLEASE don’t bring back the heart and fire comments. That is too subjective and you can see whatever you want. I saw tons of FIRE and HEART in this team already this season. FIRE and HEART don’t hit with RISP, the players do.
i did not even want to say it or use that word, it was more of a joke, given the past few seasons on here, but i do wish they (this may be a better choice) showed some of that 86 bravado and a had a take no prisioners attitude….if you see what i am trying to say.
you are preaching to me, though, i said it enough last season, even with everything that went down last year they still would have had the east with better execution with RISP
That’s what I would have loved too, but if that was your expectation, well, it was a high expectation. It’s reasonable to believe, that over the duration of the season, we’ll get that ‘’swagger”, but starting out the gate firing takes a lot. I mean, look at ‘07. Remember how they started? What did that mean to what would occur after June 1st that year? The idea is to start out good. The Mets have started out okay. Up to this point, I could understand a little frustration, but it shouldn’t be anything over the top. We won 2 out of 3 in Cincy, which was our goal. Sure, a sweep would have been great, but that’s a high expectation. It’s high to expect any team to go in and sweep a team with good pitching. Now, in Florida, the idea is the same. Win 2 of 3. We can still do that, but it might not be as easy. It would have been nice to win this game, but we didn’t. We just have to live with that. I think we had a better chance to win this game, than last, because Ollie just didn’t have it. When you get a quality start, you believe you should be in the game. Not hitting with RISP cost us the game, but so did the middle relieving core. What we need to do is go as the plan before the season started. That plan is to get into the 8th inning with a lead as often as possible. We blew 29 saves last season. I believe we won 9 of those, so actually, we had commanding leads, in 108 games, going into the late innings of the games. If we can get quality starts out of our main 4, and our hitter’s don’t turn into a bunch of p*ssies with RISP, than setting up JJ and K-Rod won’t be too hard.
The main problem, I got right now, is Luis Castillo. I just don’t think the guy has it. Even Rey Ordonez had a more occasional hit than this guy a decade ago. It’s becoming too much. I say sign back Easley, let Tatis start, give more starts to Cora, grow a set and let Murphy go there, or hell, even call up Ramon Martinez.
great post
I’m looking forward to seeing tomorrow’s game.
I’m sure Livian isn’t the savior, but if he gives us 6 2/3 solid, and we’re in the lead, I’ll be happy.
This team is too talented to leave that many runs on the table night after night.
Again,the minute The Mets have a tough loss,all the fair weather fans come out of the woodwork and turn into a bunch of Chicken Littles.Typical.
People relax,I know they disappointed all of us tonight with a lack of clutch hitting and shoddy bullpen work,but lets not jump off the bridge just yet…
Why not? We would not fall far, too many dead bodies underneath us. Oh well, more pie for us.
Thank you for that, I was actually starting to get down on myself reading all the doo and gloom.
“lets not jump off a bridge just yet” i recall a few of you guys saying that all of last year too. Game 4 counts as much as game 162. The other weakness wasnt addressed in the offseason(offense) so this will probably happen way toomany times this year. Just dont have this attitude that the Mets are better than the Phillies, Braves and Marlins when they have choked 2 years in a row. They havent won a damn thing for Mets fans to be cocky.
Who is saying they are? We are just saying that to panic at this point is just plain stupid. We were 2-1 going into a stadium where the other team is a good team as well and is 3-0. Why do we have to 100% win the game or we are a bad team? Did you expect to sweep them?
trs, why is unrealistic to think the Mets shouldnt be able to sweep the freaking Marlins?? This game couldve easily been won if a couple of our big hitters come through for a change with RISP. Different year but the same results…DEJA VU. It will haunt the team and fans until they show they can consistently cash runners in. The bullpen wasnt the only problem, i said this all offseason, and we are seeing it already in ‘09.
Thats some sense of entitlement. So the Mets should sweep a team that some are predicting could compete for the NL EAST? The Mets should win EVERY close game?
say what you want. don’t tell me what kind of fan i am. i am for them 100 percent or i would not waste my time here…i just can’t ignore the similarities to this game and many of last season. if you can fine, you will not hear me calling you a pollyanna, all i ask is you don’t do the same
Yes but the lack of timely hitting and crappy bullpen work has been going on for the last 2 years.
4th game of the year–still a tough loss
played with a lot of heart – and played hard
most important thing is maine – hit 94 consistently
a lot of depth on this team to see reed come in also shef tatis cora and castro -
Thank you.
Maine gave up only two hits – albeit 2 solo HRs.
He’s looking good, he’ll go deeper, we won’t see BP guys overused.
When you’re starter gives up just 2 runs, and you have the offense we have, you should find a way to win. And for the most part, I believe we’ll do just that.
Another note to some of you Negative Creeps out there…it was the FOURTH game of the season.If you’re going to give up on “your team” already,do it now.Real fans don’t need you around anyhow…
you arent understanding…this also happened towards the end of last year and we all know what happened…why should we feel any different?…and not to mention the game we won 9-7..we got a lot of breaks..its still a win…but we didnt win with actual hits..we got breaks…
enterkrod says:
April 10, 2009 at 10:47 pm
new season…last years stats dont even matter anymore..
thanks, i am glad a “real fan” was here to lay it all out for me.
Well boys and Girls…., it’s been real… it’s been fun…. but it hasn’t been real fun…., here’s hoping that tomorrow will be a Kick… day….LETS GO METS….. carajo!!!!!!!!!
somebody i can agree with. cya tomorrow
I’ll just say this once:
Stop acting like the sky is falling, and get a grip on reality.
This ONE game, the FOURTH of the season does not condem.n us to 3rd place, does not mean the entire team is un-clutch, and does not mean this is 2008 all over again.
Seriously..
again though…how did they do with RISP at towards the end of last year?
enterkrod says:
April 10, 2009 at 10:47 pm
new season…last years stats dont even matter anymore..
He he he he, oh my I make myself laugh somtimes.
indeed…uh, how are they with risp this season ;-)
seriously… stop being a dick were jus talking about what happened so far. You get a grip stop being such a grandma. The seasons not over, the seasons not over blah, blah, blah. We know
Sorry but why on earth would you come on THIS blog and call anyone a dick? The guy may be over reacting but so are most people on here.
I’m not being a Grandma, I am sick to death of seeing all these “the season is over” posts so early on the season. I see it on Mets.com all the time, and on here.
Oh, and hilarious with the “her” reference; did you use your 6th grade education to come up with that joke
did you use your pre-k sped education to come up with that?
You need to take it down a notch. If you’re going to give out it out, as in your own opinions, you’re going to have to be able to take it – as in others opinions. –Even when you don’t agree.
Is this intended for me??? If so, you’re probably right… it’s just incredibly annoying to try to rationalize here when all the posts are doom and gloom. I’ll try to be less vulgar though….
Sylar I think we just need to understand that at 11:00 on a Friday night after losing a game that this message board is not going to be full of rational people.
Absolutely not. It’s for our young fan, MetFan46
my posts are not doom and gloom, it is just when they lose, more often than not it is because they did something wrong. i just try to see how they did wrong and why?
i can see the positives, even in the game tonight, but when they lose, for me i would rather try to see where the team is failing, see them try to “fix” it, change something…etc..perhaps it is not how you rationalize the game…but with all the people here there are going to be differences.
having been here the past few seasons, that is my only problem here. i see more people with the “positive spin” go out of there way to “bash” people who have a “negative spin,” even if they truly do not. i am fully aware it goes both ways, all too well, but i take offense when people make blanket statements about “doom and gloom” “fair-weather fans” “real fans.” i do not focus people out or try to tell them how to root, how to feel…etc…every one has an opinion and let’s be real, for the people that have been here and choose to come here…..in the end….WE ARE ALL FANS which i think sometimes gets forgotten.
rant over. go mets.
You don’t have to call anyone a dick or grandma lol Take it easy. He’s just saying people shouldn’t overreact. We’re emotional fans. I think what he’s getting at is that people complain and moan more than try to rationalize this. I know I’ve been guilty of that too though… It’s no big deal. We’re 2-2. It’s only been 4 games.
That’s my point. It’s like we think that we should win EVERY game and if we lose to the 3-0 Marlins in Florida in the bottom of the 9th with a walk off hit that we are a bad team. Did you seriously expect to sweep them?
huh??, a proper winning mentality would be going into Florida thinking you could take all three games. I bet the Phillies think they could sweep any team at any time.
I didn’t expect a sweep, but I think 2 out of 3 is more than reasonable. Yeah, it’s on the road, but those three Marlins wins did come against the Nats, before this game. Tip your hit to them, for winning again, but the bottom line is, we got to get tougher and win these tight ball games. What I’m afraid is, Johan gives us a really nice outing on Sunday, like 7 IP 1 ER 8 K, something like that, but we only score one run, and leave like 8 runners on. That’d bother me. I think Luis Castillo is much of the problem, and they need to grow a set and do something about it.
I didn’t say the team shouldn’t expected they can’t each individual game they play. What I said was, that we’re fans, and we need to rationalize. Yes, going into every game, we should root and think we can win every game, but we all know no one ever win’s every game. So, you set reasonable goals, and you try to exceed beyond that. You go for the sweep, but if you end up with 2 of 3, it’s still a good series, especially on the road.
At least all of our games have been close too. One thing I know we’ll keep see is exciting games.
Game one: 2-1
Game two: 9-7
Game three: 8-6
Game four: 5-4
Compare that to the Phillies and it’s totally different. They were lucky to win that one game. The first two games were somewhat close, but they looked like crap today. I still think we can win Saturday and Sunday’s game. Coming out of this series with 2 of 3, being 4-2, going back to Citi, is good. That’s what we got to aim for.
just saw that wagner is gunning for a july return.
thoughts on this one?
Mixed feelings. On one hand, I think he really intensifies our middle relieving core, but at the same time, I don’t know if he’s got the mentality and guts to handle succeeding here. When I think of him, I think the same thing as I did with Armando Benitez. We’re paying him a lot of money, and he has more to offer us than Feliciano, so we should get as much out of him as we can. Maybe we can use him as a trade chip, come the deadline, offering to pay most to all of his salary. Maybe we can combine that with Castillo, to get him off our hands. I don’t think anyone would bite on that, but you never know.
yeah, i mean it all depends on how things are at the time, but if he has his stuff you would have to think he could provide something. could be an interesting situation if he keeps his schedule.
If Percival gets hurt again, or isn’t that effective, I could see the Rays asking about him. Maybe they’d offer us Chad Bradford, who’s due 3.6 million. The Mets could offer to pay everything beyond 3.6 million, in the same. Bradford’s the kind of reliever we could use. He’s more useful than O’Day. He’s got postseason experience and did well as a Met. I still don’t understand why Omar wanted two lefty middle relievers, three overall, going into ‘08. In ‘06, Oliver was a long reliever. It doesn’t really matter if you got a lefty or righty long reliever. Re-signing Bradford, for the same contract, or neither, would have been a better option. There’s a lot of different things the Mets could do with Wagner, if he’s healthy and looking good come July though.
I know the deal wouldn’t sound fully even, looking at it from a distance, but even if Wagner does come back in July, he’s still an injury risk down the stretch. He’d give the Rays more insurace in the closer’s role. They’ve actually been looking to move Bradford, because of his salary, but haven’t had any biters because of the market. The reason I’d want Chad over him though would be because he’s got a better psyche. Billy’s turned more into a meltdown closer, but in a lesser role, he may thrive.
that is what i am thinking. if he has it together, to a lesser degree i think he could be trade bait, but with that salary it would be tough. that said, they are paying him anyway, so if he could bring something, they could more or less eat it.
even more though, i think there could be a use for the mets. it would be in that lesser role, but it could turn out to be a positive. only time will tell, but i remember him being so broken up about the injury i would love for him to come back and contribute, and i think so would he
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