Tonight’s Game:
The Mets (4-4, 1-1 Home) play the rubber-game of their inaugural three-game series at Citi Field versus the Padres (6-3, 1-1 Road) tonight, starting at 7:10 p.m. EDT.
On the Mound:
- RHP John Maine (0-0, 3.60 ERA) will start for the Mets. Maine earned a no decision in his last start on April 10 versus the Marlins, allowing two runs on two hits (2 HR) and a walk, while striking out five over 5.0 IP. He has two career starts versus the Padres, but has yet to record a decision allowing seven runs over 11.2 IP. Maine’s last start versus the Padres came in August of 2007.
- RHP Jake Peavy (1-1, 3.52 ERA) will pitch for the Padres. Peavy earned the win in his last start on April 11 versus the Giants, allowing three runs on seven hits, while striking out 10 over 8.1 IP. He is 4-2 with a 3.32 ERA in nine career starts versus the Mets.
At the Plate:
- Jose Reyes, SS
- Daniel Murphy, LF
- David Wright, 3B
- Carlos Delgado, 1B
- Carlos Beltran, CF
- Ryan Church, RF
- Ramon Castro, C
- Luis Castillo, 2B
- John Maine, P
Stats:
- Carlos Beltran, who is riding a current 13-game hit streak, is 5-for-16 (.313) in his career versus Peavy.
- The Mets lead the National League with eight errors this season.
- Ryan Church leads the National League with six doubles this season. He is batting .364 in 11 career at-bats against Peavy.
- Mets relievers have retired the first batter they have faced 70% (21-for-30) of the time this season.
- Adrian Gonzalez has homered in each of the first two games of the series. He is 2-for-8 (.250) with a homerun in his career versus Maine.
- The Padres are batting .188 this season after the sixth inning, second worst the National League.
Random Thoughts:
- Despite misplacing a couple off-speed pitches, Mainer was outstanding in his last start. His fastball had life and he seemed to be pitching a bit more free and easy, trusting that his shoulder is healthy.
- I called Ollie’s quality start last night, so I’ll try to go 2-for-2 and say the Mets get to Peavy early and win the rubber-game of the series.
Tonight’s Broadcast:
- Tonight’s game 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!
hey guys got this from mlbtr
- these are some of tim's picks for rookie of the year look who's on it
National League: Jordan Zimmermann, Jordan Schafer, Kenshin Kawakami, Colby Rasmus, Tommy Hanson, Cameron Maybin, Carlos Carrasco, James McDonald, Chris Perez, Jeff Samardzija, Dexter Fowler, Alcides Escobar, Brett Wallace, Mat Gamel, Jason Donald, Jonathon Niese, Andrew McCutchen
- nice to see neise there – just worries me if he did get the call up cuz pelf or someone else went down – also surprised parnell wasnt listed
good evening my friends its time for the usual "this day in mets infamy" so here we go yo
birthday wishes go out to former mets catcher and current giants manager Bruce "slim fast"Bochy (1955)
also is the man who we thought was going to be the second baseman of the future Fernando "steroids" Vina (1969)
also on this date in 02 – bobby v had to take a restraining order out on mo vaughn cuz he was threatening to eat at his resturaunt across from shea and not pay the bill if bobby didn't add him to the roster
and on a serious note guys i think we should start a petition to get my tidbits into the mets hall of fame museum – thoughts comments??
Rusty himself? Yes definitely. Lagranderusty10? Not yet….you have to earn it with a solid decade and a half of "this day in Mets infamy" posts.
Since when does Pepsi sponsor Metsblog's pregame?
since the geico gekko was crushed by that ceo douche lol
I hate Geico commercials.
i like the gekko – hate the caveman – he reminds me of a young johnny damon lol
Lol, I also hate the new money with eyes thing. Truly horrible commercials.
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This should be a pretty good game…
since when does pepsi sponsor the pregame post? selling out once again cerrone
Yeah, its soooo affects the quality of the blog for it to actually generate revenue. I hope that was sarcasm. As long as there are no pop-ups im ok.
Sigh…..
That is beyond silly. It has been a couple days…and why is a BAD thing for Matt to get more advertising revenue for the free service he provides you? This guy started this blog as a lark in college and as a huge fan…he has turned it, in short order, into a way to make a living. GOOD FOR HIM!
Are you that jealous of peoples' successes that you must call them "sellouts" for making a buck? How do you feed your family? I'd imagine you do something that makes you some money.
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Well done, Gipp!
Good God, what are those who voted for "a sellout to pepsi" smoking?????
I heard theres problem with the citi field seats what happened??
Don't be that guy.
Mets are gonna win no doubt about…. Jake Peavy got nothing on the mets lineup
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Let's Go Mets….let's jump on Peavy for a bunch of runs early and often!
Nothing beats team history.
Hey John Maine: Guess what. You're going to get into trouble at some point tonight. Man on second with no outs. Walk and a fluke hit gets em on the corners with one out. Whatever it is, it will happen. But here's the thing: THAT'S NOT THE TIME TO GO TO PIECES. Take a breath, get your outs, and be a man. You have to learn to pitch through adversity. Let's see some maturity tonight.
Let's Go Mets!
2 out
T ime to get to Peavy…
Love when Jose gets on base to start an inning.
Sign him up to play LF
WOW! Nice catch kid!!! Sign that kid up!!!!
That was a sweet play
Especially for a kid.
This is when you score
Well…most teams you would expect it…the Metsies, we HOPE.
Just kidding, way to work a base on balls Murph.
Cmon David…
BALK! Rule I never knew about. Throw to an unoccupied base, it's a balk….
Book it as a balk.
DELGADO !!!!
Gone – Goodbye!
C'mon….let's capitalize! As I was typing that DELGADO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CARLOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Delgado!!!
I want to see him hit the bridge.
commie, del got it!
Clearly………Peavey is now ready to be a Met.
Hit / Walk / Balk / SO / 3 run bomb.
LOL
He is like the lovechild of Heilman and Benitez. Ugh…not a good thought.
LMAO……good one
DELGOTIT!!!!
And just like that, 3 runs on the board. Love it when we score early.
Bah, Peavy. Mets only have to be afraid of those no name rookies we can never seem to beat.
Isn't that the truth!!!!
O.K., nice play. But what's the idea of that cap Gonzolas wears?
The poor dear is chilly. Needs earmuffs.
LOL !!!
Be vewy vewy quiet……..I'm hunting wabbits……….
lol
Looking at those empty seats makes me wonder if the Wilpons understands why they are empty
Gonzalez would be a great pick up in the future.
Carlos!!! What a blast!
I stood on that bridge all night last night with glove, just waiting to catch a left handed bomb and Delgado drops it there tonight. Oh well. Peavy doesn't see the 5th inning tonight.
Not with 40 pitches in the first already.
40 pitches already for Peavy and its the 1st.
This is by the worst comment system Matt has put to use on his site. It's like from day to day, you have no idea how it is going to work, if the comments will all be there, if they will be in order. Horrible. Anyway, can David Wright learn some situation hitting? We have Delgado to hit 3 run bombs (like he did), David needs to ease up a bit and get back to the basics. I'm sure he'll have a fine season, but he IS striking out too much.
Agreed. This sucks. How hard is it to have comments that post chronologically, with nesting built in. Kind of like ANY BLOG comments section. jeez.
Not a fan either….
Try using Last Activity. Works pretty good for me. List the latest posts and/or replies to posts at the top. Of course, you then have to scroll down to the bottom to post a comment, which isn't fun.
Refresh does not work at all, for whatever reason
interesting, thanks for the tip
Meant to say you have to keep clicking Last Activity to see the latest and greatest instead of clicking refresh all the time.
Wow 44 pitches.
Maine looking pretty sharp, that's why I don't put much stock into spring training…unless we're talking Freddy Garcia.
Nice throw by Shrek. Keep it up Mainer!!
Come on, who voted no in that poll? lol I'm liking what I'm seeing. Maine's gotten off to a good start. If we can get him back to where he was in '07, he could be the 2 SP of this staff. Hopefully Mike comes back healthy soon…
John Maine's doing alright. Pitcher's aren't going to be perfect. He might give up a run or two, but we need some extra run support.
Post are going all over the place tonight
I love the fact that we can rock or at least, get after top flight aces, yet since 2005, we can't hit for sh*t against career journeymen with 6+ ERAs.
Very well said, gipper!
Uh oh. C'mon Mainer!
Come on John, this is the bottom of the order in a weak line-up. Get out of this.
The problem is that the Yankees lost 10-2.
Ha! Good one.
WTF Maine, are you trying to give back the entire lead in one inning?
David Eckstein is going to continue to remind the Mets of their stupidity all season. If you offer him a platoon with Castillo for double of what he got in SD, I don't see why he wouldn't have come. It'd cost less than Cora, who appears to be an overpaid back up IF. Maine has to get his head on his shoulder's now and pitch the ball right. He's just giving in.
Off topic, but I think this year there will be a giant bench clearing brawl between either the Braves and Marlins or the Mets and Marlins……….just a hunch.
Should have went for 2 Carlos
Was that a brain freeze on Delgado's part? Why no throw to second?
Man, I hate these intentional walks. This better work out to get that 3rd out….
Why cant someone just plunk that little imp Eckstein. I want to see that POS writhing in pain.
God these pitchers suck.
LET'S GO METS!
3-0 lead against Peavy, and we give it right back. So depressing.
Don't keep clicking Refresh. It doesn't work with this format real well.
Just keep clicking, 'Last Activity'. That will at least show the latest posts and/or replies to that post at the top. You'll have to then scroll down to the bottom though to post a new comment.
For crying out loud….
Nice diving effort by Castillo on the Headley base hit.
Jeez
And people wonder why I occasionally call this bunch cowards lol My god. A three run lead to start the game. What more could you ask for? Outside of Johan, it feels like it's an average pitching staff, on good days.
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Maine f–king sucks. Nice job blowing a 3 run lead in one inning, moron
I mean, a .194 hitter… It's not Headley getting a hit. It's John Maine throwing balls and having to give in.
Get someone up in that BP…..
Just yank him Jerry. Do you want to win the game or do you want to let this loser get abused?
Kids, if there is one thing you can take out of this inning it is this..DON'T WALK THE LEAD-OFF BATTER WITHA 3 RUN LEAD!!!…especially when that lead-off hitter is the #7 for one of the worst line-ups in the game….John Maine, you are officially a goat. Way to go mets pitchers, as usual you have blown the lead.
5-3 Padres. Maine is garbage
YUCK.
Tom one problem with that theory…eckstein has a winning metnality and is a proven winner..that kind of attitude cannot be tolerated on this roster.
True
(Smacks forehead)
No, he's not a winning player.
He's a very mediocre player who got to win 2 WS
The guy comes through A LOT in big spots
"Got to win 2 WS", he was MVP of the series!
Maine and Ollie would be the best pitchers in the league if there were only 2 outs in an inning
Finally. That's about 4 runs too late…..
Crap
This team is going nowhere this year. This pitching is, quite frankly, atrocious.
agreed. pathetic.
now the bats will prob go silent with RISP for the remainder of the game.
prove me wrong mets ( I hope you do)
agreed on pitching thus far. not sold on team going nowhere tho
It's just so frustrating because they give the lead away and you kiss the game good bye.
well, i will suggest you change your wording to," the bats will CONTINUE to go silent with RISP for the remainder of the game."
We're toast this year unless these pitchers develop more than 2 pitches each.
As is usual, Omar addressed last year's problem only (the pen), without tackling or anticipating this year's problem (the rotation).
Nailed it. Omar is always on top of last year's problems.
That was painful
no really another memorable Met clutch perfomance going on!
And this is just about the time where Peavy begins to throw a gem.
We need to sign sheets and trade for Hallady
The Mets should've acquired Eckstein just so they could bury him in the minors and never have to face him again
want to see where this will end up…
This blog is like Maine tonight it started out good then your post starts going all over the place like Maine pitches
Tomorrow marks the return of
Willie " I could have won game 7 but decided to go for a Yankee moment by batting Floyd instead of bunting " Randolph.
Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fire Omar Now!
Do something novel here. Get those runs back in the bottom of this inning.
OK……nice AB David…let's get those runs back.
ooooooh, an oversensitive Mets fan is going to give you a thumbs down for that comment…
Or an intelligent one
Yeah they give away ws mvp awards to schmucks.
Winning a WS MVP doesn't mean you're a good player
Yeah it just means he was the most responsible for team winning a world seriesring. He's pesky, doesn't get cheated, and seems tolove batting with runners on, and seems to love the big stage..thats a winner in my book.
You must be kidding
MVP= Most Valuable Player..world series mvp= best player in that specific world series…it means under the biggest stage, you performed very good. how many former ws mvp's on this team? how many player with rings?
Umm………none ?.
Umm…………..see = Omar Minaya ?.
FireSchneider = I agree with you …. my prior reply was directed at Sylar.
Yeah i realized that as i was posting, but my space bar is jammed and typing is a such an aggrivating proccess, that once i got that message out i was not erasing it.
Great. So now it's up to Castro, who I don't think has a hit yet this season. He's due.
This lineup is pretty weak after the 6th batter.
Easy trivia question tonight. Rusty Staub and Ty Cobb.
Is it me or does Ramon Castro suck at hitting? I used to this it was an advantage seeing him in the line up over Schneider. The guy feels like an automatic out or automatic K every time up.
Who will sign a petition to make the posting format exactly like it was last year? This mess is deterring me–and I'm sure many others–from participating…
Did anyone think that Castro was going to get a hit???????? Worst hitting catchers in baseball.
Peavey has 83 pitches thru 3 innings………again…….ready to be a Met any day now
Well, at least he came back with that 1-2-3 inning. Showed something there.
I think Maine will get better by the end of April. Don't think he was quite ready for the start of the season yet. He said his mechanics were still off b/c he's been pitching different for the past year and a half to compensate for that shoulder pain.
I hear you, but theres no excuse for walking the 7th hitter with a 3 run lead to lead of the inning…that never turns out good
I hate Peavy. Castillo needed to be running faster there.
THIS COMMENT SYSTEM SUCKS!!! REPLY TO THIS POST IF YOU WANT IT CHANGED!!!!
Rumor is very shortly, it's gonna change and your gonna have to have a Facebook account to post comments on this blog……
What ???????????????????????????????????????????
Yeah, I heard that last night from a long time poster who got it directly from Matt.
I don't know about you, but I have no interest in setting up a Facebook account.
Me neither. All the people I work with are Facebook robots. Goodbye blog if that's the case.
Does that mean other posters SEE your facebook account?
I really have no idea b/c I don't have a Facebook account. Don't know anything about it…
agree 100%!!! it totally sucks!!!
The comment system changed so big brother would have more control. Adding facebook accounts also gives big brother more control.
Way to not take advantage of moving Luis Castillo with no outs again. We should be greatful Luis is doing his job and John can't cash in, multiple times.
Way to go jerk off. You're sitting there all game, you know the wall is weirdly shaped and you got Jose Reyes on 1st. You know what, the security staff in this stadium are a bunch of nobodies if they don't have the balls to throw his ass out of the stadium. I bet that run is a big run in this game.
The comment system on here is so unorganized it's almost not worth talking on here. Why fix what's not broken? Matt keeps talking about technical problems. He wouldn't have them if he didn't screw with what's alright.
You got to come through Wright.
Somebody smack that punk upside the head! Stupid Bartman impression.
seriously, that person doesn't deserve to be a baseball fan
Someobody smack Wright upside the head, thats twice today!
Oh I totally missed a Bartman impression. Bartman's one of my favorite funniest people.
I hear a lot of boos on TV.
Wright is clutch my ass.
BIG SHOCK FROM MR. UNCLUTCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 13 K IN 34 AB!!!! OVER-RATED!!!!!!!!!!
so who'd u rather have as our 3b?
Hi Alex……how's the hip ?
Just awefull….trulypathetic from wright….wonder why people say he isn't clutch?
13 Ks in 34 AB for Wright…. is he turning into Howard?
Wow
2nd and 3rd 2 out, no runs score, again. Deja vu. Only thing time, it's a Steve Bartman imitator. No fan should be able to reach over the fence like that, no matter what the team or stadium is. If it comes bounce up to you, fine, but it should be common sense not to try to hurt your own team. I know the kid wasn't thinknig like that. I have no clue why people are so intense about getting these balls either. It's worth like ten dollars lol
David Wright is turning into Ryan Howard, except much less clutch.
Wright leaves two RISP. Shocker.
A-Rod Jr.
is it me or is Wright's # of K so far a little alarming?
He has 13 in 34. That's horrible, and if he continues at this rate, he'll set the all time K record
it's bad, no, horrible, but we'll see how it plays out, if he keeps this up, you have to put Beltran 3rd.
I'm more concerned that as he continues to struggle he will continue to keep pressing harder and harder.
Brutal. Batting him third is the worst move Manuel ever made.
Tickets to Citi Field should be pretty plentiful next season. I really cant see the bandwagon fans sticking around much longer.
this team is terrible with RISP
It's getting to the point now where if Wright is up with 2 outs and RISP, I just change the channel…
Here comes a homerun.
Well, a triple.
This team will finish 70-92.
WHY can we never seem to get these big hits that others get all the time against us?
Think of it as an 8 cylinder engine running on 6 cylinders
so that's what a two out rbi looks like
Of course a 99 loss team can do all that with 2 outs, but we can't with one of the fastest runners in baseball, because we have senseless baseball fans planted in our front rows.
Another run… I am going to be so pissed if we lose this series… all because of that moronic scrub Maine
The only way we're winning the game is if we start hitting the ball. All the Mets do is hit in one inning though. It's so repetitive. They don't deserve anything if they can't withhold a respectable lead, off one of the best pitcher's in the game. Against Peavy, you need to put extra effort. It's just not there. It has to come soon.
EPIC FAIL
and here comes a couple of 1-2-3 innings for the mets batters
The Mets did this last year…giving up tons of 2-out runs. Never seem to a able to close out an inning. Santana + 4 question marks are not going to win this division.
Frankly, I don't see what Baseball Prospectus sees here.
Unfortunately it looks like Santana is the only solid pitcher in this rotation. Omar needs to start looking to pick up another arm, especially with Pelfrey seeing possible time on the DL. The way the Mets handle injuries, who knows how serious it will be.
Sure. Pitchers are plentiful this time of year. Face it……they screwed up in the off season.
Heres the problem, its not so much that these pitchers have horrible stuff, but that they seem to put themselves in the worst possible positions. When you can throw the ball 93+ mph, and you have the lead, and shitty hitters are coming up in a shitty line-up..YOU CANNOT WALK THE BATTER! throw him a goddamn meatball, but don't give a guy a free base that at the very worst can hit a double if he gets a hold of one.
Maine needs to realize that the slider only works when you set it up with a FB. When you throw 4 sliders in a row it doesn't fool anybody.
Mets walk someone, and ALWAYS pay the price.
Omar, the answer is pitching and defense. We have neither, and out offense isn't good enough to make up for it.
TRADE FOR HALLADAY. '
Start Reed in LF and Church in RF.
We have an ace and 4 number 5's, learn how to evaluate a pitcher!!!
Boy oh boy………this looks like a .500 team.
we can paint it as rosy or as gloomy as we want, the fact remains this team is just flat out not playing good baseball so far this season. yes, there have been moments of fair play, the way we would like to see it, but RISP is STILL killing this team, "situational" hitting not so good, the defense has been, well, bad and the pitching has been some combination of very good to horrendous. not painting a picture, that is just the way it is.
i am not going to go on a david rant, but man, 13 strike outs? it has become a case of complete feast or famine. to be honest, i do not even not know what to make of it. we have quite a few players who are doing well with the bat and still, staring at sub .500. i do not want to be looking at the standings in september wishing they could have taken 3 or 4 of these early games….well, i guess i should say i hope they don't need them because with a little bit better play in all aspects they could have the games.
let's turn it around fellas…each game in april is as important as those in september
I wish I could say I don't agree with you, but unfortunately, the facts are what they are so far this early season….
Seconded!
Heath Bell is going to come in again and shut us down and then dance on the field. All while the pansies sit there and take it.
why do these teams of retreads, jamokeys and punching judys kill our pitching staff.
to be fair, Gonzalez is very good and Gerut seems pretty legit.
just talking out of frustration
I'd like to punch Judy right about now
Why cant this team manufacture runs? It all seems to go well if there are 3 run home runs and such. But why can't they manufacture a run or two?
Because they only have legit hitters in 1 thru 6 in the lineup.
Because the guy batting third is in a big time mental funk, and needs to bat fifth.
Because they are all rich and don't give a crap.
Because they think too much.
Because they like to piss us off
Because, while talented, this just isn't a good collection of players. Hopefully they get to the playoffs just on shear skill.
Citifield is empty. Game 3.
Mets didn't need Manny or Sabathia.
Here comes a strikeout
I believe it's 'punch and judy' not punching judy
Two things..first..D-Rod strikes out way too much to a third place hitter and second…Other than Johan….these starters are just plain atrocious…Earth to Dan Warthen…learn to teach your pitchers exactly how to pitch
Ramon Castro cant hit his head's weight…I cant stand this guy.
he does look just totally over-matched… i mean in EVERY at bat i have seen this season.
LOL
I think its an overall good move for the mets to start castro, i think his k's are more helpfull tot he team than schneiders grand outs, i mean it forces atleast 3 pitches an ab, and cannot result in 2outs, clearly a good move tonight!
Hmmmm?
Ramon, is that you???
First hot of the year. Touche :D
well, i agreed, but i am glad he proved me wrong on that one
and the mets batters go to sleep from here on out, 4-5 mets
I am pretty on tonight with my predictions
Feel like predicting a comeback?
Early lead…surrender lead…bats sleep. Rise, repeat.
Your 2007-09 NY METS!
Early lead…surrender lead…bats sleep. Rinse, repeat.
Your 2007-09 NY METS!
doom-talker……ah, it's early, only game 9. why worry? lol.
It's only game 9, it's only game 151, there's always tomorrow!
Game 1, game 162, you give one of the best pitchers in the game second life, you're never going to win.
I hate everything about this team…a bunch of candyasses that can't even spell the word clutch….bunch of overpaid no talent bums
We don't have to worry about the missing 12,000 seats.
Sorry, I don't see it. Besides I already said Heath Bell will come in and set us down 1, 2, 3
Fire Warthen.. Fire Hojo….and more importantly than all that..Fire Mr. With that said Omar Minaya..go back to Montreal where you belong ruined that franchise
'Because they are all rich and don't give a crap.'
Please. You have got to be kidding….
I was.
Sorry, Sir. I'll have to adjust my sarcasm meter…..
LOL……….it's off the scale tonight.
tell me about it. where did the team that stole 200 bases go a few years ago get to? i am so sick and tired of this already. station to station baseball, it seems, waiting for the "next guy" to get the hit and make the play. which to be honest, this season has not been enough.
i know i will get hit for this, sample size, sample size, but when does the sample size get big enough to count? i mean the last 15 games last season into the first 9 this seems to at least raise an eyebrow for me.
hey New York Mets players….learn from the New York Giants about what Winners actually look like..god i can't wait for football season already
They finally lit up the skyline.
But we do have a beautiful rotunda full of pigeon and seagull droppings.
And seats where we can't see the outfield!!!!
Ha! Only thing to laugh at tonight so far….
this core group should have been broken up over the winter
Definitely not doing anything to impress me thus far this year. All you have to do is throw him a high fast ball, low-90's and he's an automatic out.
Well everyone, this is about the time I wish The Mets had a Lou Pinella type manager. Someone who will go into the clubhouse after this loss and question some guys manhood. There is no leader on the field so it will have to be done by the manager. And since we all know that's not how Jerry Manuel works, this is going to be a long season.
I could tell this team has no balls because Eckstein is still standing.
RIGHT ON!! After that little balk call on Monday on the next pitch I'd have put that ball in his damn ear. Thrown hard enough you could have heard the smack off of the helmet in the next state.
How about just flip the buffet table over and send everyone home without showering or giving interviews…………..I would buy season tickets if that were to actually happen.
Right about now…..Minaya is calling Manuel…..
Dude….we got us a live one…..if you do this, we'll get some more $$$$.
nonsense. when things are going badly people blame the manager way too much. you're saying there is no leader on the field… that's not jerry's fault. it's wrights fault and reyes's fault and delgado's fault and beltran's fault. if these guys need extra motivation to go out and perform, then there's something wrong with the players, not the manager. they've been the better team two years in a row — imo — and have let us down both times. when do we blame the players? they are playing the game, not the manager. pep talks don't win games. playing smart, passionate ball does
At least Jerry isn't talking about sippin' champagne or 'nice little rhythms.'
That's tomorrow when the Yankee returns.
I agree, and if the players on the field arent going to light a fire then you call them into your office individually and read them the riot act. I'm not asking for a pep talk, I want a fire lit under someones ass. All that you are saying is true in a perfect world. But this one is far from that, and right now someone has to do something. And now.
They shouldn't need to rely on a manager. There should be somebody in the clubhouse that would do that. Maybe it'll be Sheffield. Who knows? It won't be David Wright, that's for sure.
dead on! none of these marquee guys shoulder anymore than is necessary. wright just loves to talk to the press and say the "right" things about tipping his cap to the other team, etc…. i'm so sick of it! they're all gutless and show no pride! pathetic! the only winner is santana.
at least it is "early," but that really does not play with me. i always hold to what i said in my post, game 1 is just as good as 101 or 121 or 161. i mean almost 10 games in is getting a little deep for the "start of the season" talk
" game 1 is just as good as 101 or 121 or 161." lol, i was stating this fact before but the polyannas dont want to hear about facts like this. Also, hitting with RISP is very important ,and this team is horrible at leaving runners stranded.
agreed, but the numbers were "better" than i was expecting after looking at them
Couldn;t have been put any better..agree 100%..if you have hard times manufacturing runs with risp, just keep trying to put as many risp as you can so even the worst of percents cans tillresult in wins.
Well, this isn't working so far….
How about this? Flip Castillo and Murphy. Flip Beltran and Wright.
NOW YOU'RE TALKING !!!!!!!!!
Got to do something.
I agree with wright and beltran, but what has murphy done to deserve a demotion in the batting order..murphy in the two hole has not cost us any games.and i'mtalking hitting wise, not fly bal lwise,
But did you notice that Reyes is not running because he expects Murphy to hit……it's a completely different game dynamic with those two.
I really hate to go down this road, i do..but i am still not ready to hand castillo th #2 spot. But still, wright k'ing has got nothing to do with murphy/castillo.
Completely agree. Almost seems like there are too many possibilities (reyes steals, hit and run) but none of them happen.
Not sure what the answer is.
Not treating it as a demotion. More like so far he's proven he's nowhere near an auto out and has more pop than Castillo has. So Castillo is managing to get on with walks/singles. Murphy 7th might make the lineup 1-7 stronger given the fact that I think Murph is gonna get on more and with extra base hits.
If not, at least flip Wright and Beltran to start, give it a try.
Again, got to do something.
Is it? Never saw the phrase written before…oh well
my bad – thanks for the correction tho
You forgot 'tack on one meaningless run to make you still care'
you also forgot late inning rally in which they draw it down to one more hit, but yet blow it either on a first pitch pop-out, or never stood a chance k.
should have said two runs.
Well we don't have to worry about choking in September. We will be nowhere near this pennant race. Its going to be the Braves this year followed by the Marlins.
GAME OVER
I'm concern about Maine. Ugh.
Did anyone actually think this team would win against Jake Peavy?…come on now, these hitters couldn't hit water if they fell out of a boat let alone a former cy Young award winner
Oh cool, new comment style/system.
Wow… ground out, ground out, automatic out 7-9, everyone on the bench = automatic out, some things never change.
Idc what situation it is..game 1,game 162, monday, tuesday, etc…when you get a 3 run lead on one of the best pitchers in the game YOU CAN'T GIVE IT BACK!
well that was a nice inning from O'Day
Does anyone have the justintv link for the game?
Hit Eckstein already. Hit him right in his head.
so…..uh…..when did the padres pick up eck, lee smith and thigpen from the time machine and get such a great pen?
in all seriousness, i really hope they can come back, as i always do, but 4-5, while looking bad doing it is not the start to the season i was looking for. ownership has to be concerned, albeit understanding it is early, but concerned nonetheless. not even so much the record, but the level of play.
There's no coming back when you have automatic outs in spots: 7,8,9 + every member of the bench, sorry.
I really have to adjust my expectations or it's going to be one, long summer…
It's not like I thought they were going to win every game but I'm not seeing anything so far that leads me to believe they can either (a) hold a lead the majority of the time or (b) come from behind.
Prove me wrong, boys. Come on, I am begging you…..
Good news is that I have 6 weeks vacation to burn.
Bad news is I don't have enough money to leave New York for 6 weeks to a place where there are no Mets games to be had.
NBA playoffs!
Yep
in my mind, in my mind. trying to tell myself they are a much better team than we are seeing to this point but only 9 in and i am almost regretting the mlb.tv purchase……only for my blood-pressur/mood/ability to function the next day. having seen just about every game the past few seasons, sometimes it is just hard seeing it all. i mean, when push comes to shove i would not trade it for anything, but sometimes it takes a few days later in the season to "unplug" and re-charge the batteries…especially given the past few seasons.
that said, they have shown some nice come back guts so far this season, even if it has not meant wins in some games. that said, that back end of the pen that was to be the savior…….well, they actually need to get the chances or they do not mean a thing.
Yes, same here. I'll stay positive. It's a long season. These first few serious don't necessarily have to be telling the tale of the entire season.
I would maybe be a little more forgiving had they not choked in two consecutive seasons…i hate this team sometimes! you get to them once, they bend over and say uncle.
If they don't make the playoffs this season, take Wright, Reyes, Santana, KROD, and rebuild. No one else should be safe
mets ability to hit with risp < david cones ability to announce
Can Pedro Feliciano take up shooting pool? He should never pitch again.
LMAO
If it makes you feel any better the guys got kicked out…I’m sitting in front of where he was…I should have taken him out
Julie Alexandria is the best thing about this year.
Damn right
gotta love our clutch hitting!
here comes the hit from dwright
called it
Yay inflated batting averages! way to fight team! going down with a fight!
With no one on base it wasn't that hard to call.
So I guess Tigers fans are catching foul balls at Citi Field now lol
this team is so predictable, same the last 2 years
Remember the old adage, "we want them to win more than they do themselves?" YEP.
The Nationals are about to beat the Phillies.
Currently leading 8-2 in the 8th.
just wanted to take a look, not including this one:
.250 with RISP (9th in the nl)
.250 with RISP and 2 outs (9th in the nl)
.182 bases loaded (13th in the nl)
.304 bases empty (6th in the nl)
to be honest, the RISP numbers are better than i expected, but it has been feast or famine so far. the bases loaded number is just bad. hopefully it does not stick with them as it has in the past.
this game is looking worse and worse.
If I were to describe this team's performance so far with one sound, it would be a giant fart.
Taco Bell ?
What else?
Well, at least we're not losing to the only team that hasn't won a game yet in the ML…
Not a huge deal, but they've got virtually nothing from the catchers spot, either Schneider and Castro. I'd love/hate to see what those two guy's numbers with RISP are.
how is it that the marlins with like 1/4th the payroll are killing the division, the phillies win it all last year and yet our team with all its money and talent, collapes two years in a row and this year again we start off messing around at .500. i getting sick of this. being good on paper means NOTHING. im almost ready to say scrap this team, trade EVERYONE for good prospects as we can, build up the farm system to one of the best and start from scratch cause something aint working with what we have now and it just gets proven over and over. im almost to that point but my opptimistic side still holds hope that this team can do it, but we will see.
Very nice, Church. Now that's small ball.
A double by Church would be nice to start the 8th off with. Then after a Castro swing-and-miss hopefully Castillo can drive him in.
YES, RAMON !!!!
Blastro!!! Now, sweep the knee! No mercy! Get the next two runs!
Cmon Luis don't take 2 strikes!!
Well both Duaner and Castro just shot their loads for the year.
Alright, Gary, time for #500, who better than against Duaner? It doesn't get FATTER!
this would be a nice time for Gary's 500th
Oh yeah.
AHH SHeff just missed
I have a feeling we'll be saying that a lot this year.
Mets are Mutts!
Gotta admit. Outside of his first at-bat when he pulled the "manny" not taking the bat off of his shoulder on three pitches, I like Sheffield's eye.
I really don't want to bring this up. But that whole "Bartman" incident how big does that run look now?
These mental mistakes are costing us…..
What run? he wouldn't have scored.
He may not have, but you have to try, I didn't hink he would score last night on the wild pitch. I thought he would get thrown out at the plate.
Agreed Jose might hasve pushed it. The guy could have misplayed the ball. They might have thrown the ball away. You never know. But when a moron fan stops the play you never find out.
yeah, what the heck was that??? how out of it can you be?? thanks, pal.
You would have reached for the ball also… you know it…..
Um no. I have a brain and would realize the situation.
Damn!
One run short, again.
Again!
Ground out, ground out, homerun gives hope, double play, game.
Afraid you may be right.
David 'Mr. Clutch' Wright will have his turn in the 9th.
Oh, Jose. Anything but that.
Has anybody ever seen the episode of "south park" when they find out that the planet earth is actuallyjust one giant intergalctic reality show? This must be the case with the mets…they can never just lose..they have to get it back to 1run and make every1 beleive they're going to win. I realize the game is not over, but i mean c'mon could this not be scripted any better? And you know they will put 1 risp this inning.
Here is the 9th inning in advance….
Murphy……ground out
Wright…….strike out
Delgado…strike out
bring on the Brewers
nice to see. of course, easier to accept because he did make the play :-)
Kinda seems like Jose never comes through, doesn't it??
they are still mutts!
the bullpen arms are gonna fall off like Mr. Potatohead's by June if they keep getting use like this
agreed.
hope not, but if so, that will now be 4-5 with 4 one run losses and 1 two runs loss. a pretty bad trend to start. it is so frustrating in that with all those games, they "could" have had at least some of them with smarter, error-free play and even some bad situational hitting in some of those games instead or horrid situational hitting.
Krod, make sure to celebrate like you're saving the game. Oh wait.
Great, now we get to watch Heath Bell not suck like he did on the Mets
I have absolutely no faith in Reyes or Wright at this point. I can honestly say that this is the first time I can actually say that…
Really? The first time?
Yep. Call me and optimist. But now I actually feel like the WON'T get it done. There's always that little part of you that still thinks it may happen. Not so much anymore.
wright, even with the numbers is going through some mental stuff right now. reyes, has looked so so, but i have noticed he seems to be just rolling grounders to the right side a ton so far
At least Frankie has been as advertised so far.
Very nice.
LOL @ KRod celebrating a scoreless top 9 when your team is losing. Speaking of, can we turn him into a starting pitcher on days he's not a reliever?
I have a legitimate idea since we do have 2 closers. Why not bring one of them in after an inning in which we take the lead, because they seem to be just as important this season as the 9th.
that is funny. sadly true, too.
hiilarious. i actually think it is just me. i have labeled myself in sports #$%$. every team i have rooted for has been losing/lost while every team i have wanted to lose has won. in every sport. in every way. this past year has been absolute toture.
Lights out Heath Bell.
So if Bell loves SD so much why doesn't he stfu or thank the Mets?
i just wish it was more in the situations we were hoping it would be. started off great, but these random spots, which are important i understand, is a microcosim of their season to this point.
and here's Heath Bell to shove it down Omar's throat once again
Golden Boys back to back, how long a leash do they get?
this comment format really starting to bug me
ok, we all get it. the comment section bugs people. can we not continue to actually comment on that?
have a pepsi… we should talk about pepsi since there is the big pepsi sign there now. no mets stuff in the mets stadium and soon no mets stuff on the mets blog.
At first I thought the comments were all in screwed up order. But then I realized that it actually just pushes the most recent replied to post up to the top, no matter how old. So it LOOKS like the comments are all mixed up, but in reality it actually pushes the newest comments to the top. Good or bad? Your call.
and of course fag boy murphy doesn't do anything
come on guys! here is the chance!
Get on and STEAL !!!
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Wow, so clutch
and team..no but david wright has to try to be the goddamn hero..noa walk isn't good enough…i am sick of this team..rollercoaster ride every game!
This at bat is going to be gross.
agreed. to heck with bell. the mets are the ones who need to do something
What? Because of last year's bullpen I do that for every bullpen 1-2-3 innning.
3-0 lead against the Padres, good teams win this game, but the Mets aren't a good team, that's pretty clear over the past three years
and of course pretty boy with no balls cannot do anything
Missed the hanger, awwwwww
Brand new ballpark, same chickens$%t team…
this team has no balls….I hate this team!!
when's football season??
Will we see ANY magic this year?
nope..not with this group of overpaid no talents
The starting pitching is poor. The situational hitting is poor. Our GM did nothing this offseason to address either.
It was, is, and will be the same result as 2007 and 2008 in one form or another.
This group does not have it and will never have it. The core should have been blasted open after a 2nd collapse last year. It does not take a genius to see after 3 series – this is just more of the same with the same exact cast of characters.
Congrats Mets. You just lost 2 of 3 to arguably the worst offense in all of baseball in your brand new building. Thanks Omar.The starting pitching is poor. The situational hitting is poor. Our GM did nothing this offseason to address either.
It was, is, and will be the same result as 2007 and 2008 in one form or another.
This group does not have it and will never have it. The core should have been blasted open after a 2nd collapse last year. It does not take a genius to see after 3 series – this is just more of the same with the same exact cast of characters.
Congrats Mets. You just lost 2 of 3 to arguably the worst offense in all of baseball in your brand new building. Thanks Omar.
You mean OMar didn't address the starting pitching problems by giving one good one bad Ollie 36 mill and signing Livan to fill the Duque/Lima/Pedro role?
Wow. This Ump's zone is all over the place, CRUSH IT
NBA. PLAYOFFS. NOW.
NBA playoffs, who wants to watch that sad excuse of a league.
More exciting than this trash, at least they try hard.
NBA players try hard? Haha thats a good one. If I want to watch real bball i'll watch NCAA.
yours is a typical response from a person who has no idea what they're talking about concerning basketball
You're right they don't try hard. College Bball is exciting, but have you ever wondered why <1 % of college basketball players make it to the league?
Are you kidding me???
And screw Health Bell.
agreed on both counts
Wow, its gotta be so great to be bell right now, i'm sure th sight of this blog would bring tars of joy streaming down his face. I think the mets should take a note from heath bell to see how great vindication feels. I never liked bell, but after this interview with baseball tonight, great for him! !
yeah, yeah, yeah…..but oh, how I wanted to see him have the distinction of being the first closer to blow a game at Citi Field too……
Manuel should assemble the tam in the locker room and force them to watch that interview.
missed it, what did he say?
"i am so happy right now, i came out of school the mets said i was nothing, they dropped me, and now i got these two saves infront of every1 at citi field." it went on like this for a while.
Something has GOT to give on this team….soon.
Yeah, the fans….
Yeah Like Omar, with contracts for serviceable: catcher, second basemen, starting pitching? that's a start?
The problem is the real issue is with the "stars" on this team, and they're pretty much entrenched
That's not a strike! They never call it.!
Get Peavy now.
What's the point? If he pitched gems the Mets wouldn't hit…
Doesn't he hate New York?
gangsta
boo hoo, season's over, no way i'm sticking with this team, it's too late, it's over!
You've learned nothing from the past two seasons.
SportsPicks365 has got a point.
While I agree to an extent, the season is 162 games long. You can over analyze every fricken loss, and state it as a reason for missing the playoffs.
You're overanalyzing though, nobody is giving up, quitting or overanalyzing, all I'm saying is we, but more importantly, the TEAM, can't have the idea that it's OKAY because it's early and a long season, that was what Willie instilled that has SCREWED us the past two years!
You're over-analyzing though, nobody is giving up, quitting or overanalyzing, all I'm saying is we, but more importantly, the TEAM, can't have the idea that it's OKAY because it's early and a long season, that was what Willie instilled that has SCREWED us the past two years!
Fire Jerry…Fire Omar…Fire Warthen..Fire Hojo…and will someone beat the holy hell out of Jeff Wilpon!!!
It hasn't for 3 years, why start now?
This is a .500 team that's going to have a streak in them just as last year
I called it. I did it like 5 times. I said the retard out in LF who went fishing would cost us the game. It would have been a tie game otherwise, just like with Church. At least it would have given us a good chance. I applause an idiotic fan for actually getting involved in the game. I'm not even sure if the fan did get ejected, or if our security staff are a bunch of little girl's who can't enforce the rules. I asked it, but the posts are in all different directions, so who the hell knows if someone answered me lol
The starting pitching is poor. The situational hitting is poor. Our GM did nothing this offseason to address either.
It was, is, and will be the same result as 2007 and 2008 in one form or another.
This group does not have it and will never have it. The core should have been blasted open after a 2nd collapse last year. It does not take a genius to see after 3 series – this is just more of the same with the same exact cast of characters.
Congrats Mets. You just lost 2 of 3 to arguably the worst offense in all of baseball in your brand new building. Thanks Omar.
It's 9 f'in games, please get a grip.
+1
How many games did we miss the playoffs by the past 2 years? Every game counts, when will you realize that, games in April, 9 games in are just as important as games in September, Learrrrrrn people.
Agree. But throwing in the towel now is akin to being a front runner.
What? You can't take pain???? – LOL!
Who's throwing in the towel? All I said was every game is equally important? LOL
that is all well and good, but it's a long season, and every team has stretches where they're below .500. It's 9 games, are we playing great? No. But the season is young still, who knows what is going to happen. Giving up now defeats the purpose of being a baseball fan.
Again, WHO is giving up?
just because someone may call them out for something, which, to be honest, is quite easy right now, does not mean they are giving up. in fact, the fact that i, as an example, am spending my time typing this message right now should indicate my fandom.
as i said, just about everyone here is a fan, they just don't all think in the same ways
Agreed. No one is quitting, unless they say I give up on this team. I certainly don't. They most likely will torture me again this season and I'll be back next season and the next, etc. I'm a met fan, such is life.
It's not just 9 games, this is the same bulls&*t the Mets have done the past two seasons. There is something wrong with the makeup of this team. I'm tired of making excuses for these guys
there are no excuses, it is what it is, and that stands for it being 9 games into a 162 game season. So yeah, things aren't great right now, but why don't we at least let the season develop before giving up.
for the last time, nobody is giving up.
Those motherfuc*ing umps. Such bastar*s! But dont get all crazy and trade the whole team
Well that sucked. But hey, one semi-good thing came out of this game, and I guess the 8 before it. Carlos Delgado seems to be the only one who gives a shit. How many long at-bats has he had so far? Well, a lot better than grounding out on the first pitch, anyway.
This team really stinks, BAD!! We have lost the two of the first three series we played. The only team worse than th METS is the NATS!! When are the METS going to fight back and answer all the trash talk with a big WIN. They lost the first game at Citifield and with Dirty and Bell as set up and closer. Im getting tired of this team rolling over and loosing. WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO WAKE THEM UP? When we miss the playoffs again by a few games we can look back and say these where the games. The next thing will be the Phillies kicking our butts and then the Braves. WAKE UP METS!! enough with the talk its time to walk the walk and get some W's.
TRADE EVERYONE! get as many really good prospects as you can, rebuild the farm and forget this team! this hasnt worked for two straight years and this year doesnt seem any different. time to start from scratch! the marlins are killing with like 1/4th the payroll and us for all our money and talent (on paper means NOTHING) will mess around at .500! fire omar and TRADE, TRADE, TRADE!
ya know what..everyone is right about this franchise…from Heath Bell to Cole Hamels….you are all nothing more than a bunch of choke artists..especially you D-Rod
Two 6-5 Padres wins over the Mets, a 2-1 Marlins win over the Mets, a 5-4 Marlins win over the Mets, a 8-6 Red win over the Mets. These are our 5 losses this season. We won Opening Day 2-1 and 9-7 over the Reds, but in all games decided by 2 or less runs, we're 2-5, which is completely inexcusable. Only one of those losses, the 5-4 one loss against the Marlins, was at some cause of the bullpen, but more at the 13 left in RISP that game, which between that and a few subpar starts has been the cause for a mediocre start. The Phillies lost, with another so-so to sub-par start, but it looks like the Marlins might be the team that'll command this division if they keep playing well.
Maine was bad tonight, but Mets with RISP ain't so hot either.
David Wright = Anti-Pedro Cerrano. Can't hit straight ball for shit.
lmao!!,,,classic!!..but at least that team made the playoffs
So what do we need? 3 dead chickens, some candles and insense and some dried up bull blood? (sorry, I can't remember what finally did it for Cerrano) – lol.
Bucket o' KFC
Np, the mets need Huevos!!! They have no huevos!!!
No, the mets need Huevos!!! They have no huevos!!!
I can't remember the last time I saw a guy foul off more fastballs right down the pipe than he does on a daily basis. It's frustrating.
Don't mess with Yobu !
Actually, what did it for him, at least in that one game playoff was cursing out Jobu! LOL
Bottom Line….Cole Hamels was right
btw guys before i run to watch the pregame where the hell are they gonna put the mets museum?? there isn't anyspace in the centerfield area behind the wall unless they (i'm sure perishes the thought ) get rid of the sattelite team store by the suasage vendor – and by the way buy faith and fear in flushing – worth the money !!!
the happy recast is gonna be anything but. call it the CRAPPY recast
TRADE THEM ALL! REBUILD THE FARM!
Hey Matt….just admit it…Cole Hamels was right and Heath Bell shoved it down this entire franchise's throats..as per typical New York No Balls Mets style
gangasta' haha, we're gangsta!
Booo…
Sign PEDRO
Fire Jerry
Bring Back Bobby V
Trade Jose
Trade DW
Fire Rick Down!
phillies win it all, the marlins are killing with 1/4th our payroll and this team for all its money and ON PAPER talent does squat and sits at .500. this hasnt worked the last two years, and its not working now. TRADE TRADE TRADE! (and fire omar while your at it!)
Wow, its gotta be so great to be bell right now, i'm sure th sight of this blog would bring tars of joy streaming down his face. I think the mets should take a note from heath bell to see how great vindication feels. I never liked bell, but after this interview with baseball tonight, great for him!
I agree with you completely. Good for him. Seems like you got to get away from this team to find your potential. No reason to panic, true. But we are who every team thinks we are… An about .500 team.
Ahh the joys of being a New York fan, every win is glorified and every loss is ridiculed. I don't understand why they don't just shorten the season, 9 games and apparently the seasons already over.
that would be great, because then there would not be 1000 of these same posts that simply point out it is only game X and there are X games left to play.
After the last two years we have a right to say whatever we want about this team after 9 games. In the end, what difference does it make anyway?
agreed. we are all fans of the mets, even if we call don't agree on how we get there
phillies win it all last year, marlins are KILLING with 1/4th our payroll and the mets for all there money and ON PAPER TALENT are stuck at .500 just like the start of last year. it hasnt worked two years in a row and its not working now. TRADE TRADE TRADE!!!! GET SOME HUNGRY YOUNG KIDS!!!!! (and fire omar while your at it!)
I'm going to see a Mets/Orioles game in Baltimore in June. I wonder if the O's will have a better record than the Mets. LMAO!
God,I love this team!
one run loses, one game division and wildcard loses, one game NLCS lose! this team is all about breaking our hearts. they must have meetings to think up new ways to give us hope then lets us down in the end.
Geez, 4 games out already.
I'm going to see a Mets/Orioles game in Baltimore in June. I wonder if the O's will have a better record then the Mets! LMAO!
David Wright will probably have more strikeouts than the entire Orioles 25-man roster.
guys have fun! getting my 4 wisdom teeth out tomorrow afternoon, hopefully they will win one tomorrow and get back to .500 and stay only 4 out. i hope after the game tomorrow i can't say that i would have rather had 4 teeth pulled than watch the game…and mean it
OMG, good luck with that, skylog. You deserve to see a Met win tomorrow…..
At least you will be in less pain.
I think they actually practiced it right after those 80-pitch drills in spring training.
I think they practiced it right between the 80-pitch drills and the 'pitcher covering 1st base' drill.
TRADE THEM ALL!!! rebuild the farm. get some hungry good prospects! this hasnt worked for 2 years and its not working now. phillies win it all, marlins are killing with 1/4th our payroll and our team sits around .500 just like the start of last year. "but we look good on paper" that means NOTHING!!!!! we need to start from SCRATCH!!!! and fire omar while your at it!
How ironic is it that the BP is now doing it's job and we're still losing these games?
lol. true. it is like bizarro world. the pen may be looking good but i am worried about the innings. lots. early.
thanks for the luck with the teeth. should be ok though, i hope, doctor said it was slam dunk. they are all out and not impacted. i will out for it anyway. "supposed" to take 30 minutes, no more. we'll see. anyway, thanks again and we all deserve to see lots of more met wins!
With the Mets' front office's 'fix things one step at a time' attitude it's not really that ironic at all. Omar basically told everybody point blank that all he would be addressing in the offseason was the bullpen. That and resigning a schizophrenic starting pitcher.
On the pregame, when Jerry was asked about Tatis and getting him some playing time, he said he plans on starting him at second at an upcoming day game.
Interesting…
Not to have an inferiority complex, but Reyes can't hold Jeter's jock. And Reyes has more talent in his pinky.
This guy has been holding them back for 2+ yrs now. I don't care how many bases he steals
I love the people who get on the people who are venting and upset about these games. We should be upset. This stinks. And a definition of insanity is to keep doing the same thing and expect to get different results. People, this is the same thing as the last few years and these games COUNT!
• It’s early.
• You lose some, you win some.
• You can’t win them all.
• It’s a marathon, not a sprint.
• There are ups and downs.
• You have your ebbs and flows.
• They ran into a hot team.
• They got no breaks.
• They’re a work in progress.
• They battled.
• If they didn’t have bad luck they would have no luck.
• We’ll get them tomorrow.
• Our guys played their hearts out.
The Pepsi Pregame? I can't even tell you how lame that is….
All of these games count. Whether it’s now or in septmeber, they still hurt.
Wow, another guy who hates the Mets. We can add him to the list, under the Marlins and next to Braden Looper, and across from the Phillies.
why wright? he is skilled and talented and i'd hate to see him go (much like red sox fans hated to see nomar traded), but he's not a winner. the ab against chi late in the year against the AAAA pitcher defined him for me. a couple weeks later in game 162, ryan braun faced the same pitcher in a very similar situation and he hit a hr. his team went to the playoffs thanks to that performance.
Give it up! That was last year and hashed to death.
Yeah, throw David Wright away and get WHO exactly? You will be looking for someone just like him!
same this year.
go back and look at nomar's numbers the years prior his trade from the red sox. very similar to dwrights (>.300, >20hr, >100 rbi in both years). they got nowhere near that production in his "replacement". you know what happened.
i know we couldn't get a player near his output, and as i said i'd hate to see him go, but something has to change here! we're watching the same crap the last 2.5 years now!
hilarious.
Question, are they just recycling the same footage from the Taco stand every night? Seems like I've seen that exact clip every game. If they aren't they should.
Did I somehow time warp back to August of last year? Seems like I am watching the same exact team. Please tell me we traded Heilman?
He's warming up in the pen right now.
I think they practiced it right between the 80-straight pitches BP and the 'pitcher covering 1st base' drill in spring training.
It's been parroted over and over again, but it's still the same old story. It's like it's all or nothing with this team. I don't think they have an inkling of small ball in them. And Wright's 13ks really exemplifies this all or nothing crap we've been seeing. Something needs to happen, and quick. Hell, start the bench next game and see if they can embarrass your starters. It wouldn't surprise me if they did.
That being said, Go Mets! Ahhhh, it hurts so good to be a Mets fan….
My theory on why this happens to the Mets:
Every year, they address the most obvious problem. In this case the BP. They brought in a star, just to placate the fans, but did not address anything else. They started the year with no LF. They put a kid out there who has no clue just because he can hit. Now the kid is showing signs of pressing at the plate because he is bringing his failures in the field to the batter's box. This is a short lineup. Any scrub pitcher can get thru this lineup without giving up a lot of runs.
They could have improved the rotation, but decided not to. The Wilpons have plenty of money even after Madoff. The have the largest payroll in the league. The have rabid fans like us that will gladly spend their money, even in the bad economy to see a winner. Still, they chose to go with a rotation that has a start ( to attract the fans), and 4 others that are either washed up, or haven't proved a damn thing…..although one of them has proven conclusively that he needs to see a shrink on a regular basis.
David Wright is a nice kid with talent, but with each season, each game, each strike out with the game on the line, he is slowly becoming another A-Rod. I will be impressed if he ever charges the mound or barrels into a catcher.
Anybody who took a look at this division and thought we were running away with it was really delusional. We all know this is gonna be a dog fight down to the end. WSC Phillies, and both the Braves and Marlins made moves to improve.
Gonna be a long summer. As long as we stay in it, we've got a chance.
Yes, but timely hitting and not giving up the lead tend to be a little bigger than minor attributes of a succesfull baseball team
stay in it?? it's 9 games in and the mets are already 4 gb and in 4th place! i don't see any winning attitude from this team. it looks all too familiar. talent they have in bundles, but they can't win. bottom line.
hit it on the head. well said.