Mets at Astros, 7/31

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Cameron is in the lineup.

Reyes
Cairo
Beltran
Floyd
Wright
Cammy
Minky
Castro
Ishii

Biggio
Bruntlett
Berkman
Ensberg
Lane
Everett
Burke
Ausmus
Oswalt

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Double, single, Floyd lines into DP as Beltran is foolishly caught between bases and another 1st inning opportunity is wasted.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

WWSB's refusal to get run in a game no matter how pathetic the call leads to Sandy Alomar taking an ejection for the team.

[seawolf17]

Ah, hell. What happened? I wish Willie would grow a set.

[Frayed Knot]

JEEZUSFUCKINCHRIST - is ANYTHING going to go our way in the near future???!!?

Not that we're playing so as to deserve many breaks. But even if you ignore the: our HR 2-feet foul/theirs 2 feet fair syndrome - there's now been 3 calls in 3 days that I've never seen before.

- First the Cameron drop on the glove/hand transfer
- Then the 'I'll run into this pitch while bunting and get awarded 1st even though it was a strike' call
- And now this 'Oh, I called time for no fucking reason even though the play was still in progress so we're going to erase that out you just recorded' call


When it rains ...

[Guest KC]

I'm as frustrated as everyone, but Willie getting thrown out of a game or
growing some (or getting bigger) testicles at this point ain't gonna be the
focus of my frustration.

[seawolf17]

Hey Carlos, you hear those boos? They might sound eerily similar to what you might hear this week from your own fans.

Note: I'm not saying I plan to boo him (we'll be there for Maddux-Ishii on Saturday, and I will save all my booing for Kaz Ishii when Willie lifts him in the middle of the third inning with the bases loaded and four runs already in)... but I think these Astros fans are giving some of the lesser lights around Shea some ideas.

[seawolf17]

Dammit, Ishii! Throw a goddamn fastball to second base! What the hell was this floofy toss crap!?

[seawolf17]

Nice DP, Cairo to Reyes to Mientkiewicz (not exactly Tinker to Evers to Chance, is it?) and there are two out with a runner at third.

And just as I type that, Ensberg doubles into the gap and it's 2-0 Houston.

Can we put Ishii on the DL? On waivers? On the next Mars rover mission? On steroids? Something? Anything?

[seawolf17]

I'm done for today. I can't watch the rest of this. Talk with you all later.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

bang, pow. Take that, Oswalt.

[Guest Bret Sabermetric]

Funny, that's almost exactly what Jack Ruby said.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Friggin Ishii.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Beltran is the second shooter. bang, Oswalt. Got ya.

And STFU Houston fans.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Interesting comment from the guy in the Houston booth.

"A playoff season like he (Beltran) had can help fans forget you only drove in seven runs in September."

[Guest Edgy DC]

Back-to-back two-out doubles by Biggio and Bruntlett and the Astros re-take the lead.

If you're name begins with B, you're no friend to me.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

That was Padilla's first ER allowed as a Met

[Guest Edgy DC]

Qualls is an enemy just for sounding like "Quails."

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Fucking Cairo gets set up by a Reyes sac bunt and he grounds the first pitch to short, failing to advance the runner.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Crazy steal of third by Anderson.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Theah'tis!

These are the new new Mets --- getting two-out hits.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Garner: "Did I say 'Gallo?' I meant CALLOW!"

[Guest Edgy DC]

Goofy version of "God Bless America."

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Aaron Heilman: Relieved reliever

[Guest Edgy DC]

They didn't get Lane, but really nice play at both ends.

[Guest Edgy DC]

DP ends the seventh. Let's get 'em Cammie.

DOUBLE!

[Guest KC]

Cammy doubles in his first post-trading-deadline AB to start the eighth.

[Frayed Knot]

Pull the ball, don't bunt Mienty!!!!

[Frayed Knot]

Atta Boy!

[Guest Edgy DC]

Minky singles but is held by Acta as a strange side-effect of this pinball-machine park.