IGT 4/9/06: Game 5 - vs. Marlins - Willis vs. Glavine

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Edgy DC wrote: Starting 0-5: muy malo. Starting 4-1: muy bien.

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[Guest ABG]

Little bit cheap for the brooms, but I'll take it.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

="ABG"]Little bit cheap for the brooms, but I'll take it.

Smaller broom, but a broom all the same

[Elster88]

Edgy DC wrote: Mets down 2-0 and no posts to note. Paul No Nuka just walked on ten pitches on an automatic ball. What gives? Is Dontrelle Willis (future Yankee, by the way) going to his mouth too much? OE: No, apparently he singled. Stoopit Gameday.

Ball 3 was awarded when Willis "went to his mouth" on the mound.

Why would you lick your hand all the time during a ball game?

[Guest ABG]

Elster88 wrote: ="Edgy DC"]Mets down 2-0 and no posts to note. Paul No Nuka just walked on ten pitches on an automatic ball. What gives? Is Dontrelle Willis (future Yankee, by the way) going to his mouth too much? OE: No, apparently he singled. Stoopit Gameday. Ball 3 was awarded when Willis "went to his mouth" on the mound. Why would you lick your hand all the time during a ball game?

Keep it warm, get a good grip. That's what I'd assume.

[Willets Point]

We had to wait until this day (first Sunday of the season) for the first Mets win last year. I like this much better.

[Elster88]

Willets Point wrote: We had to wait until this day (first Sunday of the season) for the first Mets win last year. I like this much better.

That was an exciting game though, no?

[Guest Bret Sabermetric]

Excellent. Maybe the best game since who knows when?

[The Big O]

National League East
Squadron	W	L	%	GB	home	road	RS	RA	streak	L10
New York Nine	4	1	.800	--	4-1	0-0	30	21	W3	4-1
Mylanta	3	4	.429	2	0-0	3-4	53	53	L2	3-4
Washing-town	2	4	.333	2.5	0-0	2-4	32	39	L1	2-4
Flori-duh	1	4	.200	3	0-0	1-4	21	21	L3	1-4
Philadullphia	1	5	.167	3.5	1-5	0-0	21	35	L1	1-5

Observations
* The pythagorean gods smile not well on the Fish.
* Atlanta's RC/RA. Yikes on both counts.
* We're the only ones to play in the division so far, and we've already done serious damage.

Monday's games
N.Y. Mets 3, Washington 2
(WP: Glavine 1-0; LP: Hernandez 0-1)
St. Louis 13, Philadelphia 5
(WP: Carpenter 1-0; LP: Lieber 0-1)
Atlanta 11, L.A. Dodgers 10
(WP: Villarreal 1-0; LP: Lowe 0-1)
Houston 1, Florida 0
(WP: Oswalt 1-0; LP: Johnson 0-1)

Tuesday's games
Florida 11, Houston 2
(WP: Mitre 1-0; LP: Pettitte 0-1)
L.A. Dodgers 5, Atlanta 4
(WP: Penny 1-0; LP: Smoltz 0-1)

Wednesday's games
St. Louis 4, Philadelphia 3
(WP: Thompson 1-0; LP: Gordon 0-1)
Washington 9, N.Y. Mets 5
(WP: Cordero 1-0; LP: Julio 0-1
Houston 6, Florida 5
(WP: Rodriguez 1-0; LP: Moehler 0-1)
Atlanta 9, L.A. Dodgers 8
(WP: Villarreal 2-0; LP: Osoria 0-1)

Thursday's games
St. Louis 4, Philadelphia 2
(WP: Marquis 1-0; LP: Lidle 0-1)
San Francisco 6, Atlanta 4
(WP: Fassero 1-0; LP: Sosa 0-1)
N.Y. Mets 10, Washington 5
(WP: P. Martinez 1-0; LP: Ortiz 0-1)

Friday's games
L.A. Dodgers 5, Philadelphia 3
(WP: Tomko 1-0; LP: Floyd (0-1)
N.Y. Mets 9, Florida 3
(WP: Trachsel 1-0; LP: Vargas 0-1
Houston 6, Washington 1
(WP: Backe 1-0; LP: Armas 0-1)
Atlanta 14, San Francisco 6
(WP: Remlinger 1-0; LP: Walker 0-1)

Saturday's games
Florida at N.Y. Mets, ppd., rain
L.A. Dodgers at Philadelphia, ppd., rain
San Francisco 12, Atlanta 6
(WP: Wright 1-0; LP: Hudson 0-1)
Washington 12, Houston 8
(WP: Hernandez 1-1; LP: Qualls 0-1)

Sunday's games
Philadelphia 6, L.A. Dodgers 3
(WP: Gordon 1-1; LP: Hamulack 0-1)
N.Y. Mets 3, Florida 2
(WP: Wagner 1-0; LP: C. Martinez 0-1)
Houston 7, Washington 3
(WP: Pettitte 1-1; LP: Drese 0-1)
San Francisco 6, Atlanta 5
(WP: Worrell 1-0; LP: Reitsma 0-1)
L.A. Dodgers 6, Philadelphia 2
(WP: Penny 2-0; LP: Lieber 0-2)

Today's games
Washington (Patterson 0-0) at Houston (Rodriguez 1-0)
Philadelphia (Myers 0-0) at Atlanta (Thomson 0-0)

Tuesday's games
N.Y. Mets (Bannister 0-0) at Washington (Ortiz 0-1)
San Diego (Williams 0-0) at Florida (Mitre 1-0)

Wednesday's games
San Diego (Young 0-0) at Florida (Moehler 0-1)
N.Y. Mets (P. Martinez 1-0) at Washington (Armas 0-1)
Philadelphia (Lidle 0-1) at Atlanta (Sosa 0-1)

Thursday's games
N.Y. Mets (Zambrano 0-0) at Washington (Hernandez 1-1)
San Diego (Brazelton 0-1) at Florida (Vargas 0-1)
Philadelphia (Floyd 0-1) at Atlanta (Hudson 0-1)

Next series
Milwaukee (Capuano 1-0, Sheets 0-0) at N.Y. Mets (Glavine 1-0, TBA)
San Diego (Peavy, Williams) at Atlanta (Smoltz, Thomson)
Washington (Drese, Ortiz) at Florida (Willis, Mitre)
Philadelphia (TBA, Myers) at Colorado (TBA, Cook)

All projected Mets starters courtesy of Marty Noble at MLB.com. I might rather have Pedro go against Livan, even though it would mean an extra day's rest.

[Guest Edgy DC]

The Mets don't hit Philadelphia until May 9. The Phils may have recovered by then, and the Mets may have tripped up.

Or maybe we'll have a chance to bury them early.

Raise your hand if you thought we'd be 5-0 but for a blown save by Billy Wagner.

[Guest cooby]

I won't say I would have disbelieved it

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

OlerudOwned wrote: LO-DU-CA not DA-LOO-CA

I caught that too! Maybe Keith is channeling Ralph Kiner!

Boy, did you see how hyped up Dontrelle Willis was during that Mets rally? He wanted to get out of that jam, and it seemed like he just couldn't wait to get the ball and pitch it again.

He's fun to watch, and so was this game. I again watched on TiVo-delay, and zipping through commercials it took only about two hours. (I started watching at about 2:15 and finished at about 4:15.)

[Guest Edgy DC]

Yeah, Keith can tell you about baseball in the abstract inside and out, but I'm not sure he's up to the legwork to be able to tell you about the players actually out there on the field.

I was going to go to the home opener here in DC. We had a scheduling conflict, and instead I'll end up at game two when Pedro gets arrested.

[Centerfield]

Big O's post needs to be farmed out to a Standings 2006 thread.