Sweeps of Aught-Seven

[Guest Edgy DC]

April 1- 4, vs. St. Louis

Date	Mets	Cardinals	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
4/1	6	1	Glavine	Carpenter	--
4/3	4	1	O. Hernandez	Wells	Wagner
4/4	10	0	Maine	Looper	--

RF: 20
RA: 2

Pythag Win%: .990

[Guest Edgy DC]

Was this the sweepiest sweep the Mets have ever laid on St. Louis?

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

This was a complete ass-wiping, bitch-slapping, humiliation. The Mets did e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g better than the Cardinals did in this series, dramatically so in most cases.

When the Mets started 0-5 a few years back it was distressing and sad but it wasn't hopeless. They were having some bad luck and made a few mistakes and got going slowly, but it wasn't ever like this. If I'm a Cardinals fan right now I'd be furious.

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy DC wrote: Was this the sweepiest sweep the Mets have ever laid on St. Louis?

Well there was that mid-April '86 ass-kicking that wound up putting the defending NL champs in the rearview for good.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Best unblemished starts the Mets have ever had.

1985: 5-0
1973: 4-0
1978: 3-0
1987: 3-0
1994: 3-0
2007: 3-0

[dinosaur jesus]

Yes, the 1978 juggernaut. I remember a wire service story with the headline "Mets Insisting They're for Real." They were 9-6 at the time. They lost their next six, and I guess they stopped insisting. The head cheerleader in the story was Bobby Valentine.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Le'ts find that story, Sherman!

[Benjamin Grimm]

I remember the Daily News lead that day said something like, "The first place Mets. Roll that around on your tongue for a while..."

And the article had a quote from Ron Hodges, though I don't remember what he said.

It's funny that I remember that after all these years. Seeing the Mets in first place after 15 games must have made quite an impression on my 14-year-old self.

Here are the standings at the conclusion of play on April 22, 1978:

Eastern Division
	W	L	Pct.	GB	Streak	Last 10
NEW YORK METS	9	6	.600	--	W-1	5-5
Montreal Expos	7	5	.583	0.5	W-3	7-3
Chicago Cubs	7	6	.538	1.0	L-1	6-4
Philadelphia Phillies	5	5	.500	1.5	L-2	5-5
St. Louis Cardinals	5	8	.385	3.0	L-4	4-6
Pittsburgh Pirates	4	7	.364	3.0	W-1	3-7

[Centerfield]

[soupcan]

I use to clip the standings after Opening Days in the '70s and save them just so I could remember what it looked like to see the Mets in first place.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

I hope that this becomes a very long, multi-paged thread.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Best unblemished starts the Mets have ever had.

1985: 5-0
1973: 4-0
2007: 4-0
1978: 3-0
1987: 3-0
1994: 3-0

[stevejrogers]

The Mets are the last undefeated team in the NL, Twinkies are the only 3-0 team in the AL, their game got postponned last night in Chicago.

On the flip side, only the Astros at 0-4 are looking for their first regular season win of 2007.

[Centerfield]

Technically, it counts.

4/17/07 Mets 8, Phillies 1

[Guest Edgy DC]

Cool.

April 16-17, @ Philadelphia

Date	Mets	Phillies	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
4/16	Ppd.		---	---	--
4/17	8	1	Glavine	Garcia	---

RF: 8
RA: 1

Pythag Win%: .985

[duan]

how's about keepin' up with the sweeps!!!

[Guest Edgy DC]

Wow!

Sweep Three: April 18- 19, @. Florida

Date	Mets	Marlins	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
4/18	9	2	Maine	Willis	--
4/19	11	3	O. Hernandez	Vanden Hurk	---

RF: 20
RA: 5

Pythag Win%: .941

[Benjamin Grimm]

So we now have a one-game sweep, a two-game sweep, and a three-game sweep.

When's the next four-game series? I want the Mets to sweep for the cycle! (I wonder if they've ever done that?)

[TransMonk]

May 3rd-6th @ Arizona...given their track record in ARZ the last two years, this is not impossible.

[Guest sharpie]

Will this thread contain details in the unlikely event the Mets are ever swept?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Um, maybe.

[Willets Point]

Bumping for future use. I hope.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Sweep Four: May 25-27 @ Florida

Date	Mets	Marlins	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
5/25	6	2	O. Hernandez	Mitre	--
5/26	7	2	Maine	Obermueller	---
5/27	6	4	Sosa	Olsen	Wagner

RF: 19
RA: 8

Pythag Win%: .856

[Guest Edgy DC]

This was the Mets first sweep in Miami since Oct. 1-3, 1993, the last three games of the Marlins' inaugural year.

[metirish]

Buried on page seven,not good.

[Gwreck]

Very happy to be bumping this back up.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Finally, the Mets cleaned house.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Sweep Five: vs. Athletics, June 22-24, Introduces the New ImprovedCPF Sweep Summary Box^TM
This A's sweep replaces the season opening sweep of the Cardinals as the most dominating sweep of the Mets' season. (Old Sweeps have been updated in this thread with new SSPs.)

Date	Mets	Athletics	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save	Player of the Game
6/22	9	1	Glavine	DiNardo	---	Tom Glavine: 8.0 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 So / 2-3, 2B, RS, 2 RBI / 3 PO, (1 on Liner, 2 Covering First), A
6/23	1	0	Wagner	Casilla	---	Orlando Hernandez: 7.0 IP, 6 H, 0 ER, BB, 7 SO / 0-2 / PO (Covering First), A
6/24	10	2	Maine	Kennedy	---	John Maine: 7.0 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 6 SO / 0-0, 2 SH, SF, First Career RBI
RF:		20	Player of the Series:	Tom Glavine: 8.0 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 So / 2-3, 2B, RS, 2 RBI / 3 PO, (1 on Liner, 2 Covering First), A
RA:		3	Mets Lead: Some referred to it as a sweep. Others used pluralized phrasing; the Mets had won three games -- and in succession, no less, they said. No matter how they cut or phrased it on Sunday afternoon, the Mets left Shea Stadium with three more victories and no more losses than they had when they showed up for work on Friday. Here on the very turf the New York Jets used to defend, the Mets had hung a three-and-out on the enemy.			A's Lead: With Rich Harden's return to the A's starting rotation at least visible on the horizon, it's reasonable to think that the starting jobs of Joe Kennedy and Lenny DiNardo may be on shaky ground. Neither Kennedy on Sunday nor DiNardo on Friday did himself proud as the losing pitcher in two of the A's three losses to the Mets, who became the first team in the last 46 series of three or more games to complete a sweep of Oakland
Pythag Win%:		.978

[TransMonk]

It's been a while, but we catch 3 from the Nats 8/17-8/19.

Mets now 17 games over .500 for the first time all year.

[Guest Edgy DC]

8/17-19, @ Washington

Date	Mets	Nationals	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save	Player of the Game
8/17	6	2	Glavine	Chico	---	Tom Glavine: 7.0 IP, 8 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 SO / 0-2, BB / 0 PO, 1 A
8/18	7	4	Perez	Lannan	Wagner	Luis Castillo: 2-5, HR, 2 RS, 2 RBI / 1 PO (on Game-Opening Liner)
8/19	8	2	O. Hernandez	Hill	---	O. Hernandez: 7.0 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 4 SO / 1-3 / PO (at First), 2 A (Both on Sacs)
RF:		21	Player of the Series:	Tom Glavine: 7.0 IP, 8 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 SO / 0-2, BB / 0 PO, 1 A
RA:		8	Mets Lead: The schedule says the Mets must go back to New York right now, but if they had their way they might just stay on the road for a while. Baseball's best road team* completed a three-game sweep of the Nationals with an 8-2 win on Sunday. The road trip ends with a 5-1 record, and the standings reflect that New York has pulled away in the National League East, holding a five-game lead over Philadelphia. "It was a great road trip for us," first baseman Shawn Green said. "We're putting ourselves in much better position as we get closer to September." * Hell, yeah!			Nats Lead: Before Sunday's game against the Mets, Nationals manager Manny Acta said reliever Jesus Colome would be a welcome addition to the team because it would give right-hander Saul Rivera and Jon Rauch a little bit of a break. Colome was supposed to pitch the second of back-to-back rehab games for Triple-A Columbus on Sunday, but the Nationals told him come to Washington instead and be ready to pitch against the Mets that same day. There was a problem, though. When the Nationals needed him to pitch the eighth inning, Colome was not at the ballpark. Colome's flight to Washington was delayed twice and he didn't show up to Robert F. Kennedy Stadium until the bottom of the eighth inning. Colome was originally scheduled to arrive at the ballpark by late morning. By the time Colome got to the ballpark, the damage had been done as the Nationals were pounded by the Mets, 8-2 in front of 29,092.
Pythag Win%:		.873