I won $100,000.00 last night....

[soupcan]

...in my mind.

After Glavine came out of the game I placed an imaginary (but very real to me) bet that the Mets would lose.

I have never felt so certain about a game's outcome as I did last night.

Too bad I wasn't in Vegas. Or maybe not.

[Guest Edgy DC]

It's funny to read the post from George Foster's point of view.

[Guest User 362]

soupcan wrote: ...in my mind. After Glavine came out of the game I placed an imaginary (but very real to me) bet that the Mets would lose. I have never felt so certain about a game's outcome as I did last night. Too bad I wasn't in Vegas. Or maybe not.

The current Mets pen should stay penned. It's time to call in replacements.

Howard

[Guest Edgy DC]

I don't fear the pen.

As thin as they look now, if the team survies this series and the next and makes it to the post-season, we're not far a way from a stabilized Wagner for the ninth, a stabilized Heilman for the eighth, Smith and Feliciano to play matchup with, and reinforcements from the starters as the rotation is shortened by the post-season days off and the possible return of Martinez.

Not that I feel supremely confident. But what scares me more is the possiblity of too many offensive cylanders not firing come October.

[Willets Point]

Edgy DC wrote: Not that I feel supremely confident. But what scares me more is the possibility of too many offensive cylinders not firing come October.

As opposed to their not firing in April - August thus far.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Well, April-May (the epoch of Reyes) were mostly fine. Wright didn't have his power stroke, but Alou was healthy.

Obviously for a few weeks leading into this series, the offense looked good (Alou back!). Looked good on the swing through LA and San Diego also.

Really, it's Reyes' bat that keeps me up.

[Vic Sage]

Edgy DC wrote: Really, it's Reyes' bat that keeps me up.

why... are you using it as a crutch?

anyway, to blame the pen when you've scored all of 2 runs over 10 innings, and left baserunners stranded in scoring position all game long, is to have missed the point, i think. The team's ERA is around 4, which is among the better ERAs in the NL. And they gave up 4 runs last night. It was the offense's job to score 5. And they didn't have to face Koufax to do it.

Wright is the only guy hitting consistently. we can't win that way.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Anyone else get the fear that CB Bucknor's high strike zone the other night would instantly begin a slump for Wright? At some level I think maybe he knew that too, which is why he argued so hard.

[Guest Edgy DC]

We'll see soon enough, I guess. No, I didn't look at it like that. Wright went down looking late last night on a low inside fastball. Sucked to see him crossed up like that.* If he starts to go down flailing a high pitches, we know who to blame.

*Gary Carter --- strong forearms like Wright --- would look fastball with two strikes and fight off the curve. Led to a lot of double plays, but he struck out pretty rarely for a power hitter. Ah, forget it. I don't want Wright to hit like Carter.