IGT 9/25/07 - Mets vs. Nationals

[Frayed Knot]

Fun inning there fore a while -- but unfortunately it's too late in the year for moral victories and nothing can cover up the recent pitching deficiencies.

[Frayed Knot]

A 3 hour 40 minute game ... and it's STILL quicker than the still in progress Yanqui game.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

DocTee wrote: somebody please enlighten-- wtf happened?

Down 7 we score 6 (Reyes 3r HR, Aliu 3-r double) and have the tying run at 2nd but it stops there when Delgado whiffs as Chavez (running for Alou) stupidly but safely steals 3rd and LoDuca pops up like a douchebag.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

I bet they go out tomorrow and beat the snot out of these guys. Humber gets a win and we'll be at 3.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I'll take a moral victory if it means something tomorrow. It beats the alternative that we had heading to the ninth.

Can't disagree about the pitching.

Aaron Sele, sleep on that last run.

Willie Randolph, sleep on your decision to sit on Schoeneweis.

Sleep a little poorly.

[soupcan]

This team, the Mets, that all you guys like and root for?

They fucking suck and I hate them.

[metirish]

I'm shattered after that....really WTF was Chavez at,I can't remember a Mets team so terrible and dumb on the bases,and it sseems to have gotten worse in the second half....

[metirish]

And Kevin Burkhart tells us tonight that Fred came down to have a chat with Willie and Omar over reports that they are on the outs,Omar then give Willie a vote of confidence.......

[G-Fafif]

Johnny Dickshot wrote: LoDuca pops up like a douchebag.

Is there another way to pop up?

[Guest Edgy DC]

metirish wrote: And Kevin Burkhart tells us tonight that Fred came down to have a chat with Willie and Omar over reports that they are on the outs,Omar then give Willie a vote of confidence.......

Unfortunately for him, Willie's certainly been around long enough (and been around the Bronx long enough) to have an idea what that's worth.

[Guest martin]

went to the game. nobody was left in the stands for the comeback.

moises alou, that guy is incredible. really incredible.

[Zvon]

I say the hitting barrage in the 9th gives us the momentum we need to close this thing out.
If the Mets can start really whipping their hittin sticks, this could also bolster the pitching confidence in the sense that they
should be able to losen up a little, and not feel like the season is hanging on every pitch,.....which,...it kinda is.

Alou has been unbelievable.

Chavez stealing third with 2 strikes on Delgado......Can someone explain to me the logic in this? Maybe if he had one strike on him...
then look for a the sac. But with 2 strikes Chavez becomes nothing but a distraction, and we have a wiff, two out and no chance for a sac fly.
Stealing at that specific point: highly illogical captain.
You do not pin your hopes on a wild pitch.

That double play Wright hit into in the 7th. CRAZY MAN! What a play by Zimm and the Nats infield.

Shea looked sparse of crowd at the start, in the middle, and at the end of the game, from what I've seen from just looking at highlights.

Both J-Roll and Da Prince of Milwaukee just slid into the MVP race lead tonight, and it REALLY pains me to say this, but Rollins, whether
the Phils make the post or not, is going to win this award.
Why?
Because Rollins is the first player in major league history to have at least 200 hits, 15 triples, 25 homers and 25 steals in the same year.
When the Phils had no Howard and lost Utley, he kept that team in it.
Fielder could possibly inch him out, because the allure of the 50 HR's is huge.
But 2 more triples, and Jimmy's 200+/20/30/30, and he takes it away from anyone and everyone.

As we all know, Phils lost and they have to be wishing for the same thing we are:
PITCHING! Starters that can go quality/deep and a bullpen that can do its job, if only half the time.

And man, checking the active races for playoff spots, this is just wack.
I was never a fan of the wildcard, but it has won me over. I say make one more WC spot.

And lets go get em tomorrow.

[Zvon]

[Zvon]

Frayed Knot wrote: ="Valadius"]WHAT WAS THAT?!?!?!? - It was Delgado ranging too far (Castillo had that lined up) - Reyes assuming that Castillo was getting it so he didn't cover - And then Sosa assuming the play was going to 2nd so HE was late in covering 1st - Oh yeah, and Delgado bobbled it. Other than that it was played perfectly.

Just read the IGT.

That was a perfect description of exactly what happened there FK.
In the box score it looks like a simple infield single.
In reality it was a blotched play and the following run ended up being a big run for the Nats.
A BIG run

[nymr83]

]Both J-Roll and Da Prince of Milwaukee just slid into the MVP race lead tonight, and it REALLY pains me to say this, but Rollins, whether the Phils make the post or not, is going to win this award. Why? Because Rollins is the first player in major league history to have at least 200 hits, 15 triples, 25 homers and 25 steals in the same year

so what? a walk is as good as a single, 200 hits is way overrated. triples are nice, but a homerun is better and plenty of guys have hit 40 homers, so theres really nothing that special about 25 homers and 15 triples together either.

[Valadius]

Rollins is not going to win.

Granderson's put up similar numbers in Detroit, and he's not coming close to A-Rod, or even Magglio's votes, for that matter.

It's between Wright, Fielder, and Holliday, and it's gonna come down to the wire.

[metirish]

] I say the hitting barrage in the 9th gives us the momentum we need to close this thing out. If the Mets can start really whipping their hittin sticks, this could also bolster the pitching confidence in the sense that they should be able to losen up a little, and not feel like the season is hanging on every pitch,.....which,...it kinda is.

I think the near comeback in the ninth means nothing going forward,scoring runs has not been a problem,our pitching is piss poor and we have a rookie going out there tonight,the Braves have Hudson going tonight so maybe that will be a help.

[Guest Iubitul]

Zvon wrote: Shea looked sparse of crowd at the start, in the middle, and at the end of the game, from what I've seen from just looking at highlights.

The 7 was shut down in GCT around 6:30 due to a stalled train....

They ripped my freaking heart out. I went to the game - took the train in, and because the 7 was shut down, grabbed a cab with a few others who were also going to the game...

I got there in the 2nd inning, with the score already 4-1, so I never felt like they were in it until the end. They had to make me believe first before they shoved the knife deep into my heart, the bastards.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I imagined the Nationals radio announcer saying, "The Nationals win! They win the damn thing by a score of 10 to 9!"

It was that kind of a game.