IGT 9/26 Metropolitans vs. Natropolitans

[metirish]

I feel empty, I will put my faith in Pedro though.

[Guest Kid Carsey]

bmfc: >>>Have you guys ever been this down about the team? Maybe after game 7 last year but never in the regular season<<<

A hundred times.

[Benjamin Grimm]

If the Mets and Braves both win tomorrow, things will be looking sunnier again, at least temporarily.

Distance yourself. Really. It helps.

Resign yourself to the probability that they won't be playing in October. Then if things work out, it will be a pleasant surprise.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Ass thoroughly kicked by Ronnie Belliard, overweight middle-infielding, no rangin', washed-up, ex-Brewer, Cardinal-ring-wearin', cousin of a Brave Ronnie Belliard.

And where the Hell did Pete Flynn go?

[Valadius]

Whenever I feel down about baseball, it helps to watch this:

[Zvon]

I feel like that donut guy.
.....Time to get the pictures....

[Zvon]

[metirish]

Was pete Flynn sent to the pen?

[Zvon]

HA^
So, where do we stand?
Will O'Hern get a start over the weekend?

We have Pedro, Perez, Maine,...

Pelfrey's scheduled to go Sunday.

If we are still in this,...does he get that start?

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

This series, particualrly the last two games, have pushed me to the point of almost not caring anymore. The total collapse of this team down the stretch is embarrassing and has become too painful to watch (and I can't even see the games). I hold out very little hope that the Mets can hang on and stumble into the playoffs.

[Centerfield]

It's like they're trying to make each loss more painful than the one prior.

I hate this fucking team. I'm seriously considering not watching tonight's game.

[soupcan]

I was at this fucking game.

It was like somebody threw a switch.

Once the Nats went ahead, the Mets went from free swinging world beaters to a team that was just so tight.

The Nats were taking pitches putting good swings on the ball and the Mets were hitting ground balls and pop flies.

There is no word to describe how bad the Met pitching has been and JD is right - there is an offensive issue. I tend to ignore it because, well, if you're scoring 6 runs a game it really shouldn't matter what your offensive shortcomings are.

Horrible, painful, stomach-turning loss.

They suck and there's no reason to be happy if they do stumble into October because they will get beat so damn bad so quick that we'lll all get whiplash watching it.

32 runs in 3 games given up to - again - the worst hitting team in baseball.

Amazing.

[Benjamin Grimm]

It's a little early yet, but out postmortem on this season will be interesting.

Bullpen has to be at the top of Omar's to-do list for the winter. And it will be a challenge.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Unless manager is at the top of his to-do list.

Unless GM is at the top of the Wilpons' to-do list.

Stomache sick. It's too much to do look that down that road right now.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

They went down on six pitches in the 8th inning. Six!

I dunno, but, if they make the playoffs I'm willing to start with a clean slate. I also like tonite's matchups in terms of regaining some ground.

[metirish]

Soup did you hear the PA guy announce that Jim Smith was coming in from the pen to pitch for the Mets?

It was one of those nights again it seems.

[soupcan]

Edgy DC wrote: Unless manager is at the top of his to-do list. Unless GM is at the top of the Wilpons' to-do list.

You know what - I think these have become pretty valid questions.

[soupcan]

metirish wrote: Soup did you hear the PA guy announce that Jim Smith was coming in from the pen to pitch for the Mets? It was one of those nights again it seems.

No I didn't but nothing surprises me with this team anymore.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Johnny Dickshot wrote: I also like tonite's matchups in terms of regaining some ground.

Yes. Things could look a lot more promising tomorrow morning.

If the Mets clinch tomorrow (which is actually possible!) they could rest their bullpen for four full days. (In Saturday and Sunday's games they could use non-postseason guys like Williams and Humber and Muniz to eat innings as needed.) Maybe a chance to rest and catch their breaths would give the Mets new life in the NLDS.

It's always darkest before the dawn, they say. I wish, though, that I was as optimistic as I sound in this post!

[Guest sharpie]

I managed to miss this game entirely as I was at a Steve Earle show at Town Hall. On the subway going home I see a father and son wearing Mets gear. I ask them how it went and they spluttered on about the indignities of it all. I was so glad that I hadn't seen any of it.

[seawolf17]

Can you go back and ask Steve Earle (or, for that matter, the father and son) if they can pitch?

[Guest Edgy DC]

[Guest sharpie]

Unfortunately Earle is a MFY fan. The beard, however, is gone.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

sharpie wrote: Unfortunately Earle is a MFY fan. The beard, however, is gone.

I knew it. That f-in commie!

[Guest sharpie]

At another Earle show I went to he mentioned having a Yankee bathrobe. He also appeared on a TV show about politics in music wearing a Yankee shirt.

[Guest Edgy DC]

That's disappointing.

Not shocking. Going from playing clubs with names like the Dirty Glass and the Ol' Corral to playing Town Hall and the Kennedy Center is clue enough. Freakin' NPR darlings making my sicker than the Mets.

[Guest sharpie]

All that being said his show last night was stupendous -- best I'd seen him.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

No wonder -- he was all giddy about the MFYs clinching and the zmets losing.

I don't how you can sleep at night supporting these enemies of freedom.

[Guest sharpie]

Who said I sleep at night?