OOTS

[Guest Triple Dee]

The 0-6 Tiggers, so branded by the baseball media.

[Fman99]

metirish wrote: Makes the Mets 2 - 3 start look great , what the hell is happening up there?

Slow start by the hitters and the pitching staff revealing itself to be the mess that many people thought it would be.

[Guest AG/DC]

We were supposed to have a great lineup in 2002. Proof in pudding.

[duan]

AG/DC wrote: We were supposed to have a great lineup in 2002. Proof in pudding.

I know Robbie Alomar's collapse was a surprise but how anyone thought an outfield comprising 3 from Roger Cedeno, Timo Perez, Jeromy Burnitz and Jay Satan could lead to a "great lineup" is beyond me. We also had Rey Ordonez at short NOT Alex Rodriguez.

[Guest AG/DC]

I wasn't on board either, but a lot of media and fans were.

Burnitz was pulling down 13 big ones. Both he and Cede�o were coming off of modestly good seasons and people got themselves oversold. What can I tell you?

My point is that maybe a similar ill-advised consensus has been built up on the Tiggs, and years from now, spell broken, peeps will all say, "Of course, Sheffield was going to collapse! Another year of Ivan Rodriguez? What were they thinking!"

[soupcan]

metirish wrote: Makes the Mets 2 - 3 start look great , what the hell is happening up there?

Mets started 2-3 in '69, '86, '88 and '00.

[metirish]

soupcan wrote: ="metirish"]Makes the Mets 2 - 3 start look great , what the hell is happening up there? Mets started 2-3 in '69, '86, '88 and '00.

And probably a lot of other years too I'm guessing, thanks though because that made me feel good.

[nymr83]

Vintage Maddux on display against the hapless Giants today. He goes 7 and allows 1 run, 93 pitches a 7 run game was enough to pull him after 7 innings.

[nymr83]

Glavine doesn't give up a run but doesn't get the W as Boyer serves up a big 8th inning dinger to 2007 Robbed-of-MVP Matt Holiday