IGT 04/08 OPENING DAY AT SHEA TODAY! HOORAY!

[Zvon]

Left ankle strain for J-Roll.
Day to day.

[stevejrogers]

RALLY CAP TIME

[stevejrogers]

Hey Z, WHERE IS MR. CLEESE?

[Zvon]

Gordon in to close, and from what Ive seen of him so far this season he sucks.

So he promptly K's lead off batter Schneider .
ugh.

[stevejrogers]

Z, I want to see John Cleese!

[HahnSolo]

zI guess we're the only team that can't hit Gordon.

[Zvon]

SteveJRogers wrote: Hey Z, WHERE IS MR. CLEESE?

Mr Cleese is reserved for when something starts, and we both wish it to continue.

Hence, the word 'rally' is used in his graphical cameo appearance.

I see no rally here.

Game OVEH

[stevejrogers]

Z, Next time when I say I want to see John Cleese slapping on his Met Rally Cap knight helmet thing, I WANT TO SEE JOHN CLEESE SLAPPING ON HIS MET RALLY CAP KNIGHT HELMET THING!

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[stevejrogers]

Zvon wrote: ="SteveJRogers"]Hey Z, WHERE IS MR. CLEESE? Mr Cleese is reserved for when something starts, and we both wish it to continue. Hence, the word 'rally' is used in his graphical cameo appearance. I see no rally here. Game OVEH

Ahh your father was a hamster and your mother wears combat boots!

[metirish]

2 - 4

[Fman99]

Fuck.

[Zvon]

SteveJRogers wrote: ="Zvon"] SteveJRogers wrote: Hey Z, WHERE IS MR. CLEESE? Mr Cleese is reserved for when something starts, and we both wish it to continue. Hence, the word 'rally' is used in his graphical cameo appearance. I see no rally here. Game OVEH Ahh your father was a hamster and your mother wears combat boots!

I don't know about your mother but my mother smelt of elderberries.

[nymr83]

i had to miss the end of the game, i hate schoenweis.

[Guest Number 6]

Don't blame just him. You'd think .316/.382/.574, his 2007 numbers against righties, would maybe suggest to the bench that he shouldn't be in to face 3 in a row.

Also, to be fair, Delgado torpedoed a possible double play by hitting Utley in the back.

[nymr83]

yeah he shouldnt be in there except as a lefty specialist. its possible theres no room for that on the roster, and i'd be fine if he were off the roster

[TransMonk]

I didn't see the game today, but from what I followed on Gamecast, this team looks A LOT like the team that finished up last year again today.

Is everyone waiting for everyone to pick everyone up everyday?

[Elster88]

Mr. Zero wrote: For the life of me I can't imagine what kind of P.R. meeting would produce the idea: "Let's have a wax figure of David Wright ride the 7 train to Shea". Then again, probably the same type of brainstorming that generated: "Lets have an apple pop out of a top hat whenever a Met hits a home run".

I hope I never get that grumpy. Like you wouldn't sit next to the wax dummy and take a picture? Try to enjoy your life.

[Elster88]

Frayed Knot wrote: ="Triple Dee"]Is it just me or does Castillo look like he has a permanent limp? I was half listening to a radio interview with Willie a couple of days ago and he said something about Castillo having one leg shorter than the other. Didn't catch all the details but he's definitely one of those guys who has a different style gait when he's walking as opposed to running.

LOL. Bret would have a field day with that one.

[Elster88]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: ="Valadius"]What's wrong with Castillo? Why's he out of the game? "Right knee soreness."

Are they both his knees? My grandmother had one replaced a few years back and it bothers her from time to time too.

[Guest Number 6]

Can she play second?

[Gwreck]

As Schoeneweis was warming up, my neighbors and I were debating whether it was better to have Smith face a lefty to lead off or to bring in Schoeneweis to force the burning of the PH, but also have to face Rollins and Victorino.

We all managed to agree on Smith facing Dobbs to lead off as the better choice, knowing that if Smith didn't get out 1-2-3 then Schoeneweis was available for Utley and Howard.

Granted, he should've been out of the inning with only 1 run of damage, but still. Not a good choice.

Anyone catch why Rollins left the game?

Crowd was not particularly friendly to the Mets. Boos for Sosa, Schoeneweis and Heilman all in the pregame introductions. Several fights -- of the full-throttle punches being thrown variety -- in various levels of the stadium. The overwhelming feeling in the building was that people are still very pissed off about last year.

[Elster88]

Heilman getting booed?

Fans are morons.

[Guest mario25]

I hate our bullpen....Heilman is no stopper in the eighth inning,Schowenweis is terrible, Sosa is bad too....they are not the stoppers you need in a good bullpen....

[Elster88]

mario25 wrote: I hate our bullpen....

They hate you too...

]Heilman is no stopper in the eighth inning,

What the fuck is a stopper?

]Schowenweis is terrible,

Not against lefties.

]Sosa is bad too....

Sosa is average...

]they are not the stoppers you need in a good bullpen....

see above....

[metsmarathon]

Elster88 wrote: What the fuck is a stopper?

someone who never, ever fails.

except in meaningless games.

[metirish]

I'm watching the replay and Kevin Burkhardt is interviewing Governor Patterson asking him of his memories of Shea stadium....I thought he was going to regale us with stories of past trysts in the Shea parking lot with hookers or of scoring dope there but no he told a nice story of his Dad taking him to Shea the night before it opened and asking the guys there if his legally blind son could walk the field, they let him.

[Guest mario25]

Relief pitching is a tough job I understand that, but the Mets need some dependable relief and as I have watched the past few years Heilman has had good days but he has given up a ton of huge hits in big situations. I think the pre injury season of Duaner Sanchez was great. I hate to say it (being how much I despise the scumbag Yankees) but the Mets need a Joba Chamberlain 8th inning guy. Sosa is a journeyman pitcher at his best and Heilman will not relish the role cause he wants to start. Schoenweis is ok against lefties and should be a lefty specialist. Everybody loves Heilman but I have seen a ton of bombs given up in big games....

[Guest Grote15]

If this team is 22-26 about May remember Willie was not Omar's hire. Can we trade Schnieder, Church, and a bag of balls for LoDuca, Milledge and Manny Acta..

I know its early, but Castillo is shot..

[metirish]

I like Acta too but why is he the anointed one to get the job at Shea , didn't Minaya hire Randolph?

[Benjamin Grimm]

Yes, Minaya definitely hired Randolph.