IGT 05/21/08 -- Mets @ Braves @ Mets

[Willets Point]

Beltran doubles Wright home. Woo-hoo!

[Willets Point]

Lead cut to 7.

History in the making here folks, where are you?

[bmfc1]

Prediction: Willie's got 4 games to turn this shi(p) around or he's gone on Monday right before a home stand begins.

[TransMonk]

I'm in the doubting room...but I still have the game on.

[Zvon]

4-11.
Now all we have to do is hold em.



One inning left to make a historical comeback.

Wags on for some work.

Greeted with a bloop single.

[Fman99]

I'm watching the ticker online. My wife wanted to watch something else and I have had enough of the badness for one day (week).

[Willets Point]

Ay-yi-yi. The Bravos have the bases loaded with no outs.

Don't they want to just get this thing over with and go home?

[TransMonk]

With all respect to Ryan Church, Wags has been my Mets MVP so far this year.

Big balls, Billy, big balls.

[Zvon]

Held.

Took Wags 17 pitches instead of 7 thanks to Reyes being out of position at short to field that ground single.

[Zvon]

Castillo can get off my shit list by starting this comeback rally.

[Zvon]

Castillo stays on my list.


Hey, doin it with 2 outs would only make it more historic.

[Zvon]

Worst game Ive had the displeasure to witness this season.

But it's still early.

[Zvon]

[Guest themetfairy]

This may be the first time that I'm not totally bummed about Comcast's total service interruption in my neighborhood. At least I was spared seeing this one play out.

[metirish]

From Rubin.

] Luis Castillo - the four-year, $25 million second baseman who can't play day games after night games in Year 1 of the deal because of balky knees - butchered a grounder that could have ended the inning and kept the Braves scoreless. After a two-out walk to Chipper Jones, Mark Teixeira sent a slow but routine grounder to second. Castillo, playing back on the grass, reacted slowly, then had trouble pulling the ball from his glove. Teixeira beat the throw. Brian McCann followed with a two-run double. Jeff Francoeur then crushed an RBI triple. The Braves led, 3-1. Randolph suggested Pelfrey should have done a better job of buckling down after the botched play, but didn't spare Castillo. "If you're going to be on the outfield grass, you have to charge the ball," Randolph said. "He let the ball kind of take a big hop on him, stayed back on it."

[Guest AG/DC]

Randolph, to his credit, knows a bullshit play at second when he sees it.

I don't buy the buckling down thing, though. When pitchers are given no margin for error by their offense, they're goin to give up big innings trying to be perfect. Particularly young pitchers trying to establish themselves.