IGT - 05/22/08 - Mets @ Braves.

[metirish]

Lets Go Mets.

Reyes (ss)
Castillo (2b)
Wright (3b)
Beltran (cf)
Delgado (1b)
Anderson (lf)
Schneider ©
Chavez (rf)
Santana (lhp)

[metirish]

Local Atlanta journalist says Mets are done.

] Mets are a major league mess By Mark Bradley | Thursday, May 22, 2008, 09:05 AM The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Working with half a pitching staff, the Braves awoke Thursday two games ahead of the Mets. This tells us much about the Braves, and it tells us more about the Mets. It tells us the Mets are done. For 2 1/4 seasons the Mets have acted as if they�re the National League�s best team, but the cold truth is that they haven�t been anything special since 2006. They fell to historic pieces last fall � 12 losses in their final 17 games � and this year, when they are supposed to prove that collapse was an epic fluke, they�ve proved only that they�re both overheated and undermanaged. It takes a special sort of club to thrive in New York, and the Mets aren�t it. They have a fractious clubhouse � last week closer Billy Wagner railed at teammates for their lack of accountability � and a manager who once seemed nobly stoic but who has been revealed as serially maladroit. Willie Randolph couldn�t arrest his team�s slide last September, and over the weekend he was quoted by The Record of Hackensack, N.J., as wondering whether the criticism of him was racially based. He has since sought to distance himself from those sentiments, telling reporters before Wednesday�s loss at Turner Field, �I shouldn�t have said what I said. It was a mistake.� And here, not for the first or even the hundredth time, we see why the Braves remain the gold standard of communal harmony. They don�t throw 25 players together without consideration for compatibility. (Remember when Sports Illustrated hailed Mets GM Omar Minaya as a �Mixmaster�?) The manager never creates problems; he defuses them. And if there�s one thing I�ve learned in 30 years of hanging around clubhouses, it�s that mood absolutely matters. I don�t know if the Braves will win the NL East. They can�t possibly hold up over 162 games with such a short pitching staff. (Can they?) But there�s a chance the Braves will get healthy. There seems little chance that the Mets will get serene.

[Guest AG/DC]

There's less meat there than in a typical blog.

[Benjamin Grimm]

A lot of wishful thinking in that.

He may be right, though. The season is young, (or youngish) and teams that look done in May often do get their acts together. It's entirely possible that the Mets can do that this year.

I'm not confident or optimistic, but I am hopeful. There's still reason to be hopeful.

[Willets Point]

="Benjamin Grimm"]He may be right, though. The season is young, (or youngish) and teams that look done in May often do get their acts together. It's entirely possible that the Mets can do that this year.

Like the Florida Marlins, 19-29 and 13.5 GB in last place on this date 5 years ago.
Or the Houston Astros, 15-28 and 12 GB in last place on this date 3 years ago.

At 22-22 and a mere 3.5 GB and in third place, the Mets are really not in all that bad a place for 1/4 of the way through the season. Especially compared to these teams that won a World Series Championship and an NL Pennant respectively.

The Mets aren't dead yet. Far from it.

[metirish]

Castillo bunting for a hit......

[G-Fafif]

Two blasts and a bloop!

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Wow, we're actually winning!

[seawolf17]

I love the word "dillweed."

[metirish]

Those Braves really hustle huh Keith? , I'm wrong but one might think that Keith was going out of his way to point out how much the Braves hustle.

[seawolf17]

Bunt, Carlos.

[seawolf17]

Fuckin shit, other Carlos.

[seawolf17]

Beltran misplays a base hit to center into a double.
Base hit scores the run.
Santana throws a wild pitch, sending the runner to second.
First and third... for Chipper.

Fuckin' 'ell.

[seawolf17]

I hate this fucking team.

[metirish]

Fuck this...

[seawolf17]

And now it's 4-2 Braves. Can't anyone play this game?

[seawolf17]

Wow, that was a pretty play by Santana.

[Guest themetfairy]

I blame the photo of Sisk for tonight's collapse.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I'm gonna go with the existence of Castinko.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Well this is it. I'm not sure Willie boards the plane if we don't get this one.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Let us pray.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Dear Lord,

Please allow us to smite thy enemy.

Amen, Jesus

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Dear God,

Thy must be joking.

[seawolf17]

And just like that, two outs.

Why the pitching change here, Bobby Cox? Just end the game. Overmanaging at its worst. Why prolong the agony?

I hate this team.

[metirish]

Holy Mother of God.

[Guest KC]

Well, that series was fun to watch.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Will Willie fly to Denver or to Jersey?

[metirish]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Will Willie fly to Denver or to Jersey?

Things to do in Denver when Willie is gone.

[Valadius]

That's it. I've officially soured on Willie Randolph.

[Gwreck]

There's 12 hours of my life I'm never getting back.