IGT 08/02, Mets at Astros

[Frayed Knot]

Bourne can't hit for shit but he also can't be doubled up.

[G-Fafif]

STAVED! For now...

[Frayed Knot]

OF needs to be shallow here ... little power from Erstad

(looks like they are)

[Fman99]

@#)$)%@#

[G-Fafif]

A great gamesaving catch...for about four seconds.

[metirish]

The pen needs some help , or changes.

[Frayed Knot]

Can't win games when you score early then go virtually hitless for the next 7 innings plus have 3 seperate bullpen guys fuck up.

[G-Fafif]

[bmfc1]

And so it goes that the bullpen continues to suck. And someone here actually said the other night when I pleaded for Omar to get some help that doing so is a "knee-jerk" reaction. Well, I had a knee-jerk reaction of nausea to a bullpen that can't get six freakin' outs on a consistent basis.

[G-Fafif]

Hard to remember or fathom that this is the same bullpen responsible, in great part, for the ten-game winning streak.

Ron Darling says they need somebody with more "panache" than Carlos Muniz to bring in in a pinch. He didn't say anything about verve.

[stevejrogers]

G-Fafif wrote:

I would have gone with the piano solo end of Layla.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

We've really turned back into the Willie-Era Mets. The bullpen has lost its courage and the usage patterns have gone kablooey, the offense is coming back to its earlier level of suck, we're going quiet for innings at a time, worry over players who aren't there is undermining the performance of the ones who are there and we expect Billy Wagner to protect a 2-run lead vs. a shitty team.