IGT 9/16/08--Mets @ Nationals

[bmfc1]

Reyes, ss
Church, rf
Wright, 3b
Beltran, cf
Delgado, 1b
Tatis, lf
A. Reyes, 2b
Schneider, c
Pelfrey, rhp

No Luis.

I'm on my way to the "generic mistake" (Tom Verducci, SI.com, today).

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Go Big Pelf.

Tonight's game is a little bigger than yesterday's.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Yeah. I think we have to at least win all of the Pelfrey/Perez/Santana starts.

[Frayed Knot]

Nothing like pumping up the offense with a .250 hitting 2nd baseman (.220 in August) with 1 extra base hit and 4 walks.

Of course I'm only knocking Argenis Reyes because I, like Gary Cohen, am in the tank for Luis Castillo. Marching orders from SNY and Omar ... you know how it is.

[HahnSolo]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Yeah. I think we have to at least win all of the Pelfrey/Perez/Santana starts.

I would think 8-5, however they come, would put us in pretty good shape.

[TransMonk]

9-4 would be better...but at this point, I'll take one game at a time.

[Benjamin Grimm]

8-5 will only be good enough if the Phillies go 7-5. And I think they'll do better than that. (Of course, if the Brewers go 7-5 or worse, then we'll still be okay.)

What the Mets really need is a 10-3. And that's a pretty tall order, but it's doable.

[Centerfield]

10-3? I'd sign up for 9-4 right now. I don't see them doing any better than that.

[stevejrogers]

Frayed Knot wrote: Of course I'm only knocking Argenis Reyes because I, like Gary Cohen, am in the tank for Luis Castillo. Marching orders from SNY and Omar ... you know how it is.

Riiiiiiiiiiiiigggggggggghhhhhhhhhhttttttttt and its just imaginged that Cohen gives verbal blow jobs to Castillo on the air since he got here.

Come on, even YOU'D agree that Cohen's journalistic integrity went right out the window the moment he started the TV gig. Why? Who knows, maybe he figures Hernandez and Darling should be the ones making comments, snarky or straight, about the performance of Met players, managers, coaches, etc and he has to be the koolaid drinker of the booth.

He has changed drastically since his radio days, and not for the better.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

STFUJ

[Gwreck]

You know, Steve's not 100% wrong on that. Cohen has indeed gone downhill since the move to TV.

That being said, any chance for a reasoned analysis of why goes out the door once the nonsense about having no journalistic integrity/verbal fellatio/etc. is put into play.

You could make your point so much more effectively.

[Guest KC]

I agree that Cohen has changed some, but I don't buy the 'he's joined the
company line' crap. The booth is plenty critical of the Mets when it's war-
ranted and it's been quite warranted.

Verbal blow jobs? I watch almost every single game and Steve is so far off
base here it's pathetic. He must be confusing Cohen with Michael Kay who
he probably sees much more of.

My hope is that no one poster will turn each remaining IGT into a spitting
contest ... it's about the game, not one of us.

[G-Fafif]

Could maybe 20 of us contribute 5% of our quads to form a new and healthier one for Damion Easley? Not only would the lineup look a lot better, but we'd save a lot of energy otherwise devoted to considering how badly Luis Castillo needs to be criticized.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Ben Grimm - "Yeah. I think we have to at least win all of the Pelfrey/Perez/Santana starts."

They'll likely have to throw a lot of complete games to do that.

[metirish]

I can't say I listened to Gary a whole lot when he was on the radio but I would think that the SNY booth gets high marks for being objective. I know Mushnick was critical recently of Cohen in a column.

Maybe now being with a few ex jocks the last few seasons has changed him , I don't know.

I took FK's post above as him poking a little fun , taking the piss if you like.

Let's

[A Boy Named Seo]

Go

[Theoldmole]

OK, I'm here, and I vow to stay for the entire game.

And Jose a great stop.

[A Boy Named Seo]

I think you meant to say "METS".

[Frayed Knot]

That was a tougher inning for Pelfrey than it should have been considering that no ball left the infield.

[Guest mario25]

RU kiddin me??? These guys cant hit Perez tonite??? They are gripping the bats too tight under pressure.

[Theoldmole]

Pelfrey in control that inning.

[Guest mario25]

How about a nice 4 spot this inning...

[A Boy Named Seo]

I hope FHA loan chick's contract doesn't run as long as Guiseppi's did.

[Theoldmole]

7 in a row for Perez?

[Theoldmole]

Defense playing solid.

[Frayed Knot]

Defense is fine.
But we've got 1 baserunner after 13 batters, or, looked at another way, 2 runs through 13 innings.

[Guest mario25]

THEY ALL OF A SUDDEN CANT HIT...THEY ARE REALLY AWFUL....WHY NOT PLAY MURPHY OCCASIONALLY?????

[Guest mario25]

PUT MURPHY ON 2ND BASE

[metirish]

I suppose with all the lefties the Mets have seen Murphy got a bit buried.....I am now officially worried.

[metirish]

Tatis looks like he might be injured badly...shoulder...