4/24 IGT ITS SANTANA TIME!!

[nymr83]

MUST WIN GAME IN APRIL!!

[Benjamin Grimm]

Ideally, it will rain four out of every five days for the next few months.

[Fman99]

Not a moment too soon.

[metirish]

Not to be greedy but I need JCL to be posting a picture of an old guy with a broom come Sunday afternoon.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Sheff and Tatis to be starting in the corners tonight, according to the Snooze.

It'll be the first time the Mets have faced a LH starter all year.

[soupcan]

metirish wrote: Not to be greedy but I need JCL to be posting a picture of an old guy with a broom come Sunday afternoon.

Not to rain on your parade irish, but even if our boys win the first two they are scheduled to face the Nats hotshot rookie pitcher - Jordan Zimmerman on Sunday. We all know how the Mets usually seem to fare against rookie pitchers that they've never seen.

[Centerfield]

SUCKING STOPS NOW

[G-Fafif]

Horrible Visitors

Hernandez 2B
Johnson 1B
Zimmerman 3B
Dunn LF
Dukes CF
Kearns RF
Flores C
Gonzalez SS
Olsen P

Not So Hot Homestanders

Reyes SS
Castillo 2B
Beltran CF
Delgado 1B
Wright 3B
Sheffield RF
Tatis LF
Castro C
God Himself P

[Guest Edgy DC]

Blasphemy: a dangerous way to open a game.

Leading off with Anderson Hernandez: Not such a smart move either.

[G-Fafif]

God called. Said he's flattered by the comparison, but he's no Johan.

[G-Fafif]

Lord of the K's...

[Piggiestomatoes]

There is a bright spot to the horrible start. If they keep playing like this there will be no last day of the season heartbreak.

[Guest Edgy DC]

My heart breaks a little at the end of every season.

[Theoldmole]

Mets are in trouble -- two men in scoring position.

[bmfc1]

Nats color guy, moron Rob Dibble, after Tatis' double on an 0-2 count: "he's not that good."

[Fman99]

Two innings, 0-5, 0 RBIs with RISP.

:sigh:

[ashie62]

Centerfield wrote: SUCKING STOPS NOW

Not quite yet apparently

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Needed to score there, obviously, but at least they're hitting.

[Theoldmole]

but that's the story all season -- get men on base, don't drive em in.

[ashie62]

YES!! Looked like Castillo was going to keel over doing his best in case Beltran was going for four..

[Guest Swan Swan H]

There's your run, Johan. Don't spend it all in one place.

[metirish]

Wright booed with vigor after striking out for the 19th time.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

That's all Johan needs -- though it would be nice tack on one or two or a dozen more runs.

[batmagadanleadoff]

="G-Fafif"]Lord of the K's...

That was an old SI cover.

[batmagadanleadoff]

There's your new leadoff hitter, Jerry. (as Luis drives in the Mets second run). A feast for Johan.

[Theoldmole]

I think we can forgive Santana a baserfunning error.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Castillo with the big two-out hit scores Freddy Teats. Santana gets caught between second and third, has to dive back into second base headfirst, and paramedics have to restart Manuel's heart.

Santana, at the last second, did a little twist move to dive in right-arm first. Very quick thinking.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

When the other team makes errors like that, you have to make them pay. Reyes can't go popping to second in that situation.

Take the run, though.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

A two run lead. Santana must feel like Ralphie Parker on Christmas morning.

Meanwhile, Wright's whiffery doesn't affect his glove. A really nice play going to his right saves a double.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Jesus Flores and Alberto Gonzalez hit a couple of cheez puffs, and Olson bunts them over. Andy Handy is not man enough against Johan, and dribbles weakly in the direction of the mound.

Today's fun fact - there have been 14 Major League ballplayers with the first name Jesus. None had the middle initial H.