IGT Business Person's Special 4-29-09

[Centerfield]

Good time for Santos to pick up his first walk.

[metirish]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: "absolutely a riverboat gamble" --Wayne Hagin

That was a great exchange from Howie and Hagin....

[ashie62]

="Benjamin Grimm"] ="TransMonk"]NO WAY we can leave the field this inning with out being at least tied. No way we can? Or no way we should? I'm pretty confident that we can.

maybe next time...again

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

"Season's over."
--JCL, April 29

[Fman99]

Ugh. Boo. Castro has two hits and an RBI, he should be hitting here.

14 LOB.

[bmfc1]

Edgy DC wrote: That's such a fuck off to Castro, it's almost shocking.

Indeed. The guy had 2 hits today. I guess Jerry had Santos on his way to Cooperstown.

[ashie62]

They ripped down Shea Stadium for this bullshit?

[nymr83]

what a fucking tease in the 9th

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Ugly.

Another big tease.

[ashie62]

Season's Over 4/29 Ashie

[TransMonk]

I hat baseball.

Manuel is fucking mystifying.

LOB, RISP, leadoff walks.

GAAAAAAAAH!

[Guest Edgy DC]

It's the top of the eighth you should be writing your congressmember about.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Ashie62 wrote: They ripped down Shea Stadium for this bullshit?

I don't see the connection.

[bmfc1]

Look at how each team responded to getting two lead-off walks.

[HahnSolo]

bmfc1 wrote: ="Edgy DC"]That's such a fuck off to Castro, it's almost shocking. Indeed. The guy had 2 hits today. I guess Jerry had Santos on his way to Cooperstown.

I guess I have to stand corrected by my statement that it will be Schnied/Castro once Brian is back.

Don't get this move at all. Didn't like the bunt in the 7th. Irish definitely started the Manuel thread at the right time.

Two out of three to these guys in our building with no Hanley. Disgusting.

[Guest mario25]

Castro gets 2 hits today and is pinch hit for??? They find ways to lose and the manager makes awful decisions.

[metirish]

It's Omir's birthday today.......maybe Jerry wanted him to feel good about himself...

[ashie62]

TransMonk wrote: I hat baseball. Manuel is fucking mystifying. LOB, RISP, leadoff walks. GAAAAAAAAH!

Bobby V was mystifying but successful

[TransMonk]

Ashie62 wrote: Bobby V was mystifying but successful

I want him back NOW!

[batmagadanleadoff]

I didn't like pinch-hitting Santos for Castro. When you're down by one run with the bases loaded and one out left, it's all about getting on base and not making an out. It's about OBA. Castro has very good strike zone discipline; his OBA is typically 100 points higher than his BA. Santos has a terrible walk-rate. Castro is more likely to get on base than Santos, even when accounting for Castro's low BA.

Edited April 29, 2009 by Guest

[ashie62]

TransMonk wrote: ="Ashie62"]Bobby V was mystifying but successful I want him back NOW!

As do I..now!

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

"Frustratingly, this season is not over." -LWFS, 4/29/09

[HahnSolo]

We can gnash over Jerry's decision there all we want, but lets not forget the clusterf**k our third baseman was in the ninth (all homestand, in fact).

[batmagadanleadoff]

I wonder if Castro is in Manuel's doghouse to a much greater extent than we might be imagining? Maybe Castro started today only because of the day after night circumstance, but that Manuel is continually stewing about Castro and trying very hard to embarass him. Just an idea.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

It's like the USA has been saying for 50 years: Castro will be overthrown any day now.

[Centerfield]

This team blows.

[G-Fafif]

Citi Field: A nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to lose there.

One of the few highlights was running into Swan Swan H in the Promenade food court before first pitch. It didn't take long for us to exhume the ghosts of Glavine and Stone, to name two ex-Braves. Man, we Mets fans are cheery people.

[Fman99]

ESPN, the NY Times, all pinning this loss on Putz and the pen for their headlines.

Forget about the 14 Mets left on base. Crikey.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Well, I'm a business person, and my Mom thinks I'm special, so I decided to take a vacation day and watch Santana shut down the Marlins, which he pretty much did. Wasn't enough, obviously.

I may cut managers more slack than just about anyone, but I don't feel like Manuel has put the players in the best position to be successful. Some of it is hard to put my finger on, but I have a feeling that the players sit on the bench and have no idea what's going to happen next. The Santos move was a stunner. I was sitting in 409, behind first, and I was expecting Delgado, or Rusty Staub, or somebody, but the longer the wait I began to realize that Santos was probably coming in from the bullpen. And, to quote Groucho, "Why, I'll never know."

I agree with an earlier post, meeting G-Fafif was one of the high points of the day. I recognized him from the book and the teevee, but we'd never met before. I think he's still getting used to being recognized.

A Shake Shack burger and shake, Box Frites fries, and conversation with the guy who wrote the book on being a Mets Fan - it was mostly downhill from there.

[Guest Kong76]

I didn't see any of the game and I'm not watching it tonight.

I caught the last half of the ninth in the car when Castro was hit for and I
thought to myself, "well, he's gone." Cohen made some kind of mention that
it was a casino type move and I thought if this guy comes through god knows
that was freakin' brilliant and if not he's gonna look like doo doo.

Isn't Castro pretty much toast after the next roster move. I've been busy and
I don't read everything here ... but there seems to be a lot of off anger swirling
about already this young season. Ya'll are gonna start getting hives.