Great Met Wins of 2009

[Elster88]

5/15: Fall behind 4-1 in the first inning. Down 5-1 after two. Down 6-3 after six. Clutch hits by David Wright. Putz and Delgado unavailable. Livan starting. Reyes limited to striking out in a pinch hitting appearance. Come back to win off the great Tim Lincecum on the road. Score the winning runs in a tie in the ninth.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I went to bed, it was 5-1 and I woke up fully expecting to get confirmation that they had lost.

[Elster88]

5/23 in Boston: 2-run homer with two out in the top of the ninth by Santos to take the lead (after an umpire review). Bottom of the ninth: Wright saves a double with a diving stop, Castillo saves his errant throw to get an out at second, after a line drive out to Pagan, Ramon Martinez(!) makes a diving stop in the hole to close it out.

[Frayed Knot]

Yup! I was just about to go looking for this thread.
Definitely a top win.



IMO, folks should use this thread to nominate any game they think may qualify so by the end of the year it'll be easier to whittle it down to a top 10.
Same with the worst losses thread.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

I just hope this becomes a very long thread.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I wanted to make sure you could find this thread.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

June 24, 2009 - Beat the snot out of Tony LaRussa, Boy Genius and his band of smug Caucasian outfielders. 11-0, and, as the football announcers say, it wasn't that close.

[Fman99]

="Swan Swan H":1m7y1mbc]June 24, 2009 - Beat the snot out of Tony LaRussa, Boy Genius and his band of smug Caucasian outfielders. 11-0, and, as the football announcers say, it wasn't that close.[/quote:1m7y1mbc] Great in the margin of victory, but not really a dramatic or exciting win. Hopefully it is just one of many lopsided Mets poundings (favoring the good guys that is).

Swan Swan H Jun 24 2009 08:28 PM

I factored in the need to bust out after last night's handcuffing, the emergence of Nieve, and the fact that my least favorite manager EVER got his head handed to him in a Ziploc bag, while watching his squad perform rather poorly in the fundies department. If only LaRussa could get the job managing the Yankees. My focused hatred could burn a hole in the dugout roof.

Edgy DC Jun 24 2009 08:53 PM

="Fman99":2az8uoz7] ="Swan Swan H":2az8uoz7]June 24, 2009 - Beat the snot out of Tony LaRussa, Boy Genius and his band of smug Caucasian outfielders. 11-0, and, as the football announcers say, it wasn't that close.[/quote:2az8uoz7] Great in the margin of victory, but not really a dramatic or exciting win. Hopefully it is just one of many lopsided Mets poundings (favoring the good guys that is).[/quote:2az8uoz7] Jeez, we had two wins in this thread. TWO! Benjamin Grimm Jul 02 2009 06:36 PM July 2 in Pittsburgh. Frayed Knot Jul 02 2009 06:58 PM ="Benjamin Grimm":1d2w3xrz]July 2 in Pittsburgh.[/quote:1d2w3xrz] Definitely! LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 02 2009 07:11 PM ="Benjamin Grimm":1fmti51e]July 2 in Pittsburgh.[/quote:1fmti51e] Thirded. The fact that this so easily could've been the other way only underscores the tenuousness of the whole baseball bidness. We've got to get a bunch more of these-- this has been one slow-motion-kick-to-the-balls way to get to .500 after 78 games. Ashie62 Jul 03 2009 08:05 AM ="Benjamin Grimm":3ezg9a97]July 2 in Pittsburgh.[/quote:3ezg9a97] me too..my turning it off made it all the sweeter like Christmas morn smg58 Jul 03 2009 10:54 AM I'm going to nominate Pelfrey's gem on July 1. The Mets desperately needed a pitcher to step up, and hopefully we will look back on that game as the turning point of the season. John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 25 2009 09:02 PM Saturday July 25 at Houston: Niese pitches well D makes the plays 3 HRs including Wright's first of July Starts astonishing win streak* *-perhaps

[Guest Swan Swan H]

I factored in the need to bust out after last night's handcuffing, the emergence of Nieve, and the fact that my least favorite manager EVER got his head handed to him in a Ziploc bag, while watching his squad perform rather poorly in the fundies department.

If only LaRussa could get the job managing the Yankees. My focused hatred could burn a hole in the dugout roof.

[Guest Edgy DC]

="Fman99":2az8uoz7] ="Swan Swan H":2az8uoz7]June 24, 2009 - Beat the snot out of Tony LaRussa, Boy Genius and his band of smug Caucasian outfielders. 11-0, and, as the football announcers say, it wasn't that close.[/quote:2az8uoz7] Great in the margin of victory, but not really a dramatic or exciting win. Hopefully it is just one of many lopsided Mets poundings (favoring the good guys that is).[/quote:2az8uoz7] Jeez, we had two wins in this thread. TWO! Benjamin Grimm Jul 02 2009 06:36 PM July 2 in Pittsburgh. Frayed Knot Jul 02 2009 06:58 PM ="Benjamin Grimm":1d2w3xrz]July 2 in Pittsburgh.[/quote:1d2w3xrz] Definitely! LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 02 2009 07:11 PM ="Benjamin Grimm":1fmti51e]July 2 in Pittsburgh.[/quote:1fmti51e] Thirded. The fact that this so easily could've been the other way only underscores the tenuousness of the whole baseball bidness. We've got to get a bunch more of these-- this has been one slow-motion-kick-to-the-balls way to get to .500 after 78 games. Ashie62 Jul 03 2009 08:05 AM ="Benjamin Grimm":3ezg9a97]July 2 in Pittsburgh.[/quote:3ezg9a97] me too..my turning it off made it all the sweeter like Christmas morn smg58 Jul 03 2009 10:54 AM I'm going to nominate Pelfrey's gem on July 1. The Mets desperately needed a pitcher to step up, and hopefully we will look back on that game as the turning point of the season. John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 25 2009 09:02 PM Saturday July 25 at Houston: Niese pitches well D makes the plays 3 HRs including Wright's first of July Starts astonishing win streak* *-perhaps

[Benjamin Grimm]

July 2 in Pittsburgh.

[Frayed Knot]

="Benjamin Grimm":1d2w3xrz]July 2 in Pittsburgh.[/quote:1d2w3xrz] Definitely!

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 02 2009 07:11 PM

="Benjamin Grimm":1fmti51e]July 2 in Pittsburgh.[/quote:1fmti51e] Thirded. The fact that this so easily could've been the other way only underscores the tenuousness of the whole baseball bidness. We've got to get a bunch more of these-- this has been one slow-motion-kick-to-the-balls way to get to .500 after 78 games. Ashie62 Jul 03 2009 08:05 AM ="Benjamin Grimm":3ezg9a97]July 2 in Pittsburgh.[/quote:3ezg9a97] me too..my turning it off made it all the sweeter like Christmas morn smg58 Jul 03 2009 10:54 AM I'm going to nominate Pelfrey's gem on July 1. The Mets desperately needed a pitcher to step up, and hopefully we will look back on that game as the turning point of the season. John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 25 2009 09:02 PM Saturday July 25 at Houston: Niese pitches well D makes the plays 3 HRs including Wright's first of July Starts astonishing win streak* *-perhaps

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

="Benjamin Grimm":1fmti51e]July 2 in Pittsburgh.[/quote:1fmti51e] Thirded. The fact that this so easily could've been the other way only underscores the tenuousness of the whole baseball bidness. We've got to get a bunch more of these-- this has been one slow-motion-kick-to-the-balls way to get to .500 after 78 games.

Ashie62 Jul 03 2009 08:05 AM

="Benjamin Grimm":3ezg9a97]July 2 in Pittsburgh.[/quote:3ezg9a97] me too..my turning it off made it all the sweeter like Christmas morn smg58 Jul 03 2009 10:54 AM I'm going to nominate Pelfrey's gem on July 1. The Mets desperately needed a pitcher to step up, and hopefully we will look back on that game as the turning point of the season. John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 25 2009 09:02 PM Saturday July 25 at Houston: Niese pitches well D makes the plays 3 HRs including Wright's first of July Starts astonishing win streak* *-perhaps

[ashie62]

="Benjamin Grimm":3ezg9a97]July 2 in Pittsburgh.[/quote:3ezg9a97] me too..my turning it off made it all the sweeter like Christmas morn

smg58 Jul 03 2009 10:54 AM

I'm going to nominate Pelfrey's gem on July 1. The Mets desperately needed a pitcher to step up, and hopefully we will look back on that game as the turning point of the season.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 25 2009 09:02 PM

Saturday July 25 at Houston: Niese pitches well D makes the plays 3 HRs including Wright's first of July Starts astonishing win streak* *-perhaps

[smg58]

I'm going to nominate Pelfrey's gem on July 1. The Mets desperately needed a pitcher to step up, and hopefully we will look back on that game as the turning point of the season.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Saturday July 25 at Houston:
Niese pitches well
D makes the plays
3 HRs including Wright's first of July
Starts astonishing win streak*


*-perhaps