Why Did It Have To Be Snakes? - IGT 7/31/09, Mets vs. Snakes

[Guest Edgy DC]

Expensive field level seats look pretty empty tonight.

[metirish]

Edgy DC wrote: Expensive field level seats look pretty empty tonight.

It's been a horrible night here , especially at the start of the game

[Fman99]

Fuckity.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Very strange to not see the Snakes guarding the lines in the ninth. I want to exploit that choice.

[Fman99]

WOW. Big muff by Reynolds.

SNY had actually put the 2nd out on the screen before he borked it.

[Fman99]

Not that it matters.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Maybe it'll take a drop to cancel the curse of the drop.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Same old SHaMs.

Nice night once the rain stopped.

We need someone more threatening than Angel Berroa to send up there in that situation. If it means running the same two bullpen guys out for yet another night, why bother, they're going to screw up one of these nights.

Cora despite reaching twice doesn't look capable even of hitting the ball hard anymore.

[Gwreck]

Hernandez actually has a higher batting average than Berroa.

If you've really got to go to the PH there, at least use Reed or Sullivan, lefty-lefty be damned.

[Guest Edgy DC]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: We need someone more threatening than Angel Berroa to send up there in that situation. If it means running the same two bullpen guys out for yet another night, why bother, they're going to screw up one of these nights.

That's all I thought. If we have this rubber-armed vet pitcher who is known to be able to occasionally fake it with the bat, why lift him after 81 pitches just to turn the bat over to Angel Berroa (who is also faking), and the mound over to the same beaten-down guys?

The season with Sean Green:

1. Use him sparingly until he gets good.


2. Use him aggressively until he gets bad.


3. Repeat until fired.

[nymr83]

Edgy DC wrote: The season with Sean Green: Use him sparingly until he gets good. Use him aggressively until he gets bad. Repeat until fired.

I believe that is the Mets attitude towards relief pitching in general. The only way to remain successful is to be one of those guys who can get it done 5 nights in a row like Turk Wendell.