IGT--Mets @ Braves, 09/17/09

[bmfc1]

[u:29ztbgu2]METS:[/u:29ztbgu2]
Pagan, cf
Castillo, 2b
Wright, 3b
Murphy, 1b
Francoeur, rf
Thole, c
Tatis, lf
Valdez, ss
Figueroa, rhp

If you make three mistakes in one inning, you stay in Jerry's lineup.

[Benjamin Grimm]

No Beltran, huh?

[TransMonk]

If you make three mistakes in one inning, you stay in Jerry's lineup.[/quote:3gu192r7]

And bat cleanup no less.

We're debating whether he should be a starter...HE'S OUR FRICKING CLEANUP HITTER!

[metirish]

I think there is to much being made of Manuel needing to sit players that make mistakes , he needs to field a team guys.

[ashie62]

Ike Davis wins Organizational Player of the year

Jesus Feliciano Buffalo Winner
Thole Bing Winner

[Guest themetfairy]

I think there is to much being made of Manuel needing to sit players that make mistakes , he needs to field a team guys.[/quote:zc4icibi]

Team Schmeam. They're all on Double Secret Probation at this point.

[bmfc1]

I think there is to much being made of Manuel needing to sit players that make mistakes , he needs to field a team guys.[/quote:qpuf2i8r]
Then play Evans. Let Murphy sit and think for a night.

[Guest Kong76]

bmfc: If you make three mistakes in one inning, you stay in Jerry's lineup. <<<

Jeez, maybe he's giving him a chance to play himself
out of next year's starting lineup.

I don't really think he will be (or want) Jerry to be at
the helm next year but don't people get tired of banging
the same drum night after night?

[G-Fafif]

don't people get tired of banging the same drum night after night?[/quote:3szaor83]

A variation in results would probably inspire different rhythms.

Otherwise, sixteen more games for which the drum will bang slowly.

[Guest Kong76]

You're like a Mets' fan Yoda sometimes.

[Frayed Knot]

Rain delayed again

[G-Fafif]

Rain delayed again[/quote:2phlyyyn]

Over/Under on how many Mets have the sense to come in out of the rain?

[seawolf17]

As long as someone remembered to bring the cake in.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Rain-delay theater:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wybuypfed_c

[Guest themetfairy]

It was nice of them to hold off on starting the game until I got home from Back to School Night.

[Guest Edgy DC]

It was nicer of them to tie the game.

[Guest Edgy DC]

That play by McLouth? Scrappy.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Sometimes I worry if we will ever win again this season.

[Piggiestomatoes]

Fuck. Tie it up and gack it back by giving up a nice big inning. Ditto that thought on whether we'll win again in '09.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Look, I'll admit I missed the whole game-getting-out-of-hand thing while watching Project Gayway, but I was tuned in earlier to see Jerry demand a sac bunt of Figgy with 1st and 3rd and 1 out and knew after that we'd deserve whatever was coming to us.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I'm back, beesnatches.

[Guest The Second Spitter]

Sometimes I worry if we will ever win again this season.[/quote:3phrpwv2]

Somehow I know exactly how you feel.

Anyhow, kudos to Murphy for a big game. I don't know whether he redeemed himself, but that doesn't really matter.....

[Guest Edgy DC]

If you make three mistakes in one inning, you stay in Jerry's lineup.[/quote:1gd0rh6c]
Turns out he was tonight's outstanding player.

[bmfc1]

If you make three mistakes in one inning, you stay in Jerry's lineup.[/quote:3angnq3q]
Turns out he was tonight's outstanding player.[/quote:3angnq3q]
Sure, but a) so what? and being the Mets "outstanding player" is not a high standard

[Guest Edgy DC]

Because trying to win games --- even if that means returning to a player who wrecked you the night before --- is a manager's professional obligation.

[bmfc1]

By that logic, you'd make a great college football coach. You'd let the players that skipped curfew or classes keep playing out of obligation to winning. Your argument would have more credence if the games mattered but they do not.

There's no sense of accountability in the Mets organization. The manager can't manage, the General Manager is incompetent, and the players stay in the lineup no matter how much they screw up (even the heralded PR guy can't stop the GM from making an idiot of himself at a press conference). Maybe a night watching someone else play first would have been beneficial to Murphy.

And BTW, how'd the Mets do with Murphy in the lineup?

[Guest Edgy DC]

By that logic, you'd make a great college football coach.

[metirish]

Manuel sat Pagan for a few games , some might say finally but he did sit him.