IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

[Guest Edgy DC]

Why is it that "closers" never come out of the game until they've either gotten the save or blown the game?

It was clear that Frankie didn't have it. I would have brought in Feliciano to pitch to Dunn.[/quote:33lq9kuu]
Well, there's the rub isn't it?

Thirty bullpen managers stuck in a deliberately limiting philosophy, and the one who has the courage to zag when everyone else is zigging will own the future.

[G-Fafif]

Dessens, Parnell, Feliciano don't have it, they come out. K-Rod doesn't have it, we sit and wait for the ceiling to crash on our heads. Unfuckingbelievable.

I mean, totally believable, it's been the way baseball has been run for twenty-plus years, but unfuckingbelievable.

[bmfc1]

And fuck the assholes who left early. They probably don't remember being at a baseball game today.[/quote:3rtao1cb]

Not us. We were there for the whole thing, and 45 minutes before. I was more upset after Thursdays loss because they didn't make an effort. Here, Dickey outpitched the wonderboy, the team played hard (even though they missed some opportunities for tack-on runs) and our closer, the one that Jerry protects above all others, gave it away.

[ashie62]

I answered one phone call 5-3 going into the ninth and then this shite..

[G-Fafif]

I answered one phone call 5-3 going into the ninth and then this shite..[/quote:6l9r0jbd]

Damn Ashie's phone.

[G-Fafif]

And fuck the assholes who left early. They probably don't remember being at a baseball game today.[/quote:1jihnsg5]

Not us. We were there for the whole thing, and 45 minutes before. I was more upset after Thursdays loss because they didn't make an effort. Here, Dickey outpitched the wonderboy, the team played hard (even though they missed some opportunities for tack-on runs) and our closer, the one that Jerry protects above all others, gave it away.[/quote:1jihnsg5]

BTW, it appeared everybody sitting in the cushy seats right behind the plate in the ninth was different from whoever was sitting there in the first few innings, and the second group looked like it has just come from a Republican fundraiser. Perhaps it was the prize in a raffle.

[Zvon]

I'm still in shock.

I've been sitting here staring at this screen,frozen, with my eyes bulging out for hours now.

NOT!

Man,I cook a good bar-B-Q.

Anyone want any ribs?

[ashie62]

yes please.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I wonder if Jerry'll blame it on the eighth inning guy?[/quote:2w2x00hb]

Or maybe himself for not inserting his overpaid shitty diva into more meaningless games in the in-bewtween to "keep him sharp" so he'd be ready for sparkling performances like these or simply stealing a win from deserving teammates.

F Frankie. The Mets learned absolutely nothing from Wagner, and nothing from 2008. They're fucking idiots.

[Zvon]

I could not believe that, after the break for the review on the wall banger, that B-Rod was still on the mound.
I would have went out there and said,"Your job was to save this game. You failed. Hit the showers."


And not only that......
The drive by Dunn---it couldn't just go over the fence and end it.
Oh no, that would be too easy. We are Met fans, so, oh no, God forbid we should not have to be tortured more than the average fan and just let it be over with with a granny by Dunn.

I'm not done my rant yet, but thats all I'm typing. The rest I'll yell at the screen.

[Guest The Second Spitter]

I just remembered I had $15 on Dickey @ 2.43. The fat-faced fucker and his goofy fucking goggles cost me $$$$.

[Zvon]

yes please.

[ashie62]

I can hang...Enjoy! Wish Dickey could.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I bailed on the ninth. I don't blame myself. I was busy.

But never did I think that Jerry could out-do Randolph in bullpen bungling.

I mean, by "never," sure, for the last year and a half, but never before it.

[bmfc1]

For the record, I publicly apologize to Cora. After the Thursday loss, I said that Cora doesn't belong on the team. He can stay. I am sorry.

On the post game report, Jerry sounded more upset w/Ike than with Rodriguez. After the Thursday loss, I said that Jerry was an idiot. I am sorry... that he's an idiot.

[batmagadanleadoff]

For the record, I publicly apologize to Cora. After the Thursday loss, I said that Cora doesn't belong on the team. He can stay. I am sorry.

On the post game report, Jerry sounded more upset w/Ike than with Rodriguez. After the Thursday loss, I said that Jerry was an idiot. I am sorry... that he's an idiot.[/quote:1l1bcxzz]

Whether or not he's an idiot, I wouldn't criticize him for not openly burying a player.

[Guest themetfairy]

Fuckin' Frankie....

[bmfc1]

For the record, I publicly apologize to Cora. After the Thursday loss, I said that Cora doesn't belong on the team. He can stay. I am sorry.

On the post game report, Jerry sounded more upset w/Ike than with Rodriguez. After the Thursday loss, I said that Jerry was an idiot. I am sorry... that he's an idiot.[/quote:27sqm1wg]

Whether or not he's an idiot, I wouldn't criticize him for not openly burying a player.[/quote:27sqm1wg]

He buried Ike. Singled him out. And maybe Frankie needs a kick in the ass instead of being mollycoddled because of his "role."

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

We had to get going to an evening engagement, and left just after the Harris basehit.

I had a feeling how things would turn out.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Me, too, I'm sorry to say.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

We could have stayed and watched 'til the end, I suppose, but seeing it probably would have made me as sullen and tough to be around as a teen vampire and-- most likely-- soured the evening.

Somehow, not actually seeing it provided the break I needed to shelve this loss psychically.

Of course, it's all flooding back now like delayed grief, so...

[Gwreck]

Was a great time at the game if you just forget about the 9th inning. I liked Nationals Ballpark quite a bit; the interior and layout reminded me of a more effective version of what Citizens Bank Park has (plus the Nationals fans seemed like nice people, at least the ones around us).

It seemed that Strasburg's wildness died down once he took 2-3 mph off the fastball and was throwing at 95-96 instead of the 98-99 the stadium gun had him at during the 1st inning. Of course, once that happened, I think the Mets could actually catch up to some pitches and hence the three hits in the 3rd. Had carefully-selected seats that allowed a good view of the knee-buckling curve which I liked. The 91-mph changeup was just filthy. Of course, I'm still really glad we had a nice showing against him.

The subway ride plus drive back I guess allowed me to calm down somewhat but I am of course not happy, with Rodriguez for a total shit-the-bed performance but as was said perfectly above, the dumb-fuck mismangement of the 'pen that contributes to this stuff.

My new favorite ballpark concession item is the Victory Knot . Not my photo but that's what you get. A $15 pretzel that is the diameter of a small pizza and feeds two (or more). Three generous size dipping cups, one with chipotle mustard, one with beer cheese, and one with sweet cinnamon creme. Yes, it is as good as it sounds.

[Frayed Knot]

I was in and out of this game much of the day and didn't catch any wrap-up stuff* - mainly because I had hit the 'Off' button on the remote before Pudge's single had hit grass.
So what was Jerry complaining about concerning Ike?







* Hours later I did catch about 15 minutes of Tony Paige on FAN and, as usual for him, he was using the loss to rant about Castillo - as if the Tejada turn a sure GiDP ball into a 2-run inning hadn't happened.

[bmfc1]

Great paragraph by metgrrl today, summing up what it feels like to go to a road game and watch the Mets lose. Even though I live in DC, I'm rooting for the road team so these are road games for us:

The road losses are the worst. They are the worst because you head to the game in such high spirits, you are far from home (even if you�re just in the Bronx), you are decked out to represent, you cannot hide, you are not there to hide. You have to take your knocks while still fervently wishing you could find a rock to crawl under and hide. You deal with feeble taunting or outright inaccurate statements or even completely correct assertions and you are usually on your own with no support. And then you have the entire trip home (or evening in the hotel) to ruminate on the loss you just spent time and money to experience.

Read more: http://metsgrrl.com/index.php/site/comments/trouble-funk.-7-3-10/#ixzz0siszWjxn

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

"The freakin' worst performance I ever had in my entire life," K-Rod said. "I should be ashamed of myself. So embarrassing."

[Benjamin Grimm]

If I was a reporter, here's what I would have asked Rodriguez: "How would you have reacted if Jerry had brought in the left-hander, Feliciano, to pitch to Adam Dunn?"

[batmagadanleadoff]

Dickey belongs in Anaheim
Sez ESPN's Rob Parker, in an article written a day or two before Dickey out-pitched Strasburg.
http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/columns/story?id=5350246

[Zvon]

"The freakin' worst performance I ever had in my entire life," K-Rod said. "I should be ashamed of myself. So embarrassing."