Knuck You, Astros! Mets @ Hous 8/18/10 IGT

[Guest Edgy DC]

From another thread.

Takahashi to be Mets' closer of choice

HOUSTON -- Manager Jerry Manuel said Hisanori Takahashi would likely remain the team's closer as long as he continues to succeed in the position. Takahashi worked a perfect ninth for his first save Monday. "For the most part he'll be the guy if he's fresh and the matchups look favorable for him," Manuel said. "He'll be the guy that we'll close the games with."

[Zvon]

Oh my, if they all could bunt like that we'd have 75 wins at this point.

[Guest Edgy DC]

And if they keep running on 0-2, we won't win too many more games at all.

[Guest Edgy DC]

There we go. That's better.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Now would be a good moment for Ike to bust outta that oh fer 18.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

And if they keep running on 0-2, we won't win too many more games at all.[/quote:318qjomk]

Yeah. What up wit' dat?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

I don't think it's Davis slumping that's bugged me.

It's that he's swinging like he's fighting heatstroke.

[ashie62]

I'm not sure if I like Ike anymore.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Davis is finding a new way to ground out to the right side every time up.

You call that love in French
But its just Frenchette
I've been to France
So let's just dance

[Guest Kong76]

We have a closer again?[/quote:jpckhpgb]

Takahashi has squatted the position.[/quote:jpckhpgb]

I was trying to be amusingly sarcastic.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

ah, fuk it.

[Guest Kong76]

Oh, those LOBs

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Frenchy being Frenchy.

[Frayed Knot]

Just a terrible 2-0 hack by Ike

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

And that makes more Mets LOB than total Mets hits so far.

[nymr83]

Hard Knocks just ended, looks like I didn't miss anything here.

[batmagadanleadoff]

In Venezuela, K-Rod's nickname is "El Kid".

[ashie62]

Davis is finding a new way to ground out to the right side every time up.

You call that love in French
But its just Frenchette
I've been to France
So let's just dance[/quote:cqwh9uf2]

I'm not inviting Ike into my kitchenette.

[Zvon]

UGH, damn.
Frenchy rips one but ...I've changed my mind.
I hat Hunter Pence.

I don't think it's Davis slumping that's bugged me.

It's that he's swinging like he's fighting heatstroke.[/quote:28eit4cp]

I think Keith hit the nail on the head with his analysis.
He's gotta lose that hitch.
It's one extra move in his swing that he might not need.
I think he still generates power without it.

And yea, he might be a lil burnt out.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Just a terrible 2-0 hack by Ike[/quote:iytqj88t]
After a terrible 2-0 hack by Pagan undid us yesterday.

There are times to take a strike no matter how juicey, Mets. Bases loaded, tie game, extra innings, that's one of those times, 'specially after going ahead 2-0.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

I think Keith hit the nail on the head with his analysis.
He's gotta lose that hitch.
It's one extra move in his swing that he might not need.
I think he still generates power without it.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Davis is finding a new way to ground out to the right side every time up.

You call that love in French
But its just Frenchette
I've been to France
So let's just dance[/quote:1msu9ea1]

I'm not inviting Ike into my kitchenette.[/quote:1msu9ea1]

Heard that one for the first time in years just last week.

Tak = zexy

[Frayed Knot]

The bases-loaded stats for the Mets are just stunningly bad, and the fact that it's both a team-wide and season-long outage is even worse.
Of all the situational stats - most of which are vastly over-blown and over-quoted by mediots and others - the bags-loaded one probably means more than any of them because it represents a HUGE advantage for the batter knowing that the pitcher can't walk you and so really should give a cause-and-effect "clutchness" boost.

Except for us it's an anti-clutch thing.

[Ceetar]

The bases-loaded stats for the Mets are just stunningly bad, and the fact that it's both a team-wide and season-long outage is even worse.
Of all the situational stats - most of which are vastly over-blown and over-quoted by mediots and others - the bags-loaded one probably means more than any of them because it represents a HUGE advantage for the batter knowing that the pitcher can't walk you and so really should give a cause-and-effect "clutchness" boost.

Except for us it's an anti-clutch thing.[/quote:1j1buanu]

And what does this indicate? poor preparation for "approach at the plate" in different situations? (Like how the Mets were/are bad at getting the run in from third with less than 2 outs?) Unprepared in general? just pressing to much?

[Zvon]

And yea, he might be a lil burnt out.

From playing? From resting twice a week?

Is he studying for the LSATs between games or something?

[Frayed Knot]

And what does this indicate? poor preparation for "approach at the plate" in different situations? (Like how the Mets were/are bad at getting the run in from third with less than 2 outs?) Unprepared in general? just pressing to much?

If anyone knew it would be easy to fix.
Usually you could write these things off as just a quirk but the size of the sample starts to argues against that.

[Ceetar]

Parnell hitting 101. that's fun.

[Frayed Knot]

Nice, btw, that we burned two PHers in that last inning to not get the ball out of the infield.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Jebus, he's throwing hard.

Kinda straight, too.

OE: 'Cept for that last one to Caballo. Yipe.

[Guest Edgy DC]

It sure seems like a mark against Johnson to me. (The BL BA, not the MPH of Parnell.)