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  1. Benjamin Grimm
    Definitely. Wright rebounded from his awful April. Reyes will rebound from this. When did this slump start? Does it coincide in any way with the Rick Down/Howard Johnson/Rickey Henderson shakeup?
  2. Benjamin Grimm
    You know, one sweet (but nerve-wracking) ending to the regular season would be playing and winning that one-game playoff at Citizens Bank Park.
  3. Benjamin Grimm
    Willets Point wrote: I'm more bothered by the attacks on individual players (especially when people say it reflects on their character as humans). I think the last five games have been team losses, wouldn't you agree? Most of them have been team losses. Last night's, though, falls squarely on Maine's shoulders. The Mets scored 8 runs, and overall played fairly well. Even the bullpen did well, one run over four-plus innings.
  4. Benjamin Grimm
    Oh, I assure you this won't be forgotten! We'll either be gnashing our teeth about this collapse all winter, or we'll look back and laugh once the Mets secure a postseason berth. The middle ground here, of course, is that the Mets stumble into the playoffs and get quickly eliminated. That would reduce both the gnashing and the laughter.
  5. Benjamin Grimm
    You're really committed to this sunny disposition shtick, aren't you?
  6. Benjamin Grimm
    What if the Phillies are at 60% and the Mets at 20%? Lately, though, it seems like the numbers should be 100 and 0.
  7. Benjamin Grimm
    A starting pitcher going seven innings? Tell me you're not taking the piss!!
  8. Benjamin Grimm
    He may even make himself a post-season starter. If you run into Mike Pelfrey, tell him I'd really love to give him 6 Schaefer points tonight.
  9. Benjamin Grimm
    Things are getting progressively worse. (No surprise.) Average wins by position in NL East: 90.6 88.1 83.9 72.5 69.6 NL East W L Pct3 Avg W Avg L Champions Wild Card Playoffs 1D Change 7D Change Mets 83 67 .567 90.4 71.6 80.53373 9.78034 90.31407 -5.13060 -9.10332 Phillies 82 69 .533 88.3 73.7 19.25903 28.72052 47.97955 5.80462 28.60356 Braves 78 73 .536 84.0 78.0 .20723 .63746 .84469 .01414 -2.09199 Nationals 68 83 .439 72.3 89.7 .00000 .00000 .00000 .00000 .00000 Marlins 65 86 .465 69.7 92.3 .00000 .00000 .00000 .00000 .00000 Yesterday's action dropped the Mets division hopes by 9 points.
  10. Benjamin Grimm
    I'm beyond caring how cool their clincher is. If they want to do it at 3 a.m. in Baghdad, that's fine with me.
  11. Benjamin Grimm
    I know what you mean. I've had that "today's the day" feeling for four days now.
  12. Benjamin Grimm
    The Phillies fans I work with have been remarkably sympathetic. They also seem to think that the Phillies will still find a way to blow this thing.
  13. Benjamin Grimm
    If I remember right, he did that with another pitcher (Perez maybe) about a week ago.
  14. Benjamin Grimm
    Yes, but I think some of these guys are sow's ears. On the whole, Peterson and his approach have been successful and I don't want to jettison him just because he couldn't salvage Scott Schoeneweis. He should be asked some hard questions, though, such as, "What happened to John Maine in the last two months?"
  15. Benjamin Grimm
    In the Daily News this morning, Willie calmly explained how fiery he is.
  16. Benjamin Grimm
    Willie will be back in 2008. I don't doubt that for a second. The greater danger for him is his legacy. If this collapse plays out like we fear it will, then he's Gene Mauch, and will continue to be Gene Mauch until and unless he wins a World Series. Gene Mauch had a long and respectable career, but his name will forever be associated with 1964.
  17. Benjamin Grimm
    Heilman 0.6 Feliciano 0.6 Mota 0.3 Wright 1 Beltran 0.5 Lo Duca 1.5 Chavez 1.5 Green 2 Conine 1 Alou 1
  18. Benjamin Grimm
    Voting for Monday night's horror show in DC will close on Thursday morning: http://cranepoolforum.net/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=7392
  19. Benjamin Grimm
    VOTING FOR THIS GAME IS NOW CLOSED Totals for September 16, 2007 (11 votes) Philadelphia Phillies 10, New York Mets 6 NameTotal PointsPoints AwardedPlayer PerformanceCarlos Beltran37.603.422-4, 2 R, HR, 3 RBI, SO.Moises Alou9.410.863-4.David Wright9.050.821-4, R, HR, RBI, BB.Scott Schoeneweis4.350.400.1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO.Pedro Feliciano2.710.251.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO.Endy Chavez2.050.191-4, R, SO.Aaron Heilman1.570.141.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO.Joe Smith1.220.110.2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO.Jos� Reyes0.940.091-4, R, BB.Oliver Perez0.750.074.2 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 6 BB, 6 SO.
  20. Benjamin Grimm
    VOTING FOR THIS GAME IS NOW CLOSED Totals for September 15, 2007 (11 votes) Philadelphia Phillies 5, New York Mets 3 NameTotal PointsPoints AwardedPlayer PerformancePedro Martinez42.953.906.0 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 9 SO.Luis Castillo14.541.322-3, R, 2 BB, SB.Carlos Beltran7.190.652-5, R, 2B, RBI, 2 SB.Moises Alou3.740.341-4, R.Scott Schoeneweis3.630.330.2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO.Paul Lo Duca3.020.271-4, RBI.Shawn Green2.560.230-0, 3 BB, SB.Jos� Reyes2.420.221-3, 2 BB, 2 SB.Guillermo Mota1.380.130.2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 SO.Lastings Milledge0.790.070-3, RBI, SO.Pedro Feliciano0.800.071.0 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 SO.
  21. Benjamin Grimm
    VOTING FOR THIS GAME IS NOW CLOSED Totals for September 14, 2007 (11 votes) Philadelphia Phillies 3, New York Mets 2 NameTotal PointsPoints Awarded Player Performance Tom Glavine37.903.457.2 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 0 SO.David Wright19.251.751-3, R, HR, RBI.Billy Wagner12.911.171.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 SO.Moises Alou10.550.961-4, RBI.Luis Castillo7.550.691-3, R, BB, SO, 2 SB.Pedro Feliciano4.690.430.1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO.Lastings Milledge2.900.261-3, 2B.Aaron Heilman0.250.02(L) 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO.Carlos Gomez0.250.020-1, SB.
  22. Benjamin Grimm
    A bottler? We'll have to add that term to the metirish glossary. Hershiser's point was more about poise than about noise. It was about confidence and determination, not brashness.
  23. Benjamin Grimm
    But, to play devil's advocate, maybe Maine DID have the look in his eyes last year in Game 6. He may have been pitching with more confidence last October than he is now. He really has little reason to have much confidence right now. He's fighting through a very extended period of awful, with only a few scattered exceptions.
  24. Benjamin Grimm
    The brutal fact is that Willie doesn't have a lot of good options when he has to hand the ball to somebody in the fifth or sixth innings. I still have a reasonable amount of faith in Feliciano, Heilman, and Wagner. (Is Wagner still with the club?) But Sosa, Mota, Schoeneweis, and Sele are all undependable. Smith, Collazo, and Humber haven't done much, at least recently. What Willie really needs is some seven- or eight-inning starts. More than anything else, I think middle relief has been killing this team lately.
  25. Benjamin Grimm
    Where is Polk buried? (He was from Tennessee, wasn't he?) Maybe we need to have some kind of graveside exorcism to get him to yield the magic number.
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