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The D-Rays LOST THEIR DH by improperly filling out the lineup card listing two players at 3B, Sonanstine batted 3rd and became the first AL pitcher to get an RBI in an AL vs. AL game since 1972.

Kong76 wrote: Enter J. J. Putz. good thing we got those insurance runs.

metirish wrote: Ninth inning and Karros still hasn't depleted the clich� bag...Tatis = gamer the cliche bag is bottomless, just ask joe morgan

]I've decided that I don't want Bengie Molina this offseason. He'd have to hit like Piazza to make all these stolen bases an acceptable loss. Sanchez is the 2nd worst lefty in the league at holding runners, and the rest of these clowns are much good either. Molina has thrown out 33% for his career, including 35, 30, 18, 31 the last 4 years (he's at 22% so far this year) he did so with 3 different teams, so you can probably say that represents his true ability rather than a reflection of the pitching staffs he caught. thats not to say i necessaruly want him, but his ability to throw out runners wouldnt be the reason i'd want to stay away

METS RUNNING WILD IN SAN FRAN 2 steals in the first inning, 13 on the series

great fucking win, goodnight all

Elster88 wrote: Huge. Can I get an overrated chant for Lincecum? One more win would be gravy this series. And Santana tomorrow. I'm swooning. And I love David Wright. Met offense = underrrated, lincecum = still great

]and not yearn and wonder about who they might get to replace him in some off-the- wall 2 am WFANesque caller type deal. you mean 2pm, right? because only Fat-tessa could entertain that crap

crazy game, i'm drifting in and out of a light sleep between innings lol

="Fman99":1o1f4gfy]="Willets Point":1o1f4gfy]People booed Wright at the game on Wednesday. I hate Mets fans.[/quote:1o1f4gfy] I only hate the retarded ones. Hey, I've got an idea. Boo the other team.[/quote:1o1f4gfy] the fans do plenty of that. I support booing boneheaded stupidity, like not running hard. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 15 2009 02:48 PM ="Willets Point":1ngpd7yc]People booed Wright at the game on Wednesday. I hate Mets fans.[/quote:1ngpd7yc] JCL and I were bitching about this on Monday-- the fans this year seem to need to be prompted-- continually-- to "LGM" or make positive noise at key moments; without prompting, it's polite silence punctuated by the occasional shout or one-off clapper. Booing strikeouts by guys trying hard? It seems to come all too naturally to a lot of these yokels. (I'm hoping this isn't some kind of weird Shake-Shack-y byproduct. I do like those burgers.) holychicken May 15 2009 05:53 PM ="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":2nqg4iap]JCL and I were bitching about this on Monday-- the fans this year seem to need to be prompted-- continually-- to "LGM" or make positive noise at key moments; [/quote:2nqg4iap] The problem is that if you start one of these cheers at a key time, you get cut off by the speaker system. Who are the fans going to follow, big brother over the loud speaker or the drunk crazy guy in the seat next to them? Willets Point May 15 2009 06:13 PM The speakers at Citi Field are LOUD. Elster88 May 15 2009 11:03 PM 5/15 at the Giants. A two out single in the top of the first to plate a run. A no out double with the bases loaded down 3 to tie the game. A ninth inning single with no outs and one on. That kid is clutch. Edit: Wright 27 for his last 65. Coincidentally, the Mets are 12-5 over that span. Edit: Keith has his back. Noticed it in the postgame today and the GF reported it happened during one game when I was at work. God bless her for keeping me informed, I should get her something nice this week. Swan Swan H May 15 2009 11:41 PM Dude says it's official: THE MONSTER IS OUT OF THE CAGE Benjamin Grimm May 16 2009 04:41 AM Gahhh! That orange jersey is blinding me! Swan Swan H May 16 2009 09:13 AM An image search for 'John Stearns' returns rather slim pickins. I was looking for a shot that showed Dave Parker's jaw in the act of breakage, but no such luck. Edgy DC May 19 2009 09:10 PM ="Frayed Knot":2pgt6538]The problems in the early going for Wright were: - power was down - strike-outs were up - his hitting w/RiSP was bad #1 is possibly due to the new stadium and/or small sample size #2 was slightly disturbing if only because it was so out of whack to the consistency he had displayed in his career. His ~110 Ks/yr were suddenly on a pace for 200+ #3 is usually a self-correcting fluke that will trend towards normal with a larger sample size although it does tend to be the one that gets radio call-in types (on both sides of the phone line) apoplectic the quickest[/quote:2pgt6538] Now hitting .363, .375 with runners in scoring position. metirish May 19 2009 09:18 PM My pecker is a stirring for Wright again. Swan Swan H May 19 2009 09:27 PM Wright is hotter than Scarlett Johansson shaving her legs in the kitchen sink. (Go ahead, search for it.) OK, maybe not. But he's pretty hot right now. Edgy DC May 19 2009 09:41 PM ="metirish"]My pecker is a stirring for Wright again. I'm proud of you. Between this and your open-ness about your movie selection of last night and it seems you're really starting to accept yourself. And that's fine. We're Mets fans. We're all a little gay. ="Swan Swan H"]Wright is hotter than Scarlett Johansson shaving her legs in the kitchen sink. See? Swan Swan H May 19 2009 09:43 PM Now Wright shaving his legs in the kitchen sink...I'm not sure we, as a group, could handle that.

="Benjamin Grimm":dkcptc1g]You mean the guy in the deathwatch thread who declared the Mets champions in June of 2006?[/quote:dkcptc1g] i dont have to look to know that cleon=ashie metirish May 15 2009 02:41 PM It's quite fun to read back over that thread . Frayed Knot May 15 2009 02:46 PM ="Benjamin Grimm":yl8zzory]="Edgy DC":yl8zzory] After the 2005 season, saladoc was trying to drum up a Jose Reyes deathwatch. [/quote:yl8zzory] Here it is. It ran from April to August of 2006: Jose Reyes Deathwatch[/quote:yl8zzory] There was another one of those, also centered around Reyes's OBP & walk-taking future where Bret wants to force an answer to the question of whether the Mets should sign Reyes to a multi-year, mega-bucks contract or dump his ass - as if no in between choice were available. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 15 2009 02:50 PM ="metirish":vwneloli]It's quite fun to read back over that thread .[/quote:vwneloli] For one who wasn't 'around' back then... fun AND informative. To where'd this Bret fella run off? Kong76 May 15 2009 03:43 PM Holy mackerel, I just printed that out to read on the train tomorrow and it's gotta be thirty pages. LWFS: To where'd this Bret fella run off? <<< He was banned, as banned as one can really be, which of course isn't all that banned in the true sense of the word banned. Some were ecstatic, some really pissed off ... heard from him a couple of weeks ago and he's fine if anyone's wondering. Must be the alpaca, I'm answering like I'm on the shrink's couch here. cooby May 15 2009 03:56 PM NO Ashie62 May 15 2009 04:05 PM ="Nymr83"]]and usually where there is smoke sometimes there is fire if you're going to write in cliches at least make sense. Play nice I can see Jose Reyes wearing out his welcome but nothing is going to happen til at least the end of the year. It would be kind of funny if Tampa Bay dumped Kazmir's salary, Ben Zobrist and a top prospect for a still cheap Reyes. Jose gets his numbers in, have to give him that Kong76 May 15 2009 06:34 PM I respect that some Mets fans need to tinker in their heads and whip up trade ideas and throw Kazmirs and a high level prospect into their fantasy tin- kering but ... oh jeez, I forgot where I was going with this. Guess I don't respect it all that much. Anyone who loves the Mets should hope they get his head straight and not yearn and wonder about who they might get to replace him in some off-the- wall 2 am WFANesque caller type deal. dinosaur jesus May 15 2009 07:15 PM I knew Jon Heyman's dad, Mark Heyman. A nice old guy. He bought me lunch once for helping him on the book he was writing. Jose Reyes didn't come up in our conversation--I don't think he was in the league yet--but I can tell you that based on what Mr. Heyman didn't say about what his son may or may not have told him regarding his possible inside knowledge about the Mets organization's 2003 plans for 2009, I'm not prepared to rule out a Reyes trade. Just don't say who told you. Nymr83 May 15 2009 10:54 PM ]and not yearn and wonder about who they might get to replace him in some off-the- wall 2 am WFANesque caller type deal. you mean 2pm, right? because only Fat-tessa could entertain that crap Edgy DC May 15 2009 11:27 PM Oh, Jeez, does everybody have a Heyman connection but me? I used to be married to his imaginary sister, but I'm not sure that counts. Benjamin Grimm May 16 2009 04:41 AM Was she hot? Edgy DC May 16 2009 06:50 AM I imagine she was. MFS62 May 16 2009 07:20 AM She wasn't that good. Later

]and usually where there is smoke sometimes there is fire if you're going to write in cliches at least make sense.

Darryl's chat lasted from 12:48 to 1:04, making it perhaps the shortest in espn.com history. so much for helping kill the afternoon.

Strawberry doing a chat on espn.com right now. [url:jbbt2pjs]http://proxy.espn.go.com/chat/chatESPN?event_id=26475[/url:jbbt2pjs]

]I really , really dislike John Harper but couldn't resit reading his column today. i usually cant resist reading any baseball article that pops up, but alot of them suck. its hard to trade Reyes mid-season unless Wilmer Flores is magically going to skip 3 (4?) levels and produce right away. but if the mets were goig to do so I'd expect an ace pitcher, like Peavy.

my real worry was that the guy had a .400 OBP and was still getting criticized arod-style

Went to bed with a 4-2 lead in the 6th and woke up to see that the Giants tied it up on some BS infield hits but the BATS came through late again! 7 steals??? is this the 80's?

Bases Loaded. nobody out, Mets only get 1-run seems to be a repeating theme that I've been seeing for years already.

="John Cougar Lunchbucket":3fgyayyj]to discuss... something.[/quote:3fgyayyj] "We'd like to anounce that we just got 50 reporters to drop what they were doing and show up at Citi Field for no good reason" Edgy DC May 14 2009 02:10 PM I'm thinking that Omar is about to let loose a fart tinez. John Cougar Lunchbucket May 14 2009 02:11 PM Jerry Manuel has left his wife for Omir Santos. Benjamin Grimm May 14 2009 02:14 PM ="metirish":2zznmdt6]Don't tell me they made Delgado fly all the way to the West Coast to then DL him...[/quote:2zznmdt6] If that was the case, they'd wait until 3 a.m. to make the announcement. Benjamin Grimm May 14 2009 02:18 PM I did a search on Google News, and according to Brian Costa in the Star-Ledger, the subject of the press conference will be Carlos Delgado. John Cougar Lunchbucket May 14 2009 02:25 PM adam rubin sez: ] Putz out two days with elbow trouble; Delgado 'slight tear' May 14, 2009 J.J. Putz had an MRI on Wednesday that revealed inflammation in the back of the elbow. That has caused a bone spur. Putz took a shot, which will cause him to sit for two days at least. Putz has joined the team in San Francisco after being seen by team doctor David Altchek. "He's had this spur before, and guys sometimes play with it," GM Omar Minaya said. Minaya said Carlos Delgado has an impingement of the hip, which creates a sligt tear. Has also has a bone spur in the hip. Minaya said he will wait through the weekend and see how a new therapy works before making a DL decision. "We're going to have to wait on this before we make a decision on Carlos Delgado," Minaya said. "... The doctors wanted to give it a couple of more days before they make that decision." metirish May 14 2009 02:27 PM Why would you wait on Delgado , I'm not a doctor but I do wear a lab coat and it's my professional opinion that he's going to be DL'ed.... John Cougar Lunchbucket May 14 2009 02:32 PM Speak Met-ese 2 days = 6 weeks 2 weeks = 3 months soreness = ligament damage impingment = near death "We're going to have to wait on this before we make a decision" = "His kids will grow up without a father" Farmer Ted May 14 2009 02:42 PM "Guys sometimes play with it (bone spur)." Is the Julia Stiles thread again? Edgy DC May 14 2009 02:46 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 14 2009 02:51 PM "We're going to have to wait on this before we make a decision" = "You bastard fans have left me terrified of making a judgment call so I'm hoping fate forces my hand" HahnSolo May 14 2009 02:49 PM The elbow inflammation for JJ Putz is clearly a ruse to stay off Bucket's shit list. sharpie May 14 2009 03:03 PM So we play 12 innings, use everyone on the bench and in the bullpen, fly across country and now we're two players down with no reinforcements. Centerfield May 14 2009 03:08 PM Just DL Delgado already. Even a slight tear sounds scary. bmfc1 May 14 2009 03:12 PM ="sharpie":ko7owbjz]So we play 12 innings, use everyone on the bench and in the bullpen, fly across country and now we're two players down with no reinforcements.[/quote:ko7owbjz] Great point. Add to the mix that F-Rod probably needs a day off. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 14 2009 03:19 PM ="Centerfield":c6iyig4n]Just DL Delgado already. Even a slight tear sounds scary.[/quote:c6iyig4n] I mean, forChrissakes, considering time served at this point, he'd be out a week, tops. Also, if something freakish happens to Tatis, we're down to a Cora/Murphy 1B platoon, and Jerry has nobody to pinch-bunt. themetfairy May 14 2009 03:24 PM ="Centerfield":2w0z2xxy]Just DL Delgado already. Even a slight tear sounds scary.[/quote:2w0z2xxy] Agreed. Gwreck May 14 2009 04:40 PM I saw this movie last year with Ryan Church and the do-we or don't-we disable him bit. I didn't like it then, either. MFS62 May 14 2009 09:19 PM ="Gwreck":2ewh9qp6]I saw this movie last year with Ryan Church and the do-we or don't-we disable him bit. I didn't like it then, either.[/quote:2ewh9qp6] Wasn't that the one in which they fly the guy across the country, just to make sure the problem is aggrivated before they are sure he is really hurt before they DL him? Yeah, I remember that one. Or is that this sequel? I forget. Later

The Brewers called up top prospect Mat Gamel (he pinch-hit today) with an eye towards using him as the DH in 3 interleague road series coming up. This guy isn't all that young though, he's 24 and has ripped apart AA and AAA pitching the last two seasons. Bill Hall isn't exactly superman out there, Gamel might be here to stay, despite the manager's protestations to the contrary.

="metirish":3sqflmah]Didn't Rose then go on to say that Alex Rodriguez should still go to the HOF. I didn't read the article but saw that blurb....[/quote:3sqflmah] Yeah. I wonder what other cheaters he thinks belong in the hall... Benjamin Grimm May 14 2009 12:08 PM I got to about the fourth paragraph and then thought, "Why does anyone care what Pete Rose has to say about all this?" And then I stopped reading. metirish May 14 2009 12:11 PM ="Benjamin Grimm":37sj3ba0]I got to about the fourth paragraph and then thought, "Why does anyone care what Pete Rose has to say about all this?" And then I stopped reading.[/quote:37sj3ba0] Exactly why I didn't read it. Nothing he says really interests me. Fman99 May 14 2009 12:57 PM ="Benjamin Grimm":2eyfx6w2]I got to about the fourth paragraph and then thought, "Why does anyone care what Pete Rose has to say about all this?" And then I stopped reading.[/quote:2eyfx6w2] Pete Rose is a retard. That's why other retards always have Pete Rose's haircut.

="Frayed Knot":efbuufmk] He spent spring training with the Nationals but declared himself a free agent when Washington asked him to go to the minors.[/quote:efbuufmk] but now he's back in the minors having lost a month of pay, he must really smell oppotunity here, and i don't blame him. Ashie62 May 24 2009 09:59 AM I believe Mr. Santos is the leading candidate or NL ROY..Fowler has washed out It would help us all if I am close to correct Sincerely Ashie62

I voted for fman's sister, but i'd like to see the Mets go 6-4.

]"When you take steroids you have a direct outcome of the game, that's the integrity of the game. And when you can change records when you do something illegal, it's just not right. ... Baseball records are sacred. If you do something illegal to surpass those records, it's just not good." --Pete Rose, Guardian of Integrity in Baseball

] It seems like fifteen or twenty years ago a guy would get booed for that sort of thing, and it might actually matter to the player, who felt like he owed something to the attendance. Not any more. Booing won't help. Calls to talk radio are masturbatory wastes of time. We are powerless. The separation between player and fan has grown to the point where support is expected with an ugly sense of entitlement and criticism brings only defiance. i dont care what the anti-booing folks say, booing is a well-deserved and appropriate responce to a player not giving 100% effort.