Gwreck

RMPL.

Shows you how much attention I was paying. I'm not worried about Aaron losing this game. Thought he pitched decent except perhaps to Francis. Edgy's point about it being a team loss rings true.

Crapulence. Good try by Heilman but walking the leadoff batter = stooopid, particularly in extra innings.

Wright 1 Reyes .5 Beltran .5

Didn't think of that. I can assure you that under no circumstances whatsoever would I want Ramon Castro "roaming" in the spacious Coors Field outfield.

If Reyes gets ejected there, you obviously put Tatis at short. But then do you put Schneider in left or go with Johan?

About 4 or 5 games ago. Does Beltran actually get better defensively in extra innings or does it just seem that way?

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Let's countersue Torreabla for being a dick Apparently no need as he made up for his dickage by making the 3rd out of the inning at 3rd base.

I'm still scratching my head as to why we recalled a catcher when an outfielder went on the DL. Let's fucking hope Pagan is good to come off the DL when he's eligible (I think that's 5/28 or 5/29).

Can't really get on Wagner too much, it was their best hitter in a hitter's park and only 1 run, his first of the year. I would consider putting him back out there if we take the lead in the 10th.

Frayed Knot wrote: I was probably getting an incomplete view of things (seeing as how I was only half-watching the game) but it seemed to me that the Yanx set some kind of record for consecutive cheap hits tonight. Not that it would have made any difference with that kind of score ... but, aside from Dunca's HR, all I saw were dunkers and bleeders. About 25 of them in a row. That would be it exactly. They got 9 runs (6 cheap) off Bedard in 4 and a third. And then beat up on the reliever that came in, again with the cheap hits. Real sad days in Seattle. Meanwhile, back on topic, Scott Schoeneweis = our best reliever this year not named Wagner?

Just got back from the House of Evil where the the Mariners got the snot pounded out of them. Gave me some perspective on the season, because as bad as it's been for the Mets so far, I could be much worse. Glad to see the Mets taking advantage of Coors. Nice HR by Delgado.

Funny, we just watched this last weekend in the Gwreck household. I agree with what Vic said (and not being a student of film, I couldn't have said it myself). As a student of rock and roll, however, it is abundantly clear how much Crowe put into the detail of accurately capturing in the film realistic and accurate scenes from a band on the road. Fantastic film, and one that I can always find myself quoting during a late night trip home from a show somewhere.

Santana 1 Feliciano 1 Beltran 1 Delgado 1

There's 12 hours of my life I'm never getting back.

I forget who (Jason Stark?) but someone had suggested a while ago that the umpiring crews should just expand by one so that the fifth umpire can be the official scorer and replay reviewer. Helps the umpires union as their ranks are expanded; helps baseball be fairer and more accurate.

Sammy Sosa?

Church 1 Castro 1 Reyes 1 Feliciano 1 Sanchez 1

Lukas' article: ="Paul Lukas"] Good riddance, Mike Piazza By Paul Lukas Page 2 Now that Mike Piazza has retired, people are already debating whether his Hall of Fame plaque should depict him in a Mets cap or a Dodgers cap. If you look at the numbers, it's no contest -- his greatest years were in L.A. And as a lifelong Mets fan who never warmed up to Piazza, I don't want his enshrinement tied to my team, anyway. Here's why: Put an L.A. cap on him and let's pretend New York never happened. 1. When it became apparent that he'd have to move from catcher to first base, Piazza's behavior ranged from disingenuous to manipulative. A classy player would've stepped up and said, "I'll do anything to help the team -- where do you want me to play?" But Piazza kept playing dumb, tossing out quotes like, "Well, management hasn't said anything to me about it, so I really don't know." Right, the whole city of New York is talking about it but you have no clue. Sure. When skipper Art Howe eventually mentioned to some reporters that Piazza would be taking some infield practice at first base and the reporters then told Piazza, he acted all offended because Howe didn't tell him beforehand. Look, dude, just play where the manager tells you to play and shut up. 2. One reason he didn't want to play first base was that he was obsessed with that stupid record for most home runs hit by a catcher -- a record that exactly one person in town cared about. Can you guess who that one person was? (Hint: Rhymes with "Mike Piazza.") 3. Of course, once Piazza finally played first base, we found out the real reason why he'd been avoiding the issue: The guy's a horrible athlete. Great hitter, yes, but not a good athlete. No coordination, no footwork. And it went way beyond his inability to play first base. I defy anyone to find one instance -- one single instance -- of Mike Piazza properly executing a slide into second or third base. Never happened. Why? Get this: MIKE PIAZZA CAN'T SLIDE. It's true. When he tried to slide, he'd spaz out and trip. Really! 4. When the New York Post implied that Piazza was gay, he held that little press conference where he declared his heterosexuality. OK, fine. But he missed a huge opportunity to say, "But what if it was true? What if I was gay? So what? What if one of my teammates is gay? What if one of YOU is gay? It's no big deal. Listen, I'm straight, but this whole thing is really a nonissue." In a city with a huge gay population, that was an opportunity to show some real community leadership, and he totally spit the bit. 5. A few days after Roger Clemens beaned him in 2000, Piazza said that the incident had made him reassess the DH. "I thought the DH could be a good thing for me later in my career," he said, "but now I see that it's bad for baseball, because the pitcher can throw at the batter with no fear of retaliation." So what did he do after leaving the Mets? He shopped himself to American League teams with hopes of becoming a DH. None of them were interested, so he signed with the Padres, but then he went to the A's, where he happily DH'd. Hypocrite. 6. "The runner goes, here's the throw from Piazza -- and it comes in on two hops." Was Piazza a tremendous offensive player? Yes. Did I sometimes cheer for him? Yes. But he never fulfilled his potential as a star, in the fullest sense of that term. Too bad. 1 might be a valid point but lacks any substantive facts so we can't really know for sure. The line about "tossing out quotes like..." is particularly disingenuous. 2 again, lacking facts. 3 the first half of seems ok. But the sliding thing is a piece of crap. He defies the reader to find "one instance" of Piazza properly executing a slide, but cannot be bothered to find one of Piazza not. C'mon Paul, that's just lazy. If we believe you that there are tons of examples, you could certainly find one for us, right? 4 and 5 are just stupid.

My better half and I are seriously considering getting a brick that says "Only thing we could afford at Citi Field."

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: As for replacements, we haven't got any. I wanted to start a thread about how much Easley and Anderson have sucked this year but I don;t have the courage to face up to it. Don't forget Chavez sucking too. Started a "Bench Woes" thread just for you.

Easley: 1-7-.209, .250 OBP in 67 ABs. Signed through 2008. Anderson: 1-3-.196, .229 OBP in 46 ABs. Signed through 2009. Chavez: 0-0-.170, .235 OBP in 47 ABs. Signed through 2009. Castro: 1 for 8 in the 3 games he's played since coming off the DL. Signed through 2009. Pagan was solid -- .275 AVG/.346 OBP and 13 RBIs; 8 of his 25 hits for extra bases -- but most of that was done as an everyday player. We could use him back real fast. Sure looks like those 2 year contracts to the bench guys were not such great ideas.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I think a better course would be to ask him to accept a temporary demotion to New Orleans. It helped Steve Trachsel back in '01 or '02 and may be helpful to Heilman now. That won't work because Heilman is out of options and would have to clear waivers. Unlike Trachsel (at that time), he's not signed to a big contract and therefore is likely to get snapped up by someone.

Mets Reyes Anderson LF Wright Beltran Church Easley 2B Delgado Castro C Vargas P Braves Yunel Escobar SS Omar Infante CF Larry Jones 3B Mark Teixeira 1B Kelly Johnson 2B Matt Diaz LF Gregor Blanco RF Corky Miller C Jorge Campillo P

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I don't see it. I really don't. I'd give 31 to the next journeyman reliever, and never have a single regret. Sacrilege. That being said, I would have no problem whatsoever putting 24 or 8 on somebody's back. Makes no sense those 2 have been mothballed for so long.