Gwreck

I started this thread meaning to put in my pre-game thoughts but was running late for the game and missed them. Ooops. Anyway, they were that I think this game was set up to be a win because 1. Perez is a big-game pitcher and is more likely to concentrate and focus when the pressure is on. 2. The Yankees suck against lefties. Had a fantastic game. I can actually report that there are Yankee fans who are real baseball fans, are polite, civil and friendly. (Yes, all 4 of them). Bob Davidson is a tool. You make a bad call, you get to hear it from the dugout for an inning, and go over between innings and tell them to cool it. He had no business taking off the mask and walking over to the Mets dugout. Good on Jerry for not taking his shit.

Mets Reyes Anderson LF Wright Beltran Church Alou DH Delgado Schneider Castillo --- Perez Yankees Johnny Damon LF Bobby Abreu RF Cap'n Intangibles SS Hideki Matsui DH Jason Giambi 1B Robinson Cano 2B Melky Cabrera CF Gonzalez 3B Jose Molina C --- Chien-Ming Wang P Edit: fixed formatting error.

Santana 3 Wright 2.5 Beltran 2 Wagner 1.25 Delgado .75 Castillo .5

metirish wrote: Not really , play the stupid game Monday during the day , Mets then go to Atlanta while the wankers are at home for Baltimore. Mets have a doubleheader on Monday, they're not going to give up an off-day before that. Also, you have 55,000 people who paid a lot of money to see Mets-Yankees during the weekend. They can't reschedule that for Monday afternoon when most of those people have to be at work.

They have announced that the game will not be played Saturday, Sunday or Monday. I don't understand why they couldn't just do a 1:00 game on Sunday. Maximizes time between the two games (second Sunday game is 8:00) and lets everybody who had a ticket for this weekend see a game this weekend.

Pelfrey 5 Wise 1

Nationals Felipe Lopez 2B Cristian Guzman SS Ryan Zimmerman 3B Aaron Boone 1B Lastings Milledge CF Austin Kearns RF Rob Mackowiak LF Jesus Flores C Jason Bergmann P Mets Reyes Castillo Wright Beltran Church Delgado Castro Anderson LF Pelfrey

Mike Draper? (one of those early '90s years)

Fman99 wrote: ="Gwreck"]Pete Walker, 2002? I think you mean Tyler Walker. Yes. I think they each made one appearance that season before getting claimed off waivers. Pete Walker became a spot starter for the Blue Jays. Tyler Walker did a turn as the Giants' closer.

Pete Walker, 2002?

The other Bobby Jones, 2000. Edit: somebody already had my other one.

Vargas 2.75 Schneider 1.25 Smith 1 Feliciano 1 Anderson .5

Alou's ejection (1st of the year for the Mets) wasn't just for arguing, it was for him slamming the bat down on the plate as soon as he was called out. After he went back into the dugout, some equipment (probably his helmet and bat) got thrown onto the field. Terrible crowd. They not only booed the crap out of Aaron, the also booed Willie heavily as he walked back to the dugout after giving the ball to Smith.

Easley 2 Wright 1.5 Beltran 1 Alou 1 Reyes .5 Sanchez .25 Smith .25 Wagner .25

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Schaefer participation is at record lows. I'm beginning to think that I may not bother doing this in 2009, but we'll see how the rest of the season goes. I think this is the point where I again say that I think the voting threads are closed too quickly.

Annika Sorenstam. Threw out the first pitch tonight, wearing an "Annika 59" pinstripe jersey.

Uncle Cliffy getting the leadoff single to set up that win of Rivera. Rooting big for the Devil Rays this season (of course) and a little bit more because Cliff is there.

Church 3.25 Maine 2.75 Schneider 1.5 Sanchez 1 Wagner .5 Wright .5 Tatis .25 Anderson .25

Some actual notes about the game played tonight: Loved the Delgado bunt. Of course, he squared and pulled back after the first pitch was a strike...and they still didn't take the shift off. Good for Delgado. Was listening to the post-game press conference on Mets Extra and Willie confirmed that 1. Delgado did it on his own and -- in Willie's words -- 2. "He probably should've been doing that a long time ago." Church is an absolute stud. Inspired choice by the in-game music people, too to use "Modern Love" after a big hit by Church. (I also very much like the choice of the X version of "Wild Thing" for Duaner). I might've used Endy to pinch-run for Schneider in the bottom of the 8th, but he did score form second on Reyes' single, so I guess it didn't hurt us to not put the PR in. Loved Maine's effort tonight (retiring 10 in a row after the homer) but I'd like him to finish off the hitters a little faster. 18 of his 108 pitches tonight were foul-offs when Maine already had 2 strikes on the hitter. Quiet crowd and a bit chilly but fun game. Makes me want to go tomorrow night too.

I don't disagree with a lot of what you said by I somehow feel compelled to point out that Franco's walk-off was also from '99.

The correct answers: 1. Greg Lovelady 2. Randy Milligan 3. Guy Conti 4. Brandeis University 5. Jose Reyes, Eric Valent Unfortunately, I already got my "you didn't win" email.

Adam Rubin also reports that Casanova cleared waivers and will report to New Orleans.

Same people who did the 1986 World Series DVD Set are now selling this "Essential Games of Shea Stadium" set. This set has: '69 World Series Game 4 '86 NLCS Game 3 '86 WS Game 6 '99 NLCS Game 5 9/21/01, First Game played in NYC after 9/11 5/19/06, Mets v. Yankees, Wright's walk-off hit Plus bonus clips of: '69 World Series Last Inning Carter's Walk-off on opening day '85 '86 Division Clinch Highlights '86 World Series Game 7 Highlights Franco's walk-off RBI single vs. the Yankees Pratt's walk-off homer 2006 "walk-off moments" 2006 Division Clinch Highlights Endy's catch Bill Shea interview Full info here. You can also win one of these at a trivia contest over on Adam Rubin's Blog. To do that, you'll need to be one of the first 5 to know the correct answers to the following questions: 1. Who was Joe Smith's college pitching coach, who encouraged him to be a sidearm pitcher? 2. Which former Met, whom David Wright rooted for while growing up watching Norfolk Tides games, eventually signed him? 3. Who was Pedro Martinez's first pitching coach in the United States? 4. What college did Nelson Figueroa attend? 5. Who were the last two Mets to hit for the cycle?

Frayed Knot wrote: Tatis is what he is, but at least he's a threat for a long-ball off the bench that Pagan doesn't give us. Does Tatis really bring anything that Easley doesn't?

Updated pitching projections: vs. WAS Tue May 13 - Maine v. John Lannan Wed May 14 - Claudio Vargas v. Tim Redding Thu May 15 - Pelfrey v. Matt Chico vs. NYY Fri May 16 - Santana v. Darrell Rasner Sat May 17 - Perez v. Andy Pettite Sun May 18 - Maine v. Chien-Ming Wang vs. ATL Tue May 20 - Claudio Vargas and Pelfrey v. Tom Glavine and Chuck James Wed May 21 - Santana v. Jair Jurrjens Thu May 22 - Perez v. Tim Hudson