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Martinez 3 Beltran 2.5 Delgado 2 Woodward 1.5 Chavez 1

Edgy DC wrote: Sheesh, let's get the A-Team out of there before they start headhunting. Is Marrero with the team yet? He should be. Wearing #32. Would be nice to see Valentin in for Wright, Marrero in for Beltran and Franco in for Delgado.

Wright doubles, and It's like the 2000 NLCS Game 4 again!

Jacome definetly got mentioned on WFAN too, altong with possibly the AP story about the game (?).

Elster88 wrote: Wow. I missed the game completely. When did they get the first hit off him? I guess I'll hit up the IGT. First batter of the third inning, immediately after Ed Coleman said "the Diamondbacks, without a hit so far." And when I say immediately, I mean, the next words out of his mouth were, "the 1-1 pitch, swung on and hit to left" or wherever that hit went.

Soler 6 Beltran 1 Wright 1 Chavez .75 Valentin .75 Reyes .5

I realize I wouldn't get to many games, but can we just play every game in Phoenix? No, seriously. Put the best Mets pitching performance of the year in the books!

Original article is here. Here's the relevant portion (taken from the article about Matsui) ]There's a rancor that's drifted into the stands at Shea in recent years that's just plain ugly. The idea that home fans never boo is a bit too St. Louis for me -- hell, I've leather-lunged a hapless Met or two myself. But these days you hear willfully coarse, self-congratulatory booing. It's not just the meathead element, which will always be there, but fans who've somehow bought into the notion of New York as a tough town where "we" boo, leading them to let loose for most anything and to see booing as necessary hazing awaiting any new guy. (Booing Jorge Julio during player introductions was just astonishing.) Yes, this is a tough town, but the flip side of that has always been that it's a smart town, one in which hitting behind the runner gets cheered and a bases-loaded sac fly when three runs down with one out in the ninth doesn't. I don't know how this crept in and I don't think there's a way to escort it out again, but it's ridiculous. And where one commenter sees it as a sign of creeping Bronxness, I see it as something even worse: This reflexive, mean-spirited booing is Philadelphia stuff, the self-consuming vitriol of the longtime loser who turns on the home team at the first intimation that he'll be disappointed again. This is a fascinating analysis, and spot-on, I think. I think the answer to how to "escort it out" is to keep winning, obviously. That being said, the scenario that exists now will be revealing. Given that the boo-birds' scapegoats are gone -- whether via trade (Julio, Matsui) or via performance improvement (Beltran, Valentin) and the Mets are winning, there's not much cause for booing. So will new scapegoats develop, or can this be nipped in the bud?

sharpie wrote: How 'bout that play at third? Guys on WFAN say he was safe.

Beltran 4.5 Delgado 2.75 Wright 1.5 LoDuca .75 Sanchez .25 Wagner .25

Triple Happiness 2006 #5: June 9 Mets 10, Diamondbacks 6 Astros 7, Braves 2 Athletics 6, MFYs 5

Put it in the books!

Wagner had warmed up so looks like he comes in, despite the fact that it's a non-save situation. Robert Fick hits a walkoff HR to give Washington the win over the Phillies.

And the hits just keep on coming. Delgado with his 2nd!

OoTS Update: Nationals 8, Phillies 8, Bottom 10th. Astros 7, Braves 2, Final. Athletics 6, MFYs 5, Final.

Beltran is en fuego!

5.1 IP, 3 ER, 8 H, 2 K, 6 BB isn't really anything to write home about. Another sub-par outing for Steve is concerning.

Walks and errors kill. That was a really ugly inning.

Feliciano on to try to bail out Trachsel's mess.

Nymr83 wrote: ]OE: Mel Rojas is the 392nd greatest Met of all-time? Seriously? IMO he's the worst Met of all-time. Nah, can't be. Even if we look to this year -- Jose Lima hasn't ever helped the Mets, ever, in any way. Rojas at least had *some* good outings here and there. But as for relievers who have >75 IP for the Mets, I'd suspect he's in the top-10 worst.

Ok, Delgado couldn't handle it, but that's totally Trachsel's fault. You're up 5-1, there are 2 outs with nobody on base. The backup catcher and his .233 average are batting 8th...and you can't throw a single strike? You need to challenge hitters in these situations, dammit. OE: Mel Rojas is the 392nd greatest Met of all-time? Seriously?

I'm running outta kaboom images here. Carlos Delgado!

OoTS Update: Nationals 6, Phillies 3, Top 4th Astros 7, Braves 2, Top 7th Athletics 6, MFYs 1, Bottom 7th, Rain Delay

Shoulda kept that roof closed! Wright with the