TransMonk

I'll be scouting the Detroit/White Sox game tonight in Chicago for the CPF. The White Sox need a win badly tonight to keep their postseason hopes alive. Tigers will throw out Verlander while Garcia counters for the Sox.

Great job by our boys! The journey's not over, it's only just begun...congrats to them. Thanks to the Crane Pool for helping me enjoy the ride thus far so much.

Check out Detroit, Boston and the Chi-Sox records since the All Star break. They're under .500. Meanwhile everyone in the NL East save Washington is over .500. I don't think the difference between the AL and the NL is as great as everyone thought it was in July.

Holy crap! Ledee got a hit!

Alright! Milledge, Stinnett, Ledee...prove your worth...ah, nevermind.

Duke should be done for the day at least. Two innings against the Bucs' bullpen.

Who'll love LoDuca, who'll sing his song? I will love LoDuca and his song!

Edgy DC wrote: You keep running for another place To find that saving grace I was 1.4 seconds from posting the same thing.

Alright: Milledge, Stinnett, Franco...prove your worth!

Hit the godamn ball on the ground, Jose!

="Edgy DC"]Constant loop between innings on MLB.com A couplet from Tom PettyYou keep running for another place To find that saving grace Great Petty tune. I've only heard it though MLB about 147 times, and I'm just now getting tired of it. At least when I hear that song 20 years from now it will give me memories of this season. BTW: It's Esteban Loiaza

I don't know that the Dodgers would bring either of those 2 rookies to start in the playoffs. I figured their playoff rotation would be Penny, Lowe, Maddux, Billingsley and then Hendrickson as the fifth starter. I guess they could take one of the kid lefties along if they knew they were playing the Mets, but it would take a lot of guts to start them with the season on the line. I believe the only reason we saw either one of those pitchers last week is because this is September and the rosters have expanded.

Since August 1st, the Mets are 27-15 in 42 games played. That's a .642 winning percentage over what equals a quarter-season's worth of games. I haven't done the math, but I would venture that's as good if not better than any 40+ game stretch they've had this season. Not too shabby. Over that same period of time, the Mets are 22-3 when facing a right-handed starting pitcher. 22 and freaking 3!. However, they are 5-12 when facing a left-handed starting pitcher. List of potential playoff teams and their lefty starters: Padres - David Wells Cardinals - None Dodgers - Mark Hendrickson Marlins - Dontrelle Willis, Scott Olsen Giants - Noah Lowry, Jonathan Sanchez Phillies - Cole Hamels, Randy Wolf, Jamie Moyer A's - Barry Zito, Brad Halsey Yankees - Randy Johnson Tigers - Kenny Rogers, Wilfredo Ledezma, Nate Robertson Twins - Johan Santana, Francisco Liriano (maybe) White Sox - Mark Buehrle If Pedro turns out to be OK healthwise(which after his start against Pittsburgh, I'm not so sure about), the Mets' inability to hit starting southpaws may have trumped the starting pitching as their biggest weakness. Looking at that list, it may not be as bad as it seems...but hopefully San Diego wins the WC and the Tigers bow out early.

It was a horseshit call, though.

If I remember correctly in 2000 they clinched the wild card they day after they got eliminated from the division, so even though they wrapped up the wild card spot (in a win against the Braves I believe), it still felt hollow to celebrate too hard after coming so close to the winning the division.

90 wins...do I hear 100?

Florida eliminated for the division. Looks like Philly will win two tonight. Good thing about that is that the Mets can actually clinch on the field Friday.

The bullpen is my favorite part of the team lately. They have been excellent.

="seawolf17"]You know? I guess I see where Willie's coming from. They really don't need to win tonight. You'd like to take two out of three, but you'd also like to see Ledee get a fucking hit once in a while. The Mets don't need a win until September 29th. But I'd like to get some before then. Once they clinch, Willie can do whatever he wants. But taking care of the Marlins tonight eliminates them from the division and puts us that much closer to clinching. If it were Endy or Michael Tucker I would understand, but Ledee's not coming to the postseason with us. His role on the team is to enter the games when we're down by 6 or more runs early so that the starters are rested for the playoffs.

Meriwether seems to have caught what O'Nora had last night. Where's the zone?

http://www.kcmets.com/Pictures/jay_satan.jpgMy thoughts exactly! Why is Ledee still on this team, much less batting with the game on the line? OE: My god! It's Jay Satan!

Del-goodness!

Mota as a Met: 11 G, 11.2 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 HR, 3 BB, 16 K, 0.77 ERA

Damn, Mota is a gamer!

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