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It seems to not matter who goes up to bat , a double play will be the outcome.

Officer Joe Blanton in total command today.

"Double Play David" to the Phillies rescue.

OlerudOwned wrote: Was sort of hoping that the insane Wimbledon final would just keep going long enough for me to not have to watch this. Let's go Mets. Please. Might have been the most enjoyable final I have watched since Edberg beat Becker in a thriller in 1990.

Jerry though has always been like this , always with the funny remark. It works better when the team is winning though.

Jeez from reading the IGT and the report from Newsday I am glad to have missed this..... Comedy of errors in Met loss in Philly ] BY ANTHONY RIEBER | anthony.rieber@newsday.com 7:01 PM EDT, July 4, 2009 PHILADELPHIA - Before the top of the sixth inning at Citizens Bank Park on Saturday, a tuxedoed Phillie Phanatic performed the tired routine in which he uses a mallet to smash a Mets batting helmet. The attempt at comedy was no match for what the Mets did in the bottom of the inning: A missed pop-up in which Alex Cora called off David Wright and then let the ball fall foul. A dropped foul pop-up by Omir Santos. A wild throw to the backstop by Ryan Church and failed hockey goalie kick-save attempt by pitcher Pat Misch, who was backing up the play. The crowd was in stitches. Jerry Manuel was not. Once again, the Mets lost and looked bad doing it in a 4-1 defeat to the Phillies. It wasn't just giving the Phillies five outs and letting them score an unearned insurance run that made the Mets look feeble. They also managed just five hits against 46-year-old lefty Jamie Moyer and only scored against him on an RBI single by pitcher Fernando Nieve in the fifth. The Mets' 3-4-5 batters – David Wright, Gary Sheffield and Fernando Tatis – came in a combined .433 with eight home runs against Moyer, who entered the game with a 6.05 ERA. They were 0-for-9 against him on Saturday. Cora, often cited by general manager Omar Minaya and manager Jerry Manuel as a "leadership" player, was also doubled off first base on a line drive to second in the fourth. But at least he knew he messed up both times. And he did have three of the Mets' hits. The Mets (39-41), who have lost seven of their last nine, fell three games behind the Phillies in the NL East. They were spared the indignity of falling into fourth place by the Braves, who lost to Washington. The Mets and Atlanta are tied for third. Nieve (3-2) didn't pitch all that badly. He allowed a run in the first on Jayson Werth's sacrifice fly and two in the fourth on Jimmy Rollins' two-out, two-run double into the rightfield corner as the Phillies took a 3-0 lead. And then there was the run in the sixth after the Mets had pulled to within two on Nieve's second career RBI . Paul Bako lifted a one-out pop into foul territory down the third-base line. Wright and Cora got their signals crossed (no error was charged) and Bako got new life. He walked. After a sacrifice bunt by Moyer, Rollins walked, too. Shane Victorino hit a potential inning-ending pop-up behind the plate, but a staggering Santos watched it bounce off his mitt for an error. Victorino then ripped a single to center. Bako put on the brakes after rounding third, but Church's throw home was so far up the third-base line that it skipped past Santos as Bako headed for home again. Misch, backing up the plate, attempted – and failed – to stop the errant ball by kicking at it, adding to the slapstick quality of the inning and giving the Phillies a 4-1 lead. Nieve was charged with four runs (three earned) in 5 2/3 innings. Moyer (7-6) got the first out of the seventh and then departed after 87 pitches in his 600th career start. OK , even taking into account that Rieber is probably a hack this is just not getting any better is it?

MLB to commemorate and bring awareness to ALS had Gehrig's speech played at all games today. ] "It's one thing to me to have the game taken away from you before it should be but when you start talking about taking your life before it should, the way he handled it was incredible," said Yankees manager Joe Girardi, who has an uncle with ALS. 70 years since that speech , wow is all I can say. Curt Schilling http://mlb.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?content_id=5363681&c_id=mlb

Too easy , on the plus side I was working the grill for the bulk of this game.

McCarver to his credit is questioning the Manny reaction.

This is disgusting , it's like Manny is being celebrated for a great achievement.

The opening tease from FOX on the pre-game show is " we'll cover the Manny return from every possible angle , and we have other great games too ".....great " no matter what game you are watching everybody in the country will get to see Manny at bat".....

Sounds like a fun time.....

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: ="seawolf17"]Did Chase Utley just steal second base in the fourth inning with a 7-0 lead? Livan, throw a pickoff off his fucking helmet. Chase Utley could have sex with about 5 Met wives on top of the opposing dugout right now (with the Phanatic dancing around the cluster and hamming it up for the Jumbotron) and not get pitched inside so much as once. Sometimes, in weaker moments, I want 1-2 big, dumb assholes who are just asshole-y enough-- just shy of, say, Zambrano-level-- to put one in a guy's ear when he "needs" it. Like a team full of Ken dolls, we have no assholes. I have been watching the Mets for 13 years or so and I don't think we have had such a pitcher in that time.

Edgy DC wrote: That red-hat thing --- who needs to get fired for that? Selig

I am trying to think of a worse defensive team that has taken the field for the Mets in recent years.

Not feeling the game at the minute though...

I'm feeling this game big time.....let's Go Mets

If redding does go to the bullpen I would think it's for mop up duty to start with....

I don't think he's done with the Mets , I say he goes to the bullpen for a while. There is no guarantee that Perez will be any better. I am curious why Keith likes him so much , every start I have watched that Keith has done he raves about Redding...." always loved his stuff"...he says it all the time....

Hugo Chavez will love this

Video - very funny listen to the Doctors lingo...hilarious

Turns out Pelfrey wasn't even at this meeting......

Outstanding

="Kong76":dknh69qt]It's Jim Duquette place, he's flippin' burgers there now.[/quote:dknh69qt] LOL...... G-Fafif Jul 01 2009 04:12 PM You'd figure with the oodles of beers available at the beer island stand out beyond center field (Big Apple Brews) that two of them would be Rheingold and Schaefer, but I don't think either's been spotted. Not even a Knickerbocker. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 01 2009 04:17 PM ="G-Fafif":exoi2ldw]You'd figure with the oodles of beers available at the beer island stand out beyond center field (Big Apple Brews) that two of them would be Rheingold and Schaefer, but I don't think either's been spotted. Not even a Knickerbocker.[/quote:exoi2ldw] They've got 'em at MFY Bank, just inside the "Great Hall," at some sort of "classic beer" stand. For $9.50 a pop. SteveJRogers Jul 01 2009 04:56 PM ="G-Fafif"]You'd figure with the oodles of beers available at the beer island stand out beyond center field (Big Apple Brews) that two of them would be Rheingold and Schaefer, but I don't think either's been spotted. Not even a Knickerbocker. Greg, I would HOPE TO GOD that if Knickerbocker was ever brought back by whomever, that none of it ever makes it anywhere near Flushing Meadows. I'd say you should use your connections and get this done, BRING RHEINGOLD AND SCHAEFER TO CITI FIELD! But Knickerbocker, NEVAH! SteveJRogers Jul 01 2009 05:00 PM ="Farmer Ted":x8x4z2rt]The virtual tour of Citi had a "Duke's" Food stand. Duke Sinder? Can this be confirmed?[/quote:x8x4z2rt] I'm not sure if anyone but the artist knew. Probably seen many other newer parks have stands with popular player names slapped on, and figured with the Ebbets motif that the Mets would eventually reach out to Duke for something in that vein. Why, who knows, I believe Snider is a full time LA resident right? Anyway, it was just an artist rendering, I'd wouldn't have put much stock into it. That being said, its too bad Bluesmoke doesn't have Rusty Staub's name slapped below it. G-Fafif Jul 01 2009 06:30 PM ="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":3mz9a9z3]="G-Fafif":3mz9a9z3]You'd figure with the oodles of beers available at the beer island stand out beyond center field (Big Apple Brews) that two of them would be Rheingold and Schaefer, but I don't think either's been spotted. Not even a Knickerbocker.[/quote:3mz9a9z3] They've got 'em at MFY Bank, just inside the "Great Hall," at some sort of "classic beer" stand. For $9.50 a pop.[/quote:3mz9a9z3] Pabst Blue Ribbon available by the high-priced can at MFYS III. I know the guy who helped relaunch PBR as a slightly ironic phenomenon. Marketing genius. gerrard00 Jul 02 2009 09:08 AM ="G-Fafif":3ktatvdd]I know the guy who helped relaunch PBR as a slightly ironic phenomenon. Marketing genius.[/quote:3ktatvdd] I hope that guy is building a mansion out of platinum bars as we speak. Kong76 Jul 02 2009 09:52 AM gerrard00, who is that in your avatar? Benjamin Grimm Jul 02 2009 09:53 AM I think it's Darryl Strawberry after a week of partying.

Brown Bridge....after Leon don't you know