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Frayed Knot wrote: WOW!! When he hit that I didn't think it had anywhere near that kind of carry. Same here.

YES!!!

Frayed Knot wrote: Not that he was likely to have gotten him in this case, but Pagan's next good throw from the OF will be his first. Just tonight he's had two throws and both of them have been awful. The good news was that he was trying to throw to the right base.

Maybe I'm making excuses because I'm desperately looking for someone not to dislike from the 'pen, but the walk could have been strike 3, the first single was a broken bat bloop, and the tying hit was a ground ball. It's not like they hit ropes or even liners.

Fman99 wrote: Or, how about, "Well, we've gotten tired of Mike's underachieving and inconsistency for the past several years so we've decided to feed his body limb by limb into a woodchipper, a la Steve Buscemi in 'Fargo.'" Too much? Not at all.

Would anybody be upset if Terry said "Mike's getting kinda tired and we want to see some of our other arms so we're going to use Mike out of the bullpen for the rest of the season."

Is there any reason to keep Igarashi for '12? Even if you think he's decent, getting rid of him means faster games.

AdamRubinESPN Adam Rubin Jason Isringhausen has a herniated disc in back and won't be available for several days. David Wright, Jason Bay and Angel Pagan will have Game 2 off, with Jose Reyes returning to the lineup.

METS: 1. Ruben Tejada ® SS 2. Justin Turner ® 2B 3. Lucas Duda (L) RF 4. David Wright ® 3B 5. Angel Pagan (S) CF 6. Jason Bay ® LF 7. Nick Evans ® 1B 8. Ronny Paulino ® C 9. Chris Schwinden ® P Braves: 1. Michael Bourn (L) CF 2. Chipper Jones (S) 3B 3. Brian McCann (L) C 4. Dan Uggla ® 2B 5. Freddie Freeman (L) 1B 6. Martin Prado ® LF 7. Jason Heyward (L) RF 8. Alex Gonzalez ® SS 9. Mike Minor ® P

Pair of youngsters go in Game 1 of Mets-Braves By Jason Mastrodonato / MLB.com | 9/8/2011 12:54 AM ET Hurricane Irene took away a weekend series between the Braves and Mets at the end of August, and instead of enjoying a Saturday and Sunday in the Big Apple, the Braves will try to squeeze in two games on Thursday before heading to St. Louis for a three-game set with the Cardinals. The doubleheader allows Mets right-hander Chris Schwinden to make his Major League debut. The 24-year-old has pitched the most innings of his career this season, logging 148 2/3, mostly at Triple-A Buffalo, while striking out 139 to 48 walks with a 3.87 ERA. "My main goal this year was to improve and mature as a better pitcher, and this year, getting an opportunity to start in Triple-A and learn from the older guys was a big thing for me," Schwinden said. ""Most of it was command. Just like any other pitcher, you command your pitches and you do well. I did that. I started to fall off at the end, but I've still got some left and I'm ready to keep going." The Mets come in hot, having won 10 of their last 13 games and approaching a .500 record (24-26) since the All-Star break. They'll try to knock around a pair of young Braves pitchers on Thursday, with 23-year-old Mike Minor earning the nod in the first game. Minor admittedly didn't bring his best his last time out, but he held the Dodgers to just one run over six innings on Saturday, striking out seven and lowering his ERA to 4.09 in 11 starts. "That's where I think he's grown the most," catcher Brian McCann said. "When he doesn't have his best stuff, he's able to fight through that and keep putting up zeroes." Heading into Thursday, the Braves had lost seven of their last 10 games, though they have a sizable lead in the National League Wild Card race. They are 2-for-18 in their last two games with runners in scoring position, including 10 hitless at-bats on Tuesday. "Offensively, we're not scoring runs, and on the other side of the ball, we're not getting deep into ballgames," manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "That's the whole ball of wax. I'm real confident and real sure we'll get it turned around."

Manny!

METS: 1. Jose Reyes (S) SS 2. Ruben Tejada ® 2B 3. Lucas Duda (L) RF 4. David Wright ® 3B 5. Angel Pagan (S) CF 6. Jason Bay ® LF 7. Nick Evans ® 1B 8. Mike Nickeas ® C 9. R.A. Dickey ® P Marlins: 1. Emilio Bonifacio (S) RF 2. Omar Infante ® 2B 3. Logan Morrison (L) LF 4. Gaby Sanchez ® 1B 5. Bryan Petersen (L) CF 6. John Buck ® C 7. Matt Dominguez ® 3B 8. Donnie Murphy ® SS 9. Brad Hand (L) P

Adam Rubin had the others: NICK'S HITTING KNACK: Nick Evans -- who had the tiebreaking RBI in the 12th -- became the third player in team history to produce the go-ahead RBI three times in a game, joining Mike Piazza (2001) and Jason Phillips (2003).

Ceetar bring the goods: Ceetar The #mets need to go 17-5 while the #braves go 4-17 to force a one-game playoff. #wildcard #optimism

I'm not being political here, really I'm not, I just want to ask if anybody can see the value in the MFYs performing "God Bless America" every game before the bottom of the 7th inning. I can see doing it this Sunday, and perhaps on national holidays, but every night? Last night, it was about 2 AM and everybody had to be in the rain for an extra two minutes while Miss America dragged out the song: http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=18929477 (note the Teixeira constipated face... or is that his normal look?) What do you think? A proper way to honor America? A redundant and pompous act in the midst of a game when we've already sang the National Anthem?

The Magic Number for clinching 3d place is down to 19. From mlb.com: Mets take on Marlins in finale at Sun Life By Evan Drellich / MLB.com | 9/7/2011 1:58 AM ET R.A. Dickey might give the Mets a leg up in Wednesday's rubber match with the Marlins at Sun Life Stadium. New York's knuckleballer, a winner of two straight, hasn't allowed an earned run to Florida in two starts this season, with 13 strikeouts in as many innings. The trajectory of that floater, though, should at least be fresh in the Marlins' minds: Dickey last faced the Fish two starts ago, throwing seven innings in a 2-1 Mets win on Aug. 29 in New York. "He had everything going for him today," Marlins manager Jack McKeon said afterward. "Give him his due. He pitched a good game." For Florida, left-hander Brad Hand is set to make his 10th start of the season in place of Clay Hensley, who has been moved back to the bullpen. Hand is to be in the rotation for the remainder of the season. The 21-year-old Hand was the loser in a 5-3 loss to the Phillies on Sept. 2, going five-plus innings and allowing four runs -- three earned -- on four hits and three walks. "For the most part I was ahead in the count, which helped, and then in the fifth and sixth innings I started getting behind and that's when I started getting hit a little bit," Hand said. "That's been the biggest thing all year, and throwing off speeds for strikes." At stake in Wednesday's game is a season series win for the Marlins. They've won nine of the 17 meetings so far.

Good news for the Mets in their quest for 3d place... Stanton is out for the rest of the series. Too bad for Guys! as he won't be able to see his man-crush.

AdamRubinESPN Adam Rubin Chris Schwinden is scheduled for Game 1 of Thursday's doubleheader against Altanta.

METS: 1. Jose Reyes (S) SS 2. Justin Turner ® 2B 3. Lucas Duda (L) RF 4. David Wright ® 3B 5. Angel Pagan (S) CF 6. Willie Harris (L) LF 7. Nick Evans ® 1B 8. Ronny Paulino ® C 9. Miguel Batista ® P Marlins: 1. Emilio Bonifacio (S) SS 2. Omar Infante ® 2B 3. Greg Dobbs (L) 3B 4. Gaby Sanchez ® 1B 5. Logan Morrison (L) LF 6. Mike Cameron ® CF 7. Bryan Petersen (L) RF 8. Brett Hayes ® C 9. Chris Volstad ® P Come on Terry--if you're going to sit Bay, do we really need to see Willie Harris anymore? Start Pascucci.

Ceetar wrote: I'd have sworn that Val Pascucci had been up with the Mets before, in fact I was so sure he was that I went to MBTN to see what number he wore before. I am either conflating him with another player or there was talk of him coming up in the past. Mike Hessman? I dunno. Hessman isn't doing very well in Japan: http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2011/stats/idb1_bs.html

MetsWFAN Schwinden, Pascucci, and Baxter added from Buffalo, will be here tomorrow. Pascucci will wear number 15.

FK said: "At this point Pelfrey would be suspended through the year 2525 (if man is still alive?)" First, I approve! and 2d) nice Zager & Evans (not Nick) reference. Good win but they should have swept. The Magic Number on clinching third is down to 21. With that kind of suspense, no wonder that the game against the Braves on 9/17 was moved to FOX.

Frayed Knot wrote: The other thing to talk about was the Reyes 7th inning sac bunt. On the one hand you can say that it "worked" because the runner bunted over came in for the go-ahead run. On the other the one thing a sac bunt does even if successful is cut down on the big innings and that 'one-and-only-one run strategy wasn't enough in the end. I didn't like it at the time and still don't. btw, that was the second time this year we've lost to the Nats on a cheapie walk-off single. where an Ian Desmond broken bat dribbler beat us after Hairston had tied up in the top of the 9th with a 2-out solo shot off Drew Storen. Both losses came off Parnell -- both started with a Jesus Flores lead-off single -- both involved a wild-pitch -- both hits came with just one out -- both negated earlier NYM comebacks Agreed about the bunt. The league's leading hitter is up so why are you bunting? Give him a shot to hit one into the gap. Bad managing there. As for the "btw"--I was at each of those so Parnell is not my favorite Met at the moment.

Fman99 wrote: Fuck Bobby Parnell in his-hard-throwing-but-no-idea-where-the-ball's-going ass. As someone that was at last night's game--I agree. A shame that the great work of the offense coming back from 5-0 and the great bullpen work of Acosta and Shorty was wasted.

Frayed Knot wrote: I made a reference to 'Friday Night Lights' in another thread when someone pointed out that he's from Odessa, Texas. Turns out he's not only from Odessa but went to Permian HS in Odessa, the school that was the setting for FNL (the book & movie, not the TV show). So when he pitches, we should chant "Mojo!" http://www.mojoland.net/