metsmarathon

maine looks, and has for the entire season, like he has some pretty good upside moving forward past this year. the ball seems to get on top of hitters in a hurry, quicker than they expect it. i can't wait to see if he steps to the next level in 07. or in the next 8 games. oh, and thanks, anna!

see, if i had been keeping track, i'd've saved the seaver post for that!

from now on, every day is tripple happiness. (cos it'd be dumb to have an NL team outside our division in there with the yankees)

and he's still smiling.

wow. i didn't even realize i was close to that! good thing i didnt waste it with a super-lame-o comment like "shoulda been a tad more up the third base line" right? lets hope its a good luck thing. how can you lose with a superseaver post?

http://www.irisharts.org/Images/Seaver.jpgshoulda been a tad farther up the third base line?

N D N D N D excellent bunt for base hit!

i see the whole thing, and am quietly laughing my ass off. luckily, i'm sitting down, so after each giggle, it has an apportunity to reattach. my wife would be displeased were i to return home bootyless.

where yankee fans are concerned, you're automatically on the high ground.

y'know... i wouldn't mind something positive happening here.

well, never seen that before...

on this, michael kay and i are in perfect agreement: i HATE the on-site shows infront of the drunken, screaming rabble.

="Frayed Knot"]Not all that surprising. Brantley seems to have grabbed (been assigned?) the macho guy role on 'BB2N' - right down to his moniker on that show of 'Cowboy' (one I've never heard anywhere else). I was listening to him talk a while back about relievers/closers and he was making the usual point about 9th innings being "different" than others yyybbb. A debatable point certainly, but nothing too unusual about hearing it from a pundit or ex-player. Until, that is, he launches into how that difference affected him in his reliever days claiming that he was the type who needed that kind of pressure to the point where, while he'd sometimes give up runs in non-save-type situations, he NEVER coughed it up when the game was on the line in the 9th because he was able to set his mind to the task. Call me cynical but I'm betting that claim wouldn't stand up to even semi-close scrutiny. jeff brantley was 23 of 28 save opportunities in 2000. and i'm just gonna guess, since the record for consecutively converted save opportunities is not held by him and does not stand at about one hundred and fifty, that he actually may have coughed it up when the game was on the line. but that's just a hunch. purely speculative...

i'm disappointed that a former player would come out on the side of "if a guy does poorly, its because he didn't really care enough to do well" sometimes you don't have it. sometimes you have a shitty day, and can't get a single ball to go where you want it to. that doesn't mean you're not busting your ass to get the ball to go where you want it to, or that you're not trying your damnedest to play and perform. he sounds just like the rest of the armchair idiots who think that the results of an athletic performance are tied directly to the desire of an athlete to perform in that instance, with no other influencing factors. trachsel sucked. no doubt. for that reason there should be questions about wether or not you want him to pitch game 7 if needed. i don't think we need to start inferring his level of desire or manhood based on this. and SECONDLY... lets say trachsel went out there and knew he had nothing. couldn't get the ball to where he wanted it. couldn't get a damned guy out. and he knew it wouldn't get better, cos he just couldn't get a feel for the ball. try as he might. how long should he stayed out there waiting for the manager and pitching coach to see what he already knew? hmm? wouldn't we be killing him MORE if he stayed out there for the rest of that inning, game up four MORE runs, and removed any doubt about wether or not our offense could get us back into the game? there's no benefit to the team by him continuing to toe the rubber when he knows he's not right, and can't get the job done. i want my athletes to tell me when they honestly can't get it done. that way those who can will have the chance to. but jeff freakin' brantley knows steve trachsel's body better than he does, and jeff freakin' brantley knows for damned sure that steve trachsel was just being a wussy little girl, and that his thigh didnt really hurt and wasn't really bruised, and couldn't possibly have affected his delivery or his mechanics. sure thing, jeff.

i think he's trying to rile his own team up. "they aren't better than you, and yet they beat you. wtf, guys! sack up, and kick some ass"

our hero! yay!

Beltran 3.0 Delgado 2.3 Wright 1.4 Green 0.6 Valentin 1.2 Perez 1.5

Oliver 6 Reyes 1.3 RHernandez 1.3 Beltran 0.6 Green 0.2 Valentin 0.1

Delgado 4.0 Reyes 2.0 Maine 1.1 Bradford 1.1 Feliciano 0.8 Heilman 1.0

i'm shocked there's none for the losing games. really i am. i'd've noticed it sooned if i'd had my handy dandy updated spreadsheet on me this weekend. somebody start up a thread or two. i would, but i've got numbers to input...

we hafta bring zamby back! we can't be left with NOTHING from the kazmir trade! so kidding. shall i amend my statement to "of those starters who logged a meaningful number of innings (like 30)... "

Nymr83 wrote: is a 35 year old pitcher with a 5 ERA and control issues someone you really want to bring back? you can get a guy who will give you the same ERA (and a chance at better) for near league minimum, Traschel will earn over 2 million on seniority alone i can't tell if this was aimed at me, tho i think it might be, since i was the one saying the nicest things about trax. no way in heck do i want him back next year. i don't think he has anything left to bring to the table, at least nothing that's not imminently replaceable. i merely argue against the notion that he should be hated for his metly tenure. as of right now, its been bookended by suck, but in teh middle has been certainly acceptable, and perhaps better than we expected going in. he'd been mostly dependable for quite a while. but he's the first guy to not be brought back next year.

]They questioned his heart, too. �He took himself out,� one person said. �Contusion of the thigh?� another remarked, scoffing at the reason for Trachsel�s departure from the game. yes, better to wait another batter or two for it to be even more painfully obvious that the injury was making it difficult for him to pitch. it didnt look to me like he was using it as a handy excuse to get the fuck out of the game, and it sure as hell looked like it hurt at the time, and had a chance of affecting his delivery. but they're right. you can't have heart if you let a deep bruise on teh thigh of your pushoff leg affect your pitching. sheesh.

yippee!

Frayed Knot wrote: ="metsguyinmichigan"]What are they singing to Reyes? It's just a soccer-style chant where they sing 'Jose' over and over again. It's been going on much of the year at Shea, at first when prompted by the PA system and then later on it started popping up spontaneously. not that i've been paying attention, but i thought that the fans started it, and the PA picked up on it...