Ceetar

This picture always amuses me

Fman99 wrote: The lineup I want (nay, demand) tomorrow: 1. Reyes, ss 2. Wright, 3b 3. Beltran, rf 4. Reyes, 2b 5. Wright, 1b 6. Beltan, cf 7. Reyes, p 8. Wright, c 9. Beltran, lf Wow, pitcher batting 7th. You just gave Tony LaRussa a hard-on. All that crouching's bad for Wright's back. Maybe we can spot Murphy an AB there? or Turner?

Jack McKeon has no patience, pulls [crossout:127qlfgv]Choke[/crossout:127qlfgv]Choate mid-AB to Duda.

Highlight of the game. Keith: "Hey, where's Kevin?" He's been on vacation, this is the fourth game without him.

this is pathetic.

well, they cleared the pitcher..

Gwreck wrote: You don't really think that Fred's gonna pay for that, do you? (I would have recommended helicopter). Not to hijack Wright's thread, but I find it curious that Reyes' agents were hanging with the Mets triumverant in Brooklyn. I mean, you think they completely ignored the giant pink elephant in the room?

Gwreck wrote: You gonna subject him to the BQE at rush hour? that seems cruel. Most direct route is Belt Parkway to the Van Wyck. (Super-advanced-I hate-sitting-in-traffic route: Ocean Avenue - Empire Boulevard - E. New York Avenue - Jackie Robinson Parkway - Grand Central). can he fly from JFK to LaGuardia?

ha, i missed that the mini-kte was also listed as IGT. whatever, the Marlins suck anyway.

The fishermen: Angel Pagan � CF Willie Harris � 2B Daniel Murphy � 3B Scott Hairston � RF Lucas Duda � 1B Jason Bay � LF Josh Thole � C Ruben Tejada � SS Chris Capuano � LHP The fish: Bonifacio 3B Infante 2B Morrison LF Ramirez SS Sanchez 1B Stanton RF Cameron CF Buck C Hensley P "Buck" is probably the least fishy name. Let's catch a win. Jose's back tomorrow.

sharpie wrote: Meanwhile Jose Reyes played 6 innings for the Cyclones this afternoon going 1-for-3 with a double and a run scored and fielded his only chance cleanly. Why wait for tomorrow to activate him? Bring him up for tonight's game I say. You gonna subject him to the BQE at rush hour? that seems cruel.

Jason Bay is slugging .160 in "high leverage" situations this season. Give me a month of Spring Training (or an actual healthy 29 year old) and I'd take the over..

Edgy DC wrote: But no blows. A man needs blows. They're cheaper in Buffalo.

Edgy DC wrote: Yeah, maybe we're overlooking the obvious on this. Three unearned runs on Friday (Tejada).One unearned run on Saturday (Tejada).Three unearned runs on Sunday (Bay). I try not to get on Tejada because he's young and overmatched, but I think he needs to head to Buffalo tomorrow. It's not just him, some of these guys seem to be letting the pressure get to them. Turner was alternating between really nice play and stupid play on Friday too.

Gwreck wrote: Ceetar wrote: Pitching wasn't great this weekend, but it was the offense that did the Mets in. And it's not like you tip your hat to cy young winners, it was Worley and Kendrick, both of who the Mets have hit, and should hit. I totally disagree. They scored 5 runs Sunday (enough to win most games) and of course there were no offense problems on Saturday. Yes, the Mets should have scored more runs off Worley but they would have needed 8 to win on Friday and 9 to win on Sunday. That's because the pitching is the problem. If they actually score off Worley or Kendrick, the entire landscape of the game is different. different pitchers are used, with different amounts of leash. Probably would've helped if this makeshift infield actually fielded the ball once in a while too.

Edgy DC wrote: Yeah, but we're using runs/game here as a standard. I have no doubt that low average and high power is a more-or-less sustainable way to build an offense. I certainly prefer ours, but I'd prefer it more with our infield back in the lineup. Well yeah, that'd be nice. Offense was already pushing it without Reyes, and then add in Beltran? Pitching wasn't great this weekend, but it was the offense that did the Mets in. And it's not like you tip your hat to cy young winners, it was Worley and Kendrick, both of who the Mets have hit, and should hit.

Edgy DC wrote: It may look like that, but kudos to them for grinding it out anyhoow. I think maybe the reconciliation between perception and reality may be in the all-or-nothing-ness of the lineup. When they've got it working, they open up the spigot and score double digits in runs. When they don't, they struggle to score two. But they can't seem to settle themsleves into that 5-8-run range. Plefrey has certainly had a crap year. Too many hits and too many one-disastrous-inning starts. Nobody's quite pitching themselves out of the rotation, but we could use someone who excels. We've a team of 3.80-4.30 ERA starters, with a bullpen that's been capable until we ask too much of it. That's kinda what I was referring to in the all-or-nothing-ness, and it's probably a fair example of how poor a tool for analysis batting average actually is. I mean, Ibanez is hitting .243 and yet when he does hit the ball it's over the fence AND with runners on. The same for Howard who has 87 hits and 72 RBI which seems like a pretty high rate. You'd think some of this would be unsustainable, but it just doesn't seem to fall off. Carlos Ruiz has a higher OBP than SLG, hitting .255. How do you walk a guy like that? (I often wondered this with Castillo too.)

Frayed Knot wrote: No, I think the difference is pitching. The Mets are actually scoring 0.2 R/G higher than the Phils this season which, when you consider the home park differential and the injuries, is fucking stunning. clearly the difference is pitching, but that lineup looks like it should be near the bottom in runs scored

Doesn't exactly look like a fierce lineup, and yet they find ways. Could the difference be when Ibanez doesn't suck, he hits a home run and drives in 2-3, and when Bay doesn't suck..he walks or gets a single?

HahnSolo wrote: The number of Phillies fans all around me (and all around the stadium for that matter) was pretty nauseating. I know how Baltimore fans now feel whenever the Yanks and Sox come to town. Are the Yanks/Sox fans as ignorant as the Phillies fans I encountered at Citi? probably. Harris mostly sucks and Hairston has been good against lefties but that's also where Bay has been better.. Did Collins maybe get too hopeful that Bay had 'returned' as he started to pick it up a bit? Maybe he should've still sat him here and there, or maybe the injuries have just made it so that the 'potential' of Bay actually hitting is still better than sitting him most days. I dunno. If we're really going to try to get him out of the lineup more, I'd rather it be for the likes of Evans or Duda or Martinez. Not that any of them have necessarily warranted it, but..

how does this thread not have Pridie's fiancee picture?

hmm.. I think mine would be Olerud. "Greatest infield ever" and then all of a sudden he's gone? and for pretty reasonable "I want to go home" type reasons If I recall.

Edgy DC wrote: I'm not sure, but I think a backslide while getting used to the rigors of steady work at the big league level is to be expected. Prorgress will come, if it does, in fits and starts. Todd Hundley took five years to turn the corner as a big league hitter. He took four to hit as well as Thole. It's disappointing, but I wonder if this is simply what a rookie catcher tends to look like, and the disappointment stands out more in a depeleted lineup. Initially I started to wonder if he took for granted the progress he made as a catcher last year as "I've made it" and stopped working as hard at the learning aspect of it, especially after having a good spring training. I've been somewhat encouraged the last two months or so, but at this point I'm not ready to say I'm 'sold' on him being the catcher next year. I'd like to see him maintain closer to what he's done the last two months (and be the guy we kinda thought he would be) for the rest of the season. If the Mets do indeed fall out of it, I'd really like him to get more of the starts against lefties too, and more of Pelfrey's starts.

Why are we killing Thole so much? I know he's mostly been underwhelming all over, but he's OPSing .839 since June first and I think perhaps the rough start he had is coloring perception.

TransMonk wrote: Congrats, Ceetar! Do you have the lotto numbers for tonight? 5 7 14 31 37 41 42