Ceetar

Edgy DC wrote: And he's stinking up the greater Lake Erie region of New York to the tune of .240 / .265 / .385 // .650. How about Lutz? Lutz isn't 40man right? I doubt they'd mess with that for the time being. at least for a bench guy. I don't mind Turner, at least not yet, but we don't really need him AND Hu. let Turner take some SS reps so he's at least fresh for backup purposes. Evans can backup 1b/3b as well presumably. at least well enough for these purposes. Personally I suspect one of the bench guys will be getting swapped when Pagan is back. Saturday is another shot at trying out the whole 'starting OF' thing and the backups being bench guys.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Maybe a thread where we collect Wayne Hagin moments good and bad? Last night when Mota came into the game, Hagin noted the booing and, being Wayne Hagin, attributed it not to the Scott Spezio Debacle nor the Piazza Drilling but to his steroid suspension. Ron or Keith attributed it to the '06 playoffs (which is where I'm coming from) and the subsequent suspension (was more about him sucking off the juice)

metirish wrote: Big difference for me between Shea and Citi is that Shea didn't entice you to walk around and savor the ballpark where Citi does , and that's one of the things management wants right? That's all new ballparks. Which is why I never understood the complaints about empty seats behind the plate at either NY park. They built indoor bars (which isn't really anything special, btw) behind the plate and you expect some of these rich fat cats to sit in the cold april weather at 10pm at night? The thing is, the game hasn't force anyone to stay in their seat much since Citi opened. But in all stadiums, concessions basically close down in the 8th and 9th, so for those big games and late inning pressure situations, everyone SHOULD be in their seats, or at least standing in viewing areas.

Edgy DC wrote: I never dreamed I'd be lecturing three straight managers about their jobs. Buchholz should have been about four innings away from entering the game last night. So you were okay with Howe then?

Gwreck wrote: There's no question that Citi Field doesn't have the same atmosphere as even a half-empty Shea. This was immediately apparent even in the early part of 2009, when the park was full every night and there was no reason for despair. I attribute that a lot to not knowing the park and people wandering around and taking it in, and atmosphere never being great in April anyway. And off two collapses, it wasn't a great attitude among fans. I'm not saying you're wrong, but I'd like to be in first for a sustained amount of time to bolster enthusiasm, or really be in it when we play the Phillies in July, before I'd be really comfortable judging the crowds at Citi. I think it has potential, especially down low. I could see that RF corner, with the Pepsi Porch and Mo's zone screaming, being very hostile to a visiting right fielder.

Nymr83 wrote: I was there tonight as well. Citi just doesnt possess Shea's atmosphere. Hu looked like he didn't belong in the same league as Brian Wilson. The fans are different. That is, the mindset of the fans are different. Not because of the park but because of the state of the team.

Edgy DC wrote: bmfc1 wrote: Fuck Terry if he told Ike to bunt Anything at all is possible, except the notion that Ike was bunting on his own there. Seriiously? What are we going to do about Thole? I'd start by keeping him the heck away from Dickey. He needs to save his focus for the rest of his burden. This team also needs a longer bench. Bambi's Bandits they ain't. Well Bay and Pagan will both be back by this weekend, which should straighten out the bench, as Sandy can make the decision based on the actual bench and not who can play where in the OF. I'm worried about Thole now. I don't know what's up there. He's missing things that I would probably catch. I wonder if he toned done the catching workouts a bit (or that's just the nature of the bigs versus AAA?) now that he's "made it"? Same with Ike. While buntings horrible in that spot, especially with who was up behind him, does he practice it? If he takes bunting practice as much as everyone else and works at it for the sake of that one or two times a year where it might be prudent. over-shifts or what not, then fine, drop one down (not there), but otherwise, just freaking swing.

Edgy DC wrote: Can't fathom why Buchholz is in. Bullpen usage is boggling. I had K-Rod pegged for two.

Ack, I'm Jeff Francoeur, when'd that happen!?

Edgy DC wrote: Are there no starting pitchers faster than Thole? Cap and Young don't strike me as fast. Pelfrey? maybe.. Niese perhaps would be faster, but enough faster? Beato maybe who's unavailable to pitch.

soupcan wrote: Tied at 6 on un-clutch future Giant Jose Reyes' bloop single that plates Pridie. Or Pirdie, or whatever his name is. I'm okay with Reyes' being a Giant in the way Mays was a Met. maybe.

soupcan wrote: Is that commercial supposed to appeal to a gay demographic...? no no, he was bench pressing two hot police chicks at the end didn't you see?!

The Mets are an even 139-139 against the Giants at home.

Ashie62 wrote: Ceetar wrote: oooh, we've got a roster move. Bay on paternity leave. Duda will play against the Giants. So thats what Bay was doing with his time off. Heh..well, yeah, this probably was within weeks of him going on the DL.

oooh, we've got a roster move. Bay on paternity leave. Duda will play against the Giants.

Wow. interesting. Imagine if Reyes had come up and run all over the place for seven games, and then went home to let Mets fans think about him for 5 long cold months? Bet it would've sold some 2003 season tickets..

Lincecum is tied with Christy mathewson for most double digit strikeout games as a Giant. Presumably has a chance to take sole possession wednesday.

metirish wrote: Great job , is that Peta outrage real? , I'd not be one bit surprised if it were. I didn't research that part, but I wouldn't be surprised either. It just popped up in an image search and was too amusing not to include.

MFS62 wrote: Ashie62 wrote: Ceetar wrote: Edgy DC wrote: So, we're talking knee? (I know human anatomy like I know Pakistani geography.) That's certainly not good news, but it's a relief, relative to the elbow, right? no, the report is correct. it's the elbow. http://www.hss.edu/conditions_elbow-throwing-injuries-mcl-tommy-john.asp The picture looks like Rodans "Thinker" if you look long enough. Next thing you're going to tell us is that the eyes in the picture follow you when you move. The news still sux, though. Later Unless you're Dan Warthen, Scott Hairston, Tim Byrdak, or Willie Harris, no, they don't follow you when you move.

bleh, I was hoping now that Osama is dead we could kill God Bless America at baseball games too.

The roster for the former New York Gothams 41 Jeremy Affeldt 40 Madison Bumgarner 18 Matt Cain 55 Tim Lincecum 49 Javier Lopez 59 Guillermo Mota 52 Ramon Ramirez 54 Sergio Romo 45 Dan Runzler 57 Jonathan Sanchez 32 Ryan Vogelsong 38 Brian Wilson 28 Buster Posey 22 Eli Whiteside 2 Emmanuel Burriss 14 Mike Fontenot 17 Aubrey Huff 29 Ryan Rohlinger 21 Freddy Sanchez 10 Miguel Tejada 5 Pat Burrell 34 Darren Ford 13 Cody Ross 33 Aaron Rowand 12 Nate Schierholtz Giant with the longest listed name: Madison Bumgarner The Giants AA team is the Richmond Flying Squirrels I'm not 100% on this but I think the only former Met is Guillermo Mota. Mets all-time record against San Francisco Giants: 257 wins, 301 losses The last trade between the two teams was Tsuyoshi Shinjo and Desi Relaford for Shawn Estes on December 16, 2001. The Giants are 13-15 on the season and 5 games back of the lead. They just lost three of four to the Nationals to keep us in last place, something they must be punished for. After the Mets series they fly home for some divisional goodness. The Giants are 1-6 against the NL East this year. Fans are getting frustrated. One recent blog post reads: Post-game thread: Hold on. Let's start the season again. The Giants are 15th in runs scored in the National League but their pitchers lead the league in Batting Average Against and are 7th in ERA. Matchups: Tuesday 7:10pm - Ryan Vogelsong versus R. A. Dickey Vogelsong is the Giants version of Jason Isringhausen, Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 5th round of the 1998 amateur draft he was traded by the San Francisco Giants with Armando Rios to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Jason Schmidt and John Vander Wal. The Giants had only really used him as a mop-up reliever through 24.2 innings, and the Pirates made him a starter. He wasn't really successful at either role. He was granted free agency after 2006, pitched in Japan with the Orix Buffaloes and the Hanshin Tigers, and didn't show up in the majors until 2010 where he signed free agent contracts with the Phillies and the Angels, being used by neither of them on the major league roster. He signed with the Giants again on 1/11/11. He struck out 17 in 11.1 innings this year in the minors and got the call when Zito went on the DL. This will be his fourth appearance and second start. He's got a 1.74 ERA and 11 Ks in 10.1 innings. In three games, one start, against the Mets he's got 1 win over 9 innings and a 1.0 ERA. The Mets starter in that game? Aaron Heilman. The only Met to drive in a run? Miguel Cairo drove in Ramon Castro back in July of 2005. Beltran is 0/1, Wright 2/5, Reyes 0/1. Wednesday 7:10pm - Tim Lincecum versus Chris Capuano with your hero Ceetar in attendance. I'm amused I didn't even have to photoshop this myself. Timmy is having a typical year statistics wise, although he's only 2-3 on the season. He's lost two starts consecutively, giving up 5 and 3 runs respectively, coming in which probably doesn't bode well for the Mets. In the worthless statistics category, the 6th position in the order is OPSing 1.132 against Timmy, so go Ike! Thursday 1:10pm - Jonathan Sanchez versus Mike Pelfrey (on MLB Network for you out of towners) Jonathan Sanchez (real Jon's spell it Jonathon) walks 5.5 batters a game and strikes out nearly twice that. In other words, Jonathan (No relation to the crappy Jonathan Sanchez that hung around in the Mets minors a couple of years ago) is a lot like a healthy Oliver Perez. Don't believe me? In his last start he walked four guys in the first inning and did not allow a run. He walked two more, hit two batters, and only made it through five innings. Injuries: Pablo Sandoval: The Round Mound of Pound has been the best player on the Giants this year, however he's out 4-6 weeks to have surgery on his hand, which will take place Tuesday at 12:30 according to his tweets. btw, they're making a second movie. Here's a quote from the blog, McCovey Chronicles: Sandoval is a hyper-ironic kind of guy who embraced the best-shape-of-his-life thing with the regular folk in order to be reverse-ironic hip while the garden-variety cool kids were laughing at players claiming to be in the best shape of his life. He�s ahead of his time, and he�s already missed. Santiago Casilla is out with an inflamed right elbow Mark DeRosa has left wrist inflamation Andres Torres has a Left Achilles strain but should be back soon. Barry Zito has right mid-foot sprain Cody Ross has a right calf strain Brian Wilson has a left oblique strain Other Players Pat Burrell Burrell's having a typical year as well, low batting average, high OBP, five home runs and twenty eight strikeouts in 80 AB. Pat "The Bat" (what a stupid nickname) Burrell is the somewhat forgotten Met killer since he went out west. With Ryan Howard bashing a couple of home runs on Friday, Burrell might feel some pressure to try to keep pace. Buster Posey The rookie World Champion catcher. Suddenly the talk is Mauer's too fragile to be a catcher and Posey is the catching stud of the future. Matt Wieters had a brief period where people were gushing about him, but it didn't last much past his debut. The 24 year old Posey's off to a good start, but still off his pace from last year with a couple more strikeouts and a couple less doubles. I imagine if he were a Yankee we'd hear Sterling go off about a Pocket full of Posey. Hopefully we'll be saved from that forever. Brandon Belt Belt's another one of those guys that Sterling wishes was a Yankee. Brandon was drafted by both the Braves and Red Sox, turning both down, before signing with the Giants in 2009. He's a good prospect, but has struggled this year, already being demoted back to AAA. Given all the injuries, he'll probably be back soon. Mike Fontenot The former Cub and current member of Ceetar's Optimism, looks to get some time with the injury to Kung Fu Panda. So far six of his nine hits have been for extra bases. Aaron Rowand One of the oldest players playing CF in the majors at 33. He had a poor year last year but so far this year his numbers are closer to his career average. They don't play here anymore.

metirish wrote: No matter, he's not coming back any time soon. Is Omar being g blamed yet?, haven't seen anything but it won't be long now. I've seen a bunch of Jerry/Omar blame. (leaving out Warthen? dunno why) I have a hard time believing his reliever work last year led to this.

Edgy DC wrote: So, we're talking knee? (I know human anatomy like I know Pakistani geography.) That's certainly not good news, but it's a relief, relative to the elbow, right? no, the report is correct. it's the elbow. http://www.hss.edu/conditions_elbow-throwing-injuries-mcl-tommy-john.asp

Mike Nickeas, Hits, Season to Date: 5 Ronny Paulino, Hits, Yesterday: 5 Mike Nickeas, Guys Caught Stealing, Season to Date: 1 Ronny Paulino, Guys Caught Stealing, Yesterday: 2 I say upgrade. Brian Schneider, Hits, Season to Date: 4

and MCL goes boom. sad. surgery recommended.