Zvon

The rook and the old vet pitcher do nada. Reyes slaps a single to left though. Man, he's been hot. Thats 6 straight he's hit in. 2 out rally anyone?

These are the Mets of 2006. Scoring one run should not be such a chore. But we'll see the bottom of the lineup here to start. Milledge Glavine, then it turns over.

Matos Ks and makes a display of his displeasure on the 2nd strike (and rightly so, it looked). Matos Ks on the following pitch in the same exact place, goes to the bench, says afew choice things from there, and gets tossed! Glavine Ks Markakis and gets a soft ground out from Oriole pitcher Loewen. Easy inning.

AWWWWWWWWWWwwwww, and Woody gets picked off. Shoot- he looked like a fish outta water.

Woody with a lead off walk-nice. Loewen throws afew up by Castros head, and Castro responds with a wicked liner to left. Caught by Matos though, and the Mets are having a problem putting anything together offensively. Woodward looking to steal second with two out and Milledge up.

Mr. Franco with a great grab of a Patterson line drive to save a run! Mora had reached on a bunt and took second on a deep fly to Beltran. Awsum catch by Mr Franco---big!

Oriole pitcher Adam Loewen, whoever the hell he is, looks good. Not unreachable tho. It would help if guys like Lastings werent swingin at shit over their heads.

Castros great throw to catch Patterson trying to steal second in the 2nd is worthy of note.

better late than never, Marrero aids Glavine with afew nice catches in the 1st. Tejeda doubles in the 2nd and is moved station to station for the Oriole run. Birds up, 1-0.

These boo birds should be cheering the mets throughout this homestand just for the teams performance on that road trip. Heilman may have been a main reason the mets lost that game, but theres no need to boo him for that. See,this is the problem. I dont know if its the media or what, but I assume it is- they give these assholes a name. They pay attention to them and name them and thus create an entity- THE BOO BIRDS. Now there are people that consider themselves that, and think its a worthy calling. Their main goal at a game is finding something to boo at, because they have been told they are a "special" group. So I dont pay much attention to it anymore. You hit 3 homers and if you dont hit a 4rth, and thats the worst that happens that game- youll get booed. Those fans are "special" allright. Short bus special.

So Nady is up and activated. All stays like it is because Floyd has been put on the DL. So Milledge stays up,....for now. I think they are gonna shuttle Bell, myself.

TheOldMole wrote: I don't think anyone knows as much about baseball as Ralph does. Its true, and someday when he's gone all the sudden people will realize this. It breaks my heart that he had to suffer a health problem that would effect his ability to speak. It hasnt effected his thought process, which may be sharper than ever. Any Met fan who has had the previledge to listen to him through the years will attest to that. Cuz he had some fuzzy years for awhile there. And early on it was tough to hear him make the effort, after the stroke, but Ive become used to that and he has improved alot over time and I have to stand and salute him for his comeback and for continuing to be the man who connects ALL generations of Met fans, from day one to this very day. I felt the same way about Murph. When Ralph is no longer with us we will lose more than just a commentator.

Awsum KTE! See, i couldnt have come close to something like that--great job and Im glad you got the ball there and ran with it. On short notice too--amazin. Thanx SJR. I may always ask you to take mine,lol.

A tuff and short IGT here. I didnt miss much. Soler pitched well enough. Another inning from him would have been a prudent course. For what its worth, Bedard also may have had another inning in him. They pull him to bunt with a pinch hitter. Silly. It was a big bunt tho, that resulted in the Orioles scoring 4 times. Delgado allowed them to continue a rally, tho that wont be reflected in any box score. He had options if he picks that grounder clean ( i didnt see the game, but discirtions of the event makes it look like he messed up at least that much. Heilman gave it up. Walks kill. Thats the bottom line here. (besides our offense was a lil laggy) ] The four-run seventh continued Heilman's recent struggles. "Heilman should pitch way over the top," pitching coach Rick Peterson said. "But he's reverting to a three-quarters delivery." "It's certainly been a work in progress," Heilman said. "I definitely feel better than I did a week ago. I threw a couple of pretty good pitches that just missed. I wasn't missing by a lot. Then a couple of bloops and a hanging changeup." But you walk the two leadoff batters, you are creating you own hole to dig yourself out of. And then the last thing you want to do is hang a changeup to Mora. Mora makes the best of the "ex team factor". We're not gonna win em all, but I do think its healthy when we pick apart the things that could have changed the outcome of the game. Hielman takes the brunt of it.

(the books^)

="Gwreck"]Put it in the books! HaHa--what were the odds- Probly quite good actually-1st page googlewise.

YEAAAAAAAA BABYYYYYYYYYYY 1st sweep of the Phils since 2004!

Elster88 wrote: ="Zvon"]Elster88 wrote: How is it embarrassing? That was practically a pitch out! Mr Franco did have a huge running jump tho. These are the things you should have said off the bat for us poor bastids not in front of a TV. And for posterity. You are correct sir. Theres one out........

="Elster88"] How is it embarrassing? That was practically a pitch out! Mr Franco did have a huge running jump tho. Beltran cant get it done and its time for this graphic:

lol--and Franco steals second---thats got to be embarrassing for the Phils. Nose>it but another run would be huge here. Bring em home Beltran!

Yancy Street Gang wrote: I wish I had more faith in Sandman. We Met fans have to have something to worry about. Franco with the nice pinch hit single. Works Geary good too.

Yancy Street Gang wrote: Can we let Sanchez pitch the 9th then? nope. Wags is warm.

Glad for the rain delay so I can catch some of this game.

In retrospect I think I probly threw Reyes too many points tonight, outwieghing the RBI production by others. He really should have scored more runs to beat all the competition. Maybe Im starting to take the meat of this lineup for granted. I hope I dont let that happen. But Im gonna let it stand. When Reyes does what a lead off hitter should be doing I get a lil excited. He's been doing that recently. Lookin like an all star calebre lead off guy. I like