Zvon

REYES!!!!!!!!!!!

Im sure this dont belong in this thread, but this is where im hangin my hat tonight, so- ]May 16, 2006 CBS SportsLine.com wire reports ST. LOUIS -- Instead of rushing rookie Brian Bannister back from the 15-day disabled list, the New York Mets will give Jose Lima another start on Thursday. Manager Willie Randolph said Tuesday that Bannister, 2-0 with a 2.89 ERA, would throw on the side on Thursday and then likely will make one rehab start for Triple-A Norfolk during the weekend before returning to the rotation. Bannister has been on the disabled list since April 28 with a strained right hamstring. Randolph said it would be a sign of "panic" to use Bannister on Thursday.

Nice lil play by Matsui. Or maybe we should thank Edmunds. Line out double play.

Nady LOOKS at a third strike.

Floyd gets the Mets 1st hit- a 2 out double in the 2nd. Nice. Nady---bring him home.

(...not even for a day)

Glavine gets out of it. Nice. (Brews have tied it 1-1 in the 1st - i DO NOT wanna share 1st place with the darn Phils)

Everytime Pujols come up Im gonna close my eyes. ] Alomar:"Mind if we clone your bat Al?" Pujols: "You can have my bats. I can hit with any stick." Pujols dribbles out. Eck to second. Pujols may have been hurt by that foul--that would be a real shame, huh?

Glavine hits the Cards lead off man. .....dont get tossed LoDuca....... (a Ryan Howard RBI single in the 1st has the Phils up 1-0, vs the Brewers)

Beltran LOOKS at a third strike-----poo.

OMG--Reyes gets picked off.

Reyes must now teach the Cards that.... (wait for it...) errors kill.

Bret Sabermetric wrote: Of course, Zvon, there's not much room to shift these batters around. I'm mostly questioning the wisdom of having players whose bats you assess as less than stellar and whose gloves you try to hide. If Matsui can't bat higher than 8th (and he really shouldn't) and your lousy-fielding RFer can't bat higher than 7th, and your LFer is in a season-long cold spell, and your leadoff man can't get on base adequately, you've got problems. With Nadys timely hitting, these are problems I can deal with. I give Cliff every chance to come around, at this point. Matsui's another ball O'wax, but he has shown enough improvement in the field to give his bat the chance we are giving him. He has shown some offensive output, though not in a timely (or clutch) manner. These are not the problems that concern me.

Bret Sabermetric wrote: Usually, don't you expect some glove from batters in the 7 and 8 (w)holes? If you're not putting Nady and Matsui for their offense, why are they in the lineup? Thats a rediculous post Bret. Its Bret bait. Okay-game dont start till eight.. Ill take the bait. Because thats our starting nine at this point in time. Should we move our best glovemen down in the order? Yea, lets bat Beltran 7th cuz of that fine glove of his. A line up is a purely offensive stratigical thing where you work in your strengths and weaknesses where they can best be in a position to help the team produce, and you use the balance of talent, such as bat as opposed to glove, in a way that makes that gloveman hurt you the least at the plate, so he can help you the most in the field. Thats not the case here. (the days of carrying a glove man in the everyday lineup may be a thing of the past. These days-they are late inning replacements) You may have a point about Nady being so low, but as stated here....where do we put him? If Floyd dont snap out of his funk, in front of him, I suppose. But Cliffs 1st game back after his lil vacation, he should be given that 6th slot. If I was running the show the lineup would be different, but Willie has already proved me wrong with what he's gotten out of LoDuca in the 2nd slot. So good thing Im not. Id be more like: Reyes SS Beltran C Wright 3B Delgado 1B Nady RF Floyd LF Lo Duca C Matsui 2B Pitcher P ...and Reyes on a short leash at this point. I think Id shuffle him afew times just to get him on his toes in the lead off spot. Dare I say with Matsui? With Floyds current performance I, as Willie is, would be trying this and that and wondering what the hell else I could do to get him hitting. Cause you just dont give up on him this soon. I cant complain with what Willie has done. LoDuca has been awsum in the 2nd slot and has been a catylist for many productive innings. Im not nearly as concerned about our lineup or offense as I am about our pitching.

Very nice KTE. Yea, Willie said the other day - " The way Pujols is hitting I think you can expect to see him getting walked like Bonds does pretty soon." I chuckled when I read this because I knew by soon he meant during this series.

Matsui: .5 Degado: 2 Wright: 1 Valentin: 4 Martinez: 1

Rockin' Doc wrote: No matter how you look at it, this was a bitter defeat that will be hard to swallow. So today's POTG shall receive a six pack of Stones Bitter Beer. Ha.

Hillbilly wrote: This one is on leaving 13 men on base. there is that lil factoid^

Bret Sabermetric wrote: Ya think this goes under "WWSB out-manages himself"? You lose in 10 with your best reliever out of the game? You mean not used in the game? I would have considered this game one I wanted to win and that was the top of the lineup there, so maybe, yea. If it went for much longer we still had Julio,Oliver,Bell............

Hall with a walk off.

awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww dooky.

ohhh..what a play by Valentin... thats big. Throws out Weeks tryin for 2. awsum.

OUCH. Beltran cheats himself with a check swing strikeout. I get your point Nymr83, that they have been errors in the 9th inning of close games. Maybe its the "my worst fear" syndrome, which would be Wrights worst fear, to make an error in that situation. Wright makes the play there for the 1st out of the 10th.

I have seen too many of Floyds bats breaking the last few weeks. He needs new wood. Ks for the 1st out.

lead off single---nice. thats 6 for last 7.