Elster88

Florida wins 5-2.

I would guess we have the edge in the pitching matchups in the last three games of the series, and I'll go so far as to say that with Glavine's recent effort maybe we have a push in Game 1.

This weekend also fits the old rule perfectly. You win a third of your games (Saturday), you lose a third (Sunday), and the other one makes the difference (Friday).I use Saturday in the first category and Friday in the last and not the other way around because the Mets actually were up 8-0 Saturday.

Our offense put up one run on Friday, and by the grace of Seo and an anemic Washington offense we squeaked out a win.On Saturday, our bullpen imploded. I'll admit when they tied it I thought for sure we had lost. I'll even go so far as to say that when you're depending on a Ramon Castro home run on an 0-2 pitch, which allows Reyes to get up and deliver a two run home run for the bulk of your offense, you're in trouble.On Sunday, we only scored runs on a Double-AA catcher's home run and off of one walk and two errors in the ninth.Outside of Pedro and Seo, we did not play well.______________________________That's the one side of the coin. The other side is that both Friday and Saturday were "shoulda wons", and Sunday was a "shoula lost". So maybe what happened was simply that we took two out of three from a team that we are better than (8-5 this year), and that except for a Benson meltdown a sweepage was entirely possible. This would mean that I'm just cranky that I had to sit through that game yesterday, though hopefully one day it will be cool to say I was there for Mike Jacobs' first at-bat/hit/home run/curtain call.

Happy Birthday Annie.

Florida leading Los Angeles 3-2 in the bottom of the sixth.Edit: Fixed date.

The fans have never changed. There were assholes back then, there are assholes now. In '86, there were a bunch of fans who are now wearing Yankee caps. Some of those bandwagoners were assholes too. These were the people who made Doug Sisk's life a living hell. As the Mets continue to improve there will be more bandwagoners. Some of them will be assholes.I seriously doubt there is a major difference between now and then. There were racist remarks back then too, it's just the 24/7 media coverage didn't exist, so you didn't notice it."Which days are the halcyon(sp?) days of my youth? Is Saturday one?""They are rewarded retroactively after you grow up.""I can't tell until then??""Halcyonity (sp?) is relative.""I'll go ask Mom."EDIT: Also, there will always be people who think they know more than the actually managers, coaches, and front offices. These are the people who call in to radio talk-shows and post under the handle Elster88. The difference is that the radio callers will boo and curse because they are assholes, whereas Elster88 is a good dude who knows deep down that he lacks the knowledge to be a baseball professional.

To be honest Cooby, if Minky is your starting roto first baseman I don't have high hopes for you team. ;-)

There is only one position in the lineup where I think Diaz will ever be average. Sadly for his career as a Met, is doesn't exist in the NL. End of unfair snap-judgement.

]You honestly think some of you wouldn't be thinking that Randolph is by far the least competent manager in town if BV were in the Bvronx?I would be thinking this. I wouldn't switch teams as a result.Out of curiosity, where did this come from? Is there a Bobby V to the Bronx rumor out there?

ScarletKnight41 wrote: Seaver will have none of it, saying that the starter's job is to go at least 8 innings.He also walked uphill in the snow both ways to school every morning.

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Valadius wrote:So basically we shot ourselves in the foot in interleague play, besides our much-maligned road woes.Combine the two. 1-5 at Oakland and Seattle.

I am starting to dislike Met fans.

>>>Anybody else willing to take over, be my guestical.Will do. I like charts. I'm being quite a thief here. Going to blue to show this is a pirated chart and not an original.Someone let me know if I screwed up the net games back feature.Only Atlanta and New York amongst the East teams have above .500 records against the East.PL.EastWLPCTGBNGBHOMEROADEASTCENTWESTINTERL10STRK1Atlanta7054.565--41-2129-3329-2022-1112-157-84-6W12Philadelphia6758.5363.53.540-2827-3022-2819-1619-67-87-3W23Florida6558.5284.55.537-2828-3023-2515-1517-1310-56-4W14Washington6559.5245.0734-2231-3722-2717-1614-1012-66-4W15New York6360.5126.51340-2523-3527-2319-1812-95-105-5L1PL.WildcardWLPCTGBNGBHOMEROADEASTCENTWESTINTERL10STRK1Philadelphia6758.536--40-2827-3022-2819-1619-67-87-3W22Houston6658.5320.50.542-2224-3615-1427-2717-97-84-6W13Florida6558.5281.01.537-2828-3023-2515-1517-1310-56-4W14Washington6559.5241.5334-2231-3722-2717-1614-1012-66-4W15New York6360.5123.0940-2523-3527-2319-1812-95-105-5L16Milwaukee6164.4886.02431-2530-3915-1525-3013-128-75-5L17Chicago6064.4846.52730-3030-349-1930-2415-126-96-4L28Arizona5867.4649.044.527-3231-359-1614-1927-228-104-6L19Cincinnati5767.4609.548.536-3321-3412-1421-2917-167-85-5W110Los Angeles5667.45510.05329-3027-3713-1713-1625-215-136-4L111San Francisco5469.43912.07325-3329-366-1519-1823-246-125-5W112Pittsburgh5371.42713.589.526-3127-4014-1918-3116-145-75-5L213Colorado4777.37919.5161.533-3514-4211-1315-2815-276-93-7W2

Jacobs 3Padilla 3Heilman 2Graves 2

Is there a Schaefer thread for Friday's game?

Martinez 4.5Castro 1.5 Wright 1.5 Reyes 1 Hernandez 1Woodward 0.5

Trading a starter for a reliver makes no sense at all, especially on a team where the major problem is hitting.

I hope Kaz comes up big here.

I was supposed to leave at ten. I'm going to have to guzzle that much faster now.

Johnson hits one 408 feet and gives Elster a heart attack.

I wish Cornelius would use two hands.

If this had happened last year I'm sure Franco would've got the blame.

Johnny Dickshot wrote:Dear Wille,I hate you.Sincerely,J. DickshotDear J.,Next time, don't call me WWSB.Sincerely,W. Randolph.