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IGT, 4/16, vs. San Diego

Edgy DC Apr 16 2009 08:57 AM

The Mets take on All Star and bad American Jake Peavy tonight, and counter with John Maine, a pitcher who loves the United States so much that he is named after one of them. They sit three games off the blistering pace of the Marlins, and hope to get above .500 for the second time this season, and above .500 at CitiField for the first time ever. PV was excellent his last time out, while Maine was hitting the nineties and striking Fish out, so this game could be as good a watermark as anything, if you're looking for that sort of thing. For those of you delighting in young Hundley's clumsley defense, it looks like the Pads are planning to use Henry Blanco as PV's personal catcher, his PVC, as it were. I'm 1-0 in IGTs, even after a disastrous start yesterday. Extend my streak.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 16 2009 02:59 PM

On my way to this shindig. Very xcited

Fman99 Apr 16 2009 04:13 PM

I am in Texas for work, haven't seen a Mets game since the home opener. Going to try and listen on MLB Gameday Audio from my hotel room tonight. Let's Go Mets!

Edgy DC Apr 16 2009 04:46 PM

San Diego New York Gerut, CF Eckstein, 2B Giles, RF Gonzalez, A, 1B Headley, LF Kouzmanoff, 3B Blanco, H, C Cabrera, SS Peavy, P Reyes, J, SS Murphy, LF Wright, 3B Delgado, 1B Beltran, CF Church, RF Castro, R, C Castillo, 2B Maine, P

metirish Apr 16 2009 05:17 PM

Gary says that the Murphy cut off throw to Reyes last night was by design , it's a play they worked on all Spring Training. Manuel said he saw it before with an ageing Greg Vaughn in Tampa.

Fman99 Apr 16 2009 05:21 PM

Listening online. Won't be posting too much as I don't want to disrupt my streaming audio over wireless.

Fman99 Apr 16 2009 05:28 PM

KABOOM!

metsguyinmichigan Apr 16 2009 05:31 PM

CARLOS!! Playing like the off-season never happened!

metirish Apr 16 2009 05:31 PM

That was an absolute bomb from Delgado, 440 foot says Gary. 3-0 Mets

Edgy DC Apr 16 2009 05:59 PM

This guy Cabrera is up from A Ball. A Ball!

Edgy DC Apr 16 2009 06:03 PM

Chit! I've logged in and jinxed the game.

Nymr83 Apr 16 2009 06:09 PM

MELTDOWN

Fman99 Apr 16 2009 06:10 PM

I hate it when the wheels fall off. Who's our longman these days?

Edgy DC Apr 16 2009 06:23 PM

Aflac asks: Only two players to hit homers before the age of 20 and after the age of 40. Edgy answers: Staub and Cobb.

Edgy DC Apr 16 2009 06:25 PM

Good time to start your season here, Castro.

Nymr83 Apr 16 2009 06:40 PM

STUPID FUCKIN FAN COSTS REYES A RUN

Edgy DC Apr 16 2009 06:41 PM

Yeah, that's right. Get on the cell phone. "Yeah, that was me! Interferring with the game!"

Frayed Knot Apr 16 2009 06:42 PM

When are these fans going to learn to leave balls-in-play alone?

Nymr83 Apr 16 2009 06:42 PM

Wright K's looking and the STUPID fan has indeed cost the Mets a run.

Edgy DC Apr 16 2009 06:43 PM

Crap strikeout call, Blue!

Nymr83 Apr 16 2009 06:44 PM

Frayed Knot wrote: When are these fans going to learn to leave balls-in-play alone? They won't. I can't believe they didn't give that guy the boot though.

Edgy DC Apr 16 2009 06:47 PM

Never knew that Trevor Hoffman and Glen Hoffman were brothers.

Edgy DC Apr 16 2009 06:59 PM

Hey, scoring in the first and then hanging up a bunch of zeros. It's the 2008 Mets.

Nymr83 Apr 16 2009 07:02 PM

Peavy 114 pitches over 5 and he's done, lets get some runs back. oh and O'Day, could you please hold them here?

Edgy DC Apr 16 2009 07:06 PM

Let's get at that obscure and Sanchez-laden bullpen.

Elster88 Apr 16 2009 07:08 PM

Nymr83 wrote: ="Frayed Knot"]When are these fans going to learn to leave balls-in-play alone? They won't. I can't believe they didn't give that guy the boot though. On the radio they weren't sure if Reyes would've scored how did it look on tv?

Edgy DC Apr 16 2009 07:11 PM

It probably would have had to have taken (conditional present perfect imperative present?) a funky hot. If the outfielder fields it more or less clean, Reyes holds.

Elster88 Apr 16 2009 07:12 PM

Funky hot and fresh?

Nymr83 Apr 16 2009 07:13 PM

its probably 50/50 at the plate, it depends on the hop and the quality of the throw but i'd think that with 2 outs reyes aint stopping

Edgy DC Apr 16 2009 07:14 PM

Does Keith somehow not know what pizza looks like?

Nymr83 Apr 16 2009 07:16 PM

Edgy DC wrote: Does Keith somehow not know what pizza looks like? he really wanted those tacos

Edgy DC Apr 16 2009 07:20 PM

Elster88 wrote: Funky hot and fresh? Let me clarify and say "funky hop," although, yeah, it would have had to have been fresh. And maybe def or perhaps ill.

Elster88 Apr 16 2009 07:25 PM

Yup I know you meant hop just messing with you.

Elster88 Apr 16 2009 07:27 PM

Gary tells us Young David has struck out 13 times in his first 33 at-bats. Yuck.

Edgy DC Apr 16 2009 07:34 PM

Short list of things I don't need to be told. Cherish Ralph Kiner.

*62 Apr 16 2009 07:41 PM

Should the Mets mount a comeback, O'Day, Feliciano, and Stokes get serious Schaefer points.

Edgy DC Apr 16 2009 07:42 PM

That's my Duaner.

*62 Apr 16 2009 07:44 PM

Shrek!

Nymr83 Apr 16 2009 07:44 PM

CASTRO!! I guess the Mets knew what they were doing when they cut Sanchez.

Fman99 Apr 16 2009 07:44 PM

Ka boom

Elster88 Apr 16 2009 07:48 PM

Sheffield almost hit that one to Shea

Edgy DC Apr 16 2009 07:50 PM

Sanchez has nothing. Nothing!

Fman99 Apr 16 2009 08:01 PM

Frankie sounds like he had the good stuff tonight. Ninth inning. Last dance, last chance for love...

Rockin' Doc Apr 16 2009 08:04 PM

Now that's the way I like to see the Mets closer work. Now if the team could suceed at handing him a lead to protest with some regularity. Lets Go Mets!!!

Edgy DC Apr 16 2009 08:05 PM

Hey, Padres, your names are on detachable shields. That's so Torre-era.

Fman99 Apr 16 2009 08:12 PM

Fuck.

Elster88 Apr 16 2009 08:12 PM

Wow the home plate ump must have really been cold. Two horrible calls as strikes.

bmfc1 Apr 16 2009 08:12 PM

F U Gary Darling.

Nymr83 Apr 16 2009 08:12 PM

Delgado gets a reprieve in that the foul ball he hit would have been caught if the 3rd baseman wasn't in over-shift playing the SS position. and then he strikes out on a very questionable call.

Edgy DC Apr 16 2009 08:13 PM

Gaemday has that clearly outside. Bad game by Gary Darling.

Nymr83 Apr 16 2009 08:14 PM

Make no mistake, Alex Cora should be standing at 1st base as the tying run right now.

metirish Apr 16 2009 08:25 PM

A questionable call sure enough but it looked letter high, maybe a bit outside .

Elster88 Apr 16 2009 08:25 PM

Fuck Heath Bell. I hope he enjoys closing for a 90 loss team.

Edgy DC Apr 16 2009 08:44 PM

metirish wrote: A questionable call sure enough but it looked letter high, maybe a bit outside . Mos' def' outside.

Rockin' Doc Apr 16 2009 08:46 PM

Somehow, deriding the Padres unworthiness after they just beat the Mets two out of three games in their new ballpark doesn't make me feel any better. I know the season is very young, but this team has succeeded in dampening my excitement for this season. I'm sure winning two games in a row would greatly improve my mood.

metirish Apr 16 2009 08:47 PM

Delgado has got to be protecting the plate, yes/no? Hard to be critical of him though.

Nymr83 Apr 16 2009 09:03 PM

metirish wrote: A questionable call sure enough but it looked letter high, maybe a bit outside . it was outside. and although it was letter high, and letter high is a strike in the rulebook, its not a strike that was being called all game (heck, it hasnt been called consistently for as long as i've been following baseball)

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 16 2009 09:18 PM

Yeah, the Mets lost this one in the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th, every bit as much as the 9th. Yeah, sounds goofy but Maine's 2 bad innings came directly after having bad sac bunt attempts. Very nice new stadium I say, but awfully cold weather.

Elster88 Apr 16 2009 10:02 PM

Rockin' Doc wrote: Somehow, deriding the Padres unworthiness after they just beat the Mets two out of three games in their new ballpark doesn't make me feel any better. It might if you catch any of the Heath Bell interview on ESPN. He's extremely pleased with himself. Which I guess he has a right to be but a childish part of me is very happy that he's going to play for a losing team this year.

G-Fafif Apr 17 2009 12:46 AM

First Night Flushing, [url=http://faithandfear.blogharbor.com/blog/_archives/2009/4/17/4155647.html]here[/url].

GYC Apr 17 2009 01:03 AM

Color me worried. I'm sure Crayola made it at some point.

duan Apr 17 2009 04:42 AM

what's troubling is really that the mets 3,4,5 & 6 hitters have got off to pretty torrid starts. I know David Wright hasn't looked in sync but the OPS' of them go like .872 1.072 .905 1.099 that should be a sign of winning team, not a losing one.

Rockin' Doc Apr 17 2009 05:23 AM

I had the same thought during the game last night. This team is strugling to win, even though Delgado, Church, Beltran and Wright are all off to good starts. Hell, even Castillo is hitting, yet the team is struggling to win. The Mets just can't seem to hand a lead to Putz and Rodriguez with any regularity. Hopefully, the starting pitching will get more consistent in the near future.

themetfairy Apr 17 2009 06:12 AM

I agree with Greg's descriptions and accounts of the game. I'll add a picture. This is in the kiddie Mets store in the Fanfest area. It's a Mr. Met made out of jellybeans -

metirish Apr 17 2009 06:43 AM

Without doubt the most disappointing loss of this young season for me , facing their ace and getting to him early but failing to put the hammer down as it were.

TransMonk Apr 17 2009 06:57 AM

I had to leave the house early last night, but caught the first inning and the Delgado HR. I thought with a 3 run lead against Peavy we would be set. Thoroughly disappointing to see later that they lost by a run.

Frayed Knot Apr 17 2009 07:10 AM

duan wrote: what's troubling is really that the mets 3,4,5 & 6 hitters have got off to pretty torrid starts ... that should be a sign of winning team, not a losing one. Really everyone except Schneider is hitting at least decently if not better. Reyes has been just so-so while getting his walks (though several outs made on the basepaths haven't helped) but Castillo's got a .450-ish OBA making one wonder about the proposed lineup with him up top. Non-regulars aren't helping with their 3-for-33 clip and there have certainly been those 1-for-12 w/RiSP nights.

Edgy DC Apr 17 2009 07:15 AM

Souring Point of the Game has to be a Met rally against a Duaner Sanchez that is clearly faking it at this point --- such that he wanted nothing to do with Gary Sheffield --- evaporating as Jose Reyes GiDP'd on a 2-1 87-MPH fastball up out of the zone. Uggo. Wright is looking a lot like he did early last year --- not yet having his mechanics down to drive the ball to right center, but still getting a hit per night by pulling the low pitch. It really looks like this park could eat up Wright's power away, at least early in the season, but none of that matters if he continues K-ing at this rate. Gary Darling was punching Mets out on outside pitches off the plate was a frustrating thing, and it may have gotten in the Mets' heads. Delgado already had fouled off two outside pitches in that last at-bat.

HahnSolo Apr 17 2009 07:23 AM

Had this been at Shea, I would have walked out a bit more grumpy. No offense to speak of after inning 1. "One Bad Inning" coming over to visit with our starter again. I guess the whole new ballpark honeymoon thing had me feeling less mad than I would normally. Highlights were getting to meet MetFairy and Kace, and watching the little Solos blast 4 HRs combined at Kiddie Field. (if you have young kids, take them there...even if you have to wait on line it is worth it; it doesn't take too long, and the kids love it).

Edgy DC Apr 17 2009 07:27 AM

duan wrote: what's troubling is really that the mets 3,4,5 & 6 hitters have got off to pretty torrid starts. I know David Wright hasn't looked in sync but the OPS' of them go like .872 1.072 .905 1.099 that should be a sign of winning team, not a losing one. Wright is sure stranding basehumpers though.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 17 2009 07:47 AM

Maine twice fucked up sac bunt attempts, that definitely interfered with the O.

batmagadanleadoff Apr 17 2009 07:53 AM

I'm not worried. Four of their five losses were by one run. The other loss was a two run loss (8-6 v Cincy).

TransMonk Apr 17 2009 08:03 AM

I'm still not worried either...disappointed, but not worried. Like batmags said, a bunch of 1 run losses. And, not for nothing, but the Mets have also played some of the best (overacheiving) teams early in 2009. We need to spank the Brewers, though.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 17 2009 08:07 AM

I'm just not comfortable with the feel of this group yet. I wanna do a poll to see whether you think they got "it" or not.

Benjamin Grimm Apr 17 2009 08:13 AM

I don't anticipate any post-season baseball this year.

metirish Apr 17 2009 08:13 AM

I just don't think our starters beyond Santana instill fear in the other team , I certainly don't feel optimistic when they take the mound.

Edgy DC Apr 17 2009 08:21 AM

I'm not sure they have to. I like going for a stockpile of good starters, and not killing ourselves for greatness. Eventually, more great may emerge from the goodness.