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Elster88
May 18 2009 11:45 PM

I just don't want to forget anything:

Church missing third when scoring the go-ahead run in extra innings.
In the Church game, Beltran and Pagan letting a ball drop between them in the bottom of that same inning.
Beltran getting thrown out at home because he didn't feel like sliding.
Santana losing two games in which he didn't give up an earned run.
Pelfrey balking three times in the same game.

Help me remember some more.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
May 18 2009 11:47 PM

Johan's two losses without allowing an earned run in either.

Elster88
May 18 2009 11:52 PM

And then in the Church game, bases loaded one out, five infielders, Stokes gets a grounder to Reed, Reed throws it five feet to the left of Castro at home.

Gwreck
May 18 2009 11:55 PM

I guess it's incorporated into the Johan thing but the Daniel Murphy error in Florida has to bear a mention of its own.

There was also a flyball that dropped between Beltran and Church I think.

Benjamin Grimm
May 19 2009 05:11 AM

This is the wound-licking thread?

Met Hunter
May 19 2009 05:43 AM

To go with the Pelfey thing, he fell off the mound twice, once to the ground.

Longing for the days of Keith Hernandez, we saw Tatis and Reed throwing home.

Jody Gerut homer on the third pitch in Citi Field.

Saw a line drive go through Wright's legs a few weeks back. Don't see that too often.

Nymr83
May 19 2009 06:19 AM

Reyes goes into the homerun trot and end up with a double when it hits the wall.
Murphy's several misplays in the outfield

It is hard to believe this team is in first place, because if they'd just played SMARTER baseball they'd have won 5 more games without a single additional hit.

Edgy DC
May 19 2009 07:19 AM

We saw a naked guy sliding into second.

Mendoza Line
May 19 2009 07:30 AM

]Jody Gerut homer on the third pitch in Citi Field.


Don't know that I'd count this. Major league hitters sometimes hit home runs off major league pitchers. Stuff happens to everyone.

On the other hand, there's no excuse for walking Jamie Moyer or Shane Victorino with the bases loaded.

John Cougar Lunchbucket
May 19 2009 07:41 AM

This thread reminds me of a thread that needs to be started.

Who out there likes to make tables?

Nymr83
May 19 2009 07:42 AM

]We saw a naked guy sliding into second.


speak for yourself, i had the good fortune of missing that.

Edgy DC
May 19 2009 07:49 AM

="John Cougar Lunchbucket":2cul830k]Who out there likes to make tables?[/quote:2cul830k]

I'm practically a Shaker.

MFS62
May 19 2009 08:19 AM

While reading the wound licking thread(s) I'm chuckling at the thought of what might have been listed if Internet baseball boards had been around in the days of the 1962 Mets.
Then I sadly realize much of it would have been the same.

Later

Gwreck
May 19 2009 08:33 AM

I think the difference is that nobody expected the '62 Mets to be good, and they certainly weren't paid that way.

Further, whether expansion or playoff-caliber, no player on any team has an excuse for screwing up the most basic of fundamentals: calling each other off on fly balls, or missing bases while running. There should always be a healthy intolerance for that sort of stupidity.

Edgy DC
May 19 2009 08:39 AM

I don't think we've been seeing a surfeit of wound licking.

Met Hunter
May 19 2009 02:40 PM

="Mendoza Line"]
]Jody Gerut homer on the third pitch in Citi Field.
Don't know that I'd count this. Major league hitters sometimes hit home runs off major league pitchers. Stuff happens to everyone. On the other hand, there's no excuse for walking Jamie Moyer or Shane Victorino with the bases loaded.


That unlikely leadoff home run ended the hype and excitement of the opening game. I didn't expect it and neither did Gary Cohen. It spelled loss from the start and was the beginning of the first Yips incident that found Mike looking at new Citi Field on his back. No chance a Met like Wright or Beltran could have christened the new place. It was so typical Mets to let the air out right from the start.

Swan Swan H
May 19 2009 02:47 PM

="Edgy DC":3scx3gnd]I'm practically a Shaker.[/quote:3scx3gnd]

See, I always saw you as more of a Mover.

Elster88
May 19 2009 08:46 PM

="Benjamin Grimm":1kufeg5k]This is the wound-licking thread?[/quote:1kufeg5k]

Perhaps. I deserve to for once.

Edgy DC
May 19 2009 09:35 PM

Someday, when we're winning
Deep in first, got a lot of beer
Then we will remember
Things we saw this year