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Sweeps of 2013

Edgy MD May 28 2013 10:49 PM

May 27-28 Mets 4, Yankees 2 Mets 2, Yankees 1

Edgy MD May 30 2013 07:58 PM Re: Sweeps of 2013

May 29-30 Mets 9, Yankees 4 Mets 3, Yankees 1

Zvon May 30 2013 08:22 PM Re: Sweeps of 2013 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 31 2013 01:37 PM

May 26-30 Mets 4, Yankees 2 Mets 2, Yankees 1 Mets 9, Yankees 4 Mets 3, Yankees 1

G-Fafif May 30 2013 10:05 PM Re: Sweeps of 2013

Three sweeps: Subway Series @ Citi Field; Subway Series @ MFYS III; 2013 Subway Series. Don't shortchange us. May 27-30. Let's not also shortchange ourselves of four glorious days in May.

Swan Swan H May 30 2013 10:27 PM Re: Sweeps of 2013

Three sweeps: Subway Series @ Citi Field; Subway Series @ MFYS III; 2013 Subway Series. Don't shortchange us. May 27-30. Let's not also shortchange ourselves of four glorious days in May. Yup. How many rectangles are in this picture? Three, of course.

Centerfield May 31 2013 07:51 AM Re: Sweeps of 2013

They also swept that 2 game series in Minnesota. Too bad we can't play the AL every day.

Edgy MD May 31 2013 08:46 AM Re: Sweeps of 2013

Got to wait 'til August 19 for a chance to complete the sweep.

batmagadanleadoff May 31 2013 09:32 AM Re: Sweeps of 2013

Mets 3, Yankees 1 Where No Mets Have Gone Before Yankees third baseman David Adams watching a grounder down the line by the Mets’ John Buck. David Wright was safe at third as the ball was ruled fair. By DAVID WALDSTEIN Published: May 30, 2013 Bobby Valentine’s 1997 Mets were a plucky group of overachievers who won their first Subway Series game against the Yankees, the defending World Series champions, but they did not sweep the series. The 1998 and ’99 Mets were brash contenders, but they could not do it, either. Nor could the 2000 Mets, who won the National League pennant, or the 2006 team that went deep into the playoffs. In 16 previous years of interleague play, no Mets team had ever earned a season-series sweep against the Yankees. On Thursday night, though, one of the most ill-equipped teams of all finally secured one. The 2013 Mets, populated with castoffs and anonymous players who might just as easily fill out a minor league roster,* *[Note to Swannie: It's not my fault. I just call 'em like I see 'em] completed a four-game sweep with a 3-1 victory behind a career performance by Dillon Gee at a steamy Yankee Stadium. Granted, the Mets won only four games — the Subway Series was a six-game affair for all but the first two years — and these Yankees are not the star-charged powerhouse of previous seasons. But the Mets, who had lost 12 of their previous 16 games entering the series and appeared to be one of the worst teams in baseball, somehow managed to make history. “It’s hard when you lose to your crosstown rivals,” Manager Joe Girardi said. “You don’t want to be part of a team that gets swept by your crosstown rivals. Over time, it’s going to happen. But you don’t want to be the team that it happens to.” The only other Subway Series sweep was in 2003, when the Yankees won all six games on their way to winning the American League pennant. The current Yankees, however, are suddenly sputtering in a manner befitting their lineup, which is dotted with many substitutes and minor leaguers, too. The loss extended their losing streak to a season-high five games, and they have dropped seven of their last nine, the last four to a team that entered the series with a .383 winning percentage. Over the last four games, though, the Mets were feisty, aggressive and strangely competent while the Yankees looked simply inferior. In three of the games in the series, the Yankees managed only one run, and in the final three games, they did not draw a walk. Robinson Cano hit a home run in the third inning of the finale, but Gee set down 15 straight after that, nine by strikeout, including the final four he faced. The Yankees fared no better against Scott Rice and Bobby Parnell, failing to reach base in their final 20 plate appearances. They struck out a season-high 14 times, and Gee, who recorded a career-high 12 strikeouts, may have saved his spot in the Mets’ rotation. “It’s hard to put into words,” he said. “I needed that on so many levels, it’s crazy. Obviously, it’s fun to go out there and pitch like that.” The Mets’ Marlon Byrd, a journeyman who has played on six teams in 12 years, hit a two-run homer in the second inning off Vidal Nuno, who allowed fewer hits (three) than Gee (four). Gee was dominating, to be sure. But if the Mets are marked by relative anonymity, so are these Yankees. Their defensive alignment featured only two players — Cano and Brett Gardner — who were members of the 25-man roster in the middle of spring training, and the designated hitter, Travis Hafner, was signed Feb. 1. The Yankees do have star players in waiting. But with Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, Mark Teixeira, Curtis Granderson and Kevin Youkilis all out with injuries, it was left to the likes of Reid Brignac, Brennan Boesch, Lyle Overbay, Vernon Wells and Nuno to represent the Yankees. With the series over, the teams part ways to resume their own division rivalries. The Mets headed south to play the Miami Marlins, one of the few teams in the National League with a record worse than their own, and they were infused with a little confidence after carving out a niche in Subway Series history. “Does it mean more it’s against the Yankees?” Mets Manager Terry Collins said. “Had we been playing better, yeah, it would have been huge. But right now we’ve just got to win some games, and it didn’t matter who it was.” The Yankees, meanwhile, will remain in the Bronx to host the Boston Red Sox, who are two games ahead of them in first place in the A.L. East. C. C. Sabathia, who did not win a game in May, will face Jon Lester on Friday in a rematch of their opening day encounter. Teixeira and Youkilis are expected back, too, which will make the lineup a little more recognizable. “I still feel like we’re in a good place,” Gardner said. “We have to forget about what happened against the Mets and try to win a ballgame tomorrow.”

batmagadanleadoff May 31 2013 09:40 AM Re: Sweeps of 2013

And now ... the faint praise train .... May 31, 2013, 11:22 am Comment Did the Mets Sweep, or Were the Yankees Swept? By JAY SCHREIBER The Mets’ four-game sweep of the Yankees was both surprising and unprecedented, and it raised interesting questions: Was this more a result of a resurgence by the Mets, even if their lineup continues to consist of two real hitters — Daniel Murphy and David Wright — and a bunch of guys who happen to be wearing a Mets uniform? Or, was this more a case of the Yankees finally returning to reality, hamstrung by a makeshift lineup hardly more impressive than what the Mets put on the field on a daily basis? So was this sweep the Mets’ doing? Or were they simply lucky enough to be playing the Yankees at the moment that a market correction descended on the Bronx? http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/3 ... ees-swept/ I tells ya' ... no respect ... no respect at all

Swan Swan H May 31 2013 10:32 AM Re: Sweeps of 2013

Is this a piece of shit the Times just happened to run, or has the Times sunk so low that it now passes off this sort of thing as sportswriting?

Edgy MD May 31 2013 11:38 AM Re: Sweeps of 2013

] When a baserunner is hit by a batted ball in fair territory, he is out. Exceptions to this are if the ball had already, in the umpire's judgment, passed the infielder that might have had a play, or if the runner had reached the sanctuary of a base. If the ball hits hit while he's standing on the base, tough noogies. As a kid, I always imagined a logical extension of this second exception, totally in violation of its spirit, where if a player was safely on a base as the ball approached or passed him, he could deliberately kick it away from the defenders. Or, in the position of David Wright above, he could pick it up and hurl it into the outfield. I imagine there's a specific rule written to restrain players from just that sort of behavior, but imagine if it was on the books. It might come into play once or twice a year. And occasionally go three years without anybody picking up a rolling ball while on base. Or maybe many years would pass, and it would become baseball's version of the fair-catch-free-kick-field-goal attempt --- a rule that has fallen into disuse because few remember it exists on the very rare chance they would get to use it. "In Milwaukee today, we had a rare baserrunner throwaway play today.... ."

Frayed Knot May 31 2013 11:48 AM Re: Sweeps of 2013

Edgy MD wrote: When a baserunner is hit by a batted ball in fair territory, he is out. Exceptions to this are if the ball had already, in the umpire's judgment, passed the infielder that might have had a play, or if the runner had reached the sanctuary of a base. I don't think that part of it is correct. A baserunner on a base in is fair territory and therefore is out if hit (subject to the fielder part). As a kid, I always imagined a logical extension of this second exception, totally in violation of its spirit, where if a player was safely on a base as the ball approached or passed him, he could deliberately kick it away from the defenders. Or, in the position of David Wright above, he could pick it up and hurl it into the outfield. I imagine there's a specific rule written to restrain players from just that sort of behavior, but imagine if it was on the books. It might come into play once or twice a year. And occasionally go three years without anybody picking up a rolling ball while on base. Or maybe many years would pass, and it would become baseball's version of the fair-catch-free-kick-field-goal attempt --- a rule that has fallen into disuse because few remember it exists on the very rare chance they would get to use it. "In Milwaukee today, we had a rare baserrunner throwaway play today.... ." I heard the story when I was a kid that the Milwaukee Braves were in a bases-loaded, 1-out, tie-game situation. A bouncer to SS spelled a likely GiDP and extra innings until runner Joe Aadcock heading towards 3rd simply grabbed the ball on the way by and heaved it into the OF. He, quite obviously, was out but the DP was broken up and the run scored. Rules were changed after that for intentional interference to where the interferer is out and so is the guy behind him and that all runners return to their original base.

Benjamin Grimm May 31 2013 11:49 AM Re: Sweeps of 2013

I imagine that the interference rule covers this somehow, but if not, there could be some interesting scenarios. Let's say there's a runner on first, and the batter hits a grounder to first. The runner could opt to run for second, or take a chance that he can field the ball, barehanded and with his foot on the base before the gloved and free-ranging first baseman can. If he takes this risk and is rewarded, he can then throw the ball into a gap in the outfield and hope to get to third base.

Edgy MD Jun 27 2013 10:29 PM Re: Sweeps of 2013

June 28, 2013. Mets 3, Rockies 2. A one-game sweep in which they pass Milwaukee in the league-wide standings and remain tied with Chicago. GET OUT YER BROOMS!!

Edgy MD Jul 10 2013 08:46 PM Re: Sweeps of 2013

July 8: Mets 4, San Francisco 3 July 9: Mets 10, San Francisco 6 July 10: Mets 7, San Francisco 2 Mets go into San Francisco, take on the world champs, face both Lincecum and Cain, confront a red-hot Buster Posey, and walk out of there with a three-game sweep on the road. That's a nice one to take home with ye. Or to Pittsburgh as it were, where they'll have a day off before facing the astonishing Buccos.

metirish Jul 11 2013 06:29 AM Re: Sweeps of 2013

Fair play to the Mets, west coast trips are usually awful and have routinely done damage.

Ceetar Jul 11 2013 07:06 AM Re: Sweeps of 2013

metirish wrote: Fair play to the Mets, west coast trips are usually awful and have routinely done damage. Except in '06 when it was where they asserted themselves as the division favorites.

Edgy MD Aug 08 2013 03:00 PM Re: Sweeps of 2013

August 6-8: Mets 3, Rockies 2 Mets 5, Rockies 0 Mets 2, Rockies 1 Mets can clearly play with anybody as long as the starting pitching is on. Mets starters in this series: 21 innings 2 walks 16 strikeouts Not bad, against the fourth-best offense in the league.