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IGT: Mets and Cards in da rubba match

sharpie May 18 2006 12:42 PM

Metsies: Reyes ss Valentin 2b Beltran cf Delgado 1b Wright 3b Floyd lf Castro c Chavez rf Lima p Cardies: Eckstein ss Rodriguez lf Rolen 3b Edmonds cf Spiezio 1b Encarnacion rf Bennett c Miles 2b Marquis p Note lack of Matsui, Lo Duca, Nady and PUJOLS.

Hillbilly May 18 2006 12:45 PM

Bannister faced two batters today and left with an injury. That doesn't sound like good news.

Edgy DC May 18 2006 12:52 PM

OK, I'm sitting here laughing to myself, thinking about Scott Speizio in the lineup: Pretty decent player once. 2002: BA: .285 /.371 / .436 // .807 But then he started to fade early. 2003: .265 / .326 / .453 // .779 Until he became a drain on his team. 2004: .215 / .288 / .346 // .634 And seemingly played his way out of baseball. 2005: .064 /.137 / .149 // .286 Well, thinks I, I guess that's the last time I'll see Scott Speizio. 2006: .263 / .368 / .544 // .912 Holy crap!

Edgy DC May 18 2006 12:54 PM

]That doesn't sound like good news. It stinks, to be perfectly honest.

Hillbilly May 18 2006 12:55 PM

We're all in a need of Lima Time!

Edgy DC May 18 2006 01:03 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 18 2006 01:05 PM

Scott Speizio has been washing away at a rate similar to Lima's, and if he can briefly resurrect himself, so can Jose. That's my story and I'm paying a kid to stick to it for me.

Centerfield May 18 2006 01:03 PM

Edgy DC wrote: OK, I'm sitting here laughing to myself, thinking about Scott Speizio in the lineup: That's a pretty awesome pinch-hitter the Cards got on their bench. </glass_half_empty_mode>

Edgy DC May 18 2006 01:14 PM

Speeze makes the first out of the game. It's killing me.

Rotblatt May 18 2006 01:15 PM

I think this is Valentin's first MLB start at 2B.

Hillbilly May 18 2006 01:20 PM

Ok, it’s settled. No hitter won’t be happening today.

Edgy DC May 18 2006 01:22 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 18 2006 01:46 PM

Nor the shutout. Well, damn.

Hillbilly May 18 2006 01:22 PM

There go the shut-out. Rolen takes 2nd when Beltran misses cut-off man.

Rotblatt May 18 2006 01:24 PM

and so it begins . . .

Centerfield May 18 2006 01:27 PM

Well this blows.

Hillbilly May 18 2006 01:28 PM

2-0 nothing as Lima approaches 30 pitches.

Rotblatt May 18 2006 01:31 PM

Entirely predictible. I can't for the life of me figure out why we gave this guy 3 starts. Any update on Bannister? If he's out for any length of time, please, for the love of Christ, Opus Dei & Audrey Tautau, put Heilman in the fucking rotation.

MFS62 May 18 2006 01:32 PM

I don't want to see Darrin Oliver in this game. This is a perfect chance to let Aaron Heilmann prove that he can pitch 5 innings, as a tryout for the rotation. If Willie's not going to do that, let's see if Feliciano can re-capture some of his 4 inning magic from a few years ago (before Willie got here). The next starter is on the current roster, if only Willie would give one of those two guys a chance. Later

Centerfield May 18 2006 01:38 PM

Spezio catches the Wright pop up. Making an impact in the early going.

Centerfield May 18 2006 01:43 PM

12 innings without scoring a run.

metirish May 18 2006 01:43 PM

]This is a perfect chance to let Aaron Heilmann prove that he can pitch 5 innings, as a tryout for the rotation. Heilman has proven that already.

Hillbilly May 18 2006 01:44 PM

Centerfield wrote: 12 innings without scoring a run. And now more Lima Time!

Hillbilly May 18 2006 01:50 PM

Rotblatt wrote: Entirely predictible. I can't for the life of me figure out why we gave this guy 3 starts. Any update on Bannister? If he's out for any length of time, please, for the love of Christ, Opus Dei & Audrey Tautau, put Heilman in the fucking rotation. From mets blog... In his first start for Triple-A Norfolk, while rehabbing an injured hamstring, Brian Bannister was removed from the game with an ‘injury,’ after facing just two batters… …unreal… …Update…1:34 pm… …the word from norfolk is that bannister left the game because he felt ‘discomfort’ in the recently injured hamstring…the trainers will treat it, and the team will most likely assess the situation later today, and again come tomorrow morning…

Rotblatt May 18 2006 01:52 PM

Thanks, Hillbilly! Lima with 2 outs and a runner at third. Pesky Ecksty at the plate.

Centerfield May 18 2006 01:53 PM

Well this blows.

TransMonk May 18 2006 01:54 PM

Heilman's career numbers as a starter: 5 wins 13 losses, 5.93 ERA, 134.2 IP, 144 H, 66 BB, 106 K I know he's done very well as a reliever, but that's just it, a reliever. I'm not sold that Aaron's the answer. Maybe he deserves a shot, but let's not pretend he's guaranteed to solve the problem...most likely he'll just give us more of the same while hurting the pen.

metirish May 18 2006 01:54 PM

Lima blows..

Hillbilly May 18 2006 01:58 PM

He's got his ERA up into double figures. Well maybe not, he did make an error saving himself a few points. Lima time is DFA time.

Hillbilly May 18 2006 01:59 PM

But you gotta love the fist pump after what?4 runs and like 80 pitches in 2 innings?

Edgy DC May 18 2006 01:59 PM

Most of his starting numbers were racked up before he made his adjustments and turned the corner. Even if not, a 5.93 ERA is looking pretty good right now.

old original jb May 18 2006 02:03 PM

Edgy DC wrote: Most of his starting numbers were racked up before he made his adjustments and turned the corner. Even if not, a 5.93 ERA is looking pretty good right now. Edgy, you are too kind.

seawolf17 May 18 2006 02:03 PM

The second-worst part about Lima is that he's disgracing the number 17. If I was Keith Hernandez I'd poison his postgame spread.

TransMonk May 18 2006 02:04 PM

Phils up on the Brew Crew 3-0 in the 3rd.

seawolf17 May 18 2006 02:06 PM

Holy crap! You see those guys on the roof of the Millennium hotel? Ronnie's right -- you gotta make A-Rod money to do something like that.

Edgy DC May 18 2006 02:08 PM

old original jb wrote: ="Edgy DC"]Most of his starting numbers were racked up before he made his adjustments and turned the corner. Even if not, a 5.93 ERA is looking pretty good right now. Edgy, you are too kind. Too be clear, I'm speaking about Heilman here, in response to the Monk. I don't think this is too kind.

seawolf17 May 18 2006 02:11 PM

And Jerry Manuel has been ejected from the game. Maybe he was tired of watching Lima and just decided to start cursing at Tim Welke.

old original jb May 18 2006 02:13 PM

Edgy DC wrote: ="old original jb"] Edgy DC wrote: Most of his starting numbers were racked up before he made his adjustments and turned the corner. Even if not, a 5.93 ERA is looking pretty good right now. Edgy, you are too kind. Too be clear, I'm speaking about Heilman here, in response to the Monk. I don't think this is too kind. My bad---Lima's ERA is of course 9+ and I should have realized you weren't talking about him.

Hillbilly May 18 2006 02:13 PM

seawolf17 wrote: And Jerry Manuel has been ejected from the game. Maybe he was tired of watching Lima and just decided to start cursing at Tim Welke. OK then release Lima NOW! and have him fill in as bench coach for the rest of the game.

Hillbilly May 18 2006 02:16 PM

Beltran KA-BOOM!

PatchyFogg May 18 2006 02:17 PM

="seawolf17"]And Jerry Manuel has been ejected from the game. Maybe he was tired of watching Lima and just decided to start cursing at Tim Welke. With his free time and how long a day it looks like it's gonna be, he can check out the Gateway Arch and the Bowling Hall of Fame.

Edgy DC May 18 2006 02:17 PM

We are back in this game

Hillbilly May 18 2006 02:19 PM

="PatchyFogg"] ="seawolf17"]And Jerry Manuel has been ejected from the game. Maybe he was tired of watching Lima and just decided to start cursing at Tim Welke. With his free time and how long a day it looks like it's gonna be, he can check out the Gateway Arch and the Bowling Hall of Fame. Harsh, The park and Zoo are nice.

seawolf17 May 18 2006 02:20 PM

="PatchyFogg"] ="seawolf17"]And Jerry Manuel has been ejected from the game. Maybe he was tired of watching Lima and just decided to start cursing at Tim Welke. With his free time and how long a day it looks like it's gonna be, he can check out the Gateway Arch and the Bowling Hall of Fame. Or perhaps he can go find a Little League team somewhere who will be willing to take on Lima in a trade.

PatchyFogg May 18 2006 02:24 PM

="seawolf17"] ="PatchyFogg"] ="seawolf17"]And Jerry Manuel has been ejected from the game. Maybe he was tired of watching Lima and just decided to start cursing at Tim Welke. With his free time and how long a day it looks like it's gonna be, he can check out the Gateway Arch and the Bowling Hall of Fame. Or perhaps he can go find a Little League team somewhere who will be willing to take on Lima in a trade. He's still younger than Danny Almonte, so why not? His wife (and STD, if we believe the lawsuit) might prove problematic, though.

Edgy DC May 18 2006 02:24 PM

Can we talk of the Kaboomage please? Manuel's fire and ire clearly inspired Beltran's power. Find yourself Lima. Center. Reach deep. Draw the energy from your environment and feel it feed your core. Feel it José.

Centerfield May 18 2006 02:25 PM

Bottom of the lineup. Get 'em and get our boys back out there. (and as I type, Bennett barely misses a HR and then grounds out to Reyes)

old original jb May 18 2006 02:25 PM

Anyone ever see that Norman Rockwell painting where the kid is holding a bag full of silverware and sheepishly looking at his parents who are standing in the doorway watching? The title is "It's for the Arch, Dad". Apparently, when they built the Gateway Arch, the archdiocese of St. Louis launched a public spirited campaign getting kids to collect scrap metals for the project. They quickly withdrew the campaign when reports started coming in of scenes like the one immortalized in the Rockwell painting.

Centerfield May 18 2006 02:27 PM

7 in a row for Lima. How Jose Got His Groove Back.

Hillbilly May 18 2006 02:29 PM

Centerfield wrote: 7 in a row for Lima. How Jose Got His Groove Back. Piazza's not here anymore.

MFS62 May 18 2006 02:29 PM

Centerfield wrote: 7 in a row for Lima. Money must be changing hands in betting parlors around the world. Later

Edgy DC May 18 2006 02:35 PM

8

Centerfield May 18 2006 02:38 PM

Bannister to go to NY and have an MRI tomorrow.

seawolf17 May 18 2006 02:44 PM

F Lima. I'd rather let Jose F Valentin pitch.

Centerfield May 18 2006 02:44 PM

Spezio with a big FU to the CPF for celebrating Pujols' day off.

seawolf17 May 18 2006 02:45 PM

Centerfield wrote: Spezio with a big FU to the CPF for celebrating Pujols' day off. Would that be a "CPFU"?

Edgy DC May 18 2006 02:50 PM

I was accepted to CPFU, but opted for Manhattan College instead. Only Jose getting one of his runs not charged due to his own throwing error keeps him from keepign his earned-run-per-inning record intact.

TheOldMole May 18 2006 02:51 PM

MRI for Bannister tomorrow. On edit...I see this is not news.

Nymr83 May 18 2006 02:58 PM

i hope that "lima time" is done for good.

Centerfield May 18 2006 03:01 PM

I hate losing day games during the week. This will mean I'll go home tonight, look for something on TV, find a replay of this craptastic game, then have to change the channel before my eyeballs project themselves from my head.

seawolf17 May 18 2006 03:08 PM

This guy is so taguchi. He might just be the taguchiest player in baseball.

Centerfield May 18 2006 03:09 PM

Maybe, but I know a guy who's just a Tad Iguchi.

Edgy DC May 18 2006 03:10 PM

Dude, relax, no reason to be so taguchi.

Rotblatt May 18 2006 03:14 PM

An analogy just came to me: Jose Lima is to a pitching rotation as the pitcher's spot is to the batting order. He's a near-automatic win for the opposing team. I hope this experiment gets put out of its misery soon.

Centerfield May 18 2006 03:16 PM

Mets trying not to wake the baby by going as quietly as possible. This game is no fun. I think I'll do some work now.

Edgy DC May 18 2006 03:16 PM

Quick rally song: Well the kids are all hopped up and ready to go (They're ready to go now ) they got their surfboards and they're going to the discotheque au-go-go But she just couldn't stay She had to walk away Well New York City really has is all Oh yeah! Oh yeah! Sheena is! A punk rocker! Sheena is! A punk rocker! Sheena is! A punk rocker now! Sheena is! A punk rocker! Sheena is! A punk rocker! Sheena is! A punk rocker now! Well she's a... Punk punk! A punk rocker! Punk punk! A punk rocker! Punk punk! A punk rocker! Well the kids are all hopped up and ready to go (They're ready to go now ) they got their surfboards and they're going to the discotheque au-go-go But she just couldn't stay She had to walk away Well New York City really has is all Oh yeah! Oh yeah! Sheena is! A punk rocker! Sheena is! A punk rocker! Sheena is! A punk rocker now! Well she's a... Punk punk! A punk rocker! Punk punk! A punk rocker! Punk punk! A punk rocker! Sheena is! A punk rocker! Sheena is! A punk rocker! Sheena is! A punk rocker now! Sheena is! A punk rocker! Sheena is! A punk rocker! Sheena is! A punk rocker now!

seawolf17 May 18 2006 03:20 PM

Seems like the Mets lose on Getaway Day a lot.

Edgy DC May 18 2006 03:24 PM

Spiezio is out, time for Sheena to rock.

Edgy DC May 18 2006 03:26 PM

Rocking more than Sandfrog, anyhow.

Edgy DC May 18 2006 03:30 PM

There it is.

seawolf17 May 18 2006 03:32 PM

Kaboom.

TransMonk May 18 2006 03:42 PM

Small consulation: Milwaukee has come back to take a 5-4 lead in the 8th.

Willets Point May 18 2006 03:45 PM

Whatever. The Mets officially suck.

Edgy DC May 18 2006 03:47 PM

That's right. Tying run on deck. Make it hap.

Edgy DC May 18 2006 03:47 PM

Cliff cutting on a pitch at his ankles.

Edgy DC May 18 2006 03:48 PM

Doubles on a pitch at his shins. Tying run at the plate and his name is Castro. Let him hit? I say yuh.

Willets Point May 18 2006 03:49 PM

Cliff will probably hit a homer. Then the Mets will load the bases with one out. Then the next two batters will whiff. That would be the most torturous route to defeat at least.

TransMonk May 18 2006 03:49 PM

Rally, rally, rally!

Gwreck May 18 2006 03:49 PM

Tying run at plate now. C'mon Castro.

Willets Point May 18 2006 03:50 PM

Did I say homer? I meant double.

Edgy DC May 18 2006 03:50 PM

Endy? No! Nady!

Centerfield May 18 2006 03:50 PM

Um, Nady please.

seawolf17 May 18 2006 03:50 PM

This team drives me fucking crazy every single day.

Willets Point May 18 2006 03:52 PM

Bah!

Edgy DC May 18 2006 03:52 PM

No Nady. No happiness.

Willets Point May 18 2006 03:52 PM

seawolf17 wrote: This team drives me fucking crazy every single day. No joke!

cooby May 18 2006 08:25 PM

Boy do I feel stupid, I was sitting here waiting for the game to start and they played today

metirish May 18 2006 08:28 PM

Gary Cohen sure sounds like he's had enough of "Lima time"...