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IGT 04/29, Mets at Gnats

Kid Carsey Apr 29 2007 12:41 PM

Happy Birthday to Gary Cohen! Scoreless through four, this game is like watching paint dry so far ... Reyes ss Wright 3b Beltran cf Alou lf Green rf Franco 1b Castro c Easley 2b Maine p Lopez ss Belliard 2b Zimmerman 3b Young 1b Kearns rf Church cf Flores c Snelling lf Bermann p

Edgy DC Apr 29 2007 12:50 PM

I been busy. Hit something, Mets. And whack the black. Just because the Nats look dumber in red doesn't put us in the clear.

Kid Carsey Apr 29 2007 12:53 PM

I fell asleep in the rocking chair, shades of things to come. Maine is rolling with 5 or 6 K's - still sniffle-sniffle through six.

Edgy DC Apr 29 2007 12:55 PM

Swing the bat, Davey.

Kid Carsey Apr 29 2007 12:56 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Apr 29 2007 12:57 PM

Wright didn't look so good taking that third strike. Beltran goes KABOOM, 1-sniffle!

Batty31 Apr 29 2007 12:56 PM

HEY...stop picking on the black. If it weren't for the black there wouldn't be any jerseys for me to buy! Beltran goes yard...1-0.

Edgy DC Apr 29 2007 12:57 PM

Edgy DC Apr 29 2007 01:12 PM

Can somebody else preview the Nats next time? I don't show them any respect, then they get it together and show some heart against the Mets.

Edgy DC Apr 29 2007 01:15 PM

Castro visits the

OlerudOwned Apr 29 2007 01:22 PM

Julio is awesome.

Edgy DC Apr 29 2007 01:22 PM

Julio Franco channelling Keith Hernandez.

Iubitul Apr 29 2007 01:23 PM

Just what Gary Cohen said.... That was a great play.

Nymr83 Apr 29 2007 01:25 PM

If Palmiero can win a GG for DHing can Franco win one for the best play a first baseman will make all year?

Iubitul Apr 29 2007 01:29 PM

Wow - Maine gets out of it.. nice! Every day this trade looks better and better...

Iubitul Apr 29 2007 01:47 PM

How many pitches did Maine throw? I would have kept him in in the 8th... Freaking Erin...

Johnny Dickshot Apr 29 2007 01:58 PM

The Show gets the big out.

Kid Carsey Apr 29 2007 01:59 PM

Julio! Again.

Edgy DC Apr 29 2007 01:59 PM

I've got Franco Fever.

Iubitul Apr 29 2007 02:02 PM

Lopez made that play only because Alou didn't get out of the box well.

Kid Carsey Apr 29 2007 02:03 PM

I'm gonna have a dozen egg whites for dinner.

Edgy DC Apr 29 2007 02:04 PM

He's made that play twice this game.

Kid Carsey Apr 29 2007 02:10 PM

Wagner time. I'd like a nice hi, howareya, and goodbye outing to finish this up please. No drama, no walks, no hits ... close it out buddy.

Iubitul Apr 29 2007 02:12 PM

So much for that - one pitch - single...

Kid Carsey Apr 29 2007 02:13 PM

I should know better.

Iubitul Apr 29 2007 02:15 PM

two outs - I still feel uneasy...

Edgy DC Apr 29 2007 02:16 PM

Life: fraught with peril.

Iubitul Apr 29 2007 02:17 PM

ok - I can exhale now... My first thought is that John Maine should be NL pitcher of the month...

Edgy DC Apr 29 2007 02:17 PM

Kid Carsey Apr 29 2007 02:17 PM

John Maine, four and oh! 1.35 ERA. Yup ©

Iubitul Apr 29 2007 02:18 PM

Edgy DC wrote: Life: fraught with peril. Shouldn't that be "Life (as a Met fan)"?

Nymr83 Apr 29 2007 02:20 PM

Julio Franco in the post game interview just used one of my least favorite cliches "they've got a pretty good ballclub." If The Nationals are "pretty good" then I'd like to ask him who is bad, or even who is average.

OlerudOwned Apr 29 2007 04:23 PM

Glad to see the Mets won, too. It's been a good day.

iramets Apr 29 2007 04:38 PM

Nymr83 wrote: Julio Franco in the post game interview just used one of my least favorite cliches "they've got a pretty good ballclub." If The Nationals are "pretty good" then I'd like to ask him who is bad, or even who is average. "Hello, Julio, would you like to utter a cliche?" "Sure, I would. It's a great day for baseball." "Thank you, Julio. How about another?" 'Ummm--put your pants on one leg at a time? How's that?" "Excellent. How'd you feel making a tough defensive play when you hardly ever play defense anymore and are the age of Oxygen?" "You always want to give it your best effort. I'm just happy to be here." "Wow. Two for one!" I hate interviews with athletes, did I ever mention that?

Edgy DC Apr 29 2007 05:23 PM

Iubitul wrote: ="Edgy DC"]Life: fraught with peril. Shouldn't that be "Life (as a Met fan)"? No, I meant it as I wrote it. Check out the save opp leaders for each NL team. Team Closer G IP W L SV SVO ERA Milwaukee FCordero 12 11.1 0 0 10 10 0.00 New York Wagner 10 11.0 0 0 4 4 0.82 Arizona Valverde 12 11.0 0 1 10 11 1.64 Los Angeles Saito 10 10.2 0 0 7 7 1.69 Chicago Dempster 10 12.2 0 1 4 4 2.13 San Francisco Benitez 9 8.1 0 0 7 7 2.16 Atlanta Wickman 12 10.2 1 1 6 7 2.53 Cincinnati Weathers 10 10.0 0 2 5 6 2.70 St. Louis Isringhausen 10 9.1 1 0 6 7 2.89 Houston Wheeler 11 12.0 0 1 3 4 3.00 Colorado Fuentes 11 11.0 0 0 4 5 4.09 Washington CCordero 12 12.1 0 0 3 6 5.11 Philadelphia Gordon 8 8.1 1 1 4 7 5.40 San Diego Hoffman 10 8.2 1 2 5 7 6.23 Pittsburgh Torres 12 11.0 0 1 7 10 7.36 Florida Julio 7 5.2 0 2 0 2 19.06

Iubitul Apr 29 2007 05:43 PM

hmmmmmmm - I wasn't clear. I wasn't trying to say that our bullpen is bad - I was making more of a comment about how I live and die with each game...

Edgy DC Apr 29 2007 05:45 PM

Yeah, but, I'm sure Pittsburgh and Philadelphia fans do also. And they're dying more oft.

Iubitul Apr 29 2007 05:50 PM

Nah - us Mets fans are more passionate than any other ;-)

Gwreck Apr 29 2007 07:57 PM

Spotaneous decision to drive down to DC for the game today. Nice weather. Maybe 20% Mets fans (announced attendance 27,000+) but they were all pretty quiet. Not mentioned in this IGT: First inning -- Reyes singles, Wright walks. What does Carlos Beltran, he of the among-the-lead-leaders-in-RBI do? He bunts. Of course, we fail to get a runner home from third with less than 2 out (again). Lucky for Carlos that he hit that homer, otherwise I'd be much more upset with him than I already was. Maine looked good to great (granted, it was not an offensive juggernaut he was facing) but was definetly ready to come out after the 7th inning (105 pitches and some trouble in the 7th) and he was due to lead off in the top of the 8th. RFK sucks generally but wasn't quite as bad as I expected. They also play Sweet Caroline (barf) in the 8th inning. Ticket prices were a bit high, IMO, for a last place team. Overall had a blast though. Looking forward to (repeat?) trips to see the new park next year.

iramets Apr 29 2007 08:22 PM

Edgy DC wrote: ="Iubitul"] Edgy DC wrote: Life: fraught with peril. Shouldn't that be "Life (as a Met fan)"? No, I meant it as I wrote it. Check out the save opp leaders for each NL team. Team Closer G IP W L SV SVO ERA Milwaukee FCordero 12 11.1 0 0 10 10 0.00 New York Wagner 10 11.0 0 0 4 4 0.82 Arizona Valverde 12 11.0 0 1 10 11 1.64 Los Angeles Saito 10 10.2 0 0 7 7 1.69 Chicago Dempster 10 12.2 0 1 4 4 2.13 San Francisco Benitez 9 8.1 0 0 7 7 2.16 Atlanta Wickman 12 10.2 1 1 6 7 2.53 Cincinnati Weathers 10 10.0 0 2 5 6 2.70 St. Louis Isringhausen 10 9.1 1 0 6 7 2.89 Houston Wheeler 11 12.0 0 1 3 4 3.00 Colorado Fuentes 11 11.0 0 0 4 5 4.09 Washington CCordero 12 12.1 0 0 3 6 5.11 Philadelphia Gordon 8 8.1 1 1 4 7 5.40 San Diego Hoffman 10 8.2 1 2 5 7 6.23 Pittsburgh Torres 12 11.0 0 1 7 10 7.36 Florida Julio 7 5.2 0 2 0 2 19.06 A lot of these closer names look familiar....

Elster88 Apr 29 2007 09:40 PM

Nymr83 wrote: Julio Franco in the post game interview just used one of my least favorite cliches "they've got a pretty good ballclub." If The Nationals are "pretty good" then I'd like to ask him who is bad, or even who is average. Believe it or not, players might take some shit if they called another team bad or piss-poor or whatever term you want to use. Tough to believe, I know (sc is pretty fucking high here). It's rare that a player is going to call another team a bad team. This is not new and is not going to change any time soon. Complaining about it is old.

iramets Apr 29 2007 10:09 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Apr 30 2007 06:07 AM

He wasn't asked "Tell me, Julio, honesty, what do you think of the Washington ballclub." If he's going to volunteer this information by itself, he should take some crap for it. If you think about it, it's pretty patronizing to say what he said. If I were a Nat, and smart and sensitive, I'd think "Hey, he isn;t saying that shit about the Cardinals, is he? That's code for "The Nats suck.'" Fortunately I'm not a Nat and not very smart and sensitive as a goddamned toilet seat cover, so Julio's safe from my wrath.

Nymr83 Apr 29 2007 10:34 PM

what are they going to do? hit him with a pitch when he's pinch-hitting later in the season? i'll take the free baserunner.

metirish Apr 30 2007 08:05 AM

From the Times..... ] According to Stats LLC, only three Mets have entered May unbeaten with four or more victories and a lower E.R.A. than Maine: Frank Viola (1.32) in 1990, Jerry Koosman in 1968 (1.04) and 1973 (1.06) and Dwight Gooden (1.26) in the World Series championship season of 1986. That’s it. No Tom Terrific or David Cone, no Tom Glavine or Al Leiter on that list.

Benjamin Grimm Apr 30 2007 08:10 AM

Interesting in that just a week ago we were comparing 1990 Viola with 1968 Koosman. I would have thought 1985 Gooden would have been a stronger candidate for that list than 1986 Gooden.

Edgy DC Apr 30 2007 09:00 AM

As good as Gooden was in 1985, he got hit pretty hard on opening day, and Gorman won in relief.

Edgy DC Apr 30 2007 09:04 AM

In fact, I'd imagine his opening day ERA is pretty high, with a noticeable Tuffy Rhodes factor.

Centerfield Apr 30 2007 09:05 AM

The highlight shows only showed me Julio's great play in the seventh. Tell me about his second play.

Edgy DC Apr 30 2007 09:12 AM

He made a pretty slick snag in the eighth to end the inning with the bases loaded.