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IGT - 4/13 Rubber game vs. Milwaukee

TransMonk Apr 13 2008 11:09 AM

Milwaukee R. Weeks 2b G. Kapler cf R. Braun lf P. Fielder 1b B. Hall 3b C. Hart rf J.J. Hardy ss J. Suppan p J. Kendall c =blue]NY Mets A. Pagan lf L. Castillo 2b D. Wright 3b C. Beltran cf C. Delgado 1b R. Church rf D. Easley ss B. Schneider c O. Perez p Braun and Fielder switch in the lineup. A Mets win today will make Monday much more tolerable.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 13 2008 11:10 AM

Let's Go Mets. Be nice to see some offense today.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 13 2008 11:11 AM

I like the all-white, blue-cap look. I think it's their best combo.

OlerudOwned Apr 13 2008 11:12 AM

Oliver Perez v. Jeff Suppan. Familiar.

TransMonk Apr 13 2008 11:13 AM

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I like the all-white, blue-cap look. I think it's their best combo. I agree.

OlerudOwned Apr 13 2008 11:18 AM

Ryan Braun and Prince Fielder are no problem but Gabe Kapler is going to crush us.

KC Apr 13 2008 11:25 AM

Wright with his 100th ding dong.

SteveJRogers Apr 13 2008 11:28 AM

On both the big scoreboard and DiamondVision they put up WRIGHT 100 Did not whip my camera out in time

OlerudOwned Apr 13 2008 11:38 AM

Bases loaded for Kapler, and this scares me so much more that it should.

TransMonk Apr 13 2008 11:41 AM

Perez gets the K. Lots of pitches for the Mets starter early again today.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 13 2008 11:54 AM

Pretty nice inning. Gary Cohen sure oversells the "productuive out" angle but I agree with him when he said Suppan's whiff of Valentin in Game 6 was the real killer in that game.

OlerudOwned Apr 13 2008 12:03 PM

Luis Castillo showing his extra-base power.

Zvon Apr 13 2008 12:05 PM

To me Castillo's running looked tender to say the least. Or maybe it just looked like one of his legs is shorter than the other.....

OlerudOwned Apr 13 2008 12:06 PM

Beltran with the RBI single, and now my attention will be divided between this game and the non-stop fun time thrill ride that is Alexander Ovechkin in the playoffs.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 13 2008 12:08 PM

gotta love them 99-foot doubles. I think that's as far as Luis has muscled one all year long.

OlerudOwned Apr 13 2008 12:09 PM

Delgado:Speed::Castillo:Power

batmagadanleadoff Apr 13 2008 12:09 PM

That Fielder's no fielder.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 13 2008 12:13 PM

The Schneid!

TransMonk Apr 13 2008 12:14 PM

3 RBIs for Schneider through the first 3 innings.

TransMonk Apr 13 2008 12:18 PM

Is the soup done yet? 64 pitches, 6 earned runs and due to bat 3rd this inning.

TransMonk Apr 13 2008 12:24 PM

TransMonk wrote: Is the soup done yet? 64 pitches, 6 earned runs and due to bat 3rd this inning. Nope...and Perez is laboring out there.

Farmer Ted Apr 13 2008 12:28 PM

Matt. Bat boy. Still Monstrous.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 13 2008 12:31 PM

booooooo just wait'll we hear Willie's postgame comments on ollie today

*62 Apr 13 2008 12:32 PM

Ollie getting his ass handed to him.

OlerudOwned Apr 13 2008 12:34 PM

KC Apr 13 2008 12:36 PM

Jeebus, Maury and Giuseppe -- this team is gonna make me nuts.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 13 2008 12:39 PM

what is wrong with you Castillo

TheOldMole Apr 13 2008 12:39 PM

Who are the two cowboys?

AG/DC Apr 13 2008 12:41 PM

Castillo finds the outfield. The shallow outfield, but still.

*62 Apr 13 2008 12:57 PM

I love Space Ghost. Just sayin'.

AG/DC Apr 13 2008 01:06 PM

Soso saving some bacon there

Zvon Apr 13 2008 01:13 PM

Sosa serving up some eggs there.

AG/DC Apr 13 2008 01:14 PM

Soso coughing up some bacon here.

TransMonk Apr 13 2008 01:24 PM

C'mon Mets, let's get it together.

Zvon Apr 13 2008 01:28 PM

Plenty of time to take this game back.

AG/DC Apr 13 2008 01:32 PM

Schneider packed his bats today, anyhow. Torres used to pitch in 150 games a year with the Bucs, didn't he?

Zvon Apr 13 2008 01:38 PM

AG/DC Apr 13 2008 01:38 PM

Don't think, David. Act.

SteveJRogers Apr 13 2008 01:39 PM

What is worse than the "Everybody Clap You Hands" bit at Shea? When fans clap like sheep to it.

KC Apr 13 2008 01:39 PM

Gotta love the first pitch swingin' weak grounder. Gotta. Yay.

KC Apr 13 2008 01:41 PM

The wife and I do, "ev-ery-bod-y crap your pants." We should put it on youtube, but I'm camera shy.

TransMonk Apr 13 2008 01:54 PM

SteveJRogers wrote: What is worse than the "Everybody Clap You Hands" bit at Shea? When fans clap like sheep to it. Yeah, God forbid baseball clubs actually encourage fan participation in a baseball game in order to make the experience of attending the ballpark more enjoyable. Do you sit on your hands during a rally when you're at a game?

bmfc1 Apr 13 2008 01:54 PM

What a great pitching staff the Mets have.

OlerudOwned Apr 13 2008 01:56 PM

Whenever someone uses the term "sheep" like Steve just did, I imagine them typing it in a Starbucks while wearing a beret and smoking. Expand your mind, man.

Zvon Apr 13 2008 01:57 PM

SteveJRogers wrote: What is worse than the "Everybody Clap You Hands" bit at Shea? When fans clap like sheep to it. Wouldn't it be unsettlingly odd if no one at the stadium clapped tho. ="KC"]"ev-ery-bod-y crap your pants." Wouldn't it be unsettlingly odder if even just a few did that? sheepshit.

KC Apr 13 2008 02:04 PM

TM: >>>God forbid baseball clubs actually encourage fan participation in a baseball game<<< Rogers probably means they don't do "everybody clap your hands" at Yan- kee Stadium or if they do it's done better some how by the fans or the club. Z, we fake it. No mess, no worries ...

Zvon Apr 13 2008 02:04 PM

KC Apr 13 2008 02:05 PM

9-7, I'm glad I ain't keeping a scorecard.

OlerudOwned Apr 13 2008 02:06 PM

Can sheep even clap? They'd fall over.

Zvon Apr 13 2008 02:07 PM

UGH!@#$%^

KC Apr 13 2008 02:07 PM

Schneider = kill buzz. How many freakin' DP's is that?

Fman99 Apr 13 2008 02:23 PM

Ugh. Local Time Warner bozos don't carry WPIX so no Mets coverage upstate today. Bastards.

Valadius Apr 13 2008 02:23 PM

Beat the crap out of Mota!!!

Valadius Apr 13 2008 02:26 PM

Runners at the corners with no out against Piece of Shit Mota.

Zvon Apr 13 2008 02:26 PM

Clark singles and steals second. Whew. AND PAGAN HITS A BLOOP SINGLE OVER HARDY---CLARK TO THIRD. No Outs. Will Castillo bunt?

Zvon Apr 13 2008 02:29 PM

ohhhh noooooooooesssss

TransMonk Apr 13 2008 02:30 PM

KC wrote: How many freakin' DP's is that? More than a German porn film. This is ridiculous.

Valadius Apr 13 2008 02:30 PM

What happened?

Valadius Apr 13 2008 02:31 PM

Oh good lord.

Zvon Apr 13 2008 02:32 PM

Valadius wrote: What happened? DP first to home. Beltran now with 2 on.

OlerudOwned Apr 13 2008 02:32 PM

Hey, only 3 and 9/10 years left on Castillo's contract.

Valadius Apr 13 2008 02:32 PM

Come on Carlos. Launch one.

Zvon Apr 13 2008 02:35 PM

Bases bloated for Delgado.

Valadius Apr 13 2008 02:37 PM

Let's go Delgado!

TransMonk Apr 13 2008 02:37 PM

motherfather I hate this game.

OlerudOwned Apr 13 2008 02:38 PM

I don't envy Brewers fans for having to watch a Gagne/Mota/Turnbow bullpen. Even when they're good they're terrifying.

KC Apr 13 2008 02:39 PM

THAT INNING SUCKED

Zvon Apr 13 2008 02:40 PM

Gah. Only decent pitch Mota threw all day. A riser. Gets CarlosD to pop out. If Delgado swung at that strike he looked at--turned on it, well......he didn't.

TransMonk Apr 13 2008 02:44 PM

Last call for a win...Church, Easley, Schneider.

KC Apr 13 2008 02:45 PM

Let's

Zvon Apr 13 2008 02:46 PM

GO

OlerudOwned Apr 13 2008 02:47 PM

METROPOLITANS

AG/DC Apr 13 2008 02:49 PM

Let's

Zvon Apr 13 2008 02:50 PM

="Zvon"]GO

OlerudOwned Apr 13 2008 02:51 PM

METS

Zvon Apr 13 2008 02:53 PM

Lets go home....:(

AG/DC Apr 13 2008 02:54 PM

Let's... call this the suckiest loss of the year.

Fman99 Apr 13 2008 02:54 PM

Maybe it's not a bad thing that I couldn't watch this fiasco.

KC Apr 13 2008 02:54 PM

I feel like I aged a month today ... check under yours seats and safe home.

*62 Apr 13 2008 02:55 PM

Someone please start the POTG thread .... I have anger issues to resolve.

Zvon Apr 13 2008 02:56 PM

Steve: "Hey, where's Reyes? Did he lose his starting job?"

OlerudOwned Apr 13 2008 03:01 PM

Gwreck Apr 13 2008 04:01 PM

Things that drove me absolutely fucking nuts today: 1. The moron Yankee fans in my section cheering for the Brewers. Go play on the train tracks. 2. The ass clown who, after every strikeout by Mets pitching, let out this stupid wordless yell for about 2 minutes. No, really. The kicker: people were cheering and applauding him. 3. Bottom of the 6th, 2 on, 2 out. Pagan and Castillo each just walked on 5 pitches, and David Wright comes up...and swings at the first pitch. Attention David: maybe Torres was having some control issues there? Taking a pitch or two might be prudent. 4. Bottom of the 7th - Delgado hits into what is seemingly another double play, but somehow he makes it to first in time (I thought he was out). Later in the inning, when Schneider grounds into the inning ending DP, he's safe at first. Bad call, and all Wilie does is trot out after everybody's already back in the dugout and has a little chat with Ed Montague, as if they're discussing where to get a good slice after the game. I know it's not Willie's style, but just a little, tiny bit of frustration/anger could be shown by our manager. You say in the post game that you want the team's play to be more "crisp"? How about a little more "crispness" from you. That one deserved a much bigger argument. C'mon Willie, show a little fight. 5. Bottom of the 8th, first and third and Castillo grounds out to first. Attention Brady Clark: 1. You are NOT the tying run (we are down by 2) 2. It is NOT a force play. So why are you breaking on contact? Also, your slide into home was terrible. 6. Oliver Perez giving back a four run lead as soon as his offense gives it to him. Terrible, just terrible. On the traditional 1-10 scale of frustration this one was a 15. Plus it was cold and windy and cloudy and generally miserable at Shea. </rant>

AG/DC Apr 13 2008 04:03 PM

Brady Clark's head needs some straightening out.

Grote15 Apr 13 2008 04:19 PM

For all the hype about the Mets the last few years the Mets have won nothing other than a divisional title. How do Willie and the jacket keep their jobs? The good news is Oliver Twist is a FA at the end of the year.

AG/DC Apr 13 2008 04:34 PM

I don't kow what hype you're talking about. Plenty of teams haven't won division titles in the last three years. That's neither good news nor bad. It just is.

KC Apr 13 2008 04:44 PM

Woof

SteveJRogers Apr 13 2008 05:07 PM

TransMonk wrote: ="SteveJRogers"]What is worse than the "Everybody Clap You Hands" bit at Shea? When fans clap like sheep to it. Yeah, God forbid baseball clubs actually encourage fan participation in a baseball game in order to make the experience of attending the ballpark more enjoyable. Do you sit on your hands during a rally when you're at a game? It's one thing for some classic organ music to be played, or some sort of cheesy rally clip to be played on the screen (Hackman's Hoosier's "I don't care what the scoreboard says at the end of the game..." speech that ends with everyone clapping, Peter Finch's "Get out of your seats, open the window and yell..." leading to Lets Go Mets, etc) or goofy trivia segments in-between innings. But it's another thing to hear some obnoxious voice come over the PA and say "EV-REY-BOD-Y-CLAP-YO-HANDS!" followed by some canned clapping noise designed to tell the fans "You must CLAP NOW! CHEER ON YOUR TEAM!" Not to sound too much like certain curmudgeons but there is a stark difference between something being an organic cheer (and yes I'll give that much props to the annoying WOOOO that fans have added to "LETS-GO-METS" in recent years for being an organic thing) and something that is created by the Shea PA staff designed to direct the audience into doing something. And of course yes it's not just at Shea, but it is just about EVERY sporting event possible, and I do realize that the genie isn't going to get put back in the bottle on this one. I'm also extra grouchy today because of what I witnessed on that field today and the usual coldness inside the wind tunnel known as the Loge Reserves.

themetfairy Apr 13 2008 05:33 PM

I'm back from the game. Cold and pissed off. Blech! As for "Everybody Clap Your Hands," that causes me to cringe in pain, and my son to comment about the banality of it. At least the kid has his head on straight.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 13 2008 06:44 PM

The way I look at it the real failure today was Oliver's. Smith too. I mean, get 2 outs. But we scored 7 and brought the tying run up or on base a million times. Granted I missed the Clark fiasco and you can't be pleased with Wright's groundout, and you already knew Castillo's considerable limitations, but we hit well enough to beat a good hitting team like Milwaukee most days and had some bad luck too.

metirish Apr 13 2008 07:00 PM

Hitting into all those double plays was a killer , we had ample chances but the execution was piss poor. Perez again failed and it seems like the pen is working too many innings every game. The ending of Clarke's adventure was terrible especially after he got the hit then stole second to stay out of the DP.

soupcan Apr 13 2008 07:27 PM

Been to 2 games this year. Opening Day and today. I'm 0-2. 2 games, 2 leads blown, 2 losses. On the plus side I was with all three of my kids and they got to sing 'Take Me OUt To The Ballgame' on Diamondvision. Other than that...

mario25 Apr 13 2008 08:52 PM

Until Alou comes back I would put Pagan 2nd behind Reyes and place Castillo in the 7th or 8th hole. He cant hit a ball into the outfield from his 2nd base position. It was ugly all around today and the Castillo 4 year signing is awful....

AG/DC Apr 13 2008 09:14 PM

I don't agree with the signing either. But he did get two basehits to the outfield today, in addition to walking and scoring once. He was 2-4. The doubleplay he got into was when he hit the ball really hard.

Gwreck Apr 13 2008 09:45 PM

="AG/DC"]I don't agree with the signing either. But he did get two basehits to the outfield today Well, one of those only went about 25 feet into the outfield...

AG/DC Apr 14 2008 05:51 AM

I'll take it. My point is to plead that we don't get ourselves a whipping boy and disregard the facts before us. Castillo is welcome to bring what he did yesterday all season.