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John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 03 2008 06:23 PM

Reyes Chavvy CF Wright Church Delgado Easley Anderson LF Castro Pelfrey

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 03 2008 06:37 PM

First pitch scheduled from 8:40 as a rain delay has um, delayed us.

G-Fafif Jul 03 2008 06:42 PM

Hey, that's my pie!

Rockin' Doc Jul 03 2008 06:46 PM

Damn, that's a rather ugly line up. Opposing pitchers only have three or four hitters that should seriously concern them, then they just have to avoid making mistakes to the others. If they can do that, a pitcher can hold this line up in check. Tonight, the Cardinals just need to be careful with Reyes, Wright, and Church. The rest can generally be handled if you just make good pitchers and avoid mistakes. Pelfrey and the pen (gulp) had best be on tonight.

themetfairy Jul 03 2008 06:52 PM

Endy scores on Delgado's fly ball. 1-0 Mets in the top of the first.

themetfairy Jul 03 2008 06:54 PM

2-0 on a broken bat infield single :)

bmfc1 Jul 03 2008 06:54 PM

If Delgado had struck out, I think that Wayne Hagin would have done a reverse-Milton Bradley by leaving the dugout to attack a player. Hagin was very critical, and rightly so, of Delgado waiving at breaking balls out of the strike zone on the first two pitches. Nothing wrong with what he said but you'd never hear it from Sterling, Waldman, YES, or just about anywhere else.

Rockin' Doc Jul 03 2008 06:55 PM

Senor I-95 at the plate. Come on Anderson, do something.

themetfairy Jul 03 2008 06:56 PM

3-0 on the pitcher's error.

Frayed Knot Jul 03 2008 06:56 PM

Not exactly splashing them off the walls are we? It's like a Yanqui inning.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 03 2008 06:58 PM

bmfc1 wrote: If Delgado had struck out, I think that Wayne Hagin would have done a reverse-Milton Bradley by leaving the dugout to attack a player. Hagin was very critical, and rightly so, of Delgado waiving at breaking balls out of the strike zone on the first two pitches. Nothing wrong with what he said but you'd never hear it from Sterling, Waldman, YES, or just about anywhere else. I heard that too. I'm still on the fence about Hagin. Too often he sounds like he's trying to entertain me, instead of letting the game be the entertainment.

bmfc1 Jul 03 2008 06:58 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jul 03 2008 07:02 PM

You know that fake the pitchers do w/runners on first and third that they never fall for? My son's HS summer team, which is 0-10-2, fell for it. The runner from first broke when the pitcher faked toward 3d, the pitcher got the runner from first going to 2d and when the pitcher threw to 2d, the runner from 3rd broke and the other team got him at the plate. Good times!

Rockin' Doc Jul 03 2008 06:59 PM

In hagin's defense, an awful lot of the Mets games aren't all that entertaining of late.

bmfc1 Jul 03 2008 07:02 PM

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I heard that too. I'm still on the fence about Hagin. Too often he sounds like he's trying to entertain me, instead of letting the game be the entertainment. Interesting comment, JCL--we don't want a homer, we don't want a cheerleader, we don't want a dope, we want honesty but perhaps Hagin is trying too hard. Sometimes I wish he'd just relax. I wonder if he was like that in St. Louis and Colorado (and if so, is that why he was fired from both places).

themetfairy Jul 03 2008 07:06 PM

Pelfrey strands two Cardinals. 3-0 Mets after an inning.

themetfairy Jul 03 2008 07:33 PM

Pelfrey helps his cause with a 2-out RBI single, and Reyes' (Jose, not the newbie) clears the bases with a 3-RBI single. That's a nice 2-out rally! Endy follows up with a double, and we're up to 9-0 Mets in the third!

bmfc1 Jul 03 2008 07:38 PM

They're doing it to us again, building our hopes up: we're pissed about last night, and look what they do tonight! And this is w/o Beltran.

Rockin' Doc Jul 03 2008 07:39 PM

I guess I should talk smack about the line up more often.

Fman99 Jul 03 2008 07:53 PM

Holy moly. Nice to see them put one away early, for once. And Big Pelf's got the filthies tonight.

Gwreck Jul 03 2008 07:57 PM

Yeah, no kidding. A lot of the hits we got were some real cheapies. The real story is that Pelfrey is turning in another excellent start.

Fman99 Jul 03 2008 08:08 PM

Nice. Stupid Yadier grounds into the routine 6-4-3.

Rockin' Doc Jul 03 2008 08:08 PM

One of the most promising aspects of this season has been the maturation of Mike Pelfrey. He has finally started to fulfill promise of his potential during his last 5-6 starts. His development is key for the Mets future.

Fman99 Jul 03 2008 08:14 PM

Kapowie!

Fman99 Jul 03 2008 08:15 PM

Delgado with the no-doubter to right field and it's 11-0. For all his faults he can still turn on a bad pitch, can't he?

Gwreck Jul 03 2008 08:21 PM

Can't figure out why we haven't pulled Reyes and Wright at this point.

Frayed Knot Jul 03 2008 08:30 PM

Well they have pulled Wright (which may have been on account of a tweaked back). Maybe they'll pull Reyes for Reyes in another inning or two. Reyes tied Mookie's club record with his triple.

bmfc1 Jul 03 2008 08:31 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jul 03 2008 08:45 PM

Will we see Reyes in for Reyes (or is A. Reyes only a 2B)? Aguila should go in for Church (who is supposed to be getting tomorrow off against a lefty). Information on A. Reyes posted in the thread "Dark Horse II"--he can play SS but he's primarily a 2B.

Fman99 Jul 03 2008 08:33 PM

Wright came out -- he was ducking under a line drive while on first and seemed to hurt himself somehow. Waiting on what the deal is.... they're saying maybe his back.

Frayed Knot Jul 03 2008 08:46 PM

We have an Argenis (Are-HAIN-ous) Reyes sighting wearing #4 I thought they may slide Easley over to SS and pull Jose but they pulled Easely instead.

bmfc1 Jul 03 2008 08:55 PM

Howie Rose just ran through some of the Mets that wore 29. He might have a copy of [u:73a7c3f514]MBTN [/u:73a7c3f514]in the press box.

themetfairy Jul 03 2008 08:56 PM

Gary matter of factly asserted that all Mets fans know about Chris Aguila's proficency with the [url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2008_07_03_nynmlb_slnmlb_1]Samoa Fire Dance[/url].

Rockin' Doc Jul 03 2008 09:02 PM

Frayed Knot - "We have an Argenis (Are-HAIN-ous) Reyes sighting wearing #4 I thought they may slide Easley over to SS and pull Jose but they pulled Easely instead." I like Knot's idea better. Get your stars out of the laughers, to get them some rest and more importantly, make sure no one gets hurt.

bmfc1 Jul 03 2008 09:05 PM

I didn't know that George Foster is doing some work for the team: http://www.newsday.com/sports/columnists/ny-spjim0704,0,934827.column?track=rss

themetfairy Jul 03 2008 09:19 PM

And it's a final - 11-1. The Mets mercy ruled the Cards to split the series.

bmfc1 Jul 03 2008 09:20 PM

Yea for us! Good night everybody.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 03 2008 09:21 PM

That was a nice game. Shows to go ya how big a few breaks can be. Hopefully Wright is OK, Pelf had a very nice outing.

themetfairy Jul 03 2008 09:25 PM

Gary was very miffed that the Mets hadn't provided any report on Wright's condition prior to the end of the game.