the 2007 NEW YORK METS: Pedro is Gravy

if it was a johnny franco act, he would've blown it.

also reason enough to go to the new mets park (courtesy maura):

http://nymag.com/daily/food/2007/08/hark_new_shake_shack_to_open_at_shea_stadium.html

WILLIE HARRIS ROBS THE TYING HOMER LOL

i can't be mad, i'm amazed harris is having such a good year.

yeah same. he is a local guy too!

also, francoeur is turning out a lot better than i expected.

Harris robbed two homers? I saw the first one (but maybe that one wasn't quite over the wall).

yeah, two. the alou one and the delgado one in the 9th.

harris has to be a top contender for comeback player of the year, right?

anyway NO MORE BRAVES TALK IN THIS THREAD. welcome back carlos!!!

if the season was just 162 games of braves v mets, atlanta would have the best record in the league. too bad the mets are better than them against every other team :'(

not too bad. any team that can't attract fans to its own park during the playoffs... ahem

actually they've set new attendance records these last two seasons! last year against the mets, and again this year against the phillies. i think the fact that they actually have to compete for a shot at the division instead of waltzing into the playoffs is generating way more interest~

ok, fair enough then!

OK, THAT was a Franco act.

I think yr 162-game hypoth is crap, but we'll never know, shall we?

but we'll never know, shall we?

never stopped anybody on this thread from bringing up that pythagorean crap, tho.

boomshakalaka~

What a freakin' 7th inning. Mota bailed out, but the homeplate ump waaaay off the mark!

stenc no understand what pythag is for

Who wants ta catch?

that bannister kid is having a pretty decent year for an awful royals team, why did we get rid of him again? he would look pretty nice in the 5 spot right about now.

the royals aren't awful this year! they are on pace for winning 75 games this year, and possibly not finishing in last place. that is huge for them.

good lord, it is so good to have alou back. and i really didn't think i'd be saying that at all when he was signed.

lol @ ryan zimmerman

the stache = nü wally pipp?

Jeff Conine, PROVEN (overthehill) WINNER

so many 40 year olds

morbs should feel right at home.

Beltran is on fire!

well that was a satisfying game

Yeah, it was pretty great to watch too.

Armando Benitez top 10 meltdowns

+1 tonight :D

Every time I'm in the park, FUCKIN' WAGNER MELTDOWN! Fortunately Trevor H decided to outcrap him.

The Torontonians hasd to be schooled in the ways of Mr. Met.

(when he's 40, stenc will look like Bob Feller today)

His head is so mighty and round!

erm... mr.met that is.

what a draaaaaag it is to be olllllld

Did you guys see Moises Alou's "defensive play" on Marcus Giles's "triple"?

you mean his beef? yeah, that was terrible. poor peepeehands!

Thermo was in the men's room, he had to make do with my word picture of how that ball alou-ded Moises.

Ron Darling working in Zen and the Art of Archery into his conversation of pitching tonight made my week.

country time

hoffman and wagner both blow it again!

apparently scott schoenweiss is now the ace of the bullpen

"ace"

GREAT oldskool block of home by Sandy Alomar! 40something repping!

carlos d wtf

his knee injury has depressed his offense to Bob Buhl level.

wtf with with that ball fake rolling foul!

time to cut bait on Mota

JA (Chanhassen): Is Pedro Martinez' lack of velocity a concern? Could he be reserving his top arm speed for the big leaguers, or is 88-90 his new ceiling? His brother didn't bounce back well from rotator cuff surgery, and that must be weighing on his mind, but he's just not striking out A ball hitters. That can't bode well. Any insight as to his chance at being 80% of Pedro v 2001-2004 ever again?

Will Carroll: When you say "lack", you have to look at it relative to not only where he once was (low to mid 90s) but also to where he was last year (low to mid 80s.) Watching video of his third rehab start, Pedro was toying with hitters. I think if he wanted to strike them out, he could have, but he was doing what he was doing, just with batters. There's a part of me that thinks he'll have an extra gear when he sees the lights, but I don't have evidence of that either. 80%? That's a pretty high standard. I'll say I think he's likely to be their second best pitcher by October and much better than anything Omar Minaya could have acquired.

God help me, I'm probably going to actually root for the Mets in the NL the rest of this year.

motherfuckers really need to win tonight