2009 New York Mets thread

putz will be fine - today he threw a ball on 3-2 to cantu and one to hermida on 3-2 after he had fouled off a few pitches and then ross knew he was getting a fastball and he got one that was up around the letters. was kind of a flukey inning and if he had thrown a few more strikes it would've been alright.

green was grooving pitches otoh

santos might be a rookie in a pressure sitch, but he has some cause for confidence, no? supposedly his hitting got noticed in spring training, while castro was sub-200 before today. has green looked good in any game thus far?

if you're gonna go to a game with gabbneb, you better be prepared to see a Tatis homer and a tight loss spend most of your time eating. i like el verano's tomatillo-chipotle, carnitas and mole, and catch of the day's ginger limeade (though i'm guessing that the blue moon on offer - or a hoegaarden, eg, from the meyerland beer island - might pair better with the lobster roll, and imagine el verano's brooklyn 'sabrosa' is nice (but no brooklyn pilsner in the ballpark? boo)). of course i also like carvel chocolate with rainbow sprinkles, so ymmv XD. place is awesome, at least when it's below capacity.

dr morbius hangs out in midtown.

oh and i got the mexican bird swine flu or whatever

just got back from UES, what did i miss?

it's been a gr8 visit

“I think Santos has a little shorter swing,” Manuel said later, explaining why he pinch-hit one right-handed hitter for another, catcher Ramon Castro, who had gone 2 for 4. “And when you have a little shorter swing, it’s easier to get to a guy that’s throwing in the upper 90s. If it had been, let’s say, a sinker-slider guy, then Ramon would have continued to hit.”

FIX DAVID WRIGHT

sacrifice flies are usu the only productive outs.

didn't know Chan Ho was the 2 grandslams in 1 inning pitcher for Tatis -- wait, it was the SAME pitcher???

Keith thinks Wright was still bailing a bit on RBI double

Another bad start for Ollie.

feel bad for him - he has a dope beard

nah, fuck that punk imo

yo murph/castro back2back!

that's what happens when you try to get more than 5 innings out of gramps

i liked citi field. good times for $11 on tuesday night.

throw a strike

so many things wrong with this team

yeah, but they're in THE NATIONAL LEAGUE so no biggie

ha its funny cuz its true. theyll be ok

in the best division in baseball, save the nats

u mad, not even the best East

4realz

way deeper than the AL

marlins, phils, mets are all better than the yanks, the rays don't look too good, and i mean... i guess the jays but

braves are certainly better than whoever is 4th best in the nl east

The Marlins are currently (on the second day of May) one game better at beating NL teams than the Yankees are at beating AL teams, but, uh...

yall have been brainwashed by espn

Praising their sharp analysts is a custom here, yes.

btw, winning percentages of opponents so far

marlins: .459
yankees: .447

btw obv im projecting but the yanks look a mess 2 me

silliness rampant here

AL East is far and away the best league in MLB.

Tried to figure out the best way to display this quickly and dirtily, took the average rank by division of the BP Power Rankings (3rd order W/L, Adjusted EQR/EQRA, etc.):

AL East = 10.0
NL East = 15.8
AL Central = 16.7
NL Central = 17.4
AL West = 18.0
NL West = 18.8

NL East is the 2nd best league in MLB, but the distance from #2 to #6 is much closer than #1 to #2.

better still than the marlins is the pirates, tbh. they swept the marlins, who are better than the yankees.

the pirates are good, ppl are sleeping

some good hitters on that team, they're gonna be pesky

maybe this thread needs riot police ; )

^_^

eduardo perez's bbtn analysis of ollie perez was so idiotic

i lol'd at $36M walking Jamie Moyer on 4 pitches.

that's nice. did u bring yr lordly fan-of-no-teambutt to Shitty Field?

Going to Citi on Wednesday. Appreciate any info on things to do before the game or good seat advice.

per the CSTB report, do a self-upgrade if your seat is not to yr satisfaction.

things to do before the game - eat too much in meyerland; check out the view from various angles and levels (excelsior), including outside views of the auto shops (up by the pepsi porch) and the water
seat advice - buy the cheapest one you can find, then grab a standing spot behind an unobstructed-view field level rail

plz don't do that to me this early in the season.

send Delgado down already, god

^today I may quit ILBB^

you don't see many games reach the 7th-inning stretch w/ 3 hits by both teams.

u dont often see delgado score from 1st on an infield hit (thanks feliz y worth)

Citi > nu Yanqui

Had a great time in Flushing. The LA dude in me resulted in me leaving early to avoid subway anarchy. Was also with a non sports fan if we're making more excuses...

leaving a 1-0 game early with K-Rod coming in... I hope the Dodgers get smacked outta the playoffs 3-0 this year.

u worse than gabbneb

Are Manuel's benchings of Murphy as random as they seem, or is there some logic behind it?

He has sit a couple times this season against lefties, but .391/.429/.696 in 29 career PAs does not scream NECESSARY STRICT PLATOON.