the 2007 NEW YORK METS: Pedro is Gravy

oh man, last night was the best Keith game I've heard all year... he covered everything from Hugo Chavez to Griffey being a notorious prima donna to the SNY p.r. guy's diet. Gary C finally said, "You don't know what we'll see next in this game, or what you'll say."

The New York Mets today announced that National Baseball Hall of Famers Tom Seaver and Yogi Berra, along with Mets legends Ed Charles, Bud Harrelson, Ed Kranepool, and Ron Swoboda will join Joan Hodges and her family to celebrate Gil Hodges' induction into the United States Marine Corps Sports Hall of Fame this Friday night, Sept. 7 at Shea Stadium. The on-field ceremony honoring Hodges will take place at 6:30 p.m. before the Mets host the Houston Astros. Hodges' Dodgers teammates Ralph Branca and Joe Pignatano also will attend the ceremony. A 30-piece Marine Corps Band will be present to perform the Marine Corps Hymn in Gil's honor.

I have access to press box seats for $$$

we sit with the PEOPLE (ie, annoying drunks who DON'T have cushy jobs)

:D

the press is not the people ;__;

yeah.

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DA EDGE had quite a game last night ... and Gomez is back.

today's game was fun, nice 'stros sweep.

9 OUT OF 10

MO-METS-UM, or something

Paul LoDuca shd pay for that pun

WITH HIS LIFE

PEDRO MARTNZ IS TEH BEST PITCHER EVER AND U GUYS ARE THE BEST ASSHOLES EVER FYI

i enjoyed watching pedro pitch sunday, yes.

what OF gets dropped from playoff roster? no Gomez?

I don't know if Mota will make the post season roster, I'd take Schoenweiss or Mr. Witness Protection Program over him at the moment.

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this may or may not be relevant in an hour, but who could go to tomorrow's game?

never mind. (but bucket caps to be had)

hey hstencil did you just ride the f train to brooklyn?

uh, no, i am dog-sitting in the l.e.s. why do you ask, mp?

er i mean, do you mean earlier this evening after the game? why yes i did.

nah, i meant friday night around midnight. dude got on at 14th st that seemed hstencilish, with the caveat that i've never actually met you.

nope, around midnight i was watching blues control at cakeshop, wasn't me.

mets meltdown against the phillies, again. ugh.

so fucking weak.

I mostly avoided yesterday's game, but it can only get better after 11 walks and 6 errors.

wtf is with Willie sticking with Mota and pissing off Wagner? BW denied that he asked for Saturday off, so someone is lying.

and why the HELL is BRIAN LAWRENCE pitching tonight???

wright 30-30 eh? i had no idea that hojo had ever stolen 30 bases.

Mike (NY): Do you think the no trade of Humber and Gomez/Milledge for Cordero will comeback to haunt the Mets. The Mets bullpen has been awful lately and is a huge concern heading into the playoffs.

Joe Sheehan: Adding one second-tier reliever to the mix wouldn't change things all that much. There's no way that two months-plus of Cordero, plus his rights for the next few years, was worth Humber and Gomez.
We, as fans, react way too strongly to fluctuations in performance. The Mets' bullpen is a strength, even lacking one shutdown righty in the eighth.

do you want to go to the game tomorrow night, morbs?

on the Chinatown bus to DC?

(hstencil is more elusive in the #7 station than Fernando Rey in The French Connection)

why'd i think it was at shea?

dude i was standing at the very front for like 15 minutes! it's not hard to figure out.

well, we bet on the back. You can't wander more than 8 feet away from 40somethings.

esp. ones who don't own cell phones. oh well. it was still fun despite the loss.

Yeah, intra-platform calls, I miss all of those.

Did you know Saturday was Faith Day at Shea? The church groups musta been the ones brawling with the Phillie fans!

hard to have faith when the phillies pwn ur team, ja.

you know, it's one thing if brian lawrence gives up a few runs--but it's kind of another thing if each of yr five relievers gives up a run+.

The Mets' bullpen is a strength, even lacking one shutdown righty in the eighth.

I just realized that the final two weeks of the NL East pennant race will come down to who can pile up more wins against Washington and Florida.

xp to m'proof: small sample size

The Mets are having the Yankees' May in September. The Nats are pitching Hanrahan and Chico the next 2 nights. THEN it'll be time to panic.

who can pile up more wins against Washington and Florida.

Not entirely; the Phils play Atlanta.

did the mets used to like, win games? it's a different meltdown every day!

y'know, even if the mets can still win the division, and IT'S LOOKING LIKE THIS MIGHT NOT HAPPEN, do you really think they are going anywhere with a very hittable Perez, an atrocious Maine and a not exactly sure thing in Martinez? (Hernandez is gone - lol senior citizens)
and it would be nice for Reyes to fucking get hot when they desperately need him.
the fact that i have no faith in this curiously gutless team doing much in the post-season is making their collapse not that big of a deal, oddly.

(and this is the part where I gripe again about that Bannister trade, if they had him in the five spot all year they would have fucking clinched by now)

Comfort for Mets fans: Mets/Phillies are simply playing the Cards/Astros roles from 2006.

yes, 2007 Cardinals NEVER FORGET!

IF the Mets win 90, I don't think the Phils will tie them (not with that pitching). And if the Mets can't go 7-5 the rest of the way, especially with the horrid pitchers Florida will be throwing vs them, they don't deserve to win.

It would be nice to have some reliable pitchers under 40 next year, Omar.

duh ^2006 Cards^

Josh Towers in '08?

and a not exactly sure thing in Martinez?

3 starts, 2 wins, 1.69 era, 17 k, 4 bb (!), 1.38 whip...

ie what the fuck are you talking about? he's been fine. better than fine, even.

perhaps he meant the cloud of potential reinjury.