2009 New York Mets thread

ok where the fuck did Switzer come from?

i guess i missed the callup when Maine was DL'd. I wish he had.

SNY broadcast crew getting mad sardonic about home run wind lift and steak sandwiches like Pat Kiernan and shit

lolomg :O :O :O :O :O

Luis Casteeya

TO THE BAR

well, Phils lose....

Wright now hitting .364.

clutch-rod

the fact that he bothered running to first upped his CLORP like a quarter point

June 13, 2009
Francisco Rodriguez ripped by Yankees reliever

That didn't take long. Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez has been in New York for little more than two months, and already he has been ripped for the theatrics that accompany his saves, theatrics more than familiar to Angels fans.

Rodriguez blew his first save of the season on Friday, but only because Mets second baseman Luis Castillo dropped a pop fly. Rodriguez got no sympathy from a fellow reliever, Brian Bruney of the New York Yankees. Here's what Bruney said to the Hunterdon County (N.J) Democrat today , while on a rehabilitation assignment at double-A Trenton:

"Couldn't have happened to a better guy on the mound, either. He's got a tired act. I think that's bad, but two years ago, when he lost the game ... He was in Oakland and he was pitching for Anaheim, didn't get a call, and so he was, like, complaining. The catcher threw it back and ... (it) hit off his glove and bounced behind and the guy from third scored and they won the game.

"He gets what he deserves, man. I just don't like watching the guy pitch. I think it's embarrassing."

The game to which Bruney referred, since known to Oakland fans as the Rodriguez "sulk-off," took place on Aug. 11, 2005.

Rodriguez had this response to Bruney, according to the Westchester (N.Y.) Journal News: "I don't even know who that guy is."

owned

ASS = BRUNED

He actually said quite a bit more:

"Instead of sending a message in the paper, next time when he sees me at Citi Field, come up to me and say it. Don't be sending a message to the media. I don't even know who that guy is, somewhere in Double-A and not even pitching one full season.

"He's always been on the DL, that's all I really know right now. He'd better keep his mouth shut and do his job, and not worry about somebody else. If it was somebody big, I might pay attention to it. But somebody like that? It doesn't bother me.

"If somebody comes out with that, somebody big like Mariano [Rivera], somebody who has been around and is good at what he does, I would respect that. But for some guy that I don't even know who it is, that hasn't even played a full year in the big leagues, that's always been hurt? It doesn't bother me."

fucking awful checkswing K call there on Cora

NEW YORK -- The Subway Series is getting awfully testy.

Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez shouted at Yankees reliever Brian Bruney during batting practice Sunday and the two were separated by teammates. That came one day after they exchanged barbs through the media.

In video footage on YES Network, an angry Rodriguez could be seen pointing at Bruney from a few feet away before Yankees reliever Jose Veras stepped between them in left field.

Bruney held his ground and appeared to say little, if anything. Mets pitcher Mike Pelfrey got in front of Rodriguez and escorted him away.

Bruney criticized Rodriguez on Saturday, calling the closer's exuberant celebrations on the mound a "tired act." Rodriguez said Bruney "better keep his mouth shut."

both dudes pretty much otm though. k-rod does come off a tiresome prick; brian bruney should probably stfu

david wright: singles hitter

yes, Citi Field has made him into Rod Carew :p

he's slugging .529, 4 pts under career, smartypants

ha yeah mostly due to just getting SO MANY hits

lol what was that

i think this goes for k-rod, paps, etc - i think closers have the license to be overly celebratory because they have won the game in a tight situation. it's different with a starter like joba celebrating in like the second inning

the mets are messed up right now - sheffield has like saved the team it sounds like

also it's june xp

holy shit almost a triple play

i was just going to post the AP story.

i think he knows who he is.

as much as i love to see the mets lose, it kinda sucks that today's game didn't provide for a k-rod appearance

Ump obv just wants to go home

i'm going to miss keith hernandez and co.'s passive aggressiveness in the booth for this one way rivalry:

oh, the ump's brother is a pitcher. so he's a pitcher's ump.
mark teixeira is a machine on the field. and a robot with the media.

i don't think that last line was intended as a dis!

david wright: singles hitter

― my god, it's full of straws! (k3vin k.), Sunday, June 14, 2009 6:21 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

He's on track for a career-high 50 doubles, and I expect the HRs to go up even with $iti.

wouldnt "¢iti" make more sense

countdown to panic trade 5....4....3....

'twasn't pretty

GODDAMMIT CASTILLO STOP BLOWING SAVES

man, they're gonna start this game and get 3-4 innings in...

Ken Belson, NYT:

Perhaps it’s the opposition, perhaps it’s the economy, perhaps it’s the Mets mediocre record. Whatever the reason, the Mets are discounting tickets to their upcoming home games.

Select tickets for the three games against the Tampa Bay Rays are going for half off, while tickets for the four-game set against the St. Louis Cardinals, who will play at Citi Field starting Monday, are being discounted by one-third.

Baseline box seats that cost $90 this weekend can be had for $45. Metropolitan box seats that have a $180 price tag can be bought for $90. Tickets are cheaper for the games against the Cardinals because they are “bronze” games instead of the “gold” games being played this weekend.

6 TB outs to an officisl game

man this tim redding dude is one terrifying short-armer.

between him and ryan franklin the two worst beards in baseball are in one stadium

santos is like one of the 3 redeemable players on this team

J0rdan S. who is your team?

Was at the game with my cousin the Cardinal fan. yay Pujols DP ending the 8th.

Got there by 4pm, made circuit of the Shea base markers in the parking lot.

J0rdan S. who is your team?

― mookieproof, Monday, June 22, 2009 9:21 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

mahlins

hey morbs

ive heard two diff visiting announcing teams talk about how the atmosphere at citi is drastically worse than at old shea and i was wondering if it's true or not? are the "real" fans being priced out or is the thing just too cavernous or what?

meh, I dunno. My last 2 visits were in the first row of the upper deck near home, and the main problem was people going up and down the stairs near my sightline during the game. Plus the Wave. Same shit everywhere, right?

I don't know how it's "cavernous." The seats are closer to the field and there's more room on the concourses.

oh yeah, Beltran to the DL. fuck fuck fuck

Fernando Martinez back up, Takahashi and Wilson Valdez down; for the bullpen, Elmer Dessens (OMG) and Pat Misch up.

Elmer Dessens (OMG)

dude holy shit

what a disaster for Flushing, NY

My prediction: .500 @ ASG

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Sunday, December 14, 2008

lookin good at this point tbh