2009 New York Mets thread

damn
http://assets.nydailynews.com/img/2009/08/06/alg_niese.jpg

heard someone say mets team photo should be MRI

a Mets blogger suggested MASH theme will be new 8th-inning singalong.

lol that's great

yeah, it was a lot funnier before i read about Bimble today.

:-(

no walks thru 5 for Ollie!

Mets just robbed on call at home.

hahahahaha

i kind of feel bad for frankie cuz he's the only big mets player not to totally live down expectations, but, uh, lmao

u r a roothless bastid, J.

BB-Rod lives up to his name with a 3BB/0K performance.

morbs, aren't actual mets fans just laughing at this point anyway?

just the fact that it was the guy's second career homer and the pads first grand slam of the season is just too much - only the 09 mets

I'm shrugging, not laughing.

understood

from Faith & Fear in Flushing:

Was I so drowsy that I think the Mets were robbed of a 2-1 win by a lazy umpire who couldn't be bothered to open his eyes or move his feet? Not exactly. Putting aside the Mets' standard-issue pacifistic hitting attack after the first (with no hits after the fifth), K-Rod's definitely going through another Bramando Fragner phase wherein the Mets closer of record can't be counted on to shut the door of a dollhouse. He did walk Blanks and did he allow a very long hit to Will Venable as prelude to Marvin's misjudgment — but instead of it being 2-2, runner on third, nobody out, it should have been 2-1, runner on third, one out. Big honking difference, I'd say. Without Hudson's river of carelessness, we're not semi-intentionally walking one batter and then handing out four purposeful balls to the next guy. We're not loading the bases and playing five infielders and two short-centerfielders and that whole desperation thing that generally never works.

Guess what — it didn't work. Everth Cabrera, whom Gary and Ron were talking about Thursday as one of those Padres who couldn't possibly be ready for the majors, lofted a grand slam to right as you or I might toss a crumpled up piece of paper into a wastebasket. Game over, a good nap spoiled, Marvin Hudson a disgrace, Ollie's unexpected effectiveness nothing but a gauzy memory and K-Rod's S-Lump yet one more Met concern to throw on the teeming pile of them.

http://brooklynmetfan.com/mexisms.php

Everth Cabrera, whom Gary and Ron were talking about Thursday as one of those Padres who couldn't possibly be ready for the majors

Fifth-place San Diego can't afford to have Cabrera end up like Jose Reyes (with fewer hits, better plate discipline).

Reyes (first 54 games): .304/.321/.416, 11 SB/2 CS
Cabrera (first 54 games): .263/.341/.414, 15 SB/2 CS

Were they supposed to give Royce Clayton a call?

nice plate block by Santos

excessively fortunate Ollie Perez line:

5.1 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 6 BB, 7 K, 111 P-59 S

Team is cursed.

NEW YORK -- David Wright has left the New York Mets game against San Francisco after being hit squarely in the helmet by a 94 mph fastball from Giants starter Matt Cain.

Cain's 0-2 pitch with none out in the fourth inning of a scoreless game Saturday hit Wright just above the brim of the helmet, sending it flying as Wright fell to the ground in the right-handed batter's box.

Wright lay motionless on his stomach for over a minute before trainers helped turn him over onto his back. One trainer leaned in close as Wright was on his stomach, talking to the third baseman. After Wright was turned over, he sat up and a trainer shone a light in his eyes.

Wright was helped to his feet and walked off the field with limited help. Fans gave him a loud ovation.

Cain, who had thrown just seven balls in the first three innings, walked halfway in toward the plate and sat in a crouch as trainers attended to Wright. Bochy visited the mound at the end of the 3-minute delay.

Fernando Tatis ran for the All-Star starter and stayed in the game at third.

Fifth-place San Diego can't afford to have Cabrera end up like Jose Reyes (with fewer hits, better plate discipline).

Are they familiar with how the Rule 5 draft works?

ha i was going to post RIP David Wright two hours ago but held back
realizing with their bad luck this year i might jinx it into becoming true

HR-Rod you miserable fuck. i guess it's not a blow save what with him coming in tied.

good that O. Perez is showing some signs of life though

When asked if Wright could miss the rest of the season, New York manager Jerry Manuel said it's "a possibility" depending on how further tests come out. The club had not decided whether to put him on the disabled list before Sunday's game against the Giants.

wright to dl

(santana goes into hiding)

Jeez, what a year.

I'm glad I was away from TV. REALLY looking fwd to my Mets-Phils game @ Citi next Sunday...

(maybe Pedro tho)

Alex Cora out for the year with ligament injuries to both his right and left thumb.

your new regular SS: Anderson Hernandez

wtf NO TROLLO
was this field built on an ancient indian burial ground? some serious poltergeist shit going on.
sorry for the spielberg ref morbz

lol porous Atlanta infield, 8-run inning biggest of Mets' year.

biggest in 3 years lol

back to olliewood now~!

"For all their problems, the Mets entered tonight with the NL's best average with RISP..."

Yes, Gary, that's why THAT STAT HAS NO INTRINSIC MEANING.

(I realize Cohen is way easier to listen to than most play-by-play guys, but his smarts are a little overestimated.)

he's no boog!

Time for fun w/ Sheffield

Gary Sheffield has asked the Mets for a contract extension, and the club was unwilling to meet the request.

In other news, outfielder Gary Sheffield was listed on the lineup posted about four hours before the first pitch Thursday night. His name was replaced by youngster Cory Sullivan about 30 minutes later.

"He asked for a day off to kind of clear some thoughts and things," Manuel said. "I think it would do him good both physically and mentally to get a day."

"Just for the best today," Sheffield said when asked why he wasn't starting. "It's just the best thing to allow somebody else to play. I'm 100 percent healthy."

Upon returning to the clubhouse after batting practice, Sheffield joked, "I'm still here."

chef stealer

Billy Wagner back with a perfect eighth. Who will buy?

As for Sheffield, why the FUCK did they pull him back from waivers? GET GONE.

HAW

Keith and Gary wound up discussing Larry Storch voicing Mr. Whoopee on Tennessee Tuxedo, and Keith pretty much recited the credits of Vincente Minnelli's Gigi.

(during tonight's nailbiter, that is)

All yr Wagner has been claimed on waivers. Lets see how Minaya screws this up...

for those keeping score, Livan was released.

Not that it matters much in this filthy ambulance of a season, but Hamels has been the Mets' little bitch this season. Very tasty.

geez, the '69 Mets got old, including Nolan Ryan

Ryan threw a pitch to Yogi Berra and didn't kill him!

i'm going to make a post so it doesn't look like you're talking to yourself.

That's mighty white o' you.

Castillo is 9th in the league with a .406 OBP. His only season over .400 was 2000.

morbs you went today right? at least you got to see something in person most never will.