Wilponzi Scheme: 2010 NEW YORK METS

To preempt the haters.

After Jerry Hairston as a Beltran/Reyes sub... It is beginning again.

http://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/7773956454

good title!

I like the idea od yanquis wanting hariston for 1/1.2M and mets going after him for 3/10M

SIGN SOME DAMN STARTING PITCHING ALREADY

is anyone even left thats better than their status quo

you made some crappy comment in the 2009 thread that would have made a good non trollish yet true title that i cant be bothered to look for.
but this is pretty damn good one.

also IT CAN ONLY GET BETTER would work pretty well too imo

^^^ that's not nes. true tho

per mlbtr:

Mets' GM Omar Minaya was never given a budget this offseason. The front office is making recommendations to COO Jeff Wilpon on a case-by-case basis without knowing if they're approaching a payroll limit.

...

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/273344/flowchart1.png

C-

Mets may try now for Yorvit Torrealba -- who has filed a grievance against them for voiding their deal 2 years ago.

Yes, but they've been speaking to resolve that grievance for ages and it's been suggested that these talks themselves have increased the likelihood of Yorvit signing.

still waste of a roster spot, but...

The Associated Press reported Friday that the Angels agreed to send the Mets $21 million as part of the trade. There were two years and $23 million remaining on Matthews' contract with the Angels.

That's not so bad then. Maybe a change of scenery'll do him good.

wow that's actually pretty damn good. he's a great 4th outfielder imo

Neyer:

"Purely in terms of value, the Mets have given up something for nothing.

Brian Stokes is nobody's idea of a star, but he's cheap and he's got a 3.82 ERA in the National League.

Gary Matthews essentially forced Bill James to invent Loss Shares.

Yes, that's a joke. Bill started thinking about Loss Shares long before Matthews signed his $50 million contract with the Angels. But according to Wins Above Replacement, in the first three years of that five-year deal, Matthews has been worth negative $5.2 million.

Perhaps I was too kind. One might argue that the Mets just gave up something for less than nothing."

http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/2128/mets-pick-up-vital-fifth-outfielder

ha ha ha!

see you guyz almost had me convinced the Mets had done no harm! When will I learn.

The Mets can afford to pay a useless guy two million, and can afford to sign some guy in free agency who is as good as Stokes.

i'm surprised omar didn't find a way to work fernando martinez into the matthews deal

on my way to work this morning i found a copy of this sitting on the sidewalk:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51M8ERy5wbL._SS500_.jpg

in its proper place.

lolomgroflwtflmao

NYPost_Mets New blog entry: Report: Mets have interest in Wellemeyer http://dlvr.it/1Nn1

he's not even dominican! you don't have to sign him omar! don't do it! don't doooooo iiiiiiiiitttt!

"uh, mr. minaya, he's not even domincan. you really have no obligation to sign him. how you about you take a lunch break? we'll handle this one. yeah, just go grab a sandwich or something. you know what, just take all of next week off. yeah, go down to the islands and enjoy the beach. yeah, yeah, we got it from here. no worries."

He won seven games last year despite opponents batting .328 against him!

you haterz are more desperate than class should allow. Also it comes from the fuckin player, who cares?

remind yourself of this when todd wellemeyer is trying to stave off a three game sweep on a thursday afternoon at the hands of the braves

his name always reminds me of Mrs Wellenmelon in Jerry Lewis' The Ladies Man

Weavermeyer

Sn00ki I cannot wait for baseball season!!! Let's Go Mets! They'll make it this year!..but I say that every year lmao! Citi field needs some snooki
about 3 hours ago from UberTwitter

can she pitch?

i think snooki would make a great candidate to throw out first pitch

http://www.tmz.com/2009/08/28/dj-am-dies-dead-mets-citi-field-baseball-photo/

how about Harold Ford & Kirsten Gillibrand

In one instance, the Mets were a player’s first choice, an agent said, but he was one or two down on the Mets’ pecking order – a phrase used by another agent – and the player and the agent weren’t going to wait for the Mets to deal with them. They went elsewhere.

Another agent said that Omar Minaya, the Mets’ general manager, told him at the winter meetings in December that the Mets would address their catching need in January. “How can they wait and be sure what will be there?” the agent asked.

http://www.murraychass.com/?p=1503

Any piece of writing that starts with a definition from a dictionary should be sent back for revision.

well, it is Murray Chass

The New York Mets today announced that Mookie Wilson has returned to the organization as the team's minor league outfield and base running coordinator.

http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/2310/mets-home-just-a-tiny-bit-cozier-in-2010

You now get to see Oliver Perez get bombed out earlier

Francoeur 40 HR lol

I'm graspin' at straws, like this month-old C Kahrl item:

Claimed LHP Jay Marshall on waivers from the Athletics. [1/8]

As things stand at present, Pat Misch is the leading candidate to get the second lefty's slot in the pen, which is another way of saying that you can be absolutely sure that they're going to take a look at ground-pounding submariner who totally subdued southpaws for Sacramento last season, limiting them to .179/.207/.226. He also generated a GB/FB ratio of 2.7, not that he has cause to fear flying things in Investment Banking Bandits Ballpark. For situational fun and some upside, this was a nifty little waivers snag by Omar Minaya, one that might buy back the roster spot at the end of camp if Marshall outduels Misch for the job.

good news

mlbtraderumors

Mets Have Not Contacted Sheffield http://bit.ly/cHc8fs #mlb

Chris (Wayne, NJ)

Should I be excited about Fernando Martinez's showing in the Caribbean Series? He showed easy power and played good defense but the level of competition seemed down this year.

Klaw (1:29 PM)

I'd like to see him show up in spring training in good shape with a better work ethic. He has top 25 ability with the bat, but needs to stay healthy for a full year and lose some of the attitude we're seeing (like his complaints last week about the lack of opportunity in NY right now).

WILL WORK FOR CATCHER

he Mets are making a "hard push" to sign free agent catcher Rod Barajas on a one-year deal, reports Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports. Barajas is the only starter available at the position, and the Mets still have a need.

Barajas, 34, hit .226/.258/.403 in 460 plate appearances for the Blue Jays last year, earning $2.5MM.

The Giants fucked the Mets because they will end up trading Molina to them once Posey is ready to start.

You're going about it all wrong -- the Giants helped themselves by being able to trade Molina to the Metes once Posey is ready to start.

While trying to ramp up his workouts in preparation for reporting to the Mets this week, reliever Kelvim Escobar felt a twinge in his shoulder.

It begins (again)

PREVENTION & RECOVERY

http://www.nj.com/mets/index.ssf/2010/02/ny_mets_make_changes_to_traini.html

they should do yoga

they should jettison Escobar into space

the man is a human tinge/tweak/pull/tear/strain. if this one signifies the beginning of anything - it's the season.
out the airlock with him!

http://www.nesn.com/2010/02/mets-owe-bobby-bonilla-2975-million.html

Can someone explain the bazillion catchers thing or is it a mystery(.gif)?

http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/mets/after_hrs_fall_off_david_adds_muscle_B1KjlFv5kfZdFbWqz1ANKN

IT BEGINS

http://www.nj.com/mets/index.ssf/2010/02/ny_mets_tell_francisco_rodrigu.html

just shaddap?

I saw Frenchy on the SNY ST show joking (I hope) that he was willing to lead off.

Jose Reyes linked to Canadian doctor nailed in HGH trafficking bust:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/more/02/27/hgh.investigation/index.html?cnn=yes&hpt=T2

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Mets shortstop Jose Reyes said Sunday he met with federal investigators last week regarding a Canadian doctor accused of selling an unapproved drug.

Dr. Anthony Galea is facing four charges in his country related to the unapproved drug known as Actovegin, which is extracted from calf's blood and used for healing. His assistant also has been charged in the U.S. for having HGH and another drug while crossing the border in September.

Galea is known for using a blood-spinning technique -- platelet-rich plasma therapy -- that is designed to speed recovery from injuries. Besides Reyes, he has also treated Tiger Woods and several other professional athletes.

"They just asked me basically how I met the guy and stuff like that and what he put in my body," Reyes said. "I explained to them what he was doing. ... I don't worry about anything because I didn't do anything wrong."

SI.com reported Saturday night that federal officials have told several athletes to expect grand jury subpoenas in the case. The Web site cited three anonymous sources familiar with the investigation.

The New York Times reported in December, citing anonymous sources, that the FBI opened an investigation into Galea based in part on medical records found on his computer relating to several professional athletes.

Mets spokesman Jay Horwitz said the team was aware of the situation, and manager Jerry Manuel said he isn't worried about it becoming a distraction.

Reyes said he met with investigators for about 45 minutes at the Mets' spring facility after they contacted him Thursday morning. One of his agents, Chris Leible, also was present.

The Daily News of New York was the first to report Reyes had met with investigators.

Reyes, who missed much of last season with right leg problems, said he spent five days in Toronto in September and was treated by Galea three times. The shortstop was asked by investigators if he used HGH.

"They asked me if he injected me with that. I say 'No,' " Reyes said. "What we do there, basically, he took my blood out, put it in some machines, spin it out and put it back in my leg. So I explained to them that."

Reyes said he felt better for a while after the treatment but his leg still didn't respond when he tried to push it. He had surgery in October to clean up some scar tissue remaining from a torn hamstring tendon behind his right knee.

Galea was arrested Oct. 15 after a search warrant was executed at the Institute of Sports Medicine Health and Wellness Centre near Toronto. He is charged with selling Actovegin, conspiracy to import an unapproved drug, conspiracy to export a drug and smuggling goods into Canada.

yaaawwwnnnnnn

Citi Field 'C' Plunges to the Ground

Kevin Goldstein said at the BP appearance last night that some of the Mets front-office ppl he talks to have been "emotionally damaged" by the experience. And Steve Goldman accused them of signing every statistical comp to Henry Blanco.

mets win

thuuuuuuuu mets win

Do you believe in comebacks?!?!?

past results are no indicator of future success

haha wish he did spring training

thuuuuuuuuuuuuu melk moustache, thuu melksadaisical, thuuuuuuuuuuuuu Melk Man duuuuuuuuulivers

obv this will somehow blow up in their face, but good on omar for signing kiko calero

his health was iffy last year but 69 k & 66 h/bb in in 60 innings last year 4 the fish

Breaking News: Mets shortstop Jose Reyes diagnosed with thyroid imbalance

so he is like all the old women in my office?

haha i was gonna say, let my mom get in touch with him...

how the fuck did he get the sugars at age 26?

An athlete like Reyes could miss a few days to a month with the most common case, an overactive thyroid, said Dr. Robert McConnell of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center in Manhattan, but should then resume playing without any difficulties. “It depends on what the diagnosis and the treatment is,” he said, “but it would not be more than a month at the most.”

are you bitches really gonna be like this all year

well, duh

well, bye

i read somewhere on twitter he wears a second cup to hold the torso goiter flush

inside the park grand slam by omir santos

Intrasquad game?

nats, same thing

Dear Ike Davis,

Please be my first baseman.

Love,

Rodriguez OTM.

PORT ST. LUCIE --- Goose who? Francisco Rodriguez is just fine with Goose Gossage's assessment of him.

Gossage referred to K-Rod as a "clown" in a recent interview, citing Rodriguez's penchant for theatrics on the mound, but Rodriguez shrugged off Gossage's comment Tuesday.

"I have no idea who he is," Rodriguez said.

Told about Gossage, a Hall of Fame reliever who had his best years pitching for the Yankees in the 1970s and '80s, Rodriguez took the high road.

"We all have an opinion," Rodriguez said. "That's his opinion and you've got to respect it. I don't care. It doesn't bother me at all."

Santana got rocked 2day by the 'Stros. Gave up a leadoff jack to Kaz Matsui. 4 straight hits. Santana lasted 1 2/3rds giving up 4 runs on 6 hits, 1 BB, 1 K.

Quotable: 3 weeks ago when Johan was asked who was the best pitcher in the NL East he replied "Santana".

YOU KNOW THE GAMES DON'T COUNT RIGHT

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

"I don't know who this Brian Bruney is"

METS CLOSERS ARE THE ART OF PRETEND FORGETFULNESS

This Jose Reyes Thyroid Saga is some retarded shit. WTF is wrong with you Mets?

this is some pretty retarded shit too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBrsOKYIKYM

RUB SOME DIRT ON IT LOS

He swung at a ball that hit him right in the face. Its like me playing mlb the show.

lol

Francouer has encouraged Wright to play more golf this spring training. Francouer also can take away some of the massive media responsibilities from Wright and get him away from thinking baseball 24-7.

When the two are hitting in the cage, Francouer keeps it fun. The outgoing Francouer is good at seeing the big picture and wants to help Wright to be more relaxed.

“Let’s have fun, let’s play golf, let’s enjoy ourselves,” Francouer explained. Francouer then told the story about how he took Wright golfing last year during the season on an off-day. Wright complained, saying that he does not like to play golf during the season. Francouer guaranteed that Wright would get some hits the next game if only he went out for a little golf therapy. The next game, Wright got three hits.

the latest Reyes divergence seems to be a matter of athlete talking about what he knows not, tbh

All-Star shortstop Jose Reyes has been told to rest and refrain from athletic activity for two to eight weeks until his thyroid levels normalize, another blow to the New York Mets before Opening Day.

Doctors detected an abnormality during his physical, and Reyes was taken out of the lineup March 4 for additional medical tests. Reyes was told not to raise his heart rate and to refrain from eating seafood, which has iodine. He will be tested weekly.

smh

Johan w/ 4 scoreless IP yesterday, 45 pitches.

THE SILENCE OF THE SHASTA

you know the games don't count, right

we'll pretend that their #2 starter didn't give up 5 ER in .2 innings in the same game

ya - i wouldn't temp fate, morbs. it's only a matter of time (hours) before the mets give shasta more ammo!

yes, sure, assuming they're around a .500 team, every other day. The point is his "ammo" is stoopid.

no we're not "pretending" anything JS, the topic at hand is SS's thesis that Santana sucks.

quit projecting toots!

my beef with Santana aside from the fact he's probably off (most of) the PEDs now and has come back to earth from his ungodly Twins era:

1) his bold clam that his gimpy ass is the best pitcher in the NL East.
2) he now refers to himself in the third person.

now go bite your pillow.

was 1) before Halladay? and is 2) actually for real?!

OK, adding homophobia to the troll king's arsenal?

scroll up:

Wilponzi Scheme: 2010 NEW YORK METS

pillow biting is not exclusively reserved for homosexuals the last time i checked, friendo.

it's not SOMETHING I DO.

reyes cleared to resume activities by team doctors (translation: is missing a kidney)

With Angel Pagan set to get the bulk of playing time in center field while Carlos Beltran recovers from knee surgery, the Mets are looking to deal Gary Matthews Jr.

I saw the Reds are interested, lol.

Ralph Kiner is getting feistier in his late 80s; on yesterday's game he was ripping Keith Hernandez's analysis in absentia: "You can't swing LEVEL at the ball! The only hitter who could do that was the midget for the St Louis Browns."

Also I heard this for the first of many times: "Bay unable to cut the ball off in left..."

it looks like they're gonna have to install some protective netting over the left field bleachers for pelfry starts

given that I consider dr. morbius a guy who knows a fuckload more about baseball than i do i am really surprised to find him acting like preseason stats mean anything at all

if the preseason indicated performance in any way, I'd have at least four replica cubs world series trophies on my mantle

if I had a mantle, anyway

When did I do this? I'm pretty sure Jason Bay is slow in the outfield all year long. (It's that smartass Jordy Shasta Jr you mean, I presume.)

muah

They've moved the old HR Apple out to the entrance to Citi Field. I went out there to buy tix today, cuz it's the only place w/out a $6-per surcharge.

Mike Jacobs batting cleanup for his "presence."

FIRE EVERYBODY PLZ

ugh there goes wright seeing any pitches 2 hit

"presence" as in, he is a live person, who is currently under contract to play professional baseball?

He's an at-bats eater.

hey, at least the mets didn't sign chan ho park

2-run hr by dave wright

lol jacobs k's

jacobs is so fucking bad

luckily for wright there was no one on third

Wright on pace for 640x last year's HR total!

fuck outta here w/ gary matthews jr

I wdn't dispute that

i like how manuel has set up the lineup so it alternates between people who are good major leaguers and those that have no business being on a roster

lol i was thinking that exact thing

M. Jacobs struck out swinging

great pickup

they needed someone to replace david wright's 09 production

Frenchy takes a walk: Clearly the day belongs to the Mets

ha

nice bases loaded (with bums) and 0 out failure

MVP FRENCHY

mike jacobs has yet to hit a ball out of the infield

lol and this is what this thread is like when the mets are winning.

mets have like a .750 win %age on opening day

more like .650 I think I saw.

Johan obv FINISHED like the 'wakeboarder' said.

lol wakeboarder

so I moved to a place on the 7 line and have a fantasy team filled w/ mets

so I guess I am a mets fan now

(or a bad fantasy player)

Each of the Mets' trainers were booed lustily when their names were announced yesterday.

going to eat in half hour why dye no have a job ?

whoops, wrong window!

ha ha - i've never seen trainers get boo'd before!

I saw Mr Met get booed at the closing ceremony of Shea Stadium (remeber they'd just been eliminated in Game 162).

wrong window but not a terrible idea

I'd say it's a lovely evening to run out and buy a $11 walkup ticket, but I really shouldn't.

sounds good to me

but then i'll be sitting in a classroom that may not have air conditioning turned on yet

morbs you totally should, you'll get to see a combined 7 strikeouts tonight b/w frenchy & mike jacobs

cute

ws john maine, def

john maine, meet cantu~

yeah, that is not the place where you want your fastball running...

well, mike jacobs looks like a fucking fool tonight

YEAH HE ALWAYS DOES, WE GET IT

and keep your hands off Maine... I think I will be showering w/him very soon.

snap me a photo :-)

immediately regretted that emoticon

jenry???

Jenrry

not sure if i've ever seen a traditionally american name like henry adapted to spanish spelling

Xteve

Fish pen lettin em back in the game.

^_^

keith is in midseason form

oh my word!

yall have our best bullpen pitcher

lolk

welp

classic:

keith hernandez: the marlins bullpen.. i just don't think i've seen such a squandering.. such a terrible performance.. ever.
guy who isn't hernandez: remember '08?

i'm falling asleep -- so many balls thrown...

it's Gary Cohen.

shouldnt you be watching MKay & Bill O'Reilly?

xp

haha

Francouer just gave up on a ball that landed fair.

i hate that rule

i understand why it's in place but all fans should reach out and grab balls down the line so that the opposing team can't advance any more

andy, what happened?

cantu hit a high fly ball down the right field line, bout 320 ft or so & francouer jogged over super leisurely like the ball was gonna go 6 rows into the stands & it bounced fair

6 rows into the stands meaning in foul territory, not over an outfield wall

I'M CANTU

for all you Jersey Shore fans:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W-nCmN_Ovk

it's a shame that they don't play pagan more often

you mean, when Beltran is healthy? or just give him RF when they wake up on Frenchy?

jason bay reminds me of the scary eyeless dude in pan's labyrinth, only with eyes

you mean, when Beltran is healthy? or just give him RF when they wake up on Frenchy?

― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Thursday, April 8, 2010 8:20 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i mean w/ beltran out

well, they like Matthews' vechrin prezence.

it's like they forgot that the angels are the ones paying matthews $16 mill over the next two years

BARA-JAS

BARA-HAHAHAHAHAHAHHOSS
making citi more hr neutral

first 4-HR game for Mets at Citi

i saw this thread godfuckingdammit slsk! and thought it said "sisk"
ah, ~memories~
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Xxse3_HDTPg/RgWv_8_W2VI/AAAAAAAAAKM/h-tVjh339aY/s200/doug%2Bsisk87.jpg

fuckin ollie is the worst

fuckin Francoeur w/ bases loaded: .248 BA, 1 HR

it's a shame that they don't play pagan more often

He got 376 plate appearances last year! BP calls him "solid 4th outfiekder," and that's correct.

Mets' booth doesn't seem to realize that a good team doesn't want Alex Cora as a regular, even temporarily.

ed_price #Mets get bases loaded with none out -- then go 2-unassisted to start a DP and 1-unassisted to end inning. Yeesh.

o shit nice play dwright

ed_price Willy Taveras came into the game with a career high of 2 RBI. Has two two-RBI hits off Oliver Perez today.

ed_price Oliver Perez is also the first pitcher since Randy Wolf on 6-22-08 to walk Ivan Rodriguez twice in one game.

who the f is ed price?

Who Dat Nyjer?

the untouchable tyler clippard

i start him in ilx fantasy

<3<3<3

http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100410/i/r1400429764.jpg?x=249&y=345&q=85&sig=PowOxl8Z8yg8TEFzu6H74w--

Actress Julia Stiles leaves the field with the ball after throwing out the ceremonial first pitch before the New York Mets played the Washington Nationals in their MLB National League baseball game in New York April 10, 2010

how long do manuel/minaya last this year?

feel bad for maine -- that inning was a disaster tonight

IT'S TIME TO PANIC, THE MEDIA SAY

oh you guys missed a great Keith Hernandez-not-knowing-his-mike-is-on moment.

....and?

I'll tell when you remove that hideous garbage from your sig.

oh the suspense

i must have missed it tho did lol that keith guessed ORLANDO for the trivia q of a town w/ all 4 major sports

also they LOVE 2 talk abt the humidors every time theyre in colorado

actually I'm waiting to see if any Mets blogger has the precise quote.

i heard the gist of it, the midday dudes on wfan opened the show talking abt it

thx 4 yr input morbsies...

for everyone else http://www.sbnation.com/2010/4/14/1423234/keith-hernandez-mets-broadcast-girl-sitting

See, primary source > my hazy recap.

3:50 pm: In the fourth inning, David Wright stepped to the plate with no outs and two runners on. By the time he struck out, to end the inning, the bases were empty.

omgwtflol

btwn that & poor hitting w/ risp this game should be 12-0 but im not complaining

Nine games from Frenchy:

.438 /.513 /.875

can't even imagine how hard that regression is gonna hit.

Has drawn about a quarter of the walks he did all last year.

I'm happy for him. I think he needed the wake-up call of getting kicked out of his hometown to do the work he needed to do. There was a lot of talk by the Braves broadcasters, even before the trade, that he was stubbornly ignoring Terry Pendleton's coaching.

I wouldn't get too happy til July 4. Maybe he'll have another 6 walks by then.

You just go right ahead and be as miserable as you want, hon.

This is something usu guaranteed by the Metropolitans

as in, I wonder how they're gonna waste this brilliant Johan start

CORA

His leap drew no Jeteresque blood due to cushioning by plus-sized Catdinal fan

(of which there are many)

this game will outlast us all

LaRussa should manage til they allow 27 fuckin' pitchers on the staff

McCarver sounds like he's sufferin'

i didnt start watching this until abt the 5th inning and that still means ive been listening 2 tim mccarver for FOUR HOURS

xp lol

I wonder if the game is getting better ratings than America's Most Wanted would have.

The desperately stupid slide into first base!

stupid!

Beyond stupid.

Its a conspiracy for sure

hahaha, the Braves game started when this one was in the 9th or 10th

"this game is like a college fraternity party, no one wants to go home.....literally" ??

christ felipe lopez is pitching

A thread for offenses that aren't doing so well.

this is hilarious

i fell asleep for 2 and a half hours during this game :O

looked like a bad call there at 2nd

how about TLR double switching matt holiday out of the game

they could put a fan in the crowd in and mike jacobs wouldnt get a hit

kyle lohse on left field lol

they gotta win it for flip now

Lohse is in left?

xxxpost

joe mather pitching. tlr wants to go home

Pujols is 1 for 4 w/ 4 BBs.

He has seen 98 pitches

ONE RUN WHAT

STILL GOT KROD IIRC

FIRST BLOOD

He has seen 98 pitches

― Illwario Alacarte (Andy K), Saturday, April 17, 2010 10:28 PM (6 minutes ago)

joke, right?

put big mac in there

Unfortunately a joke

thankfully ive been switching b/w this and basketball or i would have killed myself by now. lopez was hilarious tho

Game IS approaching the 600-pitch mark, though.

xp i totally bought it for a second

I think McCarver went home

BB-rod

let the reigneth begin

fuk u ludwig

yahoo box has omitted felipe's pitching stats out of disbelief

fuk u joe west

also mlb gameday was calling joe mathers pitches knuckleballs :?

joe west was like "you're...trying to put on a hit and run with no outs and pujols up??? out, dumbshit"

HAAAAA

keithlaw
Looking forward to that Holliday/K-Rod matchup ... wait, what?

jonahkeri
Correction: Jesse the dead Sheepdog officially a better manager than both Manuel and LaRussa.

YESSSSSs

omg lol

ahhhhhhh

LOLOLOLOLOL

h8 u frankie

OK, I'm going out at the end of this inning no matta what. you boyz tell me w'happen.

on this date 2 years ago...
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SDN/SDN200804170.shtml

can we top it?

This game is still not as insane as that 7/4/85 Mets-Braves epic (which I watched on Ch. 9 til 4am)

Extra BP tomorrow for Jason Bay (0-7, 4 Ks).

The NY Mets... struggling to hit position players.

keri:

@FireJerryManuel
Aw come on! This should be the highlight of Fire Jerry Manuel history!

Livan's CG shutout, the end of the suspended BOS/TAM game (BOS failing to score w/ bases loaded, 0 out), this...

kirkjian is feverish w/ pleasure

Ichiro's a HR short of the cycle (up at least one more time; tie game in the seventh).

kirkjian is feverish w/ pleasure

trying to imagine his voice going higher

put it in the books

dont forget the no-hitter andy

great day for baseball imo

Thought I was forgetting something.

Let's not forget Kris Benson's sterling QS debut for the Diamondbacks.

thats the least believable one

At one point today, Carlos Silva was leading the NL in WHIP. Not sure if that's still the case.

wha

St. Louis left the bases loaded in the 10th, 12th and 14th and stranded 22 runners, including 14 in extra innings. Molina caught the whole game and went 3 for 9.

lol, this game knocks no-hitter to 2nd spot on SportsCenter

keri:

Damn it. Mr. Met was warming up to come in for the 21st.

I thought "K-Rod warmed up 11 times" was a joke. It wasn't. Again, JERRY MANUEL: IDIOT.

Which game was more atrociously managed and played, this or last fall's Detroit-Minnesota play-in?

I was debating watching the ESPN game, but looking at this Mets lineup I think I might pass.

Is Bay hurt or just getting a rest? Nothing else weird there other than hitting Catalanotto 4th, which ... well, fuckit, it's Manuel.

FRENCHY THE CANNON

nice throw, wainwright

Im impressed with the amount of chaw Maine is stuffing in his mouth

you would be binging on tobacco too if you were pitching like he is

hey, Mike Jacobs was DFA'd! HALLELUJAH

replacing him with frank catalanotto kind of negates any goodwill

uh, Frank C has been with them since Opening Day

I guess it's a Cat/Tatis platoon now

ike is comin imo

going to the game on friday with a friend, what should i dress up as

George (The Stork) Theodore

i think max could pull off the joel youngblood look

Max is gonna love his complimentary Mets ski cap.

Ike Davis looks great at the plate! alas Rod Barajas still sucks.

It's true, anyone can win a local Emmy:

http://www.metsguide.com/2010/04/sny-specials-keith-win-local-emmys.html

IKE

btw, are we sure Hernandez didn't really win his Emmy for the outburst about staring at that girl?

this is awesome

http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l16g4goSJv1qzwa86o1_400.jpg

Flushing bukkake

May be heading for another 20 innings here

ike . . . and there was nooooo doubt about it

I can't believe max was there to witness

and takahashi y'all!! some good plays this game

Also Jose Reyes walk on music is WATAGATAPITUSBERRY

wearing my mets stocking cap right now

cheering loudest for melky cabrera of course

Also Jose Reyes walk on music is WATAGATAPITUSBERRY

holy shit <3

bay triple!

triples galore in this bitch

wearing my mets stocking cap right now

YOU FRAUD

strange game

weird that it is a fielders' choice when the hitter is auto out

what's the deal with maine leaving early? (besides another bad outing)

Pain/stiffness in his non-throwing elbow.

. . . so what?

¯\(°_o)/¯

strange game
--mookieproof

tell me abt it. fun to be here in person. WATAGATAPITUSBERRY.

lol
http://d.yimg.com/a/p/sp/getty/a9/fullj.25f4ff8bbbd6dc50e366d3a2ef7e45ff/25f4ff8bbbd6dc50e366d3a2ef7e45ff-getty-97636130ms020_atlanta_brave.jpg

weird that it is a fielders' choice when the hitter is auto out

No, it was a fielder's choice to fuck up the infield fly rule.

Pelf succeeds by mixing it up:

http://bloombergsports.mlblogs.com/archives/2010/04/big-mike-pelfrey-and-his-soft-stuff.html

The enduring appeal of "Meet the Mets":

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/26/sports/baseball/26songs.html

So New Yorkers, is this game going to be played today or what?

dubious, supposed to start raining hard again soon

cancelled; doubleheader starting @ 4 tomorrow fyi

looks like

Santana v. Kuroda
Perez v. Haeger

Santana at 86 pitches to begin the 5th. Hows this Mets bullpen?

Jenrry and that one healthy Japanese guy and K-Rod

gah I forgot to start johan on fantasy

Torre is an idiot. Kuroda was cruising and had thrown 86 pitches through 6. Runner ahead of him at the top of the 7th got on, but Torre insists on pinch hitting Garrett Anderson who promptly strikes out. Next inning our AAAA reliever comes out and gets the bases juiced with no outs. Good work stupid.

lol o. perez

really?

At this rate, we won't see Shasta again on this thread til the Mets lose the NLCS.

oh, 74 pitches and out.

just release the fucker.

METS ON FIYUH

OTM

Ah fair April, where hoary senile Mets fans still believe that their team has a chance.

You da hoe. (And a fan of...? Oh yeah, chickenshit.)

I remember very well that they started 27-20 last year.

A crappy team can have an 8-game winning streak, y'know

― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Saturday, April 24, 2010 2:29 PM (4 days ago)

A crappy team can have an 8-game winning streak, y'know: 2010 METS

take that back he is a proud fan of the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters

and that's a little weird hearing Morbs of all people go "you da hoe".
although i guess he is neck deep in Guru tribute mixtapes right now.

Never was completely sold on the Fighters, I've been to way more Lions game tbqh.

not every team you hate is crappy, y'know.

I mean obv they're not likely to reach 90 wins unless I replace Omar.

Pelfrey for Cy

That japanese reliever was pretty awesome yesterday.

Still cant get over those goddamn 4 unearned runs that put the game way out of reach yesterday..

SHASTA'S PHONY BRAVADO WILL RECEDE FASTER THAN HIS HAIRLINE

John Maine is thanking the Dodgers for saving his job in the rotation.

... and he just strikes out the side on 10 pitches.

One for Crabbypants, one for me:

The Mets won seven straight May 4-10 last year. 1B Carlos Delgado went on the DL May 11 and was lost for the season.

The Mets also went 9-1 on a homestand in 1969.

they're 4 games over .500 but in the next 30 days they have 12 games against PHI, NYY and SF (along with games vs. typical NLEast tripe so there's that) but I'm thinking they will be .500 by this point next month.

I think I ask this question every year, is there a strength of schedule type analytic for baseball (esp this early in the season)?

against PHI, NYY and SF

♫♫ which of these things is not like the other ♫♫

hahahahaha lotta delusion itt

yeah, esp it looks like Mets miss Lincecum & Zito next homestand.

Guess Giants ARE SS's NL team!

max I hope you burned yr Mets ski hat or gave it to a random Flushing youth.

against PHI, NYY and SF

♫♫ which of these things is not like the other ♫♫

― sanskrit, Wednesday, April 28, 2010 3:41 PM (1 hour ago)

all are 2nd place teams in their divisions
PHI - 0.5 game out
SF - 1 game out
NYY - 2 games out

i guess u r rite!

small shasta size

http://grab.by/grabs/e8c333eb0cff918dfa0614b7c16e7c9b.png

hey, SNY has the AAA game from Buffalo on, and there's crap weather and maybe 300 fans.

yeah, esp it looks like Mets miss Lincecum & Zito next homestand.

nope, Bochy is not going to pitch Wellemeyer or the Giants number five guy again until May 11. so that series should go Sanchez, Lincecum and then Zito. Mets always seem to give the Giants trouble however.

Goddamn that Francour double crushed me when I was watching the game on gameday.

In play, run(s) my ass.

OK, now I believe they *can* win the East if Beltran returns and Ollie gets lost.

lets let april end first

who's definitively better? Phils look takeable.

i dont disagree, i just need 2 see more evidence in general

one thing to note is Philly coming off their longest road trip of the season. They lead MLB in away games in 2010 iirc.

who's definitively better? Phils look takeable.

― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Friday, April 30, 2010 8:49 PM (46 minutes ago) Bookmark

maybe if kyle kendrick pitched every game

Right now Phi's third-best pitcher is Nelson Figueroa

well i hope you guys enjoyed the last week or so

why is every espn game a friggin mets game

god seriously

playoff appearances under jerry manuel: 0
times a mets pitcher has walked an opposing pitcher while the bases were loaded: 2

OKAY YEAH THE FLAGSHIP RED SOX AND YANKEES FANS REALLY HAVE A RIGHT TO BE COMPLAINING ON THAT FRONT

"why does tom hanks make so much friggin money?"

- brad pitt

"god seriously"

- denzel washington

just a minor speed bump of a half inning

anyone who would rather watch a mets game than a yankees game gets what they deserve imo

lol i'm not advocating that they replace them w/sox or yanks games! it's more just a wtf of apparently being totally unable to offer a variety of coverage.

didnt u recently attend a mets game xp

yes and i got what i deserved

a mets stocking cap

it's more just a wtf of apparently being totally unable to offer a variety of coverage.

― call all destroyer, Sunday, May 2, 2010 8:46 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark

right... because they always put the mets, yankees and red sox on tv.............

i actually thought that the mets were going to be able to escape this series having seen 2 pitchers that aren't even supposed to be in the phillies rotation with the myth that they could finish above third place still intact, but i'm glad that johan had other plans

if ollie perez goes out and throws a 4-hit shutout in his next start we know that there's some "freaky friday" body switching shit going down

Got home just in time to see the Moyer walk and what followed.

J0rdan and max, plz go directly to hell

hey, thread crossover!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQwm1v1R-qM

and cad, the fuckin Bosox are on ESPN tomw night

My first thought was, who's the managerial genius who left his starter in the game after he gave up a bases loaded walk to a 170-year old pitcher? Although I guess they still had the lead at that point and bringing in a fresh pitcher to face the top of the lineup with the bases loaded is a tough assignment.

This is really just an excuse to tell the story about how Cito Gaston let Pat Hentgen give up 12 runs in 8 innings in 1997 (when he was the reigning Cy Young winner) and said after the game that he didn't take him out because he thought he owed it to him. Santana's outing reminded me of that and I never get tired of bagging on Cito.

iirc santana got similarly pwned by the Philz and the Yanx in back to back starts last season.... well not exactly walking the #9 guy with the bases jacked but more like giving up HRs like free samples at CostCo.

i wonder if Santana is still convinced that he's the #1 pitcher in the NL East after being shown how it's done by Doc. Too bad they didn't go face to face.

wanted to make a Santana/Soul Sacrifice joek last night but I was too busy laffing. also, I couldn't think of any way to make it actually funny

Was this the only head-to-head meeting between the two? (Opening Day 2006)

http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore;_ylt=AudLdF7TrT7cv247CcHTOfDJbQM6?gid=260404114

Doc 1, Johan 0.

I think I ask this question every year, is there a strength of schedule type analytic for baseball (esp this early in the season)?

― _▂▅▇█▓▒░◕‿‿◕░▒▓█▇▅▂_ (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, April 28, 2010 2:53 PM (6 days ago)

http://bit.ly/aTXCv3

lol @ nl comedy central

GMJ now hitting .132

who?

matthews -- just hope hes not starting the day game tomorrow

see, I don't even like to remember he's on the roster.

so is Barajas gonna hit 30 HR with 9 BB?

Wtight 7 HRs saddening haters, eh

omg, Catalonotto-led rally

well, the inevitable

Wtight 7 HRs saddening haters, eh

― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, May 5, 2010 1:36 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

striking out in a third of his at-bats saddening everyone else

Wtight 7 HRs saddening haters, eh

― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, May 5, 2010 11:36 AM (2 hours ago)

Welp this is kind of a perverted take on his last season where he couldn't hit a HR to save his life... I'm not sure if he's hated so much as people were like wtf happened to this guy; why has his power dwindled to Neifi-like levels and to add insult to injury his whiff-rate spiked. But good to know that he is back and ready to hit some bombs.

heh xpost

Neyer on Manuel's nitwit bullpen mgmt:

http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/3502/waiting-for-the-save-situation-forever

I like Ike.

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=787

first homegrown Chosen star for Metsies

...we hope

we live in a world where ike davis rocks the manischewitz yet ryan zimmerman is either goy or self-hating.

ike so acrobatic

if only he'd bloodied his face too

so is Barajas gonna hit 30 HR with 9 BB?

glad I started watching this one

dam, luv u rod b

no idea what's goin on w/ B-ROD

his season to date:

.244/.264/.598

hahaha

very Dave Kingman

meh, that reliever is like a BP pitcher... he leads MLB in walk-off HRs surrendered.

METS: 12-5 since Ike call-up.

what's their record since you've been using that moronic signature?

http://online.wsj.com/media/NYFAN-WSJ-100506.jpg

int results imo

"I don't think a Mets fan should be having a gun in the house," Mr. Richichi said.

Eh, those stats basically tell us that Mets fans are contented suburban family men (insert Dr. Morbius joke here) and Yankee fans are city snobs. I think I already knew that.

starbucks snobbery

srsly, what is it with wright and the k's?

From what I know of Morbs, it sounds like he should be a Yanks fan.

you don't know me.

A strikeout is usually just an out, as long as Wright has the power and OBP I don't much care.

Didn't mean to touch a nerve! ^_^

nah, you didn't. I really don't identify with "Mets fans," or any other fans.

I guess Manuel only used K-Rod in ties at home (unless it's the 12th inning on the road).

lol who *do* you identify with?

(btw sorry to be missing bday/derby drinks -- working shit hours again)

np, mook

"I would never want to belong to a club that would have someone like me for a member"

Wow

needed that 1 w/ timmy 2morrow

how about our two sucky no-hit catchers!

WATCH OUT, LINCECUM

Owen (Berkeley)

After being stunned when he signed that 4-year contract and grumbling through the first two years and praying someone would take him off our hands... I've kind of come around on Luis Castillo. He does seem to have an actual talent for blooping little singles. And for some reason he gets walks, which, given his non-existent power, seems tantamount to walking the pitcher, but somehow it happens. Am I delusional or just glass half full?

Rob Neyer (12:24 PM)

The ill-advisedness of Castillo's deal was greatly exaggerated. He's not a bad little player and it's not an immense amount of money.

he is bad and he is little

I perused being a Mets fan for a while, being that Virginia doesn't have a baseball team, and the Mets are an iconic baseball team despite having only two World Series wins. I'm kind of glad I didn't after the late 2000's chokefest.

Do I think they are for real this year? Who knows, it is too early in the season. Besides, the Mets demons are too young to exorcise. Would someone please let the Cubs exorcise this this season if only for the fact that I'm tired of hearing woe-is-me Cubs fans whining about their pathetic existence and drinking themselves to death over it while their spouses stand by, teary-eyed and helpless and wondering why they married such a loser.

you should try the white sox or the red sox

I actually settled on the Orioles 5 years ago :(. It's ok though because I never have high expectations so every win is a gift.

ollie perez: 3.1 IP, 2H, 7BB, 98 pitches

wait morbs isn't liveblogging the Lincecum game from his iPad?

srsly, what is it with wright and the k's?

― is it really that hard to spot all these fake british dudes? (velko)

http://rrrt.mlblogs.com/golden%20sombrero.jpg

Follie Perez was a bigger obstacle to victory today than Lincecum -- who looked decidedly mortal after about 105-110 pitches.

As I've said, kets to Mets' October berth is add Beltran and subtract Perez. (And find some pinch hitters to replace Matthews, Cat and Tatis, good Christ.)

who looked decidedly mortal after about 105-110 pitches.

Morbsies, for all this talk of "takeable" and "decidably mortal", which type of phrases would you use to describe the ace of the Met's performances of late, or is that sort of thing off-limits?

Johan hasn't been proclaimed Cy Young Jr/Stoner God. Also you know very well his history is that of a second-half pitcher (there I go overestimating you, I am too generous).

I kept score so I wouldn't be tempted to throw myself out of the promenade.

Pretty sure he used to be Cy Young Jr. a few years ago.

OK then, I am just dismissing Shastabait. And yes, 31 is not 26.

Folly:

He threw only 44 of 98 pitches for strikes Sunday. Only three other pitchers in the last half-century have reached that pitch count while throwing 44 or fewer strikes: Kansas City's Jorge De La Rosa (44 strikes in 98 pitches in 2007), Philadelphia's Scott Ruffcorn (43/99, 1997) and Seattle's Chris Bosio (39/98 in 1995).

this is pretty classic:
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/ModernTube-Keith-Hernandez-falls-asleep-during-?urn=mlb,239932

meet the zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

considering he used to store cocaine in that moustache.. how far the mighty have fallen.

David Wright's sombrero, going down in flames:
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=7932469

pardon me, the *golden* sombrero

i had never seen someone run before yesterday ^_^ it happened so fast!

Shasta stfu and lose the fucking eyesore sig

Oh Morbsies, the lustre of your wit has been decidably mortal, dare i say takeable of late. sit back and enjoy the season friend.

probably getting rid of cable soon

Catalanotto DFA'd; one down, two to go

gary matthews jr and who else? tatis? cora?

Tatis looks washed up to me; at least Cora can play some positions.

sheeeeit more comebackin' via Barajas + Willingham doofy outfieldin'

all this vs clippard is impressive imo

more like clobberd amirite

ike the acrobat strikes again

Chris "The Knob" Carter of Queens by Way of Fremont

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/356114/Screen_shot_2010-05-12_at_11.13.40_AM_medium.jpg

battle of the hitting pitchers 2day

bernadino just tattooed a ball off krod

bernadina, even

http://www.thephantomcity.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/20070629simpsonscarbonrod.jpg

btw, jerry got burned again tonight by not bringing in k-rod in b9 of a road game -- nieve wild pitch ends game

These 1-run losses are Pythagorean hell. Surely Beltran could've turned at least a couple of em.

And obv The Troll is right -- Johan sucks.

These 1-run losses are Pythagorean hell.

4 real

The Marlins' past three games -- and five of their past six -- have been decided by one run.

shit is seriously unbearable

pitching match up of awful facial hair tonight

dang...

get ollie the fuk off the team

oliver 2 the pen

NY Mets
J. Reyes SS 0-0
L. Castillo 2B 0-0
A. Pagan CF 0-0
J. Bay LF 0-0
D. Wright 3B 0-0
I. Davis 1B 0-0
J. Francoeur RF 0-0
R. Barajas C 0-0
J. Maine P 0-0

the fuck??

jeez...

how do u even throw 12 str8 balls

it looks like david wright took a look at mark reynolds 09 numbers and went "hmmmm"

http://www.brooksbaseball.net/pfxVB/location.php?pitchSel=429720&game=gid_2010_05_15_nynmlb_flomlb_1/&batterX=0&innings=yyyyyyyyy&sp_type=1&s_type=1

Why did u WTF, Reyes back to leadoff? At least Manuel repealed his pointless experiment.

Ollie should be some "fireman."

ha, no i wtf'd angel pagan batting third. just because you moved reyes from third to lead off doesn't mean that by law the first batter now has to hit third!

looks like little league imo

a matinee showing of bad news bears today

jesus christ

series from hell for mets -- poll

- oliver perez gives up 3 hrs in an inning
- john maine walks first 3 batters on 12 pitches
- david wright drops ball
- jonathan niese makes fielding error, hurts himself

- jose reyes gets thrown out at first on a fly ball to left
- jonathan niese gets thrown out at first on a line drive to second

- oliver demoted to pen and brought back to rotation in less than 48 hours?

I don't think even the 'brain trust' is that stupid

yea we will see the legendary ra dickey b4 ollie starts again

did takahashi start in japan?

pretty sure his whole career there

ok, time to pop in a movie

man

yea fuck this

wait they only got charged 1 error that inning

?

yeah they gave sanchez a hit on the throw by niese & i guess the play by wright was a tough play? idk

all three looked like errors to me

im worried that matthews' 2-2 means jerry's gonna let him start

and he did.

RA Dickey tom'w night vs Nats.

i am getting a kevin millar vibe from dickey

just the grittiness this team needs /nypost

C Guzman lined into triple play, center to catcher to shortstop to first, L Hernandez out at second, N Morgan out at first.

umpires need to make a clear call tho

FireJerryManuel
dear oliver perez, you've been comprehensively outpitched by a 35 year old knuckleballer with no UCL ligament in his elbow. fuck you.

ollie warmin' up

EXPLAIN THE TRIPLE PLAY

nm

i'm told that the last time a team had an inside-the-park homer and a triple play in the same game was in 1955 -- no word on whether that team lost as well

that's a 1/2 gay accomplishment based more on the stupidity of the baserunners

breaking . . .

it was the phillies against the giants on the last day of the 1955 season, and they won

wasn't it the last time the guy who hit the IPH also started the triple play?

anyway, let me know when Beltran is back and Omar and Jerry are gone.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3311/4618276421_e9615be8d4_o.png

http://mymetsjournal.blogspot.com/

heroic 5-inning effort by Valdes in relief of John (5-Pitch) Maine

now all they need is for ollie to get hurt and the season will turn itself around

Dear God, Elmer Dessens yet AGAIN

ts: dessens vs. ollie

while did they exile Hernandez from the broadcast booth for on the ground duty? too many antisemitic jokes?

cause we want to hear repeatedly how he didn't have a proper angle to see anything

i love the SNY booth but the hard-on for Cano is a bit much.

he is the best 2B in the league, aint he

what about Bay and his most recent HR/2B against Mo.

young Ike looking unfazed.

is castillo really faster than ike?

guess well never find out

why ppl on Wright's case so much more than Reyes? .258 OBP for someone expected to be a premier leadoff hitter, and his power has been totally absent.

cuz hes comin off an injury i guess?

well if the beaning last Aug counts, so is Wright.

how long does frenchy have left in the majors

they can NOT bring ollie in this game

JOHAN V FATASS

re Frenchy, no doubt Minaya shares Sleepy Keith Hernandez's assessment that he is "a hot-and-cold player"

ie COLD IN THIS LIFETIME

liking ballgame so far, hope wakeboarder is too

man i hadn't realized jason bay was having such a power outage, people around here are still mad that theo let him walk since he was the only 'guaranteed 30 HR guy' on the team

a win/win situation for any ny bball hater here

that was a good ab all around

yeah that was fun

hope dickey can befuddle phils bats like wake did!

Maine has rotator cuff tendinitis.

David Waldstein, NYT, on K-Rod usage issues:

After a tense plane ride back to New York, Manuel crammed all 25 players into his office on Friday afternoon before the beginning of their weekend series against the Yankees and told them to relax and enjoy playing baseball.

But two days after that meeting, the team’s closer, Francisco Rodriguez, and its bullpen coach, Randy Niemann, had to be separated by other relievers in the bullpen on Sunday night during an apparent dispute over how Rodriguez is being used. The confrontation occurred in full view of some of the fans sitting in right field.

Order was quickly restored, and Rodriguez later went into the game and after some dicey moments struck out Alex Rodriguez to earn his eighth save of the season, and his second in two nights, as the Mets held off the Yankees, 6-4, and took the series, two games to one.

Afterward, Francisco Rodriguez said the tussle in the bullpen was just an instance of Mets relievers engaging in some roughhousing.

“We were just fooling around,” he said. “We were just kidding with each other.”

But two people in the Mets organization confirmed that the confrontation between Rodriguez and Niemann was indeed a heated one and might have escalated if other pitchers had not intervened. A third member of the organization said that Rodriguez and Niemann met after the game and apparently patched things up.

At the heart of Sunday night’s incident is the Mets’ heavy reliance on Rodriguez to bail them out of one dangerous situation after another. With his own job on the line, Manuel has felt pressure to win every game he possibly can, even it means stretching Rodriguez’s normal limitations. He has had Rodriguez warm up more than once in the same game in case he is needed before the ninth inning; he has had Rodriguez come into the games where the Mets are still comfortably ahead.

do they get swept by the phils this week or just lose 2?

win 2 of 3 again

r.a. dickey vs jamie moyer is a hilarious match up tonight -- i wonder who will throw the slowest pitch

liking ballgame so far, hope wakeboarder is too

― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Sunday, May 23, 2010 5:56 PM (2 days ago)

sorry was on vacation, what happened? did the Mets climb out of the NL East basement?

Johan tamed the Yanquis, the NY powerhouse you don't hate quite so much.

lol Halladay pasting

:'(

(that was to Halladay)
but a hardy :D to the yankee drubbing.

god dickey pitches 2 a high whip

sure they're junk runs, but i enjoy seeing figueroa out dere on the other team

Yeah, they're in the "basement" 4 games outta first, at .500. It's still the basement, and I'm sure Joe Morgan would say the same.

J0rdy, leave Daddy Shasta behind and root for this lovable underdog team.

haha, the mets are about as big of an underdog as halliburton

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_Teo-JcKg4

I love it when you call me big Shasta

never happn'd

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc_WJFp6fRs

sweep imo

just let us enjoy what we have

(and no halladay this go round)

J0rd, were you asking how many games the Phils wd score in?

ha

i get to enjoy this ride along with mets fans because i also get to enjoy when the season runs off the rails and bursts into flames and everyone inside dies

perhaps youll get a zurprize

I just know Keith H has a blooper about the Japanese pitchers coming this year

yeah he's gonna be in a slanty-eyes photo before the ASB

20 straight goose eggs at Citi for the Phils

24...

nice series

O_o

"Once he had doubled, fought through the eighth, I didn't think it would be a good move," Manuel said about Santana continuing. "And Fielder, I think, was seeing him pretty good anyway. I didn't want to chance him to lose that ballgame out there after the way he had performed."

Laboring through an 11-pitch inning and running 180 feet can really take a lot out of a pitcher.

dudes...

AnthonyDiComo Ollie is warming again. Just threw a wild pitch into the right field corner. Can't make this stuff up. #Mets
less than 20 seconds ago via web

Before the Mets’ 10-4 victory over the Brewers, manager Jerry Manuel was hard-pressed to name a scenario in which he would consider using Perez.

“That’s really a tough question,” Manuel said. “(Maybe) extra innings or something like that, but it’s going to be tough to find spots for him.”

When told that Manuel’s plan is to save Perez for extra-inning games, one of the Mets players laughed.

“What, we need another 20-inning game and then use him after we’ve used all our pitchers and if a position player’s sinker isn’t biting?” the player said.

The "intelligent" Mets booth is discussing Barajas as an All-Star.

THE GUY HAS A MOTHERFUCKING .292 OBP

but he's so clutch

but he's gonna hit 45 homers!!

YEAH, KINGMAN AGAIN

bradcomoSNY
#Mets OF Gary Matthews Jr. designated for assignment. C Omir Santos recalled from Triple-A Buffalo

Finally and ???

AND Lollie disabled w/ "knee injury":

http://www.nj.com/mets/index.ssf/2010/06/mets_pitcher_oliver_perez_plac.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNMTyEka4Tw

thepeopleinmysection.html

Perrotto:

The Mets will get a chance to face two pitchers they are interested in trading for when they see Orioles right-hander Kevin Millwood and Indians right-hander Jake Westbrook in the next week.

Maybe they'll get Bannister back.

got on the ticket line and there was sanskrit. He missed the last 6 of the 22 consecutive Mets going down when he left tho.

and then Niese throws first complete-game 1-hitter for the Mets since... Aaron Heilman.

i believe thats 20 outta their last 25 @ citi

also, we did not see this clown

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/queens/gaga_goes_batty_ln2WMat76bwgPBUZNqUPyJ

Chris Carter = ALL MAN

Reyes back to normal in June.

maine at binghamton today: 4IP, 0R, 1H, 2BB, 5K

a revivifying roadtrip thus far

Perrotto:

The Mets have interest in Diamondbacks second baseman Kelly Johnson, who along with many of his teammates is on the trading block.

totally misleading article title

http://imgur.com/lj7TY.jpg

didnt realize they had sent mejia down

rumored trade bait for Cliff Lee

also suspect from Manuel talk that Maine has thrown his last pitch for the Mets

In a major step toward making his season debut for the New York Mets, Carlos Beltran will play his first minor league rehab game in Port St. Lucie, Fla., on Thursday, general manager Omar Minaya said.... If Beltran has no issues, he will return to the big leagues within three weeks, though it could be sooner.

apparently cleon jones will make an appearance at the citibank in carroll gardens on friday

"the mets have shown resiligence all year" acc'ding 2 bob ojeda

'Who will sit down when Beltran returns?' ad nauseum. Hard question, huh?

certainly not the team physician

didn't frenchy was on a tear this month... walks aside

didn't realize*

just wait a week

hey it's a laugher (maybe) if the rain is gone.

save some of these, guys

guess I shd turn on Pettitte-Haren

yea and lets get thru 5

Blaming this entirely on Leyland for batting Laird second. Maybe he put him there to set up a crafty double switch when they're down 15-0.

fuck boesching a hat

via Paul Lukas, from '63 Mets yearbook:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1044/4723078422_e9eedb8da2_b.jpg

I'm getting an unsettling feeling about this game too.

If you haven'y heard, Seinfeld is doing 3 innings in the Mets' booth tonight.

Tigers facing a knuckleballer on national television = Mets victory

bases loaded

nobody out

reyes needs a double for the cycle

...

that is not a double

ike does a nice job against lefties

. . . despite stepping deep in the bucket

his splits are bizarre... .328 vs lefties & .245 vs righties makes no sense, we'll see how he'll do next year when that lefties average resembles anything normal

babip against righties: .292
babip against lefites: .447

good lord that is unreal

Reyes hitting .435 in last 14 games

Mets 15-4 in June

S. Shasta vewy, vewy quiet

also I am outraged that ppl are trying to give R.A. Dickey's All-Star spot to Stephen Strasburg

Seinfeld on Hernandez sleeping incident: "When a guy's head hits the desk, you know you're getting everything out of him."