Heart wants Rangers and Giants. Brain tells me it will be Yankees and Phillies again. Hope my heart wins and proves me stupid.
I'm with you Andrew. It is depressing, especially because they looked pretty good for a while in the first half of the season. But when push comes to shove, there isn't enough heart on this team. I don't know what it is. The other night they came from behind, but that was rare. Can anyone remember the last time they rallied late to overcome a 2 or 3 run deficit - maybe with a big walkoff HR? It never seems to happen. They care clutchless and heartless. Sigh.
I can't argue with this. Did anyone else think that he got under that first HR and it would be easily caught when it came off the bat?? I sure did.
Not just a quote, but a double-quote. Double sweet!
I really thought Valdes had some decent stuff when he pitched at CitiField during that Phillies series. I guess he was just the beneficiary of a lineup that isn't hitting at all.
And is it me, or do the Mets ALWAYS have a closer that can't pitch a one-two-three inning?? Why do we always need to sweat (and sometimes watch them blow) saves?? I thought this guy was lights out in Anaheim!
I think there is a case here for updating the video review rules. But given the rules as they are right now, I agree with you Andrew and the play must stand. I hate that he got it wrong, I know Jim Joyce hates that he got it wrong, but that is how we judge our plays in baseball right now.
It just shows that to get a "PERFECT" game, everything -- the pitcher, the fielders AND the umpires -- must ALL be PERFECT.
By the way, I am surprised that the official scorer didn't call it an error on the pitcher (for not getting there on time -- since that's what Jim Joyce saw) and preserve the no-no for him. I don't think anyone would have objected to that.
Way to go Andrew!! Congrats!
You know, it is fine that he didn't have his A-game last night, but what is with Jerry Manuel not having someone warming up as the trouble increased? After the Utley double? Ok, not enough to warm someone up. And with two-outs Utley on third, everything looks OK. And even after the hit by Ibanez to make it 5-3 I would still not have someone up. But when he gave up the hit to Castro? Someone should have been throwing. And when he walked Moyer after walking Ruiz?? HOOK! He obviously had nothing left. He should have NEVER pitched to Victorino. Not to mention letting him pitch to Polanco and Utley!!! I'll give any pitcher a bad day, but to see the manager extend the agony and let it get out of hand makes me ill.
As painful as it was to blow it in the last week of the season in '07 and '08, isn't this worse? I think so. At least in those seasons we had a summer of hope and fun! This is just shaping up to be a miserable baseball summer. Plenty of golf will be played since I will probably cut down significantly on my trips to Flushing.
Maine looked horrible. Yeah, I turned it off when it was 8-0. Couldn't stomach it anymore. 7 games into the season and I already am turning off early. Not good. Plenty of time to right the ship, but I have limited hope and even less faith. How sad.
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