en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/504760 Comments by meetthemets86 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/18/news-figueroa-to-start-in-place-of-pelfrey/#IDComment19284988 Yes I think this is right. We don't have a long reliever, and we really need one. Our short relievers are so good that we don't need O'Day, but we could get a lot of use from Figueroa to pick up 3 innings every so often when a starter only goes 4 or less. Sun, 19 Apr 2009 03:50:13 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/18/news-figueroa-to-start-in-place-of-pelfrey/#IDComment19284988 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/18/pepsi-refresh-pre-game-mets-vs-brewers-game-two/#IDComment19237525 Castillo should buy a sponsorship for that hole between SS and 3B. The Luis Castillo Hit Zone. That has a nice ring to it. Sat, 18 Apr 2009 19:15:40 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/18/pepsi-refresh-pre-game-mets-vs-brewers-game-two/#IDComment19237525 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/18/pepsi-refresh-pre-game-mets-vs-brewers-game-two/#IDComment19237333 Wow. What a terrible error. Let's hope that makes the difference. Sat, 18 Apr 2009 19:11:11 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/18/pepsi-refresh-pre-game-mets-vs-brewers-game-two/#IDComment19237333 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/18/pepsi-refresh-pre-game-mets-vs-brewers-game-two/#IDComment19237007 Don't understand why Church is swinging there. What was the count? If we are double stealing we should take a pitch and try to get a fly ball for the only run we need. Man, Johan is so freakin good though. Just ridiculously good. Why cant we get this poor guy a win? Sat, 18 Apr 2009 19:04:10 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/18/pepsi-refresh-pre-game-mets-vs-brewers-game-two/#IDComment19237007 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/18/pepsi-refresh-pre-game-mets-vs-brewers-game-two/#IDComment19233822 Yes, it's true. And is it just me, or does Santana actually look a lot better so far this year than he was even last year. He looks so comfortable. I think this new park wlll help too, cause if he ever has problems it is with HRs and this is a big big ballpark. Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:06:32 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/18/pepsi-refresh-pre-game-mets-vs-brewers-game-two/#IDComment19233822 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/18/pepsi-refresh-pre-game-mets-vs-brewers-game-two/#IDComment19233388 fair point. Good life on his fastball. Let's score some runs now. Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:58:04 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/18/pepsi-refresh-pre-game-mets-vs-brewers-game-two/#IDComment19233388 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/18/pepsi-refresh-pre-game-mets-vs-brewers-game-two/#IDComment19233179 Actually, I should have said at least once every game. Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:53:51 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/18/pepsi-refresh-pre-game-mets-vs-brewers-game-two/#IDComment19233179 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/18/pepsi-refresh-pre-game-mets-vs-brewers-game-two/#IDComment19233148 DAVID WRIGHT makes a play like that EVERY GAME. Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:53:10 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/18/pepsi-refresh-pre-game-mets-vs-brewers-game-two/#IDComment19233148 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/18/pepsi-refresh-pre-game-mets-vs-brewers-game-two/#IDComment19232770 Please don't tell me we are gonna make another Santana opponent look like a future hall of famer. I can't take the heartache. Not after the win we had last night. Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:45:46 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/18/pepsi-refresh-pre-game-mets-vs-brewers-game-two/#IDComment19232770 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/18/pepsi-refresh-pre-game-mets-vs-brewers-game-two/#IDComment19231901 I like how Castillo is playing lately, but when I watch him take 3 straight strikes right down the middle of the plate I just want to smack him. Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:28:43 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/18/pepsi-refresh-pre-game-mets-vs-brewers-game-two/#IDComment19231901 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/15/tonight-call-in-show-with-kevin-burkhardt/#IDComment18823695 I'm watching SNY actually, and I was pretty upset with their coverage of the play. I really really love the guys too, I think they are the best in the game. But they were too harsh there mostly in going on too long about it. Let's see if Murph can break the game wide open here now and make up for it! Thu, 16 Apr 2009 01:33:09 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/15/tonight-call-in-show-with-kevin-burkhardt/#IDComment18823695 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/15/tonight-call-in-show-with-kevin-burkhardt/#IDComment18822130 This is really getting me POed. They are ripping on Murphy relentlessly, and yes of course Murphy did not properly hit Wright or throw home. But Reyes also had a great opportunity to nail the runner and threw a two hopper to the wrong side of the plate from 100 feet out. Murph definitely freaked out a bit when he saw the runner going home, but man! Leave the kid alone! I really do think he is doing fine out there, and he is raking at the plate. JESUS! They are STILL talking about it. Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:51:11 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/15/tonight-call-in-show-with-kevin-burkhardt/#IDComment18822130 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/15/tonight-call-in-show-with-kevin-burkhardt/#IDComment18821632 Man I don't want to start the criticism already, but I have felt for these last few days that sitting Church would be a mistake given how he is playing, and nothing in that last inning or Sheffield's first at bat changed my mind. What happened to rewarding success? Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:37:39 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/15/tonight-call-in-show-with-kevin-burkhardt/#IDComment18821632 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/14/buzz-deadline-deals-hudson-wanted-nyc/#IDComment18743256 Excellent, it's true. I just want to add that I genuinely like this team. I know people rip on them for some perceived lack of heart, but I think they are dead wrong. Teams always look bad when they go down 0-10 in their last 10 at bats. But it happens to every team. I like rooting for this team. I think Wright is a great, genuine guy, and Reyes is also a genuine guy and exciting player. We have seen Pelf grow up and we have seen Murphy come from out of no where to become a potential star. I feel like I know these players, even if I know deep down that I don't, and I wouldn't trade it for a hired gun like Manny who has made his career in another town and in another time. Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:53:46 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/14/buzz-deadline-deals-hudson-wanted-nyc/#IDComment18743256 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/13/post-game-padres-6-mets-5/#IDComment18707697 Yes, I cannot understand this idea that a bullpen has to hold a team to 0 runs over the course of 4 innings in a game to do a good job. That just doesn't make any sense. If, over the course of a season you leave your bullpen 20 one run games to secure over more than a couple of innings, and they secure 15 of them, that would be an excellent season. It just isn't going to work like people want it to, where we have a one run lead in the fifth and then it is lights out. It's not possible. The bullpen has been phenomenal these seven games. If it continues like this, we will be just fine. Tue, 14 Apr 2009 05:11:58 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/13/post-game-padres-6-mets-5/#IDComment18707697 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/13/post-game-padres-6-mets-5/#IDComment18707277 I can understand the desire to win every game, and even some of the whining, but I can't take anymore of these absurd comments. Church is one of the best outfielders in the game, and Murphy will be just fine in left. None of this is really the issue. Too many people are taking tiny sample sizes and drawing sweeping conclusions from them. It's early. This was a very weird game. So what, so Reyes popped out a couple times and didn't get a hit with men on. And so what, Beltran popped out on a 3-1 swing. What is your point? Beltran hits .270. He only gets a hit a little more than 1 in every 4 times. That's baseball. But he hits for power, runs well, and plays gold glove CF. The Mets aren't gonna get it done every time, and coming on here to vent about how the management doesn't want to win and how this guy sucks or that guy sucks because he didn't get a hit in X situation is just completely irrational. There are only two things about this team that concern me at all. One is whether they can shake their tendency over the last couple of years to shut down the offense in the late innings. And the second (much more important) is whether the back half of the rotation gives the Mets a chance to win. That's it. We are gonna score plenty of runs, especially early, and the bullpen looks great. Let's just give Pelf, Maine, and Perez a few weeks to get it together before we write this team off. If they get it together, and Putz and Rodriguez keep it up, we will be just fine. Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:58:50 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/13/post-game-padres-6-mets-5/#IDComment18707277