The Rubber Game: Mets 3 Nats 2
R.A. Dickey vs Livan Hernandez
No Reyes but the word on the street is he'll be in the lineup Friday!
So at this point in the season I am in the real "the Mets have no chance of making the playoffs" world and I just try to watch every game with no expectations at all. None at all. And well it's working. 2 days in a row of enjoyment. I can get used to this. But enough of this small talk let's just get to the action and the fun that was had by Keith and Gary in the booth!
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Wednesday, September 08, 2010
Saturday, August 07, 2010
As Kevin Burkhardt Said, "Nice To Win One Of Those Johan Starts For A Change."
Game 2: Mets 1 Phillies 0
Johan Santana vs Cole Hamels
Well this game was a must win for the Mets. They knew this. I knew this. Every Metsies fan knew this. Even the Phillie Phanatic knew this.
So let's get to the game!
At one point it looked like Santana might pitch a no-hitter. But nope after 5 2/3 innings Santana gave up a single to Polanco.
Then it looked like Santana and Hamels might just not give up any runs. I was ready for a 20 inning game. But nope Frenchy decided to take matters into his own hands. Jeff Francouer led off in the top of the 7th with an opposite field solo homer and boy oh boy even though he's not hitting really when he does get his hits they sure are important. The Mets took a 1-0 lead over the Phillies, YAY! Sorry Cole Hamels, NOT!
BUT then in the bottom of the 8th it looked like Santana might get another no-decision. Jerry actually let Johan start the 8th! Unfortunately Santana appeared to no longer have his stuff. He gave up back to back singles to Rollins and Ibanez. But miraculously Polanco then laid down a sucky bunt, Santana threw to 3rd, Rollins was OUT and there were now men on 1st and 2nd for the new Mets killer in the Phillies lineup Mr. Sweeney. Manuel decided to take Santana out of the game and he said "Double switch time!!" K-Rod goggles came in to attempt to get the 5 out save, Frenchy was out, and Fernando Martinez was in in right field. K-Rod got Sweeney to hit a soft line drive to Isaac Benjamin Davis. Major sigh of relief time, 2 outs! But ugh drama was coming. Frankie then walked the bearded Jayson Werth to load the bases for the pinch hitter Ross Gload.
So now it looked like Santana's great pitched game might become a moot point and he would end up being a big fat loser! But nope on a 3-2 count K-Rod goggles threw a curve ball, Gload grounded the ball to Tejada, Ruben made the throw to Davis, it was low but Ike made the catch and the inning was over! Danger averted! But K-Rod still had to get 3 more outs, ugh ugh ugh. Why are Mets wins never easy?!
The first batter Frankie faced in the bottom of the 9th was Carlos Ruiz. And he struck Carlos out! Then Valdez lined out (a broken bat line out) to Ruben Sandwich and there were 2 outs in the 9th! Tejada was making great plays tonight, youth and two same sized legs really do make a difference! Next up for K-Rod was the Phillies youngin Dominic Brown. And strike 3 was called on Brown and the Mets won their first 1-0, 9 inning game of the season! Btw If they had lost this one I don't think even I could avoid facing the reality that the season would truly be over. And boy oh boy am I glad I get to be in denial for another day! I love living in fantasy land!
Oh and here are Santana's awesome stats:
7 1/3IP, 5 hits, 0R, 0ER, 3BB, 6K, 102 total pitches thrown
And now to one booth shenanigan! Keith was missing from the booth tonight so Gary and Ron were kind of boring and well Kevin was Kevin, here we go:
In the top of the 4th during Angel Pagan's at bat Kevin Burkhardt had a little "Crazy Horse" tale to tell Gary, Ron and well us fans about. Kevin reported that Pagan loves spear fishing. He goes spear fishing (in the off season) for 4-5 hours a day and whatever he ends up catching his wifey makes for dinner! Burkhardt added that Angel owns a spear gun to well catch these fish with I guess that's how this sport works. Kevin then added that this is such a powerful spear gun that it could even catch a shark. I'd like to see that! This whole story then led Kevin to make a sort of funny joke, "Angel's into 'Shark Week.'" Yeah I laughed. I admit that. And then Ron attempted to make a funny too. He said he goes fishing. But he fishes at "Whole Foods." Hardy har har because that's where he buys all his fish. So Ron is a "Whole Foods" man. Not a "D'agostino's" man??!! Not a "Trader Joe's" man?!! Whoa what a revelation by Ron!
Okay let's get back to issues that don't involve spear fishing!
SO even with this incredible Metsies victorino my Vitamin Water strike that I reported about earlier continues! In the words of Gandhi, "Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. The NY Metropolitans I dare you to win 2 games in a row."
Tomorrow Dickey faces off against Roy Halladay and well I am very excited for this match-up. I hope the Metsies can finally win two games in a row! I can't even remember when they last did that. I just want them to allow us Mets fans to be somewhat optimistic that the season isn't over just YET. I want the additions of Martinez and Tejada to really make a difference! I just want to not have to throw in the towel! What can I say I enjoy believing in the Mets!
Let's win the rubber game tomorrow! Let's turn this terrible second half around!
Johan Santana vs Cole Hamels
Well this game was a must win for the Mets. They knew this. I knew this. Every Metsies fan knew this. Even the Phillie Phanatic knew this.
So let's get to the game!
At one point it looked like Santana might pitch a no-hitter. But nope after 5 2/3 innings Santana gave up a single to Polanco.
Then it looked like Santana and Hamels might just not give up any runs. I was ready for a 20 inning game. But nope Frenchy decided to take matters into his own hands. Jeff Francouer led off in the top of the 7th with an opposite field solo homer and boy oh boy even though he's not hitting really when he does get his hits they sure are important. The Mets took a 1-0 lead over the Phillies, YAY! Sorry Cole Hamels, NOT!
BUT then in the bottom of the 8th it looked like Santana might get another no-decision. Jerry actually let Johan start the 8th! Unfortunately Santana appeared to no longer have his stuff. He gave up back to back singles to Rollins and Ibanez. But miraculously Polanco then laid down a sucky bunt, Santana threw to 3rd, Rollins was OUT and there were now men on 1st and 2nd for the new Mets killer in the Phillies lineup Mr. Sweeney. Manuel decided to take Santana out of the game and he said "Double switch time!!" K-Rod goggles came in to attempt to get the 5 out save, Frenchy was out, and Fernando Martinez was in in right field. K-Rod got Sweeney to hit a soft line drive to Isaac Benjamin Davis. Major sigh of relief time, 2 outs! But ugh drama was coming. Frankie then walked the bearded Jayson Werth to load the bases for the pinch hitter Ross Gload.
So now it looked like Santana's great pitched game might become a moot point and he would end up being a big fat loser! But nope on a 3-2 count K-Rod goggles threw a curve ball, Gload grounded the ball to Tejada, Ruben made the throw to Davis, it was low but Ike made the catch and the inning was over! Danger averted! But K-Rod still had to get 3 more outs, ugh ugh ugh. Why are Mets wins never easy?!
The first batter Frankie faced in the bottom of the 9th was Carlos Ruiz. And he struck Carlos out! Then Valdez lined out (a broken bat line out) to Ruben Sandwich and there were 2 outs in the 9th! Tejada was making great plays tonight, youth and two same sized legs really do make a difference! Next up for K-Rod was the Phillies youngin Dominic Brown. And strike 3 was called on Brown and the Mets won their first 1-0, 9 inning game of the season! Btw If they had lost this one I don't think even I could avoid facing the reality that the season would truly be over. And boy oh boy am I glad I get to be in denial for another day! I love living in fantasy land!
Oh and here are Santana's awesome stats:
7 1/3IP, 5 hits, 0R, 0ER, 3BB, 6K, 102 total pitches thrown
And now to one booth shenanigan! Keith was missing from the booth tonight so Gary and Ron were kind of boring and well Kevin was Kevin, here we go:
In the top of the 4th during Angel Pagan's at bat Kevin Burkhardt had a little "Crazy Horse" tale to tell Gary, Ron and well us fans about. Kevin reported that Pagan loves spear fishing. He goes spear fishing (in the off season) for 4-5 hours a day and whatever he ends up catching his wifey makes for dinner! Burkhardt added that Angel owns a spear gun to well catch these fish with I guess that's how this sport works. Kevin then added that this is such a powerful spear gun that it could even catch a shark. I'd like to see that! This whole story then led Kevin to make a sort of funny joke, "Angel's into 'Shark Week.'" Yeah I laughed. I admit that. And then Ron attempted to make a funny too. He said he goes fishing. But he fishes at "Whole Foods." Hardy har har because that's where he buys all his fish. So Ron is a "Whole Foods" man. Not a "D'agostino's" man??!! Not a "Trader Joe's" man?!! Whoa what a revelation by Ron!
Okay let's get back to issues that don't involve spear fishing!
SO even with this incredible Metsies victorino my Vitamin Water strike that I reported about earlier continues! In the words of Gandhi, "Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. The NY Metropolitans I dare you to win 2 games in a row."
Tomorrow Dickey faces off against Roy Halladay and well I am very excited for this match-up. I hope the Metsies can finally win two games in a row! I can't even remember when they last did that. I just want them to allow us Mets fans to be somewhat optimistic that the season isn't over just YET. I want the additions of Martinez and Tejada to really make a difference! I just want to not have to throw in the towel! What can I say I enjoy believing in the Mets!
Let's win the rubber game tomorrow! Let's turn this terrible second half around!
Wednesday, June 02, 2010
And Another Road Series Bites The Dust
Game 3, extra innings: Padres 5 Mets 1
The last time the Mets won back to back games on the road was on July 25th and 26th of 2009. And nothing changed tonight.
The starting pitchers in tonight's game were Johan "My middle name is no decision" Santana Vs. Clayton "I like pitching like I have a dinner reservation at 6PM Western Time" Richard. Yeah I totally stole that Clayton Richard line from Gary Cohen.
And Jerry switched up the lineup tonight, here's what it looked like:
Reyes
Pagan
Bay
Davis
Wright
Francouer
Cora
Blanco
Santana
And now to the highlights, low-lights and the booth tomfoolery! I've got good booth action for us tonight because oh yes we need to smile after this 11 innings disaster of a game!
Top of the 3rd:
The Mets didn't score in this inning but Reyes got his 13th stolen base of the season and this stolen base was the first given up by Richard in 2010! And to make things even better Kevin Burkhardt was back in the stands where he rightfully belongs and he interviewed Roger "I was the starting pitcher for the first game in Mets history" Craig. The Roger Craig who had a 10-24 record with the expansion 1962 Mets. I guess we have to look on the bright side we aren't in as bad of shape as that squad that went 40-120. Gotta glass half full that shit! And interesting to note this former Brooklyn Dodger and former Met also managed the Padres back in the late 70's. Hmmmm so who was Mr. Craig really rooting for tonight???!! BTW Roger sounded a lot like John Goodman, that was freaky.
Top of the 4th:
Bay singled to lead off this inning. With one out and Bay on first Wright was up to bat and before Gary and Ron could say how amazing David has hit against left handed pitchers this season, Bay stole second. And oh David is slaughtering the southpaws. Before tonight's game he was hitting .419 against them, the second best batting avg. against LHP in the National League. So with that being said David continued to prove that he eats left handed pitchers for breakfast, lunch and dinner and he bloop singled! SO now with 1 out there were runners on the corners for Frenchy and Jeff said "I want Gary to say what a revelation over the last week I've been" and Jeff rbi singled, Bay scored, the Mets had a 1-0 lead over the Padres and Gary in fact did say those exact words about Francouer! And with that hit Frenchy now has a 7 game hitting streak, YAY.
Bottom of the 4th:
This inning was all about Kevin Burkhardt. Kevin decided he wanted to channel his inner SoCal. To do this Kevin was sitting in the famous beach beyond the outfield in Petco Park barefoot. Because duh that's what it means to be a Californian, no shoes! So the little Burkhardt footsies were out for all of San Diego to see.
Although Kevin's lack of footwear was fun and well the fun is not over I am sad to report that in today's game Ron and Kevin did not have matching ties. Kevin since he was all about being Southern Californian had on his SNY blue polo shirt. And Ron and Gary didn't have suit jackets tonight. There goes my theory that when Keith isn't in the booth they go all fancy shmancy. OH well.
Top of the 5th:
Kevin continued to chill with the children at the beach. And he still had no shoes on. A game of Simon Says usually takes place in this beach zone with the kiddies and well Kevin was very eager to play. Unfortunately I don't know if he ever got to play or if those little kids who stole his shoes ever gave them back. Yeah I'm pretty sure a bunch of 8 year old bullies took Burkhardt's shoes away from him and he just conveniently used the story that he wanted to go all SoCal tonight to save face. That's my theory and I'm sticking to it.
Bottom of the 5th:
After a camera man showed two children sharing pink cotton candy in the stands Gary revealed that he loves cotton candy, blue cotton candy that is.
After 7 innings in the books Johan Santana had given up 5 hits, 5 walks, 0 runs and he struck out 3 Padres. All in all it was not an easy night for Santana, he was at times all over the place but he still got the job done, the Mets were up 1-0 over the Padres and basically Johan gave the Metsies a great opportunity to win this game and this series in San Diego. Unfortunately the bullpen decided to rebel and not go along with this plan, sheesh.
Bottom of the 9th:
Rodriguez came in to try to get a 4 out save in the bottom of the 8th and he was almost there, he now just had to get those last three batters out and well that didn't happen. The pinch hitter to lead off this inning was Tony Gwynn and he singled. Great start to this inning, NOT! Then with that scary pinch hitter Matt Stairs up to bat, Gwynn stole second, still not good at all for the Metsies! But oh happy day Krod struck out stairs! With 1 out and Gwynn on at second Hairston Jr. also struck out! And the last hope for the Padres came in the form of the toughest little dude on the planet, David Eckstein. This guy is ridiculous. Eckstein singled up the middle, Gwynn scored, the game was now tied and it was time for the dangerous Adrian Gonzalez to win this game for the Padres. Gonzalez singled and Eckstein was told to run David run home. The Padres wanted to win this one right now, I get that logic. But oh YES the Mets pulled off a great play, Bay handled the single beautifully, he threw to Wright who threw to Blanco and Henry made the tag at home and Eckstein was OUT and it was time for extra innings.
Bottom of the 11th:
KRod pitched in the 10th but when it came to the 11th inning Jerry Manuel decided to let us relive our nightmares from game 1 and Valdes came into pitch. And Valdes yet again could not contain the San Diego offense. Gwynn led off the inning with a double, horrible. But then the Padres pinch hitter was their pitcher Jon Garland and he bunted terribly, he hit it right back to Valdes and Valdes got Gwynn out at third and there was 1 out. Hairston Jr. was up next and he hit a foul ball that was caught by this Mets fan. This was a fun moment during this awful inning. After this lover of the Mets caught this foul ball he was booed by the Padre fans and he basically said with the flip of his backwards cap which now faced forwards "Eff you San Diego." Unfortunately moments later the Padres said "No eff you," to all us Mets fans.
Hairston Jr. singled, BOO. With 1st and 2nd and 1 out Eckstein was back to wreak some more havoc on the Mets. But nope that didn't happen and instead Valdes pegged him in the knee. Eckstein really had the wind knocked out of him and it appeared for a moment that he wasn't going to be able to make it over to first base. However no person should ever underestimate Eckstein, he's a tough little shit all right. He got on up and moseyed on down to Ike at first like a champ. Now the bases were loaded for Gonzalez and because these Mets games are so predictable he hit a grand salami and this ball game was over. Horrible, horrible, horrible. But having said that I'm really just concerned at this point with the status of Kevin's shoes. Is he still barefoot in the park?
Tomorrow is a new day. And well the Metsies are flying back to NY to face the Marlins on Friday. Dickey will be our man on the mound, YAY! And folks it's now time to predict what book he'll be reading before his start. I'm thinking maybe "The Old Man In The Sea."
And Keith please be in the booth for this upcoming series I have missed you man!
The last time the Mets won back to back games on the road was on July 25th and 26th of 2009. And nothing changed tonight.
The starting pitchers in tonight's game were Johan "My middle name is no decision" Santana Vs. Clayton "I like pitching like I have a dinner reservation at 6PM Western Time" Richard. Yeah I totally stole that Clayton Richard line from Gary Cohen.
And Jerry switched up the lineup tonight, here's what it looked like:
Reyes
Pagan
Bay
Davis
Wright
Francouer
Cora
Blanco
Santana
And now to the highlights, low-lights and the booth tomfoolery! I've got good booth action for us tonight because oh yes we need to smile after this 11 innings disaster of a game!
Top of the 3rd:
The Mets didn't score in this inning but Reyes got his 13th stolen base of the season and this stolen base was the first given up by Richard in 2010! And to make things even better Kevin Burkhardt was back in the stands where he rightfully belongs and he interviewed Roger "I was the starting pitcher for the first game in Mets history" Craig. The Roger Craig who had a 10-24 record with the expansion 1962 Mets. I guess we have to look on the bright side we aren't in as bad of shape as that squad that went 40-120. Gotta glass half full that shit! And interesting to note this former Brooklyn Dodger and former Met also managed the Padres back in the late 70's. Hmmmm so who was Mr. Craig really rooting for tonight???!! BTW Roger sounded a lot like John Goodman, that was freaky.
Top of the 4th:
Bay singled to lead off this inning. With one out and Bay on first Wright was up to bat and before Gary and Ron could say how amazing David has hit against left handed pitchers this season, Bay stole second. And oh David is slaughtering the southpaws. Before tonight's game he was hitting .419 against them, the second best batting avg. against LHP in the National League. So with that being said David continued to prove that he eats left handed pitchers for breakfast, lunch and dinner and he bloop singled! SO now with 1 out there were runners on the corners for Frenchy and Jeff said "I want Gary to say what a revelation over the last week I've been" and Jeff rbi singled, Bay scored, the Mets had a 1-0 lead over the Padres and Gary in fact did say those exact words about Francouer! And with that hit Frenchy now has a 7 game hitting streak, YAY.
Bottom of the 4th:
This inning was all about Kevin Burkhardt. Kevin decided he wanted to channel his inner SoCal. To do this Kevin was sitting in the famous beach beyond the outfield in Petco Park barefoot. Because duh that's what it means to be a Californian, no shoes! So the little Burkhardt footsies were out for all of San Diego to see.
Although Kevin's lack of footwear was fun and well the fun is not over I am sad to report that in today's game Ron and Kevin did not have matching ties. Kevin since he was all about being Southern Californian had on his SNY blue polo shirt. And Ron and Gary didn't have suit jackets tonight. There goes my theory that when Keith isn't in the booth they go all fancy shmancy. OH well.
Top of the 5th:
Kevin continued to chill with the children at the beach. And he still had no shoes on. A game of Simon Says usually takes place in this beach zone with the kiddies and well Kevin was very eager to play. Unfortunately I don't know if he ever got to play or if those little kids who stole his shoes ever gave them back. Yeah I'm pretty sure a bunch of 8 year old bullies took Burkhardt's shoes away from him and he just conveniently used the story that he wanted to go all SoCal tonight to save face. That's my theory and I'm sticking to it.
Bottom of the 5th:
After a camera man showed two children sharing pink cotton candy in the stands Gary revealed that he loves cotton candy, blue cotton candy that is.
After 7 innings in the books Johan Santana had given up 5 hits, 5 walks, 0 runs and he struck out 3 Padres. All in all it was not an easy night for Santana, he was at times all over the place but he still got the job done, the Mets were up 1-0 over the Padres and basically Johan gave the Metsies a great opportunity to win this game and this series in San Diego. Unfortunately the bullpen decided to rebel and not go along with this plan, sheesh.
Bottom of the 9th:
Rodriguez came in to try to get a 4 out save in the bottom of the 8th and he was almost there, he now just had to get those last three batters out and well that didn't happen. The pinch hitter to lead off this inning was Tony Gwynn and he singled. Great start to this inning, NOT! Then with that scary pinch hitter Matt Stairs up to bat, Gwynn stole second, still not good at all for the Metsies! But oh happy day Krod struck out stairs! With 1 out and Gwynn on at second Hairston Jr. also struck out! And the last hope for the Padres came in the form of the toughest little dude on the planet, David Eckstein. This guy is ridiculous. Eckstein singled up the middle, Gwynn scored, the game was now tied and it was time for the dangerous Adrian Gonzalez to win this game for the Padres. Gonzalez singled and Eckstein was told to run David run home. The Padres wanted to win this one right now, I get that logic. But oh YES the Mets pulled off a great play, Bay handled the single beautifully, he threw to Wright who threw to Blanco and Henry made the tag at home and Eckstein was OUT and it was time for extra innings.
Bottom of the 11th:
KRod pitched in the 10th but when it came to the 11th inning Jerry Manuel decided to let us relive our nightmares from game 1 and Valdes came into pitch. And Valdes yet again could not contain the San Diego offense. Gwynn led off the inning with a double, horrible. But then the Padres pinch hitter was their pitcher Jon Garland and he bunted terribly, he hit it right back to Valdes and Valdes got Gwynn out at third and there was 1 out. Hairston Jr. was up next and he hit a foul ball that was caught by this Mets fan. This was a fun moment during this awful inning. After this lover of the Mets caught this foul ball he was booed by the Padre fans and he basically said with the flip of his backwards cap which now faced forwards "Eff you San Diego." Unfortunately moments later the Padres said "No eff you," to all us Mets fans.
Hairston Jr. singled, BOO. With 1st and 2nd and 1 out Eckstein was back to wreak some more havoc on the Mets. But nope that didn't happen and instead Valdes pegged him in the knee. Eckstein really had the wind knocked out of him and it appeared for a moment that he wasn't going to be able to make it over to first base. However no person should ever underestimate Eckstein, he's a tough little shit all right. He got on up and moseyed on down to Ike at first like a champ. Now the bases were loaded for Gonzalez and because these Mets games are so predictable he hit a grand salami and this ball game was over. Horrible, horrible, horrible. But having said that I'm really just concerned at this point with the status of Kevin's shoes. Is he still barefoot in the park?
Tomorrow is a new day. And well the Metsies are flying back to NY to face the Marlins on Friday. Dickey will be our man on the mound, YAY! And folks it's now time to predict what book he'll be reading before his start. I'm thinking maybe "The Old Man In The Sea."
And Keith please be in the booth for this upcoming series I have missed you man!
Pelfrey Sings A Sweet Lullaby And He Tells Mets Fans They Can Sleep Peacefully Tonight!
Game 2: Mets 4 Padres 2
Pelfrey Vs. LeBlanc
If you didn't get the memo I'll deliver the message the Mets didn't play the San Diego Chargers tonight! YAY!
Pelf was on the mound and as Gary Cohen said during this game, "After a Mets loss Pelfrey has been money." And oh Mike was en fuego tonight! He was the STOPPER the Mets needed after last night's devastating, horrible no good very bad game!
So let's get to the game and the action in the booth! And there were plenty of booth shenanigans!
Top of the 1st:
The limping Castillo was walked with one out, Bay singled and Davis who had gone hit-less in his last 9 at bats got off the SCHNEID! Ike singled! The bases were now loaded for Wright and Gary remarked, "This is the type of pitcher David eats for lunch." And David said "I'll take a ham and cheese on rye" and he singled, Castillo scored, BUT Bay was thrown out at the plate, BOO. The Mets took a 1-0 lead over the Padres. Also in this inning the camera man got a great shot of Tony Gwynn checking out some notes on the Mets and this led Gary to say, "I've never seen that before it's like a quarterback with the plays written on his wrist." I wonder what Daddy Gwynn has to say about this, hmmmm!?
Bottom of the 1st:
Besides a 2 out Gonzalez walk given up by Pelfrey this inning was most notable for the comments Gary made about Luis Castillo. Gary remarked that, "He's not running 100%. He's not even walking 100%." Before Gary had said this my Dad and I realized that Luis doesn't limp when he's fielding, he looks perfectly healthy, what's up with that? I still after this game don't get this but oh well. And kidding aside, he's really hurting, it's hard to watch.
Top of the 2nd:
When Rod led off this inning Gary commented, "Barajas at age 34 is having a revelatory season." And then he talked about the all star game and that Rod wants to be an all star. So folks let's vote for our MVP of the season thus far and well make Rod's dream come true!
Bottom of the 2nd:
Nick "No relation to Todd or Randy" Hundley led this inning off with an infield hit but that was just fine because with one out and Denorfia at the plate the speedy for a catcher Hundley tried to steal second and Barajas said no stolen base for you, that's out number 2! Go Rod! Then Denorfia popped up and Ike did his thang and made another one of those phenomenal catches of his. Ron and Gary were worried that because there was no railing Ike wouldn't be able to make the play but no worries Ike made the catch and the inning was over!
Top of the 3rd:
This was an easy inning for LeBlanc but what wasn't so easy from this point on was listening to Kevin Burkhardt in the booth. Gary and Ron for some reason, maybe they hate me, decided to invite Kevin in to do some announcing. I was not a fan of this decision.
At this point in the game I also noticed that Kevin and Ron had on the same tie, freaky right!!?? Was this planned? And if it was planned why didn't Ron and Gary tell Kevin they were wearing khaki colored suit jackets tonight? Poor Kevin was the lone man in a blue blazer. Also why is it when Keith is in the booth the men slum it, you know they do the whole casual polo shirt and khakis look. But without Keith Ron and Gary are all of a sudden the two wild and crazy tie and suit wearing guys! Are they trying to make Keith look bad? Do they want Kevin to take his place? Were they grooming him tonight? Am I asking too many questions? Probably. I miss KEITH!
Bottom of the 4th:
After this inning Pelf had retired 8 Padres in a row. And I have to mention Gary and Ron's talk about the Buffalo Bisons. SNY before this inning started advertised that this Thursday the big deal sensation Stephen Strasberg and the Chiefs will be playing the Bisons. Gary transformed into a junior high school English teacher and said, "They do know that the plural of bison is bison." Ron then chimed in with, "It's good they don't call themselves the deers."
Top of the 5th:
Kevin Burkhardt revealed some very important information during Ike Davis'at bat. Ike came to bat with 2 outs and Castillo on first. Kevin said that Ike tells Manuel that during every at bat of his Jerry must watch his hips. Unfortunately the hips said "I'm going to fly out to end the inning," this time around. I wish Ike's hips had lied and gotten a hit, BOO.
During the bottom of the 5th a great conversation took place between Gary, Ron and Kevin after they saw the nachos lady ladling out huge dollops of CHEESE:
Gary: We came from the sausage capital of the world, Milwaukee, but that's as much cheese in a vat as I've ever seen.
Ron: Queso.
Gary: It's a queso heart attack if you eat enough of it.
Ron: Mike Pelfrey is throwing some cheese tonight.
Gary: Yes he is, he's on his game. (Then Gary had to go back to the nacho lady) I mean that's a lot of cheese.
Ron: Go for the double ladle I guess. Throw some jalapenos on top and go get them.
Now Burkhardt decided to chime in and well he's kind of a conversational cock block. There's a great chemistry between Ron and Gary and with Kevin he just ruins it! Ok back to the convo!
Kevin: What's missing there is the big tub of beef that's going to be poured right now. I think that's in the next pot.
Ron: What are those re-fried beans?
Kevin: That's in the warehouse that's another great thing about the warehouse, absolute filth.
Now Gary and Ron talked about how it's not so fair that they never get to tour the stadium, see the warehouse and well try out gourmet food like Burkhardt and they proposed a good old switcharoo. One game they decided Kevin will do the booth duties and they'll get to live it up Burkhardt style. I wonder if SNY will let this happen?
Top of the 6th:
David Wright led off this inning with a solo homer, his 9th of the season. The Mets now had a 2-0 lead over San Diego!
Bottom of the 6th:
Eckstein got a 2 out double, Tony Gwynn who was walked to lead off this inning scored and the Mets lead was just 2-1 at this point.
Top of the 7th:
Ike Davis told us Mets fans not to worry that SCHNEID of his is for really reals over and he got a 2 run homer, his 6th of the season! The Mets now had a 4-1 lead over the Padres. And we really needed these two insurance runs!
Before the bottom of the 7th Ron and Gary finally gave Kevin the boot from the booth! Yay, no more "I was talking to so and so..." Burkhardt. But seriously who hadn't Kevin spoken to before tonight's game? I am pretty sure he even chatted it up with Hairston's cousin three times removed.
Bottom of the 8th:
Pelfrey tied his career high for strike outs in a game with 8K's! The 8th batter he K'd tonight, Tony Gwynn! I wonder what Papa Gwynn thought of this!? Pelf was taken out of this game after he finished up the 8th inning and it was up to KRod to save this game for Mikey and the Metsies!
Top of the 9th:
Frankie decided he was going to scare us fans a little bit tonight. Retiring the side in order is overrated right??!! But no worries KRod did get the save. Eckstein led this inning off with a double, ouch! With 1 on and 1 out Headley singled, Eckstein moved to third and the hot hot hot Hundley was up to bat. Nick got an infield hit, Eckstein scored and the Padres started to chip away at the Mets lead which was now just 4-2. However something came over Frankie and he got his act together, YAY, and Rodriguez struck out Hairston and Denorfia to end this game! Pelfrey got win #8 and the Mets won on the road! YAY!
Tomorrow it's Santanarama time! Johan do your thang and let's win this series Metsies!
And SNY please don't let Kevin in the booth again. It's pure magic when he's doing his schtick in the stands, let's keep it that way!
Pelfrey Vs. LeBlanc
If you didn't get the memo I'll deliver the message the Mets didn't play the San Diego Chargers tonight! YAY!
Pelf was on the mound and as Gary Cohen said during this game, "After a Mets loss Pelfrey has been money." And oh Mike was en fuego tonight! He was the STOPPER the Mets needed after last night's devastating, horrible no good very bad game!
So let's get to the game and the action in the booth! And there were plenty of booth shenanigans!
Top of the 1st:
The limping Castillo was walked with one out, Bay singled and Davis who had gone hit-less in his last 9 at bats got off the SCHNEID! Ike singled! The bases were now loaded for Wright and Gary remarked, "This is the type of pitcher David eats for lunch." And David said "I'll take a ham and cheese on rye" and he singled, Castillo scored, BUT Bay was thrown out at the plate, BOO. The Mets took a 1-0 lead over the Padres. Also in this inning the camera man got a great shot of Tony Gwynn checking out some notes on the Mets and this led Gary to say, "I've never seen that before it's like a quarterback with the plays written on his wrist." I wonder what Daddy Gwynn has to say about this, hmmmm!?
Bottom of the 1st:
Besides a 2 out Gonzalez walk given up by Pelfrey this inning was most notable for the comments Gary made about Luis Castillo. Gary remarked that, "He's not running 100%. He's not even walking 100%." Before Gary had said this my Dad and I realized that Luis doesn't limp when he's fielding, he looks perfectly healthy, what's up with that? I still after this game don't get this but oh well. And kidding aside, he's really hurting, it's hard to watch.
Top of the 2nd:
When Rod led off this inning Gary commented, "Barajas at age 34 is having a revelatory season." And then he talked about the all star game and that Rod wants to be an all star. So folks let's vote for our MVP of the season thus far and well make Rod's dream come true!
Bottom of the 2nd:
Nick "No relation to Todd or Randy" Hundley led this inning off with an infield hit but that was just fine because with one out and Denorfia at the plate the speedy for a catcher Hundley tried to steal second and Barajas said no stolen base for you, that's out number 2! Go Rod! Then Denorfia popped up and Ike did his thang and made another one of those phenomenal catches of his. Ron and Gary were worried that because there was no railing Ike wouldn't be able to make the play but no worries Ike made the catch and the inning was over!
Top of the 3rd:
This was an easy inning for LeBlanc but what wasn't so easy from this point on was listening to Kevin Burkhardt in the booth. Gary and Ron for some reason, maybe they hate me, decided to invite Kevin in to do some announcing. I was not a fan of this decision.
At this point in the game I also noticed that Kevin and Ron had on the same tie, freaky right!!?? Was this planned? And if it was planned why didn't Ron and Gary tell Kevin they were wearing khaki colored suit jackets tonight? Poor Kevin was the lone man in a blue blazer. Also why is it when Keith is in the booth the men slum it, you know they do the whole casual polo shirt and khakis look. But without Keith Ron and Gary are all of a sudden the two wild and crazy tie and suit wearing guys! Are they trying to make Keith look bad? Do they want Kevin to take his place? Were they grooming him tonight? Am I asking too many questions? Probably. I miss KEITH!
Bottom of the 4th:
After this inning Pelf had retired 8 Padres in a row. And I have to mention Gary and Ron's talk about the Buffalo Bisons. SNY before this inning started advertised that this Thursday the big deal sensation Stephen Strasberg and the Chiefs will be playing the Bisons. Gary transformed into a junior high school English teacher and said, "They do know that the plural of bison is bison." Ron then chimed in with, "It's good they don't call themselves the deers."
Top of the 5th:
Kevin Burkhardt revealed some very important information during Ike Davis'at bat. Ike came to bat with 2 outs and Castillo on first. Kevin said that Ike tells Manuel that during every at bat of his Jerry must watch his hips. Unfortunately the hips said "I'm going to fly out to end the inning," this time around. I wish Ike's hips had lied and gotten a hit, BOO.
During the bottom of the 5th a great conversation took place between Gary, Ron and Kevin after they saw the nachos lady ladling out huge dollops of CHEESE:
Gary: We came from the sausage capital of the world, Milwaukee, but that's as much cheese in a vat as I've ever seen.
Ron: Queso.
Gary: It's a queso heart attack if you eat enough of it.
Ron: Mike Pelfrey is throwing some cheese tonight.
Gary: Yes he is, he's on his game. (Then Gary had to go back to the nacho lady) I mean that's a lot of cheese.
Ron: Go for the double ladle I guess. Throw some jalapenos on top and go get them.
Now Burkhardt decided to chime in and well he's kind of a conversational cock block. There's a great chemistry between Ron and Gary and with Kevin he just ruins it! Ok back to the convo!
Kevin: What's missing there is the big tub of beef that's going to be poured right now. I think that's in the next pot.
Ron: What are those re-fried beans?
Kevin: That's in the warehouse that's another great thing about the warehouse, absolute filth.
Now Gary and Ron talked about how it's not so fair that they never get to tour the stadium, see the warehouse and well try out gourmet food like Burkhardt and they proposed a good old switcharoo. One game they decided Kevin will do the booth duties and they'll get to live it up Burkhardt style. I wonder if SNY will let this happen?
Top of the 6th:
David Wright led off this inning with a solo homer, his 9th of the season. The Mets now had a 2-0 lead over San Diego!
Bottom of the 6th:
Eckstein got a 2 out double, Tony Gwynn who was walked to lead off this inning scored and the Mets lead was just 2-1 at this point.
Top of the 7th:
Ike Davis told us Mets fans not to worry that SCHNEID of his is for really reals over and he got a 2 run homer, his 6th of the season! The Mets now had a 4-1 lead over the Padres. And we really needed these two insurance runs!
Before the bottom of the 7th Ron and Gary finally gave Kevin the boot from the booth! Yay, no more "I was talking to so and so..." Burkhardt. But seriously who hadn't Kevin spoken to before tonight's game? I am pretty sure he even chatted it up with Hairston's cousin three times removed.
Bottom of the 8th:
Pelfrey tied his career high for strike outs in a game with 8K's! The 8th batter he K'd tonight, Tony Gwynn! I wonder what Papa Gwynn thought of this!? Pelf was taken out of this game after he finished up the 8th inning and it was up to KRod to save this game for Mikey and the Metsies!
Top of the 9th:
Frankie decided he was going to scare us fans a little bit tonight. Retiring the side in order is overrated right??!! But no worries KRod did get the save. Eckstein led this inning off with a double, ouch! With 1 on and 1 out Headley singled, Eckstein moved to third and the hot hot hot Hundley was up to bat. Nick got an infield hit, Eckstein scored and the Padres started to chip away at the Mets lead which was now just 4-2. However something came over Frankie and he got his act together, YAY, and Rodriguez struck out Hairston and Denorfia to end this game! Pelfrey got win #8 and the Mets won on the road! YAY!
Tomorrow it's Santanarama time! Johan do your thang and let's win this series Metsies!
And SNY please don't let Kevin in the booth again. It's pure magic when he's doing his schtick in the stands, let's keep it that way!
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