So yesterday was like a wet dream for us Metsies fans. Not only did the Rangers actually hold onto their lead and slaughter the Yanks but The Freak and the Giants beat the Phils too! I mean I should be really happy about this. Logic would dictate this. And you know what I'm thrilled the Yanks and the Phils got their asses handed to them and evil didn't triumph on two occasions yesterday but still I just feel kind of sad. As much as I get my jollies out of seeing Texas and the Giants win I just wish I was watching my beloved NY Metropolitans in the NLCS. I thought I had accepted the fact that the Metsies 2010 season was just an utter nightmare that I had moved on from BUT the playoffs keep reminding me that is not the case. I just keep thinking Dickey could have been starting against Lincecum or Halladay last night if things could have been different. But really it's wrong to think like this because it gets me nowhere. I need to just take pleasure in what I can and really that's seeing the Giants and the Rangers dominating their series at this point. So yep I can do this!
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Sunday, October 17, 2010
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Beltran Declares, "There will be no clinching of the NL East by the Philles today!"
To clinch the division or to not clinch the division/Game 3: Mets 7 Phils 3
Misch vs Hamels
Ok so Beltran totally didn't say that quote but I mean his bat pretty much spoke for itself this afternoon. That bat sure does a lot of great talking lately.
But really I have to be honest. I missed most of this game. I came home just in time for the bottom of the 8th. So I'll recap from there! Here we go!
In the bottom of the 8th the Mets were leading the Phils 5-3 and Elmer Dessens was in for relief. And what did he do to start this inning off just horribly? He walked Werth. Keith pretty much said that walking the lead off batter was just blech-ity blech terrible. He also made some disapproving snorting sound. I did as well! We are so in sync. Then Ibanez was up and he grounded a ball that was tipped off of Dessens. The only play Tejada could make was to 1st and Ibanez was out...just barely though. Then Dessens got Ruiz to pop up, woot woot! But ugh now it was time for a pinch hitter and ugh ugh ugh that pinch hitter was Jimmy Rollins! But no need to say any more ughs because he so grounded out!
In the top of the 9th Ryan Madson was pitching for the Phillies and Gary totally jinxed him. This was awesome! Gary remarked how Madson has not given up an earned run in his last 19 appearances. And well he totally gave up some earned runs today! Nick Evans led off this inning with a bloop single. This was his 3rd hit on the afternoon (3 for 5). Then Beltran totally shut the towel waving Citizens Bank Park crowd up with his second homer of the game! This opposite field blast gave the Metsies a 7-3 lead over the Phils! Carlos "I am a golden god" Beltran hadn't hit 2 homers in one game since May 4, 2009. And I also must mention that Beltran gets total props with that slide yesterday. No other Metsie would dare to avenge what Utley did to Tejada but oh Carlos is not like every man. So yeah if the Mets decide to get rid of Beltran I'm gonna be one unhappy camper. Oh I will. But back to the game. Madson then walked Wright and Charlie Manuel brought in a new pitcher because well Madson was stinking it up on the mound. Baez came in and he just simmered the Metsies bats on down. He struck out Pagan and then Davis and Tejada grounded out to end the inning.
In the top of the 9th Takahashi came in to close this mother out! The first batter he faced was the pinch hitter Sweeney and Sweeney flew out to Pagan! But ugh that Shane Victorino then singled. But really no need to fret folks the Good Taka was on the mound. Taka then got Polanco to fly out to Beltran. And now the piece de resistance! For out numero 3 and a Metsies win Takahashi was facing that buttface Chase Utley. The count was 3-2 and Utley flew out to Carlos and the ball game was over. He may have hit a 3 run homer in the 5th to cut the Metsies lead to 5-3 but that was all the damage he was doing today, yay! So the Metsies won, they took this series from the Phils and they played spoilers. This victorino today prevented the Phils from clinching the division. I mean they clinched a playoff spot but still it was fun to see all those Citizen Bank Park-ers cry into their towels!
Next up the Mets are home to face Milwaukee! Am I being too optimistic to think we could be seeing a Metsies 3 game winning streak in our futures!? Maybe but I believe it's possible.
Have a great night folks!
Misch vs Hamels
Ok so Beltran totally didn't say that quote but I mean his bat pretty much spoke for itself this afternoon. That bat sure does a lot of great talking lately.
But really I have to be honest. I missed most of this game. I came home just in time for the bottom of the 8th. So I'll recap from there! Here we go!
In the bottom of the 8th the Mets were leading the Phils 5-3 and Elmer Dessens was in for relief. And what did he do to start this inning off just horribly? He walked Werth. Keith pretty much said that walking the lead off batter was just blech-ity blech terrible. He also made some disapproving snorting sound. I did as well! We are so in sync. Then Ibanez was up and he grounded a ball that was tipped off of Dessens. The only play Tejada could make was to 1st and Ibanez was out...just barely though. Then Dessens got Ruiz to pop up, woot woot! But ugh now it was time for a pinch hitter and ugh ugh ugh that pinch hitter was Jimmy Rollins! But no need to say any more ughs because he so grounded out!
In the top of the 9th Ryan Madson was pitching for the Phillies and Gary totally jinxed him. This was awesome! Gary remarked how Madson has not given up an earned run in his last 19 appearances. And well he totally gave up some earned runs today! Nick Evans led off this inning with a bloop single. This was his 3rd hit on the afternoon (3 for 5). Then Beltran totally shut the towel waving Citizens Bank Park crowd up with his second homer of the game! This opposite field blast gave the Metsies a 7-3 lead over the Phils! Carlos "I am a golden god" Beltran hadn't hit 2 homers in one game since May 4, 2009. And I also must mention that Beltran gets total props with that slide yesterday. No other Metsie would dare to avenge what Utley did to Tejada but oh Carlos is not like every man. So yeah if the Mets decide to get rid of Beltran I'm gonna be one unhappy camper. Oh I will. But back to the game. Madson then walked Wright and Charlie Manuel brought in a new pitcher because well Madson was stinking it up on the mound. Baez came in and he just simmered the Metsies bats on down. He struck out Pagan and then Davis and Tejada grounded out to end the inning.
In the top of the 9th Takahashi came in to close this mother out! The first batter he faced was the pinch hitter Sweeney and Sweeney flew out to Pagan! But ugh that Shane Victorino then singled. But really no need to fret folks the Good Taka was on the mound. Taka then got Polanco to fly out to Beltran. And now the piece de resistance! For out numero 3 and a Metsies win Takahashi was facing that buttface Chase Utley. The count was 3-2 and Utley flew out to Carlos and the ball game was over. He may have hit a 3 run homer in the 5th to cut the Metsies lead to 5-3 but that was all the damage he was doing today, yay! So the Metsies won, they took this series from the Phils and they played spoilers. This victorino today prevented the Phils from clinching the division. I mean they clinched a playoff spot but still it was fun to see all those Citizen Bank Park-ers cry into their towels!
Next up the Mets are home to face Milwaukee! Am I being too optimistic to think we could be seeing a Metsies 3 game winning streak in our futures!? Maybe but I believe it's possible.
Have a great night folks!
Saturday, September 25, 2010
And The Losing Streak Ends At 6, Wahoo!
Game 2: Mets 5 Phils 2
Gee vs Kendrick
Hey folks our beloved Metsies finally got a win and they even snapped the Phillies 11 game winning streak! I find this splendid. I loved just typing all that! So let's get to some fun recap-worthy moments. We gotta appreciate what we can at this point and I sure do appreciate when the towel waving crowd gets silenced at Citizens Bank Park!
This game all came down to the top of the 7th. The Phillies were winning 2-1 (Howard hit a 2 run blast off of Gee in the bottom of the 1st). Kendrick had just been taken out of the game and Durbin was in for some relief. And the bases were loaded with 1 out for Lucas Duda. Before Duda's at bat, Gary made sure us Metsies fans stayed realistic and didn't get too optimistic that the Mets could and would score. He basically said that the Metsies suck against Durbin. But Gary was so wrong tonight. Ok back to Duda vs Durbin. Duda was pinch hitting for Tejada and well Duda's been quite the hitter lately. Did I personally think Lucas was going to get a hit? Nope. Did I think he was going to get a bases clearing double? Nope. Did he? OH he sure did. Did I think after Duda got a bases clearing double Gary was going to call him "The Big Lebowski?" Nope. But I was so proven wrong and I loved it! With Duda's bases clearing double the Metsies took a 4-2 lead over the Phillies and Gary so called Lucas "The Big Lebowski! The Mets then took a 5-2 lead thanks to Jose Jose Jose's rbi double. This 5 run 7th inning was wonderful. We don't get to see so many of these but when we do it's glorious.
So the Mets still had a 5-2 lead over the Phils in the bottom of the 9th. Takahashi was in to close this mother out! He scared me though. He walked Howard on just 4 pitches. That's always fun walking the lead off batter. But then Taka showed the Phillies who is boss and no it's not Tony Danza. That would have been funny though. Ok so next up was Werth and he lined out to Pagan. Angel made a great play and there was 1 out, woohoo! Then Taka struck out Ibanez. And to make matters even worse for Ibanez, Keith totally said he has a "peculiar swing." And then he said "Different strokes for different folks." Ibanez is usually a Metsies killer so this getting K-d business was amazing! So now the last hope for the Phils was Ruiz. And he's another major threat. Seriously a red alert-er. But Ruiz did nothing. He popped up, the ball game was over and the Metsies won! Their 6 game losing streak ended and the Phillies 11 game winning streak ended. And the crowd at Citizens Bank Park shut up! What a wonderful game.
Let's hope the Metsies can make it 2 in a row tomorrow. At this point I just would like them to end up at least EVEN STEVEN in the win/loss column. And if they could get 3rd place in the division that would be very nice. Damn those Marlins!
Have a great night folks!
Gee vs Kendrick
Hey folks our beloved Metsies finally got a win and they even snapped the Phillies 11 game winning streak! I find this splendid. I loved just typing all that! So let's get to some fun recap-worthy moments. We gotta appreciate what we can at this point and I sure do appreciate when the towel waving crowd gets silenced at Citizens Bank Park!
This game all came down to the top of the 7th. The Phillies were winning 2-1 (Howard hit a 2 run blast off of Gee in the bottom of the 1st). Kendrick had just been taken out of the game and Durbin was in for some relief. And the bases were loaded with 1 out for Lucas Duda. Before Duda's at bat, Gary made sure us Metsies fans stayed realistic and didn't get too optimistic that the Mets could and would score. He basically said that the Metsies suck against Durbin. But Gary was so wrong tonight. Ok back to Duda vs Durbin. Duda was pinch hitting for Tejada and well Duda's been quite the hitter lately. Did I personally think Lucas was going to get a hit? Nope. Did I think he was going to get a bases clearing double? Nope. Did he? OH he sure did. Did I think after Duda got a bases clearing double Gary was going to call him "The Big Lebowski?" Nope. But I was so proven wrong and I loved it! With Duda's bases clearing double the Metsies took a 4-2 lead over the Phillies and Gary so called Lucas "The Big Lebowski! The Mets then took a 5-2 lead thanks to Jose Jose Jose's rbi double. This 5 run 7th inning was wonderful. We don't get to see so many of these but when we do it's glorious.
So the Mets still had a 5-2 lead over the Phils in the bottom of the 9th. Takahashi was in to close this mother out! He scared me though. He walked Howard on just 4 pitches. That's always fun walking the lead off batter. But then Taka showed the Phillies who is boss and no it's not Tony Danza. That would have been funny though. Ok so next up was Werth and he lined out to Pagan. Angel made a great play and there was 1 out, woohoo! Then Taka struck out Ibanez. And to make matters even worse for Ibanez, Keith totally said he has a "peculiar swing." And then he said "Different strokes for different folks." Ibanez is usually a Metsies killer so this getting K-d business was amazing! So now the last hope for the Phils was Ruiz. And he's another major threat. Seriously a red alert-er. But Ruiz did nothing. He popped up, the ball game was over and the Metsies won! Their 6 game losing streak ended and the Phillies 11 game winning streak ended. And the crowd at Citizens Bank Park shut up! What a wonderful game.
Let's hope the Metsies can make it 2 in a row tomorrow. At this point I just would like them to end up at least EVEN STEVEN in the win/loss column. And if they could get 3rd place in the division that would be very nice. Damn those Marlins!
Have a great night folks!
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Who Wants Roy Oswalt Anyways...He's Not Too Tall.
Rubber game/Roy Oswalt's 300th career start: Phillies 3 Mets 0
Roy Oswalt vs Jon Niese
--Mets get shutout for the 11th time this season.
--No Mets runner made it past 1st base today.
--The Mets have committed 73 errors this season. "We'll take that" was Keith Hernandez's reaction to that stat! I concur!
So the best part of this game because oh it sucked was the commentary from the booth. What would I do without my SNY men during these games?! At one point I was pretty certain a new drinking game could be started. I was ready to patent my idea! Ron, Gary and Keith just kept talking about how short Roy Oswalt is. Gary said for "A little guy he plays like a big guy." And then Ron chimed in that he's very tough or some adjective like that "for someone not too tall." This was hysterical. But let me just get to some of the low lights for any person out there besides myself who still enjoys a game recap! And well there are plenty more booth shenanigans too! Here we go!
Roy Oswalt vs Jon Niese
--Mets get shutout for the 11th time this season.
--No Mets runner made it past 1st base today.
--The Mets have committed 73 errors this season. "We'll take that" was Keith Hernandez's reaction to that stat! I concur!
So the best part of this game because oh it sucked was the commentary from the booth. What would I do without my SNY men during these games?! At one point I was pretty certain a new drinking game could be started. I was ready to patent my idea! Ron, Gary and Keith just kept talking about how short Roy Oswalt is. Gary said for "A little guy he plays like a big guy." And then Ron chimed in that he's very tough or some adjective like that "for someone not too tall." This was hysterical. But let me just get to some of the low lights for any person out there besides myself who still enjoys a game recap! And well there are plenty more booth shenanigans too! Here we go!
Saturday, September 11, 2010
FOX Experienced Technical Difficulties But Big Pelf Didn't!
Game 2: Mets 4 Phils 3
Big Pelf vs Kyle Kendrick
I have never seen anything like what happened in today's telecast. FOX Saturday Baseball stunned me. Oh it did. I am still officially in shock. Let me explain. For most of this game, well at least from the 6th inning on FOX was experiencing technical difficulties like no other. There was sound but there was no announcing going on. Somebody finally shut Tim McCarver up! I really have no idea what happened and FOX didn't want to fill viewers in either. But they did make sure to have a big graphic appear that highlighted the fact that "COPS" and "America's Most Wanted" are on tonight. Ergo life can go on! But before all of this technical difficulties mishgabobble happened McCarver did say some things that are key to note. And then after some McCarver deep thoughts I'll get to the game!
Big Pelf vs Kyle Kendrick
I have never seen anything like what happened in today's telecast. FOX Saturday Baseball stunned me. Oh it did. I am still officially in shock. Let me explain. For most of this game, well at least from the 6th inning on FOX was experiencing technical difficulties like no other. There was sound but there was no announcing going on. Somebody finally shut Tim McCarver up! I really have no idea what happened and FOX didn't want to fill viewers in either. But they did make sure to have a big graphic appear that highlighted the fact that "COPS" and "America's Most Wanted" are on tonight. Ergo life can go on! But before all of this technical difficulties mishgabobble happened McCarver did say some things that are key to note. And then after some McCarver deep thoughts I'll get to the game!
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