Game Time: 7:10pm
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Record: 3-1 Era: 4.93 K: 25 BB: 11 WHIP: 1.47
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Mets Notes:
- Sheffield looks to continue his hot hitting and Livan Hernandez tries for his sixth straight win over his former club as the Mets go for their fourth win in five games Tuesday night against the Washington Nationals.
- The Mets could need continued success from Sheffield with Reyes and Beltran potentially headed to the disabled list. Reyes has missed eight of 11 games with the nagging calf strain, and Beltran will have an MRI on his sore right knee Tuesday.
- New York’s injury-plagued lineup could be relieved of some of the pressure if the Mets can get another strong outing from Hernandez who still has the most wins for the Nationals (24) since the franchise relocated to Washington from Montreal before the 2005 season.
- Hernandez lost his first game against the Nationals in 2006 after spending three-plus seasons with the club, but since then he’s posted a 3.34 ERA while winning five straight starts against them.
- Hernandez held the Los Angeles Dodgers to one run in seven innings Wednesday, but the Mets still fell 2-1.
Record: 0-0 Era: 5.68 K: 3 BB: 1 WHIP: 0.79
Nationals Notes:
- The Nationals will hand the ball to Craig Stammen, who left his major league debut Thursday to a standing ovation. The right-hander retired the first 12 batters he faced before struggling his third time through the Pittsburgh lineup. He was pulled after giving up four runs in 6 1-3 innings, failing to get a decision in Washington’s 5-4 victory over Pittsburgh.
- Nationals third baseman Ryan Zimmerman has reached base safely by a hit or a walk in 43 consecutive games, topping the single-season franchise record set by Tim Raines in 1986 and pulling within three of Rusty Staub’s overall franchise record. Zimmerman is 5 for 16 (.313) with two homers and two doubles lifetime against Hernandez.
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Season Avg |
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C. Guzman ss |
.344 |
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N. Johnson 1b |
.338 |
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R. Zimmerman 3b |
.346 |
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A. Dunn rf |
.277 |
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.213 |
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W. Harris cf |
.281 |
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J. Bard c |
.171 |
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A. Hernandez 2b |
.279 |
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.000 |
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Season Avg |
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A. Pagan cf |
.261 |
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L. Castillo 2b |
.282 |
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D. Wright 3b |
.348 |
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G. Sheffield lf |
.277 |
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F. Tatis 1b |
.276 |
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F. Martinez rf |
.000 |
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.269 |
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R. Martinez ss |
.077 |
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.143 |
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142 comments
metsfan4decades
5/26/2009-7:11pm at 7:11 pm (UTC -4)
Here we go. LGM !
GravediggerHebner
5/26/2009-7:13pm at 7:13 pm (UTC -4)
LGM!
saltygary
5/26/2009-7:15pm at 7:15 pm (UTC -4)
LETS GO METS GO!!!
metsfan4decades
5/26/2009-7:17pm at 7:17 pm (UTC -4)
As he grounds out to Castillo – just have to say – who would have thought that Castillo would be only 1 of 2 regular starting position players still standing? — as I cross my fingers….
trs86
5/26/2009-7:24pm at 7:24 pm (UTC -4)
Shhhhhh
metsfan4decades
5/26/2009-7:25pm at 7:25 pm (UTC -4)
lol – my bad.
trs86
5/26/2009-7:25pm at 7:25 pm (UTC -4)
Poor Wright.
trs86
5/26/2009-7:26pm at 7:26 pm (UTC -4)
F. Tatis 1b
.276
F. Martinez rf
.000
O. Santos c
.269
R. Martinez ss
.077
L. Hernandez p
.143
What dreams are made of.
metsfan4decades
5/26/2009-7:29pm at 7:29 pm (UTC -4)
OMG. So much worse when you see it in print.
Pitching, pitching, pitching. That’s the only way we’re treading water for the next 10 days or so.
saltygary
5/26/2009-7:41pm at 7:41 pm (UTC -4)
If the pitching can keep them in the game for the next 10 games, they might be alright.
metsfan4decades
5/26/2009-7:27pm at 7:27 pm (UTC -4)
What must it be like, as a young man, making your ML debut? Especially one as highly touted? hyped? as FMart as been. I can’t even imagine. A dream come true, I guess.
Here’s to him living up to all we’ve been hearing for years.
Good luck, kid.
dentulous
5/26/2009-7:30pm at 7:30 pm (UTC -4)
yes years, but he is only 20. that is ridiculously young.Hope he pans out too.
metsfan4decades
5/26/2009-7:28pm at 7:28 pm (UTC -4)
O.K. – congrats to Adam Dunn. Could have been against another team though…
trs86
5/26/2009-7:31pm at 7:31 pm (UTC -4)
Livan, you could try getting people out this inning. Maybe his idea is to clog up the bases with slow people.
trs86
5/26/2009-7:33pm at 7:33 pm (UTC -4)
Yup, I was right. Come on Livan.
metsfan4decades
5/26/2009-7:32pm at 7:32 pm (UTC -4)
Nice 4-6-3 double play. Just one more, Livan.
metsfan4decades
5/26/2009-7:35pm at 7:35 pm (UTC -4)
Reading some of the comments on amazing avenue tonight. Now I know where some of the posters of metsblog have gone. Some of them -wow. They have no idea what they’re talking about. The usual comments of this is all Omar’s fault for no ML ready players in the minors for all these positions, FMart is going to save the season, Livan stinks, blah de blah blah…..
trs86
5/26/2009-7:37pm at 7:37 pm (UTC -4)
LOL, any one seen Wanny, Fong or Rusty?
metsfan4decades
5/26/2009-7:41pm at 7:41 pm (UTC -4)
No, not on amazing avenue.
trs86
5/26/2009-7:43pm at 7:43 pm (UTC -4)
I have not seen them since Gestapo Day.
metsfan4decades
5/26/2009-7:45pm at 7:45 pm (UTC -4)
hahahaha – good one.
dentulous
5/26/2009-7:38pm at 7:38 pm (UTC -4)
well, as long as they dont come here.
trs86
5/26/2009-7:40pm at 7:40 pm (UTC -4)
Yeah I just went over there. Hardly intelligent conversation.
metsfan4decades
5/26/2009-7:44pm at 7:44 pm (UTC -4)
Oh no. Do not want to see hide nor hair of the trainer on the field for any met player for the next month.
Foul a ball off yourself, get a double. But ouch, looks like he’s still in pain with that running.
metsfan4decades
5/26/2009-7:46pm at 7:46 pm (UTC -4)
So Valdez is in the dugout, available, wearing #4.
metsfan4decades
5/26/2009-7:46pm at 7:46 pm (UTC -4)
YES !! Ramon. Might have to start calling him RMart to distinguish between our two Martinezes….
metsfan4decades
5/26/2009-7:47pm at 7:47 pm (UTC -4)
Livan – lifetime .231 hitter. That is higher than half our subs here lately – lol.
saltygary
5/26/2009-7:55pm at 7:55 pm (UTC -4)
In the ESPN gamecast photo of Johnson, he is totally sporting a dip in his front lip.
metsfan4decades
5/26/2009-8:03pm at 8:03 pm (UTC -4)
Ollie’s line thru 3 innings pitched today:
3 IP, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 H, 4 BB, 4 K, 66 pitches, 35 strikes, 31 balls.
He walked in the only run he gave up. Typical….
trs86
5/26/2009-8:04pm at 8:04 pm (UTC -4)
Nice #5 pitcher numbers, LOL. I guess that’s all we need him to be right now.
dentulous
5/26/2009-8:09pm at 8:09 pm (UTC -4)
pretty darn pathetic.
Man if this guy was able to pitch at his potential, our rotation would be so solid. 3 years of crap pitching, tying up 12 mil a year.
trs86
5/26/2009-8:11pm at 8:11 pm (UTC -4)
Eh, you know that for parts of those 3 seasons he will pitch incredible. We just have to have replacements when he is Hyde Ollie.
dentulous
5/26/2009-8:14pm at 8:14 pm (UTC -4)
lol, it would be nice if there was a way to know when hyde would show up and we could just replace him.
The only thing is, what if we no longer get good ollie? I know it is too soon to tell, but he has had a lot of time off, and that is his line in a minor league game… pretty sad
metsfan4decades
5/26/2009-8:14pm at 8:14 pm (UTC -4)
LOL. – and I actually would take that right about now from Ollie.
trs86
5/26/2009-8:08pm at 8:08 pm (UTC -4)
Fmart with his first RBI, LOL.
trs86
5/26/2009-8:18pm at 8:18 pm (UTC -4)
Livan just plain knows how to pitch. He may not have a lot left, but he knows how to pitch as well as anyone on the staff not named Johan. He always seems to get the out right when he needs it.
metsfan4decades
5/26/2009-8:23pm at 8:23 pm (UTC -4)
Agreed. He’s actually pitching better than advertised. Looking solid.
kingman26
5/26/2009-8:29pm at 8:29 pm (UTC -4)
Absolutely agreed….a fine move by Omar, and Livan keeps us in almost every game eats innings.
metsfan4decades
5/26/2009-8:30pm at 8:30 pm (UTC -4)
Oh, can you believe it? Nice, magic there Santos.
kingman26
5/26/2009-8:31pm at 8:31 pm (UTC -4)
I would never wish anything bad on a Met (well, with the possible exception of a few members of the ’93 team maybe) but I do really hope Brian Schneider stays the hell away from this team. Boy, is he not needed or what?
dentulous
5/26/2009-8:32pm at 8:32 pm (UTC -4)
pls, i dread him coming back. thank God he is gone next season…
metsfan4decades
5/26/2009-8:34pm at 8:34 pm (UTC -4)
But you know they’re not gonna eat his salary. It’s a dilemma, that’s for sure. What they really need to do is move Castro, see if anyone needs a catcher and we can do a trade with him. Couldn’t move him in the off season, but with injuries now and such, maybe some team is desperate for catching. I think his salary makes it easier to trade him.
kingman26
5/26/2009-8:44pm at 8:44 pm (UTC -4)
Yeah, but maybe what we have going right now is finally the right situation for Castro—he starts about half the time (in other words, not enough for his chubby out-of-shape body to give out) so he stays healthy, is rested enough to hit, and is still around for pinch hitting and late-game double switches when Omir starts….maybe, just maybe, if Schneider comes back and plays for a couple of weeks and stays healthy, maybe we could eat part of his dough and move him instead??
metsfan4decades
5/26/2009-9:09pm at 9:09 pm (UTC -4)
You’re right. I think the only way we’re trading Schneider is to pay some of his salary.
metsfan4decades
5/26/2009-8:36pm at 8:36 pm (UTC -4)
And wow, final line for Ollie that SNY just gave…..he didn’t improve in the last inning and a third. He wound up pitching 4.1 innings, 5 BB, 88 pitches.
Sigh….
dentulous
5/26/2009-8:39pm at 8:39 pm (UTC -4)
how long is he gonna be in the minors? i hope the answer is until he improves a lot
metsfan4decades
5/26/2009-8:41pm at 8:41 pm (UTC -4)
Truthfully, I don’t know that works. I know you can’t leave him in the minors forever/indefinitely….
dentulous
5/26/2009-8:41pm at 8:41 pm (UTC -4)
F-Marts first hit by pitch. knowing our injury propensity, he will be out in a week…
metsfan4decades
5/26/2009-8:42pm at 8:42 pm (UTC -4)
Ha! Do not jinx us.
Actually, knowing FMart’s injury history, you never know…
kingman26
5/26/2009-8:45pm at 8:45 pm (UTC -4)
Well, Ramon Martines may have been rusty and/or tired when he first came up, because he sure looks like a pretty good defensive SS now….
metsfan4decades
5/26/2009-8:46pm at 8:46 pm (UTC -4)
I know – can’t believe the difference over the past couple of games. Wonder why?
kingman26
5/26/2009-8:54pm at 8:54 pm (UTC -4)
I looked it up, and he really has not played much SS in the majors or minors in years….maybe that, being tired, and nervousness all conspired against him those first few games??
metsfan4decades
5/26/2009-8:56pm at 8:56 pm (UTC -4)
Well, if it was nerves or some such thing and he is a decent defensive MI, then more better for us. His bat still sux though – lol.
metsfan4decades
5/26/2009-8:45pm at 8:45 pm (UTC -4)
For those that don’t get SNY, Kevin B. is doing a thing on uniform changes over the years. He actually has a sample of each and is describing them all. He’s up to the 90′s now – the Mike Piazza version – lol.
dentulous
5/26/2009-8:49pm at 8:49 pm (UTC -4)
Good Lord, Livan is amazing out there. 6 innings, 71 pitches. Hell he can go straight to K-Rod. Shame he did not get the win he deserved in LA
metsfan4decades
5/26/2009-8:54pm at 8:54 pm (UTC -4)
I know. Can you imagine how good our rotation would be right about now if Ollie had his head on straight?
One of the things that impresses me about Livan is his professionalism. Unlike some of our younger pitchers who show visible frustration on the mound when things aren’t going their way, Livan is so smooth. Goes out there, does his job, no dramatics and most of the time gets it done that night.
kingman26
5/26/2009-8:57pm at 8:57 pm (UTC -4)
Just like El Duque….I think that with the lives most Cuban defectors had before coming to the US, and the circumstances of their leaving Cuba, a jam in a baseball game here probably doesn’t seem very stressful by comparison!
metsfan4decades
5/26/2009-8:59pm at 8:59 pm (UTC -4)
And so far, his only mistake was that pitch to Dunn right there.
kingman26
5/26/2009-9:00pm at 9:00 pm (UTC -4)
How about a complete game?! It CAN be done by a Met!!
metsfan4decades
5/26/2009-9:03pm at 9:03 pm (UTC -4)
And wouldn’t that be ironic? Livan as the first Met pitcher this season that gets a complete game.
I don’t think Jerry will do it though.
kingman26
5/26/2009-9:04pm at 9:04 pm (UTC -4)
Yeah, I think you are definitely right…
metsfan4decades
5/26/2009-9:12pm at 9:12 pm (UTC -4)
OMG – Sheff did it again!
Thank God Omar signed him. Don’t know how long it will last, don’t know how long he’ll stay healthy but for right now – just wow.
kingman26
5/26/2009-9:14pm at 9:14 pm (UTC -4)
I hesitate to say it, but maybe he is back? Not back to the Shef of 6 or 8 years ago, but maybe back to being a better Shef than the somewhat injured one of last year??
I mean, that was a serious HR right there…
metsfan4decades
5/26/2009-9:16pm at 9:16 pm (UTC -4)
We can only hope and keep our fingers crossed.
Hey, look what a healthy Livan is bringing to the table. He said in ST (or was it after his first start), that he feels good, he feels strong this year, his knees aren’t bothering him and he’s going to give it all he can for the team.
kingman26
5/26/2009-9:13pm at 9:13 pm (UTC -4)
WOW! Never thought I would see the day when I was a Gary Sheffield fan, but that day is here!
metsfan4decades
5/26/2009-9:15pm at 9:15 pm (UTC -4)
Did you see Manny A.’s face with the ump. He was almost laughing out loud. Probably saying:
‘you think my pitcher was throwing at Tatis there? Have you seen MY pitchers this year?’
LOL.
dentulous
5/26/2009-9:17pm at 9:17 pm (UTC -4)
Sheff, This guy is a savior
metsfan4decades
5/26/2009-9:21pm at 9:21 pm (UTC -4)
and Livan the first Met pitcher to start the 8th inning.
metsfan4decades
5/26/2009-9:26pm at 9:26 pm (UTC -4)
Oops – maybe he shouldn’t have.
dentulous
5/26/2009-9:30pm at 9:30 pm (UTC -4)
have faith my friend haha! Nice Livan
metsfan4decades
5/26/2009-9:30pm at 9:30 pm (UTC -4)
Very nicely done, Livan.
Little, casual fist pump there.
trs86
5/26/2009-9:34pm at 9:34 pm (UTC -4)
I can’t say enough how great Livan is for this team. The guy knows how to pitch. If we make the playoffs and he ends up in the pen he will be a HUGE asset.
dentulous
5/26/2009-9:35pm at 9:35 pm (UTC -4)
Well, he is doing a lot better than I expected. I mean, better that Redding and Ollie.
trs86
5/26/2009-9:37pm at 9:37 pm (UTC -4)
I expected him to do very well, be at least a #4 for us. Ollie? Who knows what the hell to expect.
metsfan4decades
5/26/2009-9:43pm at 9:43 pm (UTC -4)
Couldn’t agree more.
trs86
5/26/2009-9:34pm at 9:34 pm (UTC -4)
Gotta let him try for it.
trs86
5/26/2009-9:36pm at 9:36 pm (UTC -4)
Of course that being said, why pinch hit for him anyway? Not like there is anyone on the bench hitting better than him.
kingman26
5/26/2009-9:38pm at 9:38 pm (UTC -4)
I think HoJo might be the 2nd best hitter left on the bench at this point….
trs86
5/26/2009-9:39pm at 9:39 pm (UTC -4)
Giving a lot of credit to Johan?
kingman26
5/26/2009-9:42pm at 9:42 pm (UTC -4)
LOL! I was perhaps giving too much credit to Murph!
trs86
5/26/2009-9:43pm at 9:43 pm (UTC -4)
You mean his upper leg is not torn?
dentulous
5/26/2009-9:39pm at 9:39 pm (UTC -4)
LOL! Man, you guys are too much sometimes.
kingman26
5/26/2009-9:43pm at 9:43 pm (UTC -4)
I am just joking around—-I love this team, and regardless of how many injuries we have, if we keep getting starting pitching like everyone but Redding has been giving, and if Ollie comes back and gives us anything, we are going to keep winning….
trs86
5/26/2009-9:44pm at 9:44 pm (UTC -4)
Even Redding’s first start was solid.
kingman26
5/26/2009-9:47pm at 9:47 pm (UTC -4)
You are correct sir, and if his next one or two are also solid, we are going to be psyched.
I did check though, and after this week and next week, the five weeks leading to the All-Star break are brutal—10 series—2 each with the Yanks and Phils, and St.L., Dodgers, Mil, Cincy, TB, and Bal….we need Redding too!
trs86
5/26/2009-9:48pm at 9:48 pm (UTC -4)
By then we need friggin Ollie Jekyl Perez.
kingman26
5/26/2009-9:50pm at 9:50 pm (UTC -4)
Yeah, we sure do….Funny that he and Redding will be fighting for the 5th spot at this point! I guess it will be Ollie’s at first though. Livan certainly isn’t leaving the rotation.
trs86
5/26/2009-9:51pm at 9:51 pm (UTC -4)
Yeah, I would assume Redding would go to the pen. Don’t THINK Ollie would become long man and LHRP.
dentulous
5/26/2009-9:38pm at 9:38 pm (UTC -4)
man, Nats relief pitching sucks.
trs86
5/26/2009-9:42pm at 9:42 pm (UTC -4)
Tavares quote
Signing with the Nationals was like being at the bar at 4AM and taking whatever you could get. LOL, and that’s from a guy ON the Nats. There you go Grave.
metsfan4decades
5/26/2009-9:45pm at 9:45 pm (UTC -4)
hahahaha!
trs86
5/26/2009-9:46pm at 9:46 pm (UTC -4)
Hey move Wright to SS, he’s got too much arm there.
kingman26
5/26/2009-9:49pm at 9:49 pm (UTC -4)
Lincecum against the Braves tonight….
metsfan4decades
5/26/2009-9:50pm at 9:50 pm (UTC -4)
Any score?
metsfan4decades
5/26/2009-9:50pm at 9:50 pm (UTC -4)
Never mind. Just realized they probably didn’t start yet.
kingman26
5/26/2009-9:51pm at 9:51 pm (UTC -4)
Yeah, I think a 10:15 start….let’s hope Timmy is better against them than he is against us.
dentulous
5/26/2009-9:50pm at 9:50 pm (UTC -4)
excellent!
trs86
5/26/2009-9:50pm at 9:50 pm (UTC -4)
Hey King, have you seen Wanny, Fong or Rusty?
kingman26
5/26/2009-9:53pm at 9:53 pm (UTC -4)
No, I haven’t….that is why I was checking the other site a lot, to see if I saw them on the comments page. But it was up for such a short time. I just saw oleosmirf and the nafstem guy whining about Omar and Stick Guy making some good points, and then it was closed…but I am going to keep checking, as those may be the top 3 guys I miss who are not here.
trs86
5/26/2009-9:54pm at 9:54 pm (UTC -4)
I would not mind Stick either. But especially Wanny and Rusty. Rusty needs to come over and write his This day in Mets history.
kingman26
5/26/2009-9:57pm at 9:57 pm (UTC -4)
Yeah, I completely agree…I meant to look for Rusty on MySpace as I know he has a page there, and I have just been so damn busy…will do it later tonight. Wanny I hope will find his way here. I really like Fong. Without question, the most lucid, reasonable, intelligent, true fan who is also pessimistic!
trs86
5/26/2009-9:57pm at 9:57 pm (UTC -4)
And we need that to develop more conversation.
kingman26
5/26/2009-10:03pm at 10:03 pm (UTC -4)
Totally agreed…I mean, being a boneheaded unreasonable pessimist is one thing, but Fong is an intelligent and reasonable grown-up who has been a fan as long as I have and ALWAYS listened to the other side and I really loved going back and forth with him, even on sidetrack topics too, when things were slow.
metsfan4decades
5/26/2009-9:52pm at 9:52 pm (UTC -4)
Livan ‘complete game’ Hernandez ! Who would have thought?
Great game, great pitching and offense with Sheff steps up to the plate.
Put It In The Books!
metsfan4decades
5/26/2009-9:53pm at 9:53 pm (UTC -4)
The 40-40 club. Our 40 year old pitcher and our 40 year old LF.
kingman26
5/26/2009-9:57pm at 9:57 pm (UTC -4)
HAHA!!!
trs86
5/26/2009-9:53pm at 9:53 pm (UTC -4)
Incredible, Nats or not to come out and take care of business with this lineup is truly AMAZING>
dentulous
5/26/2009-9:52pm at 9:52 pm (UTC -4)
Yes, Nice work Livan.
metsfan4decades
5/26/2009-9:54pm at 9:54 pm (UTC -4)
Livan being interviewed by Kevin B.:
‘I like to pitch’.
The understatement of the night.
dentulous
5/26/2009-9:55pm at 9:55 pm (UTC -4)
Haha, Man u gotta love the contribution our older players are giving us.
trs86
5/26/2009-9:55pm at 9:55 pm (UTC -4)
46 Friggin complete games in THIS era?
kingman26
5/26/2009-9:55pm at 9:55 pm (UTC -4)
So Omar got KRod, JJ, Shef and Livan, picked up Santos off the scrap heap, we have a comical amount of injuries, we are 1/2 game out of first, and folks on other sites are still bashing him….
trs86
5/26/2009-9:57pm at 9:57 pm (UTC -4)
Yeah, but payroll, and uh Bell and uh no Man*y.
dentulous
5/26/2009-9:57pm at 9:57 pm (UTC -4)
Kingman, if we dont get Pujols, Peavy, Halladay, the team sucks no matter what. Gotta be an all star at every position for some to be happy.
kingman26
5/26/2009-10:00pm at 10:00 pm (UTC -4)
LOL! You said it man!
Omar should be fired for not having Hanley Ramirez on the bench to step in for Reyes, and Jeter, Rollins and maybe Hardy in the minors ready in case Hanley gets hurt!!
metsfan4decades
5/26/2009-9:57pm at 9:57 pm (UTC -4)
Absolutely unbelievable. Yeah, he made a couple of bonehead acquisitions or trades but overall? Well, his moves were for the most part looking brilliant right about now….
kingman26
5/26/2009-10:01pm at 10:01 pm (UTC -4)
Yep, except the one bad move re-signing that lefty guy who you and I were the only ones in favor of!!
metsfan4decades
5/26/2009-10:02pm at 10:02 pm (UTC -4)
I know, I know. I might be eating my words on supporting that one….
I really thought he had it in him though.
kingman26
5/26/2009-10:06pm at 10:06 pm (UTC -4)
Oh he does have it in him, the question is whether he can summon it out of his soul, and transmit it through his noggin and out to that left arm!
Still, Ollie is 27, and has a LOT of time to get it together….
metsfan4decades
5/26/2009-10:07pm at 10:07 pm (UTC -4)
hahaha!
trs86
5/26/2009-10:04pm at 10:04 pm (UTC -4)
Yup, I dodged that one. I wanted 1 year of Garland AND Wolfe for the same price. Of course we would not have had Livan then so I would be out too.
metsfan4decades
5/26/2009-10:09pm at 10:09 pm (UTC -4)
I remember you kept advocating getting those two.
But in a round about way, maybe it’s a good thing – the Ollie signing – especially if that’s what allowed Livan to pitch and show what he has so far.
saltygary
5/26/2009-10:02pm at 10:02 pm (UTC -4)
For what he had to work with after the MAdoff deal, he did an amazing job. He really had no choice on Ollie. I only wish he got Dunn. That guy was there on the cheap. *pre-injury thoughts* put him in the of this year and he can play 1st next year once Delgado left.
The whole Manny thing was ridiculous.
metsfan4decades
5/26/2009-10:03pm at 10:03 pm (UTC -4)
Agreed on Manny. I was never a supporter of signing him.
kingman26
5/26/2009-10:04pm at 10:04 pm (UTC -4)
Yeah, I was in favor of Ibanez or Dunn all winter…man, would either of them have been perfect! But, lately, Shef is giving us what we need out of LF….may it please last….
trs86
5/26/2009-10:06pm at 10:06 pm (UTC -4)
Funny, we wanted Ibanez but did not get him. No one wanted Dunn. I don’t understand the Dunn part. I would like to know if we got outbid significantly on Ibanez or if he basically chose the Phillies.
kingman26
5/26/2009-10:11pm at 10:11 pm (UTC -4)
I don’t know for sure, but I think Ibanez wanted Philly….Omar seemed to want Ibanez, but the Phils signed him so quickly. Maybe the lure of being on the defending champs in that hitter’s park lured him. I would guess he really wants a ring after being on so many rotten teams and getting older.
I was pro-Dunn. 40 HR every year and that OBP make up for a lot of strikeouts and bad fielding. But, as you mentioned about Garland/Wolf meaning no Livan, Dunn would have probably meant no Shef, but Dunn could have been our 1B of the future.
metsfan4decades
5/26/2009-10:05pm at 10:05 pm (UTC -4)
Well, Phills almost tried to lose that game. 5-0 going into the 9th and they gave up 3 runs to the Marlins. Fish just couldn’t get the other 2.
trs86
5/26/2009-10:06pm at 10:06 pm (UTC -4)
That bullpen, because of their SR is not going to be a strength for them at all.
metsfan4decades
5/26/2009-10:10pm at 10:10 pm (UTC -4)
You are correct. Even with the return of their set up guy (name just on the tip of my tongue), the BP will be really overworked. And none so far are showing he year they had in ’08. Especially Lidge. I think going into tonight’s game he had like a 9.50 ERA. Yikes!
Good for us.
QnsNative718
5/26/2009-10:11pm at 10:11 pm (UTC -4)
Great win tonight, guys! Omar is lookin like a genius with picking up Shef and Livan. But ofcourse you’ll never hear about that on the Fan…
trs86
5/26/2009-10:12pm at 10:12 pm (UTC -4)
Or even on the ole blog. Can’t generate post that way.
kingman26
5/26/2009-10:13pm at 10:13 pm (UTC -4)
Did you see that line drive homer Shef hit?
Could we be looking at the comeback player of the year??
trs86
5/26/2009-10:15pm at 10:15 pm (UTC -4)
Very possible. I still don’t think he can keep his average up. However, if you can return him to hitting in between Beltran and Wright he is going to see some pitches and hit a lot of HR.
kingman26
5/26/2009-10:17pm at 10:17 pm (UTC -4)
Agreed….if he stays fresh and healthy, when he is between those two seeing fastballs, he should hit. And .250 with some 2B and HR would be fine with me…especially with that OBP where it is (now .430!!) And I am not sure if I have seen him swing at a bad pitch!
metsfan4decades
5/26/2009-10:17pm at 10:17 pm (UTC -4)
If he does win that distinction, wouldn’t that be two years in a row for the same team? (Tatis?)
Just makes some of Omar’s instincts smarter and smarter…..
kingman26
5/26/2009-10:18pm at 10:18 pm (UTC -4)
Funny, I also thought Tatis won, but I looked and Lidge won…maybe Fernando finished 2nd??
metsfan4decades
5/26/2009-10:21pm at 10:21 pm (UTC -4)
I’m not sure. For some reason, I thought Tatis won NL comeback player of the year. Can’t remember where I heard or saw that though. Guess I was wrong or wherever I got that from, they were wrong.
kingman26
5/26/2009-10:29pm at 10:29 pm (UTC -4)
Yeah, I thought EXACTLY the same thing, but when I Googled it, every place said that Lidge won….
OK, wow, now Wikipedia has Cliff Lee and Lidge on one page, and Lee and Tatis on another!! Every other place I saw had Lidge….VERY weird, as I clearly remember Tatis being called this last fall…
metsfan4decades
5/26/2009-10:20pm at 10:20 pm (UTC -4)
Showing an interview on the post game with Ollie.
Says his knee is a little sore but getting better – hummm, really?
And said overall he’s feeling a little sore – it was cold, which didn’t make it better.
Bobby O said the delivery he was show casing tonight was the Ollie of old. Said he needs to do that consistently now and better locate his pitches and he’ll be good to go.
With Ollie, that’s far easier said than done…….
metsfan4decades
5/26/2009-10:24pm at 10:24 pm (UTC -4)
O.K., interviewing FMart now. And he’s got his right arm wrapped like they do pitchers. What is that all about? Was that arm maybe his last injury and it’s a precaution and/or part of the treatment?
metsfan4decades
5/26/2009-10:29pm at 10:29 pm (UTC -4)
Never mind. Apparently, it was the elbow when he got hit by the pitch. Said it’s O.K.
I don’t know why I thought it was his hip.