Please win tonight Metsies...
Mets vs Yankees
CitiField at 8:05pm
Temperature: 72°F
Mostly cloudy, 20% chance of isolated showers
Wind from the west, 5-9mph.
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Miller Park; Monday, 7:05pm – 62°F [Mostly cloudy, chance of rain showers]
Miller Park; Tuesday, 8:05pm – 63°F [Mostly cloudy, chance of rain showers]
Saturday’s Verification: Forecast gametime temp – 74°F; Actual temp – 74°F
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42 comments
prismo
6/28/2009-4:26pm at 4:26 pm (UTC -4)
Daniel Murphy 1B
Alex Cora SS
David Wright 3B
Gary Sheffield LF
Ryan Church RF
Fernando Martinez CF
Brian Schneider C
Luis Castillo 2B
Livan Hernandez RHP (5-2, 4.05)
CaseStreet
6/28/2009-4:33pm at 4:33 pm (UTC -4)
Murph leading off?
sabermetrician
6/28/2009-4:44pm at 4:44 pm (UTC -4)
Seriously? That’s idiotic. Jerry needs to have his head examined. Murphy has a low OBP, he doesn’t take pitches, he’s not particularly fast, and there are at least 2 other players in the lineup better suited for that position in the lineup.
Mr North Jersey
6/28/2009-5:05pm at 5:05 pm (UTC -4)
But don’t you think when your offense has struggled the last 2 nights its a good time to shake things up I mean can it be any worse than last night?
sabermetrician
6/28/2009-5:10pm at 5:10 pm (UTC -4)
I believe in shaking things up, but you should still apply logic to what you are doing. Why not bat Livan eighth and Wright seventh?
Mr North Jersey
6/28/2009-5:13pm at 5:13 pm (UTC -4)
Logic hasn’t worked the last 2 nights but maybe your right it’s just to me when you shake things up is doing the opposite of what you would normally do.
sabermetrician
6/28/2009-5:16pm at 5:16 pm (UTC -4)
Perhaps, but why have one of the worst bats in the lineup get the most PAs in the game? But here’s to anything that will get us a win.
Mr North Jersey
6/28/2009-5:18pm at 5:18 pm (UTC -4)
Here, Here!
sabermetrician
6/28/2009-4:45pm at 4:45 pm (UTC -4)
Miller Park has a retractable roof so we don’t have to worry about the weather there too much.
prismo
6/28/2009-4:50pm at 4:50 pm (UTC -4)
Oh hey, good point! Is it temperature controlled as well?
sabermetrician
6/28/2009-5:11pm at 5:11 pm (UTC -4)
I believe so, but not 100% sure on that.
rustyjr
6/28/2009-5:46pm at 5:46 pm (UTC -4)
oooh a/c at a ballgame – i liked that when i saw the d backs in 06 & 07
mrose
6/28/2009-5:04pm at 5:04 pm (UTC -4)
case – where do you sit again?
CaseStreet
6/28/2009-5:06pm at 5:06 pm (UTC -4)
528 ROW 8, SEATS 1-5
rustyjr
6/28/2009-5:46pm at 5:46 pm (UTC -4)
case 436 row 2 seats 15 7 16 on saturdays
rustyjr
6/28/2009-5:47pm at 5:47 pm (UTC -4)
oops thats seats 15 & 16
Mr North Jersey
6/28/2009-5:06pm at 5:06 pm (UTC -4)
Hey Mrose that avatar is done btw.
mrose
6/28/2009-5:22pm at 5:22 pm (UTC -4)
i saw that, thanks Mr North
Case – I’ll probably swing by …
Santana snow white jersey and blue hat
mrose
6/28/2009-5:22pm at 5:22 pm (UTC -4)
oh and my real name is Matt
rustyjr
6/28/2009-5:48pm at 5:48 pm (UTC -4)
CERRONE HAS INFILTEATED THE HIDEOUT !!! ALL MEN TO BATTLE STATIONS !!! :p
sabermetrician
6/28/2009-5:12pm at 5:12 pm (UTC -4)
We really need to start winning. With the Philthies looking like they’ve ironed things out and the Braves getting a much needed victory today we can’t afford to keep losing so many games.
prismo
6/28/2009-5:22pm at 5:22 pm (UTC -4)
From Bart Hubbuch’s Twitter (http://twitter.com/NYPost_Mets):
Jerry Manuel said trading for a bat is a “no-brainer” if the #Mets fall below .500 soon. “Just being honest,” he added.
GravediggerHebner
6/28/2009-5:24pm at 5:24 pm (UTC -4)
If the Mets were only being run by someone with no brain. Lately the Mets seem to be being run by a brain from a container labeled “Abby Something.”
stickguy
6/28/2009-5:44pm at 5:44 pm (UTC -4)
Jerry is no better than any caller to WFAN. Omar, do something! get a big bat! and a Pitcher! why aren’t you making moves!
Of course, Jerry will also complain if he trades someone he was planning to use.
rustyjr
6/28/2009-5:48pm at 5:48 pm (UTC -4)
Abbby Normal I think master
rustyjr
6/28/2009-5:50pm at 5:50 pm (UTC -4)
hey stick why do u still post on the “other” blog?? lol try to recruit kickedinthemetsticles xavier and a couple of the old guard to come here
stickguy
6/28/2009-6:14pm at 6:14 pm (UTC -4)
too much free time. And they deserve some prime talent once in a while too.
gategem
6/28/2009-6:02pm at 6:02 pm (UTC -4)
Jerry’s job is to win ballgames now. It will do him no good if intelligent moves by Omar give the Mets a championship team in two years but Jerry is then the 1st base coach of Kansas City.
rustyjr
6/28/2009-6:05pm at 6:05 pm (UTC -4)
very true gate
trs86
6/28/2009-5:38pm at 5:38 pm (UTC -4)
Prismo, you gotta post stuff like this. It’s fine.
Looks like he said Ollie and Redding may share starts too. LOL.
stickguy
6/28/2009-5:42pm at 5:42 pm (UTC -4)
you mean Ollie throws 100 pitches and struggles through 3 innings, Redding pitches 4-8, and K Rod for the save?
They are actaully doing that with 2 guys in the minors (alternating starts I think, and using 1 to back up the other)
rustyjr
6/28/2009-5:50pm at 5:50 pm (UTC -4)
who showed up today ? good ollie or bad ollie?
rustyjr
6/28/2009-5:51pm at 5:51 pm (UTC -4)
maybe trade ollie for dontrelle – dontrelle we could try to pull an ankiel with
prismo
6/28/2009-6:11pm at 6:11 pm (UTC -4)
so far good ollie (through 4 innings – 2 hits, 1 walk, 6 Ks)
rustyjr
6/28/2009-6:13pm at 6:13 pm (UTC -4)
never thought i’d be yearning to have ollie back lol – hell at this point i want zambrano and charlie puleo back lol
rustyjr
6/28/2009-5:45pm at 5:45 pm (UTC -4)
if those are daniel murphy’s hands we are in trouble – j/k
GravediggerHebner
6/28/2009-5:49pm at 5:49 pm (UTC -4)
Through metsminorleagueblog.com I found a link to this very interesting article on TV camera angles:
http://www.slate.com/id/2221384/
rustyjr
6/28/2009-5:51pm at 5:51 pm (UTC -4)
repost heb
gategem
6/28/2009-6:06pm at 6:06 pm (UTC -4)
lol I thought it was a link to ZZ Top.
GravediggerHebner
6/28/2009-6:11pm at 6:11 pm (UTC -4)
I deleted those “zzz”s, I guess that is Slate’s way of preventing people from linking to them or something?
rustyjr
6/28/2009-6:12pm at 6:12 pm (UTC -4)
good post – i guess that is an optical illusion btw – joined ballhype and I voted
prismo
6/28/2009-6:16pm at 6:16 pm (UTC -4)
Church is not playing tonight due to illness. Tatis (yay) is taking his place.