SuitSat orbits earth
SuitSat is a satellite made of an old spacesuit. Basically the old suit is no longer useful so it is jettisoned from the International Space Station and experiments on things such as battery power and radio transmission are performed until the suit eventually burns up re-entering earth’s atmosphere. I would like to jettison the New York Mets 2009 season from the ISS and have it burn up please. Can this be arranged?
Mike Hampton
David Wright gave the Mets a 1-0 lead in the 1st inning, driving in Angel Pagan with a single. In the bottom of the inning the Houston Astros tied it up when Carlos Lee drove in old friend Kazuo Matsui. Then in the 4th inning winning pitcher Babe Ruth Mike Hampton (6-7) hit a 2-run homer off Johan Santana (11-8) to give the Astros a 3-1 lead.
Strange Days indeed
Strange day continued in the 5th. Luis Castillo of all people hit an RBI double to plate Angel Berroa. After an intentional walk to Wright, Castillo then scored on a Jeff Francoeur single which tied the game at 3. Santana’s poor start continued and he immediately surrendered the lead.
Coste-ing to victory
In the bottom of the 5th inning with runners on 1st & 2nd former 33 year old rookie, now 35 year old veteran, Chris Coste came to the plate 0 for 10 in his career versus Santana and promptly doubled to left-center driving in 2 runs to give the Astros a 5-3 lead. Santana wound up giving up 5 runs on 12 hits and 3 walks in 6 2/3 innings in a losing effort.
Santos & Wright
In the top of the 6th Omir Santos hit a solo homer, his 5th of the season, to cut the lead to 1 run and give the game what would be it’s final score of 5-4. The Odd Couple of Santos & Wright now both have 5 home runs on the season, 4 more than Hampton.
1971 Oldsmobile 442
After Castillo’s 3rd hit of the game, SNY play-by-play announcer Gary Cohen stated that Castillo was batting .442 in his last 14 games, which affords me the opportunity to show this picture of one of my all-time favorite cars, the Oldsmobile 442. That it features a NY state license plate with the word “GRUMPY” on it is icing on a bitter cake.
Please visit yahoo.com for the box score.
14 comments
Mr North Jersey
7/24/2009-11:50pm at 11:50 pm (UTC -4)
Maybe we should sign that bad a$$ 1971 Oldsmobile 442 I am sure it has more power than any of our guys do.
BTW – Not only do I get the post game but I actually learn something while I get it. I think you are onto something. Once again Great Job Grave!
metsfan4decades
7/24/2009-11:52pm at 11:52 pm (UTC -4)
Once again, Grave’s post games ditties are the highlight of the night for us Met fans.
Our season can be summed up with this: our back up catcher, career minor leaguer who didn’t even start the season on the big club, now has the same number of HRs as our star 3rd baseman: 5. 5 HRs….
What’s left to say: Disappointing? Depressing? Brutal? Unbelievable?
And what happened tonight, Johan? Really needed a solid effort from our ace. On a night we actually manage to score 4 runs, he gives up 5. A HR to the opposing pitcher, career high 12 hits. Why, oh why?
fongy2
7/25/2009-12:14am at 12:14 am (UTC -4)
ya know, ididnt think THIS was
our season BUT i didn’t know it
was gonna be one of THOSE seasons!
Mr North Jersey
7/25/2009-12:17am at 12:17 am (UTC -4)
Well I guess I am getting what I wished for, “A Memorable Season”. I do not think I will ever forget this season.
metsfan4decades
7/25/2009-12:20am at 12:20 am (UTC -4)
I’d like to forget this season so far.
steveo
7/25/2009-12:21am at 12:21 am (UTC -4)
That was ace of a pitching performance. 5 agaisnt Johan 7 against Niese what maybe 10 against Livan superb job Omar have fun on the unemployment line maybe you and willy can wright a book about the mets days
njstuckintx
7/25/2009-12:42am at 12:42 am (UTC -4)
What’s funny/sad is I get more enjoyment figuring out what improvements can be made with free agents, expiring contracts, etc. etc. than I do watching games this season.
I have tickets for Sunday’s game. Got them around April. Guess I lost a lottery or something, as I get Livan. Joy…
steveo
7/25/2009-12:29am at 12:29 am (UTC -4)
Hey maybe some good news we we might have just found our # 2 starter for next year. The problem is he was supposed to be our # 1 for the next 4 years oh well better luck next year! or maybe the year after that maybe?
gategem
7/25/2009-12:51am at 12:51 am (UTC -4)
Heb a friend of mine had one of those Olds. In 1969 I had a Dodge Charger R/T with the bumble bee stripe and the hemi. In 1973 I drove a Trans-am with a 455. My gf at the time drove a 1970 Shelby and I could never beat her so I married her instead. Presently I have a 1987 Vette.
stickguy
7/25/2009-1:11am at 1:11 am (UTC -4)
should have kept the charger and the shelby. You might have enough to buy the Mets!
rustyjr
7/25/2009-7:54am at 7:54 am (UTC -4)
i miss my 71 sattillite and my barracuda
gategem
7/25/2009-1:09am at 1:09 am (UTC -4)
Right now the Mets are the worst team in baseball (even if their overall record is not) and their FO is the laughing stock of the league. But what really bothers me is that I don’t think the Wilpons care. That may soon change if Citi Field starts to resemble Grant’s Tomb.
Jeff Wilpon is starting to remind me of James Dolan. Both are where they are courtesy of their father’s sperm. I wonder what they would have ascended to if they had been born into a middle class family. Perhaps they would have been cleaning Isle 16 in the local Stop and Shop?
gategem
7/25/2009-1:25am at 1:25 am (UTC -4)
This is from Amazin’ Avenue. I thought it worth posting.
“I just watched Jeff Francoeur get thrown out at the plate by Hunter Pence in the 7th inning after being waved home by Razor Shines. Francoeur was out by, conservatively, 10 feet. This proves that Razor does no preparation before games in order to learn about the opposing team’s outfielders. If he did, he may have learned the following about Pence’s throwing arm:
John Walsh at The Hardball Times determined that Pence had the best outfield throwing arm of any right fielder in baseball in 2008.
UZR agreed, putting his arm at +8.6 runs, again the best in baseball. For overkill, +/- said +12 for his arm. In 2009, he is having another great year according to the defense metrics.
Don’t like stats? In the few Astros games I’ve seen over the last few years, I have witnessed the Pence cannon in action multiple times. Dozens of “anonymous scouts” would probably agree.
In this specific case, Pence was quite shallow in right field when he fielded Daniel Murphy’s single. If there is one right fielder in the National League with an arm that should not be tested it is Pence. Razor Shines doesn’t care. Razor Shines is intense, vocal, and a big proponent of the 80-pitch drill. Razor Shines has no use for statistics or, apparently, scouting reports. Razor Shines is just here to bring the ruckus and be aggressive for the sake of being aggressive.”
njstuckintx
7/25/2009-8:38am at 8:38 am (UTC -4)
When you never have to mention your third or first base coach, they are usually doing a good job. When you mention them all the time, something is amiss…