| NY Mets |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
LOB |
AVG |
| Pagan, CF |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.211 |
| Castillo, L, 2B |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.270 |
| Wright, D, 3B |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.229 |
| Bay, LF |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.314 |
| Murphy, Dn, 1B |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.162 |
| Francoeur, RF |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.194 |
| Cora, SS |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.273 |
| Barajas, C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.294 |
| Figueroa, N, P |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
| Totals |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
| Florida |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
LOB |
AVG |
| Coghlan, LF |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.362 |
| Maybin, CF |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.276 |
| Ramirez, H, SS |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.319 |
| Paulino, R, C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.417 |
| Sanchez, G, 1B |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.382 |
| Murphy, D, 3B |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.346 |
| Luna, 2B |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.321 |
| Petersen, B, RF |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.244 |
| Penn, P |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
| Totals |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
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83 comments
metsfan4decades
3/26/2010-1:20pm at 1:20 pm (UTC -4)
Just an FYI….for whatever reason, I was able to bring up the GameDay for this game – unlike yesterday when I wasn’t able to.
GravediggerHebner
3/26/2010-1:21pm at 1:21 pm (UTC -4)
Thank you, just added the link to the post.
DNDJohan aka kistics
3/26/2010-1:32pm at 1:32 pm (UTC -4)
There’s actually a link on MLB.com for this game’s gameday. MLB must’ve caught up to TRDMB’s secret plot.
GravediggerHebner
3/26/2010-1:37pm at 1:37 pm (UTC -4)
Yeah I saw that, I couldn’t believe it. I had to do that classic Hollywood double take, then rub my eyes and blink a lot, I was so surprised. If a camera had been on me we’d be talking Oscar.
GravediggerHebner
3/26/2010-1:23pm at 1:23 pm (UTC -4)
The boys are off to a flying start, 3-0 Mets after 1.
metsfan4decades
3/26/2010-1:28pm at 1:28 pm (UTC -4)
Yes, and as predicted so far, Figgy pitches to the minimum in the 1st.
GravediggerHebner
3/26/2010-1:39pm at 1:39 pm (UTC -4)
When I saw “Murphy, D.” in the Florida lineup my 1st thought was “who did we get for him?”
DNDJohan aka kistics
3/26/2010-1:41pm at 1:41 pm (UTC -4)
According to the Gameday, his pop-up must’ve been caught by a fan.
stickguy
3/26/2010-1:45pm at 1:45 pm (UTC -4)
almost the OD lineup. Nice to see they took the boys on a road trip.
Let’s see, with Ryes in and Cora out, do you put Reyes 1st, and pagan in the 7 hole? Or make more interesting adjustments?
Also, wonder how long PSL will be around? Quite a few discussions lately about how the east coast of Fla. is becoming too isolated. Might have to move over to the west coast, or maybe near Orlando like some of the others.
GravediggerHebner
3/26/2010-1:46pm at 1:46 pm (UTC -4)
Or bite the bullet and get a handful of team helicopters.
GravediggerHebner
3/26/2010-1:47pm at 1:47 pm (UTC -4)
Assuming that the “Jose bats 3rd” idea is dead I’m going to guess they’ll do exactly what you suggest.
DNDJohan aka kistics
3/26/2010-1:56pm at 1:56 pm (UTC -4)
For a minute there, I thought OD as in the other OD.
GravediggerHebner
3/26/2010-1:45pm at 1:45 pm (UTC -4)
I guess, if Jose needs a few days into the season to get ready, this would be the Opening Day lineup (except if Blanco is Santana’s personal catcher)?
metsfan4decades
3/26/2010-1:47pm at 1:47 pm (UTC -4)
Dwright 2 for 2 with a double and HR.
DNDJohan aka kistics
3/26/2010-1:51pm at 1:51 pm (UTC -4)
What do you guys think of Murphy hitting 5th behind Bay?
I think the reasoning is that you don’t want to have 3 high K RHBs in a row. But I think Murphy would be better served behind Frenchy rather than in front of him.
ceetar
3/26/2010-1:58pm at 1:58 pm (UTC -4)
I’d rather Murphy in front of Francoeur, the whole ‘break up the righties’ thing, which i don’t necessarily care for, but it does make sense. keep the high K guys separated as well, and hopefully Murphy goes back to having a good eye and walking more.
GravediggerHebner
3/26/2010-1:58pm at 1:58 pm (UTC -4)
I agree completely with your suggestion as to why they do it, and I also agree that ideally (for who he is right now) that Murphy would be better utilized lower in a batting order, 7th suits him IMO. But given the other guys available it’s hard to slot him 7th.
I suppose with Jose back (but Beltran still out) they could go something like this:
Reyes
Castillo
Wright
Bay
Pagan
Francoeur
Murphy
Barajas
but somehow I doubt they’d do it.
GravediggerHebner
3/26/2010-2:02pm at 2:02 pm (UTC -4)
For me ultimately it’s more important to keep Francoeur and Barajas, the two guys most likely to have OBPs under .300, from batting back-to-back. That’s more important to me than to separate the 3 righties who strike out a lot, when I factor in that Wright and Bay despite the Ks are good OBP guys.
njstuckintx
3/26/2010-2:05pm at 2:05 pm (UTC -4)
You think Pagan is better suited in the 5 spot than Murphy?
GravediggerHebner
3/26/2010-2:16pm at 2:16 pm (UTC -4)
Not really, it’s more that I think Murphy is better suited to the 7th than the 5th spot. But neither guy is ideal to me 5th. The top 5 of this lineup won’t be ideal until Beltran is back, then it will be something to behold.
DNDJohan aka kistics
3/26/2010-2:03pm at 2:03 pm (UTC -4)
Ahh.. Pagan at 5th thing…
ceetar
3/26/2010-2:14pm at 2:14 pm (UTC -4)
I don’t even care. Give me them drawn out of a hat (kidding, Manuel, kidding) as long as the games count .lets go already.
GravediggerHebner
3/26/2010-2:04pm at 2:04 pm (UTC -4)
Well Figgy is showing his mortality at just the right time. If only Mejia would cooperate.
GravediggerHebner
3/26/2010-2:07pm at 2:07 pm (UTC -4)
Speak of the devil, Mejia relieves Figgy with the bases loaded.
metsfan4decades
3/26/2010-2:08pm at 2:08 pm (UTC -4)
lol. Actually wanted to see Figgy do well so some other team would pick him up when he refuses the Mets AAA designation.
stickguy
3/26/2010-2:29pm at 2:29 pm (UTC -4)
I am fine with him having to suck up a demotion to Buffalo. Then will hope not to need him!
stickguy
3/26/2010-2:08pm at 2:08 pm (UTC -4)
I’m with you on that.
GravediggerHebner
3/26/2010-2:17pm at 2:17 pm (UTC -4)
Hey, Mejia cooperated!
GravediggerHebner
3/26/2010-2:19pm at 2:19 pm (UTC -4)
Faced 2 batters, gave up 3 inherited and 4 total runs, only got the one out he needed on a runner stretching single into double.
If this leads to his going to AA to start I’ll be one happy camper.
stickguy
3/26/2010-3:08pm at 3:08 pm (UTC -4)
me too.
DNDJohan aka kistics
3/26/2010-2:16pm at 2:16 pm (UTC -4)
You said it!
DNDJohan aka kistics
3/26/2010-2:17pm at 2:17 pm (UTC -4)
8 run inning.
metsfan4decades
3/26/2010-2:19pm at 2:19 pm (UTC -4)
Well, that was an ugly inning.
Mejia not fairing too well when brought in with men on base.
rustyjr
3/26/2010-2:27pm at 2:27 pm (UTC -4)
Is it weird that I’m happy yet sad lol
metsfan4decades
3/26/2010-2:32pm at 2:32 pm (UTC -4)
lol. I think we all realize while he’s got some great stuff, he probably is not ready for the ML, not even in the BP. According to all reports I’ve read his FB is electric but his other pitches are not there yet to consistently get outs.
metsfan4decades
3/26/2010-2:26pm at 2:26 pm (UTC -4)
Cora HR?
ceetar
3/26/2010-2:32pm at 2:32 pm (UTC -4)
StevePopper Not at all. But I’m biased – bought Tagalong Girl Scout cookies from his daughter. RT @tbrucato: Isn’t Figgy a bit of a jerk?
DNDJohan aka kistics
3/26/2010-2:34pm at 2:34 pm (UTC -4)
huh?
GravediggerHebner
3/26/2010-2:41pm at 2:41 pm (UTC -4)
Allow me to translate:
Question (from twitter user @tbrucato): Isn’t Figgy a bit of a jerk?
Answer (from twitter user and Met’s beat writer Steve Popper): Not at all. But I’m biased – bought Tagalong Girl Scout cookies from his daughter (Popper has purchased Peanut Butter Patties from Nelson’s child).
DNDJohan aka kistics
3/26/2010-3:36pm at 3:36 pm (UTC -4)
Ah… Thanks a bunch Grave! You seem to know everything!
Kingman 26
3/26/2010-3:38pm at 3:38 pm (UTC -4)
He is kind of a cross between Einstein and a guru, isn’t he??
ceetar
3/26/2010-3:52pm at 3:52 pm (UTC -4)
Grave was mentioned
Ledger_NYMets Your comments: Mets pitcher John Maine’s ‘very decent’ outing http://bit.ly/bNhdcq
Kingman 26
3/26/2010-3:57pm at 3:57 pm (UTC -4)
I keep a low profile over there—I am Brock Landers—they quoted me on something recently, and now I feel like I am in good company with you guys over there!
DNDJohan aka kistics
3/26/2010-3:57pm at 3:57 pm (UTC -4)
Awesome!
njstuckintx
3/26/2010-2:37pm at 2:37 pm (UTC -4)
If we could only have it that the box scores updated in live time…
ceetar
3/26/2010-2:41pm at 2:41 pm (UTC -4)
10 days?
metsfan4decades
3/26/2010-2:46pm at 2:46 pm (UTC -4)
Who is Raul Valdes? (replaced Mejia)
GravediggerHebner
3/26/2010-2:55pm at 2:55 pm (UTC -4)
Not sure, I think he’s “on loan from the Mexican league” and if so is a left hander who pitched in one of the recent games that was on TV, the one Keith and Gary did.
He pitched in the Mets system a couple years ago.
Raul Valdes
metsfan4decades
3/26/2010-3:10pm at 3:10 pm (UTC -4)
Thanks. Don’t remember ever seeing him.
stickguy
3/26/2010-3:10pm at 3:10 pm (UTC -4)
is he even vaguely in contention for a role with the team? If not, why is he pitching in games that count with just a week left in ST?
ceetar
3/26/2010-3:19pm at 3:19 pm (UTC -4)
You find a lot of this it seems. Last year we had Dillon Gee and Jonathan Malo floating around late in the season. I think a lot of times they have the real starters already prepared and set to a specific schedule and they just throw minor leaguers (sometimes literally!) at the holes in the schedule. Especially on the road.
GravediggerHebner
3/26/2010-3:21pm at 3:21 pm (UTC -4)
I think he’s just late ST contingency for guys not going as long as expected. With Nelson only going 2 2/3 they needed someone to get a few outs.
metsfan4decades
3/26/2010-3:29pm at 3:29 pm (UTC -4)
Lost cable for several minutes. Got it back to see we tied the score.
I know many of you don’t like Misch but he’s quietly having a very nice ST.
I’ll take him over Green and Figgy any day. Lately over Parnell too but I think Parnell still has some upside.
metsfan4decades
3/26/2010-3:32pm at 3:32 pm (UTC -4)
Simultaneously watching the Boston – Omir HR game.
I think this was Pelf’s first outing after that 3 balk game last year. I forgot how uncomfortable he looked out there on the mound many times last year. I really hope he’s got it together this year and we won’t see any repeats of the ‘Yips’….
njstuckintx
3/26/2010-3:43pm at 3:43 pm (UTC -4)
Yeah, it went from supersticious to downright OCD.
Kingman 26
3/26/2010-3:37pm at 3:37 pm (UTC -4)
Hey folks–
Been busy all day–how did Figgy do?
metsfan4decades
3/26/2010-3:43pm at 3:43 pm (UTC -4)
LOL – fine until the 3rd inning. At which point he gave up 7 runs on 8 hits and only two outs. They brought in Mejia with the bases loaded and he allowed all 3 of those inherited runners to score.
GravediggerHebner
3/26/2010-3:44pm at 3:44 pm (UTC -4)
Pour yourself a generous helping of your favorite celebratory beverage:
2 2/3 IP, 8 H, 7 R, 7 ER
relieved by Mejia with the bases loaded who promptly allowed 4 runs (3 of which were charged to Nelson).
asod75
3/26/2010-4:32pm at 4:32 pm (UTC -4)
Mejia’s outing may actually be the better news (I highly doubt Figs was making the team anyway). Get him back to the minors and let him start! If he fails as a starter, then you can move him back to the pen but give him some time down there since he’s only 20.
Kingman 26
3/26/2010-4:39pm at 4:39 pm (UTC -4)
A+++++
Mejia starting the year in the pen would be a complete disaster.
DNDJohan aka kistics
3/26/2010-3:45pm at 3:45 pm (UTC -4)
He gave up like 20 runs in 3rd inning.
Kingman 26
3/26/2010-3:53pm at 3:53 pm (UTC -4)
Well, those actual major leaguers can be tough.
DNDJohan aka kistics
3/26/2010-3:41pm at 3:41 pm (UTC -4)
This is completely off topic, but looks like the porn star Tiger Woods was having an affair with is now going to release pictures that she took when she was with Tiger.
Gee. What was Tiger thinking…..
njstuckintx
3/26/2010-3:44pm at 3:44 pm (UTC -4)
They should come with a title to them “This is what flushing millions down the toilet looks like…”
And there is no way they come out. She’s going for a payday on this.
DNDJohan aka kistics
3/26/2010-3:47pm at 3:47 pm (UTC -4)
I wonder if Nike would cut their ties with Tiger if this thing really comes out.
Kingman 26
3/26/2010-3:49pm at 3:49 pm (UTC -4)
Compared with the way Nike runs their Asian operations with basically child slave labor kept in line by soldiers in Asia, I would think that this whole issue might IMPROVE their overall Q rating and reputation.
metsfan4decades
3/26/2010-3:45pm at 3:45 pm (UTC -4)
Someone must be paying her big $$s for those pictures. Just goes to show you what some will do for money.
And I have no idea what Tiger was thinking…..
DNDJohan aka kistics
3/26/2010-3:52pm at 3:52 pm (UTC -4)
I think the porn star was also pissed too.
njstuckintx
3/26/2010-4:02pm at 4:02 pm (UTC -4)
It was with a Porn Star! Like he wouldn’t know this would end disasterous. He’s just lucky he’s not on some IV drip to clear up something itchy or worse. At this point, for him, it’s only money.
DNDJohan aka kistics
3/26/2010-4:04pm at 4:04 pm (UTC -4)
Exactly.
GravediggerHebner
3/26/2010-3:46pm at 3:46 pm (UTC -4)
Did you happen to see South Park last week?
DNDJohan aka kistics
3/26/2010-3:51pm at 3:51 pm (UTC -4)
No. What happened?
GravediggerHebner
3/26/2010-3:51pm at 3:51 pm (UTC -4)
Don’t click on this if foul language offends you.
South Park EA Sports Tiger Woods
DNDJohan aka kistics
3/26/2010-3:55pm at 3:55 pm (UTC -4)
That’s really funny
GravediggerHebner
3/26/2010-4:09pm at 4:09 pm (UTC -4)
***Spoiler Alert***
(don’t read this comment if you don’t want the episode spoiled)
Basically the full premise of the show was the the government conducted a study on marital infidelity and concluded that men with wealth and power lead them to be unfaithful. But because it was wealthy and powerful men who were figuring this out they realized that answer wasn’t going to cut it so they instead said their was an evil Sex Addiction Wizard who was casting a spell on men to make them unfaithful, so they dressed up some guy like a wizard and then killed him, thus ending infidelity.
Kingman 26
3/26/2010-3:47pm at 3:47 pm (UTC -4)
Well, Tiger was thinking “I have a billion dollars.”
And “Hmmm, now I don’t have to play the Buick Classic and go to Thailand for the Thai Open this winter and spring.”
And “I think I might just be able to play the Masters and the other majors this year.”
And “I really CAN do whatever I want!”
DNDJohan aka kistics
3/26/2010-4:00pm at 4:00 pm (UTC -4)
Man. I would almost think Divorce would be a quick simple fix for all this. It’s probably easier on his wife and the kids.
Kingman 26
3/26/2010-4:13pm at 4:13 pm (UTC -4)
I am sure the wife is carefully calculating which way she will be wealthier, and she will then make her decision.
She either knew EXACTLY what was going on, or she may be the stupidest human being who has ever walked upright.
DNDJohan aka kistics
3/26/2010-4:28pm at 4:28 pm (UTC -4)
I think she was somewhere in between those two extremes, but more on the latter side.
Tiger is a busy man and I’m sure it was very easy to book a “meeting” at odd hours and not draw any suspicion from his wife.
Kingman 26
3/26/2010-4:35pm at 4:35 pm (UTC -4)
True, but Tiger met her when she was a nanny for Jesper Parnevik, a very prominent golfer on the PGA and other world tours for years who I believe she is still close with….there ain’t no way that Jesper and dozens of other golfers did not know exactly what was going on.
He wasn’t booking a meeting at odd hours, he was screwing every skank from here to Calcutta!
stickguy
3/26/2010-5:27pm at 5:27 pm (UTC -4)
hopefully this outing might wise up the Mejia crowd. Please, send him down? ANd I think for sure Figgy will be choosing between AAA and some foreign country soon.
Also, I am warming up to the idea of Gaudin. Assuming Neise is taking the 5 hole, and the pen will have K rod, Calero, Neive, Feliciano and Taks2 locked in. And probably Iggy?
1 spot left, right now for green/parnell/misch. Playing the options game, send Parnell and green down (parnell for closers school, and Green to get him the hell away from meaningful met games). Sign Gaudin, and him risk losing Misch to fill out the pen, with Green, Kunz and Parnell in AAA waiting for a need. And maybe, someday, excobar. And Misch if he clears.
Gaudin, taka and Neive can also spot start of cover as a group a stray fill-in start. And move to the rotation for a spell if someone else hits the DL.
You got a couple of lefties, some good cross over set up types, and some decent FBs out there (should be plenty of Ks). And really, no OOGYS unless Jerry is too dumb to figure that out.
If gaudin doesn’t sign, replace him with Misch.
Kingman 26
3/26/2010-5:56pm at 5:56 pm (UTC -4)
In a shcoking development, I agree with every word of this!
trs86
3/26/2010-7:51pm at 7:51 pm (UTC -4)
Another think I to look at, this really puts sample size in picture. Figgy having a “great” spring and after 1 bad inning has an ERA worse than Nieve, Misch, Perez, Niese, Parnell, Stoner and an entire host of pitchers. 0 to suck in 1 inning.