I figured that this might be the last relevant question I have to come up with for the Mets.
Do the Mets have any fight in them left? Will they give the Phillies a game? How many games will they win?
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24 comments
njstuckintx
8/6/2010-9:34am at 9:34 am (UTC -4)
My heart says Yes, Yes, 3-0!
My head says No, No, 1-2…
ceetar
8/6/2010-9:34am at 9:34 am (UTC -4)
They’ll probably end up winning the series. Figure Wednesday was a low point, and they’ll bounce back a bit. And the Phillies are a very flawed/injured team at this point.
stickguy
8/6/2010-9:35am at 9:35 am (UTC -4)
I think they will try, but getting blownout 3 straight games would not surprise me at all.
I hate the phils. They were gifted a win last night.
metsfan4decades
8/6/2010-9:51am at 9:51 am (UTC -4)
I have absolutely no idea…..
They’d better have some fight left in them. I want to see a well played, well pitched series by the Mets. None of that crap we witnessed Wed. night.
If their pitchers out pitch our, so be it. I just want to see them all show up, ready to play, with their head in the game.
My standard mantra to all things Phillies: Phillies suck.
metsfan4decades
8/6/2010-9:59am at 9:59 am (UTC -4)
On another note, this quote can’t possibly be true:
“I wish I had a reality show. Then you could see how hard I’m working.” -Oliver Perez
I don’t normally care for reality shows but I think I’d pay to see a day in the life of Oliver Perez…..
dirtysanchez
8/6/2010-10:03am at 10:03 am (UTC -4)
oh please…the only time he WOULD work hard is if he had cameras on him…
ceetar
8/6/2010-10:47am at 10:47 am (UTC -4)
I’m sure he’s working hard. But ‘working’ is only so helpful at this point. He needs regular work with regular mechanics and pitching to live batters, but he’s beyond the point where he can do that at the MLB level, as his velocity and productively has dropped since before the DL stint. It’s really lose-lose at this point for this year.
dirtysanchez
8/6/2010-10:01am at 10:01 am (UTC -4)
Thye have no choice..they have to win this series…if they blow it now, kiss this season good bye
metsfan4decades
8/6/2010-10:03am at 10:03 am (UTC -4)
O.K., hire Pedro Martinez…now:
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/2010/08/06/2010-08-06_pedro_believes_front_office_left_me_hanging.html?r=sports%2Fbaseball%2Fmets&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+nydnrss%2Fsports%2Fbaseball%2Fmets+%28Sports%2FBas
“Right now, (the Mets) could (use me), especially with those young guys. I know exactly what’s happening with (Mike) Pelfrey. And I know exactly what’s happening with Ollie (Perez),” Martinez said. “And those were kids that I took under my wings when I was there, even though I would never say it. I was on top of their heads every single day.
dirtysanchez
8/6/2010-11:24am at 11:24 am (UTC -4)
I wouldnt hire him for the rotation but definitely as a consultant or something because right now nobody knows whats up with pelf and ollie.
rustyjr
8/6/2010-10:35am at 10:35 am (UTC -4)
call me a optimist but i can see them taking 2 out of three
gonzowill
8/6/2010-10:39am at 10:39 am (UTC -4)
I’m with Rusty- 2 out of three as well
stickguy
8/6/2010-10:43am at 10:43 am (UTC -4)
tonight is the big game. Blanton should be beatable. not very confident getting Halladay and Hamels after that.
ceetar
8/6/2010-10:48am at 10:48 am (UTC -4)
Mets generally hit Hamels, he’s soft and a wuss.
Not that means anything.
DNDJohan aka kistics
8/6/2010-11:28am at 11:28 am (UTC -4)
If the Mets go 1-2 here, is the post season completely out of the picture? Or is this a foregone conclusion already?
ceetar
8/6/2010-11:34am at 11:34 am (UTC -4)
neither.
what if they go 1-2 and Braves get swept for instance? What if they go 1-2 but then win EVERY other game against the Phillies and Braves?
Every loss makes everything that much tougher, but it’s not quite at the insurmountable point yet.
stickguy
8/6/2010-11:37am at 11:37 am (UTC -4)
well, if the phils take 2 and the braves get swept, my prediction of a week or so back that the phils would be in 1st place by early august would have come true.
and you people scoffed at me when I said the phils were gonna make a full run.
and it is so sad they are doing it without their best hitters.
GravediggerHebner
8/6/2010-12:17pm at 12:17 pm (UTC -4)
My people resent being referred to as you people. They ain’t you people they my people dammit!
DNDJohan aka kistics
8/6/2010-12:02pm at 12:02 pm (UTC -4)
Regardless of Bravos getting swept or not, if the Phillies win 2 of 3, Mets will probably out close to double digits in NL East or WC.
stickguy
8/6/2010-11:35am at 11:35 am (UTC -4)
they are on life support. It is just getting harder to envision them making the 35-20 (or whatever it takes) run to give themselves a chance. Certainly possible, but maybe what, a 5%-10% chance?
so yeah, if they go 1-2 and the giants and braves both win too, the chances are pretty much gone.
ceetar
8/6/2010-11:46am at 11:46 am (UTC -4)
Again, you’re assuming it’ll take 35-20, but those numbers are reliant on treating the Braves, Phillies and Mets schedules as separate, and they’re not. Basically each win is not equal.
Definitely on life support, and every loss makes it less probable, but not just quite dead-dead yet.
Kingman 26
8/6/2010-11:52am at 11:52 am (UTC -4)
It was a foregone conclusion long ago.
I am still watching and will continue to, but they ain’t making the playoffs.
No chance.
Mr North Jersey
8/6/2010-12:08pm at 12:08 pm (UTC -4)
Realistically Kistics the season is over already.
Mathematically they are still in it.
I gonna add a post soon to expand a little bit on that.
GravediggerHebner
8/6/2010-11:59am at 11:59 am (UTC -4)
I really don’t want to get into the whole “fight in them” aspect. After watching baseball pretty regularly for roughly 35 years teams have ebbs and flows. When they win I don’t think it’s because they “felt like it” and when they lose I don’t think it’s because they “weren’t into it.” I think they win when they execute at key moments more successfully than their opponent with a little luck thrown in.
So far this season versus the Phillies the Mets are 4-2 (1-2 in Philly, 3-0 at Citi) having outscored them 30-22. Pelf & Santana got blown out in Philly. If the Mets “execute at key moments more successfully than their opponent” it’s easy for me to envision them sweeping the Phillies. But it’s hard for me to convince myself that it’s likely they will do so. I’ll stand by my guess from earlier in the week of 1-2 because the Mets haven’t shown anything consistently on the road except an ability to lose more often than they win.