"I'll climb that hill in my own way"
I’m sorry folks I know it’s my duty (he said “doody”) to pay attention to these New York Mets games and then tell you what you just saw about them but this team makes it really hard to pay attention after the first few innings. The idiots just took their own horrible approach popping up to center fielder Rick Ankiel so many times that Mets play-by-play man Gary Cohen suggested he should be paid by the out. If only the Mets had a reputation as comeback kids I could remain focused but their record when trailing after 1 inning is 0 and 7,429 (roughly) and tonight Mike Pelfrey (13-8) allowed the host Atlanta Braves to score 2 in the 1st inning on an 2-run double by Martin Prado and 2 in the 2nd inning on an Omar Infante RBI single and a Jason Heyward RBI double so after 2 it was 4-0 Atlanta. If they can’t remain focused why the hell should I?
"Just wait a while for the right day"
Meanwhile the Mets were still hit-less. Their 1st hit came in the 4th when David Wright broke Braves starter Tommy Hanson‘s (9-10) spell with a 1 out double but was (naturally) stranded. Their 2nd (and only other) hit came in the 8th inning and, I hope you are seated, it was a single by Luis Hernandez that drove in a run. Huzzah! After Billy Wagner retired the Mets in order in the 9th for his 31st save, Mets color analyst Keith Hernandez, a master of understatement, said “this is getting kind of depressing.” I can sum it up no better than that. Final score Atlanta 4, New York 1. Lost in the doldrums was the major league debut of Lucas Duda who was 0 for 3 at the plate but exhibited surprising defense sliding to his left to cut off 1 hit and sliding to his right to make a fine catch against the wall. The Braves go for the final nail, I mean sweep, tomorrow.
26 comments
stickguy
9/1/2010-10:21pm at 10:21 pm (UTC -4)
duda also showed a pretty good arm out there. he is already way ahead of carter defensively!
so of course Jerry had to pull him for a defensive replacement. a MI.
I swear, if they do nothing else this off season but replace jerry and the coaches, I will still be optimistic for next season (and no, I am not advocating that approach, I just want Jerry gone really, really a lot)
anyway, if they continue the trend (3-2-1- ), then they get shut out tomorrow. and with Johan on the mound, it seems reasonable.
GravediggerHebner
9/1/2010-10:23pm at 10:23 pm (UTC -4)
Allegedly Duda had leg cramps.
stickguy
9/1/2010-10:43pm at 10:43 pm (UTC -4)
well then, I will give him a pass. hopefully he hydrates and sleeps and is good to go tomorrow.
he did say that he didn’t really sleep last night, and was pretty wiped out, so that might be the reason.
metsfan4decades
9/1/2010-10:34pm at 10:34 pm (UTC -4)
Well, when Wally was asked: ‘Do you think there are things you could be doing better right now than the current manager?’
His response: ‘Probably’.
stickguy
9/1/2010-10:45pm at 10:45 pm (UTC -4)
did not hear it put that way. the quote I saw could also be interpreted to me mean that he could do better than he did this year.
metsfan4decades
9/1/2010-10:24pm at 10:24 pm (UTC -4)
If they can’t remain focused why the hell should I?
Hard to blame you there, Grave.
My in depth analysis for the night after watching that game:
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
You know it’s beyond poor when the most interesting play of the night they showed wasn’t from this game, it was an update on the Marlin/Nats game tonight where Marlins pitchers drilled 3 Nats because of that N. Morgan play at the plate last night…..which resulted tonight in N. Morgan finally charging the mound to go after the pitcher.
All I kept thinking to myself is the Nats, who are in last place, showed some life there. The Mets in the same situation probably wouldn’t even remember some bush league play at the plate the night before, let along retaliating for it.
metsfan4decades
9/1/2010-10:29pm at 10:29 pm (UTC -4)
Watching the L. Duda interview on the post game.
Feel bad for the kid. Apparently he game out due to cramps in his legs. If he said once, he said 3 times, ‘that’s not the way I wanted my major league debut to go’. He sounded so disappointed.
He vowed not to let that happen again (he thought he was a little dehydrated). Said he felt comfortable in LF, had opportunities to throw out some base runners but didn’t get that done and again said he intends on doing better at that next opportunity he got.
I’ll give him an A just for the mindset of not being satisfied with his debut and vowing to do better.
metsfan4decades
9/1/2010-10:32pm at 10:32 pm (UTC -4)
And to continue, Pelf saying he wasn’t very good tonight and when he goes back to look at the tapes, he said he was probably even worse then he thought at the time.
Said he made mistakes and with a ‘good team like the Braves’ they’ll make you pay.
I just want to know who the NY Mets isn’t making look good anymore.
Braves know where we’re at. With a 3 run lead, they started taking out their regulars to rest them for post season.
Sigh….
GravediggerHebner
9/1/2010-10:35pm at 10:35 pm (UTC -4)
It’s unfortunate for Duda. Said something about getting dehydrated on the plane flight to Atlanta.
Very very small sample but as Stick noted his defense looked superior to Carter’s so even if Beltran & Pagan are healthy & playing I would hope/expect Duda to be the 3rd OF out there with them.
GravediggerHebner
9/1/2010-10:38pm at 10:38 pm (UTC -4)
Ceetar (and millions of others but especially him) will be pleased to note that in his post game press conference, when speaking about Duda’s future with the team, Jerry Manuel used “they” when referring to the Mets organization, not “we.”
metsfan4decades
9/1/2010-10:42pm at 10:42 pm (UTC -4)
There was some question they asked Jerry where he initially said ‘they’, but then immediately changed it to ‘we’.
Either Jerry has already been told his time is short or no one has told him but in his own mind, he knows that to be true.
stickguy
9/1/2010-10:47pm at 10:47 pm (UTC -4)
jerry might not be a good manager, but he is not a stupid man. he knows they lay of the land, and that he is gone. It is also possible that Jeffy told him directly monday, but that probably was not even required.
stickguy
9/1/2010-10:50pm at 10:50 pm (UTC -4)
certainly not the year I was hoping for. and September is shaping up to be messy.
but, in 30 days, I am still going to be bummed when the season is over and there are no more games to watch.
even though I enjoy all the hot stove talk. Much more interesting than what the mets normally actually do!
although I think this year there will be plenty of excitement, and lots of moves.
GravediggerHebner
9/1/2010-10:55pm at 10:55 pm (UTC -4)
When a good season ends I am bummed, but when a bad season ends it’s a relief to get my weeknights, hell to get the 3 hours essentially every day, back.
Even after the bad seasons though I am more than ready to surrender those daily hours again by the time spring training rolls around.
stickguy
9/1/2010-10:58pm at 10:58 pm (UTC -4)
and once the season ends, the standings are wiped out, and everyone starts in April tied at 0-0!
stickguy
9/1/2010-10:52pm at 10:52 pm (UTC -4)
man,, Oswalt it really producing for the phils. Very annoyed that Wade gifted him to the Phils. Mets should have been after him (although there is still time for him to break down again with the bad back) for next year.
stickguy
9/1/2010-10:57pm at 10:57 pm (UTC -4)
what a jack arse. Watching the philly news (fox affiliate) and sports is on. showed the philshighlights. then, the mets/braves briefly.
some spare sports anchor has to recap as “braves beat the awful, awful Mets. they are terrible”
hey, might be true, but really bush league for a guy that is supposed to be a pro on a major station.
asod75
9/1/2010-11:28pm at 11:28 pm (UTC -4)
Unrelated note, but does anybody else find Andy Martino of the Daily News incredibly annoying? Think the dude still wants to cover the Phillies. As for tonight, another listless loss. At this point, they should let Manuel go to put him (and us) out of his misery. Let someone finish out the year and bring someone new (Backman maybe) next year.
stickguy
9/1/2010-11:35pm at 11:35 pm (UTC -4)
I pretty much pay no attention to him, unless some author here posts something he says.
I would be happy to see jerry get a jump on the off season. Not sure I want to see wally though, since he could be in consideration for the job next year (and that gets messy).
but, bring up Obie with the understanding it is just a 3 week stint after buffalo finishes up their season on Monday.
Prismo
9/1/2010-11:56pm at 11:56 pm (UTC -4)
I had it out with him a bit this morning on twitter. He was pulling the Ken Davidoff – stir sh*t up just to see the negative reactions then act like you don’t care.
asod75
9/2/2010-12:18am at 12:18 am (UTC -4)
A lot of dillholes covering the Mets these days.
metsfan4decades
9/2/2010-7:29am at 7:29 am (UTC -4)
Glad to see I’m not the only one who feels this way.
stickguy
9/1/2010-11:32pm at 11:32 pm (UTC -4)
Mets should be able to call up some more help by Friday. Buffalo has only tomorrow left as a home game, and are eliminated from the playoffs.
not like it makes a ton of difference right now whether evans or turner spend the weekend playing in buff or benched with the mets.
But I would really like to see a 2B that at least theoretically can hit (had a double and HR again today),
asod75
9/1/2010-11:46pm at 11:46 pm (UTC -4)
I’d love to see Turner. Was worried he was out for the year before seeing him back in action this week. He really should have gotten the call when F-Mart and Tejada were called back early last month. Evans should also be back, hopefully with a chance to get ABs this time (unlike last year when moronic Jerry played Tatis in September).
royhobbs7
9/1/2010-11:51pm at 11:51 pm (UTC -4)
Gravedigger Hebs: Nice Floydian recall (Fearless:). However, I believe that the Mets need a more primitive calling (like Dark Side of the Moon) like “Run Rabbit Run”.
“Just wait awhile for the right day”.
njstuckintx
9/2/2010-1:19am at 1:19 am (UTC -4)
I was listen to Meddle just the other day. Very nice.