I turned on the radio as I was coming home last night to hear Howie Rose talk about the eerie quiet inside Shea Stadium so I’m thinking what happened did someone get hurt? Are the Mets getting blown out? What now?
Well, it was the top of the 9th and it was just after Billy Wagner shit all over the beautiful job that Big Pelf did in throwing 8 innings of shutout baseball in what is becoming the one story that could keep Mets fans interest the rest of this season , the coming of age of Mike Pelfrey. Maybe it has finally clicked on Pelf as he had success by keeping the ball down (8 ground ball outs, 4 fly ball outs, and 8 K’s) and showing confidence in his pitching, but back to the pale over Shea.
Billy Wagner could not get the much needed win for Pelf as he gave up a three run game tying home run to Mark Reynolds (that’s where I joined this games as Howie Rose gave the sad news) and at that point the evacuation sign was activated at Shea as the fans all made way in an orderly fashion to the nearest exit.
So when I got in the house I turned the game on TV and it looked like one of those 1978-79 games at Shea where most nights it seemed like friends and immediate family attended games, all I thought was the Skill Sets have to be seething over this pathetic scene.
What sums up this season so far and my poor outlook of this team is that even when Carlos Beltran hit the game winning home run, I barely moved off the couch. In years past when a Met would hit a home run like that I’d scream so loud that Id wake up the whole house and couldn’t care less who was mad at me for waking them up, THE METS WON, THE METS WON that’s all I cared about now it’s like “big deal, there’s another four game losing streak coming upâ€.
As per Adam Rubin in the NY Daily News, Fernando Martinez should be back in the Bingo lineup next week after dealing with a hamstring injury.
Nice to see someone gave Marlon Anderson a box of crayons, maybe the players can bring home his latest motivational masterpiece and hang in on their refrigerator.
According to Jon Heyman of SI .com and a paid guest of My Big Fat Obnoxious Talk Show Host and the Little Mutt (these two have sunk so low that they can only get guest on if they pay them.) reports that the Mets have signed first round pick Reese Havens. Enjoy your stay on Coney Island Reese.
With his $10 co-pay in hand, and a seat on Access a Ride, Medicare Moises went for an MRI of his calf. I know MM can hit in his sleep but unless MLB allows him to play in a motorized wheel chair what’s the sense of keeping him around. I commend Alou for genuinely being embarrassed for always getting injured but at some point enough is enough he is a 41 year old man who will continue to pull things and rip things an can not be counted on. For the good of the organization it’s time to give Alou his release. It’s not personal its business.
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This post was written by kranepool on June 12, 2008
” In years past when a Met would hit a home run like that I’d scream so loud that Id wake up the whole house and couldn’t care less who was mad at me for waking them up, THE METS WON, THE METS WON”
LOL I’m glad i’m not the only one who did this. When the Mets did something great, I would run out of my house and scream to all the neighbors, no matter what time of day or night, LET’s Go Mets!!!!!
I can’t even watch them right now. All I do is check ESPN site for scores on my secondary computer while I play Everquest on my main PC. Last night I checked out the scores and saw 3-3 in bottom of 9th and thought, “wow, we haven’t lost yet” not realizing we just blew a 3 run lead in the bottom of teh 9th. If i had watched that game from beginning to the 3 run homer, I would no doubt have thrown the remote through my 55″ TV so not watching them has already saved me anxiety.
Listen, it was last year at around this time that the Phils manager Manuel called out Howard Eskin (think it was him) and was about to brawl with reporters because the Phils were playing like the Mets are now. Next thing you know, the Phils start playing with fire. Every time Guillen freaks out, his team plays with fire. Hey Willie, see a trend here????? How about you get off your Prozac and Xanax and have a freak attack on some people and see what happens!