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FKNA.........great win last night.
I'll be at the game tonight and hope they can make it tall the way to the world series.
I would have loved to seen a subway series but the worst team money can buy choked (again).
The curse of Gay-Rod lives on and George can save 23 million and just pay me 2 million to strike out with bases loaded.
Let's Go Mets
I'll be at shea tonight too watching the best third baseman in new york. Glavine pitched like the veteran future hall of famer he is last night. Lets go Mets
Carpenter vs Maine...might be a tough night for the Mets.....wear your nut warmers!
go mets!!!
(cautiously optimistic for the series)
I'll be at game 4 of the W.S. :)
Don't worry...no jinx here.
Mets are a juggernaut.
If Maine gets in trouble, we'll be seeing 3-4 innings out of Heilman.
Oh yeah, what a class act Poolholes is:
"[Glavine] wasn't good," Pujols said. "I think we hit the ball hard. We didn't get some breaks."
I was SHOCKED when I heard about this quote...what a moron...Chin music anyone??:fm:Quote:
Originally Posted by snoogens
The mets WS win was the highlight of 1986 for me. They better win again, 2006 hasn't exactly been a banner year for me either.
Maybe.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shen
Anyone on this pitching staff has balls unlike that fucktwad Estes who throw a 50 mph fastball 4 feet behind Clemens.
let's go mets! FKNA!
there's been all this talk of walking pulhols,
glavine sacked up and made him a non-factor.
he's got sour grapes and thinks he can intimidate maine by putting glavine down.:nonono2:
first of all from now on albert must be called:
A-'hols
especially if he keeps performing as he did last nite.
and nice baserunning JONG!:the_finge
glavine kept the pen rested, and maine has the stuff.
tonite mets will need to make things happen, which means reyes needs to be patient and see alot of pitches. and break out. mets have already swept through these 4 games with him factoring little in all but one game.
better to see some met batters strike out than hit 1st and second pitches. high pitch count also impacts game seven...which isn't gonna happen, but it'll get into the larussa's head, and carpenter could get pulled prematurely.
and yes, instead of walking A-'hols, one HBP should be kept in the arsenal for the right time, should it come.
chin music - maybe from billy in the 9th. it's gotta come from an elder superstar type.
i still think mets are gonna find a way to sweep through this one too...look who's hitting after A-'hols. keep 1+2 batters off the bases and all will be fine.
i envy you elevens! shea will be cold+rocking tonite!!
:the_finge bring it on, faggot* New Yorkers
*not that there is anything wrong with that
I have great memories of the last time we faced the Cards in the NLCS in 2000 :tongue:Quote:
Originally Posted by Karl Stall
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Originally Posted by elevens
I went to all three games at Shea - those were not enjoyable times.
Hopefully, our bats will wake from their annual Fall stupor to get us a game tonight. Truthfully, I am not too confident.
Bring back Terry Pendleton
I was at game 6 in 200 and thought the stadium was going to fall down after Todd hit the double in the 8th.Quote:
Originally Posted by Karl Stall
Leaving now for the game.......Let's Go Mets :biggrin:
Poo Holes seems pretty self-explanatory to me. Much more kid-friendly too :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by buckethead
Ouch! most deflating game I've ever been too. The ride home on the 7 train was brutally depressing.
Hard loss. But the Mets will bounce back.
I wish we could somehow clone Endy Chavez and put him in RF.
yea, green has made nady look like a speed demon out there.
he looks terrible coming in on short flies too...unfortunately milledge was shaky in the field too.
the only good that came out of that game is that reyes has broken out, and will be a huge factor from here on.
delgado's blasts were wasted, but he's gotta have some more of those to come.
mets win tonite, and all will be fine. trax is an old pro, and will rise to the occasion.
Mets pitching was terrible...For having the best bullpen in MLB...they certainly choked last night....They let a winable game-at HOME- get away...and used up a lot of arms in doing so.....
In game 1, the Cards were hitting the ball hard.The problem was,they hit it hard right at the players,& it resulted in mulitple double plays. The mets weren't hitting it at all until the seeing eye grounder & the 3-2 meatball down the pipe to Beltran who crushed it.Other than that,the Mets didn't hit the ball well at all.
I don't think Glavin pitched as well as the score indicated either.
tonite's 12-5 was a much needed:the_finge
to the cards and their faux spiezio red soul patch wearing fans.
like the mets we've watched and loved (or for the same reason hated all season), the bats were pretty relentless.
i wonder how many of the old bags with their spiezio patches will be wearing theirs tomorrow after his shoddy defense and big whiff in the fifth.
i was looking for a violent blowback for games 2 and 3.:FIREdevil
none of the a-hols/spiezio chin music i was hoping for, but the offensive onslaught was the next best thing.
whatever happens tonite, mets will return to shea
Great game indeed. As I was watching, I was saying to take Perez out after the 4th. But I suppose given the lead and given the need for more bullpen rest, you gotta let the kid go as long as possible without putting the game in great danger.
As for today, let it rain, let it rain, let it rain. If not, look for another slugfest with Heilman prepared to come in.
BTW - I think St. Louis' bullpen allowed 1 run in 20 1/3 innings this postseason, then gets shalacked for 10 runs in game 4. :fm:
BTW #2 - glad to see all those empty seats behind homeplate in the 6th inning.
Who was it saying their fans are so diehard? :fm:
the funniest was listening to whatshisname from 1010wins trying to interview Cards fans on the way out
"are ya leaving? its only the 5th inning"
"hey why are you leaving"
Tigers in 5.
That is all.
We've got our Moxie back.......last night was a must win game and the bats finally woke up......now if it can only rain tonight so Glavine can start on his regular rest....we'll be coming back to Shea in great shape.
I'm going to game 6 and the last time I saw an NLCS game six at Shea it was against the Cards in 2000 and we all remember how that turned out.
Let's go Mets.
I'll be there as well. Hopefully, this game will be for the Mets to clinch it.Quote:
Originally Posted by elevens
Tonight is a "must-win" for the cards - it'll be very difficult for them to win 2 out of 2 at shea.
The mets are on a good streak - before the two losses to the cards, they had won 8 in a row (including 4 in the regular season). they've now won 9 of their last 11.
Winning 2 out of 2 at Shea is probably easier for the Cards then you think... it seems to me that the Mets (Betran especially) plays better on the road- not sure why. Also, it will be Maine and Traschel- not a lot of confidence there.Quote:
Originally Posted by steve
In any event, Let's go Mets!
Here's hoping the series goes to 7. :the_finge
Cardinals pitching on the road has a 5.19 ERA and .284 BAA.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stymie
Mets at home are 3.76 and .245, respectively.
As for Beltran, some say his poor home batting might be due to the lingering effects of all the boo's he heard in 2005.
Not so Steady Steve will not be the starter for game 7 - D Oliver will be after the performance he had cleaning up Steve's mess in game 3.
yea, trax walking off the field with his glove in his mouth said to me
"i shall never shame this franchise again"
hope i was right.
yep, oliver would be the man for a game 7. as far as i'm concerned, he was the game 3 starter. trax made the shortest ever NLCS start.
don't think this will happen, but i believe duque could be brought in to take trax's roster spot if trax goes DL. it would be nice to see at least an inning in the 7th - if we have to wait that long to end this.
a rainout tonite would be huge...if mets win, they return to shea pumped and ready to close, st. louis comes to NY w/o travel day, and fearing the worst.
...and let's hear it for a gutsy outing from perez.
lastly. what was with st.louis' starter reyes' pink StL logo? as if the unbent brim didn't look silly enough...
I think Mets fans saw the last game ever pitched by Traschel in a Mets uniform.
Perez is young, strikes out a lot, and could very well be in the starting rotation next year after Peterson works with him.
List of potential starters at start of next year:
1. Glavine (41 years old)
2. Hernandez (64)
3. Heilman (28)
4. Maine (25)
5. Bannister (26)
6. Perez (25)
7. Pelfry (23)
8. Humber (24)
The future is bright as fuck.
also, glavine will get an extra day of rest. yeah, lets go rainout.Quote:
Originally Posted by buckethead
-steve
Snoogens, you really think the Mets will take Heilman out of the pen? You'd think they would have done it already, he's not getting any younger.
I don't think the Mets didn't have thoughts about putting him in the starting rotation if they didn't give him the 2nd most starts in spring training. With that said, I don't know what the other factors were in him not being in the rotation this year. But clearly, when Sanchez went down, there was no option but have him as the setup man. As for next year, 7-8-9 will be dominated by Mota, Sanchez, and Wagner. Where does that leave Heilman? And since he has somewhat proven to be a rather decent starter, where else can you put him? Humber is coming off of Tommy John surgery...do you immediately allow the kid to pitch 200 innings or use him as a middle-inning guy?Quote:
Originally Posted by Lloyd Christmas
You're off on Hernandez's age - he's 74 ;). The future does look so bright for the Mets with Beltran, Reyes and Wright signed to long term deals, this team is going to be strong for years to come.Quote:
Originally Posted by snoogens
for good or bad, seems peterson, randolph and maybe mets brass fell in love with heilman's pen work last year...and in spite of starting a season of winter ball, he got beaten out by bannister in the spring. i think the main reason heilman wasn't put out there as a starter (and guys like Lima(!!) and soler were) had to do with not wanting to increase his work load to that of a starter with the season underway - which i guess could carry some risk.Quote:
Originally posted by Lloyd Christmas
Snoogens, you really think the Mets will take Heilman out of the pen? You'd think they would have done it already, he's not getting any younger.
i do think the mets should groom him as a #2 or 3 over a young staff led by glavine. i think pedro is done, but i credit him as a transitional figure who drew great talent to the team by his presence. i wouldn't mind seeing duque return if he can stay healthy...and then we have:
maine
perez
pelfrey
humber
bannister
???
to compete for those 2-3 spots.
a sick pen, even minul heilman (don't forget jose padilla, the other goggle-wearing hard thrower could be back in the mix next season)
yes, a bright future indeed
i just wish kazmir hadn't been squandered on...zambrano!!
mets also need to go young/athletic in right. shawn green is like trax in the outfield, and if the mets fail to go to the WS, i'll have to thank him (and trax) for bad glovework in 3 key games. luckily his inability to cut off that gapper cleanly didn't matter last nite - but hitting to him's clearly gotta be part of every hitter's game plan now.
and now, let's hear it for...and i will no doubt be cursing the same thing in a couple of months should it appear:
RAIN!!
The game has been PPD
Down, but not out.
Keep the faith.