J-E-T-S Jets Jets Jets
Posted by Señor Met in New York Jets, Washington Nationals on April 26th, 2009
The New York Jets made the biggest splash of the 2009 NFL draft by trading up from pick 17 to pick 5 to get USC quarterback Mark Sanchez.
This is HUGE. Sanchez has skillz, a strong arm, big game potential, class act, intelligence, and charisma.
New York Jets Mark Sanchez
Needing a quarterback, the Jets landed the top QB in the entire draft. And they gave up so little to make it happen. They swapped first round picks, gave up the 2nd round pick, and gave the Cleveland Browns 3 defensive players. None of those 3 defensive players were going to be starters.
Meanwhile, the suddenly rebounded New York Mets pasted the hapless Washington Nationals 8-2. The Nat’s couldn’t field, couldn’t hit, and to nobody’s surprise couldn’t pitch.
Beltran had 3 hits and leads the National League in batting average. Ryan Church came alive with a few RBI’s.
And most importantly, Mike Pelfrey had an outing that will secure his spot in the rotation… for the time being.
Johan K’s 10
Posted by Señor Met in Washington Nationals on April 25th, 2009
Johan Santana adds to his Cy Young resume giving up only one run to the Washington Nationals.
Meanwhile, the Mets offense does the absolute minimum like usual when Johan is on the mound. As bad as going 2 for 18 with runners in scoring position and stranding 13 base runners sounds, the Mets offense actually looked stellar compared to the inept Washington team that went 0 for 7 with runners in scoring position.
Thank goodness we are playing Washington or the Mets would have blown another pitching gem by Johan. Hopefully, the Mets can use this win to gain some positive momentum.
Happy Birthday Carlos Beltran!
12 Year Old Girl Throws Perfect Game, Mets Add Her to Rotation
A 12 year old girl, Mackenzie Brown, became the first girl in Bayonne, New Jersey Little League history to pitch a perfect game. Facing 18 boys, Mackenzie did not allow a single hit, walk, or base runner as she struck out 12.
The Mets are having Mackenzie throw out the first pitch in the opening game of the upcoming series with the Washington Nationals.
Mets Score 8. Lose by 4.
Posted by Señor Met in St. Louis Cardinals on April 24th, 2009
After getting swept out of Saint Louis by Albert Pujols, who connected off of sub-par pitching all week, the Mets are lucky to be heading to a must needed series against the National League punching bag – Washington Nationals.
We are a pathetic 6-9. We had better show up big time against Washington because we are already 5 games behind the Marlins and the season just started three weeks ago.
In more inspiring news:
Even if the Mets don’t score a whole lotta runs for Johan Santana, at least he still shakes their hands.
At Least the Pirates Swept the Marlins
Posted by Señor Met in St. Louis Cardinals on April 22nd, 2009
because the Mets sure aren’t showing any pulse against the Cardinals.
We lost the momentum in the come from behind debacle to open this series with the Cardinals and so it is no surprise the they beat us again 5-2. Today’s loss had very little fireworks except for letting Pujols drive in a couple of runs and their starting pitcher Joel Pineiro shutting us down for pretty much the whole game.
We need to salvage a win in this series.
And our bats better be ready to help out Livan b/c Kyle Lohse is no slouch.
“Doc Gooden/84 R.O.Y./85 Cy Young/86 W.S. champs,”
Posted by Señor Met in Doc Gooden on April 22nd, 2009
Mets Blow
Posted by Señor Met in St. Louis Cardinals on April 21st, 2009
4 Run Lead.
It is not OK. We need to be consistent. We need to put teams away when we get the chance. When I used to blast Guns N’ Roses Mamacita Met used to scream, “Shut the door For Crying Out LOUD!!!”
Mamacita Met always knew best.
Saint Louis has all the momentum now in the series. We need this series, we really can’t count on the Pirates to keep beating the Marlins all the time.
Down 4-0, Cardinals tied the game and then won it in the 9th with 2 more runs. Murphy screwed up in the outfield. Beltran forgot to slide at home.
Mets have 3 blown leads of 3 runs or more. De Ja Vu. Mets tied for the Major League lead last year in blown 3 run leads with 14.
A nice comeback like that on the National League’s highest paid team sure gave the home crowd something to cheer about. Lots of happy faces in St. Louis.
This Is What We Know So Far
Posted by Señor Met in Fuck the Yankees, Milwaulkee Brewers, New York Mets on April 19th, 2009
The Marlins are real good.
The Nationals are real bad.
The Phillies have a really good addition in Raul Ibanez.
The Braves are simply not that interesting
The Mets are really inconsistent.
and The Yankees gave up 14 runs in one inning.
Also…
Johan Santana could be the starting pitcher in 4 straight games in a World Series and let up 0 runs.
Yankees Wang is 0-3 with an ERA of 34.50.
The new Yankee Stadium gave up 20 home runs in its first four games. The previous record for a new stadium was Oakland’s 16.
Statistically the Mets offense is supposed to be scoring a lot more given all of their scoring opportunities.
btw Mets back at .500 after offense sputters again in loss to Brewers
Johan Practically Guarantees He Won’t Give Up Another Run This Season
Posted by Señor Met in New York Mets on April 18th, 2009
And if the Mets can score at least one run like they did today, then Johan will be the unanimous Cy Young Award winner.
Mets win 1-0.
Johan can carry us through the postseason this year… If we can just make the postseason this year.
Santana (2-1) has allowed only one earned run in 19 2/3 innings so far this season. A ridiculous 0.46 ERA. The Mets high powered offense has scored a whopping four runs during Johan’s three starts.
Johan Santana
Jose Reyes is the hero at the plate with the game’s only RBI. If of course you can consider a fielders choice, run scoring ground out the definition of a hero.
More importantly, the Mets 1-2 punch in the bullpen with Putz and Rodriguez has shortened the games to 7 innings. Both locked down the win today allowing only one base runner combined.
The strength in the bullpen takes care of 1/2 of the issues that affect Johan’s ability to win 25 – 30 games this season.
If, and this is a much bigger if, the Mets offense doesn’t take a day off every time Johan pitches and instead performs like they should, we could be watching the greatest pitching season of the modern era.
Gary Sheffield Hits 500th Home Run Milestone
Posted by Señor Met in Milwaulkee Brewers on April 17th, 2009
And it was clutch.
Mets trailing 3-4, Gary Sheffield tied the game on a home run to left field.
“I was so excited that, you know, when I looked over to the dugout, those were the guys”
“I appreciate every one of those guys. They’ve been very special to me.”
Luis Castillo then made sure the Mets would be celebrating after the game by hitting a game winning walk-off base hit scoring Carlos Delgado. Mets win 5-4 over the Milwaulkee Brewers. This is what Luis Castillo needed. This is what Mets fans needed from Luis Castillo.
Maybe Gary will go into the Hall of Fame as a Met?
“Just to join that 500 club, you know. Now I can say I’m in the club and, you know, it’s like getting your degree. Nobody can never take that away from you”
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