Posts Tagged Francisco Rodriguez

Johan gets Win at Fenway Park Despite Obstacles

And by obstacles I mean the Mets.

Super Dooper poor defense which is becoming the norm is hard to overcome.

Thankfully, Johan Santana is even harder to overcome. Another solid outing limiting the high powered Red Sox offense who were helped by 3 NY errors to only 3 runs.

Plus we got Gary Sheffield jacking another bomb, at 502 he is well on his way to 600.

Francisco’s save kept him perfect on the year in save opportunities. After last years debacle, that sounds too good to be true. But we Love it. And so does Johan.

The issue here is yes, Johan can overcome 3 errors in a game and get a win. I just don’t feel very confident any of our other starters can overcome 3 errors and get a win. After each error, Johan got every batter afterwards in each inning out.  That is called perserverance.

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Don’t Count this Team Down and Out

An early five run deficit. The so called by Omar Minaya lack of energy, heartless team would have packed it in.

But that was then. And this is now.

David Wright had a big game. Pumping out those RBI’s.

Carlos Delgado and Jose Reyes are both injured. Delgado is probably looking at the DL. Reyes should be back any minute. JJ Putz is having health issues as well.

But as long as a few hitters step up every night. And as long as the bullpen keeps us in games. We will be able to win games when we fall behind early. And as we know from past Septembers, every game matters.

Mets Closer Francisco Rodriguez Gets the Save Over the Giants (AP Photo Jeff Chiu)

Mets Closer Francisco Rodriguez Gets the Save Over the Giants (AP Photo Jeff Chiu)

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The Mets are Good, the Mets are Great, Thank You for this Team

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The San Francisco Giants made a game of it late.

Then Francisco Slammed the Door.

In the cluth, Face of the Franchise David Wright and Manager Jerry Manuel’s favorite Omir Santos broke the game open in the ninth with RBI base hits.

The reality that all Mets fans have to realize is that the 2009 Mets are simply fun to watch. Especially now that they are winning the close games. Even when they were losing, they were in every game and were getting plenty of opportunities. Now the offense is capitalizing on those same opportunities and we are scoring more runs more often.

Fun to Watch

  1. On base they steal often. So cool.
  2. They Play D. Yea, they have their moments of futility, but they also have more then their fair show of Top 10 Plays.
  3. Mets have the best pitcher in baseball. Every time he pitches I think he will throw the Mets first No-Hitter.
  4. Doubles and Triples. Love the speed.
  5. Home Runs. Love the power.
  6. CitiField.
  7. Carlos Beltran off to a great start.
  8. 22+ Run Differential
  9. 2 Game Lead in the NL east
  10. No ‘roid infested players

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