OK, yesterday’s computer issues are behind us so please join us in the chatter as the Mets look to salvage the final game against the Braves. Johan Santana goes up against Ben Sheets in a 1:35 contest.
START 7/15 CHATTER
Good Morning!
bjoura
July 15, 2012 – 12:35 pm
Hey Scott hope you can drop in when the game starts!
Hi gang
I’m predicting Johan goes 8 and gives up 1 run, 4 hits. He’s gonna stop the slide.
Mets-Braves is free game of the day over at mlb.tv
What are we expecting from Sheets? I dont expect much,hopefully a quick exit
Two starts in Double-A and he had a 5.06 ERA
That pitch had some break
Hey Scott – thanks for posting the link on FB!
No prob. HR coming from IKE!
It would be nice to score first.
not quite
You’re about a pitch or two ahead of me
ill try not to spoil it for you lol
Nah, especially not the good news – I want that as early as possible!
I can at least tell you when to avert your eyes. Of course thats when the bullpen comes in
1 down
woo-hoo
Really, is Daughtery the best they can do?
I hear that name and I think Brad Daugherty
I think roger Daltrey. I’m freaking old
Free Me!
Double-A hitters tattoo Sheets and he goes through our top six hitters like nothing.
It’s an issue to be sure. Now it’s becoming mental.
I’m in the Steve Garvey camp – the 1B should always make the play at first unless he can’t beat the runner.
Need to take this game!
Welcome 986!
Mcann looks great after just having a baby
How does Johan look?
He looks okay.
sorry cant help it
What’s up room
Welcome AC!
tough loss yesterday
Yeah, Collins/Warthen have to manage the bullpen better.
What does AC stand for?
Air conditioning!
Anthony C
haha
He’s so chill!
Bullpen needs to toughen up…show some guts like the rest of the team.
Thought maybe Atlantic City which i am 20 mins from right now
that would a cool name for a blackjack player
It would be nice if the pen didn’t have to go 4 innings.
What about Duda swinging at a 58 footer yesterday?
Duda’s AB was herrendous
Duda might end up with the Buffalo stint we all wanted Ike to have…
Yep
he already has 89 SOs
Nice inning Ruben!
Agreed Brian, but they are tied for 2nd in NL in quality starts.
I know this is hindsight but why didn’t Geren just leave Beato in clean up his own mess
Why did he bring in a guy who’s pitched 1.2 innings in the majors this year into such a high leverage situation?
Go Josh!
yeah, I believe Ramirez was still available
Agreed Tom, for the most part SP has been very good. But the first two games after the break (and a few before) the SP has been poor
If this SP remains an issue, stormy water be fronts us
AC – I wrote about Ramirez today — check it out when you get the chance!
OK, I just read that Wheeler threw CG yesterday
And now Collins says it’s not impossible to pitch in the majors this year!
Miguel Batista is not the answer
Not in the bullpen
I think he gets a start or two in Sept
WTF, Ben Sheets looks like an All-Star out there
painting the corners
Seriously.
and we look like college
Just saw the CB Bucknor strike call on Tejada – ugh
Murph!
Yore not blacked out then Brian? Double for murph
Just missed going out!
you can thank me for that 2B, I benched Murph on my fantasy team today, works every time
No, I get blacked out of the Nationals games
I take it Thole didn’t score…
nope
Cmon DW. Time for some 2 out magic
Plus, today the Mets are the free game – even if you’re blacked out against the Braves you should get today’s game.
It still blacked me out
that stinks
Listening on FAN watching the tube
Cr ap
not good
missed opp
You mean you don’t want to listen to Chip Caray and Joe Simpson?
And so the mojo in Atlanta continures
Id prefer to poke my ears out
I wonder if TC ever apologized to Tejada for being such a jerk about the ST thing…
I still think RT is one of the best SS in the NL
He’s no Paul Janish…
Who
😉
Walking the pitcher?
Yep
Afyl
Checked out your post, Brian, didn’t realize Ramirez was in the doghouse, Rauch has been terrible so far this year, I agree, let’s face it, the Mets BP stinks!
Awful
Whats Dennis Cook doing these days?
Yuk – at least ask for Turk Wendell
Sick play by Tejada! wow.
I liked Cook, he was ok for a few yrs
Yeah, but were those years with the Mets?
that BP under Valentine was very effective
So, how much credit do you give to the manager/pitching coach for that?
Tejada has been great so far this season
Better than Furcal imo
I think the mgr has a lot to do with establishing roles from the get-go
Someone has to be a fan of Cook
OK guys, who is the Met you disliked the most?
this year?
all time
mine is Doug Sisk
not sure, but w/o putting too much thought into it, Eddie Murray, I’m sure there’s others
George foster perhaps
Gene Clines!
Richie Hebner
WOW! Way back on that one
how bout Vince Coleman
Jeff Francoeur
Hebner never wanted to be a Met
and it showed
That was 78 i believe with Hebner and Willie(hot dog) Montenez
And they tried everything to change his mind
’79 was the Hebner year
Coleman was pure Evil but he came prehated
How’d you feel about Glavine?
Chipper ughhhhh
I had a Awesome experience with Glavine so im not objective
He is a great guy
It would have to be pretty impressive to make up for that last start
It was
Care to share?
OK
this game has the makings of a typical Santana outing, no run support
Johan may be settling down
Can’t imagine Sheets will go too deep in this one
Until we get out from under this Sheets guy…though he looks lok
In 2007, i was in Chicago to see the Mets 3 game series at Wrigley. Stayed in same hotel as the team, met a bunch of guys. Sun happened to be the game Glavine was going for #300(coincidence i was there). After the game, we went back to the hotel bar. Rest of Mets flew out of CHI for next series. Glavine came back to hotel bar and we all hung out with him and his family celebrating his 300th win. Awesome night, he couldnt have been cooler.
Like a Cy young candidate so far
that is a great story!
Sweet story!
Not often you get to talk to a players parents!
Ugh
Thole borrowed that swing from Murphyt
Well, another inning gone
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That link’s not working for me.
disregard
Diaz at the plate, oh-no
C r a p
I keep wondering if Torres plays too. Shallow
he took a bad route on that one
Hello
Hey Steve – Welcome!
Come help us pull Santana thru this inning
Something came up, gotta go, LGM
Trouble is here
Outfield Defense has been hurting this team all year. The fact it isn’t flashed on a scoreboard like a BA makes it forgotten
Don’t worry Bay will be back diving for ***** most OF don’t have too soon
the over five hundred record has over-shadowed how much the Mets OF has been in disary
Hey metsense. Duda is a star with the leather!
*disarry
Annd some genuine good play…but like the team as awhile also abyssmal
Maybe in those Shades of Grey novels only!
Ugh…Mets trail, 1-0
game over
haha
And the wheels start coming off the cart
Bourn should have been called out on strikes
here we go, a meeting of the minds
Warthen, “pound the strike zone”
Too much of the plate on that one
No because Wharthen is out there
Collins heated again.
Dan Warthen, giving the ump a piece of his mind. Don’t know if he can spare it…
Santana’s been squeezed
Good ‘ol boys getting all the calls this series
Yep, this is what happens here. He’s lost a bunch of pitches here.
Duda may not have caught that
2-0
May not?
how long til we start seeing “the chip”
*the chop
F’n Ben Sheets! Come on!
would not have
Its on . And yet another thing about the braves I detest
shouldn’t that be outlawed, it’s offensive
Te braves should be outlawed
Chipper, take the chop with you
That pitch to Heyward caught way too much plate. Lucky it was only a single.
So frustrating!
3-0
Looks like we
Im nautious
Shocking – Chipper gets a hit.
‘Looks like we’ll be asking a lot out of the pen again today.
Santana has to buckle down and get out of this inning
if the starting pitching keeps this up, it will be a long summer
Another lousy start. He won’t make 6
Uh oh
Pitiful Johan!
6-0
Not even having Freeman on my fantasy team helps that one
excuse me but I think I have to puke
Maybe they’ll use Ramirez today
Like the Yankee series – we will have to bounce back and sweep the Nationals (instead of the Rays this time).
the sad thing is that Santana is our ace
The thing is, that won’t happen.
CB Buckner 6 Braves 0 Mets 0
Gee was our last decent start side when, ? lA?
LA?
Mets SP is falling apart
Let’s see what happens when they get back on the every 5 day routine.
I don’t think do Brian. There are real pitching issues.
Sheets and Janish? Really?
sorry guys, have to go, can’t stomach anymore of this, ttys
The SP will bounce back. It is the bullpen that needs to be addressed.
Anyone else concerned that DW is striking out like mad…exactly what he wasn’t doing?
5 of the last 6games our SP has given up 5 ER or more
I’m more concerned with SP right now
Unable to throw first pitch strikes
Well Brian…you get your wish!
But we have seen these Mets go from terrible in one series to unstoppable the next series
Another low-leverage outing for Ramirez…
But not in a while.
True B
Can’t understand how this team can eat mets pitching for so long.
I never understood why Collins never wanted to use him as 7th/8th inning guy. I thought that was his role last year in SF?
what’s the mets record at turner field now?
Josh Lewin just said that Johan’s last two th innings have yielded 11 runs
5th
Too many walks from the bullpen
The walks never end
Mets are 44-85 at turner field, so they have always sucked here
Well folks, the yard isn’t cutting itself. Ttyl
Thanks Name – It didn’t get the nickname House of Horrors for nothing
Chris – feel free to come over and do my yard next
Less painful than watching this hot mess!
Three runs this inning would be nice.
Didn’t look fair
HA! It wasn’t.
Close one..tough call to make live. I can’t even make a conclusion in ultra-slow motion.
Way to go Torres!
Gooden
Pelfrey
Humber
Leary
Kazmir?
Did he pitch for Mets
Wilson
Bobby Jones
He did not.
Just saw the Ramirez post Brian, nice job!
Thanks!
Always nice to get Chipper
Missed Heilman and Schiraldi
Calvin Schiaraldi
How can we forget Heilman?
Hey I’m back
I’d rather forget Erin Heilman!
Things took an immediate turn for the worse after you left last time, Steve
Two scoreless for Ramirez
Good job by Ramirez.
Heh, had a personal matter to attend to. Funny that it happens SECONDS after I enter the chat room!
C’mon Mets! This is do-able!
Doable?
Brian,Your post today uncovered something I was unaware of. Ramirez’s useage. Should have been a detective
Some of it’s understandable – after coming off the DL
NO – Valdespin is not a leadoff guy.
Fox South just showed the two pitches in the fifth and Glavine was in defense of the Mets beef
Steve, we’re doing these all of the time now so please drop by anytime you can!
Ruben!
Cool beans. Mind if I plug my site?
No – go right ahead
RT may be an all star some day
TalkingMetsBaseball.com
Great catch.
Read it…eh…I try to entertain =
I still have a hard time thinking Bourn is good but I almost feel like the Mets will chase him as a FA in the off season.
Why is Turner still such a house of horrors for this franchise
I’d be surprised – 3 young CF in Kirk, Den Decker and Valdespin
lucky he didn’t get rung up there.
Even in 2006, after we swept them, Sanchez decides to take his late night Miami Cab of Doom!
Yeah, it all depends on how MDD develops. I don’t think either of the other two are long-term solutions in CF
Yeah, it’s a wonder how we do so poorly in ATL year after year after year. I know they’ve generally had good teams but it shouldn’t be 40 games over .500
But that is what is good about young players – they just might – and all three are capable.
No body would have thought RT would hit in ML after his first year.
Steve I’m over at the site now and I see you mention Hofstra. Did you go to school there or were you just there for the 50th anniversary thing?
I missed out on the conference
Just hyped it though.
So, no other Hofstra ties other than that.
I work for a summer collegiate team and we’ve got a couple of players from Hofstra, including their first baseman – Jared Hammer.
Nice
No, Fairfield University, Class of 1999
Any MLB ties for Fairfield?
So the only two relievers Collins doesn’t use yesterday combine for three scoreless today.
Not that I’m aware of
So should the Front Office react to this weekend one way or another?
Yes – they should bring up Harvey and get a closer type for bullpen
I wouldn’t, and I don’t think they will either. Like i said earlier, these Mets are VERY streaky. You do remember last month when for 4-5 series they alternated sweeping and getting swept, right?
I don’t think they should bring up Harvey yet. Let’s give Batista a couple of outings first.
Wouldn’t mind a reliever although I like what we’ve seen from Edgin.
From the reports i’m hearing, it looks like people think Wheeler is more ready than Harvey
Can Wheeler get major league hitters out now? “Yeah,” the scout said. “That’s a clown question.”
You got that from Rubin?
From today’s EPPN Mets blog
Yea, that’s his blog
You know things are bad when Matt Diaz makes sliding catches against you
He also says that scouts tell him Harvey is basically Pelf without the split
Doesn’t Harvey have a pretty good curve?
Well,the Mets are looking for a 4th starter
He does. But the scout also says that he doesn’t use it enough. As in, he uses too many Fastballs right now.
OK, who goes down when Bay gets activated?
Quint
Has to be a pitcher,right?
Quint would have to go thru waivers
Diaz a GG
Two diving catches for Diza?!?
Diaz
Wellthe rain meant I’m supposed to be back…
Ah well, check ya next time…
Bays arrival is a nightmare
Tough weekend – playoff hopes really stomped on –
Well thanks for joining in everyone. We’re off tomorrow but we’ll chat again Tuesday.
Bye
Ciao!
Thanks Brian enjoy the rest of you’re Sunday
Will you do this if SNY airs Harvey’s game tomorrow?