Found June 27, 2009 on
The Eddie Kranepool Society:
PLAYERS:
Billy Wagner,
Argenis Reyes,
John Maine,
Nyjer Morgan,
Lastings Milledge
TEAMS: New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates, Washington Nationals
TEAMS: New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates, Washington Nationals
Talk about a buzz kill, after Thursday ‘ game and the fact that the Mets took 3 of 4 from the Cards to pull within a half game of first place in the division, I was starting to wonder could this team play just good enough to stay in the race until August when we’re told the walking wounded should all be back in the lineup plus a chance that Billy Wagner could make his way back to the pen. Could it happen? Well, after last night’s cold water in the face, bringing me back to this awful place performance, it’s going to be mighty tough.
This one was over in the second inning as the Mets decided that the lineup they trotted out on the field wasn’t enough of a handicap that they had to help the Highlanders more by playing ****** defense to leave Big Pelf out to dry. The combination of bad D and having his nuts squeezed by home plate ump Tony Randazzo had Pelfrey close to meltdown mode. As Ron Darling pointed out on the telecast Pelf was showing emotion but he was still in control an...
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