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One Man's Frustration is Another Man's Happiness
April 26, 2008 by
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Frustration is leaving your Connecticut apartment at 3:20 pm and returning to your Connecticut apartment at 3:20am. Walk-off number 350, aka "A long, ugly game that turned out pretty" (Willie Randolph's words) was the 2nd Mets walk-off win of the season and the 330th (includ...
10K: Rarer Than A Walk-Off Win
April 25, 2008 by
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Didn't realize this until just a few moments ago (thanks, Baseball-Reference), but Johan Santana's 10+ strikeout game was the 300th REGULAR SEASON double-digit strikeout effort by a pitcher in franchise history. They've also had 3 such efforts in postseason. So we've...
You Are A Magnificent (Angel) Pagan Beast
April 20, 2008 by
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I quote from the pilot episode of Cheers in this blog entry, hoping that walk-off win #349 will serve as the pilot episode for a better season ahead. For those curious, the quote originates from Diane taking a phone message for Sam. When she gets done, Sam asks for the message...
Whoa Nellie!
April 18, 2008 by
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Some minutiae on Friday's win ... * Nelson Figueroa is the 4th pitcher born in Brooklyn to start and win a game for the Mets, joining John Pacella, Ed Lynch, and Pete Falcone. He's the 5th Brooklyn native to be a Mets starting pitcher (the other is Frank Seminara). Note: John...
Fool Me Once, Shame on You, Fool Me Twice...
April 15, 2008 by
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Memo to Matt Wise from Keith Herandez: Don't throw the high change twice in a row.* Walk-off loss number 372 is the earliest walk-off loss in Mets history BY DATE. The previous mark was held by the 6-5 12-inning walk-off loss against the Padres on April 2, 1997, when Chris Gomez...
For The Money He's Making...
April 08, 2008 by
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Can Johan "The best defensive pitcher the Mets have ever had" Santana play goalie for the New York Rangers?I think he would be pretty good actually, based on what I've seen from his first two starts.I have some slight concerns, both for the New York baseball team and...
Twin Chilling
March 16, 2008 by
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Johan Santana, you cost us the 2007 NL East.But we'll welcome you to New York anyway.My flawed logic is based on the idea that had the Mets beaten Santana, rather than suffered a rather humiliating, 9-0 defeat last June 19, they would have won 89 games, instead of 88, and thus...
On Hiatus until something noteworthy happens
March 02, 2008 by
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Sorry, got too many projects to deal with at the moment...will resume blogging in the near-future and will be back at it on full-time basis once we get closer to season...Keep checking back, and read the archives...there's good stuff there.
Going, Going, Juan Gonzalez
March 01, 2008 by
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Tony La Russa might want to keep Juan Gonzalez around, and not just for the swing that resulted in the mildly meaningless home run off Johan Santana at Tradition Field on Friday.Turns out that Msrs Gonzalez and Santana have a history, kind of like Chipper Jones/Pat Burrell against...
Word To The Wise
February 26, 2008 by
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Nate Robinson was on The Today Show this morning, playing basketball against Will Ferrell and Woody Harrelson. True to form, he missed his first three shots.-- Me, 9:00 a.m.Can they add a Shea Stadium vandalism charge when they indict Clemens? Probably not, statute of limitations....
Its a Time of the Saenz
February 25, 2008 by
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The nominee for this year's Jose Valentin reclamation project isn't Jose Valentin (who happens to be a non-roster invitee), but Olmedo Saenz.The Mets invited the 38-year-old Saenz to camp this year despite struggles that saw his batting average plummet from .296 in 2006 to...
Good as Gold
February 25, 2008 by
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Kudos to David Wright and Carlos Beltran.Most Gold GlovesMets HistoryKeith Hernandez 6 (1B)Rey Ordonez 3 (SS)Carlos Beltran 2 (OF)Tommie Agee 1 (OF)David Wright 1 (3B)Bud Harrelson 1 (SS)Doug Flynn 1 (2B)Robin Ventura 1 (3B)Ron D...
Full Nelson
February 25, 2008 by
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If the battle for the last spot on the Mets Opening Day pitching staff comes down to Nelson Figueroa vs Tony Armas Jr. I know who I'm pulling for.Flash back to the 1986 postseason when both were young'uns with different interests. Figueroa, who grew up on Coney Island was my...
Gorge Bret
February 20, 2008 by
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I refuse to get caught up in the excitement surrounding all the Johan Santana rumors.You can thank Bret Saberhagen for that.For the kids out there who are too young to remember, Saberhagen was Johan Santana, except he was righthanded and injury-prone, as opposed to lefty and injury...
RIP 'Champ
February 20, 2008 by
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Not sure how many folks might have seen the obit for former Met Jim Beauchamp, who died earlier this week.Beauchamp holds a special place in our blogging hearts, as he's the only Met with a rather notable walk-off distinction- he hit a walk-off home run on his birthday. So feel...
Is Yorvit Torre-able?
February 11, 2008 by
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Forgive me if I'm not jumping up and down about the Yorvit Torrealba signing, as I'm generally resistant to change. My feeling was that if Jorge Posada wasn't signable, the next-best option was to Keep Paul Lo Duca. You'll recall that when I did an analysis of who could...
You gotta have a catcher...
February 10, 2008 by
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So as I pick at the carcass that is Yankees defeat, I decided to endeavor an exercise. It occured to me that Jorge Posada (who has the ability to become a free agent if he chooses) would be a good option as far as being the Mets starting catcher next season.I think that determining...
Our Special Bonds: Perfection, Imperfection, and Johan (Questions)
February 05, 2008 by
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We haven't done a quiz in awhile, so consider this one a tribute to the perfect (Ruddy Lugo), the imperfect (the Giants beating the Patriots), and the newest Mets ace (Johan Santana).Answers here:http://metswalkoffs.blogspot.com/2007/02/our-special-bonds-perfection.htmlLet'...
The Day After
February 04, 2008 by
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"What did I do this weekend? On Sunday I had my heart taken out of my chest and eaten in front of me."-- Mets fan Jon Stewart in his opening monologue on "The Daily Show"After watching Monday's one-game playoff between the Rockies and Padres, I am reminded of...
Taint That A Shame
January 30, 2008 by
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The Mitchell Report as it pertains to Mets walk-off wins.* Len Dykstra had one walk-off home run for the Mets. It came in Game 3 of the 1986 NLCS against the Astros.* Todd Pratt had one walk-off home run for the Mets. It clinched Game 4 of the NLDS, thus winning the series, against...
Church on Friday
January 29, 2008 by
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And then suddenly, we had something to write about...New acquisitions Ryan Church and Brian Schneider have one walk-off RBI apiece, so there's not much to work with there. I'm more concerned at this point, with their abilities in the field of walk-off defense.I can forgive...
Our Special Bonds: Most Mets Walk-Off HR
January 28, 2008 by
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Got a request on Thursday from someone who was looking for a list of the Mets all-time leaders in walk-off home runs. I obliged with an answer, and it occurred to me how that query should be acknowledged among my most frequently asked questions.Rather than to provide the list in its...
Hubie Doobie Doo
January 28, 2008 by
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I went looking through my database for an instance in which a former Met significantly hurt the team, the year after he left them and found one reasonably decent example. And it came against the same franchise for which both Msrs Lo Duca and Milledge now toil The Mets were in the...
Rock On
January 26, 2008 by
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I haven't seen this kind of refuse to lose attitude (altitude?) from the Colorado Rockies since Opening Day 1995.Finally, the Rockies have a new signature moment to replace the Dante Bichette fist-pump that concluded that miserable evening of baseball, the play in which Matt Holliday...
Walk-Off, Don't Run
January 25, 2008 by
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Hockey season starts today and the Mets have already frightened me into refusing to believe that the Rangers could contend for a Stanley Cup (I'm having visions of a season-ending cruciate tear for Henrik Lundqvist). So I thank them for that, and send them my best wishes for the...
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