Comments on: The Shot Heard ‘Round Flushing http://metsmerizedonline.com/2009/04/the-shot-heard-round-flushing.html A New York Mets Blog For Diehard Mets Fans Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:48:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: tainoray http://metsmerizedonline.com/2009/04/the-shot-heard-round-flushing.html#comment-18332 tainoray Sat, 25 Apr 2009 13:17:25 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=3722#comment-18332 We got the next 9 games to turn it around We got the next 9 games to turn it around

]]> By: Jerry http://metsmerizedonline.com/2009/04/the-shot-heard-round-flushing.html#comment-18330 Jerry Sat, 25 Apr 2009 12:58:34 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=3722#comment-18330 Tommy: Stokes?? oh God. He is a pelfrey by a different name. The only hitters that maine could possibly put away sadly are on the METS. Tommy:

Stokes?? oh God. He is a pelfrey by a different name. The only hitters that maine could possibly put away sadly are on the METS.

]]> By: Jerry http://metsmerizedonline.com/2009/04/the-shot-heard-round-flushing.html#comment-18328 Jerry Sat, 25 Apr 2009 12:54:34 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=3722#comment-18328 The Wilpons will put up with a losing team as long as the fans are willing to pay good money to see a bad team. Let us face it. We have Beltran-- Reyes-- Wright And Santana. That is it We need to dump Castillo. Put Murphy back at second before he gets killed by a fly ball. We need 3 or 4 starters. Church would be adequate. How about a catcher who can hit {just a bit}?? The chance to rebuild was 2008. They repaired the bullpen. Sadly the team must have a lead in the 9th inning for K rod or JJ to get a savev. Pelfrey should be traded. Maine should be shot. Ollie should have stayed unsigned and gone to weight watchers. Livan should be pitching for the shadydale rest home. Green should have been throw out not in. Bring up Niese {hell he can't do worse. Start Parnell. Get A decnt 4 and trade for someone like danny cabrera for # 5. By the way it maybe good to get Sheffield more than 4 At bats per week. The Wilpons will put up with a losing team as long as the fans are willing to pay good money to see a bad team. Let us face it. We have Beltran– Reyes– Wright And Santana. That is it We need to dump Castillo. Put Murphy back at second before he gets killed by a fly ball. We need 3 or 4 starters. Church would be adequate. How about a catcher who can hit {just a bit}?? The chance to rebuild was 2008. They repaired the bullpen. Sadly the team must have a lead in the 9th inning for K rod or JJ to get a savev. Pelfrey should be traded. Maine should be shot. Ollie should have stayed unsigned and gone to weight watchers. Livan should be pitching for the shadydale rest home. Green should have been throw out not in. Bring up Niese {hell he can’t do worse. Start Parnell. Get A decnt 4 and trade for someone like danny cabrera for # 5. By the way it maybe good to get Sheffield more than 4 At bats per week.

]]> By: Jerry http://metsmerizedonline.com/2009/04/the-shot-heard-round-flushing.html#comment-18326 Jerry Sat, 25 Apr 2009 12:41:53 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=3722#comment-18326 Forget chemistry. How about scoring a run after the Endy catch? Forget chemistry. How about scoring a run after the Endy catch?

]]> By: Jerry http://metsmerizedonline.com/2009/04/the-shot-heard-round-flushing.html#comment-18325 Jerry Sat, 25 Apr 2009 12:39:20 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=3722#comment-18325 Joe: Solid play by Paul Loduca. How many games did we lose when he was catching because he couldn't throw my grandmother out at 2nd base? Joe:

Solid play by Paul Loduca. How many games did we lose when he was catching because he couldn’t throw my grandmother out at 2nd base?

]]> By: Tommy2cat http://metsmerizedonline.com/2009/04/the-shot-heard-round-flushing.html#comment-18317 Tommy2cat Sat, 25 Apr 2009 07:31:06 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=3722#comment-18317 What's killing me is that Molina thinks he owns home plate BOTH when he's at bat and behind the dish. I feel helpless watching Dan Murphy and Carlos Beltran tip-toe home into Molina's tags when they should absolutely have cleaned his clock. Someone needs to lay him out and wake him with smelling salts. Church gets a pass. The team really has no balls. Remember how Eli Manning took off after Tiki took a swipe at his leadership skills and Jerry Reaves called him "skittish." We need a few Mets with a football player's mentality, such as Matt Holliday. Maybe he and Church can help DW find the fullback lost inside. Tatis and Murphy have mental toughness. Reed may, as well. On the mound, I would absolutely wipe that smirk off Molina's face. He would immediately become the most uncomfortable man in St. Louis - bear in on his hands, throw high and tight beyond chin music, waste a slider low and away, and throw serious heat high and tight again. I'd keep doing it until he understood that his personal safety was at risk. On a positive note, the bullpen appears airtight. I like JJ Putz better than K-Rod, however. Stokes should get a crack at the rotation. Maine can't put batters away. What’s killing me is that Molina thinks he owns home plate BOTH when he’s at bat and behind the dish. I feel helpless watching Dan Murphy and Carlos Beltran tip-toe home into Molina’s tags when they should absolutely have cleaned his clock. Someone needs to lay him out and wake him with smelling salts. Church gets a pass.

The team really has no balls. Remember how Eli Manning took off after Tiki took a swipe at his leadership skills and Jerry Reaves called him “skittish.” We need a few Mets with a football player’s mentality, such as Matt Holliday. Maybe he and Church can help DW find the fullback lost inside. Tatis and Murphy have mental toughness. Reed may, as well.

On the mound, I would absolutely wipe that smirk off Molina’s face. He would immediately become the most uncomfortable man in St. Louis – bear in on his hands, throw high and tight beyond chin music, waste a slider low and away, and throw serious heat high and tight again. I’d keep doing it until he understood that his personal safety was at risk.

On a positive note, the bullpen appears airtight. I like JJ Putz better than K-Rod, however. Stokes should get a crack at the rotation. Maine can’t put batters away.

]]> By: terri grote http://metsmerizedonline.com/2009/04/the-shot-heard-round-flushing.html#comment-18314 terri grote Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:06:25 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=3722#comment-18314 Great article!!! Very well written as always, Rob. Depressing. I hope you are wrong about us being in a new 'dark era.' If 2006 was the best and we failed then, what does that say about our future? I just wonder how many more losing seasons the Wilpon's will put up with before we get into that 'rebuilding' mode? Great article!!! Very well written as always, Rob.

Depressing. I hope you are wrong about us being in a new ‘dark era.’ If 2006 was the best and we failed then, what does that say about our future? I just wonder how many more losing seasons the Wilpon’s will put up with before we get into that ‘rebuilding’ mode?

]]> By: Tie Dyed http://metsmerizedonline.com/2009/04/the-shot-heard-round-flushing.html#comment-18287 Tie Dyed Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:09:35 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=3722#comment-18287 Thanks for the kind words, Megan. I really do appreciate it. Glad you found the site and 'Welcome to Metsmerized.' Thanks for the kind words, Megan. I really do appreciate it.
Glad you found the site and ‘Welcome to Metsmerized.’

]]> By: Tie Dyed http://metsmerizedonline.com/2009/04/the-shot-heard-round-flushing.html#comment-18286 Tie Dyed Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:08:37 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=3722#comment-18286 Thanks for the kind words, Mr. Met. Then again, who am I to argue with someone 7 feet tall and stitching in their head? Thanks for the kind words, Mr. Met.

Then again, who am I to argue with someone 7 feet tall and stitching in their head?

]]> By: Tie Dyed http://metsmerizedonline.com/2009/04/the-shot-heard-round-flushing.html#comment-18285 Tie Dyed Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:07:28 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=3722#comment-18285 Yep--Great point about Scioscia's HR in 88. That was really the 'turning point' and put an and end to the Mets of the 80's. Yep–Great point about Scioscia’s HR in 88. That was really the ‘turning point’ and put an and end to the Mets of the 80′s.

]]> By: Megan http://metsmerizedonline.com/2009/04/the-shot-heard-round-flushing.html#comment-18278 Megan Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:27:47 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=3722#comment-18278 Awesome post and awesome site! This is my first comment on this site since discovering you a couple of weeks ago. I love the passion and enthusiasm and originality, and I especially enjoy the frequent daily updates. This post was especially one of my favorites today. Thanks and keep up the great work! :-) Awesome post and awesome site! This is my first comment on this site since discovering you a couple of weeks ago. I love the passion and enthusiasm and originality, and I especially enjoy the frequent daily updates. This post was especially one of my favorites today. Thanks and keep up the great work! :-)

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]]> By: Mr. Met http://metsmerizedonline.com/2009/04/the-shot-heard-round-flushing.html#comment-18273 Mr. Met Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:32:29 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=3722#comment-18273 Rob, you're a great baseball writer, great post. I think more than Molina's home run per se, was the fact that they went on to lose the game after Endy's catch. A team has to win after a play like that, it's hard to recover psychologically from that. They had no chemistry in 2007, and continue to play without any killer instinct or even a real expectation of winning. Rob, you’re a great baseball writer, great post. I think more than Molina’s home run per se, was the fact that they went on to lose the game after Endy’s catch. A team has to win after a play like that, it’s hard to recover psychologically from that. They had no chemistry in 2007, and continue to play without any killer instinct or even a real expectation of winning.

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]]> By: James K. http://metsmerizedonline.com/2009/04/the-shot-heard-round-flushing.html#comment-18268 James K. Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:48:35 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=3722#comment-18268 "The confidence, the heart and the swagger that this team displayed in 06 seems like a lifetime ago" Umm, I think you mean the bullpen, rotation and solid play from non-stars like Jose Valentin and Paul LoDuca seem like a lifetime ago. “The confidence, the heart and the swagger that this team displayed in 06 seems like a lifetime ago”

Umm, I think you mean the bullpen, rotation and solid play from non-stars like Jose Valentin and Paul LoDuca seem like a lifetime ago.

]]> By: OmarGo http://metsmerizedonline.com/2009/04/the-shot-heard-round-flushing.html#comment-18262 OmarGo Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:43:18 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=3722#comment-18262 The Mets have already had one of those franchise crushing homers... it was the Mike Scioscia shot off Doc Gooden with two out in the 9th of game 4 of the 1988 NLCS. An out away from a 3-1 series lead, Doc coughed it up. In many ways, he and the franchise were never the same. It took until 1997 to recover from that. The Mets have already had one of those franchise crushing homers… it was the Mike Scioscia shot off Doc Gooden with two out in the 9th of game 4 of the 1988 NLCS. An out away from a 3-1 series lead, Doc coughed it up. In many ways, he and the franchise were never the same. It took until 1997 to recover from that.

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