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2009
Mets Under .500, Fall To Brewers 10-6
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The Mets lost to the Milwaukee Brewers 10-6 tonight although it wasn’t as close as the score would suggest.
The Mets looked lifeless out there tonight and their body language has become a concern to me. Every now and then when the cameras peeked into the dugout, all you saw were a bunch of sad sacks, with shoulders shrugged and listless looks on their faces. It was so tough to watch…
Fernando Nieve (3-1) finally looked mortal and lost for the first time this year in four starts. He was slapped around like a piñata and was pulled in the fourth inning with the bases loaded and one out, after he had given up three runs on 11 hits. Adiós Fernando…
Elmer Dessens came into the game and stopped the bleeding courtesy of a tremendous play by right fielder Ryan Church, who then threw out Braden Looper at home plate after Looper tagged up, to complete the inning ending double play.
New York scored two runs in the sixth courtesy of Brewers’ third baseman Casey McGehee who did a great Luis Castillo impersonation and dropped an infield popup by Fernando Martinez with Church on base. On the very next pitch, Brian Schneider smacked a double off the wall in left to score both Church and Martinez.
However, McGehee redeemed himself in the bottom of the inning with a grand slam of Brian Stokes that put the Brewers up 7-2.
With the Mets down 10-3 going into the ninth, the Mets showed signs of life when David Wright hit an RBI double and Gary Sheffield followed with a two-run homer. The Mets racked up five straight hits until closer Trevor Hoffman came in and induced a game ending double play from Schneider on the only pitch he threw. One pitch, two outs, game over.
The Mets need someone or something to shake some life into them. How can the Mets compete when they need to string 4-5 hits in a row just to score a run or two?
Does David Wright scare anybody? Can we give him a day off already?
I’m tired of hearing that we don’t need Adam Dunn or Aubrey Huff, and that everything will be okay when everyone comes back. How the hell do we know if they are EVER coming back?
During the broadcast they said Delgado might be back in mid August, and that Beltran and Reyes have no timetable and they could be out another two weeks or eight weeks.
Are we just supposed to stand around and do nothing while the walls are crashing down all around us?
With the loss, the Mets have now lost four games in a row and find themselves under .500 for the first time since early April. On Friday, Jerry Manuel said that if the team fell below .500 they would need to do something drastic.
So lay it on me Jerry… What are you going to do that’s so drastic?
Didn’t someone give Jerry Manuel the memo? Omar said he wouldn’t do anything drastic and that he is not interested in trading for a rental player and that he would rather wait it out and hope the team hangs in there. REALLY?
Also, can somebody please tell Manuel to stop the joking and laughing after each loss. I find it insulting. In the old days nobody would dare laugh, play the radio or tell jokes after a loss, but now we have a manager who doesn’t seem to take these losses to heart. Everything is a big joke. Well I don’t like it.
And another thing, I know we have $70 million dollars worth of players on the disabled list, but that doesn’t explain the lack of fundamentals exhibited by the healthy players.
The series continues tomorrow with Johan on the mound. Heaven help us, because it looks like Omar and the Wilpons won’t…
About the Author: Joe DeCaro
Went to my first Mets game, a Mayors Trophy game at Shea, in '73. We beat the Yankees 8-4 and I was hooked. I marched in two Banner Day parades, and before the Grand Slam single, there was the "Hendu Can Do" grand slam - I was there. I've collected Mets memorabilia all my life and started Mets Merized Online to feed my addiction.
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they really did look so sad and empty. somethings gotta give…
“The series continues tomorrow with Johan on the mound. Heaven help us, because it looks like Omar and the Wilpons won’t….”
Who is still saying that Uncle Bernie’s shenanigans are not impacting the Mets? The Wilpon’s have developed closed fists. Bernie’s 150 years may bring to mind just how long it will take the Mets to get going again!
You’re right Des. He definitely had a negative impact on our ability to react where more money is an issue.
Here is a few lines from an IBD editorial:
“Madoff’s trail is littered with bankruptcy, broken dreams and bounced checks. Most, if not all, his victims will spend the rest of their lives — no exaggeration there — trying to recover from the financial devastation he wrought.
The magnitude of Madoff’s crime boggles. He took $17 billion from investors in his fund . . . .”
Sad, very sad. It undoubtedly hurt the Mets through the exposure of their owners, the Wilpons.
I hope that a recovery is possible, and that it doesn’t take more than a year or two.
While it’s obvious the Madoff scum obviously hurt this team if you remember last year the Wilpons told everyone that would listen that last years payroll was the highest in team history and they wanted to lower it this year anyway. Then Madoff happened and there was no way this team was going to spend anymore money. I was hoping that the Wilpons would have to sell their majority ownership to someone who cares about this team and still isn’t mourning the Dodgers leaving Brooklyn.
I completely agree with you, although we can’t be too negative in times like these. Some light between the dark clouds will shine but, we obviously can not rely on minor leaguers and bench players to get the job done. We need someone to show us the way to the winning end of the dark tunnel. It seems like the Mets players are doing too much individually and less as a whole. Because unfortunately, winning games has to be a team effort. I’m not saying that’s bad because that’s the way it should be, but it doesn’t help the Mets in their current spiraling situation.
I am so frustrated with the Mets have play for the last four games and this is simply sad that we have to go through this muck of beer league players playing for this team. Manuel is laughing his way out of a job.
I, too, am unhappy with the Mets baserunning, batter’s pitch selection, and fielding.
Alex Cora is a good utility player, but his range at short makes the days without Jose Reyes just drag. Too many other problems exist right now to paint anybody as the cause of the present malaise.
Jerry is maintaining his Casey Stengel impersonation of ‘all’s well,’ but what can he do? Let’s remember that when all is said and done, this is Omar’s team. But I’m reluctant to blame him for some of these ‘Acts of God.’
Time usually cures most ills, but I’m waiting to be convinced.
I just saw the latest on Beltran from Espn.com. He went to Colorado today to see a knee specialist to get a 2nd opinion. Good for him!
The micro-fracture specialist. The Mets know more than they’re saying and it appears to be far from good. Supposedly a bone bruise, but is it actually something much more serious? This recovery may be longer than anyone realizes. Hope that’s not the case, but this is no ordinary orthopedic specialist.
A very disturbing game in a string of disturbing games. Brian Schneider is now our power guy, barf! At least Church contributed with his hits and strong throw to the plate. Sheffield continues to hit. Tatis’ triple was a fluke kicked all over town by Cameron with a generous official scorer.
The negative vibrations start with Jerry. He is contributing nothing to turn this around. He is now relegated to mumbling inconsequential half-thoughts and nervous laughter.
The wait and see strategy is taking us nowhere but into contention for the cellar. I ascribe to the Madoff theory as the real reason we are stuck with wait and see. We needed to get DeRosa as a first step. Now that’s gone and we continue to wait.
1 under .500 and growing. No good! The best thing that could happen now is for the Wilpon’s to sell the team to someone with some purchase power. Come on Fred – Set us free!
The longer Minaya waits to get some offense into this lineup, the farther this team will fall from the race. It is a matter of time before Philly starts to pull things together, and Atlanta as well as the Marlins are both .500 teams that will be somewhat of a contender. The Mets will finish in 3rd or 4th with the lineup they are putting out on a daily basis.
Not only am I tired of Manuel laughing but Reyes yukking it up in the dugout as well.
I would understand Omar’s plea of patience if the lineup was missing Reyes, Delgado, and Beltran for a few days but we’re talking weeks/months here. You can’t fill that void with players who have no business starting games, you need a difference maker like Dunn to offset those injuries. Why Omar didn’t get him on the cheap during the winter is beyond me.
Jerry’s laughing is more of a concern than Reyes having a little fun in the dugout while he’s injured. That dugout looks miserable, if someone can try and get their spirits up and that someone is Reyes than I don’t mind him contributing that way while he’s hurt.
There is no player on the market who would be a difference maker for the Mets this year. Not one. The only thing that can save the Mets IS a miracle. We have 3/4 of our core coming back from injuries/surgery. Only 2/4 of them will have a chance at being productive down the line. If Carlos Delgado gets back into the line up in August, how long do you think it will take him to be productive at the plate? His mechanics will be completely shot as will his timing.
The only chance the Mets have to pull out a playoff run is a miraculous run from both Reyes and Beltran, and for David Wright to end his streakiness. Great, the guy’s been leading the league in hitting. But that’s only two weeks at a time. It seems his baseball brain goes on vacation every two weeks or so (seemingly as he gets back to NY. Girlfriend, anyone?)
I think I’m moving toward a mindset of hoping that I catch a good Mets game every now and then, and not worry myself with whether they will make it to the post season.
Well if I had to pick a highlight last night, it was Sheff beating out that groundball to third. No question he should have been out HAD the 3rd basemen not been so slow with the ball, but if Sheff doesn’t bust out of that box like that he doesn’t get the infield single RBI.
The guy is 40 and has seen to be showing a lot of heart. Amazingly, it is a 40 year that seems to be the most productive. He isn’t suppose to be playing in the NL and is doing all he can. I respect him for doing so much especially since he was told he wouldn’t be doing nearly this much.
I don’t know what to say. Either they all bust it and do what Sheff did last night or just give up. At this point I want Sheff just to grab guys at the shoulder, push them up against the locker, and tell them to get some damn heart already.
Imagine, just imagine what this team would be like without Sheff?