Murphy Error Costly As Mets Fall To Braves 6-5

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• theonlymaskman September 17, 2009 at 11:44 am

  This is a perfect example of clutching defeat from the jaws of victory.

  Thre are 2 obvious candidates for the GOAT award: KRod and Murphy. KRod certainly created the conditions to lose, but the actual loss sits on the shoulders of Murphy. KRod gets the BS, but he was getting us to the 10th inning and it was Murphy who’s awful fielding set KRod up to lose it in the first place and sealed the deal with the final bungle.

  The GOAT for the game is Murphy, and he now qualifies as a three-peat.

  GOATS for the 2nd Half are: Parnell, Pelfrey, Cora, Perez, Pelfrey, Santana, Niese, Green, Pelfrey, Pagan, KRod, LHernandez, KRod, Parnell, Pagan, LHernandez, KRod, LHernandez, Parnell, Tatis, Misch, Perez, Parnell, Murphy, Pelfrey, Stokes, Parnell, Pelfrey, Stokes, Pagan, Redding, Misch, Parnell, Tatis, Valdez, Murphy, Misch, Murphy.

  GOAT Repeaters: Parnell(6), Pelfrey(5), Pagan(3), LHernandez(3), KRod(3), Misch(3), Murphy(3), Perez(2), Stokes(2), Tatis(2).

  We’ve got a race going for Dishonorable Mention with 5 GOATS with three-peats close on the tail of Parnell and Pelfry (although Livan and is out of that race).
• METS62FAN September 17, 2009 at 12:10 pm

  MASK, DON’T THINK PARNELL DESERVES THE HORNS AS HE’S AS MUCH A VICTIM AS HE IS A PERP. HE’D NEVER GET SUCH USE IF THIS WASN’T A THROW AWAY SEASON FEELING OUT PARTS FOR POTENTIAL FUTURE USE. MURPHY, THANKFULLY HAS PROVEN HE’S JUST A HITTER & NOT A BALLPLAYER. K-ROD SHOULD ALSO GARNER A PASS DUE TO LACK OF COMPETITIVE TEAM PROVIDING LITTLE USAGE, I’M CONFIDENT HE WOULD’VE REMAINED EFFECTIVE WITH REG OVERUSAGE INSTEAD OF PART TIME EMPLOYMENT. ACTUALLY THIS HAS BEEN A GOOD YEAR FOR SEPERATING THE USEFUL PIECES FROM THE PERENNIAL POTENTIALS. THE BEST OUTCOME HAS BEEN THE DISCVERY OF A PLETHORA OF BACKEND SP ALL UNDER 30. PELFREY,MAINE,PEREZ,NIESE,NIEVE,MITSCH AS WELL AS THE SLOT IN THE PEN FOR PARNELL I HOPE WE’VE LEARNED THAT DELGADO, AT WORST, SHOULD BE OUR ONLY PLAYER 35+ ON ACTIVE ROSTER IN ’10. ASSUMING HE’S RETAINED HIS BAT SPEED, OTHERWISE, PASS. DUE TO FALLEN ATTENDANCE THROUGHOUT MLB THIS IS LIKELY ANOTHER CONSERVATIVE OFFSEASION RE. F/ANCY, AS I HOPE WE CAN CONVERT PUTZ’ ’10 OPTION TO 2 YRS @ SAME VALUE 8M, REALLY 7M IF INCL 1M BUYOUT.
  CURRENT LINEUPS HAVE BEEN OUT-TALENTED INSTEAD OF OUT-HUSTLED,PLAYED. AN INFUSION OF “CORE” TALENT SHOULD WORK WONDERS & NOW WE KNOW THEIR PARAMETERS OF TALENT/ABILITIES. LESS GUESS MORE KNOW.
  • theonlymaskman September 18, 2009 at 8:25 am

    I’m not granting any passes to anyone. The results are the results and I’m not about to rationalize it away based on excuses for anybody. The GOATS reflect what happened in every game since the All Star break. Perhaps Parnell’s performance is a result of the circumstances Mets mgmt subjected him to, but it is what it is and it reflects on mgmt just as much as on the individual players. The shortomings are obvious and I’m not going to gloss over them by arbitrartily censoring them into non-existence.

    And while we’re at it, the Mets better drop Putz like a hot potato and forget about anything near 2 yrs at $8mil. There are better ways to throw away money than that.
• D.C. September 17, 2009 at 2:48 pm

  Man, another bad loss for the Mets and Murphy gets 100% of the goat’s horns.
• russell Zanca September 17, 2009 at 4:44 pm

  For some insane reason (oh, yeah, call me a fan) I keep watching my Mets. What an absolutely horrible BB team. I used to think the phrase “blow it all up” was childish and overreactive, but I seriously think that with the exception of a handful of players this team not only is dispensable, but it really has to be re-made fundamentally.

  Guys whom I think will never succeed as Mets: Murphy, Sullivan, Pagan, Sheffield, Stokes, Parnell (maybe in the BP), Valdez, Hernandez, A., Schneider, Perez, Misch, Reed, and Pelfrey.

  I have been so inclined to give guys the benefit of the doubt for so long, but even I cannot take it. I would have included Maine in the mix, but he has proven himself when healthy.

  Manuel and GM have got to be fired. Manuel cannot motivate players to beat their way out of a paper bag!
  • D.C. September 17, 2009 at 4:48 pm

    Russell, did you saw Manuel wave his hand in disgust moment after the Braves scored the winning run.
  • METS62FAN September 18, 2009 at 12:11 pm

    CAPSLOCK=DISABILITY ACCOMODATION
    RUSS, JUST THE OPPOSITE IS ACTUALLY TRUE, WHAT U R NEGLETING TO CONSIDER IS THAT LONG BEFORE WE ALL REALIZED IT, OMAR & JERRY KNEW YOU WERE ABSOLUTLY CORRECT. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MURPHY NOT ON OF THOSE POSITION PLAYERS WERE EVER PLANNED FOR MORE THAN 50 ABS. THERE IS AN OBVIOUS REASON PARNELL WAS TAERGETED FOR PEN GOING BACK TO LAST YRS CALLUP. I FAULT BOTH OMAR & JERRY FOR TOO EARLY AN INFATUATION WITH MURPH. SHEFF WAS A CHEAP PWR BAT OFF BENCH NEVER PLANNED FOR DEFENSIVE ACTION. STOKES MADE THE CLUB PURLY DUE TO OUT OF OPTIONS. EFFECTIVE WITH REG USE NOT ABUSE. SULLIVAN WAS CUT OFF ROSTER IN ST. SCHNEIDER WAS NEVER GOING TO BE RETAINED. PEREZ IS A GAMBLE THAT MAY STILL PAY OFF, SEE MY PRIOR COMMENTS ON ANOTHER POST SHOWING KOUFAX WAS EQUALLY ERATIC UNTIL AGE 26. WITH PREVIOUS 6 YRS: 42-40 2.45 ERA 1.46 WHIP. LEFTIES USUALLY TAKE LONGER TO DEVELOP. KOUFAX PLAYED FOR A PERRENIAL CONTENDER THOSE 6 YRS YET STILL ONLY GARNERED 1 DOUBLE DIGIT W SEASON (’59 @ 11-113.91 ERA,1.33 WHIP) KOUFAX DEBUTED IN ’55 DIDN’T PRODUCE UNTIL ’61. RESULT OF PATIENCE: HOF!
    RUSS IF MOST OF THIS INEPT CREW HAD BEEN TICKETED FOR FLUSHING AFTER BREAKING CAMP U’D BE 100% RIGHT! AS IS MURPH IS CERTAINLY THE STANDOUT FAILURE OF MNGT & FRONTOFFICE AS WELL AS MANY FANS.
    • METS62FAN September 18, 2009 at 12:14 pm

      CORRECTION KOUFAX RECORD FROM DEBUT THRU ’60 WAS 42-40 3.45 ERA 1.46 WHIP. ERA WAS 3.45 NOT 2.45 AS I TYPO’D
• Greg Pomes September 17, 2009 at 5:03 pm

  Murphy also didn’t chase that ball that wound up a double because he THOUGHT it was going to go foul.
  • D.C. September 17, 2009 at 6:38 pm

    I thought it was foul also. Manuel and K-Rod were blaming him for the loss after the game.
    • Greg Pomes September 17, 2009 at 7:04 pm

      Still you go after the ball until you see/hear the umpire make the foul call. It’s just fundamentals, something that this whole team lacks. They rather play cards and play with remote control airplanes and watch football then work on baseball stuff
      • D.C. September 17, 2009 at 7:27 pm

        Right
      • theonlymaskman September 18, 2009 at 8:27 am

        They simply play with their heads up their butts.
        • METS62FAN September 18, 2009 at 12:59 pm

          MASK, U’VE CLAIMED TO BELIEVE IN “WHAT HAVE U DONE LATELY? WELL, I THINK U NEED TO CONSIDER JERRY HAS YET TO HAVE ONE ENTIRE ST TO WORK WITH THIS TEAM. THE WBC BASTARDIZED THIS PAST ONE. NOW, U SEEM TO BELIEVE THERE WERE ENOUGH HOURS TO NOT ONLY ADDRESS & FIX THE FUNDIES OF THE 25 TO GO NORTH; BUT ALSO THE NEXT LEVEL OF 25. CONSIDERING 15 NYM PLAYERS WERE MIA IN WBC. HOW DO U PROPOSE THAT COULD ALL HAVE BEEN DONE? OMAR’S BIGGEST MISTAKE HAS BEEN TREATING A SUPPOSEDLY CONTENDING TEAM LIKE A PLANNED “ALSO RAN” BY ALLOWING OJT FOR THE FIXED 25 ROSTER. IN MURPHY,TATIS,EVANS OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YRS. MOST TEAMS BACKFILL 1 OR 2 INJURED PLAYERS WITH OCCASIONAL PROSPECT PLAY, THAT CAN OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE LIGHTNING IN A BOTTLE AS WE REC’D FROM MURPHY IN ’08; BUT AS THE MURPHY SITUATION SHOWS, PROLONGED EXPOSURE NOT ONLY SHOWS WHAT’S THERE; BUT MOST OFTEN WHAT ISN’T. THIS YEAR IS CERTAINLY A “THROW-AWAY” TRYOUT YEAR. MERDE HAPPENS! MAKE MERDE PIES; BUT DON’T EAT THEM. THERE IS A POSITIVE FROM ALL THIS, WE NOW KNOW WHAT IS MERDE & WHAT IS MUD/CLAY.
          LAST POINT, MOST OF THOSE KILING US ARE DOING SO BY TRYING TOO DAMNED HARD. THEY WERE ALL DISAPPOINTED IN ST WHEN CUT & ARE TRYING TO PROVE THEY DESERVE ANOTHER LOOK. THEY ALL KNOW THEIR DAYS ARE NUMBERED BY HOW MUCH LONGER D/L STINTS LAST. WHAT OFTEN HAPPENS WHEN PLAYERS TRY TOO HARD IS MISTAKES. SO MANY TRYING LEADS TO SO MANY MISTAKES. THIS IS LOGICAL; NOT EXPERIENCED BEFORE BECAUSE NO ONE’S EVER SEEN A DECIMATION LIKE THIS BEFORE. IN NO WAY CAN THE BEST AAA ROSTER OUT THERE COMPETE @ THIS LEVEL; THAT’S WHY THEY’RE AAA. SOONER OR LATER THEY’LL BE HORRIBLLY OUTCLASSED/OUT TALENTED. PICK WHICHEVER AAA ROSTER U DEEM AS THE MOST TALENTED/BEST & U’LL QUICKLY SEE I’M RIGHT & I BELIEVE U KNOW IT!
          REGARDING THIS FRUSTRATED FEELING TO QUICK FIX, “BLOW IT ALL UP!” RUBBISH! WHO U GETTING TO REPLACE BELTRAN,REYES,WRIGHT? HELL CREATING THAT “SOMETHING SPECIAL” THAT DELIVERS CHAMPIONSHIPS IS TENUOUS, NOT QUICK,SIMPLE OR ANYTHING ELSE. THERE’S CERTAINLY A REASON 29 TEAMS FAIL EVERY SINGLE YEAR & THEY ALL HAVE PROFESSIONAL FRONT OFFICES. THEY ALL WANT THE SAME JEWELRY. ’05 WAS LACKLUSTER, ’06 MAGICAL,’07 CRUSHING, ’08 DISAPPOINTING, ’09 HELLISH. WHAT’S THE REAL DIFFERENCES? ROSTERS VERY SIMILAR, SAME FRONTOFFICE,OWNERSHIP.
          I DON’T WANT TO WAIT ANOTHER 25 YRS. 69-86 17 YRS. 86-06 20 YRS. MY 17 YR OLD SON HAS OFTEN COMPLAINED RE. LETTING FLOYD WALK; BUT THE MORE I THINK OF IT, THE MORE I THINK HE MAY BE ONTO SOMETHING RE. NOT STATS OR GAMES MISSED; BUT INTANGIBLES. DOES ’07 COLLAPSE OCCUR MISSING FLOYD AS IT DID MISSING ALOU? I SEEM TO THINK, NOT. WHAT LEADERSHIP PRESSURE DID HE ALLEVIATE FROM WRIGHT? TO ME THE MISSING PIECE FROM ’05 WAS A BONAFIDE #4 BOPPER, ADDED FOR ’06, DELGADO. WE HEARD VERY LITTLE RE. MISSING CLUBHOUSE LEADERSHIP IN ’06; BUT THE MURMURS BEGAN IN ’07, SCREAMED IN ’08, ETC. THERE WERE OBVIOUS STATISTICAL REASONS FOR LETTING CLIFFY WALK; BUT PERHAPS TTMORE INTANGIBLE REASONS TO RETAIN HIM.
      • Ace September 18, 2009 at 1:33 pm

        Exactly, it’s called “follow through”, and it is very fundamental.
• Ace September 18, 2009 at 1:34 pm

  I don’t know what you did to this guy Mask…but he loves to argue!