Capuano Pitches A Complete Game Shutout in 6-0 Win Against Braves

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• Mr North Jersey August 26, 2011 at 9:54 pm

  Props to Capuano on breaking a string of bad starts and pitching a gem of a game.

  Well done.

  Nice job by Tejada, Duda and Pagan as well with 3 hits each as well.
  • NJ stuck in TX August 26, 2011 at 9:57 pm

    Agreed. Solid performances. Forgot what that was like…
  • METS62FAN August 27, 2011 at 12:39 pm

    NORTH, I BEG TO DIFFER, BY ME ESTIMATION CAP POSTED A STRING OF BAD FINISHES NOT STARTS; AS THIS WAS THE SECOND GS UNDER WARTHEN’S RECOMMENED RESTRAINED PREGAME ROUTINE, I IMAGINE SUBSEQUENT INEFFECTIVENESS AFTER 5th MAY BE PAST TENSED THE REST OF THIS SEASON. SURELY CAP EMBODIES ALL THAT IS DEFINED BY THE TERM “CRAFTY LEFTHANDED INNINGS EATER”, SOMETHING MOST TEAMS PRIZE ROTATING IN THEIR BACKEND.

    I’D CERTAINLY SUPPORT HIS REUPPING FOR AROUND 2M IN THIS SAME CAPACITY OR AS RELIEVER. IN OUR DIVISION U CAN NEVER HAVE TOO MANY LHPers I’D KEEP BYRDAK & ADD ONE MORE AS 3 IN ROTATION(SANTANA,NIESE,CAP) + 2 IN PEN IS ABOUT RIGHT TO BATTLE UTLEY,HOWARD,IBANEZ IN PHL + McCANN, FREEMAN & HEYWARD IN ATL.

    AS I LIVE IN NC, I’M FORCED TO WATCH ALL ATL Vs NY GAMES VIA BRAVES-BROADCAST & YESTERDAY THEIR ANNOUNCERS WERE TWICE AS INSUFFERABLE FROM THE ONSET. THEY WERE ABSOLUTELY DOING EVERYTHING THEY COULD IMAGINE TO DELIBERATELY JINX THE NO-NO IN THE 5th. THEY BEGAN THEIR BROADCAST WITH A CHIPPER HOMAGE RECOUNTING JONES’ DAMAGING PLATE APPEARANCES THROUGHOUT RIVALRY’S HISTORY ESP FOCUSING ON ’99. CAP’S MAKING JONES LOOK SOO OLD ON ONE FEEBLE SWING BROUGHT A TEAR OF JOY TO MY EYE(LOL) THE BRAVES ANNOUNCERS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE MOST IRATATING HOMERS, I’VE EVER ENCOUNTERED. THEY ARE INSUFFERABLE POM-POM GIRLS. AND AS THEY COMMENCED THEIR BROADCAST EXTOLLING THE VIRTUES & PROWESS OF JONES & HUDSON WHILE NEARLY SCOFFING @ CAPUANO’S RESUME; THE ENSUING SHUTDOWN WAS TREBLE THE USUAL ENJOYMENT @ MY HOUSE!
    • sarge August 27, 2011 at 5:31 pm

      Especially young Carey who is nothing but a bonafide, paid, hometown cheerleader who won’t let the opposing teams facts get in the way of whatever great performance is being done to mighty Bravos.

      I live in Orlando and have to deal with many Brave fans and having to watch the insufferable announcers they put out there.
      • METS62FAN August 28, 2011 at 12:16 pm

        SARGE, DON’T KNOW ‘BOUT ORLANDO; BUT I LIVE JUST OUTSIDE CHARLOTTE, NC (bordering SC near mid point of linear border and somehow MLB aewarded the broadcast rights to my zip code to ALTANTA,CINCINNATTI,WASHINGTON & BALTIMORE

        I’M UNSURE WHAT THEIR CRITERIA IS; BUT I CAN’T POSSIBLY COMPREHEND ANY LOGICAL RATIONALE FOR CINCY,DC,OR BALT. AS U KNOW IT MEANS THAT EACH & EVERY GAME I’M FORCED TO WATCH ON THE OPPONENT’S FEED, OF ALL OF THEM, SO FAR I DEEM CINCY’S TEAM SANS “THE COWBOY” AS TYHE MOST TOLERABLE NATIONALS & BRAVES ANNOUNCERS ARE AKIN TO YANKEE ANNOUNCERS ON ‘ROIDS. SPEAKIN OF NYY ANNOUNCERS, YEARS AGO I ONCE LISTENED/WATCHED TO 2 DIFFERENT NYY GAMES SIMULTANEOUSLY, BACK WHEN RIZZUTO WAS DOING RADIO BROADCASTS. WHILE HAVING THE MUTED TV TURNED TO WPIX(11) & MY RADIO ATUNED TO RIZZUTO’S OP-ED REPORT, I WAS ABLE TO LISTEN TO THE GAME THE SCOOTER WAS RELAYING SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE ACTUAL GAME AS IT WAS BROADCAT ON TV. WOW, WAS THAT AN EXPERIENCE IN HOMER EXUNERANCE AS THOUSAND HOPPERS TO INFIELDERS WERRE PORTRAYED AS HOTSHOTS SPEAREWD BY ADEPT DIVING INFIELDERS BEINMG NREATHLESSLY “REPORTED” OVER THE RADIO WAVES. NOWHERE IS AS HONEST, REPORTAGE AS WE RECEIVE FROM GARY,RON & KEITH, ALMOST TOO NEGATIVELY.

        I WILL SAY THAT, AT TIMES, I HAVE LEARNED POSITIVE FACTS ABOUT OUR TEAM THAT OUR GUYS TEND TO IGNORE AS THE OPOSITION ATTEMPTS TO BOLSTER THEIR OWN TEAM’S ACCOMPLISHMENT SHOULD THEY WIN.
        SARGE, SUPRISINGLY, I GET MORE POSITIVE FEEDBACK TO MY NYM GEAR THAN NEGATIVE AS IT APPEARS THERE ARE MANY ANONYMOUS NYM FANS AROUND THIS AREA. THE LOCAL BRAVES FANS DON’T APPEAR TO BE THAT INVESTED AS TO CRIOTIQUE MY WEARING OF THE ‘COLORS’
        • sarge August 28, 2011 at 1:26 pm

          Yup, agree with you 62, I also have learned some things from other teams announcers that I didn’t know.
• Joe D August 26, 2011 at 10:06 pm

  What a game, 4 days after I wrote about yanking him from the rotation, lol. Got this from Simon, only other time a Mets pitcher threw a complete game shutout, with 10+ K’s and no walks was on July 9, 1969. Yep, that’s right for the rest of you longtimers, that was Seaver’s near perfecto.
  • Clayton Collier August 26, 2011 at 10:34 pm

    Think he gets dealt now?
    • Sean Kenny August 26, 2011 at 10:39 pm

      Smells like he gets dealt possibly, if he nets a decent prospect. Sandy can’t justify trading him for anything less, it just looks like another “build up value, trade away player” move, and the Mets are practically giving away seats at this point in the season. Day/Night doubleheader tickets are starting @ 8 a pop.
      • NJ stuck in TX August 26, 2011 at 10:43 pm

        Unless they plan on re-signing him, getting anything of value for him (or Harris and the like) would be better than nothing. It’s not like this team is playoff bound so if there was no Cap and we were seeing the Mets throw Schwinden or someone of his ilk, what would that really matter?

        I’m just hoping this performance increased his worth to a ‘B’ grade prospect. Prob. not, but one can hope.
• FP Mets August 27, 2011 at 2:37 am

  Best pitching performance this season by a landslide?
  • MetFan Lou August 27, 2011 at 8:52 am

    Not only that BUT in my opinion the BEST Mets game I’ve seen in 4 or 5 years. This game was the HIGHLIGHT of my METS season and I am so happy I got to see it on tv. Maybe the future is not as dim as it appears,one can hope but for today I am overjoyed-Thanks Chris and thanks for great hitting and good defense-I Love It!
    (PS> You could see TC strtting around the dugout like a proud Papa!)
• sarge August 28, 2011 at 1:27 pm

  This is the game that many have expected Pelfrey to pitch though maybe with not that many K’s but great game anyway to Cap