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2012
3 Up & 3 Down: The Cross-Town, All-Down Edition
An article by Gregg Hopps
The Mets lost all three games of the first installment of the 2012 Subway Series. Round one was played up in the Bronx, where the Yankees took advantage of the short porch in right field with great frequency. I’m not sure exactly what the Mets took advantage of, if anything. So this time out we feature only 3 Downs, which is quite amazing, because after 40 years of following this team, I’m nothing if not an optimist.
3 Up:
Sorry, nothing this time.
3 Down:
Johan Gets Hammered: On Friday night, fresh off his no-hitter, Johan had a pretty rude reality check. Johan gave up 7 runs, 6 earned, including two home runs by Robinson Cano. It’s one of the great things about baseball; one night a guy could pitch a no hitter, and the next night he could look like a batting practice pitcher. Let’s hope his next start is better.
A Bad Tex Message: On Saturday night, big Mark Teixeira hit a home run to put the Yankees ahead 3-2 and then just for kicks, Curtis Granderson hit one off Bobby Parnell for some insurance. See, the Yankees actually have home run hitters in their line up, the Mets have rally killers (Bay & Ike for example).
Dribblers, Dunks & Parnell: Bobby Parnell came in and we watched a slim 3-2 lead dissipate on Sunday afternoon. Jeter gets a double off a little infield ground ball. A-Rod hits a dead-quail flyball and suddenly the Yankees jump ahead 4-3. The Mets tie it in the 9th only to have Jon Rauch give up a walk-off home run to Russell Martin. It’s always extra special to have a .216 hitter beat you with a walk-off home run.
Yes, a weekend of horror for the Mets and Jason Bay’s return who couldn’t buy a hit in the series. The good guys are off tomorrow, then it’s down to Tampa Bay and the Rays. Maybe the day off will do the Mets some good. Maybe leaving town will do the Mets some good. Anyway, LGM!!!
About the Author: Gregg Hopps
Gregg lives on Long Island, and has been a Mets fan since Bud Harrelson and Pete Rose slugged it out in the 1973 playoffs. "Keith Hernandez is the best defensive first baseman to ever have played baseball."
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Despite the horrid losses Saturday and Sunday, you should have given credit to Gee and Niese for fine outings.
PS: Congratulations to Stony Brook. Long Island has a team in the World Series afterall!
Gregg,
i hate to disagree, but i will… Niese pitched well yesterday, Dickey pitched a Gem the other day as well against the nats, hell, even hairston had a good game when we lost that game to the nats in extra innings, it’s not all about david wright you know… You’re pretty spot on with your 3 up and 3 down, i am shocked with this one, but i can understand your frustration…
Sorry, but I still saw some positives.
1. Jon Niese
2. Dillon Gee
3. Scott Hairston
Someone catches that fly ball and at least we are in the game. I also think that Tejada makes that play, that Quintanilla played into a double, running toward first base and throwing Jeter out.
HEy we are banged up and above .500. JBay and Ike are like dead weight. Good to see Ike get a key hit but he looks terrible on breaking balls and is that temporary this far in?. JBay needs to see someone outside of the game he is a shell of the all star he was. Green Monsteritis?
The positives are the starting pitching, the young players showing promise and never say die, and David Wright assuming leadership and not leaving the top 10 in batting in the NL.
We are heading to Tampa. We need wins and that is no walk in the park. Tough stretch.
Collins speaks of the bounce back ability of this team. So be it!
We need Mejia up, Tejada back, (keep Quintanilla or Cedeno), and as strange as it may seem we miss Baxter! And if Bay or Davis are true to form we can be back in business in a big way. I am losing faith in both Davis and Bay but I still root for them.
LGM!
The positives are the starting pitching, the young players showing promise and never say die, and David Wright assuming leadership and not leaving the top 10 in batting in the NL.David
agree, agree and what???? You have got to be kidding me, how is that a positive?? it’s a weekly report of what the mets did,3 good things and 3 not so good things, how is that a good thing for the week? Jesus… We need to stop this love affair with the guy, it utterly ridiculous at this point… SMH
welcome back!
Hey don’t forget they easily could have scored Little Nickey in the big inning early in the game. Against the Yankees you got to take the runs when you can get them.
Other than Johan’s game Friday Mets starter have been doing great, when TC lets them go at least 7-8 innings we have a better chance of winning cause we eliminate BP over use
Until Bay and Ike start providing some HR power, especially Bay front right side cause Mets are terrible from right side, then putting together singles, doubles, etc will be tough cause only David is hitting, he can’t carry team as he did early in season, and Murph is not hitting, Thole is back to earth, Duda has no protection behind him and we have no speed so all has to working together at same time so I am hoping that with this light hitting Tampa team we can score more than them to take series at least.