Mets Merized Online » CC Sabathia http://metsmerizedonline.com Thu, 23 May 2013 23:56:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 An “Ugh” World Series is Likely Now http://metsmerizedonline.com/2009/10/an-%e2%80%9cugh%e2%80%9d-world-series-is-likely-now.html http://metsmerizedonline.com/2009/10/an-%e2%80%9cugh%e2%80%9d-world-series-is-likely-now.html#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:16:22 +0000 Former Writers http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=14796 The World Series Ed Leyro wrote about yesterday is likely to come to fruition—Yankees/Phillies, unless the Dodgers and/or Angels sweep the remaining games.  And the way New York and Philly are playing, that’s about as likely as snow in the Caribbean.  So we’re going to have to face facts here.  Yes, a Yankees/Phillies series is going to be like a Mets/Red Sox series would be to a Yankees fan—and we all know how that one turned out.

But why I’m writing this is because you have to know this has been coming all season.  The Yankees led the majors in home runs with 244, while the Phillies led the National League with 224 (tying the Rangers for second place in MLB).  The Phillies only batted .258 while our Mets hit .270, but the Phils had the 224 homers and 788 RBI, while we had a paltry league low 95 homers and just 631 driven in.  The Yankees had CC Sabathia flat out dominate the American League all season, and even though AJ Burnett was not at his best, he was far better than anything we had at the #2 spot.  Heck, we limped home with three or four #4 guys.  The Phillies had all world Cliff Lee and then playoff tested Cole Hamels as the #2 starter, and lookie here…they got seven innings of two hit ball from none other than Pedro Martinez last Friday.

So a Yankees/Phillies series was inevitable if you look at it all that way.  The numbers don’t lie.  Even with guys like Jimmy Rollins not hitting the cover off the ball and shaky closer situation, the Phillies find a way to win, as they did in the ninth inning Monday night.  They’ve been doing that all year.  The Yankees, well, they just haven’t stopped winning since A-Rod came back in May.

I guess we’re going to have to suck this one up, because you can’t deny how talented these two teams are, and the fact that if they do reach the Fall Classic, they truly deserve to be there.  So let’s try to enjoy it for what it is, two teams we hate beating up on each other.

]]> http://metsmerizedonline.com/2009/10/an-%e2%80%9cugh%e2%80%9d-world-series-is-likely-now.html/feed 26 2009 Mets Merized Predictions – Part 1 http://metsmerizedonline.com/2009/04/2009-mets-merized-predictions-part-1.html http://metsmerizedonline.com/2009/04/2009-mets-merized-predictions-part-1.html#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:03:01 +0000 Joe D http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=2811 Here is part one of our staff predictions for the 2009 season. Let us know what yours are!

NL Biggest Bust

Rob – Pamela Anderson…. oh, wait, that’s a different kind of big bust. I’ll go with Manny Ramirez

Sach – Aaron Harang, Cincinnati Reds

Joe D – The Phillies bullpen and rotation is rocked by injuries and ineffectiveness and keeps the Phillies out of the post season.

Mikey J – Francisco Rodriguez, NY Mets

Ryan – Aramis Ramirez, Chicago Cubs

Paul – Cole Hamels, Philadelphia Phillies

Joey M – Raul Ibanez, Philadelphia Phillies

Jessica – The Cubs…

Matt – Philadelphia Phillies

Kelly – Jimmy Rollins, Philadelphia Phillies

AL Biggest Bust

Rob – AJ Burnett, NY Yankees

Sach – Jarrod Washburn, Seattle Mariners

Joe D – A-Rod returns, but fails to above .280 for the first time since 1995, and will struggle to knock in 75 RBI’s.

Mikey J – CC Sabathia, NY Yankees

Ryan – Joe Mauer, Minnesota Twins

Paul – AJ Burnett, NY Yankees

Joey M – Mark Teixeira, NY Yankees

Jessica – If the Yankees don’t win division it will be considered a bust. Go Rays!

Matt – Los Angeles Angels

Kelly – CC Sabathia, NY Yankees

NL Biggest Surprise

Rob – Garret Anderson has a huge year in Atlanta

Sach – Matt Lindstrom of the Marlins will have more saves than Brad Lidge, but Jose Valverde will lead the NL in saves for the 3rd consecutive year.

Joe D – Hanson, Vasquez and a rejuvenated Francoeur lead Braves to a Wild Card.

Mikey J – Fred Lewis, San Francisco Giants

Ryan – Mike Pelfrey, NY Mets

Paul – Fred Lewis, SF Giants

Joey M – Daniel Murphy, NY Mets

Jessica – The Reds will rebound nicely this year.

Matt – Florida Marlins

Kelly – Daniel Murphy, NY Mets

AL Biggest Surprise

Rob – The Yankees fail to make the post-season again, and the Royals are in a pennant race thru early September.

Sach – The Angels sign Ben Sheets in July, and finally get out of the first round.

Joe D – Despite off-season improvements from the Yankees and Red Sox, the Rays win the AL East division.

Mikey J – Manny Parra, Milwaukee Brewers

Ryan – Alex Rios, Toronto Blue Jays

Paul – Russell Branyan, Seattle Mariners

Jessica – Texas Rangers

Matt – Kansas City Royals

Kelly – Nomar Garciaparra, Oakland A’s

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