07 Sep
Game Thread: September 7, Mets at Braves
Today’s fun Mets fact: “Mets” is short for “Metropolitans”, where the metr- is from the Greek word for “mother”. This may explain why Mets fans all throw like girls.
(Do I bait them? Yes, yes I do.)
I miss jenny. I hope she’s watching, wherever she is.
September 7th, 2005 at 5:34 pmSo, I figured I’d check if the game was on ESPN2 in my area, as I prefer just about anyone to the Fox Twins, and I switched to the channel a half hour early. I saw the intro graphics to “Quite Frankly”, and I was confused.
Isn’t Quite Frankly a one hour show?
Don’t they have baseball in half an hour?
Then I checked the listings.
They cut his airtime. Quite Frankly is now a half hour show.
I never thought I’d be glad to see a show called “ESPN Hollywood” on the schedule.
September 7th, 2005 at 5:34 pmCrap. Marlins/Nats on ESPN 2. Stuck with the Wonder Twins.
September 7th, 2005 at 6:01 pmAre the Mets really so hard up for runs that Randolph feels Beltran should bunt with fast runners on first and second and no outs? Guess so.
Inning would be much worse if Beltran had hit his usual double off Braves pitching.
September 7th, 2005 at 6:21 pmC’mon Andruw, PLAY ME APACHE!
September 7th, 2005 at 6:29 pmGod Bless him! If you want to see a work of Internet beauty go over to CBSSportsline.com and click baseball and click the Braves game.
I’m rooting for Tommy Glavine, This is only one game I hope we lose today.
September 7th, 2005 at 6:50 pmI’m tired so I’m going to sleep. Or maybe not, maybe I’ll just doze for awhile. I’ll do a recap whenever I wake up or when the game’s over whichever comes last.
September 7th, 2005 at 6:59 pmWhat? You’re missing A GAME AGAINST THE BRAVES’ ARCHRIVALS!!!!!!!111111
September 7th, 2005 at 7:06 pmThis is a little late, but can anyone explain the scoring on the Matsui grounder to Hudson in the top of the 1st? I guess its some technicality, but why wouldn’t that be a fielder’s choice or an error instead of a hit?
September 7th, 2005 at 7:17 pmHi, Alex, I’m right here. I’ve been driving to school for the past few days so I haven’t been online but my computer’s all hooked up now. I’m watching on MLB.TV.
September 7th, 2005 at 7:38 pmAnyone else find it strange that Cox left Hudson in to bunt in that situation?
September 7th, 2005 at 8:02 pmNot really. He got one down earlier in the game, so Cox had confidence in him.
September 7th, 2005 at 8:08 pmI fail to understand why I, living thirty miles away from RFK stadium, am watching Mets-Braves on ESPN2, while people that aren’t in DC are watching Nats-Marlins. But I am glad.
September 7th, 2005 at 8:12 pmok,Huddy,you did your best but threw a lot of pitches.I wish you can get a win! Thanx.
September 7th, 2005 at 8:25 pmThis game has been uneventful.
Here’s to Looper sucking in the 9th.
September 7th, 2005 at 8:38 pmQuiet game thread, yes. But nice shot by Frenchy….
September 7th, 2005 at 8:39 pmLooper: I wanna bring the heat and announce my presence with authority!!
Castro: Announce your what with what?
Looper: Announce my presence with authority!
Castro: Announce your… this guy’s a first pitch fastball hitter! He’s lookin for heat!
Looper: So what, he ain’t seen my heat!
Castro: … Ok, meat. Bring him your heat.
(Sorry. The ESPN2 announcers made me think of that…)
September 7th, 2005 at 8:42 pmYES!
September 7th, 2005 at 8:46 pmThis is an exhibit as to why Looper is no longer on my fantasy team.
September 7th, 2005 at 8:47 pmOh,Langy?
September 7th, 2005 at 8:48 pmC’mon Marcus, don’t suck.
September 7th, 2005 at 8:51 pmOk, I’ll be honest. I hate the Mets. Maybe more than I hate the Yankees. I enjoy seeing them fail miserably. I take delight in Chipper owning them and naming his son Shea. I absolutely love them having never finished higher than us in any division (thanks Mac).
September 7th, 2005 at 8:51 pmBut I was pulling for Glavine tonight. We didn’t really need this one. He did. It makes me hate the Mets even more that they blew this one. What a bunch of @#@%@#$ers.
So much for that…
Ah well, this makes it more poetic… With Chipper homering in the bottom of the tenth to win it.
September 7th, 2005 at 8:54 pmFree baseball!
Yeah. Glavine doesn’t deserve the wretched fate the Mets have delivered him. He was a sure-fire hall of famer before they got hold of him.
September 7th, 2005 at 8:55 pmSo, can we decide as a group that his official name is now Todd Hollandsworthless?
September 7th, 2005 at 8:59 pmAlso, I hate Tom Glavine and actively cheer against him, even on nights when he’s not pitching against the team he sold out.
September 7th, 2005 at 9:00 pmGlavine’s a whore.
He left the Braves for the money, pure and simple.
I hope he doesn’t make the HOF until the Vet Committee votes him in.
September 7th, 2005 at 9:01 pmThat’ll work for me Stu. I’d rather have just about anyone but him pinch hit. If he starts another game this year I’ll throw something.
Meanwhile, I’d better not see Dan Kolb pitching when this commercial is over… I’ll just go to bed right now; I know how that ends up.
September 7th, 2005 at 9:03 pmOK, I’d forgotten Brower, as I assumed the Braves had him shot.
G’night all.
September 7th, 2005 at 9:03 pmNot only did he leave the Braves, Malone. He left them to sign with their–at least at that time–ARCHrival. Unforgiveable. And this is coming from a guy who basically worshiped Glavine for his entire career. I’m able to hate him so much now because I loved him so much before. Kind of like an ex-wife type thing, I’d imagine.
September 7th, 2005 at 9:04 pmYou’re right Stu, 3-0 and pitch away from him and hw swings? WORTHLESS
September 7th, 2005 at 9:05 pmBROWER ALERT!!!!! BROWER ALERT!!!
September 7th, 2005 at 9:05 pmJim “Send Him to the Showers” Brower
September 7th, 2005 at 9:06 pmGlavine was born in Concord, Mass… he probably was a whore to come to atlanta for the money; he should have refused to leave the red sox farm system. That sort of betrayal of your homeland just to go somewhere that they’re willing to pay more money is despicable in a person. It’s as bad as that SOB Maddox, who spent most of the best years of his career in atlanta after ditching the cubbies.
Baseball players, nothing but whores, all of ‘em.
September 7th, 2005 at 9:07 pmWhy did Bobby bring in Brower? I guess Kolb was chewing on a hot dog.
September 7th, 2005 at 9:07 pmObviously I lied and didn’t go to bed.
Foster I can handle. I don’t have supreme confidence or anything, but I’m assuming that Farnsworth is unavailable after pitching what seems like 10 days in a row.
So basically the key to winning this game is this: Not Sucking.
If The Braves can manage to not suck, while hoping the Mets do, they have a chance at this thing.
September 7th, 2005 at 9:08 pmMaybe he should have brought Kelly Johnson in to pitch.
September 7th, 2005 at 9:08 pmUm, Glavine was drafted by the Braves, delg. He never left the Red Sox farm system, because he was never in the Red Sox farm system. And Maddus didn’t sign with the Cardinals. Plus, he hadn’t been with the Cubs nearly as long as Glavine had been with the Braves.
Your sarcasm doesn’t actually touch on any of the points I made, come to think of it.
September 7th, 2005 at 9:10 pmAngel Hernandez has been terrible this game.
Skip just informed us Kolb is ready if needed
Nice play Marcus
September 7th, 2005 at 9:10 pmGood job, fellas. High fives all around.
September 7th, 2005 at 9:10 pmIs “not sucking” sabermetrically quantifiable, latnam? I bet Brower has about a -.350 or so in whatever the appropriate measure for that is.
September 7th, 2005 at 9:11 pmAlright, here we go. Chipper double, Andruw homer. Done and done.
September 7th, 2005 at 9:12 pmIf I had any skill in numbers whatsoever I devise a “suck” stat. Kolb and Brower would be the high mark, while someone like.. Pujols would be the low end.
Can Andruw earn some MVP votes here?
September 7th, 2005 at 9:13 pmGuess not…
Hmm…
Franco can finally hit that HR to break the record…
September 7th, 2005 at 9:15 pmAre u ready once again,Looper? kkk
September 7th, 2005 at 9:15 pmCome on, what the frick are you doing, Julio? Swing away.
September 7th, 2005 at 9:16 pmTime for the kid to come through!!!!!
September 7th, 2005 at 9:18 pmCrowd sounds amazing. Great to hear.
Nice walk julio
September 7th, 2005 at 9:18 pmYou could call it like Statistically Unproductive Contribution (SUC) Quotient. I’d write the forward to your book.
September 7th, 2005 at 9:18 pmWell this is interesting isn’t it?
This game had next to nothing going on for the longest time, and now it’s been non-stop excitement.
Gotta love baseball.
September 7th, 2005 at 9:19 pmI’m sorry, Stu, I must have missed your point. My thought was to suggest that it was neither uncommon nor incomprehensible that a guy might leave a team that paid him a lot of money to go to a team that paid him more money (Glavine’s best year with ATL = $9.5M; first year with NYM = $11M).
Was your point that he was unforgiveable because he was playing baseball primarily for money, and that you hated him like an ex-wife? Because, if that was it, I can’t argue with either of those; the first because it’s nonsensical and the second because it’s ridiculous. So it’s probably best just to pretend this whole discussion never happened.
September 7th, 2005 at 9:22 pmWow, I haven’t seen a pitch move like that since Fernando Valenzuela in RBI Baseball.
September 7th, 2005 at 9:22 pmStu: maybe that can be my writing requirment for graduation. Those of us not on journals have to do those the hard way.. Haha…
But yeah I’ll get right on that. My background is in English, so it’ll have more words than numbers, but it’s sure to be entertaining…
In other words, Jeff needs to lower his SUC now… Or raise it… Whichever the good way is… That’ll be chapter one.
September 7th, 2005 at 9:23 pmRookies=Rollercoaster.
This is disgusting.
September 7th, 2005 at 9:27 pmHow do you load the bases with no outs and then not get a run? Argh…
September 7th, 2005 at 9:27 pmI think I’m going to vomit.
September 7th, 2005 at 9:27 pmLangerhans better not swing here.
September 7th, 2005 at 9:28 pmSwing? No way.
September 7th, 2005 at 9:29 pmI just vomited.
September 7th, 2005 at 9:29 pmThis is way too tense.
September 7th, 2005 at 9:30 pmI think somebody just claimed the starting spot in LF. And there was much rejoicing.
September 7th, 2005 at 9:30 pmHELL YEAH!!!!!!!!
September 7th, 2005 at 9:30 pmIf I were female I’d have Ryan Langerhans babies.
September 7th, 2005 at 9:30 pmNICE!
September 7th, 2005 at 9:30 pmSay hello to your everyday left fielder, Ryan Langerhans!
September 7th, 2005 at 9:30 pmOr not.
September 7th, 2005 at 9:31 pmI LOVE LANGERHANS!
September 7th, 2005 at 9:32 pmWhat a game!
Compare Braden Looper’s SUC with Ryan Langerhans’s.
September 7th, 2005 at 9:32 pmWho is Kelly Johnson?!
September 7th, 2005 at 9:32 pmyup, Langy & BB
September 7th, 2005 at 9:35 pmRyan Langerhans is my daddy.
September 7th, 2005 at 9:37 pmQuick and dirty SUC Ratings:
September 7th, 2005 at 9:38 pmRyan Langerhands: .102
Dan Kolb: .985
Jim Brower: .955
Roger Clemens: .089
Albert Pujols: .085
Christian Guzman: 1.000
Alex Rodriguez: .090
I think the high numbers should be for the good players. But it’s your statistic, so do with it what you want.
September 7th, 2005 at 9:39 pmWell I’m thinking that the number is the percentage they suck, so the higher it is, the more Suck they have in them.
Just a thought, its a work in progress. So while Guzman sucks all the time. A-Rod only sucks 9% of the time.
Again just testing so far.
September 7th, 2005 at 9:42 pmYou’re right. I’m already confused. Low numbers for good players.
September 7th, 2005 at 9:47 pmWe are really comming together as a team at the best time. Look out NL!
September 7th, 2005 at 9:54 pmHow is Langerhans so low? Where would you Chipper, Andruw and Marcus?
September 7th, 2005 at 10:43 pmTRADE JORDAN!!
September 7th, 2005 at 11:32 pmIm checking in from Ibiza, Spain. Im just getting in from the clubs this morning & (youre not gonna believe this) I heard “Apache” played in this enormous dance club. Nice to make it back to the hotel & find out that the Braves skunked the Mets.
Sleepytime!
September 8th, 2005 at 1:05 amGreat win…. I was a bit worried when the circus music started playing and the clown Reitsma came into the game. He tried his best to lose it for us but unfortunately pulled a hamstring. No word yet but lets keep our fingers crossed and hope the clown is out for the season.
September 8th, 2005 at 3:03 amdelg: In defense of Stu, for many Braves fans the Mets have rightfully earned the “most hated team” status. At the time that Glavine defected, those feelings were still near their peak in most Braves fans’ hearts. And they were quite mutual from Mets fans.
Glavine to the Mets solidified his position in the players’ union is one as a champion for signing for more money regardless of any other consideration. It was a shocking, whorish move for fans on both sides, otherwise he would not have gone to the side of pure evil.
As much as we all loved Glavine in Atlanta, I think most, if not all of us cheered gleefully as he got consistently and embarassingly shelled by the Braves in his new uniform. I do regret that his HOF status seems to have been downgraded as a result of the move (we ALL saw this coming… how could he have been so blind?), but he has nobody to blame but himself. He will probably still make it, but it won’t be nearly as easy for him now.
September 8th, 2005 at 5:23 am