Another ALMOST comeback in the ninth

Pelfrey did his best, and didn't pitch badly, but he gave up two two run homers in the process. At the bottom of the ninth the score was 6-2 in favor of Washington, and the Mets came back to score 2. Murphy then came up to bat with a man on first and third and he hit a hard grounder to Desmond at short. Desmond made a brilliant stop but overthrew Dunn at first and Murphy went to second with an RBI to make it 6-5 Washington. Hope came alive at Citifield and the crowd came to its feet. But Francoeur hit a bullet to the pitcher, knocking off his glove, but he picked up the ball and threw the ball to first ending the game. Disappointing - again, to say the least.

The food at Citifield - starting new traditions?

I was at the game yesterday with my Dad, in our usual section 107.  We got there early to get our Frankie Rodriguez bobblehead giveaways and started thinking about lunch.  Normally my Dad, who is a heart doctor, eats ridiculously heart healthy food - except at the ballpark.  It is a family tradition to gorge on hot dogs, peanuts, knishes, popcorn and beer until we go home groaning and holding our stomachs.  But my Dad found the "Taste of the Citi" market, featuring specialties from around NYC.  He actually bought fresh sushi and edamame!  We shared it and it was really good.  I guess some tried and true traditions change sometimes, but I'm only letting him do it once or twice per year!  

Murphy - THE Mets offense!

In Flushing, Daniel Murphy provided all the offense in The Mets 4-2 win over the Cubbies. Starting with a 4th inning solo homer to the Pepsi porch in right field, he followed it up with an RBI single in the 5th and a 2 RBI triple in the 7th to give the Mets some breathing room.  Oh, and Pelfrey had good stuff, recording his 10th win - he pitched 8 solid innings, allowing 1 earned run, 5 hits and 5 strikeouts. In fact, the Mets won this series, the first time they've won a series since July against Colorado.

A two game winning streak! Impressive....

At least for us it is!  Tonight the Mets won game 1 of their series at home against the Cubbies as Bobby Parnell pitched a confident and brilliant 7 innings.  Cory Sullivan hit a towering home run to right, walked twice, hit an RBI single and made a beautiful diving catch to rob Fukodome of an extra base hit.  Our first 2 back to back wins in a VERY long time.

Beltran and Maine - dare to hope?

How lucky are Cyclones fans to be in the stands at Keyspan Park in Brooklyn for the last 3 games?  The answer?  Very lucky - they have been treated to three rehab starts for Carlos Beltran.  John Maine will pitch in a minor league rehab start as well.  Could a return to the majors be far behind?  Dare to hope!

Back to school and back to winning!

Sorry we haven't posted in a while, but we've been pretty busy going back to school the last couple of days.  We've also been busy watching every Met game and following the team.  Yesterday was all about the offense with the long ball and some good offensive plays as the Mets beat the Rockies 8-3.  Murphy hit a 2-run homer in the 8th and Misch recorded his first major league win.  Also, Josh Thole made his MLB debut behind the plate and did a fantastic job, going 2 for 5 with a double, single and a stolen base.  We expect great things out of this kid.

away on vacation, but NOT HAPPY!

Even though we are on vacation in California with no TV (grumble grumble), we haven't missed the fact that our Metropolitans are on a 4 game losing streak and have lost their all star Ace to gosh darn bone chips in the elbow!  We are not happy...  Maybe they can activate the "two prospects to be named later" that they got from Boston for Billy Wagner.

Dodging the rain while we face the Phillies: a double challenge!

Tonight the family is at Citifield for the first of four at home against the hated Phillies. Big Pelf pitches tonight for the Mets. He's been erratic this seaon but his last start was great - 2 earned runs over almost 8 innings. Plus, they face Cole Hamels, the shakiest of the Phillies starters. More to come if the rain stays away........

Breaks a club record!!!

The 10 hits posted by the Mets in the 4th inning by 13 batters breaks a club record!!!  Sheffield nailed two doubles in the same inning.  Castillo also got two hits.  They did it with no home runs or triples.  When it's great, it's really great!

'cuz I like that BOOM BOOM, POW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  I AM AMAZED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  10 hits and 8 runs, no homers and NO TRIPLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  IN ONE INNING!  THAT IS ALL

Beanie Boy

The scariest moment for a lot of people happened in the 3rd inning at Citi field.  This includes David Wright who is in the HOSPITAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! as we speak.  Amazing what will happen when you're hit in the HEAD by a FASTBALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I was at the game.  I'll find Cain, get my grampa's cane, and hit Cain with that cane.

See ya!

Frenchy does it again.  After falling behind 1-0 in the first, Francoeur got us even with solo line-drive homer into the fourth row in left field.  It's his 10th of the year and his 5th since becoming a Met.  Good job, Jeff!

A lineup designed to lose!!!

If we had to choose a lineup designed to lose the game, we couldn't have done any better.  I understand that David Wright deserves a day off here and there, but come on!  No Wright, no Sheffield, no Pagan, and no Santos!  Hey Schneider is due for his hit of the summer!  The pitcher Livan Hernandez has stunk it up badly his last two starts.  He's a better hitter than most of the lineup!  He should be hitting 4th instead of 9th!!!  What are you thinking, Jerry?

Santana does it!!!

The Mets avoided a sweep in San Diego on a brilliant performance by Johan Santana.  With 13 wins he is tied for the most wins in the National League.  He struck out 4 and only walked 2.  He even hit an RBI single and scored a run.  In these times of bad news and even worse news for the Mets, it's a rare pleasure to watch a Mets all-star who is still on his game.  

Mets explosion 9-0

The Mets offense exploded last night, beating Albert Pujols and the Cardinals 9-0.  Almost every Met stepped up - Wright with a 2 run homer and Angel Pagan with a totally clutch 3 for 4 performance, including a homer.  We predicted Pagan's clutch-ness right here a few days ago. Even Nelson Figueroa, who crashed and burned in a major way on his last game, pitched absolutely beautifully converting the New York crowd from boos to cheers.  Now, if only the Mets could sustain some offense AND pitching in a more even way, we might have a chance.  Instead, all we're seeing these days is awful pitching, weak offense and the occasional explosive win.  All that'll get you is a below .500 season.  

Johan worked really hard

We're heading into extra innings right now against the Cards tied 7-7 because Franky blew his 4th save.  No matter what happens, Santana worked hard for this one.  Even though his command was so-so, he did everything he could.  He fielded great and even hit a 2 run double.  He deserves his 13th win.  In the show, however, deserving and getting are often two different things! 

See-saw, see-saw, oh so fun!

The classic national league see-saw battle, one team takes the lead, then the other team takes over, over and over and maybe A 3rd time.  Well, thats what's going on in Citi Field.  Mets vs. Cards.  It went from 1-o to 1-3 to 3-3 to 4-3 to 4-7. The mets lead it 7-4 in the 7th.

Another Grandy

Pagan hit a grand slam??!! Last night, Angel Pagan hit a tie-breaking grand slam, his first home run as a Met, and it was a biggie.  It broke open a 5-5 tied game in the eighth.  The Mets went on to win 9-6.  Pagan is looking more and more clutch these days.

The 4 Spot

7 k's, 4 walks and now has posobility of a big W.  Ollie Perez.  Down 2-0.  Bot. 4 .  hit.  hit.  Base hit! 1 run!, 2 runs!, 3!, 4!  And the mets are up 4-2.  Wild pitch walk brings in a run. 4-3!

Who to root for: SF or Philly?

Wow, what a choice!  Gut emotion?  no brainer - we hate Philly.  But wait a minute - we're 9.5 games back of the Phillies in the NL East, but 5.5 games back of the Giants in the wild card standings. What to do, what to do?  

Double duty day

The Mets are in the midst of the second game of a double header tonight against the Colorado Rockies.  They took the first game 7-0, the second shut-out in a row with great pitching by Santana.  First time they've had 2 back to back shut-outs in a whole year!

Weather report, rained out!

Santana and the Mets are rained out in Flushing tonight for what would hopefully have been their 3rd win against the Rockettes.  Tomorrow will be a day/night doubleheader if the weather holds out.  The make-up game is in the afternoon with Santana pitching.  Weather report?  pretty iffy - scattered thunderstorms.  D-Backs vs Philly tonight - come on Arizonizzy shizzy!!!!!!!

Wild card - dare to hope?

With a sweep against Colorado in progress, we are actually "only" 5.5 games off the Wild Card! Should we dare to hope, or think of this 4 game winning streak as a fluke? Anyways, Santana up tonight - hope he does better than last time.

Bernazard firing

we're kids (Will 12, and Sam 9) so we're staying out of this stuff! nuff said

a weird little scientific fact about humidity

Don't know why I'm telling you this (see Sam's "nutzo" post a few days ago for an example of my brothers 9 year old boy sense of humor) but it's a scientific fact that no one else seems to know; in humid weather, balls travel further because heat rises.  So should we thank the Mets or the weather for these home runs?

First 3 win streak since May!!!

and they win it in a "grand" fashion, featuring a pinch hit grand slam by Tatis.  He showed hints of the old Tatis, erasing recent memories of the new double play hitting Tatis.  Did you know that Tatis once hit two grand slams in a single inning?  

The Grand Salami!!!!

FERNANDO TATIS, who I thought would ground into yet another double play, just hit a... yes feel it feel it... pinch hit, bases loaded, 0-2 count ... GRAAAAAND SLAAAAAM!!!!!!!!  It looks like the Mets, it has Mets on their uniforms, the players look familiar, but their not playing like our usual Mets!  Whatever, I LIKE IT!!!!!

Power explosion!!!

Last night the Mets whupped the Astros butts in an explosion of home runs and great hits. We won 10-3 and guess what? Niese pitched better than K-Rod, who gave up a 2 run homer in the ninth. The Mets had three home runs, a solo shot leading off the 4th by Omir Santos, a three run shot in the 6th by Francoeur, and a solo in the 8th by Wright. This was the second consecutive game with a homer by Santos, who seems to be waking up from his slump. I bet he'll be in the lineup tonight. Speaking of breaking out of slumps, I hope this is the end of David Wrights major slump. Will this be the beginning of a trend, or just another fluke? We'll just have to wait and see. Tune in this afternoon at 2PM!!!

No hitter fever

My brother is out with my dad and just posted a blog post.  I read it, turned to YES, and #47 Gonzalez on the A's is working on a no hitter in 5th. still 0-0.

Can't believe I had this thought

So, I'm sitting in a glitzy new diner having lunch with my Dad on a beautiful Saturday afternoon and the Yankees Oakland game is up on the flat screen. I had this thought "the Mets are so bad I'm open." Then I caught myself - what am I thinking?!A symptom of how desperate we Mets fans have become!

Nutzo

No idea why I'm tellin you this but here goes.  I'm watching a weird sport show and they showed a bit a cubs baseball, I think.  A guy check-swung, the ball hit the bat, the ball bounced on the dirt and hit the umpires, a, nutz.

A second half pitching star??? (really???)

Thank you Santana for giving the Astros the lead!  See, we're halfway through the first game of the Astros series, and Hampton - their pitcher! - hit a 2 run homer!!  So far Santana has allowed 5 runs on 11 hits heading into the 6th.  At least the Cardinals are blowing out Philly 6-0, Omir Santos just hit a solo homer and Santana just got walked.  Santana has traditionally been a great second half pitcher - I'm taking a wait and see attitude, how 'bout you?  

  SANTANA TO THE RESCUE!  Like always our ace pitcher #57 Johan Santana is left to get the very much needed W.  This time it's against Houstin Astros.

  The Disabled List virus has traveled all around the U.S.  All the way to Texas.  The Astro hitter/slugger Lance Berkmen was put on the DL with a strained left calf thursday July 23, 2009, so we caught a bit of a break.

And now for the good news!

What?  There's good news?  In a strange way, yes.  When you hit bottom, it can't get worse, and I think this is bottom.  Let me explain - if the Nationals are the worst team in baseball, and we lose 2 of 3 to the Nationals, then ... do you see where I'm headed here?  

My first blog- therefore, some bad news!

Welcome to my kids blog all about the baseball team The New York Mets.  Made for kids, by kids.  

Buerhle pitched a history making perfect game in Chicago.  He got a phone call from President Obama, who is a big White Sox fan.  I wish we could have done that! 

Being 10.5 games back - yes, you heard me - 10.5 games back - we had off today and the Phillies won against the Padres 10-4.