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Wednesday, August 31, 2011

•Mets Come Back to Hook Fish•

The Happy Nightcap
Mets 3 - Marlins 2 

Chris Capuano fell quickly behind tonight 2-0 in the 1st inning. Chris had nowhere near the same stuff he had last Friday night in his 2 hit complete game shutout of the Braves. However, Capuano settled down and held the Marlins to 2 runs giving his team a chance to fight back - and they did.


Notes:

Bay had 3 hits to break out of a 2 for 527 slump. By the way, Gary Apple must be back on the peyote. Tonight Gary described Bay as "streaky." Gary, "streaky" is when it is a near equal split between hot and cold periods. Bay is awful the vast majority of the time. By Blobbermetrics calculations he has been a waste 87.5 % of his stay with the Mets. The word you were looking for, Gary, is "sucky."


Wright hit 2 balls that would be out anywhere else. The left field wall is stupid. David also played great D making two outstanding diving stops to his left. On both plays, David got to his feet and gunned the man out at first. Yes, the Blob said "Wright" and "Gunned" in the same sentence. When David does not have time to think and just fires the ball, his arm is not an issue.


Duda clutch - drives in go ahead run in a great AB vs. a lefty. Lucas did not over-swing. He waited back and stroked a line drive up the middle.


Pen was solid...Parnell closed it thanks to the second of Wright's defensive gems and a great play by Tejada. Ruben ranged behind the second base bag to backhand a smash and fired to first for the final out.



 Nice Grab, David

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Tuesday, August 30, 2011

•The Battle of Not Greg Maddux•

Marlins 6 - Mets 0 
Bobby Ojeda best described Mike Pelfrey's performance tonight when he said, "If baseball was 5 innings, he would be great." Pelf first started to crack in the 6th inning, but got out of a tight spot. In the 7th, he really began to come apart in the pitcher's duel Mets Blob likes to call, "The Battle of Not Greg Maddux."


The wheels totally came off when the Mets tried to reinvent the "Wheel Play." The set up was to get the force out at 3rd, and it worked...until a gun shy David Wright did not throw the ball to Jose Reyes, who was covering 3rd, after he fielded a Javier Vazquez bunt. Mets Blob has seen David throw, and we understand why he was scared, but this is a battle, son! Show no quarter! Throw thy F'ing ball! The Marlins saw the whites of the Mets' eyes and fired first. Pelfrey and the Mets would continue to unravel and never recover.

Javier Vazquez dominated the Mets, and Mike Stanton hit the ball all over Citi Field like it was shot out of a cannon. Stanton's icing on the Marlins' victory cake was hitting an opposite field home run in the upper deck of the Pepsi porch. My God, Mike Stanton's gifts are spooky.




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•Mets Sink Fish in Nightcap•

Mets 5-Marlins 1
The Happy Nightcap of the Nightcap 

The Mets pulled off something tonight they never have before...a doubleheader sweep of the Marlins. Dillon Gee got his 12th win tonight, an achievement a Met rookie has not made since Ron Darling in 1984. Gee only gave up one run in 6 innings of work and had a noticeable confidence and control to the pace of his game. 
It was nice to see Dillon get his game back on track at this late point in the season. Gee started out as a happy surprise in an unhappy Mets season. Not with the team out of spring training, Gee ended up having to fill the very big shoes of Chris Young.  Young was by far the Mets' best pitcher early in the year. Gee took on the job not as a rattled rookie, but instead with poise of seasoned professional-something Mike "Please Disappear" Pelfrey has never figured out-no matter how much seasoning the Mets sprinkle on that rotten piece of Mike meat. In recent time, however, Gee's starts were rough, and his confidence seemed to be fading. In the last leg of the Major League schedule, the number of innings thrown compared to a AAA season is unchartered territory for a rookie pitcher. Mets Blob hopes this start helps Dillon bounce back and prepares him for a great, full season in 2012. 
 REYES RETURNS PART DEUX 
Game 2 in the twin-bill also saw the return of Jose Reyes from his second hamstring stint on the DL. Honestly, the Mets have been tough to watch without him. His trips to the DL will for sure affect his off season asking price, and that could very well help the Mets get him back for 2012 and beyond. Sadly, his hamstring issues and the Mets' lack of relevance have also sidelined his bid for MVP. Reyes' night was no big deal, going 1-4 with a run scored, but his return is huge for the life he breathes into this team. 


Cheers to Ruben Tejada, David Wright, Willie Harris, and the Red Hot Nick Evans who backed Dillon with the offensive punch to push him over the top of his pitching duel with Ricky Nolasco. The Blob also raises a glass to Bobby Parnell for closing out 2 games in the same night. Jason Bay did not play in the back end of the doubleheader, but if you want to go ahead and pretend he went 0-3 or 0-4, that's fine with the Blob. 


Tuesday night, Mike Pelfrey is the hump on the hill so maybe have your nightcap at the start of the game just to help you get through it.



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