CHAT ROOM
Today we have Johan Santana against Randy Johnson, easily the day’s marquee pitching match-up.
We begin with the news Carlos Delgado was placed on the DL with an impingement of his right hip. Replacing him on the roster is Angel Pagan.
This post was written by John Delcos
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Greetings all. Day games in San Francisco are great because it gives you the city at night. Lot of great places.-JD
Who are these Mets? Another comeback last night? I admit I tuned out early. This is new. Should we start calling them The Phiting Metsies?
Hi – must admit I’ve been looking forward to this one. Hope these new Mets – whatever we call them – give Santana the support he deserves.
Ray (2): It is nice to see. It had been awhile.-JD
Wow…I can’t believe how bad Molina is with base stealers
Why on earth did Castillo not score there??
Wow! they are running wild.
It’s nice to be on the other side of this kind of base stealing rampage after watching it happen to us when Piazza was behind the plate.
rmkmets (5): The pitchers aren’t going much to hold the runners.-JD
Wow…run support for Santana?!?!
Johnson throwing BP
rmkmets (10): Have to wonder if they’ll keep it up. It would be nice if they can keep it up. They haven’t all year.-JD
JD (9): But all of the pitchers? This is like a regular thing regardless of who is on the mound.
Ray (11): Three runs. Santana must be beside himself. … Big Unit isn’t what he used to be.-JD
14. His slider is gone.
They need to really pile it on now while they can and give Santana a chance to pitch some stress-free innings for once
Ray (15): He’s 45. He can’t keep it forever.-JD
Too bad they didnt have Joe McEwing on a day like this. He absolutlely used to eat Big Unit alive.
John (14) Santana must think it’s Christmas – this is a whole new Mets team playing here and without some of the Big Boys.
Howie must be reading my posts – he just wished Santana a ‘Merry Christmas’
I hope today’s homeplate ump is better than that loser from last nite. That was some of the worst/most inconsistent calls I’d ever seen. Those low “strikes” weren’t even close!
Annie (20)Are you getting the Fox feed?
Ray (22) Yes I am, but I have it on mute – cant’ stand the Fox announcers, the commercials and the delay. I am watching Santana very carefully – love the way he uses his whole body to pitch and plays his position in the center of the infield. What an athlete.
That was some excellent hustle there by Church. Gees.
Annie (23): Santana is just a great athlete.
rmk (25) Yes, he is and he seems to have a great personality and a real rapport with his team mates.
Ray (22) you getting the Fox feed, too?
27. Yes I am and tomorrow Im going to get ESPN. Woo Hoo !!
If Shef can keep hitting, It will almost make up for Omars re-signing of OP. btw, has anybody noticed what Wolf is providing the Dodgers? how about an ERA under 3?
Ray (28) I don’t usually get ESPN even though they are my neighbors. Actually I rarely listen to some of these ‘sportscasters’ I just mute them and look at the video. Particularly enjoy watching Santana pitch -
Ray (29) Sheffield seems to be on his best behaviour – guess he wants to stay with this team…
Looks like RJ is settling down.
Santana looks sharp as usual. A machine.-JD
33. Johnson is throwing harder but the Changeup is devastating.
That error was INEXCUSABLE. I never thought Id’ be saying this before the season but this infield sucks
I can’t believe that Santana has given up yet another unearned run
OT – Any Preakness choices?
Good thing that Sandoval went to the Jose Reyes school of baserunning
John (33) I tend not to pay much attention to visiting players, so I didn’t know much about Santana when he got here. Has he always been this self assured?
Just read about Perez pitching an extended spring training game. 3 IP/7K/4 BB/0 hits/56 pitches. Not bad but the walks are annoying
They let Santana down again. Thanks Castillo and DRod
Gotta believe Johann is pissed about this inning. Since that error by DRod his location has not been as sharp
Annie (39): Yes.-JD
Good immediate bounce back. You have to love Cora.
3rd hit of the day for the Shef.
Nice…Wright made up for it there at the plate
Where would we be without “Drod”?
kevin (44): We haven’t seen that. They are on their game for the most part.-JD
6 runs JD? I think that is half of the entire run support Santana has received this year
kevin (49): They gave him 14 total going in.-JD
Situational hitting? Who are these guys?
Very nice, half exactly now.
It’s ‘riders up’ at Pimlico – see you after the race.
rmkmets (40): That’s why he’s down there. The strikeouts mean nothing.-JD
Santana’s ERA is above 1… gasp!
Looks like they are going to need every one of those seven runs.-JD
Another ball squirts away from a one hand catch. I noticed Rowand using two hands on a ball hit to him before.
Ray (57): There was no other way for him to catch that. How on earth did you expect him to get two hands on it when he’s running back and trying to make practically an over the shoulder catch?
BTW…that was a horrendous throw by him. He’s got an awful arm. Reyes would have thrown Ishikawa out there
58. I agree it would have been tough to use 2 hands there, but Ive seen it too many times. He should have let Shef take it. Great play by Tatis at first.
They need to keep the pressure on and get some of those runs back. I don’t know how much longer Santana can go and with him in the game this defense is just another error waiting to happen.
Not to mention I don’t know how confident I feel in Putz right now after his recent bad outings. If they go with Parnell it’ll be interesting to see how he bounces back from his first real bad outing.
Ray (58): I dont think Sheff was even close enough to that one to make that catch. If he were I’m sure Cora would have been more than happy to let him take it given that it was an easier angle for him coming in on the ball
For anyone who wants to hate on Reyes (and I’ll admit he’s annoyed me of late), you have to appreciate his arm at SS even more after watching Cora there.
rmkmets (62): Reyes does have a gun. I’m not blaming Cora because that was a tough play.-JD
62. Coras momentum was taking him the other way. Isnt it funny the Mets have the most SBs in a 3 game series without Reyes?
How hard is it to use two hands?-JD
And Wright almost drops one one the one hand catch.
OT – The filly – Rachel Alexandra wins the Preakness at Pimlico, the Derby winner Mine That Bird, finished second. A great race.
Now the lead is one run.
If Santana comes out of this game with a win instead of a no decision I’ll be shocked.
JD (63): The catch I won’t blame him on but the throw was pathetic. He barely got it to the plate from very shallow LF.
rmkmets (69): Would you really?-JD
This crew had done a horrendous job behind the plate…especially this game and last nite
JD (71): Seriously I wonder how often Santana wonders if he’d have been better off on another team
Again…how was that last one not a strike?? What ever happened to QuestTec??
rmkmets (73): Not on pay day. The Yankees haven’t been great the past two years so I doubt he’d be any better.-JD
I think he might have been safe at 2B. That was an awful tag by Cora.
rmkmets (76): You could be right. I was way above the knees.-JD
We have the heart of the order to add some insurance, with no K-Rod, this could be crucial
Nice hustle there by Beltran.
Need some runs here. I don’t feel comfortable with a potentially shaky JJ Putz coming into a one run game.
Since when did this team turn into a station-station team?? I don’t understand why no one has scored a run from 2B today?
This is some way overcautious baserunning today.
rmkmets (80): Wright has been on fire. Time to break it open. We haven’t seen a lot of that this year.-JD
I feel better now – a three run cushion – could be helpful.
Howie has put this game ‘in the books’. Ups and downs were the order of the day, but Santana got his well deserved win.
It’s interesting that the Mets have looked good offensively and defensively and playing well without Reyes in the lineup.
Good win for the Metsies…finally runs for johan. very nice, keep it going boys.
pelf vs. cain tomorrow, he is a good pitcher, stay hot offense