The Way It Is Supposed To Be
The ball left Carlos Delgado's bat... It was a shot to deep right center field. Gary Cohen barked away excitedly on the screen and all of a sudden a distracted Sip was glued to the idiot box. Then the gloved man in centerfield jumped back.
Can you say Byrnesy Time?
I couldn't have imagined a better series. The Mets took it and my boy Byrnesy took it down. The guy flat out dominated the field to the point where he was booed when he came up in extra innings. (Editor's note: Actually, Byrnes was booed by the time he came to the plate in the first inning.)
Shea Stadium, which saves its boos for Chipper and Andruw Jones, Jeter and A-Rod and occasionally Pat Burrell went out of its way to boo...Eric Byrnes.
I can't tell you what this meant to me.
So Wednesday's game was exactly as it was billed.
More often than not, a pitcher's duel at Shea turns into a 6-5 game. I remember hitting up Shea last April with Old Chipper to catch Pedro vs. Smoltz. Everything was perfect until Pedro gave up 3 first inning runs.
But not Wednesday. This game was everything it was billed to be.
Brandon Webb was unhittable.
Pedro was dominant.
Lastings Miledge showcased his plus plus plus arm in RF.
And the most dominant arm on the field belonged to none other than... Jorge Julio.
I think the most amazing thing in baseball is fear in your players.
Back when Julio was a Met, I didn't trust him with the $15 bucks in my back pocket. The guy couldn't throw a strike when he needed to and he couldnt throw a good pitch when they were expecting a strike.
The guy was Mel Rojas reincarnated.
And then he walked into Shea as a member of the Arizona Diamondbacks.
All of a sudden his flat 96mph fastball was an All Star's fastball. He mowed through Delgado-Wright-Floyd like I mow down a chicken parm from my local deli. I watched it and didn't think our boys had a chance.
And they didn't come close. Not at all.
Jorge Julio was John Rocker.
But the Mets fought. This isn't the 2005 Mets. This is't the 2004 Mets.
Truth is I'm not sure what I am watching right now.
I talked to Goat and Cousin and Nails in brief after the game and through all the talks I came to one frightening conclusion.
That is, I have confidence in the Mets in these sorts of games.
When resident SNY frat boy Chris Cotter asked Jose Valentin this question after the game, I knew exactly where he was going. He asked Valentin if he was confident when our bullpen was going against the D-Backs' pen.
Valentin didn't really address the question, instead paying homage to both teams' respective dominant starting performances.
But the truth is this. Get me to a tie game anytime past the 6th inning and I will take the Mets. This is an amazing feeling in baseball.
For 3 innings we had the pleasure of watching Duaner Sanchez dominate D-Backs hitters. You can't ask for more out of a setup guy.
At the same time, if this game had to go three more innings, we had Aaron Heilman up and ready. And I knew we would win.
This is the difference between the Mets and the rest of the NL. The rotation is 2 deep and average at best from 3-5. It is a very typical National League rotation.
But in the back, we are dominant. We are going to win these games a lot more than we lose.
And these are the games that give a team character. Winning a game in the 12th or the 10th or the 8th. It doesn't matter. As much as Y2K loyalists talk about how watching a kid come up through the system is more fulfilling than a pickup, there is no better feeling than winning a baseball game at the end of the game.
The fact is, we will win these games. Our lineup is as good or better than any team in the NL.
The pen is the difference.
I really have to give Omar Minaya a lot of credit. He did everything I endorsed here at Y2K. He kept the pen dominant while filling out our rotation with 5 guys that will give us a shot.
If a team wins 3 of 5 in baseball they are a playoff team. We should win 2 of 3 when Pedro-Glavine-Trachsel pitch.
Now, when Soler and El Duque pitch, we need one of those guys to get us to our pen and we will win.
3 of 5 and we are a playoff team.
I like this formula.
VCD,
SM
Can you say Byrnesy Time?
I couldn't have imagined a better series. The Mets took it and my boy Byrnesy took it down. The guy flat out dominated the field to the point where he was booed when he came up in extra innings. (Editor's note: Actually, Byrnes was booed by the time he came to the plate in the first inning.)
Shea Stadium, which saves its boos for Chipper and Andruw Jones, Jeter and A-Rod and occasionally Pat Burrell went out of its way to boo...Eric Byrnes.
I can't tell you what this meant to me.
So Wednesday's game was exactly as it was billed.
More often than not, a pitcher's duel at Shea turns into a 6-5 game. I remember hitting up Shea last April with Old Chipper to catch Pedro vs. Smoltz. Everything was perfect until Pedro gave up 3 first inning runs.
But not Wednesday. This game was everything it was billed to be.
Brandon Webb was unhittable.
Pedro was dominant.
Lastings Miledge showcased his plus plus plus arm in RF.
And the most dominant arm on the field belonged to none other than... Jorge Julio.
I think the most amazing thing in baseball is fear in your players.
Back when Julio was a Met, I didn't trust him with the $15 bucks in my back pocket. The guy couldn't throw a strike when he needed to and he couldnt throw a good pitch when they were expecting a strike.
The guy was Mel Rojas reincarnated.
And then he walked into Shea as a member of the Arizona Diamondbacks.
All of a sudden his flat 96mph fastball was an All Star's fastball. He mowed through Delgado-Wright-Floyd like I mow down a chicken parm from my local deli. I watched it and didn't think our boys had a chance.
And they didn't come close. Not at all.
Jorge Julio was John Rocker.
But the Mets fought. This isn't the 2005 Mets. This is't the 2004 Mets.
Truth is I'm not sure what I am watching right now.
I talked to Goat and Cousin and Nails in brief after the game and through all the talks I came to one frightening conclusion.
That is, I have confidence in the Mets in these sorts of games.
When resident SNY frat boy Chris Cotter asked Jose Valentin this question after the game, I knew exactly where he was going. He asked Valentin if he was confident when our bullpen was going against the D-Backs' pen.
Valentin didn't really address the question, instead paying homage to both teams' respective dominant starting performances.
But the truth is this. Get me to a tie game anytime past the 6th inning and I will take the Mets. This is an amazing feeling in baseball.
For 3 innings we had the pleasure of watching Duaner Sanchez dominate D-Backs hitters. You can't ask for more out of a setup guy.
At the same time, if this game had to go three more innings, we had Aaron Heilman up and ready. And I knew we would win.
This is the difference between the Mets and the rest of the NL. The rotation is 2 deep and average at best from 3-5. It is a very typical National League rotation.
But in the back, we are dominant. We are going to win these games a lot more than we lose.
And these are the games that give a team character. Winning a game in the 12th or the 10th or the 8th. It doesn't matter. As much as Y2K loyalists talk about how watching a kid come up through the system is more fulfilling than a pickup, there is no better feeling than winning a baseball game at the end of the game.
The fact is, we will win these games. Our lineup is as good or better than any team in the NL.
The pen is the difference.
I really have to give Omar Minaya a lot of credit. He did everything I endorsed here at Y2K. He kept the pen dominant while filling out our rotation with 5 guys that will give us a shot.
If a team wins 3 of 5 in baseball they are a playoff team. We should win 2 of 3 when Pedro-Glavine-Trachsel pitch.
Now, when Soler and El Duque pitch, we need one of those guys to get us to our pen and we will win.
3 of 5 and we are a playoff team.
I like this formula.
VCD,
SM
posted by Sippy Momo at 3:14 AM
4 Comments:
ya boy byrnes looks like a problem. more impact plays in 3 games than roberto alomar had in his mets career.
I was on the road listening to the radio wishing it was 98'/99' again.
I absolutely love the makeup of the team at this moment, especially since floyd is hitting his weight and valentin is about to take KazuO's spot.
endy is probably the best combo 4th outfielder in the majors right now. especially because outfield speed is so important on D(getting to balls in the gap, chasing down catchable foul balls to save the pitcher some ben gay.) everyone is playing hard too. that is huge. someone get KazuO some lead shoes so he steps dancing as he swings in the damn box.
side note: did u see Counsell's face after he got gunned? he slid then immediately got up and walked away without even checking the umpire's call. i love it.
im out
holla at a playa when u see me in the street trick/ yeahhhhhhhhhhh/
holla at a playa
counsell didn't even touch the bag he was out by a midtown block - byrnes was killing us in every facet of the game game i wish someone (petey) had put him on his overachieving ass no homo
endy chavez is the late-inning stormy petrel of 2006
Now that we have a chance to win in the back end of the rotation and tons of depth, I can't envision a scenario whereby we don't win the World Series. The All-star game is critically important this year.
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