Kenny Rogers made the "best lineup ever assembled" look like a bunch of little leaguers who had never seen a curveball.
And now, the fate of the pinstripey team lies in the hands of... Jared Wright.
Baaahahahhahaha.
Chumps.
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Remember when Tom Glavine went 9-14, 4.52 for the Mets?
Neither do I.
Last night was vintage Glavine... boring as hell to watch, and half the time, you're scratching your head about how big the strike zone gets.
And wow, this Dodger lineup is anemic. Outside of Kent, no one scares you at all.
And once again, Grady Little, thank you for starting Kuo. We didn't kill him, but 85 pitches halfway through the fifth didn't cut it.
I'd like to think they're going to sweep now, but its hard for me to imagine Trachsel showing up to play. He better, because we might see Oliver Perez in Game 4.
Baseball is hitting, pitching, and defense, right? Oh yeah... and you have to run the bases well, too.
Lonnie Smith could have told you that.
Thank God that the Dodgers don't seem to remember the '91 World Series. I stayed up in my room way past my bedtime to watch that game... with the TV brightness down and the volume low, so it wouldn't look like the TV was on to a passerby looking at the bottom of the door.
Instead, the Dodgers had two guys get nailed at the plate on the same play and that might have cost them their whole postseason, right then and there. They should have won the chance they had against emergency starter John Maine, who did a nice, albeit short, job. Instead, they're going against a HOFer down 1-0 in a short series.
I know that Kuo dominated them in his one start against the Mets, but seriously... this is the Game Two starter? The guy's got 5 career starts. Five. And Greg Maddux is Game Three? Well, no one ever accussed Grady Little of knowing how to manage a pitching staff.
This is Bill Simmons' diary of the game.
The Mets are streaming right now on WFAN.
After an injury to El Duque, John Maine is getting the call.
Six innings, three runs... that's all I'm asking for. Maine-Mota/Bradford-Heilman- Wagner.
Cross your fingers and please, step carefully around the dugout, boys.
UPDATE: WTF!! I guess the game is blacked out or something. Is it on ESPN radio? Looks like I have to pay on MLB for radio.. this is stupid. I can't get my free radio station over the web.
UPDATE 2: MLB just got my $10 so I could get the game streamed over the web, which doesn't seem to work anyway... at least the audio comes in.
My avatar has the low down on what I think is going to happen in the first round of the playoffs. I'd love to see this all end up in another Subway Payback...erm... Series.
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Orel Hershiser is retired, right?
Good, then I'm not worried about the Mets playing LA.
Wednesday, the Met's will play the Dodgers in the late afternoon at Shea. Of course, the Yankees get all the primetime games. All I know is, Kenny Rogers owes me a win for walking the Braves past us in '99.
By the way, now that I'm looking at box scores for the '99 NLCS, how in the hell did Masato Yoshii start in the playoffs over Orel Hershiser? Yoshii turned it a cruddy start in game one against the D-Backs... Orel was a money pitcher... sure he was fading into the sunset, but he had a pretty similar year and his experience should have counted for more. I'm glad we're righting that by throwing El Duque in Game 1.
So El Duque goes against Derek Lowe in Game One on Wednesday at 4PM EST. Then, Thursday night, here's a matchup for you... Greg Maddux vs. Tom Glavine.
Then, they're off Friday and play Saturday. The Game Three starter hasn't been announced, but either way, I go with John Maine.
Well, this is it... Let's go Mets!