Un-BAY-lieveable! The Mets Tried to Lose, But Couldn't
The Happy Recap: Mets 6, Yankmees 4
With NY bragging rights on the line, Jason Bay FINALLY showed some muscle by banging out 2 home runs off CC Sabathia and even better: with runners on the corners in the ninth inning, KRod secured the win by striking out a clueless looking A-Roid to the Citi faithful's delight.
THE GOOD: Will this be the start of a rejuvenated Jason Bay? We hope so. Will this be the start of a rejuvenated Johan Santana? We hope so even more. Santana was awesome, going 7 2/3rds innings allowing just one run, striking out five, and raising his record to 4-2. Who says Johan doesn't like the spotlight of a Sunday night game!? And in typical Frankie Rod fashion, he somehow saved the game, but it wasn't pretty. Mission accomplished however, so as they say in James Bond land "they live to die another day".
Will this be the start of a rejuvenated Jose Reyes? Reyes went 2 for 5 and looked nothing like the guy who's hitting a horrendous .222 on the season. Ike Davis was solid again and David Wright had another RBI game (but did K twice however).
THE BAD: Leave it to the Mets to turn a 6-1 lead into a nail-biter."I've got a bad feeling about this", said just about every Met fan watching the game when Ryota Igarashi entered the game for what was presumably ninth inning mop-up duty. Igar proceeded to allow 3 runs and allow the Yankees to get back in the game, and should have been a lot more if not for KRod's escape antics. Once again we ask: why do we have to use 4 pitchers in a game when Santana's breezing right by? I'm reminded of a recent quote by Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan:
"there's absolutely no reason whatsoever that a starting pitcher can't go nine innings. In fact, with today's conditioning, starters should go further into games than when we pitched years ago".
Finally! Someone not buying into this ridiculous "each pitcher owns an inning" idea, which is the cause of many a "sure win" turning into excruciating loses. Once again, "by the book" Manuel tried hard to lose this game, but KRod just wouldn't let him.
And could this game be the start of a rejuvenated Jeff Francoeur? 0-for-3, strikeout, now hitting a miserable .211... sadly, the answer is no.
THE UGLY: Met fans had high hopes of getting swept by the Yankees this weekend so necessary housecleaning would begin. Instead of the subway series being the "end of the line" for Manuel and Omar Minaya, this win just postpones the inevitable. It's like when you keep putting something off, and putting it off, until finally you have to act and say to yourself, "I really should have taken care of that way earlier" when the damage becomes irreversible. As of this morning, we're at that exact stage with the Mets. This team desperately needs Manual to go - one step forward with the Yankee series win, two steps back with the same management.
With NY bragging rights on the line, Jason Bay FINALLY showed some muscle by banging out 2 home runs off CC Sabathia and even better: with runners on the corners in the ninth inning, KRod secured the win by striking out a clueless looking A-Roid to the Citi faithful's delight.
THE GOOD: Will this be the start of a rejuvenated Jason Bay? We hope so. Will this be the start of a rejuvenated Johan Santana? We hope so even more. Santana was awesome, going 7 2/3rds innings allowing just one run, striking out five, and raising his record to 4-2. Who says Johan doesn't like the spotlight of a Sunday night game!? And in typical Frankie Rod fashion, he somehow saved the game, but it wasn't pretty. Mission accomplished however, so as they say in James Bond land "they live to die another day".Will this be the start of a rejuvenated Jose Reyes? Reyes went 2 for 5 and looked nothing like the guy who's hitting a horrendous .222 on the season. Ike Davis was solid again and David Wright had another RBI game (but did K twice however).
THE BAD: Leave it to the Mets to turn a 6-1 lead into a nail-biter."I've got a bad feeling about this", said just about every Met fan watching the game when Ryota Igarashi entered the game for what was presumably ninth inning mop-up duty. Igar proceeded to allow 3 runs and allow the Yankees to get back in the game, and should have been a lot more if not for KRod's escape antics. Once again we ask: why do we have to use 4 pitchers in a game when Santana's breezing right by? I'm reminded of a recent quote by Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan:
"there's absolutely no reason whatsoever that a starting pitcher can't go nine innings. In fact, with today's conditioning, starters should go further into games than when we pitched years ago".
Finally! Someone not buying into this ridiculous "each pitcher owns an inning" idea, which is the cause of many a "sure win" turning into excruciating loses. Once again, "by the book" Manuel tried hard to lose this game, but KRod just wouldn't let him.
And could this game be the start of a rejuvenated Jeff Francoeur? 0-for-3, strikeout, now hitting a miserable .211... sadly, the answer is no.
THE UGLY: Met fans had high hopes of getting swept by the Yankees this weekend so necessary housecleaning would begin. Instead of the subway series being the "end of the line" for Manuel and Omar Minaya, this win just postpones the inevitable. It's like when you keep putting something off, and putting it off, until finally you have to act and say to yourself, "I really should have taken care of that way earlier" when the damage becomes irreversible. As of this morning, we're at that exact stage with the Mets. This team desperately needs Manual to go - one step forward with the Yankee series win, two steps back with the same management.
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