2007 Mets - Choking Scumbag Losers Who Deserve to Die

[SD_Eagle5]

watch the Sportscenter highlights and compare the Shea crowd to the CBP crowd

Lastnight on out of bounds the NY guy said he was watching both games and that Shea looked like a morgue and CBP was just rocking. He gave a ton of credit to Phils fans for the atmosphere they created. Missinelli was the Philly rep with his usual nonsense.

[ice grillin you]

to be fair the bank wasnt sold out and shea holds like 57k

as youd expect the atmosphere was night and day but the people who harp on the empty seats last night at shea dont know what they are talking about cause the bank would have had section of empties if it held and 15k

[ice grillin you]

from kernans ny post blog....awesome stuff


IT'S NOT OFFICIAL, BUT NL EAST RACE IS OVER

August 26, 2007 -- MEMO to Jimmy Rollins: The best team won.

Yes, it's still the dog days of August and the Mets have to travel to beautiful Philadelphia tomorrow, but the NL East race is over. Though the Yankees are fighting for their playoff souls, the Mets are merrily on their way to another October.

This really wasn't much of a race. Despite all the Mets problems, despite the fact they left the door wide open in the division, the Phillies and Braves have not been able to step through the portal.

So at 6:47 last night when Aaron Heilman got Luis Gonzalez to bounce into a 1-6-3 double play to give the Mets a 4-3 win over the Dodgers at sweaty Shea Stadium, the NL East race came to a close. Sure, there are magic numbers ahead and the official champagne clinching, but the Mets have no worries until October.

Even Carlos Delgado got into the act, banging a two-out, two-run-single in the fifth after Grady Little intentionally walked Jeff Conine to get to Delgado.

Though he's been frustrated by his season-long slump, Delgado said there was never any reason for him to start throwing bats or helmets, "and the fact you have a six-game lead helps," he said.

It sure does. The Mets know where they sit.

As soon as Delgado made his statement, the first baseman was reminded the Mets lead was 6 ½ games (the Braves and Phillies played last night).

"But who's counting," he said with a smile, later adding there is still a long way to go.

No there isn't. The Mets biggest challenge is to stay interested in the final five weeks of the season and to have the eye of the tiger when they get to the postseason.

Orlando Hernandez continued his magic and was brilliant for six innings before allowing back-to-back home runs in the seventh. The Mets are 9-0 in El Duque's last nine starts.

On this day the Mets didn't even have to use closer Billy Wagner, who has been used too much of late and told the team he needed a rest and to let Heilman finish the job.



Jose Reyes stole his 70th base after a leadoff single in the third, and David Wright knocked him in to put the Mets on top, 1-0. Reyes became only the second major leaguer since 2000 to notch 70 steals. Scott Podsednik stole 70 in 2004. At this rate, Reyes is likely to have the most steals since 1988 when Man of Steal Rickey Henderson swiped 93 bases for the Yankees.

Conine knocked in the Mets final run on a double to left that scored Wright in the seventh. Wright owns a ridiculous .790 on-base percentage over his last 19 plate appearances. The Mets simply have more weapons than anyone else in the East.

What the Mets were missing was a resolve to win at home. Tom Glavine, who was with the Braves when they used to be automatic division winners, noted that has changed. The Mets know they are good, even though they haven't always played like the best team.

The players will not admit that the race is over, but the Mets are confident in their abilities and have been from Day 1.

"We have the talent to win," Glavine said. "When you come off a year like we had last year and you have as much or more talent in the room the following year, you just look around and see a team that you think is a good team and a team that can win, regardless of what everybody else is doing or what other people think."

The Mets didn't think this would be a runaway like last year.

"We knew that our division was going to be tougher this year because the other two teams that we beat last year struggled, and you knew they were not going to do that again," Glavine said.

Wagner agreed.

"We just have to continue to play."

"We're in a great position," Glavine said. "All we have to do is take care of business and win our games and it doesn't matter what anybody else does."

Considering the talent disparity in the division, it never really mattered.

kevin.kernan@nypost.com

[Wingspan]

to be fair the bank wasnt sold out and shea holds like 57k

as youd expect the atmosphere was night and day but the people who harp on the empty seats last night at shea dont know what they are talking about cause the bank would have had section of empties if it held and 15k

The only person that went on about the empty seats, that I have heard...was your son Angelo Cataldi.

[ice grillin you]

actually baseball tonight commented on it....the midday show has as well...numerous callers...ed coleman from the fan was on wip and made mention of it as well

i dont care either way but phillie fans ripping the mets for having empty seats in a 56k stadium when the phillies ahd them in a 43k stadium is kinda silly

[MDS]

who gives a shtein about the phillies making a little extra cabbage. farg monty.

[Wingspan]

Agree.

There were only 36,000 at Tues and Wed games.

[Rome]

All three games are sold out this weekend.  Why do any of you care how many fans showed up anyway?  The place was rocking all night long.

[Wingspan]

All three games are sold out this weekend.  Why do any of you care how many fans showed up anyway?  The place was rocking all night long.

That wasn't the case as of 10:15 last night...when i bought 4 to both friday and saturday.

[Rome]

I'm not calling you a liar about what you posted with respect to last night but I just checked the ticket forum on Phillies.com and got this message back:

Tickets currently unavailable

Tickets for the final series of the season, September 28-29-30 against the Washington Nationals, are currently sold out. Thank you.

[DH]

Keep it in the Phillies thread iceholes.

[MDS]

great, now 43000 people can see them lose to cy hanrahan.

[Wingspan]

I'm not calling you a liar about what you posted with respect to last night but I just checked the ticket forum on Phillies.com and got this message back:

Tickets currently unavailable

Tickets for the final series of the season, September 28-29-30 against the Washington Nationals, are currently sold out. Thank you.

I meant that overnight and this morning...everyone bought them up for the weekend after tying with the mets.

The only game sold out before the game ended last night was Sunday's.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Keep it in the Phillies thread iceholes.

Due to your team's play, you've forfeited the right to keep Phillies talk our of this thread.

[Rome]

Keep it in the Phillies thread iceholes.

September 28, 2007
MEMO TO ME:

Memo to me: Was I ever wrong about the NL East and the Mets and the Phighting Phils.

In August I wrapped up the NL East in a nice little package for the Mets and said the race was unofficially over. I wrote these words:

Memo to Jimmy Rollins: The Best Team Won.

Here we are three days to go in the regular season and the race is just beginning.

The Phillies have overcome numerous injuries and no matter what happens these final three days, they have shown the hearts of champions and for that they should be congratulated.

The Mets have collapsed – perhaps the greaTest collapse in baseball history considering the teams that they've lost to down the stretch, and if you are going to be wrong, I can live with the fact that it took a colossal collapse to be wrong – while the Phillies have shown incredible heart and fortitude, led by Jimmy Rollins.

It was Rollins who said the Phils were the team to beat in the NL East over the winter. He was right. I was wrong. I've always loved Rollins approach to the game – he is Philadelphia's Derek Jeter – and he is putting up MVP numbers.

To me, Rollins is the NL MVP. His defense is remarkable and his hitting is Captain Clutch. And his words fired up his teammates. He led by example in so many ways.

The Phillies have once again shown why baseball is the greatest game. It's not over til it's over. Once again that lesson was driven home – to me and everyone else in New York and especially to those in the Mets clubhouse.

Over the winter, it turns out, the Phillies were the team to beat in the NL East.

And with three days left in the season, they are still the team to beat in the NL East. Rollins was right. I was wrong. The Phillies are what being a winning team is all about.


Posted by Kevin Kernan on September 28, 2007 10:50 AM