Today, the Mets look to win the rubber game at Petco. Dillon Gee takes the hill for the first time since his “injury,” and the Mets will get a glimpse of how this whole 6-man rotation is working out.
Gee is winless on the season (mostly due to a lack of run support). The Mets are opposed by James Shields, who is undefeated. Bruh-oh.
Gee, who hit the DL with a case of the “Sandy Alderson doesn’t know what to do with a surplus of talent,” claimed he was “wasting bullets” in his AAA rehab assignment. I tell my girlfriend the same thing when she wants me to pull out.
Out of 1st place. Oooooh so disappointing. I really thought we were gonna put a stranglehold on it and never let it go.
In the preblow–which went unpublished because I didn’t finish it in time whatever fuck you do you know who I am!? I’m Mr. Metsblow dammit! I do what I want! Whateva, whateva–I asked the questions, “How many times do you think the phrase ‘Vintage Kennedy’ will be uttered tonight? O/U is 40. How many runs will the Mets score? O/U is 2.5” and I took the OVER and the UNDER, respectively.
Well, I split, because “vintage Kennedy” was only said about 35 times. The man with a 7+ ERA this season mowed us down. I know, I know, I didn’t publish the preblow, but again, whatever. Metsblowers know the deal. They know these predictions are real. They know how much the Mets FUCKING BLOW.
Thor got shelled. He’ll bounce back. Good to give the kid a little adversity.
Flores made a great, leaping grab that should’ve been a double play, but as Flores landed and went to toss the ball to 2nd, Murph was celebrating like a goon instead of covering the base. Murphalicious!
Also, in yesterday’s Mets news and Metsblow news from over a month ago, David Wright is dead. No timetable. No return. Dunzo. Duuuuhhhhh. Thanks for finally not lying to us, Mets news. It only took a month of lies, whereas y’all lied about Reyes for an entire season. Thanks for the transparency.
Also, the Mets shill fuck from WFAN* (not Howie, I love Howie, it was some other guy). said that Zobrist would “not be a good fit” for the Mets. WHAATT!?!!? How fucking widespread is the Jew disease in Mets land?! The only possibly explanation for anyone saying that is that Zobrist will cost money, and therefore wouldn’t be a good fit with the avaricious, covetous demon soul Jews that run the team.
Oh, wait, I thought of another reason why Zobrist wouldn’t fit. Maybe this is what the radio dweeb meant: You see, Zobrist is a good player. He stays healthy, he hits well, he fields well, and he’s a smart baseball player. That kind of player just wouldn’t be a good fit with this team. Ooooh, now I understand.
*Yes I still call it WFAN. I don’t give a fuck. I don’t like change!! Except for change in ownership.
On Saturday, June 13, head on out to Citifield for a David Wright jersey!
As Gary and Ronnie announced this yesterday, they couldn’t help but cackle. Their open mocking of the organization was welcomed.
Why were they laughing, you ask? Is it because Wright won’t be in the lineup on that day? Oh, if only it were that simple. The reason they were laughing is because the sponsor for the jersey–with their logo prominently appearing on the jersey (photo not yet available)–is THE HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY.
You just can’t make this shit up. The Jewpons and Horowitz (what a Jew name) and the rest of ’em have one hell of a sponsor, there. “Hospital for Special Surgery: Home of the Mets!”
The Nats game was rained out. The Mets won and are now tied for 1st place. Whooooo cares? NL LEEEEEEAAAASSSTT. Doodoo division.
On the 3-year anniversary of NOHAN (*swoon*), deGrom was almost as good, perhaps better in certain ways. Eight shutout innings. He faced 25 batters on route to recording 24 outs. But he got hurt (more on that later in the postblow). deGrom also looked great fielding his position. He’s the best infielder on the team by far. By the way, if deGrom throws a no-no, will they call it neGrom?
Ruben continues to blaaast. If he’s found a home in the 2-hole, chooo. Put him at SS for the rest of the season. Flores 2b, Murph 3b. Honestly, he’s lacing it. I don’t care. He’s been endearing me ever since I heard his electric theme music (Na De Na Ruby Rube Tejada) for the first time. I don’t think he even uses that song anymore, which is fine, because he clearly couldn’t hit for shit with that one. Bottom line: I don’t care. The Mets front office called him “lazy” a few years ago. Warranted? Racist? I don’t know. I just know he’s hitting now. I DON’T CARE ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE. I’m all in on Team Tejada. I have been for a while. He’s hitting. His ABs aren’t boring. It’s a story. I don’t care. He’s the 4th best hitter on the team (behind Duda, Syndergaard, and Tolo). He’s roping it. “Ruben + Murph” could be a fun cat + dog show on Nickelodeon.
Here’s an important question: How hurt is Lagares? Kinda hurt? Or does he need TJ? Lagares and Cuddyer colliding at the very beginning of May. Juanny Beisbol was hitting .297 at the time. Since then, he has hit .211 and his arm has looked less-than-stellar. His arm’s dead. He’s also missed a couple balls out there. He still looks great on D, but he’s only been a 9.5 out there, unlike last year, when he was an 11. He’s hurt. We need about 2.5 more outfielders.
Here’s why we can’t have nice things: We won last night’s game 7-0. But what is the real story? The real story is that deGrom tweaked his hip and Duda didn’t even play because of a stiff (dead) knee. First good game in a while? NOPE! Two major injuries.
1) The Mets beat the Marlins, avoiding the sweep, 4-3. Hooray. Throw a fucking parade. Tolo had an RBI double that was sexy as fuck. A player with average speed (nobody on the Mets except Lagares) would’ve had an inside-the-park home run out of it. Whatever. Save your energy for the mound. Good W. 8 sexy wins for Tolo. Let me restate: our lack of speed (Grandy had a bad jump at a key moment later in the game, too) is KILLING us. We don’t score at all, and our shitty baserunning intensifies our inefficacy.
2) Check out that screenshot (above) from Metsblog. You gotta love how Metsblog thinks winning and spending are mutually exclusive. “We spend in 2005 and 2006 and didn’t win! Spending doesnt work! Sure we won 97 games, but it doesn’t work, ok!?”
3) We are worse than the Marlins, and their manager isn’t even a real manager. It’s just a GM in a baseball jersey. I suppose it’s not too hard to say, “hey Giancarlo, hit a homer…in fact, hit 2!” “OK, skip!” Also Bour is the newest Met-killer aka any decent baseball player. By the way, he’s Michael Morse’s replacement. Morse: definitive Met killer. Chances that Fernandez comes back and the Fins at full strength finish above us in the standings? I’d say 33% but it’s not crazy. Mets could finish in 4th. Braves are right on us.
4) The season has slipped away. May sucked. June will be harder. We are bad. I think it’s crazy that Ruben, REcker, and Mayberry started and the Mets front office acts surprised that our lineup isn’t better than last year’s. Are they cheap, lying Jews? Or are they stupid Jews? Both. I can’t believe the Maverick Team preaches OBP. I haven’t seen preaching more hypocritical than that since Christianity. I don’t think they could look me in the face and answer this question: If you care so much about OBP, why are these players on the team? Do they think Recker and co are good? They can’t tell me that with a straight face.
Here’s a recap of one of Recker’s AB in the 7th, with the game tied at 3.
Pitch 1: With Lagares stealing, NOT a hit and run, Recker swings and misses on a pitch 3 feet inside.
Pitch 2: Recker watches a flat fastball right down the middle.
Pitch 3: Strikeout swinging on a pitch 3 feet outside.
My cat (who watches all the games and is a big supporter of this site) turned around and buried his head into the couch. He couldn’t bear to watch Recker. Smart kitty. Fireball for GM.
Can’t watch.“I like when we play Miami because their team logo is yummy tuna.”
Also, d’Arnaud is loooooong d’Ead, so get used to a LOT more Recker!!
Tejada is now the 2nd best hitter on the team. Get used to a LOT more Ruben!!
5) Preblow: Mets @ SD is sooo the offensive futility bowl. Could be looking at 0-0 ties for well over 9 innings each game. We’ll probably get swept. We love getting swept on the road. The Padres bats are actually a little hot for the first time. Just in time for the Mets! But our pitching should be able to shut them up. I look forward to watching the Mets offense at 10pm this week (west coast games all week). It will be a nice lullaby.
In closing, the Mets, without a healthy Wright, are a sub-.500 team. The Maverick completely fucked up, or maybe the Jewpons just didn’t allow him to spend. Either way, he should have moved Niese and Colon when they were at peak value. He didn’t sell high. They were doing so well; it was so unstable. I am in NO WAY overreacting. If anything, I’m under-reacting. The proper reaction would be to hire a faceless man to give Jeff Wilpon the gift. It was NEVER a debate what kind of offense we were without Wright. Now you go out and get Castro or Soler or Tulo and things might change. But the 2014 team is the same as this team. The only difference is no Wright instead of injured Wright. Last year’s team couldn’t score with a drunk slut on prom night. This year’s team couldn’t score at the 10-year high school reunion with the divorced slut milf who is looking to turn back the clock and Montell Jordan is playing and someone spiked the punch with ecstasy.
But the fact remains: we lost a series at home to one of the worst teams in the league. The NL Least is true doodoo, and we’re a big stinky part of said doodoo.
P.S. Stanton’s good for at least 1 more dinger today…
Wilmer Flores error and Niese can’t stop the bleeding? Hmm. I can literally copy&paste the postblow of any Niese start this season.
And as for all the “bring up Matz” talk, to that I say: yeah bring up Matz so HE can get the dogshit offense and lack of run support hooray! I guess we scored 5 runs today, which is more than double our quota. Now our pitching sucks, too, hooray!
Get used to seeing Ruben Tejada a LOT at 3rd. He’s the best option we have out there by far. It hurts to type it, but it’s true. With his 3-run double today, he’s secured his spot until Wright comes back, and we all know that’s never happening. We can’t even bunt. It’s the damn National League, boys.
By a show of hands, how many of you thought it was completely-100%-absolutely-positively-lock of locks-no fucking chance in the universe-OVER when Harvey let up that 3-run dinger?
TDA has a bone bruise in his wrist. All aboard the delayed return train!
The kids call him Mr. Glass.
P.S. The delayed return train didn’t stop in Wrightville. The Wilpons insisted it would, but in truth the only train stopping in Wrightville is the retirement train. Perhaps a Hearse should swing by Wrightville…
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