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That game was fantastic. Nothing made sense.
Curtis Granderson went 0-6 with a throwing error and a walk-off sacrifice. Daisuke Matsuzaka was pure gold for three innings. The Mets bullpen was pure gold for eight innings. The Mets are playing .500 baseball with only 144 games left.
Cardinals: watch out. The New York Metropolitans are a ball club with 25 players on their active roster, and many of those players have potential to play baseball. We will score at least some runs. We might win some games.
Curtis Granderson went 0-6 with a throwing error and a walk-off sacrifice. Daisuke Matsuzaka was pure gold for three innings. The Mets bullpen was pure gold for eight innings. The Mets are playing .500 baseball with only 144 games left.
Cardinals: watch out. The New York Metropolitans are a ball club with 25 players on their active roster, and many of those players have potential to play baseball. We will score at least some runs. We might win some games.
But the bullpen was relatively lights-out. I'd be afraid if the Mets bullpen only let up about 6 runners over 8 innings. 
Actually, the braves need a new batting coach. They cannot make contact with the ball. Dan Uggla is a good example of that. But lately, he has been proving me wrong. Like his grandslam the other night for example. I honestly think after they sign with the braves, they give up or something
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The Mets have their hitting issues, but I can't hold it against the coach. I really like his philosophy and I think it might pay off down the road. They're really not that bad of a hitting team as it stands. Half the lineup looks a little lost right now, but last I checked, this team is winning its games with offense rather than starting pitching as originally expeected.
And newly-signed Mets are notorious for having freak performance drops. Jason Bay and now Curtis Granderson are strong cases of that. The plus side of Granderson is that his BABIP is only .167 which is unsustainably low. That should regress towards .300, and his BA/OBP will increase accordingly. As he gets on base, he'll get comfortable and start hitting for power.
And newly-signed Mets are notorious for having freak performance drops. Jason Bay and now Curtis Granderson are strong cases of that. The plus side of Granderson is that his BABIP is only .167 which is unsustainably low. That should regress towards .300, and his BA/OBP will increase accordingly. As he gets on base, he'll get comfortable and start hitting for power.
I have a small man crush on Carlos Gomez, and I admit he kinda did play that badly. Just run. Run with all your absolutely insane speed.
I also have a small amount of resentment about that trade. Maybe I'm just a baseball wizard or something, but I knew Gomez was going places, and I knew Fernando Martinez was going to bomb. Trading for Johan Santana was a good move, but the Mets tremendously overestimated F-Mart. I'm also drooling over the prospect of an outfield consisting of Carlos Gomez, Juan Lagares, and somebody else. I don't think you even need a third outfielder with fielding of that caliber.
Brb, gonna cry because Gomez is on another team and Lagares is on the DL.
I also have a small amount of resentment about that trade. Maybe I'm just a baseball wizard or something, but I knew Gomez was going places, and I knew Fernando Martinez was going to bomb. Trading for Johan Santana was a good move, but the Mets tremendously overestimated F-Mart. I'm also drooling over the prospect of an outfield consisting of Carlos Gomez, Juan Lagares, and somebody else. I don't think you even need a third outfielder with fielding of that caliber.
Brb, gonna cry because Gomez is on another team and Lagares is on the DL.
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OMG! You're a Brewers fan?!
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And after looking at the brawl yesterday, Cole did drop the F-bomb on Gomez, which is a lot more uncalled for then just looking at a hard hit baseball for a few seconds. I'm not saying that it 's okay to show a pitcher up like that, but don't get so upset about it.
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And after looking at the brawl yesterday, Cole did drop the F-bomb on Gomez, which is a lot more uncalled for then just looking at a hard hit baseball for a few seconds. I'm not saying that it 's okay to show a pitcher up like that, but don't get so upset about it.
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