8/7/11: Braves Rubber Game

[Athena]

Dillon Gee faces the current wild card leaders

[littlefallsmets]

Dillon Gee faces the eventual wild card winners

Fixed that for ya.

[DL]

i hate this fucking team now

just end this fucking season

[DL]

we don't fucking deserve this

fuck fred, fuck jeff, fuck omar, fuck everyone

[DL]

team is a fucking disgrace right now

we won't win 75 games this season

fucking assholes

[DL]

WE ARE FUCKING CURSED

WHY CANT THIS CONSTANZA FUCKWAD HAVE HIS LEG TORN OFF ON THAT PLAY INSTEAD OF ENDING MURPH'S SEASON

[littlefallsmets]

I'm not as negative as you, DL, I'd actually be having a decent time with this if it wasn't ruined by teevee announcers and websites and fans pushing this "WE COULD STILL GET THE WILD CARD, YOU GOTTA BELIEVE" horseshit.

It's a mediocre team that'll have some great games and some mindbendingly awful ones and couldn't sniff a playoff spot with 10,000 noses.

The starting pitching was always too bad to contend and all the injuries to the offense sealed the deal.

[Bob A. Booey]

WE ARE FUCKING CURSED

WHY CANT THIS CONSTANZA FUCKWAD HAVE HIS LEG TORN OFF ON THAT PLAY INSTEAD OF ENDING MURPH'S SEASON

aaaarghhh can we at leaast beat these mther fckers for murph ???????????????

[Bob A. Booey]

i wouldnt mind seeingg a fastball at castanzas ribs his next ab ,,,,,

[Bob A. Booey]

tied up woooot ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[DL]

YOU BLIND POS BLUE

[Bob A. Booey]

that ump is a fckin moron ,,,,,,,

[Bob A. Booey]

ump is a fccnin moron ,,,,

[DL]

this infield is hilarious

[Bob A. Booey]

dw at ss ,,,,, tc ,,,wtf ????????????

[littlefallsmets]

Ain't much else to do than Wright at SS with Turner as your "back-up shortstop".

[DL]

LETS GO HAIRSTON

[DL]

fuck

[Bob A. Booey]

friggin catanza ,,,, $%^#$

[DL]

i see no way we get out of this without losing now

[bcuster]

we're still in this.

[DL]

i hate coming back only to have dagger nutpunch losses

[Bob A. Booey]

we're still in this.

yep im with you custy ,,,,,,

[DL]

yep

why we have never even tried to hit larry is beyond me

[DL]

i really fucking hope chipper just dies a horrible death

i have no problem saying that and i don't care if anyone else finds that classless. fuck this unbelievable asshole

[Bob A. Booey]

fcckkkk angel ,,,, 32456234623626343263r

[DL]

awful

this team fucking sucks

[Bob A. Booey]

arhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhgggggg another bad losss ,,,,,,

[DL]

worst loss of the year

worst feeling of the year possibly

[bcuster]

we were there, as a community, at the end of the 2011 season. at least we can say that...


now i am firing off my grill & hopefully have multi-brewskies in the fridge...

[Bob A. Booey]

tc "murph thinks hes hurt pretty bad " wtf $^&#$&#$&#$

[Bob A. Booey]

we were there, as a community, at the end of the 2011 season. at least we can say that...


now i am firing off my grill & hopefully have multi-brewskies in the fridge... i will be grilling later and be having a few millers ,,,,,

[littlefallsmets]

I'mma go into Manhattan, meet an old college friend for some drinks, get this outta me.

[Jerry]

2 months of meaningless baseball remain
J-E-T-S

[Bob A. Booey]

I'mma go into Manhattan, meet an old college friend for some drinks, get this outta me. im outta here too,,,, later

[sheadenizen]

The good news.....the Mets can probably afford Reyes now.

[Tim in St. Louis]

Shea, friendly wager on the Rams/Giants MNF game?

[eddie glynn]

God really hates this team.

[sheadenizen]

Shea, friendly wager on the Rams/Giants MNF game?

sure, if I can take the rams.....lol!

[sheadenizen]

God really hates this team.

i'm honestly starting to believe that is true.

[JayTee415]

ESPN.com news services, 8/7/11

Bruce Bochy rips radio host for remarks

SAN FRANCISCO -- Giants manager Bruce Bochy criticized a nationally syndicated radio host Sunday for what he said was a "racist" comment about San Francisco reliever Ramon Ramirez.

Radio host Tony Bruno referred to Ramirez as an "illegal alien." He also called Bochy a "coward" in a Twitter post following Friday night's benches-clearing brawl between the Phillies and Giants. The mayhem came after Ramirez plunked Shane Victorino in the lower back in the sixth inning of the Phillies' 9-2 victory.

Bruno's show is broadcast on local station KNBR 1050 AM. He later deleted his tweet and apologized for his "stupid and insensitive" post.

"gutless (...) Giants," he tweeted. "Bochy is a coward for having his illegal alien pitcher hit a guy since mighty Frisco boys ..."

Bochy didn't mince words when asked to respond to Bruno on Sunday morning.

"Forget the remarks about me," Bochy told the San Francisco Chronicle. "That doesn't bother me. For a guy to make a racist comment like that and have the ear of so many people, that bothers me. I can defend myself as a coward. I don't know if you can defend yourself making a racist comment."

Ramirez is from the Dominican Republic. He has declined to discuss the brawl but said Sunday he is in the U.S. legally and wouldn't be able to work in the major leagues otherwise.

"I'm not interested in what he thinks about me," Ramirez said in a Spanish interview with The Associated Press and a Spanish reporter before the finale of the Giants' four-game series with Philadelphia. "I'm not interested in what he has to say. I don't need to pay attention to what he has to say about me. A lot of people say things about me. I know who I am. How would I be able to work here if I were an illegal? He put it on the Internet? I can't believe that."

Phillies manager Charlie Manuel and Victorino felt Ramirez hit the center fielder on purpose. The pitcher, Victorino and Giants catcher Eli Whiteside were ejected after the fracas -- and Bochy expects to hear from Major League Baseball as soon as Monday regarding any suspensions.

"It's not like somebody went out to the mound," Bochy said of visiting Ramirez or instructing him to plunk Victorino. "He just walked a guy. There's no communication there. The next pitch hit Victorino. It happened so fast. We were as surprised as anybody to be honest."

Ramirez is ready to move forward -- from the brawl and Bruno's comments.

"Everyone says what they feel in their heart," Ramirez said. "But I feel that's not right."

On his Facebook page, Bruno addressed his remarks.

"My stupid and insensitive twitter post was up less than one minute before I realized it was caustic," Bruno said. "It was removed immediately and I typed a quick apology on twitter and here. Since I was doing my live radio show, I apologized more emphatically on the air, and the podcast is available on my website (tonybrunoshow.com, hour 3) for those who choose to actually get some facts to go along with the hearsay or bloggers who spread falsehoods about my apology not being 'sincere.'"

[JayTee415]

i'm honestly starting to believe that is true.

there are just too many gods to buy into the theory of any "1" god hating any thing, let alone the mets.

:cool:

however.... it is unfortunate what happened to jose + murph today.....:(

[JayTee415]

∆
Ruben Tejada called up.


Daniel Murphy suffered a Grade 2 tear of the medial collateral ligament in his left knee and is done for the season, according to a source familiar with the injury. Murphy will not require surgery, but will have a four-month recovery time.

Murphy strained the MCL in his other knee last season and also rehabbed the injury. He returned in winter ball wearing a large brace.



Jose Reyes' injury does not appear to be more serious than Sandy Alderson's original postgame announcement of a mild left hamstring pull, according to a source familiar with the subsequent examination. Reyes was sent to the Hospital for Special Surgery for an MRI after leaving Sunday's game.

Of course, Alderson noted, Reyes missed three weeks the last time he had a mild pull of that hamstring, earlier this season.

While the Mets immediately announced their intention to place Daniel Murphy on the disabled list and to call up Ruben Tejada for shortstop duty, Reyes was not immediately placed on the DL.

[Tim in St. Louis]

I wish my insurance was good enough for an MRI on a hammy.

[bcuster]

i don't think god has anything to do with sports. i think that may be the one thing he leaves for us to screw up on our own

[DL]

I wish my insurance was good enough for an MRI on a hammy.

yawn.com

[Tim in St. Louis]

yawn.com

weak.

[lucienlc]

Daniel Murphy should never play second base. He's too incompetent there and thus an injury magnet.

[sheadenizen]

The mets really are snake bitten. It's uncanny!

[Ed in Westchester]

that's just silly luci.

so it's his fault he got hurt on a fluke play?