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October 18, 2006
Do or Die
There is a lot of things we could talk about. We could give Jeff Weaver credit for the great performance he had. We could talk about how Tom Glavine seemed visibly frustrated after not getting a couple of strike calls on the 4-pitch Rolen walk in the 4th inning which possibly affected his pitching. We could talk about how completely terrible Shawn Green is in the outfield defensively. We could talk about how both Shawn and Jose Valentin didn’t come through in a huge spot in the 8th inning. We could talk about how the strike zone was unbelievably inconsistent the whole game and ended up growing an unbelievable amount for the Cardinals relievers late in the game. There are plenty of others things I could mention that we could talk about, but you know what? It’s the past now. All that is important is this: The Mets come back to Shea Stadium down 3-2, needing to win back-to-back games at Shea to get to the World Series. They are throwing John Maine in game 6, who didn’t get to 5 innings in either one of his postseason starts so far, and they are throwing, um, someone (and quite possibly everyone), in a possible Game 7. It looks like that guy is most likely to be Darren Oliver at this point, assuming he doesn’t have to be used in tomorrow’s game (and if he pitches tomorrow, unless there is some crazy extra innings game, it most likely means something has gone horribly wrong for the Mets and there won’t be a game 7). Meanwhile, the Cards throw their ace and reigning NL Cy Young Chris Carpenter against the Mets in game 6. The only bright spot here is that Carpenter has historically pitched worse on the road than at home. In game 7, the Cards would throw Jeff Suppan, who not only shut down the Mets, but also cranked a homerun off them. So, as you can tell (and already knew) the pitching matchups don’t exactly favor the Mets. While the Mets most definitely need solid performances from Maine and whoever pitches in game 7, the thing the Mets need most is for their bats to wake up. All year, the Mets have had a relentless offense, and aside from a few rare moments in this series, you just haven’t seen it. If the Mets want to win the next two games and go to the World Series, they will need to put runs on the board. And I believe they can. I believe they can get the pitching performances they need. I believe this team can get the hits and runs they need. Why? Because, first and foremost, as cliche as it is, Ya Gotta Believe. But, I, along with all of you, have watched this team all year. I’ve seen what they are capable of. And I know they are capable of getting the performances they need to win these games. The Mets were the best team in the National League all year. And I refuse to give up on them now just because the circumstances don’t look great. I’ll be at Shea for Game 6 tonight. And I, along with the rest of the fans in attendance, will have that place rocking. Because deep down, we all believe. If you would like to rip apart Jeremy's writing, you can reach him here. He also appreciates any nice comments or questions you might have, but he understands if you would have more fun just tearing into him. 528 Responses to “Do or Die”Leave a ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment. |
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anyone who is an ass tonight gets the same treatment , no punches pulled
Dep related to Green?
I’m already starting it on the other page.
All jews are related. :)
Wdwrkr, here are my two fav posts from last night. Jessica (the ussually quiet one) totally ripping into redbird, lol
Dickweed was the best …. I fell out!!!
I would never take the name of anyone on this site and copy them. not cool especially since people find it their own responsibility to post as fatone or Morgan
Yea, you dont here that word to often, lol. I loved it. He pretty much didnt say a word after that either.
Whoa!
OMG!!! Someone from my youth who I hate more than the new kids on the block guys, lol. Joey Lawrence!!!
yea chris, its like ppl are sitting around waiting for YOU to come up with an idea so they can steal it.
pretty laaaaame. and esp. considering you wouldnt even say the dude’s name, and then someone gets the balls to just post as him. stupid is as stupid does
Tony Larussa looks like he dipped into your Hydrocodone, wdwrkr. Either that or hes on valium
I’m starting to build up my venom for tonight, I can feel it.
I still think I should of trademarked all my names
my hydrocodone? I needed about 10 of those, you mooched the rest lol
yea my bad, you can in a few weeks (hopefully) :)
I think the annoying thing about the dude, was when we were all telling him to quit it, he just kept it up. What an idiot if your a newbie at least have some respect for the blog
Well last night I was all out of heroin, and crack, lol
its better to ignore idiots like that, if you get mad they get what they want, a reaction
lol you are looking a bit thin there metswin2006
they’re gonna get a reaction tonight, I’m gonna thrash ppl. You guys are gonna see me get nasty, which i dont usually do.
I just hope my 420 doesnt make me hippie calm n cool like it usually does.
i was dishing a little out last night ;-)
oh god……dog is on the FAN saying he loves the mets tonight…….now i dont feel so confident lol
Jets have to beat the Lions
We’ll band together tonight.
So I went to game 2 with my boy Kermit and we Won. I watched game 4 with my boy kermit on TV and we won.
So I’m gonna stick with it and track his ass down and make him watch with me tonight.
game thread = open
game thread is open
Yea, I use to hate that. Back in the day when I use to smoke, we got into a fight with these guys fom a different school. Me and the guy I was fighting were both stoned. It was a pretty lame fight. I just kept laughing at him, and he just kept saying, wow that dude over their is getting his @ss kicked. And I just kinda stopped wrestling with him and we just watched, lol.