23 Responses to “Link Dump: August 24th, 2008”

1. Comment posted by Simons on August 24, 2008 at 12:19 am (#815108)

   first

2. Comment posted by Simons on August 24, 2008 at 12:20 am (#815109)

   Simons has a very active social life

3. Comment posted by Athena on August 24, 2008 at 12:41 am (#815110)

   Hi Simons!

4. Comment posted by Athena on August 24, 2008 at 12:50 am (#815111)

   By the way. Schneider hit another home run? Seriously?

   That is . . . unexpected.

5. Comment posted by Simons on August 24, 2008 at 12:53 am (#815112)

   ha ha hi Athena!

   I just stayed up to get that first in there, now I’m off. The iPhone keeps erasing things dammit I quit! Gah. See you tomorrow Athena :)

6. Comment posted by NjMetsFan on August 24, 2008 at 7:21 am (#815113)

   What agame yesterday…
   I was 2 rows behind the mets dugout. I have never been that close.
   I talked to Kevin Burkheart and Chris cotter who were right in front of me.

   I toasted tatis who was 3 feet in front of me.

   NOW, Maine was horrible. The frist 2 innings he had real zip on the ball then,,,,,,,,
   He gets MAD when he gets hit and then he loses it. You could see him slowly lose it.
   In fact, DW i believe came over to him as he saw it coming
   Just before he gave up that ROCKET to Berkman he was so PISSEd and then…….

   Oh well.. We will win todAY

7. Comment posted by TLC on August 24, 2008 at 10:48 am (#815114)

   John Maine admitted after Saturday night’s game that he’ll need offseason arthroscopic surgery on his right shoulder.

   There has been speculation for some time now that there was something physically wrong with Maine. Turns out it’s a painful bone spur in his throwing shoulder. He let up a season-high eight earned runs on Saturday but will continue to pitch through the pain this season

   From Roto

8. Comment posted by Danny on August 24, 2008 at 11:05 am (#815115)

   Well, that’s not exactly great news.

9. Comment posted by Athena on August 24, 2008 at 11:13 am (#815116)

   Nope. It’s really not.

10. Comment posted by TLC on August 24, 2008 at 11:14 am (#815117)

    It’s not exactly earth shattering news either. I’m not so worried about him. He just needs to know his limitation. He can’t throw all out like he did for parts of the 1st and 2nd inning. It definitely had an effect later in the game with his lack of command. Maine is a good enough pitcher who can get by with less than his best stuff. Now, he will not be as good as he can be but he can get by.

11. Comment posted by TLC on August 24, 2008 at 11:18 am (#815118)

    I remember reading that 30% of major league pitchers have bone spurs at any given time. He’s got to adjust and not be stupid out there

12. Comment posted by Doc believes! on August 24, 2008 at 11:19 am (#815119)

    Maybe it would be better if Maine threw 1-2 innings at a time.

13. Comment posted by Doc believes! on August 24, 2008 at 11:21 am (#815120)

    http://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/mets/ny-spwally0824,0,7182732.column

    Wally strikes again.

    It took awhile — well, only three innings, really — but I succeeded in finding people who wanted to be at Shea Stadium even less than I did Saturday night. Unfortunately, they were wearing Mets uniforms.

    On a beautiful Saturday night in the waning weeks of summer, it is perfectly understandable to want to do something other than watch a ballgame that is truly meaningful to only one of the teams playing. It happens to all of us. Even sportswriters.

    However, it should never — repeat, never — happen to the one team to which the game is meaningful, especially when it is the home team.

    But Saturday night was another “one of those nights” for the Mets, who for a highly compensated, supremely talented collection of ballplayers currently sitting atop their division, seem to take an awful lot of nights off during the one part of the year when they are not entitled to any vacation time.

14. Comment posted by TLC on August 24, 2008 at 11:23 am (#815121)

    Maybe it would be better if Maine threw 1-2 innings at a time.

    If you give him a role where you do not expect him to go back to back, I see something like that working. He still wouldn’t be able to throw at his normal velocity due to the effects it may have while he recovers from his appearances.

15. Comment posted by Athena on August 24, 2008 at 11:30 am (#815122)

    You’re probably right, Chris.

    My sister was at Friday night’s game with a big Astro’s fan. When Ryan Church came up to bat and got the standing ovation, he asked, “Who is this guy?” When she explained who he was and what he meant to the fan base, he couldn’t believe it. He thought that it was amazing for fans to give such a reception for a non-star who had played for such a short time. I think he thought it was incredibly gracious and oddly sentimental for New York fans. He also thought that Houston fans would not have done the same thing. I’m not sure that is true, but I like to think that our fans are better than most!

16. Comment posted by sheadenizen on August 24, 2008 at 11:31 am (#815123)

    Do we know this doesn’t get progressively worse as the weeks wear on?

17. Comment posted by sheadenizen on August 24, 2008 at 11:35 am (#815125)

    I’m not sure that is true, but I like to think that our fans are better than most!

    Not taking away anything away from the Shea faithful, but I think the nature of his injury had a lot to do with it. If he were coming back from a broken ankle, I’m not sure he would get quite the same reception.

18. Comment posted by Athena on August 24, 2008 at 11:42 am (#815126)

    I completely agree, Shea. Church is a very special situation. So he elicited an unusual reaction.

19. Comment posted by TLC on August 24, 2008 at 11:45 am (#815127)

    It’s a matter of pain threshold Shea. CJ Wilson had bone spurs in his elbow. He got a number of opinions and everyone said he wouldn’t be doing any more damage by pitching. He couldn’t pitch without his velocity. When he tried, it hurt too much. He ended up out after getting his elbow scoped.

20. Comment posted by TLC on August 24, 2008 at 11:46 am (#815128)

    I always thought it was something when the Shea Faithful gave Lenny Harris an ovation when he came up as a pinch hitter against us

21. Comment posted by TLC on August 24, 2008 at 11:50 am (#815129)

    Also, would I let Maine to continue to pitch at 80% or where ever he is at? No way. It is true that the bone spurs themselves will not cause additional injury to his shoulder but changing his approach to compensate for pain will cause injury. We’ve seen it before. He is too much of an investment for the future to let him risk this in my mind. Without him, we still have a very good 1 thru 4 and Claudio Vargas, as much as I hate to say it, is better than any of the other 5th starters in the division.

22. Comment posted by Lister on August 24, 2008 at 11:54 am (#815130)

    Game thread open.

23. Comment posted by Ellis Dee on August 24, 2008 at 11:58 am (#815131)

    Just a guess, but I think Maine may be out of the rotation from here on. His next scheduled start is an off day which means he can be skipped. 4 days after that the rosters expand.

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