Where do I start?

Metfan's favorite team is 2-5, 4 games behind the 1st place Phillies, who are 6-1 going into tonight.

Losing 2 of 3 to the Nationals is unacceptable.

But, hey, I really don't care.

The Mets do not have the team to take them to the post season, with or without injuries. There was probably a 3+ year period where the Mets were auguably the best team in the National League, but they under-achieved, invented ways to lose, lacked discipline, and blew leads in incredible and horrific fashion in the last stretch of the season for consecutive years. Opportunities like those do not come along very often, and now that era is behind them with nothing to show for it but frustration. It's really a re-building period the Mets find themselves in now, regardless of the usual and unrealistic team hype for fan consumption.

I'd rather follow the Yellow Brick Road and ask the wizard for a real team with a real manager. Love Jerry personally but as a manager - help.

Well after a real crappy start, of late the last 2 games, they have bee playing good ball. I figured last night would be a loss with Perez on the hill. He pitched decently, a game I would expect out of him, but Takahashi and Acosta blew the game and any chance the Mets had to get back in the game. But man one helluva catch by Ike Davis when he stretched out to make that out and then flip over the dugout railing in the 2nd inning I think it was.
Time to brush it all off and get ready for the next game.

9-9 .They are rolling.

Keep the faith Metsfan! Must say though, how come your FB team has no Met's players?

I wasn't there for the draft,

Phillies lost, so now the Mets are 1 game out.

Big double header today Ant. Would love to sweep the DH
Wright has Wed off to try and regather his thoughts as he is in a slump

Mets sweeeep and Wright did great. Mets are on a roll.

How about the first-place Mets! Probably won't last very long, but still nice to see after the bad start.

Looks like the mets will have a game and a half lead on the phils here shortly.
Nice offensive game for the mets and Maine actually pitched a very nice game. Who would have though the Mets bullpen of Feliciano and K-rod both would have ERAS of .84 now and Valdes and Meija would have ERA's under 1.90, thats a nice bullpen to have. i know it is early in the season but damn, they have been impressive.
And throw in Pelfman with a .69 ERA
An excellent 9-1 home stand, hottest team in baseball right now. Should be a fun series this weekend

Phillies won, so the Mets stay .5 ahead of Philly. Should be a really fun series coming up.

Yup, that's seven in a row Metsfan.

Yeah at the time they were losing, stupid Giants bullpen. Should have left Lincecum in there.

This is a huge series. alot of emotion will be on display for the two teams. Whoever wins this one, should go on a tear as they should feel good and put some seperation between first and second place

8-1 Mets in the 7th inning.

9-1 Mets in the 8th

Rod Barajas just hit another homerun. His 2nd of the game.

Mets win 9-1. 8 wins in a row for the Mets and they are now 1.5 games in 1st place. The Phillies are now in 3rd place. The Nats are in 2nd place . What a great performance by Niese and the Mets offense. Wonderful game overall.

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Metfan, close your eyes.

Santana was lit up. 10 runs, and he comes out in the 4th. 8 run 4th inning as Victorino hits a grand slam and Utley with a 2 run homerun. Wow, what a display and the Philly fans are going nuts. 10-5 Phillies.

Stupid Manuel left Santana in there to long. what was he thinking. Man I cant stand that ballpark, it is a joke when it is warm like this, a pop fly can be a HR

He wasn't good and Manuel left him in too long.



That ballpark is a joke.

It's only a joke when you lose. That ballpark is fun. Halladay didn't have a problem with balls flying out. That place is the anti-Citi field.

Ahh yes, now these are the Mets we have come to love .............................



Now on to a real team, come to the winning side.

No freakin way.
They are only .5 GB anyway, Hope the Orioles sweep the Skankees, LOL


That ballpark sucks in the summer heat. The balls sail out of there with a half swing.

It's a nice ballpark and fun to play at but it's really short.



Get that **** off my screen.

The argument about any ballpark playing one way or another not being fair is moot because it plays the same way for both teams playing on a given day. So even if you can homer on half a swing, its still a level playing field because the home team and the visitor has the same opportunity. Unless you have an unscrupulous team that has some type of vent system that can alter the currents in the stadium. But assuming that's not the case how the ballpark plays is irrelevant IMO. And as someone pointed out, Halladay kept it in the park. Granted, Halladay is an exceptional pitcher. But it can be done.

Barajas with a 2 out homerun in the 9th off of Cordero wins the game for the Mets. Barajas has been a great addition to this team.

Jim -- I agree. Some people might argue the case that in baseball, the home team tailors its type pf players around their home ball park (ie. more left handed swingers if the right field fences are closer, etc.). However, even if that were so, each team would be doing the same player tailoring for its home ball park so it washes out in the end. Another interesting point to consider is that I believe stats show the greatest home team advantage in pro sports is in basketball. That's pretty amazing since court dimensions and every element is 100% identical in every arena. Obviously there are other factors at play that dictate home team advantage and the old saying in basketball is that the home crowd is the 6th man on the court. In addition, players are in their own homes, with their family/friends, not traveling -- all those factors, plus the home crowd cheering are probably far bigger factors for "home field advantage" in baseball, than the argument that the ball carries better or worse in specific parks.

Yeah, in basketball, the hostile crowd is so close, right there in your face.

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LOL you know Im bustin your b@lls. Your a good sport about it too

I wish the Mets can play at home everytime. They are 18-9 at home and 6-14 on the road. Amazing split. Another thing is Takahashi. He has a great strike to ball ratio and has really good control He threw 95 pitches, which 65 of them were strikes ( 65 strikes and 30 balls ) .

Mets sweep the Phillies and shut them out in all 3 games. The Mets got good pitching and good hitting throughout the series. Amazing sweep.

Mets are now just 2 games back.

The was one hell of a sweep!

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2nd round of the subway series starts tonight. The pitching matchups will be : Vasquez vs Takahashi, Hughes vs Pelfrey, C.C vs Santana. This should be an interesting series because both teams are hot and the pitching matchups are great. Lets go Mets.

and aren't those the exact same matchups as the first series? that's kind of strange.

Mets have to win the series this weekend because the Braves are playing the Royals.



Yes they are.

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This continues to amaze me. Santana has retired the last 9 batters in a row but of course, you can't let him pitch the ninth. I can understand taking a pitcher out if they look like they are getting tired but when the pitcher is obviously pitching strong, I say keep him in. The closer does not have to close just because he is the closer and forget the pitch count, these guys are treated like they have arms made of paper.

What makes it more sickening is the mets will unlikely get into the post season without him winning games and giving the ball to franky is a crapshoot.

Meanwhile Phil Cuzzi's eyesight remains nearly blind as he blew another obvious call - this one favoring the Mets. This one wasn't as bad as the call on Mauer that benefitted the Yankees in the playoffs, but I d'ont think any call could ever be that bad. Giants should have swept the series. How the heck does an ump this bad keep his job.

Mets chances officaly over...


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Niece pitches 7 innings allows one run. Of course he cannot pitch the eighth. Need I say more. It is sickening watching pitchers that are pitching good being taken out of the game.