Friday, August 31, 2007

Mets Got Swept By The Fillies :(

4-game set too. SUCKS. Hopefully Pedro isn't too far from returning which according to this article may not be far away. Fingers are crossed!

The Mets face Los Bravos tonight, in about 20 minutes, in fact. John Maine takes the mound for the Mets.

I'll probably be flipping back & forth between the Washington-Syracuse matchup on ESPN & the John Curtis-Mandeville LHSAA matchup on CST tonight. Go Patriots!

LSU Gets 6 Oskies, Sink Slytanic

Brandon LaFell got da hitz that'll snap yo neck

LSU led by a dominating D pounded Moo State last night in the rain, 45-0. Led by a defense that got 6 turnovers thanks to continually inept Moo St. QB, Mark Henig & helped along aby a subpar offense, the Tigahs capitalized on all Mississippi St. mistakes to the tune of said 45 pts.

Now, I know a lot of Purple & Gold Tiger Nation will be boo-hooing over the lack of offense shown but we also have to remember that Moo State's defense is a pretty decent bunch unlike they're offense. A lot of people are talking about Henig's 6 INTs as gifts but come on, even if he only throws, say 2 INTs which would've been expected against the caliber of defense of LSU, instead of 45-0, perhaps LSU "only " wins 34-0 or 31-0.

To me, to think that somehow the scoreline is overinflated b/c of 6 turnovers is either disingenuous or just plain "hating," as the KiDdIeZ would say. But it always amuses me, when you play a crap team, then beat them like the crap they are, that everybody starts chiming in with "oh but you didn't play a good team," but if you were to struggle to beat said crap team then the same "experts" would still pooh-pooh yoou saying that you aren't that good b/c you didn't beat the crap out of the crap team. Can't win either way...

I'll be the 1st to admit, Flynn wasn't at all impressive (unless comparing to Henig), the running game look pedestrian & the OL looked iffy. Early Doucet was the only offensive player I could say I was impressed or was pleased or better with his performance.

The defense was outstanding, especially the secondary & the line. Yes, Henig sucks, but god damnit, the DBs still have to be in the right spots to pick off passes, errant or otherwise. Steltz came up with an oskie hat-trick.

Anyway, supposedly there's some rumors about LSU only running some basic, vanilla offense against Moo State while saving the super secret double probation plays for their upcoming slugfest with Virginia Tech. Who knows? Anywho, all pts. no matter how begotten in that matchup nextweek, will be at an utter premium. 1st one to double digits may win that one.


2007 Tasty Nuggets, Edition 1B

Mmmmmmmm.... Tasty!

Yes, folks, it is time... the time we've all been eagerly waiting for like kids with cookie crumbs falling from ourmouths on Christmas morning ready to tear into the gifts we'd be done playing with in 2 days. FOOOOOOOOOOOOZBALL.
1st off, as always, quick rundown for the newbies on the list- ten 10 picks I think are some of the bst per week but concentrating on the SEC, where the real men play unlike, ahem, powerhouses like Grambling were Gods play.... (tongue removed from cheek) But as we all know the Gods use mortal men as pawns in their nefarious cosmic games, so we all don't like them. Moving on...

If you're easily offended, go away. Come back when you fix your ACLU bunched panties & can take it like a man.

Last Year's Record(s) (ATS is "against the spread" & LOW is "lock of the week")
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Straight Up: 99-36 (.733)
ATS: 74-56-5 (.567; thanks again Championship week nosedive!)
LOW: 8-6 (.571)

LSU -17 over Mississippi St.- Boy, it's a good thing LSU is playing MSU (S) instead of Grambling! I'd be scared... Scared to play in a rickety stadium with rocks on the field... Take your pictures now, for this is perhaps the farewell voyage of the S.S. Slytanic. Cowbellers may be fed up with Sylvester Croom despite the hypnotizing power of his walrusesque mustache & may sack him after the season. See? I used "sack" like the English journalists to show off my multicultural journalistic sesquipedalianism. Hurrah for pomposity! LSU 31, Mississippi St. 13

Beware of the icebergs known as "Glenn Dorsey & Tyson Jackson"


Troy +24 at Arkansas- Despite Humanity Advanced, Trojans Lite beat the 24 & causes Arkansas to be in for some ribbing. Get it? Trojans? Ribbed? Hello? Go kick some puppies, you killjoys. Arkansas 34, Troy 20

This. Is. Sparta! Wait, I'm sorry...
This. Is. Troy!


Auburn -13.5 over Kansas St.- I usually always pick against Auburn in the opener since they tend to be slow starters. Not this year, I'll give the 13.5 to K. St. which is a school started by Nolan Ryan. Get it? Ks.... BTW, good luck with that kiss of death of my endorsement, Auburn Auburn 30, Kansas St. 14

Nolan Ryan giving Robin Ventura the business.
Robin Ventura went to... Oklahoma State



Tennessee +6 vs. California- Despite being held in custody from an order by a 9th Circuit Judge for violation of separation of church & state & a heretofor unknown clause against wearing hunter's orange in an enviro-nazi district, the Vols & Phil Phulmer triumph over the Berkeley Bears when Cal players suddenly find Jesus which sends the atheists in Berkeley into a tizzy & the Cal players get sudden obesity from eating Fulmer's donuts. Tennessee 24, Mexifornia 21

Ancient map showing the sites of Sodom & Gomorrah


UTEP +3 vs. New Mexico- It was once written that the Egyptian Pharoah, Ahmenhotep had a nephew who forsake his Egyptian homeland & set sail across the seas in search of a new home. The Egyptians mocked him & thought he had perished into the vast oceans or was taken by one of its many creatures or denizens of the sea. Nay, there were wrong. That nehpews name was UTEP & he found a new land where he established a school in his name, UTEP. Saturday just so happens to be the anniversary date of this imaginary man, UTEP, his founding of the school UTEP 35, New Mexico 34

A page from UTEP's playbook.


Notre Dame -2.5 over Georgia Tech- Despite GaTech finally rid of Reggie Ball & his immense talent for snatching defeats from the jaws of victory & with the game being played in South Bend & their meddling trickster spirits, the Golden Domers & their Illimunati conspiracy rolls on as offensive genius guru master sensai, Charlie Weis puts in...... uhhhh... somebody besides Emu Clausen & he rips off a stellar 19 for 45 for 260 yds. 3 TDs & 3 INT performance which automatically vaults him into the lead for the Heisman since everybody knows that Notre Dame players are automatic legends. Notre Dame 27, Georgia Tech 17
Notre Dame's trophy... named after a Georgia Tech player


Idaho +45 1/2 vs. USC- I know I'm supposed to have taken my ESPN pill but I refused & my indoctrinative orb's light was burned out, so to thumb my nose at ESPN's Orwellian control of college football as a subsidiary of Gloved Rat Globalcorp (credit: EDSBS), I say, sure! I'm a sucker! I'll take the 45 1/2! Learn me that this pick is doubleplusbad, Globalcorp! USC 56, Idaho 17

Song girls... stare into their eyes to be hypnotized by Gloved Rat Globalcorp


East Carolina +27.5 vs. Virginia Tech- Sorry, I ain't on the solidarity with Va Tech bandwagon. Not when I think that the situaiton was a perfect example for an argument against stricter gun control since Cho proved yet again that criminals don't follow laws no matter what you write & that stricter laws only hurt law abiding citizens & increase the scope of those who are now in violation of a law... anywho, Sean Glennon 5ucks.... big time. Virginia Tech 31, East Carolina 7


Sean Glennon may need a gun to protect himself against LSU's Defense


Oklahoma St. +6.5 vs. Georgia- Despite Matt Stafford giving fat kids everywhere hopes of being the man at a big time SEC skewl, his tubbyQBness can't do enough to cover the near TD spread. Okie St. does an Okie Dokie job of containing Stafford long enough to almost steal this game. Then it is told to the Socialists Windbags at the UN that Okie St. are "the cowboys" & the UN points out that Dubya is a "cowboy" which then causes global perception & media appeal to cause a backlash against Okie St in the 4th qtr. This causes much boo-hooing in the flat state of Oklahoma. Then Uga takes a big dump on the field & everybody laughs.... but Okie St. still loses... Georgia 26, Oklahoma St. 23
"President says 'bet on Gurgia' "


Clemson +3.5 vs. Florida St.- Jimbo Fisher was brought in to fix FSU's offense & improve on their Tecmo Bowl depth playcalling & he'll no doubt do that. But not yet. Early edition for the Bowden Bowl this year & Death Valley B team upsets ol' Papa. Also, C.J. Spiller has a TD that isn't counted as he outruns the speed of sound, causes a sonic boom which knocks over the officials, so they call the play back. Clemson 21, Florida St. 20

Hey diddy, we can go to the FSU circus afterwards?


No Top 25 poll the 1st week. I want to see the teams play before I pass judgement on most of them but just know that the top teams as of now are USCESPN, LSU, and of course, Grambling.

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

LSU vs. Mississippi St., i.e. Foozball Eve Or Tasty Nuggets, Episode 1A

No more cowbell!

No matter what the SNL skit said, remember it was satire, you don't need more cowbell! Nay, in fact, I satirically suggest that cowbells are a subtle symbol of racism. How so? Pay attention. Cowbells are worn by cows who are generally owned by farmers or people in the dairy industry, correct? Farmers usually grow things such as cotton. Cotton was picked by blacks in the SOuth during slavery, ergo according to the Law of Roundabout Assertion, cowbells are racist b/c they are used by farmers who some of which owned slaves.

Also from the dairy industry, milk is white, which is obviously produced to be white to subtly remind us that white people are better than everybody else & that only through white people can people get strong & healthy bones. Just look at the fact that most black & white cows are generally viewed as white cows with black spot rather than black cows white white spots thus proving people's disposition to want to prop up white people over everybody else, especially blacks since it's a white cow with black marks, implying that white cow is the base or the pure.


Milk, it does a racist's body good...

So there you go, you root for Mississippi St. you're obviously a racist & why you should pull for LSU in this one. Geaux Tigers.

LSU 31, Mississippi St. 13

Monday, August 27, 2007

White People Are Stupid

Although that was a given when viewing Rednecks, suburban crap offers this:



(Tip: EDSBS)


Mark Steyn Is The Man

This cat is an awesome Conservative writer.

Another one of his home runs.

A prior one.

More missionary work from the Religion of "Peace." Not sure what US foreign policy has to do with India. Isn't that the excuse for Islamic violence- US foreign policy? I'd also like to point out that in the article it's mentioned that the operations were carried out by groups based in Pakistan & Bangladesh. Now, people on the L:eft love to bitch & moan all day about how Israel was carved out of Arab lands & forced upon the Arabs, i.e. a Judeo democracy was forced on Muslim lands. Well, I'd like to point out to the ignorant people on the Left that Pakistan & Bangladesh (formerly known as East Pakistan) were Muslim countries created by carving out lands from formerly held Indian provinces & given to the Muslims as their own states out of India. So, I'm curious to the people who are anti-Israel, anti-Zionists, anti-US support for Israel, etc. why none complain about Muslim lands forced on India? And just like in Israel, the Muslim countries/peoples are causing trouble in India; dispute over the Kashmir region of norhtern India being the main example.

Moving along, Al Gore showing his simple eco-friendly lifestyle vs. George Bush.
Um, didn't Al Gore's family make money in the oil business too? Uuhhhhhh, I believe so. But only big mean Republicans are ever mentioned as "Big Oil." Waaaaaaaaah.

Interesting Points Raised...

I'm no fan of Dan Wetzel but he raises some pretty interesting points in this article about paying Little Leaguers that play on national TV. I actually agree on the point as well that he makes for setting up a college trust fund for the kids with the money, if you're worried about paying them.

Which speaking of Little Leaguers, Hooray! USA Yankee Americans beat the Japs! Woo!

Sunday, August 26, 2007

More College Recruit Superstars!

As we head into the college foozball season, I give you another addition of College Recruit Superstars!:


LeQuandry Quagmire- Running Back
Hgt: 4'11" Wgt: 104
40 time: Unknown, but has beaten a rabid hyena before
Migrant Farm Workers Magnet School, Buffalo Broken Leg, Arizona

LeQuandry is one of those kids that's a rare specimen for his size that can play with the big boys, or big mammals for that matter. Was spotted out-running a hyena after saving his little brother (pictured in LeQuandry's arms, above) whom the hyena had snatched. Very versatile can play either running back or faster running back. Has an extra gear he can kick in when needed especially if food is involved. May need time to develop or learn to run in shoes.

When asked about whether he'd prefer to play right away or have a year to settle as a redshirt, LeQuandry offers this, "Le gulka click clack-click. Dirka jerka h'murka ikky ooga chop."



Cole McCool- Quarterback
Hgt: 6'3" Wgt: 200
40 time: 4.9, 4.6 if Bud is offered, 4.7 to punch his girlfriend.
Archbishop Wifebeater, Whiskey Run, Missisippi

Cole is a great prospect. One of the rare athletes to come out of Mississippi. Is both highly sought after by all SEC schools & federal law enforcement agencies. Set the MHSAA for passes attempted & girlfriends punched in a single season. Made a name for himself after running over an official in his '83 Camaro in the state SF loss to 2nd Coming Academy. Hoping to go to a school that has leather uniforms &/or the school that offers the most Budweiser.

"I ain't go no problem playin' with coloreds as long as they keep them hands off my Claretta, if that's what it takes to get me to the next level," Cole was quoted as sayin'. "Whatever it takes to get me that IROC with the spoiler & Def Leppard's full discography. That's where I think I'm ahead of most kids my age, especially them coloreds; I got plans, goals. You knowhatuImean?"




Jacob Johnson- Wide Receiver
Hgt: 5'4" Wgt: 120
40 time: Unknown, his mom drives him everywhere in a mini-van
Hugs & Love Dream Academy, Pillows, California

Jacob is definitely a work in progress. Not a lot is known about his ability as his mom has gotten him onto every team he's ever played on by sleeping with the coaches. Wears black shoes all the time & mumbles a lot. May have autism. Shy & slow to open up when pressed about going to college, Jacob offered, "I'm scared. Want mommy nipple." Has played flag football in the backyard with friends for years most of whom are also either disabled or just "not good."

Friday, August 24, 2007

Huzzah

Mets win against the Los Angeles Dodgers née Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers & Super Duper Brad Penny tonight. David Wirght homered & was 2-for-3 & has been as hot as honeymoon pussy the last few weeks. Save somne of those hits for the post-season, David, me bruh!

Although I tihnk the key for this team (the Mets) is Moises Alou. He's also batting at a post .300 clip & akong with new acquisition Luis Castillo, doesn't strike out very much, which could come in handy come post-season. Logic would say putting the ball in play fromn any sort of contact more often, good things can happen more often, yes yes?

I don't know. Still waiting for either El Duque or Oliver Perez to have a total meltdown though.

Thursday, August 23, 2007

No Posts For You!

Mets have lost 2 in a row.

US national soccer team lost to Sweden yesterday 1-0 & looked like poopypants.

Several days until foozball season.

Thursday night & I'm drunk... although I played a pretty killer set on Guitar Hero tonight. Forgot the exact track list but I finally got 4 stars on Stellar by Incubus, broke my points record on Unsung by Helmet, which curiously enough the real song is easier to play than the video game version & I also smashed my points record & got 5 stars for Heart Of Black by the Burning Brides which is a kick ass little ditty. Plenty of whole note chords so you can jump around like an air guitar idiot... which brings me to...

I wonder what Hank's up to these days? I miss sneaking peeks at her lovely breasts & full thighs... wasn't nearly as trashy as STSOJ, either. She was Hanktastic.

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

FUCK GAME CRASHES

For Christ's fucking sake, can't ever get a management game NOT to crash on me... eveyr fucking one of them... how is that those fucks over in Europe with crap ass systems can play out entire careers with these games but I with a laptop boguht with a processor SPECIFICALLY WITH LARGE ENOUGH MEMORY TO PROCESS THIS FUCKING GAME, can't.

Can't anything in this fucking world work right? Or at least longer than the 'til the 1st fuckiing payday or you qualify for benefits? WORK, FUCKERS. People, games, everything. It's a good thing I ain't drinking tongiht b/c I'm about done with this shit, all of it.

I guess I'm just going to have to become a fagt fuck like everybody else & watch tv with all it's stupid "reality" shows & following around the job du jour show. "Next up on Discvovery channel, Dog Anal Gland Massager Stories." Yeah, 'cause I f*cking care. Fisherman, ice truck drivers, whatever. I don't give a shit. That's why I want my games... unless they're coming out with an Adventures In Digital Photogrammetry & Mapping, The Stories Of Carpal Tunnel People then I'd just assume watch Tim Tebow steal my girlfriend... which would be interesting since I don't have one...

FUCK GAME CRASHES!

Change The Rhetoric Again...

Woops... back to "climate change" for the EnvironMENTALists.

The head spokesperson for the Tree Huggers & Penguin Savers For Better Glacier Expansion And Mourning And Cursing Big Oil Group, Heather Killingsworth said,
"Whoa, like record cold temperatures mean we have to change our anti-capitalist rhetoric back from 'global warming' to 'climate change.' Like, with the term 'climate change,' no matter what happens- global warming or global cooling or even like global weathering or global staying-the-saming, we'll be right."

CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARLIEEEEEE!!!!!!



Now I'm like ev'r'body else & posted Candy Mountain! Hoooooraaaaaay!!!

Monday, August 20, 2007

Last Week

I was out of town back home in Louisiana helping my grandma move into her new home which doesn't have da intranet & my mom only has dial-up which makes posting about as much fun as stapling your nuts to some shards of concrete & then having a person with a size 14 shoe or larger stomp on them. Stomp on your nuts, not the shards of concrete. Well actually both, you get the picture...

Anyway, the Mets won some games last week, swept the Nats, the Saints' starters look ready to go on both offense & defense although I can stand we have Tyler One-Good-Game-On-Thursday-Night-On-ESPN-Several-Years-Ago Palko, a.k.a Tyler OGGOTNOESYAP Palko, trying to make the roster as a 3rd QB. Also, Antonio Pittman looks absolutely clueless in blitz pickup.

Arsenal won their opener against Fulham, drew against Blackburn & Man U only have 2 pts. through 3 matches so far in the EPL. Nice!

LSU Foozball is only 10 days away! If I can pull myself away from the Guitar Hero series tonight, I'll do an LSU rundown starting with the QBs...

Sunday, August 12, 2007

Mets Lose A-gain To Marlins, 7-5

Kaka-pooh-pooh! Mets lose again to the Merlins! David Wright homered twice... no details since I played Guitar Hero II ALL DAY yesterday. I'm already addicted!

Friday, August 10, 2007

Mets Lose Series Opener With Marlins, 4-3

Billy Wagner blew his 1st save opportunity of the year as the Marlins scored 2 in the top of the 9th to beat the mets, 4-3. Not bad considering it's August for Wagner to only have 1 blown save for the season as of now.

Bright spots were Brian Lawrence making his 2nd decent outing in as many appearances & Carlos Beltran played & homered after being out of the lineup with a knock for about 2 weeks.

Mets hope to bounce back tomorrow with Tom Glavine making his 1st start since winning his 300th career game last sunday.

Do As I Say Not As I Do!

Judeo-Christianophobia!

Or is it just plain old fashion oppression & intolerance?

Awesome...

Thanks, Girl On The Right!

1:37 in- right on, Cheeky Brit Guy!



Thursday, August 9, 2007

Mets Lose In Afternoon Game To Braves, 7-6

Strike 1!- Afternoon game on a thursday
Strike 2!- Mets lost
Strike 3!- No report for you!

Alou's 8th Inning HR Allows Mets To Beat Braves, 4-3

Hooray! I saw new acquisition Luis Castillo tie the game in the 7th with a 2-out 2-run single but Missed the the rest of the game. Moises Alou hit a homer in the bottom of the 8th & The Mets won, 4-3. Many children rejoiced & puppies wagged their tails.

Tuesday, August 7, 2007

Mets Lose Opener To Braves, 7-3

Carlos Perez got rocked. Mets Lose. The End.

Mets are 3.5 up on ATL still & the Fillies beat up on the Merlins, 11-1 to move to 4 back of the Mets.

756*

If Maris had to wear an asterik, if only for a little while, so should he which will not be named...

756*


*Front*

*Back*

Monday, August 6, 2007

Glavine Gets 300th Win

Hugs for 300!

Quick update. Glavine got his 300th win last night. His wife is hot. Her friend/sister ain't bad either. The Mets won, I forgot the score b/c I was drunk.

Mets remain 4.5 & 5 GA ahead of Hotlanta & Philadouchia.

Mets play the Ted Turners starting on Tuesday. Hooray for pants.

300

MILF

Sunday, August 5, 2007

Maine Struggles With Control, Mets Lose, 6-2

"Sorry, John, today you're the bug on the windshield."

There, Tookes! All even after yesterday with the rubber match tonight on da ESPN as the Mets went down to the Cubbies, 6-2, yesterday afternoon.

John Maine struggled with his control constantly falling behind Cubs hitters which led to a 6 run 3rd inning where all the Cubs' damage was done with 2 outs. Disappointing outing for Maine who as coming off a 1-hit shutout, albeit a rain-shortened 5 inning one.

The Mets also could only muster 2 runs off of Moises Alou's 2 dingers as Ted Lilly pitched very well for the Cubs constantly getting the Mets with inside 3rd strikes.

Atlanta won, Phillies lost so they flip flop & are now 4.5 & 5 GB, respectively.

Tom Glavine (9-6) going for #300 again faces Jason Marquis (8-6) for the Cubs tonight. Gametime 8:05 EDT.

Friday, August 3, 2007

...And Justice For All

Metallica's epic concept album about the loss
of the American Dream & societal decay,
...AND JUSTICE FOR ALL

Yet another new feature in the neverending depth of my mind, I'm going to start a CD review archive. I'm not going to review any & all cds b/c frankly I'm not as cool as the dudes in the music biz or magazine biz that get advanced copies of whatever. Nay! I am going to review CDs that are in my CD library & hope maybe it'll wake some people up to the beautiful brutal chaos that is:

METAL

Now, not all CDs I have are metal but most of them are. So I'm starting with the metal CD that forever changed my musical world, Metallica's 1988 epic, ...And Justice For All.

...And Justice For All was released by Metallica in 1988 when they were at the pinnacle of the metal music world & the rulers of a kingdom which they had built themselves the old-fashioned way: on strictly word of mouth, bootleg tape swapping (oh the irony there for current Metallica!) & non-stop touring & high-energy live sets.

Metallica had always dabbled in the epic song structures of 5-6 minute songs starting with Ride The Lightning, expanded it on Master Of Puppets & then coming out with an album full of 6, 7, even 9-minute plus epics. This album introduced me to the concept of "the long song" & how a song can "change in the middle of it." Little layman's terms from back in the 13 yr. old days.

Metallica even scored a Top 40 hit off this album with the antiwar metal classic with the famous several minute machine gun jam outro, One, which was the first real metal song I had ever heard & I was instantly hooked the 1st listen. Audio heroin, if you will.

This album has it all, all the obligatory guitar licks, memorable riffs, solos, tempo changes, differing time signatures, complex song structures, bridge & interlude laden tracks, you name it. A true air guitarists' dream this album is. Nothing overly complex but enough licks to make your buddies' go, "Whoooooa, dude... do you like... play guitar & stuff?"

Great album lyrically as well with songs ranging from death of the planet, the corruption of government & the justice system, societal decay, all the usual metal topics but well written.

The only drawback of the album is the thin production. The guitars sound "hollow" compared to today's metal sound production (to be fair most 80s metal does though) & then there's the infamous lack of audible bass sound on the album.

If this album had come out say 10 years later when metal sound production had really developed to get all the nuances of layers of a band's compositions to be able to be discerned, it'd be the best overall metal album of all-time, IMO. As it is, I still easily put in my personal top 5 albums of of all-time just on song compositions alone.

Not a dull moment on the album, IMO & the music on this album does a really good job of relaying the dark & depressing & sometimes reflective somberness of the songs' themes. My favorite tracks on the album are the title track ...And Justice For All & the almost-instrumental, To Live Is To Die, which is one of my favorite songs of all-time.

This was also the full album debut for bassist Jason Newsted replacing the legendary Cliff Burton who had died a couple years prior. And of course there was the infamous Jethro Tull winning the inaugural metal grammy over this album... f*cking ridiculous...


...And Justice For All (1988) Elektra Records

  1. Blackened
  2. ...And Justice For All
  3. Eye Of The Beholder
  4. One
  5. The Shortest Straw
  6. Harvester Of Sorrow
  7. The Frayed Ends Of Sanity
  8. To Live Is To Die
  9. Dyers Eve
Overall rating: 10 Angry Wolves! (out of 10):


Mets Top Cubs With 4 In The 9th

Slap hands!

The Mets took advantage of a controversial (to the Cubs) ball call by Ryan Dempster on a 2-2 count to David Wright which eventually led to a walk, to explode for 4 runs in the 9th at Wrigley & top the Cubs, 6-2.

Another good outing from El Duque even though he got a no decision & the Mets looked to have squandered numerous men left on base from Carlos Zambrano's 7 walks through 5 innings.

Dempster threw a pitch just off the plate that Cubs fans' thought had caught the outside corner & David Wright walked on the next pitch. Carlos Delgado then laced the next pitch from Dempster down the right field line & Wright scored to give the Mets the go-ahead for good. Then after Marlon Anderson & Ramon Castro were retired the Mets got 4 2-out singles in a row by Shawn Green, Ruben Gotay, pinch-hitter Moises Alou & Jose Reyes scoring 3 more runs in all & battering Ryan Dempster for 4 runs in 1 inning in relief.

Bill Wagner came on to close out the 9th retiring 3 in a row
after giving up 2 singles to lead off the bottom of the 9th.

Mets win their 3rd in a row with Philly & Atlanta playing tonight & currently, respectively. The Mets are 4.5 up on Philly & 5 up on Atlanta at the time of this posting...

Thursday, August 2, 2007

Mets Crush Brewers In Series Wrap, 12-3


Bats alive! Mets crushed the Brewers this afternoon, 12-3. Zephyrs call-up, Brian Lawrence, actually got the start for the Mets this afternoon & went 5 innings to get the win. David Wright & Jose Reyes both homered as did Damion Easley but his was of the inside the park variety. Wright was also 4-for-5.

The Phillies won this afternoon to remain 4 GB & Atlantedturner plays the Lastros at 7:35 & are 4 GB pending the result tonight.

Mets move on to Chicago (bang!bang!) for a 3 games series with the Cubbies starting tomorrow.

Mets Bats Come Alive, Top BrewHaHas, 8-5

Oliver Perez started out slow & according to his catcher, Ramon Castro, "hyper," but eventually settled down & began to pitch well eventually striking out 10 through 6 innings to help lead the Mets to an 8-5 victory over Milwaukee.

Castro homered early for the Mets, Marlon Anderson hit a 3-run homer that gave the Mets the lead for good in the 3rd & Shawn Green hit a solo shot in the 6th off of Manny Parra for the Brewers who pitched really well in 6 2/3 of relief I have to say.

The win has the Mets remaining 3.5 in front of the Braves & 4 GA of the Phillies.

Quick turnaround the Mets as they another afternoon matinée with Jorge Sosa scheduled to go against Chris Capuano for the brewers.

Wednesday, August 1, 2007

Mets Lose In Extra Innings, Glavine Still On 299

The Mets bullpen gave up a 2 run lead in the 8th to deny Glavine his 300th win for now. The Brewers forced extra innings, 13 of them to be exact & forced me to stay up about an hour later than I wanted! Poop!