Mets @ Pirates 8/14-8/16

if el duque goes in the tank too the mets really are finished.

 

God, can this get any worse? Just when it looks like Duque will get out of it he gives up an RBI hit.

This team is just plain awful.

 

2-0 pirates

and 2 runners in scoring position

 

30 pitches already in the first inning for el duque.

terrific. now the bullpen is going to get burned up in the first game of the series

 

l-millz does what the first 6 hitters couldn't

 

DiFelice doubles in L-Millz!

 

:lol: wow

hahha

 

Can someone explain to me why the Pirates have the infield in ahead by one run in the 3rd inning?

 

Funny how Gary and Keith are trying to explain how the D'Backs can be 15 games over .500 while being outscored. It's very simple guys - they've been lucky.

Two on none out in the bottom of the 3rd. Sigh.

 

something you may not know about bautista:

he was one of the many prospects dealt away on black friday, the day the mets set fire to their vaunted farm system. he was in the benson deal.

benson deal didn't hurt us that much, but it was also a horrible trade. they traded for a free agent to be. why trade for him when you can just sign him in the offseason? either way, you're going to have to overpay. the need to have him for two months wasn't nearly great enough to justify the caliber of prospects we dealt. but since matt peterson is still in the pitt minor leagues, that trade is ignored.

 

Duque averaging a mere 25 pitches per inning through 3.

 

bautista stinks too. that's why the trade is ignored.

 

I think the biggest reason that that trade is ignored is that the Mets got John Maine and Jorge Julio (who they traded for Duque) for him.

 

yeah, but he wasn't a main component. he was an additional guy the pirates insisted on, so we traded the royals for bautista, then packaged him with some other prospects.

the deal ended up being


BELTRAN HOMERS!

 

Carlos I ties the game with a looong HR.

 

Beltran just tied it up! :up:

 

ok, where I was before Beltran interrupted me:

Kris Benson and Jeff Keppinger for Matt Peterson, Ty Wigginton and Jose Bautista.

peterson was highly regarded at the time. imagine if he had panned out and we'd traded two top young starters on the same day for nothing?

 

hah, forgot about wigginton. who would've thought that he would end up the best player in that deal?

 

I remember when Wiggy was brought up to the majors. I was in camp and I heard on the radio about the sensation the mets brought up; how he was batting like .400.

btw, braves started smoltz against the giants, who had no one to go. they ended up pitching reliever correia. 3-0 giants in the 3rd. :rofl:

phillies/nationals scoreless in 6th