For several weeks now, Mets fans everywhere have been going insane. With the team underachieving, public opinion got the organization to scapegoat a manager, and there have been calls for the heads of everybody from Marlon Anderson to David Wright to Omar Minaya to people even higher. It's a mess of a situation with a thousand parallels to ours, but for one little exception:
The Mets are 37-39.
There are so many things you could say about this that I don't even know where to begin.
Biggest Contribution: Kenji Johjima, +14.5%
Biggest Suckfest: Yuniesky Betancourt, -5.7%
Most Important AB: Johjima homer, +11.4%
Most Important Pitch: Chavez DP, +5.1%
Total Contribution by Pitcher(s): +16.9%
Total Contribution by Lineup: +26.5%
Total Contribution by Opposition: +6.6%
(What is this chart?)
The game was well in hand by the time I got home, so once again I don't really have anything to say. A lot of Mariners were good. A handful of Mariners were bad. None of it will be of any significance in the long run. Granted, it would've been nigh impossible for anything to follow Monday's act, but as fun as it is to win by eleven, I can't believe there are another 85 of these. Most of the time there's just nothing worth talking about. Hey look, Dickey earned himself another start. Beltre lined out some more. Richie picked up his first extra-base hit since May 24th (over the same span of time, JD Drew has 19). Who cares? This team needs to decide what it's going to try to do in 2009 so I can start writing with an eye towards the future, because the present is the definition of meaningless.
If you're in dire need of reading material, I do have puns. Lots and lots of puns. Don't say I didn't warn you.
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I keep forgetting we're in the NL this week.
I was staring at your chart and trying to figure out why RA Dickey wasn’t today’s biggest contributor until I remembered to factor in his negative contribution at the plate.
Damn national league.
BrianL - June 24, 2008
Tripped me out too actually
Jeff Sullivan - June 24, 2008
OKAY SO ANYONE AT THIS GAME
If you came in contact at all with a annoying looking guy with a navy/black alternate FELIX 59 jersey. Most likely after the game outside one of the gates I was yelling and pointing to EVERY Mariners fan….that was me.
let me know.
PShwa - June 24, 2008
Haha yeah I saw you.
I was wearing a road Felix jersey and walking towards the subway.
dbroncos31 - June 25, 2008
hahaha
I definitely remember seeing you.
I saw two 34 road Felix jerseys. I assume one was you. I also assume I yelled and/or pointed.
PShwa - June 25, 2008
Yeah you did.
I yelled back I think
dbroncos31 - June 25, 2008
I didn't see the entire game
but how the hell did Kenji get the hightest “help win” %%?? dude can’t even hit. Should have been clement. and big richie got an extra base hit THe only one that deserves an XBH is Ol’ Mista Clement (Jeff Clement). THe Mariners are going to sweep the Mets. What would Strasburg think??? He’d think that this is a team that wants his services and also wants to embarass NY teams at every opportunity!!!!!!!!!
Katal LM - June 24, 2008
rec'd
Katal LM - June 24, 2008
Super coordinated.
Matthew - June 24, 2008
I think Strasburg would probably rather play in New York.
Fin - June 24, 2008
I'm going to be so sad when wwe go back to AL rules.
JI - June 24, 2008
When all else fails, .gif something
Jeff Sullivan - June 24, 2008
I got about 100 mets fans to agree
that Adrian Beltre is the coolest player in MLB.
PShwa - June 24, 2008
Doing the lord's work.
Fin - June 24, 2008
Yeah him throwing the glove convinced all the Mets fans around me that he's awesome
dbroncos31 - June 25, 2008
CLEARER
JI - June 24, 2008
Isn't it an atuomatic triple if he glove makes contact?
JI - June 24, 2008
Yes
Jeff Sullivan - June 24, 2008
It'd be worth it.
JI - June 24, 2008
Yes
Jeff Sullivan - June 24, 2008
He threw it pretty late...no worries
kentroyals5 - June 25, 2008
I will weep bitter tears when you leave Adrian.
Matthew - June 24, 2008
JI - June 24, 2008
STAB
BrianL - June 24, 2008
That's not an Angels cap
Gomez - June 24, 2008
STAB STAB STAB
BrianL - June 24, 2008
NEVAR HAPPEN (mispelling intentional)
BrettJMiller - June 25, 2008
That makes me want to cry
RED29 - June 25, 2008
That's why he's awesome
Mariner John - June 25, 2008
YES!!! My favorite Beltre play of the year so far
I was hoping that this would be put up. I about pissed myself when I saw him do that.
Beltre NEVER leave us!
RED29 - June 25, 2008
I was listening on the radio.
Sounded like Niehaus actually DID piss himself…
PositivePaul - June 25, 2008
Beltre is my hero...sandlot style
kentroyals5 - June 25, 2008
sometimes i wonder what would happen if Kenji became a vampire
and he invited me to his midnight ball and i showed up with Adrian Beltre. would beltre’s loyalty to his teammate hold steady? or would he join me in slaying the evil vampires?? ithink he would help me slay them. then after the end of the night, when they’re all defeated, adrian and i would put on our ray bans and drive off in his hummer with some Ja Rule blasting into the morning sky!!!!!!
BrettJMiller - June 25, 2008
BWAHAHAHA
This is totally hilarious.
joof - June 25, 2008
Great comment, or greatest comment?
Nick S - June 25, 2008
Now would be a bad time to say that was Eric being drunk instead of me being drunk
but I am also drunk. Vampires are made of fuck yes.
BrettJMiller - June 25, 2008
It's Tuesday
Jeff Sullivan - June 25, 2008
It's Friday somewhere.
JI - June 25, 2008
Its ok neither of us have work or school
And we had a BBQ at a cool spot on by the Edmonds beach with a mini pit grill so it’s all good. That makes it ok.
BrettJMiller - June 25, 2008
He's also a elementary school teacher
Robert - June 25, 2008
All the more reason to drink.
Aaron Campeau - June 25, 2008
My dad taught 6-7th graders in Marysville for almost 15 years.
I can’t believe he made it that long.
Jed MC - June 25, 2008
My mom, dad and sister are all teachers.
I am apparently the only sane person in my family.
Aaron Campeau - June 25, 2008
I hope for those kids sake that Eric's on summer break
Gomez - June 25, 2008
His Hummer can fly?
Aaron Campeau - June 25, 2008
I would enjoy this experience
I actually cut off Beltre one time driving in Issaquah, he drove a new slick white BMW.
Fin - June 25, 2008
M3?
Please say it was an M3.
Aaron Campeau - June 25, 2008
It was something like this, but I think it had four doors
And their was a bald guy in the passenger seat. Maybe his personal trainer?
Fin - June 25, 2008
Likely an M5 with the 4-doors.
I like the M5’s better than the M3’s and M7’s.
Not too hot, not too cold, but just right.
Wilder. - June 25, 2008
My browser at work has decided that it really doesn't like gifs.
I know a lot of you guys use something to block pictures in the thread, but I can’t remember what it is. Is it the AdBlock plug-in for Firefox?
Teej - June 25, 2008
AdBlock doesn't block the .gifs
Wilder. - June 25, 2008
You think FF could handle the gifs...
JI - June 25, 2008
At home it does just fine.
But at work, it’s a mess. I think they minimized my bandwidth or something. They’re on to me.
Teej - June 25, 2008
Hit the escape key to stop the gifs from loading.
Phil Hatzenbuehler - June 25, 2008
That worked. Thank you, sir.
Teej - June 25, 2008
We need more pun threads
We should be Rowand in them
Mariner John - June 25, 2008
The funny thing is, at work yesterday I was debating putting one up
Last Fan Of Jose Lopez - June 25, 2008
JI/R hold back valuable research from the public, in the hopes of making a quick rec at your expense
J/M/G give information freely. Automatic subject line spell-check for the masses!
Graham MacAree - June 25, 2008
False.
It doesn’t work.
Susheel Ramasahayam - June 25, 2008
Yes it does
Graham MacAree - June 25, 2008
works like a charm
I don’t
pdb - June 25, 2008
wow that was meta
I meant to say “I don’t know about other browsers but it works in FF3”
pdb - June 25, 2008
Works great for me.
BrianL - June 25, 2008
Hmm. What browser are you using? I have FF3 with Adblock Plus.
It looks like spell check doesn’t work at all. Not even down here. I guess I’ll just have to get better at spelling stuff right by myself, which is a good thing.
Susheel Ramasahayam - June 25, 2008
FF3
BrianL - June 25, 2008
I'll have to look at the config one more time. Thanks.
Susheel Ramasahayam - June 25, 2008
After testing, I have found this to be valid and thus, rewarded you with a rec and promise of my vote.
joof - June 25, 2008
Graham has just won my undying affection.
BrianL - June 25, 2008
(PS: Only tested in FF3)
Graham MacAree - June 25, 2008
Wekk, does not work for me.
On to FF3.
Kirsten Schlewitz - June 25, 2008
Now that Graham his divulged this secret
we must dispose of him
JI - June 25, 2008
You're just annoyed that 10 minutes of work from the J/M/G labs
Managed to replicate weeks of research from JI/R and beat you to release.
Graham MacAree - June 25, 2008
In case you guys are wondering where Coach went
lets just say you should haphazardly mess with About:config. Poor guy gave his life for science.
Robert - June 25, 2008
You have almost won over my vote with this creation.
Kirsten Schlewitz - June 25, 2008
You'd vote for Robert?
Graham MacAree - June 25, 2008
He did make some lovely paint pictures.
But you make a solid point.
Kirsten Schlewitz - June 25, 2008
I can make more
Robert - June 25, 2008
I am in favor of this.
I enjoy stick people.
Kirsten Schlewitz - June 25, 2008
Cheap dates too since they can't fit anything in their stomachs
seattlebruin - June 25, 2008
My hope for today is that Robert is creating drunken stick figures in a bootleg paint program right now.
Kirsten Schlewitz - June 25, 2008
I'd say there's a very good chance this will happen
unless perhaps his pirated copy of MS Paint boots him out and he has to go find another illegal way to obtain that type of software
seattlebruin - June 25, 2008
rec'd
JI - June 25, 2008
You rule, Graham.
Phil Hatzenbuehler - June 25, 2008
It's a Christmas miracle!
Last Fan Of Jose Lopez - June 25, 2008
Meh. Only a regular one though.
Around these parts we only look for Strasburg Christmas Miracles!
seattlebruin - June 25, 2008
Fuck it!
Mine goes to 11!
PositivePaul - June 25, 2008
FUCK
Robert - June 25, 2008
OWNED
Graham MacAree - June 25, 2008
Speaking of Puns
Something Awful Plays BBM Part 3!
(You’ll see what I mean)
Corco - June 25, 2008
Yes
I’ve been waiting for this to come back
dbroncos31 - June 25, 2008
I am good luck for the Mariners
I’ve seen 3 games, two featuring this pathetic squad and one against the 98 Yankees.
3-0, 29 RS, 5 RA. I’m awesome.
Also, convincing people that Beltre is ridiculously unlucky is very easy when he rakes the ball into outs in consecutive ABs. I went nuts when he had the If single because if anyone deserves it, it’s Adrian.
dbroncos31 - June 25, 2008
Beltre needs to aim where he hits the ball better, dammit!
BrianL - June 25, 2008
You also caused Felix to get injured
Last Fan Of Jose Lopez - June 25, 2008
Shhhh.
dbroncos31 - June 25, 2008
about:config
Set layout.spellcheckDefault to 2
dbroncos31 - June 25, 2008
Fuck.
dbroncos31 - June 25, 2008
Lolwut
Graham MacAree - June 25, 2008
Allow the JI/R ticket to clarify for the common people:
Step 1, Step 2
JI - June 25, 2008
Gracias
dbroncos31 - June 25, 2008
Holy shit.
Too many puns, can’t stop laughing. It’s too bad that I’ll be at the game tonight (no, really).
Faux - June 25, 2008
As I said in the game thread,
it’s bad news for the Mets that they are “only” 37-39.
It’s good news for the Mariners that they are 28-49.
And you know it.
JohnPeterson - June 25, 2008
Hmph, we COULD be 27-50 and one step closer to Strasburg
stupid crappy Mets
seattlebruin - June 25, 2008
Still time to come back.
JI - June 25, 2008
Well, life isn't too bad
Sounds like we might get Bedard on Sunday if the King is a no-go
seattlebruin - June 25, 2008
Another option is Hyphen, apparently.
BrianL - June 25, 2008
Either of the three potential outcomes is fine with me
A Hyphen start, Bedard/Peavy, or Felix/Peavy. You can’t go wrong.
Katal LM - June 25, 2008
Except for Hyphen starting or Bedard/Peavy
seattlebruin - June 25, 2008
I'd rather see Hyphen than Bedard.
dbroncos31 - June 25, 2008
I have no preference, either way I will be extremely disappointed if my "no-Felix" streak continues
seattlebruin - June 25, 2008
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