I assume you're talking about the 7th inning with Delgado. I'm sorry but I can't agree with that. If you're talking about our cleanup hitter looking to sacrifice himself with a fly ball in that situation, you might as well as have Beltran bunt with a man on second and no out. He's up there with the bases juiced and a well place hit will likely tie the game. That's what you want from your cleanup hitter in that situation. You never want to take away the agressiveness from Delgado. You want him going for the kill rather that have him trying to hit a sac fly as his first priority.
I'm sorry but I don't agree with much of this analysis. For me, yesterday for the most part was more the breaks as opposed to the "struggle" with RISP. If you looked at it, in both the 5th and 6th innings, everything started with 2 outs and the bases empty. Reyes tripled with 2 outs in the 5th and then Murphy hit a comebacker to the pitcher. Then in the sixth, Beltran and Sheffield singled and doubled (respectively) with 2 outs and Tatis flied out. While I'm not saying it's impossible to score in those situations, I think we have the realize the probability is small as the first one will require consecutive hits where one must be extra bases. In the second one, you'll need 3 consecutive hits. And of course, the 7th and 8th both ended on hard hit balls that just happened to see its way into a fielder which are just the breaks in baseball.
Well, wasn't Maine the clear #2 before his second start yesterday too? Now if Livan falters tonight, who's the new #2? I'd wait until each's had 5 starts under their belt this season before overanalyzing all this.
Well, you're just going to have to forgive me for that as I did not have TV in front of me while I was sitting in my seat watching the 3rd strike get called. I assume that with 2 strikes, anything close to the plate you swing the bat especially with RISP. If that pitch was really 6 inches outside, I take back what I said.
You might want to ask guys like Willie Mays, Doc Gooden, Darryl Strawberry, Tommy Agee, and etc etc about whether JR had anything to do with the Mets. Saying JR has nothing to do with the Mets is like saying MLK Jr has nothing to do with Wisconsin or Maine.
You know Gip, with the exception of your view on the ballpark, I think we're the same person. Of course, moving Murph to 7 would really cheapen his value on my fantasy team:)
I love CF and my promenade box seats. While I agree there might be some things that could be better, I'm surprised that the complaints aren't anything I expect. If anything, the only thing I have a problem with is the seemingly less capable concession workers. I could swear the lines at Shea moved a lot faster. I was in line for 2 innings last night for a hot chocolate and a hot dog...and there were no more than 30 customers in line. But hey, I'd take that if it means I'm not attending games at Shea.
You know where else you can see the whole field? Try the airplane as you're leaving NY as that might actually be closer to the field as the nosebleeds of Shea.
And a 9 game hitting streak to boot which is pretty much the whole season...holy crap - he's on pace to hit in 162 consecutive games this season!!! That's really struggling.
If .314/.415/.457 is your definition of "struggling," I'd really like to know your definition of "average" much less "locked in."
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