Betty's No Good Clothes Shop And Pancake House
Thursday, May 11, 2006
  Phillies 2, Mets 0 (5)

I don't understand what the rain has against me. I never did anything to the rain. In fact, I've always been nice to the rain. I like the rain. I feel it's an important part of our ecosystem and have not been shy about saying so. And frankly, I think it just looks cool a lot of the time. Especially in movies.

But the rain doesn't seem to feel the same way about me. Two years ago, I tried to attend four different Mets games, two in New York and two in Philadelphia, and all of them were either delayed or cancelled due to rain. I did not figure out any way to harness these powers to my advantage. And now, tonight, the Mets were in a close game against a shaky starting pitcher and the rain came and handed the game to the Phillies. I don't know what I've done to anger the rain, but I'm through being nice. I always liked the snow better anyway.

Anyway, the Mets nearly got off to a great start in this game. With two outs in the first, Gavin Floyd walked the bases loaded. Xavier Nady followed that up by driving the ball to the wall in center field, apparently the part of the ball park where a fly ball isn't necessarily a home run. And in this case, it wasn't even a bases clearing double, as Aaron Rowand felt the need to break his nose on the outfield fence and still catch the ball. It was an amazing play, but maybe not the smartest gamble in a game that could very well have been rained out. These young players, they just don't think these things through. After that, the Mets had some trouble putting together a rally. Ramon Castro and Kazuo Matsui each had a double later in the game, but neither was able to score.

Steve Trachsel had some trouble, but was mostly able to limit the damage. He gave up six hits and two walks in the four innings he got to pitch. But he struck out three and kept the Phillies to just two runs. Unfortunately, the Mets ran out of innings to make a valiant comeback, and so the Phillies escaped with the cheapest of victories.

Tomorrow the Mets (22-13) begin a series in Milwaukee against the Brewers (17-18). Things don't get any easier for the Mets as they'll have to try to win despite the handicap of starting Jose Lima (0-1, 9.00). Dave Bush (2-4, 4.12) goes for the Brewers.
 
Comments: Post a Comment

<< Home
Disseminating descriptions and accounts of New York Mets games without the expressed written consent of Major League Baseball or the New York Mets since 2003.

Name:
Location: Hatboro, Pennsylvania, United States
    follow me on Twitter
    ARCHIVES
    02.2003 / 03.2003 / 04.2003 / 05.2003 / 06.2003 / 07.2003 / 08.2003 / 09.2003 / 10.2003 / 11.2003 / 12.2003 / 01.2004 / 02.2004 / 03.2004 / 04.2004 / 05.2004 / 06.2004 / 07.2004 / 08.2004 / 09.2004 / 10.2004 / 11.2004 / 12.2004 / 01.2005 / 02.2005 / 03.2005 / 04.2005 / 05.2005 / 06.2005 / 07.2005 / 08.2005 / 09.2005 / 11.2005 / 12.2005 / 01.2006 / 04.2006 / 05.2006 / 06.2006 / 07.2006 / 08.2006 / 09.2006 / 10.2006 / 03.2007 / 04.2007 / 05.2007 / 06.2007 / 07.2007 / 08.2007 / 09.2007 / 10.2007 / 11.2007 / 01.2008 / 03.2008 / 04.2008 / 05.2008 / 06.2008 / 07.2008 / 09.2008 / 12.2008 / 01.2009 / 04.2009 / 05.2009 / 06.2009 / 07.2009 / 10.2010 /


    METS LINKS

    New York Mets Official Site
    24 Hours From Suicide...
    Adam Rubin
    Always Amazin'
    Amazin' Avenue
    Archie Bunker's Army
    Baseball and Booze
    Blastings! Thrilledge
    East Coast Agony
    The Eddie Kranepool Society
    Faith and Fear in Flushing Hot Foot
    The LoHud Mets Blog
    The Metropolitans
    MetsBlog
    Mets By The Numbers
    Mets Geek
    Mets Minor League Blog
    Misery Loves Company
    Mostly Mets
    Wright Now

    BASEBALL LINKS

    Death To Flying Things
    Aaron Gleeman
    A Citizen's Blog
    Athletics Nation
    Baseball America
    Baseball Analysts
    The Baseball Biography Project
    Baseball Musings
    Baseball Prospectus
    Baseball Reference
    Baseball Think Factory
    Baseball Toaster
    Batter's Box
    Bronx Banter
    Cot's Baseball Contracts
    Dodger Thoughts
    The Dugout
    Fire Joe Morgan
    Futility Infielder
    The Hardball Times
    Honest Wagner
    Keith Law
    Mike's Baseball Rants
    Minor League Ball (John Sickels)
    Minor League Baseball
    Off Wing Opinion
    Only Baseball Matters
    Paul DePodesta
    Peter Gammons
    Replacement Level Yankees Weblog
    Retrosheet
    Rob Neyer
    Tim Marchman
    U.S.S. Mariner



    Subscribe with Bloglines

    Powered by Blogger