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. ¶ joe | 11:00 PM |
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. ¶ joe | 11:00 PM |
