A spotless game, wouldn’t you say? And, let’s not devalue it by saying it was only the Nationals. What the Mets did was play the game the way they are supposed to play.
Of course, Mike Pelfrey’s scoreless seven was important and a very positive sign. But, it’s way too soon to say he’s on his way to becoming the next Jim Palmer. What he did do last night, and admitted to after the game, was attack the hitters.
Too many pitchers get caught up trying to finesse and he didn’t do that.
Another positive was Jose Reyes. Of all the Met offensive players, he and Carlos Delgado are the ones I believe need to have big years.
Oh, yeah, another biggie was Duaner Sanchez.
I’m sure you all saw pretty much the same.
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JD,
Really glad you didn’t minimize the importance of the game just b/c it was the Nats. As you know better than anyone b/c you covered every gruesome moment of the collapse, the Mets have not been inclined to play crisp against even bad teams, so this was good to see, opponent notwithstanding.
My only critism is this (posted last nite).
Does anyone know this stat? #P/AB Mets hitters have with no one on or no one in scoring position vs #P/AB with runners in scoring position.
This team is very patient it seems when they can’t get an RBI. Then patience goes out the window when guys are on 2b/3b.
They have to got work this out or they are gonna be dead last like last yr in BAvg w/runners in scoring pos/2 out and in close/late.
Mets were 0 for 6 w/runner in scoring position until the 7th inn. After that they got some hits but I lost track of the final figure.
Why do Mets dominate lefties?
This boggled my mind.
They beat the team they should beat. That was not always the case last year.
That was the case with any other team in MLB as well.