Was he watching the same game??

I'll start you off with a quote from Wallace Matthew's column...

"It took Willie Randolph 12 years to manage his first playoff game, and a little over two hours to nearly manage his team out of it.

In his first postseason game as a manager after 47 as a player, Randolph seemed as geeked up as any of his players. Vying for Micromanager of the Year, an award thought to have been retired around here with the departure of Bobby Valentine, Randolph yanked one pitcher too soon and stayed with another too long. He played it safe when he should have gambled, and gambled when he should have played it safe. Working with a shortage of quality starters for the playoff run, Randolph found a way to use half his staff in Game 1. Somehow, he managed to get outmanaged by Grady Little."

...im sorry, i dont think we were watching the same game...? i saw a manager pull a rookie pitcher in his first playoff start while he was still ahead of the game, to possibly be used in game 4 (or long relief of Wild Thing Perez)...

...i saw a manager rely on his bullpen, which has been oh-so-good this year...
...this is the same manager who would leave in pitchers too long at the beggining of the season, remember? but he has changed, learned, and he had to adapt quickly to this new situation with 2 starters out...

...im sorry sir, but you are dead wrong...what you saw was great managing, its too bad you missed it...

My goodness...Oliver Game 4?!

John Delcos reports that the Mets will go with Steve Trachsel for Game 3...and Oliver Perez Game 4...

...now this doesn't make alot of sense to me...i do not have alot of trust in Perez. i would rather pitcher John Maine on short rest. remember he only pitched 4 1/3 today...
...i would just feel allllot more comfertable with Maine at the helm instead of Wild Thing...

ohhh baby!

Whooooooo!
Game 1 Mets 6 -- Dodgers 5

What a game from Carlos Delgado!!
4-5, with that HUUGE bomb!! wow...that was Piazza-esque...

John Maine...again, you da man!! see you Game 4??

Valentin...bad desicion...but i cant fault you. youve been too good for me to be mad at you...

Wagner...you scared me...as usual you pulled it out...phew.

All around..good game...just what i imagined from the Mets.
Great pitching changes from Willie...
it couldve been 6-1...but hey...a win is a win...

Great recap on Mets Blog

Where is Sidd Finch when we need him??

If only...

Deadspin has an article about how badly we need Sidd Finch right now...

...boy, that would be nice, wouldnt it?...

Some Humor found in the Disaster called El Duque's Calf...

a fairly funny story from Newsday

Hernandez laughed. "A Yankee would have had his MRI already," he joked.

...this actually brought a smile to my face, which is a must read for any mets fan right now...as we are all a mess...

Update

No El Duque in the NLDS...

He has a tear in his calf and may not be able to go at all in the playoffs...

...crap...


Royce Ring will take his place on the roster...

Game 1: Maine
Game 2: Glavine
Game 3: Trachsel

John Maine...TONIGHT!

John Maine will be the starting pitcher in Game 1 of the NLDS...

...godspeed young man! were all counting on you...
(hey maine, go do your crossword puzzle! )

El Duque in, Oliver Perez in!...Sorry Mike DiFelice...

MetsBlog is reporting that El Duque will not start today, but e will still be on the roster.

also...Oliver Perez will be on the roster...
wow! im in shock. "Wild Thing" Perez makes the postseason. he is gonna have to be a lefty specalist...maybe one or two batters...
i cant see anything more than that...


to make room for Perez, Mike DiFelice has been left off the roster, and now will be part of the "Taxi Squad"

Doubtful El Duque pitches Game 1

...im officially befuddled...

HotFoot::
"I was sprinting in the outfield," Hernandez told Newsday. "And I pulled my right calf. It's not a cramp."

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Mets Blog says its doubtful El Duque will pitch Game 1...

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The only thing giving me hope right now is that if John Maine starts Game 1...the last time he was alerted to his start like this...he pitched the complete game shutout...

as i said before Maine is an exteremly calm guy, and i think he can handle all this "playoff pressure"...

Story on Reyes and Gwynn is nuts.

A great little story about "our motor," Jose Reyes...

"I'm just playing baseball," Reyes says. "I'm just trying to get on base and score runs. And if people think what I do is exciting, that's nice. I'm not trying to be."

Jose Reyes doesn't need to try.

He just is.

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and on Tony Gwynn's "Scorecard" of the series breakdown he give the bullpen edge to...the Dodgers?

...i dont think so...

He puts the edge with the Dodgers for Pitching and Bullpen. and the Mets get the edge in offense, defense, manager, and intagibles...
"Mets in four."