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Braves 7 Mets 5 It took nearly 24 hours for the Braves to beat the Mets. Mets Game Notes Jeremy Hefner pitched as well as can be expected, allowing two earned runs on 3 hits and 2 walks, striking out 7. Unfortunately for Jeremy, one of those hits was a two-run homer by Freddie Freeman. Also unfortunately for Hefner, the relievers supporting him were from Flushing. Terry Collins removed Hefner from the game not because he didn’t believe Hefner couldn’t continue to succeed, but because he wanted Hefner to feel good about himself. Per Collins (via MetsBlog): “I was so excited that he pitched so well after he’s been so down about not winning a game. I said, ‘I’m not going to let this kid lose this game. I’m not going to do that,’” Collins said, acknowledging that Hefner felt good enough to keep pitching. “He needs to move forward with a positive attitude that he pitched very, very well.” I admire what Terry wanted to do, but he doesn’t have the kind of bullpen to execute his well-intentioned plan — especially not against a big-hitting club like the Braves. Hefner was keeping the Braves off-balance, was cruising, not showing any signs of fatigue, and the bottom of the Braves lineup was coming up — with two of the hitters, in fact, had been struggling mightily of late and batting far below .200 for the season. In that situation, Collins has to continue riding his horse, at least through the seventh. As soon as LaTroy Hawkins took the mound against Dan Uggla, you could see what was going to happen. As poorly as Uggla has been thus far this year, he hasn’t had trouble handling fastballs in the middle of the plate — and that’s what Hawkins relies upon. Boom. Bye bye win for Hefner. Daniel Murphy remains hot, collecting two hits, but he remains mentally challenged after making contact, as evidenced by his ill-advised decision to try to stretch a one-base error into a two-base error in the 7th. On that play, he reminded me of a first-year T-ball kid, who hits the ball and then just runs around the bases without regard to where the ball might be — you know what I’m talking about, right? The Mets caught a huge break when the umpires refused to call the game, despite unplayable conditions. The ball was squirting all over the place in the bottom of the eighth, yet the game went on, and thanks to players slipping, wild pitches, and hydroplaning baseballs, the Mets scored two runs. Too bad they couldn’t cash in on the break and do something 20 hours later. Speaking of that first and final inning of Saturday evening, both Brandon Lyon and Craig Kimbrel looked really out of sorts. Perhaps it was too weird for the relievers to be pitching at what felt like the beginning of a game. Lyon was throwing BP, and didn’t even appear to be trying. Kimbrel couldn’t find the plate, and beat himself in allowing two baserunners. Kimbrel caught a break when Ruben Tejada made a horrendous bunt attempt and popped the ball weakly into Brian McCann‘s glove with men on first and second. I constantly hear that Tejada is a very good bunter, but have yet to actually see him drop a very good bunt. His method was terrible — he wasn’t set up properly with the feet, he didn’t have the bat held properly, and he jabbed at the ball instead of “catching” it with the bat. Fundies! B.J. Upton, however, was able to drop a bunt — a safety squeeze that brought home the Braves’ insurance run. Someone who isn’t following the Braves closely this year might have thought, “what the heck is Upton bunting for in this situation?” But the “other” Upton is mired in a season-long, Ike Davis-like slump, hitting about .150. That was a good move and it should have made him feel good to get a run home. The Braves — and the Reds before them — appeared to be consciously pounding the ball inside again

The likeness is way off. At least it wasn’t wearing a black jersey.Nike kicks? Is Nike okay with that on a bobble head? - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhoneThe post John Franco Mets Bobble Head appeared first on The Mets Police.Related posts:Not @mediagoon’s Mets Bobbleheads #20: John FrancoMets Bobble Head Day: Ron DarlingWay cool Mr. Met Stitch and Pitch bobble head

Breezy and chilly here at Citi Field. The Mets are about to take the field. And here are your top of the Ninth Crowd Shots. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone. Isn’t this Spring?Shannon here – here’s some more from the twiiter crowd@sclevine@metsmomThe post Top Off the Ninth Mets Crowd Shots 5/25 appeared first on The Mets Police.Related posts:Your Mets-White Sox lack of crowd crowd-shotsMr. Met makes blue jersey debut + Friday crowd shotsYour oh no Niese is out Mets crowd shots thread

Wow, want to read an amazin’ story?   Read Feels Like The Second Time « Faith and Fear in Flushing.I can’t even tease it or it gives it away, but if it happened in 2013 the Mets would get ripped.I don’t remember this one but it involves Lee Mazzilli.The post Feels Like The Second Time « Faith and Fear in Flushing appeared first on The Mets Police.Related posts:37 14 41 42 — And More? « Faith and Fear in FlushingThe Telltale Mets Cap That Tells Much « Faith and Fear in FlushingFear The Swoosh (Mets Jerseys)

Game Notes The teams will resume play with none out in the top of the ninth inning on Saturday at 6:10 p.m. The regularly scheduled game is set to start 7:15 p.m. with Mets right-hander Dillon Gee and Braves lefty Mike Minor getting their starts. Subject to availability tickets from Friday’s suspended game can only be redeemed for complimentary tickets to the Mets game either this evening Saturday, May 25 or this Sunday, May 26 both games against the Atlanta Braves. The Mets have dropped three in a row and are 3-7 in their last 10 games…New York is 7-10 vs. the National League East this year. The Mets are 2-11 in their last 13 home games and 9-15 overall. Tonight is New York’s only Saturday night home game this year. Since the start of the 2012 season, Daniel Murphy has 55 doubles, tied for the 2nd-most in the NL, 1 behind Paul Goldschmidt. Ike Davis’ struggles at the plate continued on Friday. The first baseman went 0-for-4 with four strikeouts and has just one hit and 18 strikeouts in his last 12 games, a span of 45 plate appearances. Former Brave Rick Ankiel is hitting .343 since signing with the Mets on May 13, four days after being released by the Astros. He went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts Friday. David Wright is hitting .311 (23-74) with three doubles, four home runs and nine RBI in May…He is fourth in the NL with a .402 on-base percentage. Wright is also hitting .400 with RISP, the 10th-best mark in the National League. Marlon Byrd delivered a RBI single in the fifth inning last night that gave the Mets a 3-2 lead. Byrd has four go-ahead RBI this year tied for the third-most on the team. He’s batting .302 (13-43) with three home runs and a team-high 10 RBI this month.. Game Preview The Mets and Braves will play 1.1 (or more) games today as they finish off last night’s game and then start tonight’s game. Last night the Mets had a 3-2 lead with Hefner in the game before the bullpen let the game get away. Right before the game was almost called, the Mets scored two runs in the bottom of the eighth to tie it causing tonight’s first game. Right now (7:50 AM), I am not sure who will start the resumed game for both teams so I can’t preview that. I can however preview tonight’s scheduled game between Dillon Gee and Mike Minor. Dillon Gee is 2-5 on the season over 9 games with a 6.04 ERA while pitching 44.2 innings. May continues to be a struggle for Gee who has a 6.16 ERA over 19.0 innings. He didn’t face the Braves the first time around this year and last year he made one start against the Braves where he allowed only one earned run in 7 innings of work. The Braves have the following numbers against Dillon: Uggla 4-19, 2B, 3B Heyward 6-12, HR McCann 3-14, 2B Freeman 1-11 Upton 2-8, HR Mike Minor is 5-2 on the season over 9 starts with a 2.78 ERA while pitching 58.1 innings. He has a 2.36 ERA in the month of May over four starts and 26.2 innings of work including his first start of the month against the Mets where he allowed 3 ER and 3 hits over 7 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against Minor: Wright 2-14, 2 2B Tejada 5-16, 2 2B Buck 1-11, HR Turner 3-10 Duda 4-11, 2B, HR Byrd 4-10, 2B Murphy 2-8, 2 2B Lets Go Mets!

Ike Davis is as confused about the title of this post as he is with a bat in his hands. I’m sure you’re looking at the title of this post, scratching your head and wondering what the fudge I’m talking about.  Well, the Ike Davis currently playing for the Mets is not the first player named Ike Davis to suit up for a major league team.  And with the way the 21st century Ike Davis is playing, the 20th century Ike Davis might soon be the better of the two Ikes. Isaac Marion Davis (better known as Ike Davis) was a shortstop who played all or parts of three seasons for the Washington Senators and Chicago White Sox from 1919 to 1925.  The 20th century Ike Davis only compiled 732 plate appearances in the big leagues, but despite his lack of power (no home runs) and low batting average (.235), he found other ways to help his team win. After Ike Davis Version 1.0 played in eight games for the 1919 Senators and ten games for the 1924 White Sox, he was named the Pale Hose’s starting shortstop in 1925.  In his only year as a full-time player, 20th century Ike reached base 213 times in 146 games, collecting 135 hits, drawing 71 bases on balls and absorbing seven HBPs.  Old Man Davis also scored 105 runs in 1925, ripped 31 doubles and nine triples, and picked up 40 sacrifice hits while stealing 19 bases. If you look at the American League leaderboard for 1925, you will find Davis’ name everywhere.  He finished in the league’s top ten in plate appearances (8th), runs scored (8th), walks (10th), stolen bases (4th), hit by pitch (8th) and sacrifice hits (2nd).  He wasn’t just a good handler of the bat.  He also finished in the league’s top ten in various defensive categories.  Davis had 472 assists at shortstop (2nd in the A.L.), made 313 putouts at short (3rd) and led the league with 97 double plays turned.  (He also committed a league-high 53 errors, but have you seen the gloves used by players back in the day?) The first Ike never played in the majors again after 1925, and played his last game in the minors in 1928.  He then settled in Tucson, Arizona, where he lived until he passed away in 1984, three years before Isaac Benjamin Davis was born. Ike B. Davis has played all or parts of four seasons for the New York Mets from 2010 to 2013.  After a promising rookie season in which he hit .271 with 19 homers and 71 RBI, Ike II got off to a wonderful start in 2011, batting .302 with seven homers and 25 RBI in 36 games before a fluke on-field injury cut his season short. Since returning from his injury in 2012, Ike Davis Version 2.0 has been a shadow of his former self.  Although he did hit 32 homers and drove in 90 runs in 2012, Davis batted only .227 and struck out 141 times in 519 at-bats.  He’s been even worse in 2013, managing a .143 batting average with four homers, nine RBI and 53 whiffs in 147 at-bats.  Combining his 2012 and 2013 seasons, Old Man (Before His Time) Davis has batted .209 with a .291 on-base percentage, striking out 194 times in 666 at-bats, while collecting only 139 hits. The current Ike Davis has rarely appeared in the league’s top ten in any offensive or defensive category.  He was the National League’s fifth-leading home run hitter in 2012 and finished in the league’s top ten in double plays turned by a first baseman in 2010 (2nd in the N.L.) and 2012 (4th), but that’s pretty much it. Ike Davis the First had a great season in 1925 but did not play in the majors after his one phenomenal campaign.  Ike Davis the Second has never had a great year by today’s standards and is currently in the midst of a historically bad season. It wouldn’t take much for a player to have a better overall career than Isaac Marion Davis.  After all, he only played one full season in the majors and small snippets of two others.  But Isaac Benjamin Davis is on his way to becoming the second-best Ike Davis in major league history.  His current batting average

Former Mets shortstop Jose Reyes continues to make a rapid recovery from the severely sprained left ankle he suffered on April 12. Reyes started running for the first time on Friday, and he continues to push the envelope in his recovery process, according to Team officials. “It was a little bit scary for me,” Reyes said of his first time running. “But I am pain free. I’m very happy the way that I performed yesterday; better than I expected.” The 29-year-old Reyes hurt himself during an awkward and painful slide against the Kansas City Royals. He has already been doing other baseball activities like tossing and catching, but running on that ankle represents the biggest advance in his return to to the Blue Jays lineup. “Even if I don’t feel a hundred percent, I’m 85-90 percent and I’m able to run the bases good … I’m going to let it fly,” Reyes said. “I’m going to let it go. I’m going to go play, come back and help this ballclub.” It is now looking like Reyes will be back a month to a 1 1/2 months sooner than anyone expected.

Mets SNY, FOX Sports, and the Mets announced that SNY will broadcast the resumption of last night’s game. Coverage begins at 6:00 p.m. 5/25/13 2:55 PMMets FOX Sports will produce the telecast with SNY’s Kevin Burkhardt and Keith Hernandez behind the mike. 5/25/13 2:55 PMMets FOX5 (WNYW/Channel 5 in New York) will broadcast tonight’s originally scheduled 7:15 p.m. game. 5/25/13 2:56 PMThe post The Resumption (Mets game) will be televised! on SNY appeared first on The Mets Police.Related posts:Rubin: Resumption of suspended Mets game may be untelevisedAre Mets Marketing Harvey Too Much, Too Soon? | The John Delcos New York Mets ReportMets’ Matt Harvey seems to be on the cover of Sports Illustrated

Mets. Braves. Eight innings. Tie game. Rain. Suspended. Sound familiar? That’s because, per the Beatles, this happened once before. These very same clubs got through eight innings of no-decision baseball and called it quits in Queens, deciding to pick up where they left off later thanks to wet weather. It was just the same as it is today! But actually it was quite different. On June 17, 1979, a soaked Sunday at Shea, the Mets and Braves battled to a 1-1 score, enduring two lengthy rain delays. Why didn’t they just suck it up, gut it out and get it over with then and there? Because the Mets had a plane to catch. These were the 1979 Mets. They flew commercial. If they missed their 7:30 flight to Houston…well, Mettle the Mule would have to make multiple trips to Texas, and even the going-nowhere-fast Mets couldn’t wait that long. So given the rain, the flight and other things, the Mets and Braves agreed no inning could start after 6 PM. As it happened, the eighth ended at 6:15, which gave young Charlie Samuels time to pack whatever equipment he wasn’t already selling on the black market and hustle the Mets to LaGuardia. If you’re looking for another parallel between then and now, consider Joe Torre’s starting pitcher that June  afternoon was Pete Falcone, making his thirteenth start of the season. Falcone’s record after his first dozen turns in the rotation, plus two relief appearances? A Hefnerrible 0-5. The Mets at least had won a couple of his starts after he left them, including his previous outing, the famous 10-run inning game of June 12, 1979. It was Falcone’s rotten luck to have departed it against the Reds trailing in the top of the sixth, 5-2. The Mets wound up romping, 12-6, but all the credit went to Dale Murray (something rarely given Murray for anything he did as a Met reliever). And in that same way Hefner left with a lead against the Braves Friday night but wound up stuck with his 0-5 mark, Falcone came oh-so-close to getting off the schneid…sort of. Pete from Brooklyn nursed a 1-0 lead in the top of the fifth with two out. Given the precipitation pelting Shea, if he could just get out of the inning, maybe he could filch his first win in rain-shortened fashion. Except Gary Matthews homered and the tarp went on the field and Falcone (who blamed his failure to hold the lead on an ungrippably wet ball) found himself spit out of luck. Torre had no intention of bringing him back post-delay. “I didn’t want Pete to have to warm up again,” explained Falcone’s fellow Brooklynite. “He’s hyper anyway, rushing in the fifth inning trying to get the game in because of the rain.” So no win for Falcone in June, but the plane was boarded, Houston was reached and, come August 27, the Mets would take care of business in the ninth inning that waited a mere 71 days for resolution. Make that 71 days and 12 minutes. After rookie Jeff Reardon — technically making his big league debut on June 17, but actually breaking in at that very instant — retired the Braves in the top of the ninth, the Mets put their longest game ever, so to speak, to bed. Lee Mazzilli singled off Gene Garber to lead off the bottom of the inning. Mazz advanced to second on Richie Hebner’s right-side grounder. Lee stole third. Then he scored when Alex Treviño singled to left to make it a 2-1 Mets final. Talk about going out for a long walkoff. “Just think,” Torre mused after the completion of the suspended game and before the beginning of the regularly scheduled Monday night game at Shea, “it shows how poorly we’re doing this season. We’ve just won a game in this last week in August that we started way back in June.” Actually, that would indicate things were going reasonably well for the Mets. What showed how poorly they were doing were the four games they lost in a row just prior to their time-lapsed win, and the five more th