Lima Time, and the pitching is lousy
Bats are thumping, when his pitches are high
Brian's hurt, and Maine's finger is crooked
So yes, little Met fan,
It's time to cry….
 
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The quick red bird jumped over the lousy Met dog.
Repeatedly.
Wow. He can't field, either.
He once played himself on Arli$$. He portrayed a pitcher better then than he does now.
I would so totally rather watch those two dudes move those letters for the next three hours. C'mon, SNY! Save us!
Good thing I didn't get around to ordering lunch before the game started, because this is just making me nauseous. At this point I think I'd rather see one of those batting-practice pitching machines on the mound instead of Lima Time.
Mic'd dugouts are fun to listen to. And the top of the third went 1-2-3. There's hope yet?
Yet?
At least Beltran put us back in the game with that homer and made up for the bad throw in the first inning.
Question for those fortunate enough to have SNY: What was going on last inning with what was described on the radio as a “pointing match” with one of the umpires?
OTOH, the bullpen may now get torched because we briefly drew within three.
Wow, Lima gave up 4 ER in 4.2 and his ERA went DOWN. That's tough to do.
When the back of the rotation went into shambles, both myself and many others – including a blogger or two here – agreed with the Mets decision to “play it by ear.” That works when you're playing well, winning games your top guys pitch, and have a 5 game lead. Give Lima a start or two? Fine. Three? Um, no. This better have been the last one. Gonzalez earned a second. But now we're past seeing how it goes. It went. Put Heilman in the rotation, trade for someone – anyone! – that will be better than a pitcher whose time to add Time to his name has since passed. Do something. Soon.
If Edmonds doesn't make the catch on Reyes, that Valentin HR (apparently I was wrong about him, BTW) would have made it 6-4.
Surprised Hot Dog Jimmy didn't manufacture a reason to dive for it. He's the only Cardinal I loathe.
If Floyd had done that last night, I would have formed a one-man parade and hurrah'ed my way down 14th Street. Instead, I'm off to go lie in the road.
Forget about it. Y'all have work to do this weekend. I expect your boys to set to a right thorough ass-kicking, the good Lord willing and the creek don't rise.
Gonzalez Time…
Jose Lima not only looks like a blonde Monty Brewster, he pitches like him too. It took the Royals two years to realize that '98 and '99 were aberrations. Hopefully the Mets will catch on much quicker.
Nothing more really needs to be said. There's only one remedy for this: torch Randy Johnson at Shea. Where's Dae-Sung Koo when you need him?