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By: coley

coley — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:14:53 +0000

Jon L, Ryan Howard and Pat the Bat each came to the plate with the bases loaded in the top of the ninth this afternoon with a chance to tie the game, and both failed (though Pat had two homers and a double earlier in the game, so we’ll cut him some slack). So maybe I jinxed it by saying you jinxed it?

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By: Paul Moro

Paul Moro — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:00:55 +0000

Coley, I think Maine is technically #2 right now. Pelfrey still doesn’t strike enough guys out to be THIS good. And with Delgado and Castillo, their IF defense isn’t all that strong enough to fully complement Pelfrey’s sinker. But it’s really nice to see him not walk 4 hitters anymore.

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By: Jon L

Jon L — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:35:54 +0000

Coley,

I’m really not a jerk, honest. I just have Mets fever all the time :-)

You may be right about jinxing it, but we’ll just see what happens

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By: coley

coley — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:14:17 +0000

Doug, if the Phillies play the Mets in the postseason, I desperately want them to face Perez as often as possible. That guy is terrible. And Maine has been shaky lately. He’s only pitched into the eighth inning once this year. I think the way Pelfrey is going, he might very well be the team’s number two by the end of the season.

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By: Doug

Doug — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:57:11 +0000

Coley – “Santana and Martinez (or Pelfrey)” hmmm
Maine and/or Perez would be the Mets #2 SP

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By: coley

coley — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:20:15 +0000

Jon, the Mets are in second place now. You jinxed it. It’s all your fault. Jerk.

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By: Jon L

Jon L — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:17:06 +0000

“Paul: Coley, your unwavering insistence that the Phillies are playoff bound is still funny to me”.

Me too. Especially as the Mets have now caught you up!!! Hurrah!!!!!

I think the point with this is that the trade has been something of a step in the right (albeit short-term) direction and at the very least has not made things worse.

Having said that, the time for gloating isn’t really upon us given my teams’ ever so tiny collapse at the end of last year. So for that I apologise although still maintain the right to gloat once more if we don’t screw it up this time around.

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By: Zvee Geffen

Zvee Geffen — Sat, 31 May 2008 13:21:37 +0000

And I actually agree with Terry Francona that Masterson is not ready for the big leagues yet. He’s pitched extremely well so far, but he’s also still just a double-A pitcher. He needs more seasoning. Which gives the Red Sox more time!

I think actually, the Red Sox’ willingness to use the 15 day DL more this year comes from the fact that they do have some “extra” starters. If that means they can be more conservative with their starting pitchers, I think it’s a good thing. And if it means we’ll trade someone for something we need, that’s good too—though I doubt you will see Masterson shipped out. And Theo has already shown that Buchholz is not for sale. We can rest easy on that score, I think.

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