Quote of the day
posted at 10:30 pm on September 30, 2007 by Allahpundit
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“It wasn’t the way I wanted to pitch.”
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As a Braves fan, I sympathize a bit with Glavine. Sure, I was miffed when he took off for New York after the 2002 season, but I’ll never forget his masterful performance in game 6 of the 1995 World Series. For that I’ll always be a fan of his.
That said, I don’t feel sorry for the Mets at all. What a collapse.
2Brave2Bscared on September 30, 2007 at 10:37 PM
The Maginot Line thanks the Mets for taking it off the hook.
Kid from Brooklyn on September 30, 2007 at 10:43 PM
I thought we weren’t supposed to talk about this? Evah!
Kini on September 30, 2007 at 10:51 PM
It was all a master plan for ex-yankee and an ex-brave to infiltrate the Mets organization and ruin it from within.
thebrokenchair on September 30, 2007 at 10:56 PM
Go Phils!
Mets get to take their snide arrogance and shove it all winter long. I love it.
Good Lt on September 30, 2007 at 11:03 PM
Mets blew it…Lets Go Phillies!!
Fandango on September 30, 2007 at 11:03 PM
From my old hometown news rag the Courier Post:
First baseman Carlos Delgado: “We’ve got so much talent, I think sometimes we get bored.”
Pitcher Pedro Martinez: “We have so much talent that sometimes we relax a little bit.”
“Sometimes when you’re a team as talented as we are - I don’t know if I’d use the word ‘bored,’ but I guess you can get complacent at times,” Tom Glavine said.
Yeah. What happened, geniuses? Did you get lazy with all that talent?
Good Lt on September 30, 2007 at 11:06 PM
Pic of the night.
Good Lt on September 30, 2007 at 11:08 PM
Actually, this one is even better.
Good Lt on September 30, 2007 at 11:10 PM
Yeah, not that it’s done the Braves a bit of good…
RD on September 30, 2007 at 11:10 PM
At least hockey season starts this week. Let’s Go Rangers!
(how long until pitchers and catchers?)
Drew on September 30, 2007 at 11:20 PM
The 2nd best part of winning the east, is watching the mets implode. Go Phillies. If Hamels continues pitching well, we may just get to the series.
And lest not forget…
Let’s Go Flyers!!!!
sunny on September 30, 2007 at 11:39 PM
The Phillies bless him!
Go Phils!
profitsbeard on September 30, 2007 at 11:43 PM
You better hope Hamels pitches lights out. Powerhouse offenses don’t seem to stand up nearly as well in the post-season.
2Brave2Bscared on September 30, 2007 at 11:48 PM
If he can get close to his 3.3 era, we will have a chance. The rest of the staff save kendrick kinda worries me. We’ll see, but we have to win with hamels to have any kind of shot.
And if they even think about starting Eaton I’m going to beat up the bat boy.
sunny on October 1, 2007 at 12:08 AM
I am saddened. However, as more of a Yankees fan than Mets fan, I get to spite a very boisterous coworker who once joked “What do you call a Yankees slump? April.” The Yankees are in the playoffs. The Mets are not. Joy.
hadsil on October 1, 2007 at 12:11 AM
One of the most famous playoff games of all times was game seven of the NLCS in 1992 when Atlanta came back to beat Pittsburgh. What’s often forgotten is that Atlanta had come home from Pittsburgh up 3 games to 2 with Tom Glavine pitching game six. He gave up eight runs in the second inning and it was on to game seven. With Tommy G you better be willing to take the horrid for the chance of the spectacular.
RW_theoriginal on October 1, 2007 at 12:18 AM
Problem is, the last several years he’s been horrid a lot more than he’s been spectacular when it comes to big games. I’m not sure I still want to see him back in Braves uniform next season.
2Brave2Bscared on October 1, 2007 at 12:24 AM
I’m not interested in Tommy coming back to Atlanta either, I was just pointing out that this has always happened. He started the All Star game one year and I think it was Andy Van Slyke starting as the NL center fielder who said, “I thought we were having a closest to the pin contest the way everything he threw was being hit.”
This was just the first time the Mets fans got to see that up close and personal. As an Atlantan I couldn’t be happier….well unless the Braves would have beaten Philly this wee.
RW_theoriginal on October 1, 2007 at 12:32 AM
Puhleeez! Isn’t baseball season over yet?
Wingo on October 1, 2007 at 12:34 AM
Yeah, that would have been nice. Those darn 4th and 5th starters killed the Braves this year.
Oh, well. Always next season.
2Brave2Bscared on October 1, 2007 at 12:47 AM
Not until Allah puts up a new thread!
RW_theoriginal on October 1, 2007 at 12:48 AM
Over the course of the season that was true, but didn’t the Braves lose the last few starts by Smoltz and Hudson while winning a few further down the rotation?
RW_theoriginal on October 1, 2007 at 12:52 AM
Uh, the Red Sox won the AL East… nothing else really matters, am I right?
RightWinged on October 1, 2007 at 12:53 AM
Randy,
The fact that the Angels are going to kick their butts should matter. :-)
RW_theoriginal on October 1, 2007 at 12:58 AM
Yeah. But by then the Braves were long shots anyway. Most of the damage occurred in June, July and August when they dropped winnable game after winnable game.
2Brave2Bscared on October 1, 2007 at 1:05 AM
Maybe Wingo was right. Just wait ’till next year!
RW_theoriginal on October 1, 2007 at 1:09 AM
Go Cubbies!
georgej on October 1, 2007 at 3:45 AM
As a Dodgers fan I only have one word: HA!
Nonfactor on October 1, 2007 at 3:50 AM
No man, it’s those darn hitters, only up 10 runs in the 8th inning instead of 15, shame on them…don’t they know the other team is supposed to score 10 runs in the 9th?
Not that I’m bitter or anything…
RD on October 1, 2007 at 3:54 AM
No, RightWinged. There’s football and thats what really matters!
kiakjones on October 1, 2007 at 6:18 AM
Baseball for the baseball fans, PETA parodies, mocks of MoveOn, the latest Vents, and to top it off, John Donne quotes in the taglines…all before Monday coffee.
**happy sigh** I love Hot Air.
inviolet on October 1, 2007 at 7:22 AM
Allah, OT via Babalu Blog:
First open borders, and now this???
/shaking my head
Wanderlust on October 1, 2007 at 7:33 AM
Oh! somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright;
The band is playing somewhere and somewhere hearts are light,
And somewhere men are laughing and somewhere children shout;
But there is no joy in Mudville — mighty Casey has struck out.
there it is on October 1, 2007 at 8:04 AM
Heh.
The 1969 Cubs send their best wishes — bwaaaahahahaha!
Jaibones on October 1, 2007 at 8:30 AM
What kind of idiot manager would let a pitcher stay in after giving up 3 runs, then 4 runs, then 5 runs, then 6 runs? After 7 runs, finally Glavine is taken out.
faraway on October 1, 2007 at 9:15 AM
Glavine’s performance yesterday reminded me of Don Newcombe’s performance in game 7 of the 1956 World Series against the Yankees.
Hilts on October 1, 2007 at 9:51 AM
As a long-time Mets fan, I wish I had a nickel for every time I’ve said that…
And I can’t put all the blame on Glavine…a season makes a record, and although Galavine s*cked, the entire pitching staff did too.
I fully believe in curses….as I’m a Jets fan as well…and maybe there’s something to the “Bonds ball” curse.
ugh…so dissapointed…
JetBoy on October 1, 2007 at 9:53 AM
Johnny Callison is smiling. Cookie Rojas is laughing. And somewhere, Gene Mauch feels for the Mets.
GO PHILLIES!
MCPO Airdale on October 1, 2007 at 9:55 AM
Glavin is a good guy. I kinda hope it’s not his last outing, but a couple Cy Young’s aint bad no matter what he does.
In MORE important news.
GO ROCKIES
GO ROCKIES
GO ROCKIES
GO ROCKIES
GO ROCKIES
GO ROCKIES
GO ROCKIES
GO ROCKIES
oh yeah…
did I mention the Rockies?
shooter on October 1, 2007 at 10:18 AM
I have nothing against the Phillies, whose late-season surge brought them up to the border line between mediocrity and respectability. They legitimately won the division with 88 victories after the team in front completely imploded, though in fairness to the Phillies, they would have finished about 10 games behind if it had not. Last year’s World Series showed that mediocre teams have a great chance to become World Champions, so it’s fair to say the Phillies, likewise, could win it all.
If I said “May the best team win,” that would obviously exclude them, so let me just say this: “Who cares?”
Attila (Pillage Idiot) on October 1, 2007 at 11:36 AM
That’s the only consolation that I got from baseball this year, as all the first winning season for the Brewers in 15 years means is Ned Yost, not-so-affectionately refered to as “He Who Must Be Fired” at a sports blog I hang around at, will be around another season. That Mets collapse makes the Brew Crew’s collapse look not quite as bad.
Go whoever is playing the Cubs!
steveegg on October 1, 2007 at 1:42 PM
I do have to admit, if the Rockies make it into the playoffs they deserve to win the Series.
Nonfactor on October 1, 2007 at 2:40 PM