Monday, May 9, 2011 – Mets 1, Rockies 2
Tuesday, May 10 2011 – Mets 4, Rockies 3
Last night I realized that I was nearing the end of my homebrew supply, and with no cold beer awaiting me at home I picked up my go-to baseball beer, Miller Lite, whilst doing the weekly grocery shopping and eagerly anticipating heading home to watch the Mets take on the Rockies at homer-happy Coors Field. I made it home with a few minutes to spare and while waiting for the game to start I checked my email and threw a few wise-ass comments up on my friend Kim’s facebook page. She too was watching the Mets from her home in Western NY, and she remarked that it would be tough to be a Rockies fan and have to wear all that ugly Barney-purple gear. I agreed and added that all that winning and making the playoffs would be a real bummer too.
Given that the Mets had already dropped all five of their games against the Rockies this season, including a four game sweep at Citi Field that culminated in an exciting but ultimately failed doubleheader, I did not have high hopes for last night’s contest. And that may have been while I remained online and took to cynically live-blogging the game with her (at least the first few innings) on Facebook.
Among the highlights of the game (for me at least) was the Mets fan sitting in the first row behind home plate who, while wearing a vintage Keith Hernandez jersey, shouted and cheered quite loudly (loud enough to be heard on the broadcast) whenever a Mets batter came up to the box, and then would do a one man conga at every pitch, presumably to distract the Rockies pitcher. Kim remarked wisely that there seems to be at least one obnoxious Mets fan at every road game. Which is true, the camera does love an idiot.
Keith himself did not disappoint. He was in rare form and while criticizing David Wright’s batting stance, he used no less than five synonyms for David Wright’s ass. Butt, Behind, Rear-End, Fanny, and my personal favorite – Bahongus. I was waiting for heinie, keister, backside, and the old chestnut posterior but they had to go to commercial. This comes after last week’s discussion of David’s trim waist. It should all make for an interesting plane ride to Houston tonight. I just hope Keith doesn’t come off like that pilot in Airplane – “You ever been in a group shower Jimmy?”
As for the game itself… well, it was an interesting case of Pelfrey giveth and Pelfrey taketh away, only this time in reverse order. He first gave up a 2-0 lead when the Rockies tied 2-2 in the 2nd, but then knocked in two himself with a double putting the Mets back on top 4-2 in the 4th. Then he gave up a homer to Carlos Gonzalez, his first at Coors Field and third of the season. Incidentally, his first of the season came at Citi Field. And then it rained cats and dogs, and a member of the Rockies grounds crew got buried alive under the tarp.
In-between all that David Wright and Ike Davis collided and Ike went down in what appeared to be severe pain. It was severely painful to watch as well. The team’s two best players running towards each other, about to smash hundreds of pounds of pure muscle against each other, and all you can do at home is go – oh well, that figures. Hopefully Ike will be ok, and this will not be like Angel Pagan’s collision with Justin Turner that has caused him to miss nearly a month already. Kim’s comment on Justin Turner was that he looks like Jeff Daniels’ character Harry from Dumb and Dumber. And apparently acts like him too.
Add to that the recent news of starter Chris Young suffering a torn muscle in the same shoulder that he had surgery on last year and that he is now likely out for the rest of the season, and that he was one of the most effective starters on a dicey staff. It’s starting to look like 2009 all over again.
I didn’t stay up to see the rest of the game following the rain-delay. It was late here in the land of Eastern Standard Time, and thus far it had not been a very exciting game, just a comical one. This is the Met’s only other series with the Rockies this season so it’s good to know at the very least it won’t be a total sweep.
Today’s rubber game looks to be rained out, so maybe a day off will do everyone some good. I think I’ll catch up on my reading.
