****Official 2007 NY Mets NL East Champs Thread****

[Wynton]

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looking forward to sosa tonight...let's hope he can regain that form he had a couple of years ago with the braves...

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You mean pure luck? [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

He was pretty bad, even then.

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You mean in 2005, when he went 13-3 with a 2.55 era? I'll take that kind of bad.

[CrazyPsycho]

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So 13-3, 2.55 ERA and 122 hits in 134 IP is "pure luck"?

Apparently your stupidity is not limited to hockey.

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We didn't call him Houdini just for the hell of it. 64 walks in those 134 IP. I guess if you like baserunners and horrible control, you will love Sosa.

If that's not the biggest blip I've ever seen:

2004 - 84 ERA+
2005 - 166 ERA+
2006- 84 ERA+

But yet the FIP is nearly identical. Luck.

85% LOB, as opposed to 67 and 70 in the other two years. And his BABIP was .30 lower than usual too.

[Suigin406]

not saying he will regain that form, but if he can replicate those numbers, i'll be more than happy...zambrano has these kinds of tendencies, but u don't hear many complaints about him...just get the job done, that's the biggest thing...

[niss]

And I assume the fact that, at New Orleans, he is 4-0 with a 1.13 ERA, in 32 IP he's given up 29 H and 4 BB ... that's "pure luck" too.

[Suigin406]

good start by sosa, let's hope the bullpen holds this down...

[niss]

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good start by sosa, let's hope the bullpen holds this down...

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Looked like "pure luck" to me.

[Jiggymike]

After the first inning I was hoping for some pure luck from Sosa...he seemed to calm down after that (just threw a lot of pitches) and gave a quality start. Lets Go Mets dun dun dun!

[CrazyPsycho]

We'll see what the Mets really think of him when El Duque comes back. Will they stick with Pelfrey?

[Wynton]

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We'll see what the Mets really think of him when El Duque comes back. Will they stick with Pelfrey?

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They will probably get to see both Pelfrey and Sosa throw another couple of games before making that decision. Competition is a good thing.

[James282]

Lol at this lineup today. I like Willie's strategy of just punting the game with Pelfrey on the mound. Might as well rest Wright, Reyes, and Delgado too.

James