Turbo while you work .. and then COMPLAIN

[bojtun]

Bobo
boiler
Dmk
Dustin
FCBL
Jeremy
Krupa
Luckay
Mets
Neil
Raptor

2 of thes are wolves, 1 is a seer witout a N0 peek.

The goal is to win, but then, no matter who wins, tell everyone why they sucked in the postgame.

2:39 goot, 2:40 no goot.

Enjoy.

[dmk]

dustin is my 1. e4

[Jeremy517]

Dustin. Standard.

[metsandfinsfan]

In 1986, Ojeda was fantastic for the Mets almost from day one. Despite starting in the bullpen and then being only the fourth starter, he finished with an 18-5 record, 2.57 ERA (second-best in the league) and 148 strikeouts – all career-bests. He got through the fifth inning in all but two of his starts and allowed zero earned runs in eight different starts. His worst blemish was off the field when, on 1986-07-19, he and teammates Ron Darling, Rick Aguilera and Tim Teufel were arrested outside a bar in Houston, Texas for fighting with security guards (who were also off-duty police officers). All four were released in time for the following game and the worst results were $200 fines but the incident fed into the Mets' reputation as a rowdy crew that season.

The Mets cruised through the 1986 regular season building a double-digit lead before July that only widened in the second half of the season. They lost the first game to the Houston Astros in the 1986 National League Championship Series but Ojeda pitched a complete game to easily win Game 2. He also started Game 6 but quickly gave up three runs in the first inning. The Mets didn't recover until the ninth but won the game in an epic sixteen innings to earn a trip to the World Series. Coincidentally for Ojeda, the Mets' opponents in the World Series were Ojeda's old team, the Boston Red Sox.

The Mets had easily won their division with 108 wins – by far the most in the majors – and won the NLCS in six games. In contrast, the Red Sox won their division by only five-and-a-half games and then had to overcome a three-games-to-one deficit to squeak by the California Angels in the 1986 American League Championship Series. Despite the apparent disparity, the Red Sox shocked the Mets by winning the first two games of the World Series at Shea Stadium. With the Mets back in Boston staring at disaster, Bob Ojeda pitched in Game 3 and cruised to a Series-saving 7-1 victory.

When the Mets' ace, Dwight Gooden, again faltered in Game 5, they needed another big performance in Game 6. They turned to Ojeda again but, this time, he was less than perfect, giving up two early runs. The Mets recovered later to tie and Ojeda left the game with a no-decision. When the Red Sox scored again to take the lead, they turned to the pitcher they traded Ojeda for, Calvin Schiraldi, to close out the World Series. Instead, Schiraldi gave up the lead after just five batters. With another chance to close out the first Boston championship since 1918, Schiraldi let the tenth inning turn into the greatest comeback in World Series history and a legendary nightmare for Bill Buckner and the Red Sox.

Ojeda had surgery in May of 1987 and missed most of that season. He pitched well in 1988 but was involved in what some consider one of the most ridiculous accidents in baseball history when he severed the tip of his left middle finger while trimming his hedges in mid-September. After microsurgery to reattach his fingertip (and save his career), he missed the playoffs and the Mets lost the NLCS. Ojeda did not recover well, declining in 1989 and spending most of 1990 pitching out of the bullpen. After 1990, he was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Hubie Brooks.


[edit] End of career and tragedy
In his first season with the Dodgers, Ojeda pitched well as their only left-handed starter. He won an important game in the heat of a pennant race but the Dodgers lost three of their last four games and missed the playoffs. In 1992, his numbers sank some and he became a free agent after the season. (Oddly, Ojeda was the last left-handed pitcher to start for the Dodgers until five years later.) After six weeks as a free agent, he was signed by the Cleveland Indians.

The Indians were in Winter Haven for spring training on 1993-03-22 when Ojeda went on a boat ride with new teammates Steve Olin and Tim Crews. Crews was legally drunk and it was nearly dark when the boat struck a pier, killing Crews and Olin. It was the first death of active major league players since Thurman Munson in 1979. Ojeda suffered major head lacerations and sat out most of the season to recuperate – both physically and mentally. He attributed his slouch (in his seat) for saving his life. He returned late that season and had a respectable 4.40 ERA in 43 innings. [1]

Ojeda became a free agent after the 1993 season. He was signed by the New York Yankees for 1994 but pitched horribly in two games and was soon released. He retired as a player at age 36.


Post-retirement
Since retiring, Bob Ojeda was out of the public eye until 2001 when he was hired as the pitching coach for Mets A-level Brooklyn Cyclones. After two seasons in Brooklyn, he was promoted to be the pitching coach of the AA Binghamton Mets for 2003.

In 2003, the major league Mets were terrible resulting in pitching coach, Vern Ruhle, being fired. While searching for a new coach, Ojeda's name was mentioned as a possibility but the job ultimately went to Rick Peterson who was Mets' manager Art Howe's former coach with the Oakland Athletics. Not long after, Ojeda left the Mets, criticizing the organization as a whole but saying his unsuccessful candidacy for pitching coach was not a factor. [2]

In 2005, Ojeda was named the pitching coach for the Can-Am League's Worcester Tornadoes under Worcester manager and Ojeda's former batterymate, Rich Gedman, helping the team win the Can-Am championship in its first year. [3]

Bob Ojeda has a wife, a son and five daughters. [4]




vote bobo

[Neil S]

I have no idea what to make of poker hand histories in turbos.

[Boiler_bd]

omg a whole half hour. You are killing me here.

[DustinG]

i can complain about all the 70/30s I lose.

[censored] idiot calls for 1/3 his stack w/ A2s against my 99s

[BobOjedaFan]

i dont have time for half an hour rounds
dustin

[bojtun]

ok, 2:59 goot.. 3:00 no good.

Just kidding.

2:29 is good, 2:30 is NOT

[bojtun]

[ QUOTE ]
ok, 2:59 goot.. 3:00 no good.

Just kidding.

2:29 is good, 2:30 is NOT

[/ QUOTE ]

repeating so no one says they didn't see it.

2:29 is good. 2:30 is NOT

(this would be a good thing to criticise in the postgame)