Category Archives: Mets 2009 Games

Mets Game 122: Win Over Phillies

Posted on August 21, 2009 by Joe Janish

Mets 4 Phillies 2 Take that, Cole Hamels! Who’s the “choke artist” now, huh? “Fighting for their lives”, as their fearless leader Jerry Manuel proclaimed afterward, the Mets pulled to within 13 1/2 games of the first place Phillies with … Continue reading →

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Mets Game 121: Loss to Braves

Posted on August 20, 2009 by Joe Janish

Braves 3 Mets 2 So strange to feel indifferent with Chipper Jones and the Braves in Flushing. I tried really hard to care about this game, but just couldn’t get anything going — much like the Mets offense. Kenshin Kawakami … Continue reading →

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Mets Game 120: Loss to Braves

Posted on August 19, 2009 by Joe Janish

Braves 15 Mets 2 It’s deja vu all over again … kind of. The Mets and Braves entered the twilight zone — or perhaps the George Costanza dimension known as The Opposite. One night after the Mets blasted the Braves … Continue reading →

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Mets Game 119: Win Over Braves

Posted on August 18, 2009 by Joe Janish

Mets 9 Braves 4 At least the Mets have the opportunity to play the role of spoiler. This game began like a typically bad Ollie outing — early on, they fell behind 4-0 and looked like they wouldn’t do much … Continue reading →

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Mets Game 118: Loss to Giants

Posted on August 18, 2009 by Joe Janish

Giants 10 Mets 1 Just when you thought things couldn’t possibly get worse … It wasn’t enough that David Wright was put on the DL with post-concussion syndrome– the last of the “core” to switch from the dugout to the … Continue reading →

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Mets Game 117: Win Over Giants

Posted on August 16, 2009 by Joe Janish

Mets 3 Giants 2 A Sunday afternoon crowd-pleaser for the Flushing faithful. Dan Murphy said “I spit on MetsToday!” and drove in the winning run in the bottom of the ninth to deliver an exhilirating walkoff win over the San … Continue reading →

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Mets Game 116: Loss to Giants

Posted on August 15, 2009 by Joe Janish

Giants 5 Mets 4 A suprisingly eventful game for what began as a lazy Saturday afternoon. With all the injuries happening around him, it seemed only a matter of time before David Wright was struck by physical harm — but … Continue reading →

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Mets Game 115: Win Over Giants

Posted on August 15, 2009 by Joe Janish

Mets 3 Giants 0 Admiral Farragut once said, “Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!” Bobby Parnell produced six stellar innings of 3-hit, shutout baseball, and the bullpen held up their end of the bargain to lead the Mets to their … Continue reading →

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