August 15, 2004
Diamondbacks 2 Mets 0
Sunday Afternoon
Shea Stadium
With Marc
Marc stepped in at the last moment on a Sunday morning when Lady Hong couldn’t wake up.
Randy Johnson was absolutely dominant- 8 1/3 shutout innings with 14 strikeouts. This warmed Balgavy’s heart since his fantasy team “Parking Garage” needed a boost so he could continue to withstand the onslaught of Chris Larry’s “Carroll St. Draft Day Bandits.” It is really strange to be able to talk to Marc for hours on end about baseball.
The Mets didn’t appreciate Johnson staring them down after striking them out. Todd Zeile and Johnson almost get into some fisticuffs. If nothing else, this argument got the Mets fans pumped up and booed Johnson lustily every chance they got the rest of the game. When he was taken out in the 9th, Johnson left to much booing. Always the gentleman, Johnson doffed his cap to the crowd. This gesture silenced the crowd. People didn’t know how to react. It was hilarious. After the game, Zeile said, "After all the strikeouts, he's got, 4,000 and something, he doesn't need to do that. Johnson said, "We were just battling.''
Other than that, the most exciting thing was to see Art Howe show a pulse upon being thrown out of the game for arguing a call when Mike Cameron was called out on an attempted steal of third.
Posted by dan at August 15, 2004 12:23 AMman this Mets season got boring in a hurry didn't it? and it doesn't look like 2005 is going to get much better. speaking of which, is Duquette no longer a Mets employee at all? or is he just working under Minaya now? i'm a bit confused as to what exactly happened there.
Posted by: jamie at November 29, 2004 12:44 PMhe's working under minaya these days.
what are you talking about? sosa and pedro will at least be quite entertaining in 2005!
Posted by: dan at November 29, 2004 03:00 PM