 Saturday, September 23, 2006
Remember the Maine
"Remember the Maine!" was a rallying cry in the Spanish-American War of 1898. John Maine takes the mound for the Mets.
Linda laughs when I put on the I Love NY Mets bucket hat from the give away coming into Shea. I promptly put my regular Mets hat back on.
Bombero es la palabra del dia. Fireman is (Professor Reyes') Word of the Day.
No hitter through three on what should have been a strikeout with two outs became a double, then WP to third, a HBP, and walk to load the bases with Brian Schneider coming to bat. Schneider was walked to score the first run. Nook Logan flies out to Reyes in left to thankfully end the inning.
David Wright flies out and the Mets don't score as the Tank went to the restroom. The superstition didn't work.
Bases loaded and 3-2 in the fifth as Kearns is walked so the Nats lead 2-0. Vidro singled in two runs but the runner was tagged out by DW at third.
Linda nor I could identify the song in the Mets video. No, it wasn't an 80s song or "Meet the Mets".
Steve's favorite acquisition Shawn Green doubles to center. Lastings Milledge singles Green in, 4-1. Meeting at the mound. Woodward singles to left as Milledge advances to third and Woodward to second. Valentin pinch hits for Maine but is called out on an inside pitch. Steve's MVP singles Milledge home, 4-2. Woodward to third. Chavez singles Woodward home so 4-3. LoDuca flies out to right-center. Double steal on the 2-1 count to DW who hits a bomb to left to give the Mets a 6-4 lead.
Franco and Green single while Linda and I discuss the best James Bond. We agree on Sean Connery is the best James Bond but looking forward to Daniel Craig as the next James Bond. Milledge flies out to left to end the fifth. Mets lead 6-4.
In the top of the seventh, a foul ball lands a couple of sections over from Linda and me. She's like you almost caught it. Yeah, almost. One of these days, years, or lifetimes. 
Soriano hits a solo shot with one out in the seven to close the game to 6-5.
Get up and stretch! The Mets lead 6-5.
DW hit an infield single to open the 8th. Franco sacrifices him to second. The Nats almost turn two to end the inning but the ball is dropped on the transfer. First and third and Woodward single home a run, 7-5. Michael Tucker pinch hits for Mota. Tucker is walked to load the bases for Profesor Reyes. Reyes doubles to center to score two runs, 9-5. Chavez grounds out to end the inning.
Aaron Heilman pitches to open the eighth.
Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline" is the XM Satellite Radio Eighth inning song. This song helped propel the Tank into the "Antarctica Idol" finals in March 2005.
As I go to the rest room, Lo Duca hits a home run, 10-5. DW gets to third after a collision in right field. In light of Mike Cameron's and Carlos Beltran's collision last season, the Mets rightfully don't replay the collision. Out comes the wheeled strecher for tough luck injured prone 1B Nick Johnson whose right leg is immobilized. Austin Kearns was also involved in the collision and is substituted.
Franco hits a ground rule double to drive home DW, 11-5. Franco advances to third after the SS Zimmerman supposedly made the catch in the stands. Milledge doubles home Franco, 12-5.
#1 Anderson Hernandez comes to the plate with a drunk guy chanting "MVP" even though he is hitting .143.
45,247 is the paid attendance.
Billy Wagner comes the game to get some work but no "Enter Sandman". Maybe because it isn't a save situation. A young boy sitting with his parents across the aisle from me sees my Blackberry and I try to explain mobile e-mail to him.
Woodward makes a nice play to keep the runner at second who eventually scores on the force, 12-6. Soriano singles to center with two outs. Castro singles to center. Lombard is up with runners at first and third and strikes out.
Bachman Turner Overdrive's "Takin' Care of Business" blares on the speakers as the Mets win 12-6. Professor Reyes and DW were the players of the game because they each had three RBIs and hits. Maine gets the win.
Posted by The Tank live from Shea.
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