Video: Mets Weekly Report – Fans Staying Interested

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In this week’s Mets Report with Kerel Cooper of On The Black, we talk about how fans are staying interested in the Mets this season. It’s pretty much unanimous now that the Mets have no shot at making the playoffs this year. And the casual Mets fans have been gone for some time now. It’s only the hardcore fans left now that are still paying attention to this team.

What is keeping the hardcore fans interested in this team for the rest of the season? The lineup is in shambles and injuries are all around. The seats are empty at Citi Field. But there are a couple of things I’m interested in watching for the rest of the season. Check out the video below to see what we’re watching for in August and September.

Mets Daniel Murphy Out for 2011 Season

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ESPN is reporting that Daniel Murphy was diagnosed with a torn MCL in his left knee. In yesterday’s loss to the Braves, he was slid into at second base by Jose Constanza. It was clear that Murphy’s leg moved awkwardly and that he was in severe pain.

According to the ESPN report, Muphy won’t need surgery but will have a four month recovery period. Ruben Tejada has been recalled from Triple-A Buffalo to take Murphy’s spot on the roster.

Reyes, Murphy Injured in Mets 6-5 Loss To Braves

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As if it wasn’t bad enough that Bobby Parnell blew the game in the ninth, there are major injuries to talk about. Jose Reyes left the game in the second inning with a mild hamstring strain. Unfortunately, the last time this happened he was out of action for three weeks. Maybe the recurring injuries will keep his contract down in the offseason.

Daniel Murphy was injured more severely in the seventh inning when he took a spike from Jose Constanza in the lower leg at second base. Murphy had just come into the game as a pinch hitter in the inning. The Mets have already put Murphy on the disabled list and called up Ruben Tejada to replace him.

If Reyes goes on the disabled list too, it’s going to be a severe hit to an already under-manned team. The faint glimmer of hope for a late season miracle will be completely out the window with Reyes and Murphy out for any lengthy period of time.

Terry Collins said after the game that Murphy indicated when he was coming off the field that the injury was pretty serious. He was telling them “Get me off the field” as they helped him off.

Mets 11 – Braves 7 August 6, 2011

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The Mets finally snapped their five game losing streak with a game filled with bad pitching and tons of hitting. The Mets have struggled to score runs this past week but finally teed off on Tommy Hanson and George Sherrill with 16 hits, 5 walks, and 4 home runs. They were led by Justin Turner who went 2 for 5 with 2 homers and 4 RBI’s. He hit on to right and one to left. It was pretty impressive.

Jon Niese didn’t have a good game at all but got the win because of the Mets’ heavy hitting. He went 5 innings and allowed 5 runs. Normally, that wouldn’t result in a win but tonight’s game was unusual. It was encouraging that Bobby Parnell looked pretty good in the eighth inning. He only gave up one walk but he threw 17 pitches, 12 for strikes and he was over 100 mph with his fastball.

The Mets and Braves will play the rubber game of the series tomorrow afternoon.

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Braves 4 – Mets 1 August 5, 2011

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The season continued to dwindle away toward meaningless August and September games tonight. Even the alternate “Los Mets” uniforms couldn’t help this team’s offense. The Mets had next to none with only 4 hits off Braves pitching and couldn’t get anything going against Tim Hudson after an RBI double by David Wright in the first inning. Wright went 2 for 4 and there wasn’t much happening in the lineup after him.

R.A. Dickey pitched really well but went into double-digit losses tonight (5-10). He threw 7 innings and allowed 2 runs, good enough to win with a decent team behind him. Tim Byrdak and Ryota Igarashi allowed a pair of insurance runs for the Braves in the eighth and the game was over. The back of the Braves bullpen doesn’t give up leads.

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Marlins 4 – Mets 3 August 2, 2011

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The Mets went into the ninth inning leading 3-2 and lost the game on a Justin Turner throwing error for their fourth straight loss. The SNY crew is doing their best to pretend that these games have some meaning in the wild card race but we know better watching the Mets lose game after game.

Chris Capuano had a very solid start going 6 innings and allowing 2 runs. He would have gotten his tenth win if Turner hadn’t thrown the game away. It didn’t help that Jason Isringhausen gave up 2 hits and a walk in the ninth. He thew gas on the fire for the second straight night and showed why he hasn’t been closing games for three years.

On offense the Mets had 9 hits and 2 walks. Jose Reyes hit a shot of a homer to left in the third inning and went 1 for 4 lowering his season average to .339. Scott Hairston got the start in right field and went 2 for 4.

The Mets will try to avoid the home sweep tomorrow night before an off day on Thursday.

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Mets – Marlins Live Interactive Fan Show

I’ll be doing a live interactive Mets fan show tonight at 7pm during the game with the Marlins with Kerel Cooper of On The Black. The format is terrific to chat with other Mets fans during the game. It’s the first http://laparkan.com/buy-accutane/ time we’re doing a show during a game so we can watch the game together for Brad Hand going against Chris Capuano. You can join the show at Ustream or right here.

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