OK, kids, let's not get too upset about Jose Lima's outing on Friday. Yes, the Mets should have known better, and yes, there are probably four guys on the Norfolk roster who would have done better, but organizations almost always give chances to veteran players over rookies because of the experience factor. Lima was cut after the game, and while he vowed to return again, there's probably little chance of that. His final Mets numbers, if he doesn't come back, are 0-4, 9.87. So I ask you, Mets fans, was he the worst pitcher in Mets history? If not, who was?
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You could probably slap a Mets uniforms on a can of lima beans and get a better game than when José Lima takes the mound. As far as worst pitcher in Mets history, Al Jackson's 8-20 or Roger Craig's 10-24 records in 1962 are tough to beat. Despite his ineptitude, Lima was NOWHERE near those records for futility.
it's close, between him and Anthony Young
Al Jackson and Roger Craig's bad records were due to absolutely no run support on a horrible Met expansion team.
In the case of Lima with pitches having nothing on them at barely over 80 MPH speaks for itself.
He's in the big leagues strictly because of Minaya. Don't bet against him coming up from Norfolk again. The Mets could bring up an untested kid from Port St. Lucie and he could keep the team in the game longer than Lima.
Memo to Omar Minaya... please send Lima to Peru where he belongs with the rest of the Inca relics !
By no stretch of anybody's imagination should the Mets blow the lead they have but wouldn't it be weird if it got down to a one game playoff for the NL East crown and look back to the giveaway game of July 7th ? Yeah, the Lima mistake. They'd be enough woulda-coulda-shoulda to last until spring training of 2007 and beyond.
Totally forgot about Anthony Young. Can't imagine how. Yeah, he might take first place.
Mel Rojas era was pretty rough times
VICTOR ZAMBRANO. case closed.
Kenny Rogers. It looked like he could care less ...
Mickey Lolich -- traded Rusty Staub to get his 8 wins;
Pete Falcone -- it was "God's will" that he was terrible
Anthony Young -- 20 losses
Kevin Kobel -- nuff said
Nino Espinosa - the lean 70's.
Quite humorous that in Newsday's "Highs and Lows" for the Mets this year, Victor Zambrano's elbow injury is listed under a high for the season.