Mets righty calls Nats 'softball girls' after loss

Nelson Figueroa should consider pitching underhanded to the Nationals, if there is a next time for him.

Here it is, girls, go ahead and hit it.

"They were cheerleading in the dugout like a bunch of softball girls," the beleaguered Mets right-hander said after getting stomped in a 10-4 loss to the Nationals last night. "If that's what a last-place team needs to do to fire themselves up, so be it. They need to show a little more class and professionalism."

Lastings Milledge, the former Met who was vilified for such exuberant behavior during his two seasons here, had another take.

"Well, what are we supposed to do?" Milledge said. "We're not going to cater to him or anybody else, so whatever. If you don't like it, you've just got to deal with it."

Though Milledge wasn't singled out by Figueroa, the Shea faithful now have one more reason to boo him for the remainder of this four-game series. And the Mets would appear to have a National enemy.

"They won tonight, but in the long run they are still who they are," Figueroa said. "Even for the manager and the coaching staff to let that stuff carry on, it's truly unprofessional."

Milledge admitted to making hand gestures on second base after pounding a two-run double in the sixth inning against Jorge Sosa. It's believed that Nationals outfielder Elijah Dukes was among the chief instigators from the dugout.

Of course, if Figueroa could have gotten a few people out last night, he might not have heard a peep from the "softball girls."

Figueroa was the Mets' Cinderella story in April, but don't look now: The clock may have struck midnight.

Actually, if Figueroa were allowed to keep going last night, the game might have lasted until midnight.

It took Figueroa a mere 108 pitches to complete five innings, with the Nationals just as content to walk or take one for the team as they were to swing the bat against the erratic Figueroa.

Milledge got the last laugh, drilling a two-run double in the sixth against Sosa - perhaps the final chapter in what has been a disappointing season for the veteran right-hander.

The Mets will have roster decisions to make in the coming days, and Sosa (7.06 ERA) has to be considered an option for removal, even with his $2 million salary.

The journeyman Figueroa may have put himself in that same boat by allowing six runs, four of them earned, on five hits, five walks and two hit batters over five innings. Figueroa (2-3) has been bludgeoned in his last two starts, raising his ERA to 5.12 after finishing April at 4.08.

Sosa's one inning of work consisted of four earned runs allowed on four hits and two walks.

Any chance Figueroa had at escaping with a respectable line disappeared in the fifth, when the Nationals scored three runs against him and extended their lead to 6-3.

The Mets showed some offensive spark, collecting 12 hits, but never got the big inning they needed against Odalis Perez (1-3). Damion Easley, starting at second for Luis Castillo (strained left quadriceps), and David Wright both hit solo homers.

"It was one of those nights nothing seemed to go right on both sides of the ball for us," Figueroa said. "At times it seemed like every pitch wasn't working. I literally tried to throw balls down the middle, just to let them hit it, and when they did, they fouled off six or seven pitches in a row."

Next time, pitch underhanded.
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I dunno, I didn't have a problem with the Nats having some fun. Why is it that as soon as someone tries out some FUN in sports, some idiot calls them out for being 'classless' or 'disrespecting the game'? News to losers...as fans, WE LIKE FUN.

waaa waaa

sore looser.

Just an example of a losing pitcher trying to blame everyone else. He being a crybaby cuz he lost.

So what, when they are playing well, they should all just sit there and stare at the floor? They shouldn't cheer when they do well? Perhaps Figeroa should pitch better, maybe make it to the 5th innings and worry about why he got shelled by a "bad team" before crying about them cheering. Maybe he should worry more about Reyes doing a 30 minute handshake when he scores a run when his team is down by 10 runs in the 9th before how a winning team acts.

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So what, when they are playing well, they should all just sit there and stare at the floor? They shouldn't cheer when they do well? Perhaps Figeroa should pitch better, maybe make it to the 5th innings and worry about why he got shelled by a "bad team" before crying about them cheering. Maybe he should worry more about Reyes doing a 30 minute handshake when he scores a run when his team is down by 10 runs in the 9th before how a winning team acts.

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lmao:)

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Originally Posted by yankee hater

People can do what they want, but seriously, to act like fruitcakes and expect no one to call them on it is a little absurd.

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Just like Figeroa should expected to be called a sore loser for complaining about the team that just beat him

They can celebrate how the dame they like, 108 pitches to get through 5 innings, LOL. Maybe he should go back to throwing underarm, may get a few more strikes that way.

If the Nats want to carry on, let them. He's just a sore loser. Maybe he SHOULD try pitching underhand, then maybe he can get some outs.

I'm sorry, but as I've already stated, they were having fun. Anyone who would complain about fun is quite simply beyond help. Sports are supposed to be FUN for the fans, yet everyone involved in them seems to forget that part entirely.

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I'm sorry, but as I've already stated, they were having fun. Anyone who would complain about fun is quite simply beyond help. Sports are supposed to be FUN for the fans, yet everyone involved in them seems to forget that part entirely.

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:)

It doesn't matter anymore as he was designated for assignment today.

lol

Lol!

Well, there ya go...I fully support the Mets release of a whining, crappy pitcher. :D

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Maybe he should worry more about Reyes doing a 30 minute handshake when he scores a run when his team is down by 10 runs in the 9th before how a winning team acts.

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Heh... yep, when I read this story my thought was... "What? A player on the Mets is complaining about excessive celebration and showboating??!?"

Kind of ironic. Or moronic, or something.

LMAO designated for assignment. Figueroa = OWNED.

I think yankee_hater is still bitter about last years Mets choke, you'd think he'd get used to it by now.

I will LAUGH if Nelson winds up on the Nationals (well, he'd probably be the ace of their rotation)

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I will LAUGH if Nelson winds up on the Nationals (well, he'd probably be the ace of their rotation)

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Wouldn't surprise me a bit. And Bowden will probably give up Ryan Zimmerman to get him. Why not join Church, Chavez, Schneider and the rest of the Nats. My fantasy is coming true. The Nats have a shot at the playoffs. Problem is they'll be wearing Mets uniforms.

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I fully support people calling the Nationals a crapola team that won't find that many oppurtunities to act like prepubescent girls.

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Okay, I'm legitimately curious...what was it about what the Nats did that offended you so badly?

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People can do what they want, but seriously, to act like fruitcakes and expect no one to call them on it is a little absurd.

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agree.

Notice John Maine beaned the leadoff batter with his first pitch the next day.

gee what a surprise ! :D

Our travel baseball team opponents know better than this guy

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It doesn't matter anymore as the Nationals still blow donkey balls.

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Can't say I understand the logic of posting a link to a nonexistent page as a retort...?

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Can't say I understand the logic of posting a link to a nonexistent page as a retort...?

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The link had an extra http appended to it. It's just a link to the mlb standings.

Yea, I tried to fix the one in YH's post earlier, but it looks ok in the actual post. *shrug*

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Yea, I tried to fix the one in YH's post earlier, but it looks ok in the actual post. *shrug*

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I just editted it, he had:

[URL="http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/standings/index.jsp']It doesn't matter anymore as the Nationals still blow donkey balls.[/url]

Notice how the url had double quotes in the beginning and a single quote at the end? That caused the problem.

Just an FYI for everybody, you don't need the quotes to post links. Simply putting the URL after the equal sign will work.

ah hah!

That's what I looked at earlier, but I didn't notice the single quote mark at the end.
hehe

:rolleyes:

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Oh noes, I typoed. Sue me.

Actually, I've been issued infractions and bannings for less than what you did just now.

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You're basically incapable of detecting sarcasm and humor, aren't you? Good grief man, I WAS KIDDING AROUND! I have to say, you MIGHT find you get in fewer arguments with people online if you stop taking every single thing so literally.

Why do you hate the Nats so much then? If you're not a Mets fan then what are your reasons? Or do you just think you're cool because you say a team 'sucks donkey balls'.

Lol