Game 1: Mets vs. Marlins - LIVE BLOG!

7:03pm - Pregame:
Well here we are folks, the time we've all been waiting for, Opening Day.  Low Expectations and high hopes.  Thanks for joining us as we watch the first game of the season.  Since it's Friday night and happy hour here on the east coast, we'll be pouring you at least one shot of Mets Kool-Aid every half inning.  Please feel free to comment along below.  We'll check back in after the top of the first.  Drink it up and Let's Go Mets!!!!

7:25pm - Mid 1st:
No hits or runs in the first, but you gotta like how the first two Met hitters worked the count.  Didn't see much of that last year.

7:39pm - End 1st:
Well, one more Mets game without a no-no.  A few too many pitches by Pelf, but the game is decided on runs, not hits or base runners.  How do I see it?  One inning down in the 2011 season, and no runs surrendered.  Let's see what the return of Carlos Beltran gives us - my guess is something awesome.

7:49pm - Top 2nd:
Ike Davis, first base runner of the season!  An Emaus RBI would have been nice, but hey, at least he's not Luis Castillo.

7:56pm - End 2nd:
The end of the second welcomes the first comment to the comments section.  It seems TKL Research will be this season's Giuseppe Franco.  I wonder if the TKL Research money goes right to the Wilpon defense fund.  Either way, we got a 1-2-3 inning for the first time in 2011.  Let's get a run here.  I'm going to take a shot if we get a run and I encourage you to do the same. What do you guys think of Josh Thole? Let's Go Mets.

8:09pm - End 3rd:
Sorry about that, we missed a half inning to go post our URL everywhere.  We're almost to 100 visits for today, so tell your friends.  Johan Pelfrey seems to be on the mound throwing up 0's like an ace should.  I love it.  Headed into the middle part of the lineup.  Did you know David Wright has multiple opening day homers in his career?  Let's Go Mets.

8:18pm - Mid 3rd:
I will go out on a limb and say that if the Mets get no hit today, they will win the World Series

Also, Dan Warthen looks like an old Big Bird

8:31pm - First Run of the Year Given Up - Bottom 4:
Oh yeah, I forgot about this.  Wouldn't it be weird if after giving up a grand slam that Mike Pelfrey looked into the camera at 3rd base and made a weird Jim Halpert look?  4 runs isn't impossible to overcome.  What if we come back?  Ya Gotta Believe?

8:38pm - Mid 5th:
Ummm.  Only 3 hits have been given up here.  That's not too bad.  Is it possible the outcome of this game is causing the pizza we just ate to taste bad?  Something good needs to happen here.  Let's Go Mets.

8:47 - Bot 5th:
This call to the bullpen is brought to you by....the Fred Wilpon Help Me Afford a Baseball Team Foundation.

9:06pm - End 6th:
Pedro Beato with the 1-2-3 inning.  And you don't talk about a no hitter if you're superstitious, so guess what, Johnson is throwing a no hitter here.

And it worked.

Carlos Beltran, standing on second.  His knee is still between 2nd and 3rd.  Big RBI double!!!!!

9:23pm - Mid 7th:
Great inning there.  First runs of the year.  Not sure how I feel about one of our top bench players having a .170 avg as a pinch hitter.  But we saw RBIs from Beltran and Ike there.  If the Mets are going to win this year, that's going to have to happen a lot more.  That last at bat would have tied the game with a homer.  This is not impossible.  And remember, we're not going to be facing Josh Johnson everyday.

9:37pm - Top 8th:
Boyer and Beato looked pretty good.  If they can bridge the gap to K-Rod and our starters don't give up grand slams, the Mets will be alright.

9:56pm - End 8th
I kid you not, someone just put on Rock and Roll Pt 2 here.  I just switched to a rally cap.  3 more outs to go.  Or a whole season.

10:04pm - Game
This is why they play 162 games.  Remember, the last 5 years, the Mets have won on Opening Day.  And the last 5 years, we've been disappointed.  Takeaways include Willie Harris having a good game, Beltran hopefully making a nice comeback, and there's always tomorrow.  Thanks to everyone who followed along.  We'll have to do this again.  See you soon.