Current Record: 28-21
May Record: 19-9
GB (NL East): 0.5 (Philadelphia)
GB (Wildcard): 1 (St. Louis)
1) I’ve decided that one Citi Field feature I dislike is the 16-foot wall in left field. While it managed to steal four home runs from various right-handed Marlins over a three game series, it pretty much destroyed any chance of fun [...]
Scores are for the final game of the series. I stopped doing this because I thought I was jinxing the team.
1) I can’t tell you how refreshing it was to see the Mets fans taking a huge chunk of Fenway Park. The Red Sox fans do this everywhere and it was awesome to [...]
Current Record: 10-13.
GB (NL East): 3.5 (Florida)
GB (Wildcard): 2.5 (St. Louis)
1) Jerry Manuel was starting to grow on me. His smallball approach wasn’t to the extreme like Willie Randolph’s. Willie would have Luis Castillo sac-bunt Jose Reyes over in the first inning. Recently, though, he’s been showing truly frustrating tendencies. [...]
Watching Game 11 (the 1-0 win over the Brewers) finally made me realize that it’s a new year. Watching Putz and K-Rod put away a 1-0 with no drama and no roller coaster was amazing. I’d forgotten what that could be like.
1) Nelson Figureoa vs. Jeff Suppan has the chance to be the [...]
1) I am so happy they’ve continued to improve the subway service from Manhattan to the ballpark. The terrible, 6 turnstiles through a stupid iron tower choke-point is gone, replaced with a huge staircase leading up to something like 20 turnstiles. On top of that, they’ve kept the post-game “Super Express” service that [...]
1) I’m absurdly happy to see Daniel Murphy get the 2-hole over Luis Castillo. I totally agree that Castillo should be given the chance to earn his way up in the line-up but if you’re going to convince the world that Murphy is the answer to Manny Ramirez, put him up in the [...]
OK, yesterday was a free day. Lots of jet lag and too much drama. Let’s get back to work.
Tale of the Tape:
NYM
34-36 (tied for 3rd)
6.5 games behind the Phillies for the NL East.
7.0 games behind the Cardinals for the Wild Card.
Streak: L1
Series: Split 1-1
LAA
43-29 (1st in AL East)
W1
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1) Reyes scoring in the first [...]
I think Omar Minaya took a bold step.
Omar was right. The management cloud over the organization was getting ridiculous. It was hanging over the players, dominating the media, and was a daily distraction. Today Minaya took steps to remove that distraction.
To his peril.
Now that the manager has been removed the daily distraction [...]
The Mets had the benefit of a six-hour flight following the doubleheader yesterday without a travel day. Our Heroes take the mound against
The Mets are 33-35, 6.5 games behind the Phillies for the NL East and 7.5 games behind the Cardinals for the Wildcard. They are still closer to the NL East [...]
The Mets are 32-35, 7.5 games behind the Phillies for the NL East and 7.5 games behind the Cardinals for the Wildcard. They are still closer to the NL East toilet (5.5 games) then they are to the top. This is the third of three and the rubber match against the 35-35 Texas Rangers [...]
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