Month: August 2007

Pedro Martinez Will Start Monday Against The Reds!

It took what seemed like an eternity, but Pedro Martinez is finally back!He is slated to start on Monday unless he feels sluggish tomorrow after todays bullpen session.Pedro said "If my arm doesn’t fall off, I will pitch on Monday." he also said "I miss my teammates, I can’t stand to be one more day without my team."He had a very impressive bullpen session that...

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Mets Are Paying For A Bullpen That Was Misconceived From The Start

When Willie Randolph has Rick Peterson make a call to the bullpen, it has become a vicious game of "Choose Your Poison."It’s like playing "Russian Roulette" with six bullets in your six shooter."Omar Minaya and Willie Randolph have to assume the blame." That is what Ed Coleman from WFAN had to say.It was a poorly constructed bullpen that began when Omar...

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What Are Mets Fans Thinking This Morning?

I thought I would share some of our recent comments and emails with you. None of it may mean much, but it does show the level of anxiety shared by most Mets fans this morning. Not a good week so far for our Mets. I am not happy with Willie Randolph for sending Wagner out for a second inning. He had already given up a homerun in the 8th. Instead I would have went to Heilman in the 9th....

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Just Looking for a Way to Blow Off Some Steam

After the Mets (and our) recent nightmare yesterday, many thoughts raced through my mind as to what my blog should be about today. I would really like to stay cheery and positive, but it would just feel like I’m being phony. So I have decided to go the route of a “fake it till you make it” attitude and just do something completely random and nonsensical…which happens to...

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Episode III – The Umpire Strikes Back

The "Force" was clearly not with the Mets last night as they lost their third straight game in this series and their fourth straight overall.The umpires have been a big factor in each game, and clearly, the majority of the calls have gone against the Mets.Last night’s call by second base umpire, CB Bucknor, kept the Mets from scoring the tying run and snuffed out a would-be...

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