The Mets have yet to make a decision regarding Mike Pelfrey and his upcoming start on Sunday. Pelfrey said yesterday, that he wants to pitch and that he’s not concerned about the forearm. Jerry Manuel remains non-committal either way, and most have surmised that the decision has already been made to skip his start on Sunday. Until an official announcement is made, it still can go either way.
Can somebody please assure me that I will not see anymore home games where a so-called Met fan interferes with the game and potentially snatches victory away from the Mets? I was so pissed off that we didn’t score on that play in the 4th inning when Murphy lined a basehit with Reyes on base and almost certain to score, all because some idiot wanted a free ten dollar baseball. I hope he is banned from Citi Field for life as one of our commenters suggested this morning.
Jerry Manuel searched out Daniel Murphy yesterday and reassured him that the leftfield job is still his despite the recent flubs in the field. One of those miscues resulted directly in a loss during Johan Santana’s last start. My guess is that as long as he keeps hitting, he’ll be out there. I do wonder if that off season experiment when Murphy played second base will come into play at some point? He might be better suited as an infielder than an outfielder.
Brian Schneider will be out of the lineup again today so he can continue to rest his sore leg and back. Last night, Ramon Castro provided some much needed offense from the catchers position where Schneider was batting .148.
Willie Randolph will be on the field tonight as the third base coach for the Brew Crew. It will be his first time facing the Mets since he got the 3:00 AM hatchet job in Los Angeles last year. Jerry Manuel says he looks forward to seeing him. Yeah, that’s like Clemens saying he looks forward to seeing Mike Piazza at the HOF ceremonies.
I truly hope that Willie gets a nice reaction from the crowd. Though I do think Willie had to be fired, he got ranked on way too much. He’s a good guy, and he did what he thought was best for the team. He took us through a great year in ’06, and I’ll always have respect for him. I will be very disappointed if the majority boos him.
If the fan had not interfered with the play.. the game might have gone into extra innings.. I’m STILL fuming!
That jerkoff screwed us. Reyes would have easily scored.
I’ve come to the conclusion that Brian Schneider is one of the worst players in the major leagues. He doesn’t even do what he’s supposed to do well (defense) all that well. And he can’t hit a lick.
Isn’t Willie the bench coach and not the 3rd base coach?
Yeah that’s what I was thinking too. But in any case, it will be interesting to see what kind of reaction he gets from the crowd. The situation kinda makes me think as a New York Rangers fan as well with Tom Renney. Renney was a great head coach that helped a basement dwelling Rangers team become one of the better teams in the NHL, where Willie seemed to do something similar with the Mets. Thing is, after a while, the team wasn’t right for Tom Renney anymore, just like maybe the Mets weren’t the right team for Willie anymore.
But apart from that, I’m actually glad I was sitting on the 1st base side last night, that way I wasn’t close enough to the idiot fan to give him an ear full…
Hopefully, no more fan interference when the Mets play against the Brews tonight. That was irritating.
I’m sure they’ll boo him. And I thought he was the Bench Coach as well. Maybe just a little mistake unless the Brewers moved him.
Joe – It has suddenly occured to me that there will be no Home Team advantage for the Mets all season long. Nobody knows exactly how that new Citi Field will play including the Mets.
I think there will be home field advantage this year, but it’s like Jerry has said more than once it won’t be until June or July that everyone gets acclimated with the new park.
Pelf has said he hadn’t felt “normal” since Spring Training started, why wasn’t his arm checked out before the season started?