As everybody knows by now the Mets were just swept by are hated rivals, the Yankees. I was embarrassed to be a Met fan this past weekend. I wasn’t embarrassed because of the lack of offense. I was embarrassed because of their lack of fundamentals. In the opening game of the series the Mets had three errors. Now three errors in a game is bad, but they had three errors in one inning! I mean...
Read MoreThat’s right, I’m not in a positive frame of mind. Yeah, something about looking like a sack of crap when playing the Skankees will do this to me. I just cannot let the last three games go, and I really was feeling like we might be able to muddle through until after the All-Star Break. Now, I feel chances are good to excellent that in an NL of mostly very mediocre teams we’re...
Read MoreBuffalo 3, Charlotte 7 cf Cory Sullivan 0 for 4, .279 lf Jesus Feliciano 2 for 4, run, .311 dh Chip Ambres 0 for 3, run, BB, K, .249 rf Emil Brown 3 for 4, run, HR, 3 RBI, .290 1b Mike Lamb 0 for 4, .224 3b Javier Castillo 1 for 4, .267 c Rene Rivera 0 for 2, BB, K, .236 ss Wilson Valdez 0 for 4, .188 2b Luis Rivera 0 for 3, K, .304 Lance Broadway 5 IP, 8 H, 7 ER, 2/1 BB/K, 6.80 era, L (1-5),...
Read MoreBreak out the champagne Mets fans, Oliver Perez pitched five scoreless innings this afternoon.. Oliver Perez started for the Class-A (short season) Brooklyn Cyclones today and beat the Hudson Valley Renegades Perez allowed no runs on two hits in five innings pitched. He walked one batter and struck out six while throwing 72 pitches. The Renegades lineup featured a half dozen players that...
Read MoreI guess this is a great example of that old adage, “the rich get richer and the poor get poorer”. The Cleveland Indians have traded infielder Mark DeRosa to the St. Louis Cardinals for reliever Chris Perez and a player to be named later. DeRosa was hitting .270 with 13 homers and 50 RBIs this season while playing several infield positions and outfield. DeRosa goes from the Indians,...
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