Apr
19
2011

Hairston Starting In Left, Not Harris

An article by Clayton Collier

In an error on the Mets emailing list, it stated that Willie Harris would have the start for the series opener versus LHP Wandy Rodriguez. This is not the case, Scott Hairston will get the start versus the Dominican hurler.

At first this did not make sense because Hairston is an absolute monster versus Rodriguez. Hairston in his career has a .545 average (6-11) with two homers and three RBIs when facing the 32-year old southpaw.

Hopefully Hairston’s prior success versus Rodriguez can generate some offense to get the Mets back on track. Offense should not be a problem tonight though, considering Reyes is swinging a hot bat and Wright will be facing a lefty.

About the Author: Clayton Collier

Clayton, a Long Island native and die-hard Mets fan, started writing online about three years ago. He is currently a Journalism major with a minor in Broadcasting at Seton Hall University. Although very disappointed with the current state of the team, Clayton remains hopeful that the young prospects in the farm system will bring the Mets back to a respected franchise in baseball once again. Besides writing for MMO, Clayton is also a staff member at 89.5 WSOU, Seton Hall's modern active rock radio station. You can contact Clayton by following him on Twitter: @Clayton_Collier or E-mailing him at MaybeNextYearMets@yahoo.com

5 Comments + Add Comment

Des April 19, 2011 at 5:35 pm

Let’s continue our winning streak of one game!!!

It’s great to have a streak.
Pete April 19, 2011 at 9:04 pm

Hairston looks like Dave Kingman playing LF. Hands of stone.
- Clayton Collier April 19, 2011 at 9:22 pm
  
  Haha yea great play in left huh?
Metstheory22 April 20, 2011 at 9:59 am

This is why bench players are bench players. Once a week is fine with pinch-hitting in between. Hairston and Harris should be coming off the bench, not playing everyday.
- Clayton Collier April 20, 2011 at 12:38 pm
  
  I agree to an extent. but to be fair Harris has been doing a pretty nice job.

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