Pedro Martinez: Coming Soon To A Ballpark Near You!
Monday’s rain-out in Philadelphia has been rescheduled as part of a day-night doubleheader on Friday, June 29. This game will be at 1:05 with a 7:05 game to follow. Sunday’s rain-out with the Nationals has been set for Saturday, July 28 at 12:10 p.m., also as the first game of a day-night doubleheader.
Speaking of doubleheaders, Mike and the Mad Dog were arguing with a caller the other day who was lamenting the fact that MLB does not schedule doubleheaders anymore. The Dog brought up some interesting points during his rant that actually had me siding with him. He said that back in the day, a ballgame was only 2 hours long, and given the fact that today's games run 3 hours or more, he didn't think anybody could actually sit through 7 hours of baseball when you consider the break in between games. I hate to say it, but he's probably right. I can't believe I actually agree with him... I guess hell finally froze over.
It looks like Pedro Martinez is doing a lot better than expected and could rejoin the Mets by the end of this month. The Mets are extremely pleased with his progress and now want to monitor him closely. Ever since he began throwing in spring training, he now has shown some pop to his fastball which has his trainers all smiles. The Mets are still reluctant in moving up his return date, but if he keeps making progress you can bet the Mets will get him back on the mound sooner rather than later.
Hey, you have to check out the photos of this die-hard Mets fan's house in Brooklyn. Now that's what I call being true to the "Orange and Blue!"
Baseball America wrote that Fernando Martinez is the best power hitter and average hitter in the Mets organization. They also said that Carlos Gomez was the fastest and also the best athlete! If you haven't already read their entire article, check it out. The future of the Mets is very bright and promising indeed!
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Comments
where you getting this info about pedro from?!? just the thought of him on the mound soon is amazin
Posted by: NYM | April 16, 2007 07:15 PM
Why not schedule double headers in September when the rosters expand?
Posted by: Derek C. | April 16, 2007 07:22 PM
end of the month?!!??!
say what?!?!
Posted by: Andrew V. | April 16, 2007 08:45 PM
Hi,
I first read the article in the NY Post.
http://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/mets/ny-spmnotes145170960apr14,0,5221149.story?coll=ny-mets-print
But then Peterson was being interviewed on SNY and he mentioned it as well.
Thanks for the comments!
Posted by: Joe D | April 16, 2007 09:37 PM
Wow Pedro! I can't freaking wait, its been forever!
Posted by: Kelly | April 17, 2007 10:15 AM
I tell you what, I can't WAIT to see Pedro on the mound. But, I hope they don't rush into it. I mean the end of the month sounds good and all, but I hope they let him rehab for a while and get used to facing some batters. It probably won't hurt to start him out and low A ball and work his way up. I just don't want them to rush into it and bad things come about. My son will be psyched too. At 3 years old he's the youngest and biggest Pedro fan there is.
Posted by: Matt Thompson | April 17, 2007 07:49 PM