According to Matt Cerrone and Adam Rubin, Omar Minaya could be getting phased out in favor of John Ricco who is currently the Assistant GM of the Mets. They also speculate that there could be a swap of roles where Omar slips into a player development role, while Ricco becomes the front man. I’m no longer a big fan of Omar, as readers of this site fully know, but if we are going to replace...
Read MoreLivan Hernandez started the second game of the series and, like most of his games, started off shaky. Livan, was not his usual inning eater self, as he only went 4 innings, giving up 5 runs, 3 walks, and struck out 5. Tim Redding did a nice job following Livan’s poor start. Redding pitched two scoreless innings. Pedro Feliciano didn’t have as much luck though, as he let in a run...
Read MoreI was watching the post game show after one of our many recent losses. You know the kind I’m referring to. The kind of loss where our lack of hitting turns marginal starters into Sandy Koufax. The kind of loss where a team who has not been hitting suddenly erupts and breaks out of their collective team slump against one of our pitchers A loss to a team who we would consider ‘inferior’ that now...
Read MoreA few weeks ago I made post here about legendary Met broadcaster Ralph Kiner. After reading the responses to that post, it was obvious that I had struck a nerve. No matter which team you happen follow, you establish a bond between yourself and the voices covering your team. With that in mind, today’s post is about broadcasters. As Met fans we are very lucky to have what I consider to be...
Read MoreINT AAA: Buffalo 8/11/0, Buffalo 6/14/1 2b Argenis Reyes 1 for 4, BB, K, .271 dh Andy Green 2 for 4, run, BB, .233 lf Nick Evans 2 for 5, 2b (9), .190 1b Mike Lamb 1 for 5, run, 2b, 2 RBI, K, .254 rf Jason Dubois 0 for 5, K, .100 cf Chip Ambres 3 for 5, run, 2b, RBI, .246 3b Javier Castillo 1 for 4, 2 runs, K, .251 c Robinson Cancel 1 for 3, RBI, K, .240 ss Wilson Valdez 3 for 4, 2b, RBI, .236...
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