Whenever I can’t sleep, or wake up much too early – I turn to WFAN and the voice of the night, Tony Paige. The soft sound of that calming voice helps every time. Last night, one of the topics was Jose Reyes and the fact that he has never learned to bunt. Tony’s suggestion is to make him learn, put him back in the leadoff position, let him get on base and become the other...
Read MoreThe 18-16 Mets currently find themselves in third place, two and a half games behind the first place Philadelphia Phillies. Back in March, while the Mets were getting ready to close out Port St. Lucie and head north for Opening Day, I felt that the Mets stood a good chance of going to the post season so long as they did three things. The first was to get productive seasons from two out of Oliver...
Read MoreSo I sat down with the intention of writing an article about Jose Reyes. I wanted to discuss how high my expectations where of him and how he never became the player everyone expected him too and probably never will. I looked at some statistical analysis and I have to say….I was a bit surprised. Jose hasn’t been nearly as disappointing as I expected. I think the main problem is that after his...
Read MoreOn a rainy day at Citi Field, Mike Pelfrey matched Craig Stammen but K-Rod couldn’t keep the Mets in the game, and they lost the rubber game to the Nationals 6-4 Game Notes Mike Pelfrey went to the mound and delivered a decent performance, going 5 2/3 of an inning, giving up 4 runs on 7 hits with 3 walks and 6 strikeouts. Pelfrey struck out 5 of the 6 banners he did on the day in the first...
Read MoreGas is expensive these days and so would be swallowing the contract of Ollie Perez. Right now you couldn’t get a tank of unleaded in a trade for the maddening lefty. Nevertheless, it’s time to remove the tags and push this clunker down the hill. For everyone’s sanity. “They Shoot Lefties, Don’t they?” has found it’s leading man-Perez, and the Mets...
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