Gonna make this short, and not too sweet… Just came across this article from David Lennon of Newsday who looks ahead to the 2012 Mets rotation. The Mets have four members of the rotation on pace to make close to 30 starts, with Dillon Gee – the replacement for Young – trailing slightly. There’s value in that as well. Just ask the Braves, who had to scratch Jair Jurrjens (12-4, 2.63 ERA)...
Read MoreFor those of you who are interested, today this happened: [blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/#!/RADickey43/status/102077424086421505″] Dickey adds the following to his profile: Father, Husband, Author, Pitcher, Christian, Adventurer, Star Wars nerd, Reader, & Cyclist. He forgot to add that he’s totally RAD!
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It was a habit I picked up as a Little Leaguer, and that is to hang around until the last out. As a reporter, I had no choice, but as a casual viewer there were times I shut things down when the game got out of hand, which has happened more than a few times in recent seasons. But, not so much this year, and definitely not last night. There’s a resiliency about these Mets that make up for their...
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We want to welcome Peter Shapiro to the Mets Merized Online staff. Most of you know Pete from the comment threads and the many Mets Minor League posts he’s submitted via our Fan Shots. Glad to have on the team, Pete! – Joe D. Usually at this time of year, the stretch run, is prime time for the Cyclones, who in past seasons, were on cruise control and observing the rest of the...
Read MoreBuffalo Bisons 2 – Syracuse Chiefs 8 Not the best of starts or worst of starts for Chris Schwinden. In the 4th a Josh Satin error put him in a bind with two on and no outs. It seemed like he would be fine when Mike Nickeas threw behind the runner at second, got him in a pickle and the Herd secured the rundown by tagging him out. He went on to strikeout the batter, but then allowed a two...
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