Citi Field, aged two, already has a past. Last year when we first saw the place, there were a lot of Brooklyn memorabilia and exhibits there. We knew that the Dodgers had moved to LA in the long ago fifties, so many of the visitors thought that something was wrong. And it was. Fred Wilpon, the owner of the Mets, was having flashbacks about his days as a Brooklyn fan, watching his old schoolmate...
Read MoreAAA International League: Buffalo 1/5/1, Durham 6/9/0 lf Russ Adams 0 for 5, K, .249 2b Justin Turner 2 for 3, run, 2 2b, .287 dh Mike Jacobs 1 for 4, RBI, K, .277 rf Val Pascucci 0 for 2, 2 BBs, .234 3b Mike Cervanek 0 for 3, K, .228 ss Andy Green 0 for 4, K, .272 1b Marshall Hubbard 0 for 4, 2 Ks, .000 c JR House 2 for 3, BB, .275 cf Emmanuel Garcia 0 for 4, 2 Ks, .163 Dylan Owen 6 IP, 6 H, 4...
Read MoreIn Doug’s Dugout today we broach the following: A scout’s opinion on Ike, Stephen Strasburg, and other random mindless thoughts: When Ike Davis was drafted off the campus of Arizona State, a scout described him as having, “light-tower power.” In the minors his first year he had an outage, but as he has matured and found his way to Citi Field that assessment is as...
Read MoreAAA International League: Buffalo 4/11/0, Durham 6/14/0 2b Russ Adams 1 for 5, run, HR, RBI, 2 Ks, .256 ss Justin Turner 2 for 5, run, K, .278 dh Mike Jacobs 1 for 5, run, HR, RBI, 4 Ks, .277 rf Val Pascucci 1 for 4, BB, 2 Ks, .242 3b Mike Cervanek 3 for 5, run, 2b, RBI, .233 1b Marshall Hubbard 0 for 4, BB, K lf Andy Green 2 for 3, 2b, RBI, BB, .283 c JR House 1 for 3, BB, 2 Ks, .250 cf...
Read MoreMost of you who read my words on here each week know that I have a healthy dose of skepticism and cynicism when it comes to these Mets. But while I’m not about to start sending “Ya gotta believe!” messages like one of my buddies does even when the Mets lose a bunch of games in a row, it’s hard not to believe there is something magical going on here. First of all, while...
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