First off, I’d like to apologize for not being able to put this up last week. Lives outside baseball sometimes tend to clash with our lives that involve baseball. In any case, it wasn’t too bad of a bad of a week for the Mets. Taking two out of three from the Giants overshadowed the struggles we had in Cincinnati. I think it’s safe to assume that we shouldn’t panic over...
Read MoreJohn Maine pitched well enough to win Monday night, but the Mets offense returned to their anemic ways in a 3-2 loss to the Washington Nationals at Citi Field. The Mets rallied for a run in the ninth inning when Angel Pagan hit a solo home run to the deepest part of the park. Alex Cora reached based with a two-out single, but Jason Bay’s struggles continued as he struck out against Miguel...
Read MoreComing into Spring Training there was a lot of positive buzz on Oliver Perez. Besides new facial hair he had been working out in Arizona for months getting in shape and trying to work on his pitches. Perez arrived in excellent shape, a complete 180 from the year before. People who follow the team on a daily basis said that Ollie was more focused and ready to earn his 36 million dollar...
Read MoreOkay, I admit it: from my redoubt here in Zurich, Switzerland I am pretty guilty of not having watched yesterday’s terrible loss to the Giants through any medium other than Gameday, and so some may feel I shouldn’t opine on what happened yesterday. Nevertheless, having followed almost every pitch I tried hard to visualize what the heck was going on. Like the rest of you, I feel that...
Read MoreCHRIs CARTER IS COMING UP! FRANK CATALANOTTO IS GOING AWAY! NEXT UP: GMJ! AAA International League: Buffalo 6/15/1, Louisville 7/9/0 cf Jason Pridie 1 for 5, RBI, K, .292 rf Jesus Feliciano 3 for 5, 2 runs, .349 1b Mike Jacobs 1 for 5, run, 3b, K, .271 3b Mike Hessman 2 for 5, run, 2 2b, 2 RBI, 3 Ks, .298 lf Chris Carter 1 for 4, run, 2b, 2 RBI, .336 2b Russ Adams 2 for 4, RBI, K, .284 c Shawn...
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