Buffalo 1, Scranton 5 in 10 innings cf Cory Sullivan 1 for 4, BB, .296 lf Jesus Feliciano 2 for 5, 2b, .301 rf Emil Brown 0 for 4, BB, K, .284 1b Michel Abreu 0 for 5, 3 Ks, .228 dh Mike Lamb 1 for 5, 2b, K, .227 3b Javier Castillo 1 for 5, run, HR, RBI, K, .281 c Robinson Cancel 0 for 1, .233 ss Wilson Valdez 1 for 4, .196 2b Luis Rivera 1 for 4, K, .319 Ken Takahashi 6 IP, 6 H, 1/4 BB/K, 0.72...
Read MoreDavid Lennon, the New York Mets beat writer for Newsday on his twitter account has some news on Carlos Beltran and Jose Reyes and it’s not good, not at all. On Reyes, Lennon says: “Reyes back in NYC. Got another cortisone shot. Shut down again for a few days. Not good.” On Beltran the news is not that encouraging either as Lennon says: Beltran only riding bike. No baseball...
Read MoreThe story as I remember it, goes something like this: the 1973 Mets were struggling, they weren’t playing up to their potential, when general manager M. Donald Grant called a team meeting. At the end of the meeting Grant told the Mets “I believe in you guys”, at which point pitcher Tug McGraw yelled out “YA GOTTA BELIEVE!”. We all pretty much know what happened in...
Read MoreI know it sounds like bad dialogue out of a comic book or a Michael Bay movie but it is unfortunately true. Omar over the last couple of years seemed to be the “Teflon GM.” The last 2 seasons we have witnessed the Mets collapse and miss going into the playoffs by one game. Omar did not put a team together the past 2 seasons that played baseball in October. The way the season has...
Read MoreHmmm… what next genius move will emanate from Mets’ ownership? Perhaps the promotion of Josh Thole or Wilmer Flores. My God, what farther depths will we sink to this season? If being swept out of Citi by the Yanks weren’t bad enough, today we fans were treated to a greater humiliation (owing to playoff chances and division rivalry) by being swept out of Citizens Bank Park, a 2-0 loss to the...
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