Monthly Archives: April 2005
Assemblymember Michael Gianaris and Senator Marty Golden will
announce the introduction of legislation to ‘get tough’ with cable
companies that deny the public access to programming at a press
conference this Sunday in New York City…
The bill intends to
force resolution of the ongoing Cablevision/Time Warner dispute and get
Mets baseball back on cable television as soon as possible…
When: Sunday, May 1, 2005…
What Time: 11:30am…
Where: The Mets Clubhouse on 143 E. 54th Street (bet. 3rd Ave and Lexington Ave)…
What
You Should Do: Gianaris and Golden ask that you wear your finest
Mets gear, make signs, do chants and do whatever it takes to
be heard…
…i will do my best to be there…
…good luck, fans…
The Daily News notes that LHP Kaz Ishii is due to “get on a mound for the first time” tomorrow in St. Lucie…
Prior to several games over the last week or so, Manny Acta and Jerry Manuel have been working with Victor Diaz on his defense in right field. Yesterday, during batting practice, Willie Randolph took time to work with Kaz Matsui on his footwork around second base when turning a double play…
Kris Benson tossed three innings and allowed no hits while striking out four for the St. Lucie Mets…
Following last night’s game, Rick Peterson told reporters that the team has yet to decide when Benson will rejoin the Major League club…
After starting two straight games for St. Lucie, Mike Cameron got the night off…
…post courtesy of Chris, from Blogspot’s 1986Mets, MetsBlog’s guest minor league blogger…
Stephen Cannella of Sports Illustrated puts Jose Reyes, and his lack of walks, at the top of the baseball’s All Misfit Team, further writing that Reyes is ‘not cut our for leadoff duty.’…
…the thing is, where else can reyes bat in the lineup…
…and thanks to MetsBlogger Dan Mandelkorn for tipping me off to this article…
B-Mets RHP Kevin Deaton has been slowly making a name for himself in the Mets’ system with his 1.27 ERA and incredible 20:1 K:BB ratio. Deaton talks about his recent success in an exclusive interview with FlushingsFuture.com…
Tagged Minors |The Game…
The Mets (11-11) head to our nation’s capitol tonight to take on the Nationals (11-11) in the first of a three-game series…
Jae Seo makes his second start of the season…Against the Nationals at Shea last week, Seo allowed one run on six hits over six innings while walking no one…Overall, Seo is 1-5 in nine career appearances against the Nationals/Expos…
Livan Hernandez takes the hill for the Nationals…Against the Mets at Shea last week, Hernandez, on the rocks early, rebounded to hold the Mets to three runs over seven innings…Hernandez has walked 13 batters, while striking out 16 in 32 innings this season…
The Good…
Cliff Floyd has a 14-game hitting streak…and has hit safely in 16 of his first 17 games…
Kaz Matsui has a seven game hitting streak and is 4-for-12 with runners in scoring position this season…
Manny Aybar has not allowed an earned run in his last seven innings pitched. Of his last 28 batters faced, he’s allowed four hits, walked three and struck out seven…
The Bad…
On average, the Mets trail 2-1 at the start of the fourth inning…
Doug Mientkiewicz is batting .212 against right-handed pitching, yet has a hit in 12 of his last 19 games…
Mike Piazza is just 5-for-25 with runners in scoring position, and hit .238, but with six RBI, on the Mets most recent homestand…
The Numbers…
0.27 – number of stolen bases per game for Jose Reyes, Matsui and Carlos Beltran…
4 – number of home runs needed by the Mets to break the team record for a month of April…
6 – number of Mets come from behind victories, three of which came in their last at-bat…
15 – number of pinch hits by the Mets, tops in baseball…
Binghamton takes on the Erie Seawolves for the start of a three-game series. Yusmeiro Petit (0-2, 2.93) will get the start tonight at 7:00 PM…Ken Chenard (2-1, 2.65) will go on Saturday at 1:30 PM…Fire-baller Matt Lindstrom (0-1. 3.45) gets the nod on Sunday at 1:30 PM…
…i have to agree with Ian O’Conner of the Journal News…with all the moans and groans coming from mets fans, i don’t think anyone is foolish enough to ignore that this team has finally shifted from hope to reality…we’re not there yet, of course, but we’re getting there…and the fans, the media, the team and the rest of the league all seem to be catching on to this…
…for more, check out my MLBlog on the Mets…
Readers…and writers…
Do you have something to say, which you feel deserves more attention than just appearing as a blurb in the comments section…
If so, write a Reader Op-Ed to appear as a full post at MetsBlog.com…
Simply send a sample paragraph with the basic idea of your column to me at mattcerrone@metsblog.com.
If it’s something I believe fits into our blogosphere, I’ll ask you
to complete the column and than toss it up on the site…
…note…try and keep your op-ed under 1,000 words, avoid tons of stats and be pithy…
Thanks…and I look forward to reading your work…
Matthew Cerrone
MetsBlog.com
