Monthly Archives: June 2006
An interesting tidbit from the New York Times this morning:
…maybe, just maybe, the tide is slowly turning…but this week’s embarassment probably won’t help push it over the top…
…and so it starts… Sitting at 12 games behind the Mets in second place, but just six games out of the Wild Card, and 26 years from their last World Championship, a fan of the Phillies has started a campaign for the team’s current ownership to Sell The Phillies… …thanks to geoff for the link…
In the Daily News, Adam Rubin writes that Tom Glavine will pass on pitching in the All-Star Game, assuming he is selected to participate.,.
Both Glavine and Pedro Martinez will pitch the final two days of the first half.
Glavine, on the All-Star Game, as quoted by Rubin…
“I don’t see myself pitching on one day’s rest. It’s just the way it goes…
“If I was faced with the question of, ‘Hey, we’ll skip your start on Sunday so you can start the All-Star Game.’ No way. I wouldn’t do that.”…
…good…
As it stands, Carlos Beltran, Jose Reyes, David Wright and Paul Lo Duca continue to rank as starters for this season’s All-Star Game, to be held on July 11 in Pittsburgh…
According to the Associated Press, the Pirates have installed computers in their stadium to facilitate voting for their players – and it appears to be working. Pirates OF Jason Bay has taken the lead from Beltran as the outfield’s top vote getter, while Pirates SS Jack Wilson is now roughly a few thousand votes behind Reyes as the team’s starting shortstop…
Today is the last day of voting…
Again, today is the last day of voting…
Go to MLB.com, and do what you can to help keep Reyes, Wright, Beltran and Lo Duca as starters…
…from what i understand, you can only vote 25 times…but it’s 25 times per e-mail that you register with…
In his first start against the Red Sox since leaving and signing with the Mets, Pedro Martinez allowed six earned runs over three innings while walking two and striking out one…
Martinez, prior to the game, as quoted by the Bergen Record, when reminded that Roger Clemens struck out 16 Red Sox in his first return to Fenway…
“Don’t expect that from me.”…
…in other words, the game was over before it even began…
…i mean, what is this crap…honestly, i am very, very disappointed in pedro…check out the other quotes, and then i’ll continue my rant…
Martinez, following last night’s loss, as quoted in a variety of newspapers…
“I did get caught up in it, and it put me off a little bit. I lost my focus. I got caught up in the emotions and wasn’t mentally prepared to do what I had to do…
“It meant a lot more than obviously the game. I think not even a win would give me more satisfaction than the reception I got from the fans. Not only the fans, but the players, too…
“I’m just really happy I was able to come back. I didn’t have my A-game today and they took advantage of it. I couldn’t make pitches and you just tip your hat, let it go and get ready for the next one.”…
…i think not even a win would give me more satisfaction…
…excuse me…that is garbage…
…listen, i am sure it’s emotional, and i’m sure it was distracting, and that’s fine, but i was under the impression that part of what makes pedro so great is his ability to see past that, get in character, hype himself up by any means necessary and then start mowing guys down, friend or foe…
…this softee stuff doesn’t sit well with me…he has looked hurt and uncomfortable for weeks now…and this display last night was just sad to watch…
…man, this series cannot end quick enough…baseball is war…start acting like it…
Red Sox 1B Kevin Youkilis, as quoted by the Daily News…
“It was tough to watch that happen on a night when he gets a greeting like that, but we’re here to win…
“Hopefully we’ll see him again in the World Series and put another eight runs on the board.”…
…exactly…now that’s the attitude…you shake hands before the game, and then get to work, which by the way, at this level, is all about winning – not emotional satisfaction…
The Mets are 3–7 in Martinez’s last 10 starts…
…the buzz around martinez is that his hip is bugging him, and that it’s messing with the torque he gets in his delivery…i don’t know what it is, but it’s something…something is up…
…yet, they keep winning…here’s the thing, what if the team drops a few straight games when Tom Glavine pitches, or the back-end of the rotation can no longer hold it’s own…it’s a large lead, but, if you recall, the red sox had a double-digit lead over the yankees last season, and lost the division, and the o’s were 42–28 at one point, only to finish 14 games below .500…
…the mets haven’t won anything yet…this team needs to get that eye of the tiger back, and soon…
…man, where’s Jose Guillen when you need him…
With the Mets down 2–0 in the first, and two runners on base, Lastings Milledge dropped his second fly ball in two nights in front of the Green Monster allowing two runs to score, while allowing the inning to continue…
Milledge, on the play, as quoted by a variety of newspapers…
“I just missed it. I just didn’t come up with the catch. I don’t know what else you want me to say. I didn’t come up with the catch…
“I dropped it, all right, that’s it…
“I was under it. I looked a whole lot better than (Tuesday) night. I knew where this ball was. I didn’t come up with the catch.”…
…hmm, it reads like the kid is getting testy…
Xavier Nady, who was hit by a pitch on his wrist during Tuesday’s game, did not play last night. Nady told reporters his wrist was a lot more sore than he expected…
…the buzz from fenway is that nady will most likely sit again today, while the team is saying he should not need to go on the disabled list…
…here we go again…
Cliff Floyd was 2–for-4 while playing seven innings in the first game of a doubleheader at Port St. Lucie yesterday…
Floyd will play today with the Brooklyn Cyclones while rehabbing his ankle…
…the buzz around floyd is that he’ll be activated prior to tomorrow’s game against the yankees, or saturday’s at the latest, at which point Lastings Milledge is expected to be sent back to norfolk…
The Mets dropped their second straight to the Red Sox, by the score of 10-2 at Fenway Park this evening…
For all your recap needs, ride the wave of the Associated Press…
…yikes…well, the air was pretty much out of the balloon by the end of the first inning…frankly, i’m glad it wasn’t a playoff game…
…a few thoughts and then i’ll set you guys loose…
…is it time to be seriously concerned about pedro…i really don’t know, but i don’t like what i’m seeing lately…i’d like to believe that it was just a mental breakdown, what with the emotions of his return, i really would…but honestly, what i see is a lack of execution…simply an inability to spot pitches and put batters away on a consistent basis, like we have been accustomed to…whether it’s because of the toe and accumulated bumps and bruises, i dont know…however, walking five vs. the reds last week was troubling to me, despite the win…
…as for Lastings Milledge, once again, he had a pretty awful game…you gotta believe that if Xavier Nady was capable of starting that Endy Chavez just might have gotten a look out there tonight…on the other hand, if willie was to take milledge out of left, it probably wouldn’t have helped his confidence either…hence, the difficult job of managing a rookie…handle with care…
…tip your cap to Josh Beckett…he
might not be my favorite pitcher in the league, based on past mets experiences…but he came to play
tonight…yeah, two home runs will show up in the box score, but keeping
the base runners to a minimum will make it hurt a lot less…
…who thought it was a good idea to bring Mr. Met to beantown…call it sacrilege, but the mets have been doing just fine on the road without him, thank you…
…i wanna give some credit to Darren Oliver again, because it should not be overlooked…while he did give up two runs over three innings, i respect his ability to come into a game which might seem like a lost cause and eat up innings for his team in preparation for the next day…that’s an under-rated thing…having heilman and sanchez ready for tomorrow could be huge…let’s hope, anyways…
…pick yourself up, dust yourself off…and trust in your ace…we’re looking at you, tom…
The lineup for tonight’s game between the Mets and Red Sox…
1. Jose Reyes – SS
2. Paul Lo Duca – DH
3. Carlos Beltran – CF
4. Carlos Delgado – 1B
5. David Wright – 3B
6. Jose Valentin – 2B
7. Endy Chavez – RF
8. Ramon Castro – C
9. Lastings Milledge – LF
…nice to see jose back in there, nady gets a breather because of his wrist…milledge back in left…but take a close look there…you read it right, lo duca as tonight’s dh…hmmm…wouldn’t have expected that, but i’m sure he knows beckett well…let’s see how it pans out…
…feels like a playoff game…
