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News: El Duque Out, Lawrence In
By Matthew Cerrone - Sep 16, 2007 1:47 pm

Prior to today’s game, the Mets announced that Brian Lawrence will start tomorrow, in place of Orlando Hernandez, who continues to feel pain in his foot.

…from what i can gather, el duque is not happy about this, as he feels he can pitch, and wants to pitch, but the Mets rather he rest up, which is probably the right move…

By the way, Mike Pelfrey will return to the starting rotation and pitch Wednesday.

5 Responses to “News: El Duque Out, Lawrence In”

  1. Achilles400 says:

    Why don’t you listen to the game Matt. Pelfrey is also starting. Nice rotation.

    The Mets are going to have to fight all the way to the last game after this disaster of a weekend and just like last year their rotation is going to be screwed going into the playoffs.

  2. icedrake523 says:

    Why him over Pelfrey? Pedro can throw harder than Lawrence and Pedro had major shoulder surgery.

  3. metman1964 says:

    WHEN WILL THE WILPONS REALIZE THAT THEIR TEAM SUCKS AND BLAMES WILLIE. LET ME ADD THAT RICK ( I AM OVER RATED AKA REGIS PHILBIN) PETERSON SUCKS TOO. HE NEEDS TO STOP OVER ANALYZING EVERY PITCH AND EVERY MOVE HIS PITCHER MAKES. WHY IS BRIAN JOEY LAWRENCE THROWING TOMORROW?? WHERE ARE YOUR YOUNG STUDS TO PITCH. THEY WOULD PROBABLY DO BETTER THEN A GUY WHO HAS SHOWN NOTHING!!! THIS STEMS FROM PEA BRAIN WILLIE.
    WIILIE MUST GO

  4. metman1964 says:

    I am totally soured and annoyed with this teams lack of intensity to win and to show the NL, they are the team to beat. As I have mentioned in earlier blogs this stems from Willie. He is awful and probably one of the worse motivators in sports. In sports, a head coach or manager have to know how to motivate and drive their team to a championship. He fails to protect his players with calls from the UMPS. He wants to create the same corporate image that Skankees portray. A great example is when Wright hit his 30th homer a while ago, they showed Willie. He just stood there and basically did nothing. He should have been the 1st one to great David and create excitement by celebrating a success of one of his players. He is blander then a plain piece of untoasted white bread.
    So with this said and how upset I am with their performance, I want to make this message clear.
    For the next 2 weeks I will be pulling for the Phils to win the NL East. The reason is true from what Jimmy Rollins said. They are the team to beat, their hitting is better and they have the drive and urgency to win. Their manager is a leader he is not afraid to protect his players. He shows emotion. Once the Mets( My Entire Team Sucks) go home after Sept30 will the Wilpons react then. Jeff and Fred need to open their eyes, stop worrying about Citi Field and say he Omar and Willie in 3 years you both failed to win the WS. We spent a ton of $$$ on players and you failed to make it happen. They should have never hired Willie, his ego was too big to go to the minors and learn to manage. Just because he was a coach, it does not justify his knowledge to lead and manage. Oh yeah I would not be surprise that they hired him to piss the Skankees off and because of him being a minority along with their GM. They need to eat their losses and find a new combination of GM and Manager to stimulate some excitement. I hereby vote for either Joe Giriadi or Gary Carter for Field Manager and as far as GM,bring back Bobby Valentine. SO LETS GO PHILS. IT WILL BE NICE FOR THEM TO WIN THE NL EAST, WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS HAPPEN ON THE LAST DAY OF THE SEASON. SCREW YOU WILLIE, YOU SUCK