Daily Archives: February 23, 2008
The legendary Sandy Koufax made his annual trip to visit the 
Mets at Tradition Field today to speak with a few of the pitchers, specifically Billy Wagner, who requested his help with a curve ball.
For more on Koufax, and the day in camp, check out Adam Rubin’s blog for the Daily News, David Lennon at Newsday and Jeremy Cothran at the Star-Ledger.
It was also photo day in Mets camp, which you can learn more about by reading Steve Popper in the Bergen Record.
Meanwhile, according to Burt Hubbach in the New York Post, both the Mets and Oliver Perez are happy with yesterday’s arbitration ruling that will pay Perez more money next season than the Mets have initially wanted to.
Lastly, in the New York Post, Mike Vaccaro quotes David Wright as saying he and the Mets owe the fans for last year’s collapse, adding, “And we owe ourselves one, too.”
The Mets have announced a pitching schedule for next week, which will look as follows…
Monday (intrasquad game):
Joselo Diaz, Robert Parnell, Jon Niese, Adam Bostick, Joe Smith, Ruddy Lugo, Steve Register, Juan Padilla, Duaner Sanchez, Ivan Maldonado and Andy Cavazos.
Tuesday (vs. U of Michigan):
Jason Vargas, Eddie Kunz, Billy Wagner, Aaron Heilman, Ricardo Rincon, Carlos Muniz, Nelson Figueroa, Nate Field and Ryan Cullen.
Wednesday (at Tigers):
Mike Pelfrey, Matt Wise, Pedro Feliciano, Jorge Sosa, Brian Stokes and Willie Collazo.
Thursday (at Cardinals):
John Maine, Duaner Sanchez, Scott Schoeneweis, Joe Smith, Ruddy Lugo, Steve Register and Juan Padilla.
Friday (vs. Cardinals):
Johan Santana, Billy Wagner, Aaron Heilman, Ricardo Rincon, Carlos Muniz, Nelson Figueroa and Eddie Kunz.
…so, there you have it…like SNY’s Kevin Burkhardt speculated on yesterday, santana will start the team’s first spring training at Tradition Field, in front of their home fans…
According to the Associated Press, Phillies RHP 
Brad Lidge caught a spike in the mound on his first pitch of batting practice Saturday and hurt the same knee he had surgery on in October.
“Lidge limped off the field after talking with team trainers,” notes the report.
The team said it hoped to know more about the extent of the injury Sunday.
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