Comments on: postGame: Mets 8, Indians 6

By: Nate W.

Nate W. — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 13:47:17 +0000

ahh, so he’s the new Jason Alfaro or Wilson Batista…

By: jerseymetsfan

jerseymetsfan — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 13:19:19 +0000

diva, i dont want to go out for a curtain call, they booed me previously.. aaww, poor spoiled rich kid. and he is always missing some time due a nagging injury. and all the time he misses, its not willie saying “why don’t you just rest it up a couple of days” he is saying he’s not ready. belive me , i want , need beltran to play like he did in houston. we all do, i’m just saying i question his toughness.
by the way i never said i wanted rowand as my CF

By: Number41

Number41 — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 09:24:12 +0000

sorry about that chief!
I musta missed Prof Reyes lesson on El Presidente spellin’
but they sure go down easy!

By: Necciai27

Necciai27 — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 06:46:09 +0000

As mentioned above and below, virtually all the hits Perez gave up were complete flukes. A variety of fielding gaffes (caused by bizarre winds and a horribly wet, almost marshy field) led to four of the earned runs and Nelson Figueroa letting two inherited runners score before settling down led to two more.

As I mentioned above, Perez was also getting some ground-outs by throwing his changeup. That may seem kinda odd, but consider that Ollie’s change is technically a forkball, which can also be thrown as a sinker (Steve Trachsel used to use his as such and Hideki Okajima’s “sinker” is a forkball). Incidentally, for those wondering, a forkball is NOT a splitter; there’s a difference…the forkball is thrown with less velocity and also jammed into your fingers a bit more. Further, Perez is also learning a cut fastball, which should be interesting.

By: Meddler

Meddler — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 06:30:54 +0000

Yeah but I like Figueroa’s determination. He doesn’t seem to give in to hitters. Sosa always seems a little worried to me. I never much cared for his body language on the mound, and the walks will always be a concern with him. Especially in a swing role and specialist situations, I’ll take the guy who throws strikes and trusts his stuff.

By: Massey

Massey — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 05:57:35 +0000

I think Pelfrey. So far they’re pitching in the same order as they would in the regular season.

By: Massey

Massey — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 05:51:09 +0000

Those non-roster invitees you mention played horrible defense that inning in albeit terrible conditions–gusty wind and a wet slippery field.

In that inning
Hernandez (SS) throws wide right–error.
Carera (LF) overruns popup and slips–not ruled an error, but should have been.
Pagan (CF) misplays hard hit ball to deep center (very tough play though but he didn’t give himself a chance for a great play.).
Bloop single to right-center.
Catcher drops throw to plate which beats runner by 10 feet.

Perez as usual made things worse by pitching worse when his defense lets him down but good defense gets him out of the inning with no runs.

By: Woodside20

Woodside20 — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 05:31:16 +0000

I’m pretty sure John Franco is starting for the Pros. The Joes starter I’m not so sure about.

By: jpnym15

jpnym15 — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 04:56:18 +0000

does anyone know whos starting tomorrow?..

By: nmigliore

nmigliore — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 04:36:19 +0000

Perez gave up 6 runs?? Whats with these starters? They are getting outplayed by our non-roster invitees

He better perform this year, or else his ass isn’t gonna get any $$ from any team next offseason