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In a report for Newsday, David Lennon explains why Mike Pelfrey’s mouthpiece may help to distract hitters.
According to Metsie, Citi Field will soon be renamed Denny’s Field, “Home of the Grand Slam.”
…well…played…best Mets-joke in a long while…
Our old friend, La Velle E. Neal III, in the Star-Tribune, reports that the Twins may soon consider demoting Carlos Gomez, who is hitting just .209.
Speaking of ex-Mets, Lastings Milledge did not play last night because he arrived late to the park, again, according to John Delcos in the Journal News.
Zoe, from Pick Me Up Some Mets, reads lips and calls out umpire Angel Hernandez for cursing out Carlos Delgado during last night’s game.
Meanwhile, at Metstradamus, John posts a parody image of a great Notre Dame tradition.
Charlie Manuel is not putting ryan howard in todays lineup for the phills. Charile said hes benchin howard “to give him time to clear his head”
willie taking some notes……………
I did see Angel H jawing at Delgado, and then heard Darling discuss past run-ins that the Mets had with Angel H (none of them pretty, Angel H sounds like an a-hole).
I asked Matt to mention this but as they usually do they skip my suggestions, glad that “Pick Me Up” cover this because I think its a worth while story.
The part I liked is that Delgado, although being jawed at by Angel H, kept his cool (so as not to get tossed), and then later complained to the crew chief about the incident. I would have loved to hear what Delgado’s thoughts were on the indicdent.
Anyway, goes to show you that umps can dictate a game and players need to be careful. Not sure why MLB has not taken care of this guy, after doing some googles on him, he is conistently ranked on the bottom for umps.
Angel Hernandez is one of the most annoying umps in the game. he and Merriweather are tied in suckitude.
Unfortunately, Ryan Howard is a rising star and sitting for a few days could help.
It seems as though Delgado is what he is at this stage. I was hopeful of a bounceback year also, but that doesn’t seem likely.
he needs the time off to find that notebook lol
Whatever happened to that notebook? Apparently, that notebook was the key to his success two years ago. That moment seems ancient. *SIGH*
well i only noticed him writing stuff in it when he was successful (about 30% of the time at that point). i guess when it’s not happening that often (19% of the time), we don’t notice it as much.
La Velle E. Neal III….yessss! I miss seeing that name every single day!
Milledge is a punk. He couldn’t shine Ryan Church’s shoes.
Seriously. Where are all those Church-haters now? They seemed so abundant during the offseason.
I don’t know, but we could sure use Nady.
Endy and Heilman for Nady? Endy is a spare part and Heilman would probably get the starting opportunity he wants.
I’d do that in a heartbeat, but the Pirates aren’t exactly an easy team to trade with. Plus, good luck prying their best player away from them for a struggling reliever and a 5th outfielder.
It could probably get done for something like Pagan, Carp, and Neise… But I wouldn’t want to do that.
Is the outfield really a questionable position? I like Nady…but I would set my sights on other weaker positions. Wouldn’t you think the position(s) in question are catching and first base?
As you mentioned, the idea of trading Pagan, Carp and Niese is tempting, but I wouldn’t pull the trigger either.
That’s the thing. Nady has experience playing 1st base. He would probably play in 75% of the games. Possibly our starting LF next year.
The sad thing is that if Delgado could adjust to not being the big no.4 or 5 guy and to just make contact and work a little harder on his defense, nobody would mind letting him ride out the rest of his contract. Shawn Green was able to do it last year. True, Delgado is the highest paid player on the team (per season), but given his baffling inconsistency over the past two seasons, I’d settle for a season like Green had last year where he stayed focused and consistently put the ball into play, even if he doesn’t rake up gawdy RBI and HR numbers.
I wasn’t going crazy about the deal, but I think that most people’s problem with it was that Milledge could have gotten more in return. But then none of us are GMs.
I still think Milledge is going to be good.
I agree. Church is having a great start to the season. He’s hitting against lefties. He drives runs in with RISP. And plays good defense. Milledge is still green. He has a lot to learn, and hopefully, he will get it. If not…Good Riddence!
if pelf’s mouthpiece is distracting, heilman should start wearing the big ole golden dome
It’s a wonder Angel Hernandez can keep his job. The incompetence alone woul djustify firing him, but he is a total reactionary a-hole. Say what you want about Delgado, but he has always carried himself with class. You really have to be wired wrong to go after Delgado like that. I hope the Mets file a formal complaint.
I think that Angel Hernandez is a Cuban American. His dislike for Delgado might run deeper than just something that happened on the baseball field. We are all familiar with Delgado’s “politics” and the views of his father. Maybe Angel Hernandez has something against him because of that. I personally don’t agree with Delgado’s politics, but I root for him. For an umpire to talk smack to him like that is just wrong.
Angel Hernandez is a horrible person.
I was hoping that Delgado would knock Hernandez out right there on the field. It could have been a way for Delgado to get his blood boiling and maybe get himself going. Either way, it helps the Mets because either Delgado is suspended (thus not destroying rallies) or he gets amped and starts hitting.
(Of course, if Hernandez survives the beating, he would be so biased against the mets that they couldn’t possible allow him to call Mets games in the future…a third win)