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The Game:
The Mets (15-12) continue a three-games series against the D’Backs (20-9) today in Arizona at 3:40 pm EST.
The Lineup:
SS Jose Reyes
OF Ryan Church
3B David Wright
OF Carlos Beltran
1B Carlos Delgado
2B Damion Easley
C Raul Casanova
OF Endy Chavez
RHP Mike Pelfrey
The Pitchers:
RHP Mike Pelfrey (2–1, 4.43 ERA) starts for the Mets, while RHP Brandon Webb (6–0, 1.98 ERA) starts for the D’Backs.
The Bleachers:
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…i am not totally sure why willie is going with a sort-of secondary lineup against one of the best pitchers in baseball…odd, since a) alou hits well against webb, and b) alou only played six inning yesterday…but you win as a team and lose as a team, i guess, so, good luck, gentlemen…
First!
Really lame, dude.
Now that Juilo Franco has officially retired, I would like to see the Mets hire him as a coach. I believe one of the key losses this team has suffered has been the loss of Franco’s presence in the dugout/clubhouse. Since he left midway through last season, the team has never been the same. I couldn’t stand watching him pinch hit, but he was a positive influence on Reyes, Beltran, Perez, and the rest of the young players. Everyone RESPECTED Franco. In my opinion, its very arguable whether or not they respect Randolph.
BRING BACK FRANCO, BRING BACK THE SPARK!!!!
Clearly Alou must have had a very strenuous six innings last night.
are we supposed to guess the outfield positions? LOL!
One step at a time, at least Willie kept Church in the two-hole
Is this really “secondary?” Alou is out, but the guy has a broken ankle. Give him a break. Easley is an offensive upgrade over Castillo.
I thought they said his ankle was fine when he was cleared to join the team?
i agree. also castillo has said before that he needs a day off every now and then, why not give it to him today during a day game after a night game. also im a little nervous with a 35 old catcher playing day game after night game in the desert, however theres not too much willie could do about that.
Alou’s hitting .478 in 23 career at-bats against Webb.
Why is he sitting?
he’s 41 years old
Well you have to realize that Webb is a much better pitcher now than in the past. Im guessing that Willie is going with Endy, because with his wheels will be a benefit during the enivitable ground balls, and also act to help avoid the double play. Also, Defense will be very important here, and Endy is better on that side of the game.
Way to stay out of the double play Endy!
Last night was his first game since last thursday…i could be sore and its going to take sometime to get him into game shape. Dont everyone freak out. Im sure he will be in the lineup tommorrow. Atleast it isnt brady clark
hey anyone know the URL for that page where u can watch the game through TVants? The stupid Fox/MLB.tv combo is screwing me again (in my area its CHC-STL)
huh….what are you talking about? I know of only MLB.com. and that has blackout restrictions. very frustrating.
I’m stuck with that same CHI-STL minor league game on FOX as well.
Come on. Does anybody here really think that Big Pelf has a chance in hell of beating B. Webb? This is a lost cause. If we can come back from this road trip at 5-1, then, Willie may be safe. If I remember, last season we went out west and that trip put us in first place until the last day of the season.
so if we go 5-1 on this road trip, you may consider Willie safe from beng fired? um, ok…but in all seriousness, Alou isn’t playing because you want to rest him, last year proved that Alou needs intermitent rest. Willie had him playing every game because he was hot, and look what happened, he got injured. Alou should be eased back, he has a swollen ankle I believe. As for Castillo, its a day after a night game, and Easley gives up more pop in the line up. No complaints for this line up, especially with facing Webb, which could be a loss either way with the way he’s pitching. I mean, we have our #4/5 going against their #1, hard to expect a win.
“Come on. Does anybody here really think that Big Pelf has a chance in hell of beating B. Webb?”
Sure, I do.
I agree. Pelfrey pitches a lot better when he has more than 4 days rest . . . and he has eight days rest. Also, Webb is due for a loss.
I agree. It’s baseball. The worst team can beat the best team, even the best pitcher on any given day. The worst teams still manage to win 60 plus games a year - and not all those wins come against bad starting pitchers.
So yes, the Mets have a chance to win….
is it possible to watch Fox games on mlbtv?
It’s nearly impossible to watch fox games on fox.
Worse, yet, we get no Giuseppe Franco commercials. Dammit.
not now. from the website:
National Live Blackout (Regular Season): Due to Major League Baseball national exclusivities, for each Saturday game beginning April 19, with a scheduled start time after 1:10 PM ET or before 7:05 PM ET, and for each Sunday game that begins after 5:00 PM ET, all scheduled webcasts of such games will be blacked out.
And I’ve seen every Pelfrey start and many of Webb’s and I know what I’m supposed to believe. But the game still has to be played on the field.
Brandon Webb is due to have a bad game, although I wish the Mets had the one guy that owns him in the lineup
Thank you WIllie. Thak you for keep Church batting 2nd.
Thank you for not messing this up.
oh my god. why the hell is alou sitting? if he’s not actually injured he has to play this game. sit him tomorrow when you need endy’s OF defense behind santana. so stupid.
like you dont need defense behind pelfrey….
Though Alou does OWN Webb. Still…whatever. At least he isn’t hurt yet.
Ryan Church!!!
Download TVants and watch the game through a website call myp2p.eu. Click on Live Sports then go to baseball and click on the mets game and press play…be patient it takes time to load. I watch the game through this route every saturday when MLBtv doinks you in the butt.
Go Mets
thanx
if this works…i owe you a beer
It usually works, sometimes it craps out…still waiting….
I’m getting a lot of japanese stuff. No Mets.
I said be patient…It doesnt pop up like MLBtv. it takes time its a connection from Japan or some rook-like country
oh well, the game has started. I’ll wait for the archive.
off topic, attempting to watch the game with this japanese type all around remind me of when i woke up at 6am to listen to the Mets/Cubs season opener in Japan. Mike Hampton’s first game as a Met. He walked like 9 guys that day and blamed it on the weird pitching mound.