Mike Nichols

News: Church Activated, Nixon DL’d
By Mike Nichols - Jun 29, 2008 12:55 pm

The Mets actived OF Ryan Church from the disabled list today and will take the roster spot occupied by OF Trot Nixon, who was placed on the 15-day disabled listed with a strained groin.

Church is in today’s lineup playing right field and batting sixth.

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Comment by mavicario
2008-06-29 13:30:21

Well Nixon quickly proved he’s worthless

Comment by GangstasOnTheField
2008-06-29 13:50:49

lol no wonder he was in Triple A

 
 
Comment by Jmiles
2008-06-29 14:01:22

Richard Nixon? was there someone named Nixon on the Mets?
welcome back Ryan-Stay healthy and give us some energy

Comment by GangstasOnTheField
2008-06-29 14:31:06

lmao

 
Comment by Dork
2008-06-30 08:13:05

At one point, Castro was chasing Nixon around the bases….

 
 
Comment by losmets5
2008-06-29 14:41:28

How do you strain your groin?

Comment by egnirc
2008-06-29 15:07:59

The same way Alou did in Spring Training, also can be like a hernia.

 
Comment by DerangedHermit
2008-06-29 15:27:55

Ask your mom. Hey-oh!

 
Comment by GangstasOnTheField
2008-06-29 15:34:27

i have no idea how you do it, but i’ve done it, and it hurts…

Comment by amazin92
2008-06-29 16:52:50

i dont think he actually hurt it, they just needed a place to dump nixon

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Comment by Church4prez
2008-06-29 15:16:41

he strained it looking at that mariano fastball right down the middle last night

Comment by jose--jose-jose-jose
2008-06-29 16:01:06

LOL

 
 
Comment by RockfordMetsFan
2008-06-29 16:27:27

Really great to see Church in there today so we don’t have to suffer through the likes of Trot Nixon and Nick Evan. Even better to see him go 2 for 4 and hit the ball hard on his outs. He should be batting ahead of Delgado.

 
Comment by tinathemetsgrl
2008-06-29 17:09:54

Churchie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He’s back =D

Right field, Friday night!

Comment by GangstasOnTheField
2008-06-29 17:48:25

lol Churchie…you rock

 
 
Comment by anrst
2008-06-29 18:09:08

i’d been worried about Trot’s goin for some time

Comment by MajorLeagueSarcasm
2008-06-29 20:41:04

That’s what she said.

Comment by GangstasOnTheField
2008-06-29 21:12:26

ROFL

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Comment by Jmiles
2008-06-30 02:50:55

Trot didn’t know he had a groin pull until the Mets told him he did

 
 
Comment by patrick
2008-06-29 18:48:30

While we are all bagging on Nixon, it would be okay to point out that he walked as many times as Fernando Tatis and Marlon Anderson combined in 1/6 of the plate appearances.

Comment by metsfan101589
2008-06-29 22:37:25

yeah, you can’t really rag on nixon if he was playing in these games and he was hurt. He could have told jerry he was hurt, but he insisted on playing. There are some players on the team that need to learn the difference from being sore and hurting, and nixon was hurting. Hope he comes back soon to prove he can still play when healthy.

 
 
Comment by Ceetar
2008-06-29 19:36:55

How is it that within days or weeks of being a Met, outfielders find a way to hurt themselves? Honestly, someone needs to count up how many different players haved played the outfield for the Mets over the last two years. I’d imagine it’s a roster’s worth.

In a way I’m glad Nixon’s hurt. When I got to the game and confirmed Church in the lineup, I assumed they ditched Tatis, but then Tatis showed up to play first and I was confused. I didn’t think they’d have gotten rid of Trot or Phillips who they just acquired.

 
Comment by We Were Throwbacks
2008-06-29 21:47:16

I liked Trot, and I hope when he returns from his ‘injury’ (dubious) that he’s given a spot on the bench again. He’s a great baseball guy and I think with more time and in the right role, he’s a great fit on this team. We need more players like Trot. That said, it’s good to have Church’s bat back in the lineup.

Comment by dave27
2008-06-29 23:06:00

Agreed. Glad we found a way not to DFA him.

 
Comment by Jmiles
2008-06-30 02:53:12

I would agree with you if this was Trot of 4 years ago.His desire is there-His skills aren’t.

 
Comment by RPsJacket
2008-06-30 07:48:36

I don’t see it.

Alou may be back next week, and Tatis or Anderson will have to go. It will likely be Tatis as they are in love with anderson and his 190 BA.

I just can’t see Nixon having a spot when/if alou returns.

 
 
Comment by The Glider
2008-06-29 22:07:33

What does it mean to be “actived”?

 
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