Daily Archives: September 12, 2008
Tonight’s game against the Braves has been postponed due to rain 
and has been rescheduled as the second game of a single-admission doubleheader tomorrow afternoon starting at 3:55 p.m.
According to a team press release…
Only tickets marked Game 73 for tomorrow’s game will be honored for the regularly scheduled 3:55 p.m. game and the second game to follow.
Upon the conclusion of the regularly scheduled 3:55 p.m. game, all fans at Shea are welcome to stay for the second game to follow. Tickets from tonight’s rainout will NOT be valid for admission tomorrow. Tickets from tonight’s game may be exchanged for a future Mets 2008 regular season home game, subject to availability.
Brian Schneider was a late scratch from tonight’s lineup due to fluid in his knee, though he expects to be back in the lineup tomorrow.
Fortunately, Ramon Castro was activated prior to tonight’s game.
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Earlier today Major League Baseball held a series of coin flips to determine the home teams for possible divisional and wild card tie breakers.
The Phillies won each coin flip and will host all possible tie breaker games that may be necessary, which includes a possible tie breaker game against the Mets to determine the winner of the National League East.
To view the winners of the each coin flip, click here.
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To watch today’s edition of 
‘s New York Baseball Today, during which Ted Berg and I talk about what to do with John Maine, and the future of Brian Cashman, click play below:
To submit a question for Monday’s New York Baseball Today, send an e-mail to baseball@sny.tv.
Cole Hamels faces the Brewers tonight and Phillies Nation hopes Cole steps up better than he did against the Mets. His ERA is down over a 1/4 run versus 2007. In 25 more innings he’s walked just one more batter.
Mike Hampton hasn’t pitched well for the Braves at Shea. His career ERA at Shea stands at 3.11, but 6.19 with Atlanta.
Matt Lindstrom tries to win the job as the Marlins’ closer. At age 28, however, his walk rate rose and his strikeout rate fell. That’s not the right signs for future success, let alone success closing.
Paul Lo Duca, now on the Marlins, was Washington’s best hitter against Florida this season, posting a .391 BA in six games.
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“L-A-R-R-Y … L-A-R-R-Y”
Ahh, the sweet sound of serenading Chipper Jones at Shea Stadium.
For all of its lack of charm, there is something to be said of how that chant, along with the “Tomahawk Chop,” sound in Shea.
This weekend will be last time the Braves play at Shea. So, it’s worth noting that I have more great memories of them at Shea, as compared to other teams.
From Andruw Jones to John Rocker, this series has never been short of despised personalities in the last decade or so, especially the aforementioned Chipper.
In fact, there are too many to choose from.
My two favorite moments against the Braves at Shea involve my favorite Mets player of all-time, Mike Piazza. I will never forget September 21, 2001, when Piazza put New York City on his shoulders and lifted its spirits with a massive home run off of Steve Karsay. Forget about Bobby Thompson, for me, that was “The Shot Heard Around the World,’ the sound of which hit still sends chills down my spine.
My second favorite memory is June 30, 2000, when Piazza capped a 10-run inning with a laser of a three-run home run to left field to beat the Braves.
Todd Zelie’s quote about that game described it the best:
“There was no doubt it was going to stay fair. It was just whether it was going to hit the wall or go through the wall.”
The resiliency of the 2000 N.L. Champs resemble the same “never-say-die” attitude that the 2008 edition showcases each night.
So, for all of you who are going to the games this weekend, make sure you, the Shea faithful, let Larry hear it one last time and send him home with a sweep!
Tagged Shea Stadium |Yesterday, I ran a poll asking when I should post the team’s Magic Number – and, while 44 percent said, ‘Never,’ the majority were not as paranoid, essentially wanting it to appear right around now.
So, let’s give this another try, shall we…
Look to your left.
John Delcos had been the Mets beat writer for the Journal News, and writer of their Mets Blog.
Unfortunately, Delcos was laid off by the Journal News.
However, he has since returned to the blogosphere with NY Mets Report.
Also, he and NYSD’s Joe McDonald have teamed up for a live, weekly podcast using Blog Talk Radio, which you can learn more about by clicking here.
I am happy for John, who I have talked with about blogging, writing, reporting, etc., on countless occasions, as I try to learn more about old media, and as he tries to learn about new media. I wish him the best of luck on his new blog.
What’s most interesting here, though, is that, despite no longer working for a newspaper, John continues to have press credentials as he is a member of the Baseball Writers Associated of America – meaning, as of now, he is a credentialed, independent ‘blogger,’ having started in newspaper, but now living only in the blogosphere.
I wonder what Buzz Bissinger would say about this.
In an interview with the New York Post, Billy Wagner tells Mike Puma, “I’ve played my last day as a Met, that’s the way it goes.”
On Wednesday, Wagner had Tommy John Surgery to repair his elbow, meaning he may not pitch again until late next season.
In addition to other comments and quotes, Puma writes: “It was Schoeneweis, perhaps his closest friend on the team, who visited Wagner at home yesterday and offered to drive him to Shea Stadium for the rest of the season. Wagner is planning to make some appearances.”
During a press conference earlier this week, Wagner told reporters that he will rehab for two weeks with the team before returning home to be with his family through the off-season.
The following is today’s MetsBlog Minute, during which I talk about moving beyond ‘the Collapse,’ accepting that this is a good baseball team, and looking forward to an exciting stretch run:
