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The Game:
The Mets (14-14-1) continue their Grapefruit League schedule against the Marlins (11-16-1) tonight at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Florida starting at 7:05 p.m.
The Lineup:
- SS Jose Reyes
- LF Daniel Murphy
- 3B David Wright
- 1B Carlos Delgado
- CF Carlos Beltran
- RF Ryan Church
- C Brian Schneider
- 2B Luis Castillo
- P John Maine
The Pitchers:
John Maine (0-1, 8.00 ERA) starts for the Mets. Francisco Rodriguez, J.J Putz, Bobby Parnell, Sean Green and Pedro Feliciano are also scheduled to pitch
Anibal Sanchez (1-1, 4.94 ERA) is scheduled to start for the Marlins.
How To Catch It:
Tonight’s game will be broadcast locally on WFAN.
You can also follow the live GameDay boxscore, by clicking here.
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Why is SNY not showing the game ?
Not a home game…
The next televised game is Friday night from Citi v Red Sox.
Praying it doesn’t rain Friday!!
It’s good to hear Howie back on the radio.
Watching him on isles broadasts is tough for several reasons:
1. His radio face;
2. Watching the Isles is tough no matter who the announcer is;
3. “Matteau Matteau Matteau!!!”
Unfortunately, it has to be along with Wayne Hagin. I want Eddie C. in and Hagin out.
I wonder if LC is the permanent 8th hitter. I think (I think) I’d rather see him hitting 7th, in either lineup (v. L or R)
I believe that Manuel’s reasoning for Castillo in the 8th spot is that his speed and OBP would help set up Reyes at the top of the order with he pitcher bunting him over.
Whereas Schneider would only clog up the basepaths, couldn’t score from second on a single anyway and has more pop to offer in the 7th slot than Castillo.
I don’t disagree with Manuel. But I do think Schneider is a terrible 7th hitter, even if he is a better choice than Castillo.
then why not bat him 9th?
I don’t recall seeing the question posed to Manuel.
But I would not do it because you then have the pitcher batting more times than a guy who gets on base at a .350 or greater clip and who may be batting with guys like Beltran or Church on base. These guys, Beltran expecially, get on base at a fairly good rate and it would be a waste to have them on base with the pitcher up and two outs.
thats a good call…i remember the thought of castillo batting 9th wen they were talking about batting him lead off…i think it would make sense then…we wouldnt start the game, but he wud be a table setter for reyes for the rest of the game
color me unimpressed. BS wouldn’t slug him in, but his (BS’s) obp is the only thing he’s got going for him. seems to me he’s clogging the paths wherever you put him. Why not let the fast obp guy hit in front of him (if you’re not gonna hit that fast obp guy leadoff), hope the decent obp catcher moves him over, and let JR knock him in w/2 outs?
…for a difference of, like, five runs over the course of the season…
can we please start the season?
Hey actual boxscore!! not the ones that are stuck at an inning for 2 hours. The season is getting close!
I am good with this lineup………so what is the AAA depth?
off the top of my head
OF- Macowiak, Sullivan, Kielty, Pagan (hurt)
If- A.Reyes, Malo, Martinez(hurt I think )
C- Cancel, Rivera
SP- Niese, Garcia, Figueroa, Robertson,Redding(hurt)
RP- Nieve, Takashi, Fossum, Snyder, Kunz, Dessens
who am I missing?…I know Evans is going down soon so he would be the main call up
add Knight as a SP and Muniz as a RP
Rain is in the forecast for friday….
Rain is also in the forecast for Cincy on 4/6…
mike francesca is praying for rain for friday/saturday at citifield.
Although if it’s raining at Citi, it’s almost surely raining at Yankee Stadium. Yanks play the Cubs this weekend too!
Slick fielding Uggla at it again.
HIS NAME IS DAN UGGLA.
God I hate that damn announcer.. i never saw a pic or anything of him before but i noticed he did some WBC games for MLBN and they showed a shot of him talking and he looks short like a little troll hahahahaha
My name is Dan Uggla….
Bases loaded, no one out on that last error by Uggla. Doesn’t look like Marlins defense in the infield is much better than last year.
But that kid in center, can’t remember his name, looks like someone who is gonna be real good out there.
And they just walked in a run. Mets 2-1.
Cameron Maybin
Thanks. I went out to the Marlins site to look this kids name up. I keep forgetting it.
solid game for Maine, they took him out after what I believe was 82 pitches.. so if this was an actual season game he would’ve gone 7 most likely, or at least into the 7th.. looks like Jerry is just trying to get his relievers to get used to getting an out and coming out to pitch another inning afterward.
Boo-Yah Mutts Fans!
I’m back from a long winter, and ready for a WS Title Defense against the hapless Mutts!
Let the season begin!!
people like you make me laugh. a philthies fan on a METS blog.. yeah, makes loads of sense.. get over your ridiculous obsession toolbag.
are you sure your name isnt “laid off philly fan on wall st?”
Must be boring with your fellow Philly fans on your blogs. You keep coming back here. Met fan wannabe??
hey the dou-che crew has arrived !!!
Philly Fan on Wall St is Jimmy Rollins.
Why are you obsessed with us?
oh no not another animotion song !!! or a calvin klien commercial – “what lies between love and hate is jimmy rollins obsession!!” lol
Ahh, Mr. Wall St. is back. How’s the destruction of the world’s economy going?
Always with the “Mutts” thing. I guess the dictionary definition of mutt is a negative and potentially upsetting thing, but I always think of mutt as “mixed breed” which pretty much applies to everyone in this country and is hardly derogatory, so it doesn’t bother me. You’ll have to do better than that.
Congratulations on your favorite team’s world championship, and don’t forget to file your New York City and State income taxes, we need to pay for our new stadium!
like i said heb the leader of the dou-che crew has arrived .. just wonder where all the other philthy trolls are ? btw juan berenguer says hola!
LLWS CHAMPS! (love that one)
Just like OP’s start last nite I would not get too overly optimistic about Maine tonite.
His line looks pretty good until you look at the B/S ratio-not too great. The Marlins are free swingers which help him make it thru 5.2 in 82 pitches.
But he is healthy and that is what is most important.
Good, fundies (as Keith puts it) this spring with the Mets. Moving runners over, sac flies, going 1st to 3rd on a single or misplayed balls. Jerry’s approach seems to be paying off.
And Murphy continues to play well. Even though he’s not fast by any means, he just went 1st to 3rd on that hit. He’s a smart base runner, always paying attention, taking every advantage.
It certainly appears that Manuel has gotten the players attention playing the small ball stuff which I have always felt is needed when you go up against the better pitching and why if the Mets make the playoffs it will pay off big b/c that is when you play against the teams with the best pitching..
hey metsfan4decades how are u tonite my lady? i just had emergency root canal – so i couldnt get my this dat tid bits done tonite
I was wondering, you know I love those posts from you. And man, that is not fun. Been there, done that. Hope they gave you some real good drugs.
Dealing with a ‘family’ emergency myself. For those of us that consider our pets family….
My 95 lb golden retriever blew out her right back knee. Crushtive ligament ruptured, but the miniscus tendon intact (thinking of Santana).
They told us they don’t repair these ligaments in humans unless they are a professional athlete but with a dog, it’s the only thing holding the knee together. So long story short, they put an implant in. It’s a whole lot of fun taking care of my big dog with no use of one leg right now. I’m just thankful they could do a repair….
So I’ve missed some games/posts these past few days myself, but listening to the game tonight. Glad to hear Maine is improving, although don’t think he’s quite there yet….
oh jeez i feel for u – i got 2 ba$$et hounds so they are suceptable to hip displasure if they jump around too much – my thoughts go out to you and yer pup
that’s terrible, sorry to hear it. 2 1/2 dogs in my house, and they’re mos def family
Thanks, Rusty. Just love my dogs….
She’s only 4, but this was caused by mild hip dysplaysia that lead to arthritis of both hips which lead to the knee injury……
yeah i understand – my sister just had her king charles cavalier in for a hip surgery – the hip dislodged from the socket – i know it is different from what your pup had but still its always tough when a dog is in pain – they are family – btw my docgs names are flash and picabu – i named flash my wife names picabu lol
A philly fan I see?no good philly blog to be corny on?Anyways anyone know how maine did tonite?
His line was good but would have liked to have seen better B/S ratio.
Against the Marlins you can get them to swing at just about anything. It won’t work against the Phils, Braves, Yanks to name a few.
true but at least he was more effective than last game
just tempering expectations. I see Maine winning 10-12. He does not have an out pitch unless his slider or change can improve over the season since he shelved the curve with his mechanics and head messed up.
i got him winning 15 – 17
sounds like maine did well now
i got my tixx in the mail today !! and the $iti field replica was a nice touch – btw guys we did get a media guide – contrary to the rumors i heard
btw how did the mets score runs 5 to 7?
Wright singled in Reyes, Delgado singled in Murphy, and pinch hitter Marlon Anderson singled in Wright.
wow marlon actually got a hit – guess he has to justify being on the big team
thanks for the rundown heb
I got ripped off by vivid seats for my citi field opening day tickets =(
thats what happens when u order from a porn company alex lol
ahh screw it here we go guys its time for the I had friggen double root canal edition of ” this day in mets infamy” so i don’t care what friggin philly fan on wall street has to say so here we go !!
first off happy b-day to a scrub ive never heard of Bill “no relation to brian” Denehy (1946)
Tom “my favorite scrub met of the late 70’s – early ’80’s” Hausman (1953)
Transactions:
New York Mets traded Ron “rocky” Swoboda and Rich Hacker to the Montreal Expos for Don Hahn on March 31, 1971. many met fans cried on that day
New York Mets signed free agent Ray Sadecki on March 31, 1977. and most mets fans scratched their heads
New York Mets traded Juan Berenguer to the Kansas City Royals for Marvell “i played briefly in ‘84″ Wynne and John “principal” Skinner on March 31, 1981.
New York Mets traded Alan Zinter to the Detroit Tigers for Rico “clutch” Brogna on March 31, 1994.
New York Mets traded Ryan ” potential never reached” Thompson and Reid “doctor” Cornelius to the Cleveland Indians for Mark “bar”Clark on March 31, 1996.
New York Mets claimed Yorkis Perez on waivers from the Atlanta Braves on March 31, 1997. and since disapeared in the ruins of machu peachu
New York Mets traded Tim “humphrey” Bogar to the Houston Astros for Luis Lopez on March 31, 1997.
New York Mets signed free agent Mike DiFelice on March 31, 2005. – now a manager in the system
New York Mets signed free agent Ricky “im a washed up ex yankmee”Ledee on March 31, 2007.
There it is…
Just keep taking those good drugs, Rusty. Makes everything so much better. I’m willing to bet anyone over the age of 30 on this blog has had that same experience at least once…
yeah im on novicane – about to take some codene – just wish i had some hydro and wild turkey lol j/k
What about Mo Vaugn
oh thats right AND ON THIS DAY IN ‘02 THE METS CUT MO when the wilpons saw that alka seltzer nor brioche was not covered under their insurance plans – so they decided to cut bait lol
The good old days
yup and the mets replaced that fat b@stard with another one – Lenny”im the the african american rusty staub ” Harris
hahaha – an inside the park HR for Melo. I didn’t even know who this kid was a week ago. Seems to have got some timely hits in the past week.
i think malo might get called up later in the year – inside the parker !!!
Don’t know much about him myself. Gotta go look him up. But I do think he played second in a game sometime this past week……
i responded to your post above 4decades – my thoughts go out to u and your dog
Saw it and thanks much. We knew this was a very real possibility and did everything we could to avoid it but to no avail…..
oh – im so sorry – i can’t comprehend what you are going through yet – i dread that day
I did distinctly hear the radio guys did say it was Malo, but Gameday says it was Jeremy Reed who hit the inside the parker.
i believe howie and eddie c – not wayne – he’s a robot like game day lol
Gameday has changed it to Malo now.
oh right putz !!!!
Rusty, stop insulting the Philly Wall Street fan. Ohhhh you meant our setup man, sorry.
Feel better. Double root canal, ouch.
thanks man – i still want to see the gobble putz tandem in the pen lol
btw junior spivey we hardley knew ye lol
Score 9-2. 25 man roster set. BP is so much better on paper than what we saw last year. Johan is the man. Offense looking good. Players looking fit and healthy.
I am so ready for the season to start.
Let’s Go Mets !!
Nah rusty does bastard made me buy $250 per ticket and they came and say $27 on them.I was like wtf did I just get ripped off big time or what?lol so I’m never getting tickets from there ever again
Well, that just sux if you’re serious….
yeah u got ripped – but at least u can say u were there for the first year of gil hodges memorial stadium at shea field
I know how you feel I paid 189 for 2 tickets for Sat game against Boston and when I got them they were 7.00 each
i got mine for 20 bucks a head – but thats because i know the guy and his familiy owns a ticket broker buissness – but still i got my 15 game sat plan so i am happy
That is horrible! Thank you for telling the story though, because I will never purchase tickets through that agency.
Thank god I’m a die hard mets fan but na I’m saving the ticket and showing my kids when I have them =)
i hope putz is ok
Why what happened????
wheew – they thought it was a blister – turns out it is a broken fingernail – anyone think he will be ribbed about that lol
Putz has a pulled fingernail?
im not listening to the audio, what happened to putz?!!
INJURY DELAYYYY
PUTZ PLEASE TELL ME YOU ARE OKAYYYY
Well, at least the Putz issue is a fingernail thing that he says happens every spring training. So this spring we’ve learned that David Wright needs a pedicure and JJ Putz needs a manicure.
well thats good, thank god it was nothing serious
i can see bugs bunny giving him a manicure – remember the red haired monster??? and with that visual i wish u guys a nitey nite!! the codene is kicking in — ahhhh
LMAO
Such innnnteresting monsters….
And as that cartoon ended, nighty night,
nighty night.
Hasta manana big red one zero.
“We’ve GOT to do something with that hair!”
g’nite put it in the books – and hopefully ill see yas on monday and the public house
LOL – good one.
phewwwwwww
nite guys see ya’s tomorrow
Put it in the books!
And I never get tired of hearing that.
Mets go to 500 for ST. Not that it means anything. Just looking better and better this past week with more of the regular roster playing and players fit and ready to go….
They are 1-0 with the “regular” lineup.
Rusty: saw your post above.
Love those names – flash and picabu. Not your usual dog names. Mine is sophie.
thanks – i got flash from the dukes of hazzard – my wife named picabu after the skier plus the floppy ears
LOL – flash from Dukes of Hazard. Wish I could say I was too young to remember that……
Good luck MF4D, hope everything works out. That’s gotta be rough, big dog to handle through this.
We have a cockapoo named Bingo, the moral of the story is never let your 4 year old name your dog….and yes their definitely family.
Thanks. Appreciate the well wishes.
A cockapoo named Bingo. That must be real fun for your 4 year old.
Thanks. Only problem is my daughters 9 now and still wants to sit on him. Thank god they love kids.
Good luck again, try and get your rest through it and don’t stress too bad.
bring on the philths !!!
Hey buddy—-I hope you are feeling OK…I am enjoying some Woodford Reserve tonight, and highly recommend it along with the codeine!
Seriously, hope you feel OK…
JJ faced 2 batters and struck them out and KRod faced 3 and Kd 2…this is going to be a fun year….
The mets were pick to win the world series? Lol I heard about it on sportsnite.I ask myself why can’t people say the mets could win 100+ because with the bullpen of this year they def would of win over 100+ games.
Ouch – Putz with a split fingernail on throwing his split finger pitch.
Good news though is he says it’s something he deals with every spring.
Hey First Lady of Metsblog—I wish the best to your doggie…..
Thanks, Kingman. You guys on this blog are some real nice folks…..During my dating days, I always trusted any guy who liked animals. Those that hated my dogs didn’t get a second date – hahahaha.
That is funny—the closest I have come to getting married, my ex-girlfriend for years in Seattle—warmed up to me at first because of how well I got along with her dog, a black lab/rottweiler mix, a real sweet dog…she looked beautiful and sounded vicious but was a sweetheart (the dog AND my ex-girlfriend!)
We’re gonna win a billion games this year.
Thanks Carl Sagan!
Damn SI prediciton! I am going to be in Vegas in 10 days and want to bet a bundle on the Mets over in the total wins, and this crap is just going to make that number go up!!
kingman – you hear the news? willy mo pena was released! anothertypicalmetfan must be doing back flips !! lol
Haha reilly! I have to admit, I did think of anothetypical when I saw the news!
JJ and Krod–faced 5 batters and struck out 4 tonight!
And SI picks us to win it all…
We WILL do this in 09!!
You realize you claim the Mets will win it all, right? The team that enjoys redefining the term “spectacular failure”? I wish I could have your optimism… they’ve just beaten the last bit of it out of me. Still hopeful, but they have a ton to prove to me. I won’t be optimistic until we’ve clinched the division.
Well, it is a bit more of a hope than a claim or a prediction, but I am sincerely optimistic with the changes we have made to what was a flawed, but very good, team the last two years….
I think I will become seriously confident if we get off to a good start the first few weeks, as I believe that with Johan and KRod and JJ added to what we already had in 2006 and 2007 we are going to have a really successful year. I am of the thought that the pen not only destroyed many wins last year, but destroyed everyone else’s confidence—it put way too much pressure on the starters to be perfect and the hitters to hit homers every at bat after the 6th inning.
And I am probably a bit older than you maybe—I am 42, and growing up the the 1977-83 Mets finishing 5th or 6th every year set the bar so low that the last two years, while horrifying, did not beat the optimism out of me. If we miss the postseason this year, that will probably finally change….
I’m 26, so I was 4 when they won their last series (was more interested in Transformers than baseball at the time), started watching baseball and the Mets in 1990, and suffered through the early 90s teams. That wasn’t a good way to start as a fan. :( Sure, this year’s team looks good, and could definitely go all the way, but it wouldn’t take many of our question marks becoming busts to lead this team to 86 wins and a third place finish. Blah, I feel like I need a beer already…
“The trolls come marching one by one horah, horah”
Would David Wright for Lincecum be a good trade? Omar should do that.
April Fool’s joke, right??
I hope so…..
So what is the depth in AAA……….asked before but then we had tons of responses on this thread
SP- Niese, Figueroa, Garcia, Robertson, Knight, Redding/hurt
RP- Kunz, Muniz, Nieve, Dessens, Takashi, Fossum,Snynder
OF- Kielty, Sullivan , Mackowiak, , Pagan//hurt
IF- Malo, A.Reyes, Abreau
What else is down at AAA? and when do they finalize that roster?