A Nice Night for a Game
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Last night I got to make a rare trip to Shea Stadium. I don’t go very often for myriad reasons. In fact I only go a few times a year. So when I go I like be treated to a good game. That’s what I got last night.
VÃctor Zambrano (8 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 SO) had an excellent outing. Though his ERA was bumped up in his last start he has had a very good second half of the season so far having more good outings than bad ones. If he could get hot at the right time then he could be a pivotal figure in the Mets fate.
Cliff Floyd continued to show why he is the teams best hitter going 3 for 3 and hitting his 26th homer. David Wright had a good game, too, with 3 RBIs.
The weekend sweep really put a strain on the Cubs chances to stay in the wild card race and kept the Mets in a position where they aren’t too far back. The team that gets hottest at the right time is going to be the team to get the wild card spot but Houston, currently in the wild card position, has a slight edge based on scheduling and the fact that the teams they are battling for that spot are mostly teams in the NL East who will be playing against each other alot and whose wins and losses will cancel each other out to a certain extent.
The teams next stop will be San Diego to start a 3 game set with the Padres. Kazuo Matsui is excpected to be activated off of the DL for that series and you have to wonder what the team has in mind for him. He’ll fill a utility role to start with but what will his role become? The team has to find a way to bolster his value if they have any chance of trading him during the off season. Regardless of how they handle him it’s clear that he is not the answer to the question “How do you complete the Mets infield?”.
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Simcha here, and I was at the same game too. What I witnessed at the game was a stadium full of yankee haters and not Mets fans. I’m surprised and confused. These people have no right to start the “Yankees stink†chants. They sound almost as dumb as those Islanders fans when they bash the rangers-only they are playing the bruins. What did the Yankees ever do to the Mets (aside from being bettering every way since 1990 on, and having the most illustrious sports heritage in America)? This is not exactly the Royals complaining about big market teams getting bigger. You wanna hate a team go ahead and hate the Giants and Dogers for leaving you high and dry, but the Yanks?
End the jealousy; you guys are in the same market as the yanks. You wouldn’t need the to feel inferior if you didn’t have yourselves to blame. The Mets are the 3rd highest paying team in baseball, they have the cash, but vacillate between not knowing who to spend it on or not knowing how to physically spend it. They passed on A-rod, Vlad G., and more more, but stuck built a fantasy team around Mo Vaugn ($), Robby Alomar(!), Piazza and Jeromy Bernitz(?). Maybe if their farm system had Jeter, Williams , Posado, Pettite, And Mariano Rivera, the Mets would have a few rings on their fingers, but somehow I doubt it . They’d find a way to mess that up too. So please give credit where it’s due and admit all you Yankee-hating boo-birds all made a mistake in routing for the Mets after they won in ’86.
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-this really wasn’t a burning topic for me, I just wanted to be on you web page. Thanks dave! GO GOLDDAVE THE “GOLDENBOYâ€!