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The game started out with a good break. For the second straight night the Mets would not have to deal with Barry Bonds who was still bothered by a sinus infection. The good breaks continued as Mike Piazza hit his 352nd career home run as a catcher finally surpassing Carlton Fisk to take sole possession of first place on the all time list of home runs by a catcher. (Congratulations, Mike.) The game itself was exciting too.
Tied at 2 in the eighth (after a 1 hour 19 minute rain delay) the Mets faced a 2 out, one man on situation. They proved that they are much improved over the product they had on the field two weeks ago as they managed a two out rally that scored 6 runs and included homers by Shane Spencer and Mike Cameron en route to an 8-2 victory.
Jae Seo pitched well (not great) but had to leave the game in the fifth inning after he split a fingernail. That opened the door for Ricky Bottalico to make his Mets debut. Bottalico pitched 1 and 2/3 hitless innings and was followed by one hitless inning each from John Franco, David Weathers and Orber Moreno to close out the game.
Notes:
Art Howe was not sure how he would handle the injury to Seo. The options are to either skip his next scheduled start or to push him back a day or two. I imagine that the decision will be based on how he progresses the next 2 or 3 days.
Once again the fans have stumped me. Today’s NY Post has a story about how fans attending last nights game were upset that Bonds didn’t play. It doesn’t bother me that the fans were upset. Many of them paid premium prices for their tickets. What upsets me is that they all came just to see Bonds. Can these really be Mets fans? (Okay, the article cites a couple of Giants fans too.) This game had some great moments from the home team, including Piazza’s record breaking home run, and the fans were upset because they didn’t get to see Bonds? Grow up and be a real fan.
The Post also had a good Joel Sherman article about how history is judging Bonds. Sherman tries to be a little too poetic but his point is good.
The Yankees have said that they will offer limited participation in the big Spider-Man 2 promotion announced by MLB yesterday. They are refusing to put the Spider-Man logo on the bass during the game but will do so during batting practice and warm ups. The only in game promotion they will do is having the logo in the on deck circles. I’d like to congratulate the Yankees on taking a stand on this issue.
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