Archive for June, 2004
Howie Rose on Interleague Play
Howie Rose has an article on MSG’s website where he discusses, among other thing, interleague play. Howie says the following: I think interleague play is the biggest waste of time that baseball has ever come up with. It’s great for the six days that we see the Mets play the Yankees. But the games against […]
Kaz Errors But Wiggy Blows The Game
The Mets lost a 2-1 interleague game to the Minnesota Twins last night with a heartbreaking 9th inning. With Jacque Jones on first and 1 out Mike Stanton induced a double play ball from Twins catcher Joe Mauer. Kaz Matsui made the grab but lost the handle when trying to exchange the ball to his […]
Today’s Random Notes
The “critical” 12 game stretch is over and the Mets proved themselves to be a legitimate team going 6-6 against the top two teams in the division. They are not contenders by any means but they showed character and proved that they are a team to be dealt with. They also lead the major leagues […]
Ordonez On Ice?
It may be time to kill the Magglio Ordonez rumors. This just in from fanball.com: It’s beginning to appear that arthroscopic surgery for right fielder Magglio Ordonez (strained knee/calf) is only a matter of time. According to the Chicago Tribune, Ordonez will undergo a second MRI today and will be examined by team surgeon Dr. […]
Ted Robinson Credits Art Howe
Over on MSG’s website Mets announcer Ted Robinson has posted a little article called “Credit Howe for recent resurgence“. This is a subject that I have wanted to write about for a little while but have not been able to gather up enough evidence to support the point. Robinson goes out on a limb here […]
Seo Good (or Getting Wiggy With It!)
A couple of bullet points on last night’s 4-1 win over the Marlins and a service note: Jae Seo pitched well continuing his great play against the Marlins. As I mentioned in a post yesterday, Seo was 2-1 with a 1.52 ERA in four outings against Florida in his career. Last night he went 6 […]
Marlins Come To Town
Jae Seo (2-4, 4.97 ERA) takes the mound against A.J. Burnett. This will be Burnett’s first start since April 25, 2003. Burnett underwent Tommy John surgery on April 29, 2003. Though winless in his last 2 starts, Seo has gone 2-1 with a 1.52 ERA in four outings against Florida. He pitched alright against the […]
Sunset At Dawn?
Today’s New York Post included the following ‘gem’ in it’s recap of last night’s Todd Zeile heroics: “If he keeps going like this, he’s going to have a hard time convincing me he’s walking into the sunset,” Art Howe said after Zeile’s incredible night delivered the Mets a dramatic 5-3, 10-inning win over the Phillies. […]
Zeile Does It Again!
Todd Zeile saved the day again hitting a homer in the 8th inning to tie the game and another one in the 10th to win it 5-3 and complete the sweep against the Phillies. Tom Glavine pitched well but didn’t figure into the decision. More comments later.
Glasses For Matsui?
I didn’t pay much attention to Peter Gammons the other day when he wrote the following in his ESPN.com column: Don’t be surprised if the Mets ask Kaz Matsui to switch places with Jose Reyes next year. But first they think they can address Matsui’s vision problems; part of his problem defensively is that he […]
