Archive for April, 2005
Benson on the DL
Looks like I made an accidental prophecy this morning regarding Kris Benson‘s injury. I mentioned this morning how injuries like Benson’s strained muscle can turn into nagging ones over the course of the season if not treated properly. Rather than pitch through it the Mets decided to put Benson on the DL (hence treating the […]
Stinnett Released
The Mets released catcher Kelly Stinnett less than a week after signing him to a minor league contract. The Mets had signed Mike DiFelice to a minor league contract a day after signing Stinnett. The presence of DiFelice made Stinnett a redundancy that the team felt it didn’t need.
Cameron’s Wrist
Mike Cameron will likely miss opening day due to his wrist injury. Cameron had surgery on the wrist in December but still aimed to play on opening day. Doctors said the pain he was feeling in his wrist was due to scar tissue and happens often during recovery from this type of surgery. Still, I […]
Benson Pushed
Number 3 starter Kris Benson felt tightness during a bullpen session the other day and will have his first regular season start pushed to Saturday against the Atlanta (he was originally schedule to pitch Thursday against the Cincinnati Reds). Everyone is downplaying the injury and it probably is nothing but I always worry about people […]
Ginter Traded
The Mets made several moves over the weekend to get their roster down to the 25 man limit. Among them was trading Matt Ginter, the man I believe should be the fifth starter, to the Tigers to open up a spot in the bullpen for Felix Heredia. Ginter had a great spring but was out […]
Steroid Suspension #1
Tampa Bay Devil Rays outfielder Ãlex Sanchez became the first player suspended under MLBs new steroid testing policy. Sanchez will be suspended for 10 days starting today. In perhaps one of the dumbest plays I’ve seen in baseball since I retired from little league as the least successful rightfielder of all time (I don’t think […]
Calm Down, Red Sox Fans
Whitney at Misery Loves Company has an excellent rant asking Red Sox fans to get on with their lives. They’ve been basking in the afterglow of their world series victory and rubbing it in the rest of the worlds faces even worse than us Mets fans did in 1986. Worth a read.
Remembering Sidd Finch
Today is April 1, 2005. Twenty years ago today the Mets introduced a phenom even greater than Dwight Gooden. The country met him through a much celebrated Sports Illustrated article by George Plimpton titled “The Curious Case of Sidd Finch”. The story spawned a book of the same name. In today’s New York Times, Alan […]
