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Joba’s Mom
Dosn’t Joba Chamberlain look just like his mom? Happy mother’s day, Jacqueline Standley (Joba’s mom).
Perez Shows He’s Not Team Player
The Oliver Perez decision was made late yesterday. But it was not the decision that the front office probably would have liked. Manager Jerry Manuel has said that the team did not ask Perez to accept a minor league assignment. If this is the case I have to believe that they didn’t ask because they […]
Tonight’s Lineup 5/4/2008
# Name Position 7 Jose Reyes SS 28 Daniel Murphy LF 15 Carlos Beltran CF 21 Carlos Delgado 1B 5 David Wright 3B 19 Ryan Church RF 11 Ramon Castro C 1 Luis Castillo 2B 33 John Maine P
The Unseen Goat of the Mets
With the starting pitching slumping, Daniel Murphy learning to play left field and David Wright struggling Jose Reyes has been operating mostly under the radar this season. But Reyes i batting nearly 30 points below his career average and is on base to steal his fewest bases since 2005, the year before his first full […]
Scheduled Starters For Atlanta Series
Yesterday’s rainout changed the Mets pitching schedule for the coming week. Here’s the expected starters for the two game set against Atlanta. Tonight – John Maine (1-2, 5.40) vs. Javier Vazquez (2-2, 3.38), 7:10 p.m., SNY. Tuesday – Livan Hernandez (1-1, 6.75) vs. Kenshin Kawakami (1-3, 7.06), 7:10 p.m., SNY.
Last Week’s Poll Results
With Brian Schneider on the disabled list and Jerry Manuel showing a love for Omir Santos over Ramon Castro there’s a bit of a catcher controversy stirring up in Mets country. It came to a head last week against Florida when Manuel called for Santos to pinch hit for Castro with two outs and the […]
Perez Out Of Rotation But Where’s He Going?
After another poor outing Saturday the Mets have said that Oliver Perez will be removed from the starting rotation. Exactly where he will be going remains up in the air. There are two obvious options: move him to the bullpen or send him to the minors to work things out. Moving Perez to the bullpen […]
Kriegel Video Critical Of Mets
A rather damning report on the Mets by Mark Kriegel of FOXSports.com.
Come On Manuel, Light Their Fire
I was looking through some of the Philadelphia papers this morning to see what the Philly sports writer’s there are saying about the Mets. I was actually surprised to see considerably less venom than anticipated. In fact, aside from a John Gonzalez column in the Philadelphia Inquirer, there was no derision at all. So much […]
Schneider’s Return Delayed
Brian Schneider has developed a sore right calf and is unlikely to be activated when he is eligible to come off of the disabled list (Sunday, May 3). This will give the Mets some more time to make a decision on the Ramon Castro/Omir Santos issue. Castro is the incumbent number 2 catcher but Santos […]
