Schoeneweis May Be Suspended
According to an AP article Scott Schoeneweis and the other players implicated in the Albany County investigation into possession of banned substances. It looks like 2008 may be the second season in a row that the Mets start with a suspended reliever. (Last season started with a 50 game suspension for Guillermo Mota.)
Mets Entries in the 50 Greatest NLCS Moments
Over on ESPN.com they have posted their 50 greatest moments in LCS history. The Mets are represented nicely. Number 50 is Gary Carter’s home run in game 5 in 1986. Number 34 is Endy Chavez‘s stealing a home run from Scott Rolen in game 7 in 2006. Number 32 is the infamous Bud Harrelson vs. […]
Pedro Milestone
Pedro Martinez made his return a victorious one yesterday. He also recorded his 3000th career strikeout. Congratulations Pedro!
Last Week’s Missed Events
Looks like I took the wrong week to miss posting to the blog. Last Sunday, August 5, Tom Glavine won the 300th game of his career. Glavine allowed 6 hist and 2 earned runs in 6.1 innings en route to an 8-3 Mets victory. Two days later Barry Bonds hit his 756th career home run […]
R.I.P. Bill Robinson
I was saddened to hear the news that Bill Robinson died over the weekend. Robinson was Davey Johnson’s hitting coach in 1986. He was also the hitting coach on the world champion Florida Marlins squad in 2003 and played outfield for the 1979 world champion Pittsburgh Pirates. He spent the last couple of years as […]
Hitting Coach HoJo
To close the story on who is replacing Rick Down as the Mets hitting coach Howard Johnson was named to the position with Rickey Henderson replacing Johnson as first base coach.
Queens is Burning
What a crazy day yesterday was. Rick Down was fired as hitting coach. Rickey Henderson was added to the coaching staff but to an unannounced position. He may be hitting coach but so may Howard Johnson who filled the duty last night as Henderson couldn’t get to New York from Oakland in time for the […]
Who Will Make Room For Milledge?
Lastings Milledge will join the Mets tonight and be the regular left fielder until Moises Alou returns from the disabled list. That much is given. What isn’t given is who Milledge will replace on the roster. It was previously reported in many venues that either David Newhan or Sandy Alomar Jr. would be sent down […]
Down Out, Henderson In!
According to various reports Rickey Henderson has replaced Rick Down as the Mets hitting coach. The move was probably prompted by disappointing hitting performance this season especially by Carlos Delgado. Henderson has helped Jose Reyes tremendously the last couple of years. Let’s see if he can work his magic on some of the other players.
Congratulations All Stars
Congratulations to Carlos Beltran, David Wright, Jose Reyes and Billy Wagner on being selected to the National League All Star team.
