March 31, 2008
Johan Santana gets the win in his first start as a Met. Hopefully, that’s the first win of many.
The crowd was about 60-70% Mets fans. We had the “Let’s Go Mets” chant going for most of the game. As expected, Dolphin Stadium is much nicer than Shea. There were no traffic problems even though the [...]
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March 31, 2008
Mets at Marlins 4:10pm Santana vs. Hendrickson TV: SNY
Much like the Mets, I’m preparing for the first game of the season. I’m connecting to the painfully slow Internet connection in my hotel searching for some information about the Mets opening day game.
Bart Hubbach reports for the Post today that Johan Santana and the [...]
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March 30, 2008
Image from Wikipedia
Updated: March 31, 2008
Here’s a breakdown of the moves that the Mets made today to get down to 25:
Raul Casanova made the major league team
Brady Clark made the major league team- he also changed his number to 44
Ramon Castro was placed on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to March 21
Duaner Sanchez was placed [...]
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March 30, 2008
I apologize for lagging on my posts today. I’m in south Florida for opening day 2008. It’s a thrill to be here for Day 1 of the run for the World Series. I’m catching up now on the news of the day including the roster moves. More on that later.
If you’re here in Miami for [...]
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March 30, 2008
The National Baseball Hall of Fame brought Jackie Robinson’s and Larry Doby’s plaques from Cooperstown to Memphis today for the Civil Rights Game.
Fans were allowed to view the plaques of the two players that broke baseball’s color barrier in 1947. From MLB.com:
“Our hope is that a fan will come and realize that Larry Doby and [...]
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March 29, 2008
John Maine looked good again today. Carlos Beltran had a big two-run homer.More importantly, Major League Baseball and ESPN did a great job presenting the Civil Rights Game. I really hope that baseball can turn things around in the African-American community and start attracting the best athletes in that community to the game again.
I read [...]
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March 29, 2008
I’m on my way to Florida for the road opener in Miami. It’s amazing how easy it was to get field level seats. $28/each to sit right behind the Mets bullpen. If I get there early enough I’ll get to see Johan Santana warming up right in front of me!
I’ve been looking at the weather [...]
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March 29, 2008
Civil Rights Game in Memphis, TN 5:00pm TV: ESPN Radio: None
What to watch: John Maine is making his last tune up start before the regular season begins on Monday for the Mets.
The Mets visited the Civil Rights Museum last night when they got to Memphis.
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