Month: May 2009

Game Preview: Mets at Giants [Game 35] May 15, 2009

giants-logoNew York Mets (19-15 Road: 7-7) at San Francisco Giants (18-16 Home: 12-6) 10:15 pm

Livan Hernandez (3-1 5.08) vs. Tim Lincecum (3-1 3.25)

TV: SNY  Radio:  WFAN

What to watch: This game certainly appears to be a big mismatch on paper. Lincecum, the reigning NL Cy Young Award winner, going up against Hernandez. But that’s why they play the games. Lincecum has pitched very well lately and hasn’t lost a game since April 12th. Jose Reyes is out again with soreness in his right calf debunking the rumors that he was being punished last night for his bad base running. Also, Jeremy Reed gets the start at first base. That should be interesting…

Don’t forget to visit The Mets Report Live Game Chat during the game to chat with other Mets fans!

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Bonds And Sheffield Speak Again

Photo courtesy of Wikimedia
Photo courtesy of Wikimedia

Gary Sheffield took the opportunity of being in San Francisco to catch up with his old friend Barry Bonds according to the San Francisco Chronicle. I had always wondered if those two ran into each other after their public friendship split.

Sheffield blamed Bonds for getting caught in the BALCO scandal and for him unknowingly taking steriods. You should definitely go back and read this article by Tom Verducci on the whole saga.

Apparently, the two patched up their BFF breakup a long time ago according to Sheffield. Can I take this opportunity to say that I’d rather see Bonds playing left field every day for the Mets than Daniel Murphy stumbling around out there?

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Audio: Mets Maine, Manuel, Beltran, Delgado May 14, 2009

giants-logoThe Mets players and manager talk about their big 7-4 win over the San Francisco Giants. Carlos Delgado talks about the hip injury that’s keeping him from playing. For those of you that couldn’t stay awake until 1:30 am to watch the game. Here’s the audio player reaction.

Carlos Delgado audio

Jerry Manuel audio

John Maine audio

Carlos Beltran audio

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Mets 7 – Giants 4 May 14, 2009

I was a little worried when I saw that Jose Reyes wasn’t going to play in this game because of some pain in his right calf. Alex Cora started at short for him and didn’t look great at shortstop, including a throwing error. But the Mets looked fired up in this game which was a surprise coming off an extra inning game and a cross country flight.

John Maine worked his way out of trouble a few times to go 6.2 innings and only giving up 2 runs. But Bobby Parnell was pretty bad in the eighth inning giving up 2 runs and the lead, allowing the Giants to tie the game.

The Mets offense was really NYGoodHealth clicking with 12 hits and 6 walks in the game. But the big story on offense was the Mets stealing seven bases in the game including four by David Wright. You normally don’t see many steals against any of the Molina’s.

The Mets scored 3 runs in the ninth to win it. The inning was tremendous including a critical steal of third by Carlos Beltran. Wright had a great slide at home to avoid the tag by Molina. And even Gary Sheffield got into the action stealing third in the inning. The old man can still run.

It was a fantastic comeback win and a great way to start the long road trip.

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Citi Field Steaker Pleads Not Guilty

Citi FieldA moron told police that he streaked across Citi Field Tuesday night during a Mets-Braves game on a bet. He said that his boss bet him a week’s pay to do it. I can’t say that this is setting a new low of stupidity because it’s been done before. Maybe it’s worse to follow an existing low in stupidity.

He’s being charged with interferring in a sporting event among other charges. Of course, he’s pleading not guilty. Interestingly, this law was created after Calvin Klein walked onto the court at t Knicks game to talk to Letrell Sprewell in the middle of a basketball game. Time to check yourself into a program when you start doing things like that.

Check out the aftermath video on YouTube.

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Mets Putz Out Two Days

NEW YORK - APRIL 08: General manager Omar Min...
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Mets GM Omar Minaya had a conference call with reporters this afternoon prior to the Mets game with the Giants. When there’s a last minute press conference on the west coast, I start thinking that the manager is getting fired. Isn’t that Minaya’s MO?

In this case Minaya told reporters that reliever J.J. Putz had an MRI on his right elbow that revealed inflammation and a bone spur. The bone spur has been there for a couple of years. Putz had a coritsone shot and won’t be able to pitch for a couple of days. That’s probably a good thing for the Mets right now. Putz has been bringing back bad memories of Aaron Heilman lately.

Minaya also gave an update on Carlos Delgado that didn’t help clear the air about his health. Basically, they’re waiting a few days to see if he starts to feel better after having some soreness in his hip.

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