New SNY broadcaster Bobby Ojeda talks to Don La Greca on ESPN Radio about his new gig and the Mets 2009 season. He touches on the Oliver Perez conditioning situation, Livan Hernandez, and Pedro Martinez.
Skip ahead to the 14 minute mark to hear Ojeda.
Mike Pelfrey joins Don La Greca on ESPN Radio to talk about his performance this spring. He also touches on comparing Jerry Manuel to Willie Randolph. And he admits that he occasionally lies about how he feels when the manager or coach asks him on the mound. I liked that he also plays COD (Call Of Duty).
Skip ahead to the 28 minute mark to listen to Rich Coutinho on Oliver Perez‘ poor performance today. They have some audio from Dan Warthen talking about Perez being out of shape. They discuss the fact that Perez gained weight since he left the Mets three weeks ago and the affect its having on his pitching.
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WFAN’s Eddie Coleman calls in from Port St. Lucie to Joe & Evan talking about the Duaner Sanchez release and the bullpen options for the Mets.
The Mets youngsters are in today’s audio clips. Daniel Murphy appears on Michael Kay’s ESPN Radio show. Skip ahead to the 6:30 mark to hear Murphy.
Jonathan Niese joins WFAN’s Steve Somers to talk about what he’s been working on this spring to try to make the major league roster
WFAN’s Eddie Coleman calls in to speak to Richard Neer about the Johan Santana injury. Pitching coach Dan Warthen and Johan Santana don’t seem to be on the same page with their comments to the media about Santana pitching on opening day.
SI’s Jon Heyman joins Richard Neer on WFAN, subbing for Mike Francesa, to talk about MLB in general and the Johan Santana injury situation.
Darryl Strawberry joins WFAN’s Boomer & Carton to talk about joining the Mets this week for spring training. He also talks about his book “Straw: Finding My Way”.
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Yesterday’s visit to Port St. Lucie didn’t go as planned for Mike Francesa of WFAN. We have some clips below from his interviews. But the big news is that Francesa couldn’t get interviews with David Wrigh and Ryan Church. Both refused to do interviews with him and even meet with him to discuss their problems.
Francesa went on to say that he tried to work through Mets PR man Jay Horowitz to meet with both players to discuss the situation. Both players refused the meeting. Wright didn’t like Francesa’s comments about his problems hitting in the clutch. And Church didn’t like Francesa’s comments about Church disliking New York.
Francesa said during the show that Church didn’t matter but Wright was immature about the situation and that he has some growing up to do. He also likened Wright’s immaturity about the interview to his problems hitting in the clutch.
It sounded to me like sour grapes that he couldn’t get the player interviews that he wanted. Francesa comes across as pompous at times. I think he was planning on generating some big ratings by having both players on to discuss their problems. When it didn’t happen, he was upset and lashed out at both labelling Church as inconsequential and Wright as immature. Good stuff…
Onto the interviews that Francesa did get:
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