Here’ some video from ESPN of Johan Santana meeting with reporters in the locker room after getting the win against the Indians. It certainly wasn’t the best game he pitched recently, giving up 4 runs over 7 innings, but the Mets owed him some good run support.
You can read the game recap from last night and see the box score link at the bottom of the post.
ESPN caught up with Ty Wigginton to talk about his days with the Mets and David Wright taking over third base from him. Wiggy was with the Mets from 2002 until he was traded to the Pirates in 2004 for Kris Benson and Jeff Keppinger. Did you know the Mets threw in Jose Bautista in that trade, the current MLB home run leader for Toronto?
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Mets GM Omar Minaya addressed the media before last night’s game to talk about a flurry of roster moves the Mets made and the one that will be made today. Here’s the breakdown:
Carlos Beltran also played in an extended spring training game but didn’t run. So he’s starting to work his way back.
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The continuing Oliver Perez saga has taken a few turns but the result has been the same. Perez isn’t accepting a demotion to the minors. He isn’t going to Florida to see a sports psychologist and he wants to know who the anonymous teammates are that told the media that he should go.
He told Fanhouse that he’s staying to work through his problems with Dan Warthen and Randy Niemann. He has to start prepping himself to pitch in New York again and that could get really ugly. There’s been a lot of talk about booing home players over the past couple of years. This one could be off the charts though.
Check out what Perez had to say when asked about the teammates that told the media that he should go.
The fans and the media are calling loudly for him to go including the Times drawing a comparison to Dontrelle Willis and the Daily News as well. But none of that could compare to the barrage of boo’s he’ll get the next time he pitches at Citi Field.
The video is from ESPN’s post-game coverage of the Mets 6-4 win over the Yankees last night. Johan Santana and Francisco Rodriguez talk about winning the rubber game of the series.
This is a really good interview by Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports with David Wright. Interestingly, Wright says that he’s not worried about his excessive number of strikeouts. He’s only worried about having “good at-bats”. Also, he says that Jerry Manuel’s tenuous hold on the managerial job is a distraction. The Mets players would rather be answering questions about their play on the field.
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Here’s some post-game video with Francisco Rodriguez and Jason Bay talking about their 5-3 win over the Yankees last night. You can see the details in the box score.
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