It’s another beautiful day here except for the Mets play. Gary Matthews muffing a fly ball over his head and John Maine getting hit again.
I’ve met some big-time Mets fans out here today. I’ll write some more about that later. Below is a picture from the berm in center where I’m sitting today.
Today was my second day at Digital Domain Park and there was a ton of news today:
That’s a lot to digest. While you’re doing that, I’ll tell you about my day today. I started out watching the morning work out and checking out the player’s cars being shipped back to New York. I got some great pictures of the work out that you can see in the slide show below.
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It’s moving day here at Digital Domain Park. The trucks are here picking up the player’s cars as you can see in the image below. I’ll keep it short because I’m blogging from my phone.
I’ll be here all day. Stop by section 105 row A if you’re here for the game today against the Marlins. Nelson Figueroa is making his last bid to make the team today.
What a let down for my first day at Mets spring training this year. Oliver Perez gets rocked for 7 runs including giving up 3 home runs. Even Johan Santana had a rough day against the Triple-A Cardinals team. It was tough all the way around. Alex Cora got hit by a pitch in the hip and came out of the game too.
It’s really beyond anyone’s capability to comprehend what’s going on with Perez. There’s no consistency from game to game. And I’m a firm believer that there never will be. He may be able to put a few good starts together but not enough to warrant anyone’s expectations that he can do so with any regularity.
The only good news of the day was that Jose Reyes played in the minor league game and went 1 for 5. He didn’t go crazy on the bases, but did get out and do some running. It sounds like Reyes is still holding out hope to play on opening day. Even if he doesn’t make it into the lineup next week, he’s not far away from being ready to play.
Here are my photos from my first day here at Digital Domain Park:
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I’m being treated to another terrible start by Oliver Perez. On the plus side, I’m getting some great pictures and a good tan. I’ll post the images later.
It’s still strange to write Digital Domain instead of Tradition Field. But I’ll be there for today’s game against the St. Louis Cardinals with Oliver Perez on the mound. There’s no denying that Perez is one of the keys to the Mets’ success in 2010. So I can’t wait to get a first-hand look at him this year.
I also read a tweet from David Lennon that Johan Santana is throwing his tune-up for opening day against the minor leaguers today. I’ll have to see if I can find him on one of the side fields.
I’ll try to post some images and posts from my phone while I’m there.
Here’s the annual video preview of the National League East from Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports. It’s disappointing that the Mets are an afterthought for Rosenthal this year. He lists the Phillies as the early leader and the Braves as a contender. Even the Marlins are mentioned.
Maybe it’s good for the Mets to go into the season without the high expectations of the mainstream media like they did in 2009. We’ll see…
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