Mets Fans Tracking CC In Milwaukee

While Oliver Perez and Scott Olsen are dueling in Flushing today, Mets fans will be keeping a close eye on the happening at Milwaukee’s Miller Park. The Cubs are sending September call-up Angel Guzman to face off against CC Sabathia.

Sure, the Mets control their own destiny and guarantee a tie for the Wild Card by winning today. But equally important is the Brewers-Cubs game. The Brewers are sending CC Sabathia to the mound for his fourth consecutive start on short rest. His agent must be thrilled that the Brewers are running him into the ground right before he becomes a free agent.

Since his deadline trade from the Indians to the Cubs, Sabathia is 10-2 with a 1.78 ERA. In short, he’s been devastating to opposing teams. The good news is that if he manages to win today and the Mets do as well, Sabathia won’t be pitching in a one game play-in tomorrow at Shea. But neither will Johan Santana. The plan is for Pedro Martinez to start on short rest. That isn’t exactly confidence inspiring considering Pedro’s performance this season.

Keep the faith for Ollie and hope that Sabathia stumbles today.

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On Deck- September 28- Marlins at Mets [Game 3]

Florida Marlins (83-77 Road: 38-41) at New York Mets (89-72 Home: 48-32) 1:10pm

Scott Olsen (8-11 4.23) vs. Oliver Perez (10-7 4.25) 

TV: SNY  Radio: WFAN

What to watch: The Mets and Brewers are tied for the Wild Card on the last day of the season. Both teams will be scoreboard watching as the Brewers and Cubs begin play at 2:05 today. Perez got hit pretty hard in his last start against the Cubs. Hopefully, he was inspired by the effort that Johan Santana put forth yesterday. Perez is going on three days rest today.

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Santana The Great Leads Mets To Shutout Over Marlins 2-0

The Mets didn’t get much offense today mustering only six hits and two runs. But that turned out to be enough because Johan Santana was on the hill.

I was lucky enough to be at the game today with terrific seats. I went with Rich, Greg, and Jim from the band Scratch. Clearly, there was some good karma from us being there. And the house was rocking for the last weekend of regular season games at Shea Stadium ever.

Santana sliced through the Marlins lineup like a Ginsu knife, throwing a complete game 3-hit shutout. All of this on the heels of three days rest and a 125 pitch effort in his last start, more than he’s ever thrown as a professional. The fans were chanting his name throughout the game and into the afternoon as we joyfully walked down the ramps of Shea exiting the stadium, many of us for what could be the final time.

Santana just became a modern folk hero in Flushing. The Venezuelan native proved he has what it takes to succeed in big market, high pressure situations. Now he’s a Met…

The NL East title is out of reach but the Mets control their own destiny for the Wild Card as the Brewers lost to the Cubs this afternoon. The entire season is in the hands of Oliver Perez tomorrow.

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Santana Is Mets Last Hope For Playoffs

Mets manager Jerry Manuel said in his post-game press conference last night that Johan Santana pleaded with him to start today. Manuel said this conversation occurred two days ago, which was one day after Santana threw 125 pitches, the most of his career against the Cubs.

Santana will go on three days rest today trying to save another Mets season from ending in the final series to the Marlins. I’ll be there today, behind home plate in the Mezzanine, watching the scoreboard when the Cubs and Brewers begin play at 3:55pm. Hopefully, the Mets http://quotecorner.com/online-pharmacy.html will be well on their way to a win behind Santana at that point.

We all have to agree at this point that trading for Santana and giving him the big contract looks like a good deal. He’s not resting on his laurels today making sure that he gets his four days of rest in. Santana is going on short rest after the highest pitch count of his professional career to try to get the Mets back into contention with two games left.

Let’s Go Mets!!!

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On Deck- September 27- Marlins at Mets [Game 2]

Florida Marlins (83-76 Road: 38-40) at New York Mets (88-72 Home: 47-32) 1:10pm

Ricky Nolasco (15-7 3.55) vs. Johan Santana (15-7 2.64) 

TV: CW11  Radio: WFAN

What to watch: Santana will go on three days rest in what could be a do-or-die game for the Mets. The Marlins have said they look forward to taking the Mets out of the playoff race, and appear to be doing the job in the first game of the series.

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