Tag: Chicago Cubs

Preview: Mets at Cubs September 4, 2010

New York Mets (66-68)  at Chicago Cubs (57-77) 1:05 pm

Jenrry Mejia (0-2 3.25) vs Carlos Zambrano (6-6 4.36)

TV: SNY  Radio: WFAN

What to watch: Mejia makes his first Major League start this afternoon after being demoted to the minors in June. He had mixed results as a reliever and I’m still not sure that he projects as a successful starter. Zambrano has pitched really well since he returned from his suspension at the end of July. He’s only allowed 2 runs in his last 18.2 innings over three starts.

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Preview: Mets at Cubs September 3, 2010

New York Mets (66-68)  at Chicago Cubs (57-77) 2:20 pm

R.A. Dickey (9-5 2.57) vs Randy Wells (6-12 4.50)

TV: SNY  Radio: WFAN

What to watch: Wells has lost 5 of his last 6 decisions and he’s really been up and down this season. The Cubs are having a terrible season and really have a lot of similarities to the Mets in an underperforming, overpaid team. Dickey is having a Cinderella season and the Mets have won the last four games that he started.

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Mets 2010 TV Schedule Is National

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The day off today gave me a chance to catch up on a column from Richard Sandomir for the Times that I haven’t gotten to yet this week. Between the hoopla surrounding the Mets resurgence and working hard this week, I just hadn’t gotten to it. But the day off is a good chance to address an important topic: the Mets have been on national TV a lot this season.

It’s especially surprising that ESPN and FOX would put the Mets on so frequently considering how pathetic they were last season. Apparently, the network execs expected a comeback when they worked out the season scheduling. Continue reading “Mets 2010 TV Schedule Is National”

Preview: Cubs at Mets April 22, 2010

Chicago Cubs (6-9) at New York Mets (6-9)  7:10 pm

Tom Gorzelanny (0-1 1.93) vs. Johan Santana (1-1 3.00)

TV: SNY   Radio: WFAN

What to watch: The Mets and Cubs are playing the final game of their four game series tonight. The Mets can take the series with a win which would be their first series win of the season. Gorzelanny left his last start against Houston after only 3 innings when he took a line drive off his left arm. Santana was great in his last start in St. Louis throwing 7 shutout innings in what would go onto become the “marathon game”.

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Cubs 9 – Mets 3 April 21, 2010

MLB: Nationals vs Mets APR 11

http://cdn.pis.picapp.com/IamProd/PicAppPIS/JavaScript/PisV4.jsThis was one of those games where the Mets ran into a buzz saw, Carlos Silva. He was really on tonight. He went 6 IP and only gave up a solo homer to Rod Barajas. The surprise was that Lou Piniella pulled him after only 87 pitches. He could have gotten at least one more inning out of him and the Cubs had a 3-1 lead at the time.

Oliver Perez went 5 IP giving up 3 runs and throwing 97 pitches. He still looks like he’s having trouble generating velocity consistently on his fastball. You never really expect him to have great control. But he needs velocity to have success. Dan Warthen will need to keep an eye on that in his bullpen sessions.

The Mets did nothing on offense. They only had 6 hits all night. And I thought they might be able to get something going when Silva came out against the Cubs shoddy bullpen. But they only managed to score a run in the eighth on an RBI triple by Luis Castillo.

If you look at the Mets starting lineup, nobody is hitting .300 right now. There’s a serious lack of hitting going on. I thought this was going to be an offense-heavy team this year but it isn’t happening right now.

The Mets need to take the last game of the series tomorrow against the Cubs to win the series, which they haven’t done yet this season.

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Preview: Cubs at Mets April 21, 2010

Chicago Cubs (5-9) at New York Mets (6-8)  7:10 pm

Carlos Silva (1-0 0.69) vs. Oliver Perez (0-1 3.75)

TV: SNY   Radio: WFAN

What to watch: The Mets go for their third straight win over the Cubs tonight at Citi Field. The big question is whether Perez can duplicate the good start he had in St. Louis going 6.1 IP and giving up 1 ER. He hasn’t exactly been the model of consistency in his career. Silva’s been around MLB for 8 years and the last couple have been pretty poor. But his first two starts of this season have been excellent throwing 13 IP and only giving up 1 ER.

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Mets 4 – Cubs 0 April 20, 2010

New York Mets starting pitcher Mike Pelfrey throws a pitch to the Chicago Cubs in the second inning of their MLB National League baseball game in New York

http://cdn.pis.picapp.com/IamProd/PicAppPIS/JavaScript/PisV4.jsI have to admit that it’s surprising to see the Mets win two in a row and have a shot to finally win a series this season. This is how the Mets drew it up in the offseason. Mike Pelfrey had another dominant performance for his third win of the season. Pelfrey has been unbelievable and the split finger that he’s throwing now is completely working for him.

The offensive hero of the game was Jose Reyes going 4 for 5 with a 2-run triple in the second inning. Reyes finally looked like he was on the ball after appearing to be have no timing over the last couple of weeks.

Fernando Tatis chipped in with a nice pinch-hit 2-run homer in the eighth to tack some run onto the lead. That’s exactly what you need to win close games. And pinch hitting is where Tatis can be really valuable to the Mets. He’s just not an everyday player, especially at first base. He isn’t consistent enough on a daily basis, but really seems to have a knack for pinch hitting. At least he did in 2008. Maybe he can recapture some of that magic.

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