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Game Preview: Mets at Yankees [Game 60] June 13, 2009

Yankees LogoNew York Mets (31-28 Road: 13-17)  at New York Yankees (35-26 Home: 19-11) 4:10 pm

Fernando Nieve (0-0 0.00) vs. Andy Pettite (6-2 4.22)

TV: FOX  Radio:  WFAN

What to watch: The Mets need to pick themselves up after their brutal loss yesterday. That’s probably easier said than done. Nieve is making his first start since he was with the Astros in 2006. Pettite’s been pitching okay this season. The Yankees have won 5 of the last 6 games that he’s started. The real story here will be to see if the Mets fold after yesterday’s loss.

Don’t forget to visit The Mets Report Live Game Chat during the game to chat with other Mets fans!

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Yankees 9 – Mets 8 June 12, 2009

I’ve written before about some of the worst losses of the season. Forget that I ever wrote that. THIS game was the worst loss of the season. Basically, the Mets came back three times in the game to take the lead off Mariano Rivera in the eighth inning. K-Rod came on the get the save and gave up a hit to Derek Jeter and an intentional walk to Mark Teixeira. With two outs, A-Rod hit a pop up to second base and Luis Castillo dropped it. It was right in his glove and he dropped it. Both runners scored to win the game.

It was a stunning loss for the Mets. This makes me wonder if the Mets lead the league in brutal losses. That should be a new statistic.

Castillo is going to be right back in the dog house when he gets back to Citi Field. He’s generally played well this season after being boo’d off the field last season. But he’ll be right back in the dog house now.

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Game Preview: Mets at Yankees [Game 59] June 12, 2009

Yankees LogoNew York Mets (31-27 Road: 13-16)  at New York Yankees (34-26 Home: 18-11) 7:05 pm

Livan Hernandez (5-1 3.88) vs. Joba Chamberlain (3-1 3.79)

TV: SNY, YES  Radio:  WFAN

What to watch: The Yankees just got swept in Boston but they’ve won 5 of Chamberlain’s last 6 starts. He’s been pitching very well. Speaking of pitching well, Hernandez has been doing an incredibly good job for the Mets much to my surprise. He’s gone at least 7 innings in 3 of his last 4 starts. Both teams have been scuffling along this season but the Mets are so injury depleted that it’s hard to see them taking this series in the Bronx.

Don’t forget to visit The Mets Report Live Game Chat during the game to chat with other Mets fans!

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Mets-Yankees Series Not Sold Out

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I just checked the Yankees website and there are still tickets available for all three games of this weekend’s series in the Bronx. I’m sure there are a lot of factors at play here, the economy, etc. But this series not selling out is ridiculous.

I would guess that there haven’t been tickets available for every game of a Subway Series since they started it in 1997. And if you look at StubHub, you can get tickets for as low as $1 for Saturday’s game. Of course, the best available tickets from the box office for tonight’s game are $900 each. I think that’s got to be the biggest factor in the lack of sell outs.

Both the Mets and Yankees overpriced their tickets this season and are paying the price now. At least the Yankees reduced the prices of some of their upper end tickets. The Mets have been holding steady on their prices. Most likely, they don’t want to issue refunds to the buyers that already purchased tickets.

It’s been a shame all season long to see the high priced seats behind home plate sitting empty, in many cases, at both stadiums. Even if the announcers on SNY are talking about Citi Field being a “full house”. But it’ll be even worse to see such a popular series as this one to have empty seats behind the plate. It makes for bad TV and it’s very disappointing that both teams couldn’t figure out how to properly price their products.

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Manuel: Mets Are Second Team In New York

NEW YORK - MAY 18: General Managers Omar Minaya of the New York Mets and Brian Cashman of the New York Yankees meet before the start of their game at Shea Stadium May 18, 2007 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.

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One of the hot topics yesterday was Mets manager telling reporters before the game against the Yankees that the Mets are New York’s “second team”.  You know what? He’s right. It’s funny how the media gets these things and runs with them like there’s some major story here.

The Yankees do dominate the New York baseball scene. There have been moments for the Mets, like in October 1969 and 1986. But by and large New York is a Yankees city. The Yankees have been here since 1903 and won 26 World Series’ and 39 American League pennants. Those are the facts.

So what’s the story here? The Mets franchise is still in it’s infancy compared to the Yankees. Jerry Manuel may be too honest with the media for his own good at times. I dislike the Yankees as much as anyone. But Jerry’s right. I’m still holding out hope that we can change that for a month in October 2008.

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Video: Pedro Martinez’ Return

The ESPN Baseball Tonight crew talks about Pedro’s return and Joba Chamberlain’s first start for the Yankees. I think that Chris Singleton might be giving Pedro a little too much credit for the Met success over the past week. But it sure is nice to have Pedro back after watching Oliver Perez stink up AT&T Park last night.

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