April 2009

Monthly Archive

What’s wrong with Wright?: “It won’t be long before the hits will start dropping in,” said David Wright after his miserable Wednesday afternoon in which he was called out twice on strikes. Mechanically, Wright is off his game. He’s uppercutting his [+] METS CHAT ROOM: Game #21; Pitcher’s duel, Part II: Greetings from Citi Field. Today it is Johan Santana vs. Josh Johnson in a rematch. To update you, both Delgado and Castillo are out of the line-up but expected back Friday in Philly. [+] METS CHAT ROOM: Game #20; Delgado sits again.: CHAT ROOMCarlos Delgado will sit out tonight’s game against Florida with a sore hip, and Jerry Manuel said he’ll sit tomorrow, also. It’s obvious he wants him fresh for this weekend in Philly. Also sitting will be [+] METS CHAT ROOM: Game #19; Maine tries again.: CHAT ROOMJohn Maine goes tonight against the Florida Marlins, a team he’s shown success with a 3-1 record and 2.85 ERA in seven career starts. Maine (0-2, 7.47 ERA) is coming off a stinker of a start, [+] Hi folks …. give Coin Flip another game.: PEREZ: Patience is wearing thin.I just wanted to thank you all for continuing to post while I was away and your well wishes. It meant a lot to me to see your responses. It told me you [+] METS CHAT ROOM: The weekend edition.: Greetings all. I need to take this weekend to address some health issues so I’ll be away and won’t have computer access to monitor the Chat Room. I’ll leave the keys to the blog to you and hope you’ll visit and carry on as usual. Use this post for all three games. I’ll be back for the Marlins series. Have a great weekend all.-JD [+] Play Church tonight vs. lefty: The Mets face a lefthander tonight in Scott Olsen, which shouldn’t automatically draw the assumption Gary Sheffield will start in place of Ryan Church in right. Don’t do it. After a homer the other day in St. [+] Let’s not get carried away ….: The assumption is Johan Santana will pitch well and the Mets should beat the Washington Nationals tonight. That’s always the assumption when the best pitcher in the major leagues faces its worst team. The Mets come limping [+] METS CHAT ROOM: Game #15; Can somebody please go seven?: CHAT ROOMSooner or later, it won’t be early anymore. Baseball seasons tend to get old quickly, like your old college roommate after at the reunion. Damn, he was young and spry and had hair. He’s gotten so [+] METS CHAT ROOM: Game #14; Maine needs to turn it on.: CHAT ROOMJohn Maine throws tonight for the Mets. I say throw, because he hasn’t done a whole lot of pitching lately. He’ll start strong, then unravel in Oliver Perez fashion. MAINE: Needs consistency. Tonight its the Cardinals, [+]