August 2009

Monthly Archive

Surgery set for Santana, Perez ….: The Mets announced today both Johan Santana and Oliver Perez will undergo surgery tomorrow at the Hospital of Special Surgery in Manhattan. The team said both are expected to be ready for spring training. Santana will have bone chips removed from his left elbow and Perez will have scar tissue removed from his right knee. [+] Proactive selling ….: With the competitive aspect of the season long since over, the Mets are planning for 2010 with every move they make. The decisions on surgery and the disabled list were made to protect players and give them [+] METS CHAT ROOM: Game #131; Parnell’s status in doubt?: CHAT ROOM I’ll start off today asking for a little peace and courtesy toward each other on the blog. Tomg is probably right in I have let things slide too much. I’ve always said I want the [+] METS CHAT ROOM: Game #130; Parnell continues audition.: CHAT ROOMWith the competitive aspect of the season long since over, the pitching-hungry Mets continue their audition of Bobby Parnell for a starter’s role next year as he makes his fifth start today against the Chicago Cubs. [+] MLB: Wilpons doing fine.: Yesterday on the blog we talked about a Reuters story which quoted Erin Arvedlund, author of “Too Good to Be True,” of saying the Wilpon family lost $700 million in the Madoff scam and would be forced [+] METS CHAT ROOM: Game #129; Reyes might need surgery.: CHAT ROOM Jose Reyes has been on the disabled list for months and the Mets are only announcing today he might need surgery on his knee. Well, that’s a shock. It’s hard to believe when this first [+] METS CHAT ROOM: Game #128; Can’t anybody here play this game?: CHAT ROOM It was the Mets’ first season when Casey Stengel asked: “Can’t anybody here play this game?” It has proven a timeless quote, as the same question must be asked this season. Sure, there have been [+] METS CHAT ROOM: Game #127; Perez out for year.: CHAT ROOM Another day, another season-ending injury. Mets fans were put out of their misery today of having to watch Oliver Perez pitch again this year with the news the combustible and wild left-hander has patella tendon [+] My brush with greatness ….: The year was 1998, the season of the great home run race and when the Yankees steamrolled through Major League Baseball. It was also the year Cal Ripken’s streak came to an end. KENNEDY: My brush with [+] METS CHAT ROOM: Game #126; Santana, Wagner edition.: Big news day for the Mets, with the trade of Billy Wagner to Boston and announcement Johan Santana will require elbow surgery to remove bone chips and will be done for the season. Nelson Figueroa takes Santana’s [+]