10/11/06

Cliff in the lineup

Cliff Floyd will be in the starting lineup tonight, says Willie Randolph on WFAN.
Endy Chavez will come on as a pinch hitter/defense.

Hernandez is back! No, not Orlando...Anderson!!

Thats right, the 25 man roster is set, and Anderson Hernandez is on it! Cliff Floyd is also on the roster...

PITCHERS (11): Chad Bradford, Pedro Feliciano, Tom Glavine, Aaron Heilman, Roberto Hernandez, John Maine, Guillermo Mota, Darren Oliver, Oliver Perez, Steve Trachsel, Billy Wagner

CATCHERS (2): Paul Lo Duca, Ramon Castro

INFIELDERS (7): Carlos Delgado, Julio Franco, Anderson Hernandez, Jose Reyes, Jose Valentin, Chris Woodward, David Wright

OUTFIELDERS (5): Carlos Beltran, Endy Chavez, Cliff Floyd, Shawn Green, Michael Tucker

10/10/06

Tuesday @ Shea.

Both teams are at Shea Stadium today, participating in various workouts and warmups...

Hey, Mets...please stretch alot! No calf injuries!!

The Mets will most likely announce Tom Glavine as thier Game 1 starter. Which will be no surprise to anyone.

The Burning Question(s): Will Cliff Floyd make the roster? If not, who takes his place?

...From what I saw, the amount of pain Floyd was in, it did not look good for him. That means either Oliver Perez or Dave Williams can make the team and possibly start Game 4...

10/9/06

Game Time and Pitchers.

Matt Cerrone has done it again...

He has posted all the game times and probable pitchers...

Game One, in New York�

Wed., Oct. 11 at 8 pm on FOX
RHP Jeff Weaver vs. LHP Tom Glavine

Game Two, in New York�

Thurs., Oct. 12 at 8 pm on FOX�
RHP Jeff Suppan vs. RHP John Maine

Game Three, in St. Louis�

Sat., Oct. 14 at 4 pm on FOX�
RHP Chris Carpenter vs. RHP Steve Trachsel

Game Four, in St. Louis�

Sun., Oct. 15 at 7:30 pm on FOX�
RHP Jason Marquis or RHP Anthony Reyes vs.
RHP Oliver Perez or LHP Dave Williams

Game Five, if necessary, in St. Louis�

Mon., Oct. 16 at 8 pm on FOX�
RHP Jeff Weaver vs. LHP Tom Glavine

Game Six, if necessary, in New York�

Wed., Oct. 18 at 4 pm FOX�
RHP Jeff Suppan vs. RHP John Maine

Game Seven, if necessary, in New York�

Thu., Oct. 19 at 8 pm on FOX�
RHP Chris Carpenter vs. RHP Steve Trachsel

NLCS set.

Bring on the Cardinals!

St. Louis beat San Diego by a score of 6-2 to clinch a spot in the NLCS.

Weds. night will be the game.
At Shea.
Tommy Glavine will be pitching.


And Shea will be rockin'!

10/8/06

Oh, Happy Day!

Yanks Lose 8-3, are done for the year.
Mets Win 9-5, move on to the NLCS against STL/SD
...nice...

Again, just another solid game. No one really stood out, because everyone played very very well...

Player Breakdowns::

Lo Duca::
He couldn't be happier, beating the team that traded him away...2-3, 2 rbi's...keep it up paulie! youre playing great baseball.

Delgado::
not his best work (game 1) but he played some solid defense as usual...i really think he is under-rated for his defensive abilities.

Valentin ::
Not Joses finest work...been in a bit of a slide lately, but an error free game is always good.

Reyes ::
Just another solid game, got picked off stealing 2nd, but hey...cant get 'em all..

Floyd::
I think we've seen the last of Cliff this postseason after tweaking his ankle rounding third in the 3rd...
he looked like he was in alot of pain...
Lastings anyone??

Beltran::
Great hitting game for Carlos, going 2-4, BB, RBI...i really couldn't ask for more...he got charged with an E for a bobble in the field...meh, nothing too bad.

Green::
He was pissed. He was very mad at the Dodgers, and took it out by going 3 for 5 with 2 RBI's. stay angry Shawn!

Pitchers:

Trachsel::
He pitched very well for the first 3 innings, but couldnt stay in long enough to prove himself...still shaky on him, but i guess he'll have to do.

Oliver::
3 hits, 3 ER...not good. came in a tight situation, couldnt hold. did turn a very pretty 1-5 DP.

Bradford::
Chad couldn't get it done, with a hit and a walk, and no outs...got pulled to go to the lefty...

Felicano::
Threw to 2 batters, 1 walk and an out. He also got the win. heh

Mota::
Threw 2 innings, surrendered 3 hits, but no runs.
Lights Out.

Heilman::
Gave up 2 hits, but passed the ball right along to Billy...well done.

Wagner::
Gave up his customary hit, but struck out 2. Country Time is solid. stay hot.

Bench:

Chavez::
Came in for Cliff in the top of the 4th. He will most likely be our LF for the rest of the year...1-3...keep up those defensive gems

Tucker::
Drew a PH walk, and scored the go ahead run...thats why youre on the team.

Woodward::
He made that 8th run. Hit a double, great tag up on Reyes flyball. scored on Paulies single...well done.

Franco::
I still cant believe you beat out that DP the other day...

...So thats the team that won 9-5 and swept the wild card Dodgers...

See you at Shea, against STL/SD!!

10/7/06

Lastings...pack your bags, youre coming with us...

Cliff Floyd just re-injured his achillies heel rounding third base in the 3rd inning...

...he looked like he was in alllllot of pain. he looks like he is done for the year...

...my guess is Lastings Milledge will be called up, if we move on to the NLCS...

Say What??

From CBS Sportsline Mets team report...

"--This is the Mets' fifth trip to the playoffs. They reached the World Series in each of the previous four."

...um...No.

did '88 and '99 get wiped from the record books?
...did those years just disappear?


i wouldnt mind that...but still...

someone should be fired for that too...

10/6/06

Nomar Questionable for Game 3

Nomar Garciaparra status for Game 3 is unknown.

Nomar left Game 2 in the 6th inning after aggrivating one of his two injuries (oblique and quad.)

...if you saw the game, you saw how gingerly he ran down to first when he grounded out to Valentin in the 6th, so im guessing it was more the quad then the oblique...

10/5/06

Mets up 2-0! so happy.

AP Recap.

Ohhh yesss...
what a solid solid game.
i had no doubts, and wasnt even close to nervous at the end.

Glavine pitched amazing. Just a solid game.
awesome awesome awesome...
this is the stuff you build on, and get on a roll.

i seriously thought Cliff's looong fly ball in the 4th was gone...long gone...
i thought it was gonna smash off that budwieser sign...stupid wind.


Im just soo happy right now. im ecstatic.

off to LA Trax vs. Maddux.
this should be super interesting.
and slow.