Sanchez allowed 18 hits in 11 innings. He had walked eight and had an ERA of 9.00. Sanchez had only struck out two batters.
5/15/09
Ex-Mets: Padres DFA Duaner
Wacky lineup
Here’s the lineup as the Mets look to take game two in San Francisco.
- Alex Cora – SS
- Luis Castillo – 2B
- Carlos Beltran – CF
- Gary Sheffield – LF
- David Wright – 3B
- Ryan Church – LF
- Omir Santos – C
- Jeremy Reed - 1B
- Livan Hernandez – RHP
Reed is making his first start at first base in his major league career. He has one inning of experience at the position in MLB.
I’m not so sure about Cora leading off, either.
Redding to start Monday
Tim Redding will come off the disabled list and start for the Mets on Monday, according to Bart Hubbuch’s Twitter.
It was going to happen soon enough. Hopefully Redding can perform at the major league level and play up to his $2.5 million contract.
I’m guessing this spells the end of Ken Takahashi’s run on the Mets. I guess he’s going back to the minors for when he’s needed once more.
Unless the Mets put Carlos Delgado on the DL and play with a short bench. But I doubt that.
Bengie Molina is (not) a walk machine
It took him only eight more plate appearances to get from one to two. Molina was John Maine’s final batter of the night, and Maine walked Molina for his fourth walk of the game.
Five bucks says Molina works another walk against the Mets this series.
Trade Reyes?
Simply, my answer is no. Difficultly, it’s still no.
Jose Reyes is one of the most talented players in the major leagues. Yes, he had a lapse in judgment by not sliding when trying to advance to third base on a ball hit to the shortstop. That doesn’t mean he should be traded.
He’s a two-time All Star, he’s stolen 301 bases in his young career and has played 153 games or more for four straight years. I don’t know what else Mets fans want Reyes to do?
He would probably have a few Gold Gloves if it was not for seniority at his position.
Sure, he makes mistakes, but so does everyone. To think about trading such a talented player, especially without a competent backup (did you see Alex Cora last night?) is absurd at the very least.
Game Recap: Mets 7 – Giants 4
The Mets swiped seven bases, David Wright taking four on his own, and drove in three in the ninth to take the win.
The New York Mets (19-15) beat the San Francisco Giants (18-16) by a score of 7-4.
John Maine struggled in the first inning, allowing three hits and two runs to score on 30 pitches. From there, Maine threw 88 pitches over the next 5 2-3 innings. He allowed seven hits overall and only the two runs. He walked four and struck out four. Bobby Parnell surrendered the lead in the 8th inning, allowing two earned runs on three hits and a walk. After the Mets took the lead in the top of the 9th, Francisco Rodriguez came in and saved the game, allowing one hit.
Wright was the star of the night, going 3-3 with two RBI. Wright stole four bases on his own and Alex Cora, Carlos Beltran and Gary Sheffield stealing one apiece. The seven stolen bases set a franchise record. With the game tied in the top of the ninth, Wright punched a one-out single to right field, driving in Beltran to take the lead. Ramon Castro followed with a two-out two-RBI single.
This game could have easily gotten away from the Mets after allowing two runs in the 8th inning. Instead, they came right back and scored three runs and won the game.
5/14/09
Live Mets Chat: NYM @ SFG
Join in for some late night New York Mets chatter with fellow fans as they start their west coast swing against the San Francisco Giants.
(Chat removed, as usual.)
The Mets are beat up
The conference call is over and two players are out of commission but still with the team (relayed by David Lennon and Adam Rubin).
J.J. Putz has a bone spur in his right elbow, shown on an MRI on Wednesday. Putz received an anti-inflammatory shot and will not be available for two days.
Carlos Delgado will not go on the DL, at least not yet. The Mets will wait a few more days to see if a DL stint is needed. Lennon quotes it as an “impingement” which may also be around a slight tear or bone spur.
The Mets will be playing with a short bench and a short bullpen going into a very tough series against the surprising San Francisco Giants.
They are essentially a 23-man team right now. That can’t bode well.
Why wait on Delgado?
The Mets have scheduled a press conference at 4 p.m. to discuss Carlos Delgado. Taking an educated guess, the Mets will likely be putting Delgado on the disabled list due to his hip injury and calling someone up to take his spot.
Update – 3:58 p.m.: David Lennon says “it appears the team will not make a decision about the disabled list until this weekend, and maybe even as late as Sunday.”
Delgado hasn’t played in a game since May 10 in the series finale against Pittsburgh. He had previously four straight games from April 27 to May 1 with the same injury.
Why has it taken the Mets this long?
I understand if he’s hurting a little and the team wants to see if he’ll bounce back after a few days off. But after it’s happened twice in two weeks, why take the chance? Don’t the Mets have some of the best doctors in the world looking at their multi-million dollar investments?
Though it’s “just a hip injury” this could parlay into something that Ryan Church experienced last year with his concussions. Did Delgado make the cross-country trip to be with his team on their west coast swing, just like Church was put on a plane after his run in with Yunel Escobar’s knee.
If, in fact, Delgado did sit on a plane for six hours – which can’t be good for the hip – it’s just another bobble by the Mets medical and coaching staffs.
Mets fans can only hope Delgado stayed behind in New York to get treatment and work toward recovering from the injury, sacrificing being in the dugout for a few games.
We’ll all just have to wait until that 4 p.m. conference call.
Do something, anything, to Williets Point
Have you been to Willets Point lately? No? Consider yourself lucky.
Part war-zone, part third world country, Willets Point has fallen into disrepair. A menagerie of wracked buildings and cratered roads, the city has turned it’s back on this section of Queens with intention.
Rising over the roofline of automobile shops – many of which may or may not be chop shops – is the beauty of Citi Field. The new Mets stadium stands in stark contrast to the mess surrounding it.
On my way to Citi Field on Tuesday, I missed my turn into the parking lot. Thinking quickly, I made a quick right down Willets Point Boulevard, hoping it would take me back to where I needed to be.
At that point in my journey, I failed to realize where I had turned or what I would witness over the next three minutes.
If I had been told I was suddenly transported to a decrepit town in a third-world 
I understand that the city has let Willets Point fall from bustling neighborhood (which may or may not have been so decrepit) to a haggard mess so they can claim eminent domain over the area. Though the families and stores that survive there have been wronged by this doing, it is truly remarkable how far they have let the place fall around them.
On one hand, the city taking the land would clean up the area around Citi Field and nearby Arthur Ashe Stadium. As it stands now, I was barely comfortable driving down Willets Point Blvd. in broad daylight. I could only imagine what it would be like at night.
(Is it fear of the unknown or the base of simple mess and dirty neighborhood that strikes fear into me, I’m not sure. Whatever it was, I’m sure many people would share the same sentiment.)
On the other hand, these people have a right to their land and property ownership. If they legally own the buildings they inhabit and are just the victims of a mismanaged effort to claim eminent domain, then they should rightfully be angry at what has happened.
There is no right way to solve this problem. Either way, people will be upset and people will be wronged.
If you had to ask me for my stance on this, I would begrudgingly tell you I support the city taking eminent domain, but not what they have done. The neighborhood has fallen into such dilapidation it seems beyond saving. Even though the city has slapped this neighborhood in the face by failing to provide the simplest needs and wants, it has worked.
The folks of Willets Point have let the city beat them, have let the city win. Instead of standing strong in the face of adversity, they have played directly into the city’s hand as the neighborhood decayed.
They did not take things into their own hands and help keep the locale clean. No, they let it fall apart around them.
There is no saving Willets Point. It has fallen too far out of commission to be rescued. The city of New York, however unjustly, should do a service to this area by taking it and tearing it down.
The city, at it’s furthest reaches, would struggle to find a comparable scar on it's overall beauty.
Tear down Willets Point. Start anew. It’s the only way now.
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