Hey, you on the high horse! Get off it!

In an article titled “Are the Yankees Truly the Most-Despised Ballclub?” this quote appears…

“Even Yankee fans don't hate the Mets these days,” says Benjamin Kabak, a writer for the River Avenue Blues Yankees blog. “We just feel bad for them.”

That’s the thing: I don’t hate the Yankees.  I hate their fans.  Wonder why?

Game Chat: LAD @ NYM [Game 22]

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Lineup as Mets go for seven in a row

1. Angel Pagan – CF
2. Alex Cora – 2B
3. Jose Reyes – SS
4. Jason Bay – LF
5. David Wright – 3B
6. Ike Davis – 1B
7. Jeff Francoeur – RF
8. Rod Barajas – C
9. John Maine – RHP

Game Chat will be up at 1 p.m.

Surprise: F-Mart banged up

Fernando Martinez did not play; he has a strained muscle in his back.  There is nothing more to say.

-Mets Minor League Blog

Yeah, that’s about right.

Manuel’s Musing

“I knew once some of those middle-of-the-order guys hit, it could be a lot of fun.”

-Jerry Manuel

Game Recaps: Mets 4 – Dodgers 0; Mets 10 – Dodgers 5

A doubleheader sweep!

(For the sake of my sanity, we’re combining these games into one recap)

The Good

Jason Bay hit his first home run as a Met in the first game.  He also tripled, his third of the year, in the second game.

Welcome back, David Wright.  He picked up his 1,000th hit.  He went 4-6 at the plate with 4 RBI and 2 runs scored.

Ike Davis with 3 RBI in the nightcap.

Johan is Johan.  Again, he wasn’t great.  He allowed four hits and walked three, but no runs scored against him.  He struck out six, needing 115 pitches.

The bullpen.  Nieve, Feliciano, Takahashi, Mejia and Valdes.  Super-duper.

The Bad & Ugly

Ollie.  Bad Ollie showed up tonight.  3.2 IP, 3 H, 4 BB, 2 K .  He let up three earned runs and threw only 37 of his 75 pitches for strikes.

Bay did K three times in game two.

Mejia is pitching mop-up duty.  Mop-up.  Really?

Game Balls

Wright, Takahashi and Johan.

On Deck

The Mets try to sweep the series tomorrow afternoon, a 1:10 p.m. game.

Game Chat: LAD @ NYM [Game 20 & 21]

Here is the Game Chat for both of today’s games.

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Lineup for Game 1

The tarp is still on the field, but here is the lineup for Game 1 of the single-admission doubleheader:

1. Angel Pagan – CF
2. Luis Castillo – 2B
3. Jose Reyes – SS
4. Jason Bay – LF
5. David Wright – 3B
6. Ike Davis – 1B
7. Gary Matthews Jr. – RF
8. Rod Barajas – C
9. Johan Santana – LHP

Game Chat for both games will be up at 4 p.m.

The ‘new’ Mets [Stats]

Let’s take a look at how some of the Mets that were not on the team last year are doing so far this season…

Rod Barajas: .196 AVG / .203 OBP / .375 SLG, 3 HR, 8 RBI

Henry Blanco: .133 / .250 / .133, 0 HR, 2 RBI

Ike Davis: .318 / .400 / .500, 1 HR, 2 RBI

Jason Bay: .269 / .388 / .373, 0 HR, 5 RBI

Gary Matthews Jr.: .179 / .281 / .250, 0 HR, 0 RBI

Frank Catalanotto: .125 / .176 / .125, 0 HR, 1 RBI

Raul Valdes: 8.2 IP, 3BB, 9 K, 7 H, 1.04 ERA, 1.154 WHIP

Hisanori Takahashi: 11 IP, 9 BB, 16 K, 9 H, 4.09 ERA, 1.636 WHIP

Jenrry Mejia: 9 IP, 4 BB, 7 K, 8 H, 2.00 ERA, 1.333 WHIP

Manny Acosta: 3IP, 3 BB, 6 K, 2 H, 9.00 ERA, 1.667 WHIP

Ryota Igarashi (DL): 6.2 IP, 4 BB, 3 K, 3 H, 1.35 ERA, 1.050 WHIP

Stats via Baseball-Reference.

Manuel’s Musing

“It's funny I was talking about just that in the coaches' room with the staff today. Sometimes we focus so much on our team that we forget that just about every team has problems.”

-Jerry Manuel on baseball