5/19/10
Manuel’s Musing
-Jerry Manuel on R.A. Dickey
5/18/10
Game Recap: Braves 3 – Mets 2
Not a good night to be David Wright.
The Good
Ike Davis and Jeff Francoeur each hit solo home runs in the fifth inning. Unfortunately, this accounted for all of the Mets runs.
Johan Santana was better than he’s been. He tossed seven innings, allowing five hits, including a two-run home run. He walked two and struck out four. He was lifted for a pinch hitter after 104 pitches.
The Bad & Ugly
David Wright. After striking out for the third time in the top of the 9th with a runner on third, Wright’s errant throw on a chopper allowed the winning run to score in the bottom half of the inning.
Jenrry Mejia threw 10 pitches and looked pretty awful doing so. Back to the minors where you belong.
Jerry Manuel insists on either pinch-hitting for or bunting with his No. 3 hitter. Tonight, he did both at the same time. Somehow, though, it worked out.
Game Ball
Johan, poor guy.
On Deck
Another two game series kicks off tomorrow night in Washington, a 7 p.m. start.
2B must always bat 2nd
Manuel’s Musing
-Jerry Manuel on Jeff Wilpon being with the team
Rubin: Mejia is going back to the minors to start
Top prospect Jenrry Mejia, whose dazzling Grapefruit League performance prompted the Mets to place him on the Opening Day roster as a reliever, is expected to head to the minors to resume being used as a starting pitcher.
Is this what the 90-minute pow-wow was about? If so, good.
This means a few things…
-The Mets might not see a future with Jerry Manuel. This was one of the things he battled for coming out of spring training. If he’s being overruled, time may be short for him. (But we already knew that.)
-The team realizes their starting pitching just isn’t very good. Oliver Perez and John Maine are running out of chances.
-Maybe 2010 isn’t their year. If they’re pulling one of the better options out of the bullpen, it might be a small raising of the white flag.
I’m glad this is happening. If Mejia’s career is as a top starting pitcher, no reason wasting his talent as a middle reliever / possible set-up man.
5/17/10
Game Recap: Mets 3 – Braves 2
Big Pelf.
The Good
Mike Pelfrey tossed 7 2/3 innings, scattering seven hits. He allowed two earned runs while walking two and striking out three. He wasn’t great, as he let a lot of leadoff batters reach, but he worked through them. He induced three double plays to avoid trouble. Very, very happy with his effort tonight.
Baja Fresh! Rod Barajas put the Mets ahead early with a two-run RBI in the second inning.
Chris Carter went 1-2, scoring once and driving in one with a groundout. Animal.
Pedro Feliciano did his job, after a little scare in the 8th. Same goes for Francisco Rodriguez.
The Bad & Ugly
The Mets only had five hits.
What’s a bullpen without a few walks? One each for Feliciano and K-Rod.
David Wright has now struck out in 14 straight games.
Game Ball
Mike Pelfrey.
On Deck
Mets and Braves finish out this silly two-game series tomorrow at 7 p.m.
What’d I miss? [Part II]
Another busy day of moving out of my house in Connecticut and back home with my parents. This blog – and my life – will return to normalcy eventually.
Let’s take a stab at some of the news I’ve missed…
Jerry Manuel is still the manager. As I expected. He’s going to get a warning or two from Omar and the Wilpons before anything major goes down. I’d expect Howard Johnson and/or Dan Warthen get the boot before Manuel is shown the door.
R.A. Dickey will start Wednesday. Sounds good to me. Hope he can have similar success as he had with the Bisons.
Hisanori Takahashi will start Friday. Sounds good to me. Hope he can have similar success as he had out of the bullpen.
Chris Carter is batting clean up tonight. Go, Animal, Go.
No chat again tonight. But will be on Twitter while I watch the game.
5/16/10
Graduation day
I did it. Today, I graduate from college. Quinnipiac University, Class of 2010. Boom. Done.
I started this blog in July of 2006, during that wonderful summer between high school and college. Four years of blogging later, a lot has changed about me and about this site. The Mets were so very, very close in 2006. And now, in 2010, well…yeah.
But through it all, I’ve had this blog and the Mets.
I don’t have a lot of Mets fans friends. Through this site, I’ve gained many. I’ve even met a few of you in the real world and hope to meet more of you in the future. This blog has opened my eyes to a lot of things about the team, their fans and the Internet.
I am beyond glad that I’ve stuck with this site through all four years of school and cannot believe I’m already done with school (for now, Mom and Dad).
A big thank you to all that have sent their well wishes over the last week or so. It means a lot to me. Thank you – all of you – for reading this blog for my thoughts about the team we love so much.
But seriously, who invented these caps and gowns? They’re such awful outfits.
No, but really, does anyone have any job openings?
Again, many thanks! Oh, and let’s go Mets!
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