9/30/06

Pedro worst than thought...

SNY is reporting Pedro Martinez will have rotator cuff surgery sometime next week...

They're reporting that recovery time will be about 8 months...

...oh my...watching the mets classics...and it flashes up on the bottom...i dont know what to think. boyyy oh boyy pedro. just wow.

AP report.

9/28/06

Pedro done for this year.

Pedro done for year.

Pedro Martinez has a tear in his LEFT calf...he will be out 4-6 weeks (done for the year)

yes...his left calf, not the one that has been giving him all the trouble.

so mr John Maine...welcome to the postseason starting job!

...i like maine, sure hes never pitched the postseason...but hes a calm and collected guy so i dont think that the playoff pressure will really get to him...

9/27/06

Reyes vs. Jeter

Reyes vs. Jeter

...who will win?!
short ESPN article on who is more valuable to the team...

and a poll...
go vote!

update:: jeter won. 60% to 40%

Slump??

i hate to say it...but are we in a slump?
i mean, i know we're resting some players, and taking it a bit easy before the playoffs...but...am i the only one a little scared??

our last ten games we are 3-7.
in the last 12 games weve scored 35 runs to our opponents 47. that doesnt seem like a huge difference but compared to how were used to winning games. and how our offense has looked most of the year..now is not the time to "slump"
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so if the season ended today, we would be playing the Dodgers.
but...who knows who is going to make the playoffs as the Card's are falling apart.
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and a great article on SI.com from Pete McEntegart on the top10 reasons he hates the yankees.

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So Pedro goes tonight�sort of with the playoff game 1 starter on the line.
it all depends how he feels�

El Duque would probably pitch game 1 if Pedro cant go�
7:35. ATL.
pedro v. hudson

9/24/06

RE-PAINT THE APPLE!

i think its about time.
it needs to be done.
its way overdue.

Its about time we repainted the "Home Run" Apple. to be honest, it looks like s**t right now. So this is my official declaration to the Shea front office, either paint it, or get a spankin' new one. the apple is a tradition and it needs to be spruced up. its all dinged up and rotting out. i hope the apple finds its way into new "shebbets field" but at least for now, give it a couple coats of paint and call it a day. We have the playoffs coming up!
NATIONAL TV!
PRIMETIME BABY!!!

Give Mr. Met a paintbrush and send him out to centerfield.

RE-PAINT THE APPLE!

9/22/06

the dumbest thing ive heard all day.

Zero chance.
thats what Joe Giradi's chances are of returning to the Marlins next year.

how stupid can you be?!

werent they like 20+ games under .500
theyre now 76-77. 4 games out of the wildcard.
all with a payroll of $15 mil.

this is the best part...
" The Marlins already have identified possible replacements for Girardi, the report said, including a trio of third base coaches: Fredi Gonzalez (ATL), Joey Cora (CWS) and Manny Acta (NYM)."

you can have him..chances

Typical 'NL Clinch' Post

so im a few days late...im in college, work piles up...shoot me.

We did it. finally
4-0 over the fish.
Mr. Stache was the man with 3 rbi's...

YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
WHOOOOOO!!!!
SWWWWEEET!

(i dont know how to react.)

9/16/06

The First Semi-investigative Reporting This Site Has Ever Done.

You win some, you lose some...
on a night where the Mets lose to the Pirates and Pedro only goes 3 innings and almost cries.
and the Phillies win, so the number stays at 1.

...this site gets the crack of it short life....

Remember Ryan Leli? this kid?!?!
The one that snuck into Shea's Visiting Clubhouse to talk to Mike Piazza...
well i met him!

By sheer luck, on a night of poker with the guys, one of my friends roommates brings in a friend who is staying the weekend.
Im wearing my black Mets shirt with the #15 and my kick ass Mets Plastic Helmet.

The kid goes "Hey! you guys mets fans?"
Me and my good friend Jamie, who is also wearing a Beltran shirt (we did not plan that) of course answer "Yep"
He says "Well, then you probably know me...I'm the kid that snuck into Shea with the fake media pass..."

At this point, Jamie and I look at each other, in shock...and awe.
This kid is my hero!
First off he has the balls to do all this...a fake press pass, sneak into the stadium, watch the game, go into the visiting clubhouse, go to the post game manager press conference, and attempt a picture with Mike Piazza.

He said this was all pretty much for a picture with Mike. Apparently its a unwritten rule that the press wont ask for personal pictures. Well, at the end of the night, as Piazza was leaving, this kid asks for a picture. Piazza, being a great guy, obliges, and throws his arm around him. Right before a press guy, who was being nice and taking a picture, could get the shot off, a Equipment Manager for the Padres jumped in and said no pictures in the clubhouse. He was outraged that someone from the media would try to take a picture. He took the kids fake credentials and gave them to security.

Bummer.
This kid was living the dream for a night. He got to see things us fans only dream of. He almost had the shot with Mikey Piazza...and it all came apart becuase of an equipment manager...
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It was pure chance that i met him, and he was a really cool kid. He just seemed to take this all as just another little story, something that could happen any day and he just shrug it off.
Lucky.

Here's to you Ryan Leli!

9/14/06

1

1!

Down to 2

Wow.
I guess the marlins just kinda give up when their starting pitcher leaves.
this was just crazy.

so philly won both yesterday.
so were down to two games.
best scenario is this...
Philly loses tonight to ATL.
which would put the Magic Number @ 1.
which would leave it up to Petey and the mets to put it away @ Pitt.
(the phillies play in houston so they will most likely end later.)

Too bad X-man cant join in the fun...maybe we can sneak him over to the visiting clubhouse somehow...
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this piece on Gomez, on MetsBlog first shocks me...then makes me feel all warm and fuzzy on the inside. and then i drool a little.
Faster than Reyes?!?!?! wow.
just wow.

Go Atlanta.
Go Petey.
Go Mets.