Livan Hernandez busted and the bats couldn’t do much of anything against Rodrigo Lopez.
Figures.
7/3/09
Ollie’s next stop: Unknown
Oliver Perez with the Buffalo Bisons: 5 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 4 BB, 3 SO
That puts him in purgatory. It wasn’t awful, but it wasn’t “major league ready” Perez. Though, as bad as Tim Redding was last time around, Perez might be ready to slip back into the rotation.
Oh, by the way, only half of Perez’s 92 pitches went for strikes. Half!
Game Chat: NYM @ PHI [Game 79]
Livan Hernandez vs. Rodrigo Lopez
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The stars & stripes hats are back
Brian Costa just tweeted that the red hats that all MLB teams wore on Memorial Day are back in action tonight, and for the rest of the weekend.
Great. This isn’t going to be confusing since the Mets are playing the Phillies…whose No. 1 color is red!!!
Sometimes, even if the message they’re trying to send it nice, MLB should think a little before making these uniform changes.
Lineup for Game 79
Ryan Church is hot and Jerry Manuel is sticking with him. He’s back in center field and batting fifth tonight.
- Alex Cora - SS
- Daniel Murphy - 1B
- David Wright - 3B
- Gary Sheffield - RF
- Ryan Church - CF
- Fernando Tatis - 2B
- Nick Evans - LF
- Brian Schneider - C
- Livan Hernandez - RHP
Seating chart for Paul McCartney’s Citi Field concert
This morning I woke up with a strange thought in my head: “How will the stage be set up for McCartney’s concert?”
Here’s your answer…
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Turning Three: The ‘Ropolitans blows out the candles
Three years ago yesterday, the blog was created. Three years ago today, the first Mets post went up. Here it is, for you to see, in all it’s glory…
Even his trusty wiffle bat cant save him from this.
According to the Daily News: Pedro will most likely be taking off until after the all star break, which I assume means they will put him on the DL to make room for Mike Pelfrey. Looks like Pelfrey may get the start in one of the games of the doubleheader Saturday.
Darren Oliver looks like he will get the start today against Pitt. Wow...of the 4 Mets games I've seen this year the pitchers have been...John Maine vs. Washington (loss), Victor Zambrano/Darren Oliver vs. Atlanta (win), El Duque in the Bronx (loss), and again Oliver vs. Pitt. (hopefully a win)
I must have good pitcher karma or something.
Thank you to everyone who has read, commented and supported me through all of this. I can’t thank you enough.
It’s been an absolute joy writing about this team from both the news and opinion standpoint. It’s opened up doors I never even knew existed and has helped me meet so many wonderful people.
Someday, it’s my goal to make this my job. I wouldn’t be here without my readers. Thank you.
And, obviously, let’s go Mets!
Good enough for you, John Franco?
What John Franco said pretty much hit the nail on the head. Though I think he was a bit foolish in the way he went about it, he was right.
But yesterday, when the Mets went out and won the game (twice) after being down 5-0, was something rarely seen by Mets fans.
The bullpen took over in only the third inning and allowed only one run until the ninth inning. After Francisco Rodriguez blew his save, he asked to come out for the 10th inning when the Mets took the lead. Gutsy, because Bobby Parnell was the only pitcher left in the bullpen.
K-Rod ended up throwing more pitches than he ever has in a major league baseball game. After blowing the save, he came right back out for the 10th inning put the Pirates down 1-2-3 to earn a rare win.
Is that enough “leadership” for Mr. Franco?
When the team, by his own hand, is put back in a hole after looking to win the game in nine, he trotted right back out to the mound to slam the door (successfully, this time).
“I'm the kind of guy that if I make a mess, I clean it up,” Rodriguez told reporters after the game. “I felt really frustrated that I didn't get the job done in the ninth, then we score and I go back out there in the 10th.”
That sounds like a leader to me.
Manuel’s Musing for July 2
“Sometimes emotion gets in the way and you have to judge and make sense of it.”
-Jerry Manuel on letting players persuade him to stay in games
7/2/09
Game Chat: NYM @ PIT [Makeup Game]
Tim Redding vs. Paul Maholm
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