Gameday Open Thread: May 20 at Washington

The Mets (19-22) take on the Nationals (21-20) tonight at Nationals Park…

John Maine (1-3, 6.13) makes his season debut against Luis Atilano (3-0, 3.90)…

First pitch at 7:05pm EDT…

Discuss…

And check out Buffalo Bisons manager Ken Oberkfell discussing last night’s 10-6 victory and starting pitcher Dylan Owen’s performance. Owen was filling in for R.A. Dickey, who made the start for the Mets last night:

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  1. Kevin May 20, 2010 at 11:31 pm
    Jerry is such a clown. That looked like when he pulled Reyes in his first game as manager. Can't wait to hear Maine's side of the story.
  2. John Fitzgerald May 20, 2010 at 11:34 pm
    I'm not sure what to make of that – you never know what to expect when Maine is starting.

    By the way, IntenseDebate's Twitter login function appears to be broken at the moment. Anyone else have the same issue?

  3. John Fitzgerald May 21, 2010 at 12:13 am
    It's so nice to have a catcher with some pop in his bat. Haven't had that since Piazza.
  4. John Fitzgerald May 21, 2010 at 12:16 am
    Medical report essentially says Maine wasn't good. Unbelievable.
  5. John Fitzgerald May 21, 2010 at 12:17 am
    Nats should protest this game. Valdes got unlimited warmup pitches and didn't enter the game b/c of an injury to Maine. Just sayin.
  6. John Fitzgerald May 21, 2010 at 12:43 am
    Mets winning 6-1? Nice!
  7. John Fitzgerald May 21, 2010 at 12:54 am
    Ken Rosenthal reports Mets are shopping Castillo to Colorado –http://www.rotoworld.com/Content/playerpages/play