John Fitzgerald MetsBlog – Jose Reyes will return tonight and Carlos Beltran should join the team after the All-Star break, in San Francisco. NY Times – Hisanori Takahashi’s next start will be skipped. Taky-Baseball will be added to the bullpen until after the All-Star break. Daily Stache – Matt Esposito thinks Mets fans are expecting too much … Read more
No Mets links today… Tune in tomorow morning to see what’s going on in the Mets-o-sphere. TODAY’S GAME The Mets (42-32) take on the Twins (42-33) in the rubber game of the 3-game series. Jon Niese (4-2, 4.17) will face Minnesota’s Scott Baker (6-6, 4.61). Here is the Mets starting lineup: Jose Reyes – SS … Read more
Time for another installment of What Would Wally Backman Do?
The Brooklyn Cyclones routed the Hudson Valley Renegades on Thursday night, by a score of 16-5. Brooklyn improved to 5-2 on the young season, good enough for first place in the New York Penn League’s McNamara Division. The game was highlighted by Brooklyn’s 18-hit offensive barrage and Wally Backman’s first ejection of the season.
Things weren’t looking so good on the night before, when Backman’s Cyclones blew a lead in the seventh inning with shoddy defense to lose Wednesday night’s game. Brooklyn’s bats were just as bad, as the team was held to three hits on the night. It’s interesting to note that Backman actually argued with an umpire following the ejection of centerfielder Darrell Ceciliani and he wasn’t ejected. You read that right – Wally Backman confronted an umpire and wasn’t ejected. You don’t see that everyday… But you can see the video below:
MetsBlog – It looks like Bobby Valentine will be the new Marlins manager and the best manager in the National League. Deal with it. OnTheBlack – Kerel Cooper on who’s hot… and who’s not. BrooklynMetFan – BMF talks about last night’s loss, Johan Santana’s recent off-field problems and his general sense of unease at recent … Read more
Andrew Marchand is reporting that Angel Pagan will likely take another night off tonight as the Mets start a three-game series against the visiting Minnesota Twins. It seems the Mets are proceeding with caution and that Pagan is on board with the decision: “I don’t think they are going to let me play,” Pagan said. … Read more
The first place Mets! Seriously… With the Braves loss this afternoon, the Mets are now a half game ahead of the second place Braves. Nice… NY Post – Angel Pagan will not start tonight’s game becaue of muscle spasms on his right side. The injury does not appear to be serious and Pagan should be … Read more
How tough was it to hit against R.A. Dickey’s knuckleball last night? Ask Brandon Inge: “One of (the pitches) I thought was gonna hit me and then it came in for a strike,” said Brandon Inge. (Detroit Free Press) Pretty scary, especially considering Inge had one of the Tigers’ four hits.
MetsToday – A recap of last night’s victory. MetsBlog – Matt Cerrone has a recap of Omar Minaya’s interview on the Boomer and Carton show this morning. NY Post – The Mets are still reeling from the Madoff debacle, allegedly… Daily Stache – Michael Ganci adds Nick Evans to the list of great prospects the … Read more
