Spring Training 08

See 50 megs of photos of Johan Santana in his 2008 spring training debut with the Mets. Most were shot in “burst mode” (a very cool feature, btw), so you can see his motion in sequence.

You may have seen the game on SNY — or will watch the replay this evening, but I’ll give you my notes from the game as I saw from Tradition Field. Johan Santana Johan got knocked around, but there’s no reason to panic. His velocity was good, around 93-94 and maybe a few popping a … Read more

FYI, you can see Mets spring training photos here. Am heading out to Tradition Field now to get more photos and will be posting more pictures and captions later this afternoon … as well as notes regarding the game.

It just wasn’t fair … the clean, unadulterated Mets had no chance against the juiced-up Cardinals, who appeared to be sponsored by Deca-Durobolin. OK, OK … it’s not right to suspect the Cardinals of using PEDs. Albert Pujols, after all, wasn’t named in the Mitchell Report as had been erroneously reported before the masterpiece was … Read more

Word down here in Jupiter is that the Cardinals have released Scott Spiezio, based on his the outstanding warrant for his arrest in California. “We had heard some things about this,” Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak said. “Ultimately nothing was ever confirmed to the level it was today. To have this warrant put out there, … Read more

There is one big surprise here on the southeast coast of Florida … It’s friggin’ cold! OK, I realize most of you are much colder than me … I hear it’s in the teens with snow in some places. Sorry ’bout that. But it isn’t exactly balmy down here … 46 degrees and windy as … Read more

I’m on my way down to Port St. Lucie this afternoon to get an eyewitness report on the status of the New York Mets. While I’d love to say this is an “official” trip specifically for MetsToday, it’s really an early birthday gift from my wife. But, assuming Florida’s power grid turns back on and … Read more

With the arrival of Johan Santana, who would have believed there’d be so much concern and discussion surrounding Orlando Hernandez at the beginning of spring training? Only two weeks of workouts, and already pundits are clamoring for El Duque to move to the bullpen, citing his various physical woes. For example, from Marty Noble in … Read more