Monthly Archives: May 2008

Mets Game 29: Win Over Diamondbacks

Posted on May 4, 2008 by Joe Janish

Mets 5 Diamondbacks 2 It was a lot closer than the final score. Danny Haren and Johan Santana gave the audience a good old fashioned pitchers’ duel, with neither ace showing signs of weakening through six innings of baseball. In … Continue reading →

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Mets Game 27: Loss to Diamondbacks

Posted on May 3, 2008 by Joe Janish

Diamondbacks 10 Mets 4 Last year in Game 27, the Mets came from behind to beat the Diamondbacks 9-4, highlighted by a last-inning, three-run homer by Damion Easley and a complete breakdown by D’backs closer Jose Valverde. This time around, … Continue reading →

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Keith: Pure Baseball

Posted on May 3, 2008 by Joe Janish

After reading over that Keith Hernandez had given a class on baseball (hat tip to MetsBlog) at Cornell Adult University in Port St. Lucie (Ivy League in FL … who knew?), I vaguely remembered that Keith had written a book … Continue reading →

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Mets Game 26: Win Over Diamondbacks

Posted on May 2, 2008 by Joe Janish

Mets 7 Diamondbacks 2 The Mets jumped out to an early lead off Micah “Babe Ruth” Owings, led by the top three batters in the lineup — Jose Reyes, Ryan Church, and David Wright — who were a combined 9-for-14 … Continue reading →

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Easy On Willie

Posted on May 2, 2008 by Joe Janish

So Tim Marchman is calling for Willie Randolph’s head, and I disagree. The gist of Marchman’s diatribe: Unless a manager is a genius, all one can ask him to do is not actively harm his team’s chances. Randolph doesn’t pass … Continue reading →

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Comings and Goings

Posted on May 2, 2008 by Joe Janish

Derrick Turnbow has been DFA’d by the Brewers after posting a 15.36 ERA through his first 8 games. He’s exactly the type of power arm that Omar Minaya loves, but I doubt highly we’ll see him in the orange blue … Continue reading →

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Minor (League) Questions

Posted on May 1, 2008 by Joe Janish

Loyal MetsToday reader and commenter “isuzudude” brings up two points for discussion: 1. It looks as though the Mets are going to pass on Botts. Reason being they recently signed another power-hitting 1B/OF in Val Pascucci, whom I’m thinking was … Continue reading →

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More Non-moves

Posted on May 1, 2008 by Joe Janish

Continuing to avoid the reality of yesterday afternoon, and following up to The Deal That Wasn’t, I was looking through some of the players the Mets were reportedly “after” during this past Hot Stove Season. Among some of the better … Continue reading →

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