Monthly Archives: September 2008

Before yesterday’s game, we discussed the sensibility of starting Johan Santana on three days’ rest after throwing a career-high number of pitches. With Johan being in the first of a seven-year contract, and the Mets more focused on the future … Continue reading →

Johan Santana threw 125 pitches three days ago, and another 117 today (Saturday). If by chance the Mets find their way into the postseason, there is a chance their first playoff game will be on October 1st. Some quick math … Continue reading →

Mets 2 Marlins 0 Jerry Manuel allowed Johan Santana to take the ball on short rest, but with one caveat: no more than 105 pitches. So when Santana threw 104 pitches in his first eight shutout innings, Manuel had to … Continue reading →

While you are waiting for the tarp to come off the field, you can listen to last night’s edition of “Live from Mickey Mantle’s“. There are two shows to download — in the first, Mark Healey and I interview Skip … Continue reading →

In the immortal words of Coach Jimmy McGinty, speaking to Shane Falco: Winners always want the ball… when the game is on the line. Johan Santana is pulling a Shane Falco and demanding the ball for Saturday’s game. With that … Continue reading →

Marlins 6 Mets 1 With both the Brewers and the Mets entering the last three games of the seasons with identical records, the 162-game season was distilled into three. Unfortunately, the Mets find themselves a game behind with two to … Continue reading →

Mets 7 Cubs 6 It was an extremely exciting game, with all the late-inning dramatics a fan lives for. Yet, for some reason, it felt somewhat empty. Perhaps it was the fact that the Mets were playing the Cubs’ second-stringers, … Continue reading →

Cubs 9 Mets 6 So much for the theory that Oliver Perez pitches better in “big” games, and/or against the better teams. So much, also, for the theory that the Mets win when Argenis Reyes is the starting second baseman. … Continue reading →