Monthly Archives: July 2010

Quote of the Day: Jerry on Ollie’s New Role

Posted on July 19, 2010 by loge mezzanine

“Are we down on Ollie?” Manuel said of Perez. “We just think Ollie needs to continue to get better, continue to find himself, try to get back to where he was. I think Ollie could be of value to us … Continue reading →

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A Stiff Neck Could Be Good for Pelfrey

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Joe Janish

Mike Pelfrey was bumped from his Friday night start in San Francisco due to a stiff neck he suffered on the cross-country plane ride to the Left Coast. Ironically, I would argue that a stiff neck is exactly what Big … Continue reading →

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Catching: How (Not) To Frame

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Joe Janish

There was a lot of jibber-jabber from the Mets bench on Sunday afternoon as home plate umpire Phil Cuzzi was inundated with a number of borderline pitches. It’s very hard to tell from the TV screen whether Cuzzi was right … Continue reading →

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Mets Game 92: Win Over Giants

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Joe Janish

Mets 4 Giants 3 In ugly fashion, K-Rod blew a save, was saved from a loss by a bad call, and wound up with a win. Johan Santana set down the Giants through eight innings, allowing only one earned run … Continue reading →

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Mets Game 91: Loss to Giants

Posted on July 18, 2010 by Joe Janish

Giants 8 Mets 4 The good news is that the Mets finally scored. The bad news is they have lost their first series of the second half. Game Notes Hisanori Takahashi started out well, retiring the first three batters he … Continue reading →

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Midseason Assessment by John Delcos

Posted on July 17, 2010 by John Delcos

When pitchers and catchers reported Feb. 18, I posted five key questions the Mets faced heading into the season. Let’s revisit those questions at the All-Star break. 1) Question: What is this team’s attitude? Assessment: By all accounts, it has … Continue reading →

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July 17: Weekend Mets Links

Posted on July 17, 2010 by loge mezzanine

An abbreviated list of links for the weekend. There may or may not be an open thread for tomorrow’s game… Gotta take care of some stuff first. Stay tuned for Joe’s Janish-y recapanalysis after tonight’s game. Let’s go (Get a … Continue reading →

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Mets Game 90: Loss to Giants

Posted on July 17, 2010 by Joe Janish

Giants 1 Mets 0 On the one hand, I greatly appreciate these two-hour games — especially when they are played on the Left Coast. On the other hand, it would be nice if it were the Mets on the winning … Continue reading →

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