This is not the kind of “fifty-fifty” that suggests hope or puts a windfall of money in someone’s pocket.
The Mets reach the century mark of the season with a perfectly even 50-50 record. Once again, stuck at the Flushing .500.
Here is the lineup the Mets will send to the plate against Florida Marlins pitcher Clay Hensley:
Jose Reyes – SS
Justin Turner – 2B
Carlos Beltran – RF
David Wright – 3B
Dan Murphy – 1B
Angel Pagan – CF
Jason Bay – LF
Josh Thole – C
Chris Capuano – P
Bay is back in the lineup after resting a tight hamstring. If this were 2009 and we saw Bay hitting 7th we’d think “wow, this is a crazy deep lineup”. Then again, many people may still believe that the Mets have a fairly deep lineup, for a NL team.
You know Jack McKeon is old — for a MLB manager, anyway. He’s 80, turning 81 in November.
But do you really grasp how old he is, and how long he’s been a manager?
Consider this: when Jack McKeon took his first managing job, leading the Fayetteville (NC) Highlanders to a 70-67 record,
