Palm Beach Post – The Marlins decided to hand out vuvuzelas at last night’s game. The result was panned by critics and players as the worst giveaway idea ever. NY Daily News – Wally Backman, Cory Vaughn and the Brooklyn Cyclones are 2-0. NY Post – Jerry Manuel has thrown John Maine under the bus. … Read more
New York Times – Tyler Kepner thinks the Mets are starting to resemble the 2005 Yankees. Wall Street Journal – R.M. Schneiderman has the info on tonight’s OTHER subway series – the Brooklyn Cyclones visit the Staten Island Yankees to kick off the NY-Penn League season. Wall Street Journal – Kevin Clark reports on Cyclones … Read more
New York Times – David Waldstein has a GREAT story about Chris Carter’s legally blind grandfather who just saw Carter play at Progressive Field. This is an early frontrunner for tomorrow’s Feel Good Friday link. ESPN New York – Adam Rubin reports that Jason Bay is not in the starting lineup tonight. MetsBlog – Jason … Read more
Links on the way… Stay tuned. Long Live Shea Stadium – LLSS has a scouting report on Indians’ starter Mitch Talbot. Mets Kool Aid – Did you realize the Mets have won 9 out of 10 games since they 86’d Gary Matthews Jr. and Oliver Perez? I didn’t… (Get it? 86’d? Whatever…) Newark Star-Ledger – … Read more
Links are on the way… Links are here! Cleveland Plain Dealer – Paul Hoynes has the lowdown on Johan Santana’s dominance of Jhonny Peralta and Travis Hafner. MetsToday – Joe Janish has an in-depth preview of the upcoming currently underway series in Cleveland. FanHouse – The Wilpons are apparently discussing the possibility of bringing the … Read more
MetsToday – Matt Himelfarb takes a look at the Savannah Sand Gnats pitching staff. OnTheBlack – Kerel Cooper recaps the Mets’ offense performance during the Baltimore series. The Daily Stache – So now Roy Oswalt wants to maybe kinda sorta be a Met? Maybe… And here is an interview of Jesus Feliciano, conducted by SNY’s … Read more
NESN – Apparently, only 11% of Connecticut residents identify themselves as Mets fans. No surprise there, really. But still kinda interesting, to me at least. MetsBlog – Matt Cerrone has details on Carlos Beltran’s progress in Florida. Queens Courier – More details on Darryl Strawberry’s new restaurant. MetsToday – If you missed it, read about … Read more
The Mets (31-27) take on the Padres(34-24) in a day/night doubleheader at Citi Field. Game 1 will pit Johan Santana (4-2, 2.76) against Matt Latos (5-4, 3.26). First pitch at 1:10pm. The Mets’ lineup for Game 1: 1. Jose Reyes 2. Angel Pagan 3. Jason Bay 4. Ike Davis 5. David Wright 6. Jeff Francoeur … Read more
