Mets 3 Orioles 1 Two down, one to go … The Mets beat Baltimore for the second straight night, behind the brilliant pitching of Hisanori Takahashi and the general lack of interest by the Orioles. To me, the O’s resemble the Mets of late August 2009 — a team waiting for the season to end. … Read more
Mets 7 Marlins 6 DO YOU BELIEVE IN COMEBACKS ????!!!!!!!!! The Mets were down 1-0 in the fourth, then fell behind 5-0 as they came to bat in the sixth. It was looking like one of those lazy Sunday losses. Then, out of nowhere, the Mets offense woke from their slumber and scored seven runs … Read more
Padres 18 Mets 6 You know things aren’t going well when Oliver Perez’s presence on the mound is a sight for sore eyes. But that in fact was the case, after watching Hisanori Takahashi allow 6 runs in 4 innings, Raul Valdes allow 4 runs (half of which came on bases-loaded walks) without registering an … Read more
Mets 5 Phillies 0 Who are these Mets? Who are those Phillies? The Mets won their fourth in a row — beating the Yankees and Phillies — and their fifth of their last six. They’ve shut out the Phillies in back-to-back games using fill-in starters. Is it because they’re that good? Is it because Jerry … Read more
Yankees 2, Mets 1 Did you ever see a movie that you were REALLY excited to see? A movie that was REALLY interesting and totally lived up to its expectations for about 90 minutes, until something totally unbelievable and ridiculous happened that it totally took you out of the movie? You were suddenly aware that … Read more
Mets 10 Dodgers 5 Break up the Mets! By taking the second game of their doubleheader with the Dodgers, the Mets have won their third consecutive series, and are now threatening to take the lead in the NL East. I urge you to bask in this current glory, because one can never know what the … Read more
Mets 5 Braves 2 Jerry Manuel is a genius. Manuel finally followed through with his brilliant plan of batting Jose Reyes in the third spot of the lineup, Reyes had a great day at the plate, and the Mets won. It’s all smooth sailing from here on in. Game Notes Jose Reyes went 2-for-4 with … Read more
My apologies for not posting this earlier, but like most of the news out of Port St. Lucie this spring, it took me a long time to understand and extract the logic.
Let’s just run through specific personnel.
Nelson Figueroa (cut) – He’s not a Cy Young candidate. He’s barely an MLB-quality 5th starter. However, he had a spectacular spring, he had a great winter campaign, he had an outstanding
