What Mets fans talk about when not talking about the actual games.
Nope not Pedro. Not even Joba.
It’s The World Champion Red Sox vs The First Place Rays.
You laugh.
A guy named Scott Kazmir was 5-1 in May and named pitcher of the month.
David Ortiz is on the DL.
Tampa swept Boston in April. This could be their chance to extend their lead in the AL East.
Not my idea, but it’s so great I want to publciize it.
The Mets and Yankees are both off on September 11th.
Here’s the idea trail as explained by Anthony Rieber in today’s Newsday who writes: Full disclosure alert: This wasn’t my idea. It was first mentioned on our Mets blog by beat writer David Lennon on May 16, the day of the rainout. And he got the idea from Newsday reader Ryan Mulholland.
Good job, guys. Good thinking. And Ryan points out that scheduling this game would be easy for both teams because, for some reason, both teams are home the weekend of Sept. 12-14.
On Sept. 11, the Mets are in the middle of a homestand. So we’d be asking them to give up a day at home. The Yankees play in Anaheim on Sept. 10, but it’s an afternoon game. So they’d be back in New York with plenty of time to get 40 winks and do a little laundry before heading to the ballpark to help some people who really need it.
Here’s Rieber’s story. Great idea by Ryan Mulholland.
In 2005, Pedro’s first season as a Met, Martinez posted a 15-8 record with a 2.82 ERA, 208 strikeouts, and opponents batted .204 against him. Great!
They finished third with a whopping 83 wins! That’s three fewer than the legendary 1976 Mets that you can’t name five players on.
Martinez started the 2006 season at the top of his game. At the end of May, he was 5-1 with a 2.50 ERA. Great! This guy is 20 and 9 as a Met! Awesome, right? Let’s take it from there.
Beginning on June 6, (6/6/06!) Martinez went 4-7 with a 7.10 ERA in a series of spotty starts interrupted twice by stays on the disabled list. The Mets went to the playoffs without him.
2007? 3-1 in five starts with a 2.57 ERA. During the last week when they needed an ace, he dropped one 3-0 to St. Louis.
2008? 4 innings so far. Since June 6, 2006 this guy is 7 and 5. Whoopdedoo. He’s 27-17 as a Met. Pedro has won 7 more games than Tom Seaver since June 2006. Santana’s already won the same amount. A nice 5th starter, sure why not….but the savior, I doubt it.
NJ.com has now twice mentioned a “Salute To The Stadium” in November. They seem to be the e only mentions of this on the entire world wide web.
Anyone know anything?
Is there such an event scheduled?
it would be nice to know because right now bleacher seats for the September 21st stadium-closer are going for $278 on the official scalping home of mlb, stubhub. Unless you think the NYY’s can catch The Rays.
Torre looks a little blue – New York Yankees baseball – NJ.com
… that will require much work on the part of both teams — or if Torre returns for the planned “Salute to the Stadium” event scheduled for November. …www.nj.com/yankees/index.ssf/2008/05/torre_looks_a_little_blue.html – 40k – Cached – Similar pages – Note this
Where memories are enshrined – Breaking News From New Jersey – NJ.com
Mar 29, 2008 … There is a “Salute to the Stadium” event scheduled for November. And the team, the city and the NHL are working on setting up an outdoor …www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/03/where_memories_are_enshrined.html – 67k – Cached – Similar pages – Note this
Well not really but you paused enough to recoil in horror didn’t you? That’s actually the Giants, from which the Mets borrow the NY and for which the seats at Citi Field will be green. (The Mets join the Orioles in honoring the New York Giants with green seats).
In other uniform news, the Mariners were able to wear spanish language jerseys without looking like idiots. When translated, “Mets” is “Mets” and “Mariners is Marineros.” “Los Mets” is “The Mets” which is why the Los Mets jerseys are awful.
(credit to uni watch for all this, except the sarcasm – that’s mine.)
