What Mets fans talk about when not talking about the actual games.
Will the black uniform streak end at 6?
It’s the M.E.T.’s, here come the M.E.T’s, they won’t let you remember.
Saturday, August 7
@ Philadelphia
Jose Reyes – SS
Angel Pagan – LF
Carlos Beltran – CF
David Wright – 3B
Mike Hessman – 1B
Jeff Francoeur – RF
Henry Blanco – C
Ruben Tejada – 2B
Johan Santana – LHP
METS RECALL OUTFIELDER FERNANDO MARTINEZ AND INFIELDER RUBEN TEJADA FROM BUFFALO (AAA);
OPTION OUTFIELDER JESUS FELICIANO TO BUFFALO (AAA) AND RELEASE INFIELDER ALEX CORA
FLUSHING, N.Y., August 7, 2010 – The New York Mets today announced that they have recalled outfielder Fernando Martinez and infielder Ruben Tejada from Buffalo (AAA) of the International League. Martinez will wear uniform #26 while Tejada will wear uniform #11. Both players will be available for tonight’s game at Philadelphia. In order to make room on New York’s 25-man roster, outfielder Jesus Feliciano was optioned to Buffalo and infielder Alex Cora was released.
Martinez, 21, was hitting .255 (63-247) with 38 runs scored, 16 doubles, 12 home runs, 33 RBI, 17 walks and 60 strikeouts in 68 games with the Bisons. Over his last 10 games at Buffalo, the 6-1, 200-pounder was batting .324 (11-34) with three doubles, two home runs and three RBI.
Martinez hit .176 (16-91) with 11 runs scored, one home run and eight RBI in 29 games with New York in 2009 before undergoing season-ending surgery on July 15 to repair a tear of the medial meniscus of the right knee.
Tejada, 20, was with the Mets from April 5-10 and June 4-July 19 this year. He batted .212 (22-104) with 17 runs scored, four doubles, five RBI, seven walks and 19 strikeouts in 35 games with the Mets. The 5-11, 162-pounder was hitting .280 (61-218) with 25 runs scored, 11 doubles, one home run, 16 RBI, 14 walks and 36 strikeouts in 65 games with the Bisons.
Feliciano, 31, hit .292 (19-65) with eight runs scored, four doubles, one triple and two RBI in 27 contests with the Mets this season.
Cora, 34, was batting .207 (35-169) with six doubles, three triples, 20 RBI, 10 walks and 16 strikeouts in 62 games with the Mets this year.
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The Mets have worn the dopey black tops 6 days in a row now, while going 1-5.
They don’t look good on the field (if you want to wear one as a civilian on your date tonight go ahead), and it’s not like they have been lucky.
Johan goes tonight, and he tends to like the black jerseys unfortunately, and then Dickey who also tends to like them.
Stop stop stop stop stop.
Again, next year’s 50th season gives the Mets a nice perfect excuse to roll back in time. Â Save the black for when John Franco nostalgia rolls around circa 2020. Â Right now the team just looks sloppy in all ways, including attire.
HOWIE DO SOMETHING!!!!!!
Big thanks to Walt (@formerdirtdart) for sending over his monthly uni tally and graphics! Â I am a little late on this because of Mean Mr. Day Job Boss who makes me WORK while at work! Â Click on the graphic for a bigger view.
The bottom column (like where it says 1, 1-0) are the tallies (that 1-0 was for black with a stars and stripes cap) but I will lose lots of white space if I include the graphics (they spilled onto a second page) – total them yourself!