This weekend we have Dan from Mets Police on assignment covering the minors. While we wait to hear from him, here’s this week’s installment of Saturday Morning Pictures. This week, a minor league edition.www.metspolice.com
NY Sports Examiner: Mets take round one from Phillies 7-4.
Chan Ho Park is awful.
I guess Jerry is much smarter than he was on Wednesday when he had Putz pitch the 8th, since it worked tonight. Even that guy David Wright that Jerry insists on playing got some hits.
Tatis is going to wind up taking someone’s job.
NY Sports Examiner: Mets take round one from Phillies 7-4.
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Phillies Bloggers Welcome New York Mets Fans
Brotherly love and a shoutout to the Mets Police…the least we can do is return the link.
Here’s some friendship from Balls, Sticks and Stuff
Typically, the influx of Mets fans in our stadium annoys me. I’m proud of the home field advantage fans provide for the Fightins and so when Mets fans fill up a third or more of the stadium… I just don’t like it.
But this year, in a way, I’m almost looking forward to it. I want those New Yorkers to see the 2008 flag flying high, the 2007 and 2008 NL East flags right next to them. I want them to see the small smiles that haven’t left our faces since October, I want them to hear the “Rah-ooooool!” that greets Raul Ibanez and see how the whole place subconciously bobs their heads when Chase Utley’s “Kashmir” plays over the public address system. I want them to feelthe bass-y ring of liberty bell in right field. Suck it in friends to the north, suck it in…
More at Balls, Sticks and Stuff,
Hi guys, I hope we can be friends, especially if Pelfrey can hold this 5-3 lead.
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Some Quality New York Mets Razzing From Philadelphia
Dear Mets fans,
It’s been a while since you last came to visit. You weren’t missed all that much. We love to hate each other, sure, but it was kind of nice without you.
This is your first trip to town since last August. Philly has been a little busy since then. There was the World Series and the parade and the ring ceremony and, man, it just hasn’t stopped. You probably saw most of it on TV since you didn’t have much else to do after September. You remember all the pageantry that goes along with being a world champion, right? No? Well, maybe you have some faded pictures of 1986 in a shoebox somewhere.
This might be overstepping our relationship, but can we tell you something? You guys seem awfully haggard. It looks like you haven’t slept much lately. Guess choking away two straight division titles will keep you up at night.
This is your first trip to town since last August. Philly has been a little busy since then. There was the World Series and the parade and the ring ceremony and, man, it just hasn’t stopped. You probably saw most of it on TV since you didn’t have much else to do after September. You remember all the pageantry that goes along with being a world champion, right? No? Well, maybe you have some faded pictures of 1986 in a shoebox somewhere.
This might be overstepping our relationship, but can we tell you something? You guys seem awfully haggard. It looks like you haven’t slept much lately. Guess choking away two straight division titles will keep you up at night.
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Mailbag: What You Would Do With The New York Mets
Yesterday I asked…”So Mets Fans, What Exactly Is It You Want To Do?”
and you said:
Here’s what I would do…..like one former Jet head coach said ‘Play to win the game’
I’ve heard the arguments why David Wright shouldnt have bunted but enough with the psyche crap and win the game. Have him bunt and help the team win instead of worrying about how he would feel if he was asked to bunt. I was watching a Yankee Classic game the other day and Eddie Murphy on the Orioles bunted.
Now your big stars cant do that because of who they are and how much they make. ‘You cant have him bunt, you want him to try and hit a ball up the gap. You pay him to get the big hit.’ Really? The way he’s hitting? Another thing is that pitchers used to pitch until they got in trouble.
On the broadcast the other day Howie said that Jerry would pull Santana out early in games early in the season so he was fresh for when they needed him at the end of the season. Really? Maybe you wouldnt need him so big at the end if you let him pitch and win at the beginning. Now they pull guys out when there cruising along just so that they can put in the guy who has to pitch the 8th inning. Never mind that you have no idea if that next guy ‘has it’ or not that day. You have to do it, thats the way its set up. I understand you CAN do it that way but does it always HAVE to be that way? Can’t anyone manage a game the way they did 20 years ago? Isnt it an option anymore? I’m getting fed up with it. You cant even get thru a blowout win without using 4 pitchers and forget about a loss, you go thru 6 of them with pulling them out for pinch hitters and righty/lefty matchups never mind bringing the new guy in who cant find the plate and having to get someone else up. The bullpen is going to be toast by the All Star Game.
This team is so poorly managed and constructed. Most teams yesterday would have put a speedy guy in to pinch run after Sheffield got on in the 9th. We dont even have a guy to do that and rattle a pitcher. Jerry starts playing mind games ‘I wanted to break up Lindstrom’s rythym by bringing in Santos’ What? The guy loaded the bases in a heartbeat and you want to think its going to get him rattled by making him wait? You want that guy to stay rattled. I could go on and on. Thanks for letting me vent.
Re bullpen I hate when managers chase losses. Willie was horrible at that. I thought Joe Torre was really good at using his good guys when wins were on the table, and the scrubs on the other days. Jerry needs one whipping boy who they torture in the 6-1 games…and let the dude pitch 5 innings and lose 13-1. What’s the difference really? Torre understood that. Interestingly Joe Torre (who was available prior to the 2008 season when they brought Willie back) had a 2.5 game lead in the West prior to last night’s game. (I’m cheating and writing on Thursday so I can sleep in).
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