New York Mets
This guy needs more sleep Mets announcer falls asleep
Thursday, May 13th, 2010 | MLB, New York Mets | No Comments
Mets announcer falls asleep on TV during the game, this is the best thing I have seen online in a long time.
Don’t Look Now — New York Mets Riding High On 7-Game Win Streak!
Friday, April 30th, 2010 | MLB, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, Sports | No Comments
Call it one of the biggest surprises during the early part of the 2010 MLB baseball schedule – the New York Mets are in 1st place in the NL East.
The Mets have rose clutch hitting from David Wright and rookie Ike Davis, and stellar pitching from Johan Santana (3-1, 2.08 ERA & 1.12 WHIP) and Mike Pelfrey (4-0, 0.69 ERA & 1.19 WHIP).
The Mets are 11-5 at home at CITI Field, they are 13-9 overall (after starting the season slow by losing 6 out of the first 8 games that they played) and they open up a big 3-game weekend set against the Phillies in Philadelphia tonight. Jonathan Niese, in his 1st full season as a regular starter, will look to keep up his excellent pitching (0-1, 3.68 ERA & 1.86 WHIP) against Ryan Howard and the Phillies. This will certainly be a good test for the upstart New York Mets who are looking to dethrone the back-to-back NL pennant Phillies.
Crazy Day in Baseball – Jimenez No-Hits Braves; Mets Top Cards 2-1 in 20 Innings!
Sunday, April 18th, 2010 | MLB, New York Mets, Sports, St. Louis Cardinals | No Comments
WOW — what an unbelievable day in baseball on Saturday. Ubaldo Jimenez pitched the 1st no-hitter in Colorado Rockies franchise history by dominating the Braves in Atlanta. Jimenez needed 129 pitches to do it, but he persevered despite racking up 6 walks. He also had 7 K’s. He was still throwing 98-MPH fastballs into the 9th inning, but he credited advice from his pitching coach Bob Apodaca in the 5th inning for the reason he was able to accomplish the feat “In the 5th inning, Bob Apocada, he just came to me and was like ‘You’ve been throwing good from the stretch, why don’t you just give it a try?’” He pitched from the stretch the rest of the game, retiring the next 15 batters her faced to complete the no-hitter. The best chance for a Braves hit came in the 7th inning when center fielder Dexter Fowler made a diving catch of Troy Glaus’ sinking line drive in left center field – it was an unbelievable play.
While Jimenez was tossing his no-hitter, the New York Mets and the St. Louis Cardinals were engaging in the longest game of the season thus far. The Mets outlasted the Cards in 20 innings by winning 2-1 on Jose Reyes sacrifice fly in the top of the 20th inning. The 2 teams played scoreless ball for the 1st 18 innings of the game – the 1st time that has happened in baseball since 1989. Starters Johan Santana for the Mets and Jaime Garcia for the Cards each worked 7 scoreless innings. Garcia only gave up 1 hit. The Mets used 9 pitchers while the Cards used 8 pitchers and 2 position players. Infielder Felipe Lopez worked a scoreless 18th inning for the Cards, while outfielder Joe Mather pitched the final 2 innings for the Cards giving up both runs that the Mets scored. He walked 3 batters and gave up 2 hits, but both runs scored on sacrifice flies. Mets’ closer Francisco Rodriguez blew the save in the bottom of the 19th inning by allowing Yadier Molina’s RBI single, but he picked up the win when the Mets scored in the 20th inning. Starter Mike Pelfrey picked up his 1st save by working a scoreless 20th innning despite allowing 2 batters reach base.
Each team had played in 4 20-inning games in their franchise histories. Ironically, it was the 1st time that the Mets had won, while it was the only time that the Cards had lost.
From a baseball perspective, it was only the 2nd time in MLB history that a 20-inning game was played on the same day that a pitcher threw a no-hitter.
Talk about a crazy day in baseball!
Mets Ace Johan Santana Resumes Throwing Off Mound
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 | MLB, New York Mets, Sports | No Comments
New York Mets ace Johan Santana threw 24 pitches off the mound in Port St. Lucie, Florida on Tuesday. It was the first time that the lefty hand thrown off a mound since he underwent season-ending left elbow surgery in September 2009. As for results – it could not have gone better. Santana had this to say about his effort: “I feel pretty good. The ball was coming out pretty good. I feel like I am doing my mechanics without any problems, so that was big. And I don’t feel anything in my arm, so I think everything should be all right.” Santana was also thrilled with how well his changeup worked this early in the season: “It had that nice motion, so it’s good to see that this early because that tells me we are way ahead of the game.”
Good news Mets fans. Any chance of competing in the tough NL East hinges on Santana having a productive season for the Mets in 2010. Santana did make 25 starts for the Mets in 2009 (going 13-9 with a 3.13 overall ERA), but down the stretch, you could tell that something was off. Santana pitched poorly from June 1st on – going under .500 with a 6-7 record and posting a “hefty” 4.02 ERA. In his 1st year after signing his big deal with the Mets, Santana started 34 games for the Mets in 2008. He went 16-7 with a 2.53 ERA and a 1.15 WHIP. He pitched 234 1/3 innings and struck out 206 batters with only 63 walks. The Mets will need another effort like that out of Santana during the 2010 campaign to even think about competing for the playoffs…
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