Published: May 23, 2010
New York – Maybe it is the adrenalin of the New York Mets playing the cross-town Yankees, or the importance of winning inter-league games. Whatever it is, the Mets did something against the Yankees they have not accomplished so far this season scoring all of their runs on two out hits Saturday evening. The Yankees [...]
Published: April 12, 2010
NEW YORK – After this first home stand that opened the season, did we expect anything better than a 2-4 start for the New York Mets? They lose two of three to the Florida Marlins and the Washington Nationals continued the misery at Citi Field also taking two of three. Same old story, even with [...]
Published: April 6, 2010
NEW YORK – New additions to Citi Field Monday afternoon and a New York Mets Opening Day win over the Florida Marlins gave some hope after the devastating outcome of the season before. There was a debut of a Mets Hall of Fame for fans, more of a Mets historic presence in and around the [...]
Published: October 7, 2009
Flushing, NY – Clearly New York Mets general manager Omar Minaya and manager Jerry Manuel have a major task ahead. At least one more year they have to turn around the “totally unaccepted” season of 2009 as was explained Monday by Mets CEO Jeff Wilpon. So when the players cleaned out their lockers and said [...]
Published: August 5, 2009
Flushing, NY – Joel Pineiro the St. Louis Cardinals right handed pitcher and Johan Santana who had been perfect in three games against St. Louis should have been the story Tuesday evening at Citi Field. They would not figure in the final outcome but the bat of Albert Pujols did. There was Pujols, in the [...]
Published: July 13, 2009
New York - David Wright, Francisco Rodriguez and Johan Santana headed to St. Louis to participate and represent the New York Mets in Tuesdays Major League Baseball All-Star game. In the clubhouse Sunday afternoon others packed some belongings and headed home for their three-day break. And some will stay in town including manager Jerry Manuel. [...]
Published: July 12, 2009
New York - Finally the New York Mets got the shutout instead of their opponent. Thank their ace pitcher Johan Santana and an offense that finally woke up, though without a home run again as they took the second of three games from the Cincinnati Reds 4-0 at Citi Field Saturday evening. Manager Jerry Manuel [...]
Published: June 26, 2009
NEW YORK – Fernando Martinez the 19-year old rookie is now a permanent fixture in the lineup of manager Jerry Manuel with Carlos Beltran on the disabled list. However it has been a struggle at the plate for the native of Rio San Juan Dominican Republic in his two stints with the Mets since being [...]
Published: June 21, 2009
New York – Carlos Peña the American League home leader of the Tampa Bay Rays has had a good history hitting against Mets pitcher Johan Santana. Tampa Bay right hander pitcher James Shields never faced the Mets in his 100 career starts. The two were primary reasons why Tampa won 3-1 Saturday afternoon at Citi [...]
Published: June 11, 2009
New York – Johan Santana gave the ball to New York Mets manager Jerry Manuel on the mound in the eighth inning. He tied a career high giving up four home runs in a game to the Philadelphia Phillies and threw a season low 91 pitches. He also had a RBI double in the sixth [...]