Published: May 22, 2010
Before the largest crowd 41,382, in the short history of Citi Field, the Yankees edged the Mets by a score of 2-1 in the first game of the 2010 Subway Series on Friday night. The pitchers’ duel between starters Javier Vazquez and Hisanori Takahashi was a big surprise to most observers at the ballpark. The [...]
Published: June 25, 2009
NEW YORK- One can sometimes never figure at times what will happen when a pitcher takes the mound. A pitch can go one way or the other and St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Joel Piñeiro certainly has experienced those moments in his seven or so seasons with three teams So, when he took the mound Tuesday [...]
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 [...]
Published: April 5, 2009
New York – Citi Field is the new state of the art stadium that the New York Mets unveiled the past two days in their final exhibition games with the Boston Red Sox. Mets pitcher Oliver Perez may not want to forget some of his putrid outings at the old ballpark, Shea Stadium, after failing [...]