Tonight the Mets go into Arizona to face off with the team with the best record in baseball. They have statistically done well at Chase Field, with David Wright having an amazing average there. But this isn't the past two years. The Diamond Backs are 20 - 8 and already 5 games up in their division. Their pitchers can hit. (Owings hit a pitch hit home run to win the game the other day!) Their offense and defense work well together, despite the youth.

The match ups this weekend are Maine vs Owings, Pelfrey vs Webb (FOX game of the week, Yay)
and Santana vs Haren.

This should be a good series. And considering the game played this past Wednesday at Shea, they really need it.

Has any one noticed that during games on Fox and on ESPN the announcers will often give out an "award" for player of the game before the game itself has ended? This past Saturday on the East coast Fox game of the week Joe Buck declared that Kelly Johnson was the clutch player of the game. Now there is no problem with this and he ended up being the clutch player but to say this in the 8th makes no sense. On June 30, 2000 at Shea Stadium [a game I was at], the Mets scored 10 runs in the bottom of the 8th. In sports, anything can happen. You never know. They should stop trying to rush information. Waiting until the end whether it goes 9 innings or 16 makes more sense then having to change who the "award" goes to. (Which I have seen before.)

Predictions!

OK, so I never usually make predictions, but I figured since I'm writing this blog, I might as well.
Here ya go:
AL West - Angels
AL Central - Tigers
AL East - Red Sox
AL Wildcard - Indians

NL West - Diamondbacks
NL Central - Cubs
NL East - Mets
NL Wildcard - Not 100% positive, either Padres or Phillies

AL Champs - Tigers
NL Champs - Mets

HAPPY FIRST DAY OF THE METS 2OO8 SEASON!

LAST SEASON AT SHEA!

My First Post!

At this moment we are 3 days, 16 hours, 41 minutes and 7 seconds away from the New York Mets Official Season Opener!!

Before the season begins, the Mets will be playing in the Civil Rights game. They, along with the Chicago White Sox, were picked to represent their respective leagues. John Maine was chosen by Willie Randolph to pitch. This allows him to say on schedule with pitching every fifth day. Maine is the fourth in the rotation behind Santana, Martinez and Perez. It is still not entirely clear who will be the fifth starter. (( CHECK THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE AND ADD YOUR OPINION ON THE POLL =] ))

I get why the decision was made -left - right - left - right- but I can't help but think that having Maine pitching behind Pedro might make more sense. He has proven to be consistent and an innings eater. We don't know how Pedro will be. ((hoping he is as good as we need him to be )) And you neverrr know which Perez you're gonna get. Having two guys in a row that might not be able to go deep into the game will tax the bull pen. WE DO NOT NEED THIS HAPPENING AGAIN.

The Mets will play one more Spring Training game tomorrow. They are currently in first place in the Grapefruit League with a 19 and 10 record. I know this really doesn't mean anything, but I am excited. A majority of the games did not include regulars, besides Reyes and Wright, but they were such good games. After losing the first three, they had a stretch of games with a new hero having a hand in the W almost every day. During one of the broadcasts Ron Darling had said that you can tell when a team has spots to fill because they are usually higher in the standings. He went on to say people that don't have guaranteed spots play much harder.

Before I go I just want to mention the new programming on SNY. At 5:00 Daily News Live is still on (( LOVE Chris Cotter! )), but it's now only a half hour. At 5:30 and 6:00 there are two new shows, Wheelhouse, hosted by Brian Custard featuring Brandon Tierney and Scotty Ferrell (( He's awesome )) and Loudmouths featuring Adam Schein and Chris Carlin. I thought I wasn't gonna like Loudmouths but the two men have great chemistry, I recommend it.

That's it for now! =]