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Open Thread: Mets vs Red Sox, 3/11/2010

Jason Bay collides with his former team! John Lackey gets his first look at the club that spurned him this offseason! Jerry Manuel says, "That's gangsta!"

Mike Pelfrey gets the start today at Tradition Field, followed by Pedro Feliciano, Tobi Stoner, Ryota Igarashi, Bobby Livingston, Elmer Dessens, and Travis Blackley.

If you're at the game, send a photo of the view from your seat to amazinavenue@gmail.com and maybe we'll put it on the site.

Today's game can be seen on SNY and MLB.tv.

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News on Reyes.

Hello all, new guy here. Just picked this up on my former go-to mets website before migrating here. Not good news:

http://www.metsblog.com/2010/03/11/omar-minayas-conference-call-on-reyes/

by Crazy Nyce Dave on Mar 11, 2010 12:54 PM EST reply actions  

See that's the thing...

…that’s got me more nervous. When they first announced the problem last week, I kept hearing from posters, Dr.‘s, newscasters, etc., that the problem is fixed with medicince and he’ll back in no time. I can’t recall anyone saying that the treatment might be absoultly no physical activity for 2 months.

by Crazy Nyce Dave on Mar 11, 2010 1:03 PM EST up reply actions  

the treatment is actually = lay off the seafood.

the rest is to prevent complications.

you know what I'm sayin' ?

by fxcarden on Mar 11, 2010 1:04 PM EST up reply actions  

And Jose

follows in the grand tradition of Duaner Sanchez as a player whose culinary choices appear to have screwed over himself and the team.

The same could be said about Mo Vaughn, I suppose, but in a very different way.

by dontstopbelieving on Mar 11, 2010 2:14 PM EST up reply actions  

It must not be Graves disease

which is the most typical cause of hyperthyrodism and what everyone was assuming.

"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet

What a fool I was to defy him"

-HST

by Mark Himmelstein on Mar 11, 2010 1:21 PM EST up reply actions  

SS options

Anyone have thoughts whether it might be worth it to throw Tejada into the mix to play SS for a few weeks while Jose is on the shelf? All other things being equal, he should be in the minors, but how would his expected production compare to Cora’s?

by dontstopbelieving on Mar 11, 2010 1:13 PM EST up reply actions  

I doubt its worth it

To add him to the 40-man already just so he can fill in for a week. I really don’t expect him to be any better than Anderson Hernandez, except perhaps defensively, but is one defensive run or so really worth adding him and using an option?

"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet

What a fool I was to defy him"

-HST

by Mark Himmelstein on Mar 11, 2010 1:22 PM EST up reply actions  

Ah, forgot

that he’s not on the 40-man. Yeah, that pretty much seals it.

by dontstopbelieving on Mar 11, 2010 1:52 PM EST up reply actions  

According to Metsblog, Minaya said he has confidence in Cora and Tejada

No mention of Hernandez. This is what I love about the Mets — they love old, mediocre players from outside the organization who are relatively expensive (like Cora) but aren’t keen on their own young, mediocre-to-average players who are cheap (Hernandez, Evans, Carter, etc)

by Bieser's Balk on Mar 11, 2010 1:55 PM EST up reply actions  

Hernandez

is pretty awful. Anyone think Russ Adams might merit a shot or is his defensive ability not up to snuff for shortstop? Hitting-wise, he might be the best option – has a little pop, unlike all the others.

by dontstopbelieving on Mar 11, 2010 2:03 PM EST up reply actions  

Tough strike zone

Poor Pelf isn’t getting any help from this ump. Shame really because he’s pitching ok.

He was a boy of soft demeanor
And he loved his caburetor cleaner

by Nystrom on Mar 11, 2010 1:23 PM EST reply actions  

The way I see it...

Really not too bad. Some ground balls that got through/a rough strike zone from the ump in the first inning. Then two 1-2-3’s back to back. He’s throwing a lot of first pitch strikes.

by SheoawnnGreen23 on Mar 11, 2010 1:45 PM EST up reply actions  

Yeah

that’s the way it see it as well.

He was a boy of soft demeanor
And he loved his caburetor cleaner

by Nystrom on Mar 11, 2010 1:48 PM EST up reply actions  

Re grounders that got through

Are they balls that got through because of Cora/Castillo’s lack of range? Because unfortunately, that’s gonna be a recurring problem.

by dontstopbelieving on Mar 11, 2010 1:49 PM EST up reply actions  

Eh..

The first was a bad hop down the third base line out of reach of Wright and the other was right between Wright and Cora. It wasn’t so much that they weren’t legit hits but that Pelf wasn’t hit that hard (though VMart absolutely yanked one).

by SheoawnnGreen23 on Mar 11, 2010 1:55 PM EST up reply actions  

So two to 8 weeks on Reyes?

Could they be slightly more vague? How about 2 to 20 weeks? Then Minaya has the nerve to brag about his Cora signing. What douchenozzle. Yup, Felipe Lopez couldn’t of helped this team for a couple weeks.

by Mackey Sasser on Mar 11, 2010 1:49 PM EST reply actions  

Example 9,456 why you just worry about improving your team each offseason

As opposed to saying, we have second and short locked up, no need to pursue a ridiculously cheap option like Felipe Lopez.

Freak injuries and illnesses happen. As someone said in an earlier thread, you can’t anticipate them happening to specific players, but you should anticipate them happening to somebody.

by Bieser's Balk on Mar 11, 2010 1:57 PM EST up reply actions  

right

"Never throw a slider to The Glider."

- Ed Charles, No. 5

by The Glider on Mar 11, 2010 2:03 PM EST up reply actions  

In honor or Stoner ...

I just rolled a fatty.

"Never throw a slider to The Glider."

- Ed Charles, No. 5

by The Glider on Mar 11, 2010 2:03 PM EST reply actions  

Right there with you...

sure, it’s 2PM…but it’s also my spring break so it evens out.

by SheoawnnGreen23 on Mar 11, 2010 2:05 PM EST up reply actions  

I'm working out the house today

… two of the perks of having your own business: (1) watching Mets preseason games; and (2) paying tribute to the name Toby Stoner.

"Never throw a slider to The Glider."

- Ed Charles, No. 5

by The Glider on Mar 11, 2010 2:09 PM EST up reply actions  

I'll join in

Around 7:00, in time to see if my Heels will roll over and die and put an end to their season.

by wobatus on Mar 11, 2010 2:12 PM EST up reply actions  

maybe Gina

since she goes there.

Just a little shocked by how bad they were. They do have the top recruit coming in, Harrison Barnes (he may stick 4 years and be about as hated as hansbrough by then). Yeah, 2 titles last 5 years. Boo hoo.

by wobatus on Mar 11, 2010 2:38 PM EST up reply actions  

She?

Why do you say that?

"Never throw a slider to The Glider."

- Ed Charles, No. 5

by The Glider on Mar 11, 2010 7:13 PM EST up reply actions  

he?

I don’t know.

Well, at least the heels made a game of it. Georgia Tech’s Favors looked great. He is a freshman but looks like he could be 1 and done.

by wobatus on Mar 12, 2010 7:30 AM EST up reply actions  

Unlike drinking

I didn’t think there was a huge stigma about the time of day for uh…you know.

He was a boy of soft demeanor
And he loved his caburetor cleaner

by Nystrom on Mar 11, 2010 2:17 PM EST up reply actions  

wake and bake

is fine, as long as you don’t have to be in court, or performing brain surgery.

by wobatus on Mar 11, 2010 2:43 PM EST up reply actions  

Rain Delay...

Pelfrey didn’t look too bad. He got some bad luck in the first, but settled down. Got a lot of Ks, too.

Stoner didn’t look too bad, either.

"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.

by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Mar 11, 2010 2:24 PM EST reply actions  

"Jason Bay collides with his former team!"

Any word on how long he will be out of action?

by Iago on Mar 11, 2010 3:31 PM EST reply actions   2 recs

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