After a day of rest, during which everyone else kicked the season off, the Mets and Cards play game 2 of their series in St Louis.  El Duque takes the mound for the Mets.  After being sidelined with neck problems, El Duque started the spring slow but finished strong. This is his first regular season game vs the Cards.  He'll be facing the Cards Kip Wells.  The lineup, courtesy of John Delcos at LoHud:

SS Reyes

C Lo Duca

CF Beltran

1B Delgado

3B Wright

LF Alou

RF Green

2B Valentin

P Hernandez

All the starters, in their normal spots, both in the order and in the field. Everyone seemed to get off to a decent start both at the plate and defensively, hopefully we'll see more of the same tonight.  The game is broadcast on SNY, can be listened to on WFAN, and talked about in the Bleachers, where we chat the game tonight and everynight here at the Foot. Gametime is 8:10.