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Wow. Its been a long time since I felt this bad after a Mets loss. Its been a season of mostly good times and happy recaps but tonight felt like a punch in the gut. I am of the belief that you need to prove yourself against a team like the Red Sox. I know this is a short series, and its tough to judge this over a small sample but the Mets just looked outclassed over these past two games and I would be lying if I didn't say I was worried. Lets hope this is an abberation, and they can make the proper adjustments to prepare themselves next time they're put in the position where they need to step up and beat upper level competition. Its only the end of June but if the Mets plan on taking this season as far as it can go, they're gonna have to show they can hang with the big boys. Lets go over a few things…
Milledge. Maybe its a little overwhelming to throw a guy just out of AAA into a situation like this. I have to say though, I didn't really like his body language when Beltran saved his ass and nearly hurt himself diving for a ball Milledge should have caught. I might have misread it but it looked like he was uneffected. Carlos looked annoyed.
Pedro might have been a little too emotional, I hope thats the case and not something more. The only way to tell is to see how things go next time around. He didn't have it from the second pitch of the game on. It was really sad to watch, in a game where he could have made a nice statement.
Oliver continues to do a great job in long relief. Hats off to him for doing a great job at keeping the pen fresh as he eats up innings.
Mets get a F for their first big test against the Varsity. Heres to hoping they do better next time around. Theres plenty more games to play, plenty of time to learn from the lessons and make the changes necessary. It would be huge to see Glavine step up and stop this from being a real mess. Its tough to call it a must win tomorrow in the middle of the season with a huge lead, but it kind of is. For the sake of showing they're worth their salt and with the Highlanders on deck, this is a big game for keeping our pride.
Sphere: Related ContentThe Mets, speaking from a position of power, take a different approach to the Braves series.
Julio Franco…
“After all that winning they believe in themselves. … I think we believe in ourselves too, though.”
Aaron Heilman…
“Every game counts, but the ones against the teams in your division
have a way of feeling different or more important, Maybe it has to do with how well the teams know each other. … I
think we all know plenty about the Braves.”
Tom Glavine…
Willie Randolph…
“Those are the guys we have to go through to be where we want to be, We're looking forward to that challenge.”
“I know the struggles we've had with the Braves in the past, but this
is a whole new team. We have a lot of new faces, We don't have too many guys who were around for the struggles. We're
going into this with a fresh outlook.”
“We've gotten off to the start we wanted. Now it gets down to this: We
have an understanding that the NL East championship is going to have to
go through Atlanta. To be the best, you have to beat the best. They've
been on top for a while. We have all the right tools. If we play good
baseball, we're going to win.”
Sounds like we've got a real battle on our hands, and the Mets seem ready to take on the challenge. Should be an interesting couple of days to say the least.
David Wright…
three first-inning homers against Livan Hernandez. “We have a lot of
confidence. We just have an attitude about us right now that we don't
think we're going to lose.”
“Last year we had guys on the ropes and let them hang in the ballgame,”
Wright said. “This year we smell blood, we go for the kill.”
Carlos Delgado…
said Delgado, who went 3 for 5 with a home run and also scored three
times. “That's nice for us. It doesn't happen too often, but it's nice
when you have this.”
Cliff Floyd…
“The one thing that has probably kept me sane is the team is winning,” Floyd said. As for his reaction to homering, he offered: “I felt like the biggest
idiot in the world. You go up there and you swing so nice and easy and
compact and then you get good results, whereas the first week every
swing I was taking was trying to hit the ball out of the stadium.”
On their hot start…
“Hype goes a long way,” Floyd said. “But when you actually show it,you tend to shut people up. There ain't nothing about this phony.
That's pretty good for a team that everybody talks about not having
enough pitching, or not enough this or not enough that. But we're not
going to read into all that stuff. We're just going to keep playing.”
Willie Randolph…
Wednesday on WFAN, Willie Randolph said, “[Steve]
Trachsel is my fifth guy basically,” but yesterday the manager
explained himself.
“I just threw a number out,” he said. “I just basically said
that when you have your first two guys, Pedro and [Tom] Glavine,
everybody else is 3, 4 and 5, whatever you want to do. I might have
said that, but all I meant by that is that when you go around one time,
everyone just falls into place.”
On Anderson Hernandez…”The bottom line is winning, and if he's making a contribution to us
winning, then he'll continue to play,” manager Willie Randolph said of
Hernandez. “That's what it's all about. You don't want to mess up that
rhythm. I'm not just going to throw Matsui in there when he gets back.
If we're playing well, and [Hernandez] is doing certain things, then
he's going to play. That could be all year as far as I'm concerned. I'm
not going to fool around with a situation that's working.”
Steve Trachsel...
the longest tenure with the club of any active Met — five seasons and
eight games.
Paul “The Duke” Lo Duca…
Paul Lo Duca doesn't recall that same sense elsewhere.
“Not
really,” he said. “But here, we have so much talent. I've been on
talented teams before, but it doesn't seem like anything's missing
here.”
Carlos Beltran…
“The best team in baseball?”
After an extended exhale, he continued.
“That's the way we feel,” he said without qualification.
Mets fans, the booing has begun. I know it's only Opening Day, but there really is nothing better than being a fan. I have been watching this entire game and the big boppers have done nothing. Where is Carlos Beltran's head? Again, I know it's only opening day, but still. He looks terrible, missing the cutoffs, from the outfield, not being able to catch up to a fastball. Gotta love Pauly LoDuca, and who can ask for a better start than what Tommy Glavine has provided for 5 and 2/3 innings. Let's get the kinks out early boys, or the boo birds will be sticking around for 162 games.
Sphere: Related ContentI can't tell you all how excited I am for another year at Shea to
kickoff tomorrow at 1pm. To bad we got the lifeless Glavine going
instead of the ever exciting Kdro taking he hill. But none the less,
who else besides me will be leaving work at noon or not going to work
at all to catch the 2006 Mets take the feild?
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