New York Mets Podcast #17
It’s only been a couple of days since the last show, but so much has happened.
I attended the Monday night game at Shea Stadium, my first of 2006. My brother and I sat through a pair of rain delays but got to see most of the game. Trachsel didn’t have good stuff, again! But the Mets bats were cracking and they held a 6-4 lead over the Diamondbacks going into the 7th inning. Aaron Heilman gave it all back and then some by giving up a 3 run homer on an 0-2 pitch with 2 outs. But the Mets win anyway thanks to the clutch pinch hit and speed of Endy Chavez, plus the top of the Mets lineup with David Wright hitting another walk off single to center field.
Pedro Martinez is next up in this series and we really need to support him with some runs so that the Mets can get their fourth straight series win.
Looks like the Matsui benching is paying off so far for Willie Randolph with Valentin producing with the bat. Cliff Floyd is coming out of his early season slumber. Both are very nice developments.
Looking back, El Duque did not give us a quality start on Sunday but the Mets brought the bats out again to get the win and the series win. Looking at tonight’s game. Ugh! Bad start by Alay Soler. The Mets didn’t hit much with runners on base but we can’t expect them to score 8 runs a game every time. Carlos Delgado is still in a real bad slump too.
Of course, the big news is that Lastings Milledge made his major league debut due to Xavier Nady’s appendicitis. Milledge had a hit in the game and no flubs in the field. Still very early with this kid and unless he does something spectacular he’s sure to go down to AAA when Nady returns. Still, it will be interesting to see how Willie uses him over the next couple of weeks.
Let’s Go Mets!
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