Glavine Gets Support
Wow! Tom Glavine got some good support last night in his bid to be the first nine game winner in baseball. Nice to take the series from L.A. after dropping the one to S.F. over the weekend at home.
Seems like Lastings Milledge might make me eat my words from Sunday as far as him being ready for the big leagues now. With a couple of more hits last night including a home run, plus throwing out Garciaparra on big play late in the game. Lastings just might outlast Nady for the job in RF.
On to Arizona, where I happen to be right now. But I’m about 2 hours south of Phoenix and Chase Field which is formerly known as Bank One Ballpark or The BOB for short. Good riddance to L.A. Hopefully we can get Cliff Floyd and Jose Reyes back in time for the Phils series.
Gonna try to get a podcast in later today. Maybe I’ll wait till after tonight’s game which I should be able to catch on TV down here. Feel free to continue commenting in the interim here on the voice forum or on the comment phone line.
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Alright. Great game by el dookay! That’s the correct spelling btw.
It saddens me greatly to know that Floyd might not be here next season. I was arguing with a friend that we should get rid of Nady, put Milledge in Right and Floyd in Left. Floyd has been a tremendous inspiration to this team, and it kills me just thinking about it.
I hope we keep the momentum going. Beltran has FINALLY been earning his money, and Delgado is going to hit a 9 game hot streak.
D-Wright also, still smoking everyone and everything. He’s been a phenom.
Let’s see how we do tomorrow.
LETSGOMETS
Comment by Gary | June 9, 2006
OK, glad to eat my words regarding Orlando Hernandez - I still think it was a costly trade for us but it was an impressive outing last night.
I’m not too quick to call Milledge’s promotion a great idea though - he definitely has some pop but the pressure of playing in New York seems to be getting to him already. I love the enthusiasm but with every hi five under such media and fan scrutiny the kid was on the verge of tears in the interview I saw yesterday. Crossing fingers that he has more strength of character than a prior Met who was called up too early, was great for three seasons then crashed and burned. Hint - last name was an ice cream flavor.
So in short I’m hoping Nady gets his spot back when he’s healed and Lastings gets a bit more seasoning in AAA now that he’s had a taste.
Props to Floyd for being so supportive of Lastings when other playters in his position might feel threatened. Even during his slump he was a great clubhouse leader, hoping his bat heats up when he’s back in the lineup.
Comment by Dan S | June 9, 2006
WOW what a great performance by El Duque. Hopefully this is a portent of things to come and not a random occurance.
Comment by Dan | June 9, 2006
Just heard — we’re trading Matsui to the Rockies!
WooHoo!!!
story is here -
http://www.nypost.com/sports/mets/67241.htm
Comment by Gary | June 9, 2006