| | With the pomp of Thursday night's win leaving town like the Expos were,
it's back to business on Friday against the Florida Marlins. The
Marlins as you well know, had the firesale that resulted in the Mets
acquisitions for Carlos Delgado and Paul Lo Duca. That said,
while being a clique of rookies featuring Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle
Willis, you can't count them out. I'm more afraid of the Marlins,
then the Expos, at least they aren't synonymous with failure, despite
their best attempts ('98 and '06*)
*'06 still has a lot more ball to be played, 158 games to be exact.
So I went with my father to Shea tonight to catch my first game of the
season in the Queens stadium. Steve Trachsel got the ball and
pitched a solid, albeit slow paced game, 6 innings of 1 run ball is
nothing to turn your nose up at. Jorge Julio is working his way
up every Mets' fans shitlist though, giving up a deuce and probably
more were it not for an X to the N sighting, with X throwing a strike
to Wright at third to throw out Jeremy Hermida to end the inning.
When Julio loaded the bases for Cabrera (he eventually struck him out,
credit where it's due and all that), I said to my dad, "Well at least
we get to see Billy Wagner today..." Former Met Mike Jacobs
followed the K with a 2 run single, but X gives it on defense as the
Marlins discovered to end the rally.
D-Wright and Jay Rey providing
the offensive highlights going a combined 5-8 with 2 home runs, 6 rbis
and 1 steal (Reyes, obviously) in the Mets 9-3 win. Beltran and Delgado both chipped in an RBI on the day. As a
sidenote, Mr. Anderson got his first hit of the campaign with a second
inning single.
It was nice to be back in the park, especially with the knowledge that
the days are numbered on the building now with the revealed plans for
the New Shea. That's neither here nor there.
I don't proclaim to know much about baseball, I write about it here
from time to time, but I'm the last person to say I know what I'm
talking about, believe me. During today's game, I had two guys
sitting behind me, little league coaches from the way I heard them
discussing the game, strategy, if it can be called that, and so on.
My four biggest gripes:
1. In the third inning, Carlos Delgado hits a pop up to second, Marlins
second baseman Dan Uggla jogs a few steps and makes the catch.
These guys are raving about the distance he covered, uh three or four
steps, yeah, way to show the range.
2. In the fourth inning, Paul Lo Duca and his robust .333 batting
average step in. The guys are saying that Lo Duca looks
frightened up there. I'm thinking, OF WHAT? His apparent lack of
success and the fans getting on him? The pitcher who had given up 4
runs to this point in the game, one on a booming double to Trax?
Someone please explain that to me because I don't get it, I just don't.
3. Trax went 1-3 today with an RBI double, and he's been a decent
hitting pitcher throughout his career. I don't need to be
reminded of this evetrytime the man steps up to bat..
4. This is the biggest in my book, in the 3rd inning, Marlins right
fielder Jeremy Hermida slashes a single to right. Mr. Anderson
lunges and can't catch up to it, the balls in right, whatever.
These guys start going on about how Hernandez didn't reach for
it. Now I've stood there at second base be it in pickup games or
just fielding grounders, even once at softball, which was an abortion
we do not speak of. I would love to see one of these guys try to
do it, because it's very difficult. I would love to rant more,
but no one wants to hear my second base chavanist attitude.
-AA
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