Sunday, July 17, 2005
You know what doesn't look right?
Al Leiter in a Yankee uniform.
I remember him as the Mets ace for seven years, the heart and soul of the Mets for seven years, and the guy who cried in the dugout after Game 5 of the 2000 World Series. It hurts me to see him as a Yankee. That said, part of me was pulling for him tonight.
Al was classic Al, throw lots of pitches but racking up the K's, and in the end, pitching well enough to win. The only run Leiter gave up though 6.1 innings was on a bloop double by Papi Ortiz.
I thought we had them in the ninth, though. I thought we had them. When Cano threw the ball into left field, I could feel it, the same thing I felt on July 24 last year when Bill Mueller hit a walk-off homer off Rivera to get the Sox rollin' in '04. This is where my beef with Terry Francona comes in.
Why the hell do you let Alex Cora, a .200 hitter with no power, hit when John Olerud is on the bench? Tito can look to game two of the ALCS last year if he needs to know what Olerud does in big games. As I expected, Cora hit into a double play to kill the rally (even though he was safe at first.)
Now the Yankees tied with Boston in the loss column. Guess what folks...this is going to be one hell of a ride, right through the last series of the year in Boston come early October.
Pedro's Show
Petey dominated again today at Shea. It took him just 61 pitches to mow through six innings and pick up his eleventh victory of the year. Some reports said Pedro's toe was hurting, and that was the reason for his early absence. Others believe it was just a plan to get his fragile arm more rest.
Juan Padilla, Heath Bell, and Dae-Sung Koo combined for three innings out of the bullpen without an earned run. Why can we shut people down when we're up 8-0, but not in a tie game? And why does Willie go to Heath Bell (4.50) in an 8-0 game, but Danny Graves (7.85) in a 2-0 game?
The Mets are at .500 now for what seems like the millionth time this season. Something tells me we're sitting with 81 wins in October.
Tomorrow's Schedule
Mets are off tomorrow.
Tampa Bay (Kazmir, 3-7, 4.59) @ Boston (Miller, 2-3, 5.03)
Yankees (Brown, 4-6, 5.48) @ Texas (R. Rodriguez, 2-1, 3.48)
I remember him as the Mets ace for seven years, the heart and soul of the Mets for seven years, and the guy who cried in the dugout after Game 5 of the 2000 World Series. It hurts me to see him as a Yankee. That said, part of me was pulling for him tonight.
Al was classic Al, throw lots of pitches but racking up the K's, and in the end, pitching well enough to win. The only run Leiter gave up though 6.1 innings was on a bloop double by Papi Ortiz.
I thought we had them in the ninth, though. I thought we had them. When Cano threw the ball into left field, I could feel it, the same thing I felt on July 24 last year when Bill Mueller hit a walk-off homer off Rivera to get the Sox rollin' in '04. This is where my beef with Terry Francona comes in.
Why the hell do you let Alex Cora, a .200 hitter with no power, hit when John Olerud is on the bench? Tito can look to game two of the ALCS last year if he needs to know what Olerud does in big games. As I expected, Cora hit into a double play to kill the rally (even though he was safe at first.)
Now the Yankees tied with Boston in the loss column. Guess what folks...this is going to be one hell of a ride, right through the last series of the year in Boston come early October.
Pedro's Show
Petey dominated again today at Shea. It took him just 61 pitches to mow through six innings and pick up his eleventh victory of the year. Some reports said Pedro's toe was hurting, and that was the reason for his early absence. Others believe it was just a plan to get his fragile arm more rest.
Juan Padilla, Heath Bell, and Dae-Sung Koo combined for three innings out of the bullpen without an earned run. Why can we shut people down when we're up 8-0, but not in a tie game? And why does Willie go to Heath Bell (4.50) in an 8-0 game, but Danny Graves (7.85) in a 2-0 game?
The Mets are at .500 now for what seems like the millionth time this season. Something tells me we're sitting with 81 wins in October.
Tomorrow's Schedule
Mets are off tomorrow.
Tampa Bay (Kazmir, 3-7, 4.59) @ Boston (Miller, 2-3, 5.03)
Yankees (Brown, 4-6, 5.48) @ Texas (R. Rodriguez, 2-1, 3.48)
# posted by Dave @ 10:52 PM 
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Sweet blog! I do some Yankee-bashing on mine, www.metsguyinmichigan.blogspot.com.
You mind if I add you to my links?
Keep up the good work!
Dave
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You mind if I add you to my links?
Keep up the good work!
Dave
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