Friday, April 24, 2009

Friday Night MLB

Mariano Rivera blows a save at Fenway.

Tyler Kepner/ NY Times “One pitch, that’s all it was — one pitch,” Rivera said. “If I throw that pitch where I wanted to throw it, we wouldn’t be talking about it. That’s part of the game. Jason is a guy that is a strong guy, and with one swing of the bat, he can turn the game around. That’s what he did.”



Citi Field security guards remove K signs from Promenade Level. Met fans are pissed.

Metsgrrl Halfway through the game, we see them taking the cards down. We see them moving them to the side, and then we see them gone. According to this report in Newsday, 10 SECURITY GUARDS showed up, made them take the K cards down, and confiscated them.

Mets ownership continues to be clueless when it comes to fan friendly policies. Met fans invented the K corner for Doc and the tradition should continue at Citi Field.

David Lennon/ NY Newsday"People were yelling at them [security], telling them they were ruining a tradition," Ziegelbaum said. "Everyone was supporting it."

Mets spokesman Jay Horwitz explained that Citi Field does not have a policy against signs of any kind, but in this instance, they were blocking the ribbon board.


Wang goes on the D.L with a bum hip. Damn, man.

Tyler Kepner/ NY Times “The fact is that the architecture of that foot is changed, and if you believe in that kinetic chain — I believe in that stuff — then because of the changes there, it could rear its ugly head somewhere else in the body. And now, all of a sudden, he’s off. He’s a little bit different.”

Mets (7-9) actually win a game for a change. It was kinda sad to see the Nationals (3-12) do everything they could do to lose the game and yet the Mets just barely eked by.

Jonathan Abrams/ NY Times After the Mets’ 4-3 victory over the Washington Nationals at Citi Field, Santana, the Mets’ ace and lifeline, was able to offer some jokes. Asked if he ever wondered when his team would provide him with an offensive outburst, Santana replied: “I wonder when they’re going to get a base hit. That’s what I wonder.

Blue Jays (13-5) stay red hot.

ESPN/AP "Overall, this is one of the worst games I hope I see this year," Guillen said after Chicago's most lopsided loss since a 16-3 setback on July 31, 2007, at Yankee Stadium.

You can never count out the Phillies (7-8), no matter what. The Marlins (11-5) have lost four in a row.

ESPN/AP The Marlins took a three-hitter into the ninth and were two outs from a 3-0 victory when pinch hitter Matt Stairs singled home the Phillies' first run. Lindstrom walked in a run before Victorino hit his second homer of the year on a 2-1 pitch.

The Marlins still own the best record in the NL at 11-5, but they have lost four games in a row and fell to 8-1 when they score first.

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