Magic Number: 161
SPORTING GOODS
So the Mets and Red Sox both win, making all the writers of this blog happy.
The (Red Sox) good:
Question marks Curt Schilling and Mike Lowell had nice days.
The (Red Sox) bad:
Foulke was absolutely shelled. Outs crushed. Foul balls crushed. His 9th inning performance replaces my previous bad of Youkilis going 0 for 4, which will probably motivate Tito to bench him for one to five days.
The (Mets) good:
One year after losing on a blown save, Billy Wagner entered and did his job. That is why he is paid the big bucks, and no one misses Looper.
The (Mets) bad:
The Mets re-created the final out of the 1986 World Series with the ceremonial first pitch. Just kidding. Sounds like the Mets needed some help from the ump to win, but a win is a win.
UPDATE(by Chill): Sorry for pulling the post for a while DarLucky. Sergio was trying to pull the ignorance is bliss, watch the game on tape at night technique and I had to save him. I don't have the patience for that technique. I need to know what the Mets are doing real time. Other thoughts about the Mets. It looked like everybody was a little excited today, jumping at the ball and trying to hit homeruns. Heilman looked like he was throwing too hard. I hope the team can settle down quickly. But at least there will not be a five game losing streak to start the season. Or a blown save. Already better than last year.
Meanwhile, SNY, the new home of the Mets, lost an inning of the broadcast due to technical difficulties. The same thing happened during the network's first spring broadcast. Hopefully they can get the kinks out. P.S.- The game looks great in HD. Going to be a fun season just to watch, regardless of what happens.
Finally, in former Met news. Mike Piazza homered in his first AB as a Padre. Congratulations Mike. Three more to 400. I'll cheer for him till the end... except for the six games a year against the Mets.
Finally, take two. Why does major league baseball give a bunch of teams a day off tomorrow, including the Mets? I hate this. They do it every year. Is it to set up the days off for the rest of the month/season? Anybody?
posted by Darlucky at 4/03/2006 10:20:00 PM
5 Comments:
Thanks for the evasive action, Chill. I actually did manage to get through my whole day without knowing a thing about the game and had a great time watching it last night. Everyone looked good if a bit over-anxious. I'm disappointed the fans in attendence have already starting booing Beltran. It's ridiculously premature and I'm not sure how it helps anything. The best thing about the game was Glavine and Lo Duca. Glavine looked to be in mid-season form and Lo Duca calls an agressive game. Love it. Can't wait to see him work with Pedro.
And by the way, the Cohen/Hernandez team in the booth is the best the Mets have ever had, at least on television.
As far as Chill question, I think half the teams play Monday and the other today in order to spread the opening day wealth. (I assume it's a TV thing.) I agree, it really sucks.
Sergio - every team played yesterday but the White Sox and Indians who played Sunday.
The only explanation I can think of is to set up off days for the rest of the season. Anybody know for sure?
It seems weird because the Mets ALWAYS have Tuesday off when they start the season on a Monday.
I figured it out, I think. Since they have the Opening Day on Sunday for two teams, for the rest they need to spread a three game series over 4 days in order for every team to start a new weekend series on Friday. That means a lot of teams get Tuesday off, while the others get Thursday off.
I always remember the Mets getting Tuesday off. Who knows why, but a lot of teams have Thursday off instead.
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