We're underway.

Nice start for Santana

3-0 Mets in the 4th. Ribbies for Pagan and Church and Reyes

6-2 in the 9th

Nice start for Santana

Back on the bandwagon I see.

Damn right. Had the umpire not not gone blind for three seconds in the 4th (he should have struck out the first guy who walked) Santana wouldn't have allowed those two runs.

So nice to start off the season right and put last year behind us. They looked great last night.

Pedro tonight

Pedro just pulled something, possibly a hammy.

:shortbus:

He heard a pop

Did they say that on the telecast?

Evidently that's what SNY is reporting. Shocker. Oh well. Bring on Claudio Vargas.

from the espn fantasy site

Martinez told SNY's Kevin Burkhardt that he heard something "pop" in his left hamstring and he was headed back to NY for an MRI.

Spin: It's too early to speculate hold long Martinez will be out but this is obviously very bad news. The Mets may elect to push Mike Pelfrey back from his Saturday start to pitch the home opener next Tuesday, which could give Orlando Hernandez time to be ready to start

LMAO at Robert Andino. Same ol' Mets.

Im not trying to hate but that is not a good lineup the Mets have.

No, it isn't. Pretty awful actually.

When Hughes pulled his hammy last year he also heard a pop. It turned out it wasnt a major hamstring pull and he wouldve only been out 4-6 weeks but then he sprained his ankle making him miss 2 more months. FYI

J. Reyes SS
L. Castillo 2B
D. Wright 3B
C. Beltran CF
C. Delgado 1B
R. Church RF
A. Pagan LF
B. Schneider


Lineup is definitely weaker without Alou batting 6th but calling it "awful" is stretching it just a bit.

I needed this pick-me-up, my roto staff in my deep league has not had a pleasant start. Looks like I'll be combing around for a MR to fill-in while Pedro heals.

Lookin great tonight

Offensive explosion and Perez on the money

Their lineup is far from awful but the bottom half doesn't look like it belongs with an $130+ million team payroll.

Alou may as well be dead. Until he's in the lineup he doesn't matter. I see two legimate threats in that lineup with Reyes and Church being a half a threat each. The rest is garbage.

I'm as big of a Mets fan as you'll find but the overall lineup is bad. Without Alou, it's awful - for a team with October aspirations.

Great start for Oli tonight

oh and David Wright

No doubt. Have both.

3 MVP candidates=awful?
Yeesh, does every team need a 8th batter hitting 38 HRs

I for am glad the mets dont have old slow sluggers down at the bottom of the lineup.
Give me some guys who can lay a bunt or steal a base.


Pedro out 4-6 weeks
See ya Memorial Day

Almost one hundred pitches in 4 IP for my main man Maine, today.

8 hits, and 3 walks.

That's not what I was expecting.

HUGE ovation for Santana, then Schoenweiss gets booed right after

Biggest ovations today:

1 Santana
2 Wright
3 HOJO

Tailor made double play to get out of the inning, turns into 2 runs and a tie game. Delgado throwing to 2nd for the force hits Utley in the back.

17 more games against the Phils. It's gonna be a long season for Mets fans.......

They own us

http://forums.footballguys.com/forum/index...howtopic=391253

At least I have my O's.

WGAS

I'll take our 18 wins against them for that.

So far so good with Pelfrey

Can't complain too much, but those walks are going to hurt him sooner or later.....

Welcome back Duaner Sanchez!

IF healthy a huge part of the bullpen.

are some of the worst fans in all of sports?

Laughable coming from a Philly fan.

Well, some nights it's better to be lucky than good.

So true. Yes, mets fans are too reactive - other than a couple blips of great success in '69 and '86, its been a tough road for much of the time and we expect that other shoe to drop at any time... unfortunately that results in some idiots overeacting and the result is putting MORE pressure on the team.

That said, New York rewards its hero's - whether it be through success or the way a player approaches the game (and ideally both) better than any city I know of.

Looking good, still very early.
Only issue is now hearing the fans on the radio claiming the WS is in sight, only to have 3 game losing streak upon us, and here those same fans on the radio calling for Randolph to be fired, Reyes to be traded, and Santana is a bust.
Are NY fans the only fans who are this irrational from week to week or is this a national thing?

Philly fans are the same way. I presume it's pretty much national.

Just got back from seeing the Mets @ Phillies on Saturday night - my first trip to Citzens Bank Park.

Beautiful stadium

Classless fans.

Witnessed tons of fights - they even held the game up for a fight when Wagner entered the game in the 9th.
Drunken idiots screaming all kinds of profanities with women and children all over the place.
When Utley ran into Reyes and Reyes stayed down they cheered. When he got up they booed.

Stay classy Philly fans - the bad rap you have as a sports city is well deserved.

Hate to hear that. People are so stupid

Whats Willie thinking moving Church out of that 2 hole last night?

He was thinking ahead. If we have 1st and 2nd with no outs in the ninth we need the best bunter on the team there. Worked like a charm, eh?

Honestly, I don't know why he did that....maybe to have any type of punch towards the end of the order?

I really want to go there for a game.....I don't want to deal with that sort of crap. I couldn't believe the whole Reyes incident....amazing. I have too much respect for Rollins and Utley and Howard to cheer them if they get hurt. Hell, I have too much respect for any player to cheer them getting hurt.

Were you a target of the verbal abuse from the Philly fans?