I’ve come here to laugh with the Mets, not at them. Or to laugh with them and not angst over them. Or just to laugh. Please God, let me laugh. The season hasn’t even started yet and I pretty much want to kill myself already. After all of last year’s injuries, this spring the Mets have given us the Great Carlos Beltran Knee Fiasco, Frankie Rodriguez’s pink eye, Kelvim Escobar’s... - link
The biggest gripe I have and most Mets fans have is the lack of a strong leader in management. There is no one in the Mets organization that can stepped to a podium that makes me feel like they are in control of any situation. It’s sad. Every time a situation arises with this team it turns into embarrassment, we want to believe, we want to look at the ownership with confidence that there is a plan, we want to see the manager and players hold their heads high and play tough physically and mentally but all we get is a bunch of guys with high water pants and eye glasses held together with scotch tape. Not very inspiring is it? - link
Pelfrey:
Mike Pelfrey is running out of rope, and maybe, out of time. On Thursday, the Boston Red Sox slapped Pelfrey around in his second spring start in an 8-2 loss in Port St. Lucie. In three innings Pelfrey allowed three runs and four hits. He worked on his forkball, which failed to, well, fork. He worked on his sinker too. The only thing that sunk were the collective hearts of Mets fans. In his first spring start - link
For a couple of magical months each year, the ballparks in Port St. Lucie and Jupiter come alive as spring training brings big-league baseball to our backyards. It creates a buzz in our communities. It also gives us an identity. Just as the Dodgers put Vero Beach on the map all those years ago, the Mets’ move across the state in 1988 gave people a reason to find Port St. Lucie. And both places are better for it. - link
Yesterday, Brewers beat reporter Adam McCalvy reported that Milwaukee would like new center fielder Carlos Gomez to keep the ball on the ground. At first blush, it makes sense. Gomez doesn't have much power, so he's unlikely to hit many home runs, and with his speed, he has the ability to turn routine ground balls into infield singles. McCalvy also shares some of the numbers that led the Brewers to this conclusion:
Brewers researcher Karl Mueller provided the raw data. Throughout his career on balls put in play, Gomez is a .195 hitter on fly balls (261 put in play), a .631 hitter on line drives (123), a .268 hitter on ground balls (306) and a .446 hitter on bunts (102 put in play, 10 of which were sacrifices). Gomez's high average on line drives is not surprising; the Major League average is typically about .700. - link
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