Starters generally play until the sixth inning when managers bring in the prospects or role players. Because of this, don’t be surprised to see a manager bring in his closer in the fourth inning to still face the starters, rather than work against minor leaguers. Diehard fans stay until the end, because they want to see the one at bat that the prospect may get before the game is over. Most of the others in attendance leave after the sixth inning when most of the recognizable names have been removed. If you want to stay until the end you also don’t have to worry about the game lasting more than 10 innings. It is not uncommon for a game to end in a tie because the visiting manager has only brought a certain number of pitchers and once he has gone through them there is no one else left. - MWOB
.Mike Jacobs is handling his first base assignments more gracefully and reliably than the club anticipated - Noble
-told ya...
On the offensive side, David Wright has hit three home runs so far this spring. That’s not exactly overwhelming, but imagine if he had gone homerless for all of March – that would be weighing on him during his every waking hour, and he’d turn into a head case. Jason Bay and Daniel Murphy banged out homers over the weekend. A few pieces of the team’s future – Ike Davis and Fernando Martinez – are hitting like crazy in the preseason. And six out of the eight starting position players are healthy. For the Mets that’s saying a lot. They’re still only on their backup shortstop, not fourth stringer like last year. - startlogic
Newly acquired Gary Matthews Jr. is also having a torrid spring and will definitely make the team as it’s 4th outfielder and maybe even the center fielder, again that is until Beltran’s return. If that is the case where would Martinez fit in? Personally, and what most writers and fans agree on, is that Martinez needs to play everyday and Buffalo is the obvious place for him to be. - metsmerized
Rodriguez did not wear the glasses when he first came up to the major leagues with the Anaheim Angels late in the 2002 season, when he became an instant sensation as he helped the Angels capture the World Series. By 2004, he had them on as he began to take on the role of one of baseball’s best, and most colorful, closers. By 2007, they were gone, and a season later he saved a major-league-record 62 games. The glasses, he said, had started to irritate the bridge of his nose. But for now the old look is back, and on Monday it seemed to work wonders. Rodriguez needed only seven pitches to retire the St. Louis Cardinals in order in the top of ninth. He earned the victory when Angel Pagan hit a two-run homer with one out in the bottom of the inning to give the Mets an 6-5 win. - http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/16/sports/baseball/16mets.html
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