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2009 Mets

The Mets are coming to Fenway Park to face the Yankees' archenemies, the Red Sox. The Yankees will be hosting the Mets' chief tormentors, the Phillies.
Read more: "Yanks, Phils & Sox in Amazin' rivalry reversal during interleague play" - Yanks, Phils & Sox in Amazin' rivalry reversal during interleague play



I can see the Philly and Yankee be a good one.

Sadly the Mets are not healthy and the bats are asleep.

Santana will keep it close. Watch Beltran beat the hell out of that wall.
 
Santana is a career 1-3, 6.89 ERA at Fenway.

Sox have Dice-K returning tonight though. Ugh.
 
Mets snap four-game losing streak with 5-3 interleague win over Red Sox
Read more: "Mets snap four-game losing streak with 5-3 interleague win over Red Sox" - Mets snap four-game losing streak with 5-3 interleague win over Red Sox
BOSTON - Don't mess with Johan Santana. Oh, and hurry back, Jose Reyes.
Despite more sloppiness behind him, and fueled by a confrontation with Kevin Youkilis, Santana willed the Mets to a 5-3 win over the Red Sox Friday night to snap the team's four-game losing streak.

The ace again didn't get fielding help, particularly at shortstop, where fill-in Ramon Martinez committed two more .errors to raise his total to four in two starts at the position. Yet Santana limited Boston to three runs (two earned) in seven innings to improve to 6-2 with a 1.50 ERA.

"We needed to win a ballgame. That is for sure," said Jerry Manuel, who had to shift Carlos Beltran to DH because of a knee bruise and remove Ryan Church in the fourth with right hamstring soreness that knocked his body out of alignment and caused his hip to lock up. Manuel also didn't have J.J. Putz, whose neck ached as he readied for the eighth.

The damage resulting from fielding follies nearly was worse. With Santana nursing a 4-3 lead in the sixth, Martinez bounced a throw past second baseman Luis Castillo trying to get lead runner J.D. Drew on a grounder by Jason Varitek - allowing both runners to reach scoring position with one out. Santana then retired Julio Lugo on a popout and Jacoby Ellsbury on a groundout to escape. Martinez nearly committed his fifth error on the .inning-ending play. After fielding Ellsbury's grounder, he bounced the throw to inexperienced first baseman Daniel Murphy, who scooped it to avert disaster.

"To some degree that has to be frustrating, but he battled," Manuel said.
Santana departed at 118 pitches, his highest total since a 125-pitch gem in the second-to-last game of last season. He matched John Maine for the highest total by a Met this season. The latest faulty fielding behind Santana upped his total of unearned runs allowed this season to seven - more than the entire pitching staffs of the Phillies or Dodgers entering the weekend.

With Putz bypassed, Bobby Parnell .entered for the eighth as "Sweet Caroline" blared at Fenway Park and the fans sang along. Admittedly amped by the scene, Parnell twice popped 100 mph fastballs during a scoreless frame. Francisco Rodriguez pitched a perfect ninth to improve to 12-for-12 in save chances.
Angel Pagan, who replaced Church, delivered an RBI single in the seventh against Justin Masterson as the Mets (22-19) opened a two-run cushion.

Facing Daisuke Matsuzaka (0-2) in Dice K's return from the DL, Gary Sheffield led off the second with a homer, ending the Mets' seven-game homerless drought, the longest by any team this season. Varitek answered with a solo shot off Santana in the bottom half, but sloppy play by the Sox's backup shortstop benefited the Mets in a three-run fourth.

After David Wright's single extended his hitting streak to 13 games and scored Beltran, Matsuzaka should have been out of the inning trailing 2-1. He induced Jeremy Reed into a potential double-play grounder, but Lugo, filling in at shortstop with Jed Lowrie on the DL, caught the throw from Dustin Pedroia flat-footed and couldn't generate enough on his throw to first to retire Reed. Omir Santos and Martinez followed with RBI singles - Martinez's snapping an 0-for-13 skid since his call-up. The Mets took a 4-1 lead.
"You have to make that double play in that situation," Pedroia said.

In the fourth, Varitek sent a smash to shortstop. The shot kicked off Martinez, .allowing Drew and Mike Lowell to score as the Red Sox pulled within a run.
Santana, coming off a win in San Francisco that snapped his string of starts .allowing two earned runs or fewer at 13, overcame other defensive miscues, including Wright's error in the first by consecutively striking out David Ortiz and Youkilis, then getting Jason Bay on a fielder's choice.
With Youkilis crowding the plate in the fifth, Santana hit him in the right forearm. Youkilis stared at Santana, who didn't appreciate it. Youkilis insisted he was kidding, maintaining that he just shouted an expletive and, "That hurt." Santana was fuming.

"Two outs. Two strikes. There's no way I'm going to hit anybody intentionally," Santana said. "After I hit him, he just stood there and started looking at me. I don't appreciate that. I play the game the right way. I don't want to hit him. But if you're looking at me like that, you're going to get it back because I'm a gamer, and that's what I'm going to do. I just told him to take his base, and that was about it. But he was still looking at me and talking. And it fires me up."
 
Your going to get hit if you crowd the plate like that.
That was part of Santana's success against him last night, he wasn't scared to throw inside which he has a right too.
 
OF Emil Brown acquired by Mets from Padres

NEW YORK (AP)???Outfielder Emil Brown(notes) has been acquired by the New York Mets from the San Diego Padres for a player to be named.

The 34-year-old Brown batted .260 with four homers and 22 RBIs this season in 146 at-bats at Triple-A Portland of the Pacific Coast League. The Mets said Friday he will be assigned to Buffalo on the International League.

Last year, he hit .244 for Oakland with 13 homers and 59 RBIs in 117 games.
 
Mets looking to trade Ramon Castro to make room for Brian Schneider
Read more: "Mets looking to trade Ramon Castro to make room for Brian Schneider" - Mets looking to trade Ramon Castro to make room for Brian Schneider
The Mets front office is working the phones Friday evening trying to deal backup catcher Ramon Castro before Saturday afternoon's game against the Marlins at Citi Field. With starting catcher Brian Schneider back in the clubhouse and ready to be activated from the disabled list before the game, and Omir Santos having played his way into the favor of manager Jerry Manuel, the Mets are believed to have engaged the Mariners about the 33-year-old Castro.
Moving Castro seems to be in deference to Manuel, who continued to champion Santos' case in his pregame press conference.
"Right now, I really like what Santos has brought, and it would be difficult for me to see him not be a part (of us)," Manuel said of Santos. "He's been good and he's been good for what I would say is kind of an extended period of time."
Sources said the Mets were not willing to eat Castro's contract, which gives him $2.5 million this season. If they cannot move Castro before activating Schneider, a source said the Mets would be willing to carry all three catchers on the roster, and just 11 pitchers, for a few days while they continue to explore their options. They are also thinking about optioning Santos back down to the minor leagues.
Sending Santos, who has hit .268 with 15 RBI in 26 games, down to the minors is clearly not what Manuel wants.
"At least, I know I have made (the decision) hard for them," Santos said. "I know I did my best to make them think about me."
Schneider returned to the clubhouse for the first time Friday. He went on the disabled list on April 17 with a mid-back muscle strain and then suffered a strain of his right calf muscle while playing in his first rehab game. He said before batting practice that he was "good to go." Manuel said he will be activated before Saturday's game.
"He'll catch a lot of games," Manuel said when asked if Schneider would get his starting position back. "As we go forward, obviously we need to see where he is, if he is doing the job he'll continue to catch. If not, we'll go with what the best option to win is, but he will get an opportunity to catch."

Read more: "Mets looking to trade Ramon Castro to make room for Brian Schneider" - Mets looking to trade Ramon Castro to make room for Brian Schneider
 
So how long till K-rod shows how shitty he is?
eh, K-Rod is one of the most overrated players in the game. Good bullpen though, you're right.
TEAM W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV SVO
NYM 1 0 0.65 27 0 0 0 16 16

He has pitched real good although how long can his career last with the poor pitching delivery....it's an injury waiting to happen.

Why can't the Mets score runs for Santana?

Who knows, I know Santana isn't too happy about this.

I don't like the show he puts on.

Still don't. The show he puts on is embarrassing, he looks like a fool.
 
Hey, I love Francisco Rodriguez.

It's the statistics that state he's a lucky pitcher who isn't as good is his line suggests.
 
Hey, I love Francisco Rodriguez.

It's the statistics that state he's a lucky pitcher who isn't as good is his line suggests.

Your a strange man.

Have you seen him pitch at all? ERA of 0.65....????
He's been the Mets best reliever since maybe Orosco.

The Angels are crying now that he's not pitching for them.
 
He's been the best reliever in baseball this year besides Jonathan Broxton.

I never said otherwise.
 
This year he's been great. Over the course of his career (a lot of which stems from being so dominant in the playoffs at such a young age) he's been an overrated player.

The same can be said for Jonathan Papelbon as well; he's got an era of 2.08 and has converted 15 of 16 saves but you're fucking blind if you think he's been the same pitcher this year that he was the previous two seasons.
 
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I like K-Rod now.

Not like those pussy Yankees :D
 
Bullpen Bru-haha! Yankees reliever Brian Bruney & Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez clash before game
Read more: Bullpen Bru-haha! Yankees reliever Brian Bruney & Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez clash before game

The most passion that any Met was able to muster Sunday came from closer Francisco Rodriguez, who never pitched in the Yankees' 15-0 rout.
A day after injured Yankee reliever Brian Bruney ripped K-Rod - during a rehab stint in Trenton - Rodriguez confronted Bruney at the end of the Yankees' batting practice, when the Met pitchers were beginning to stretch in left field. After asking teammates to identify Bruney - K-Rod had said Saturday that "I don't even know who the guy is" - Rodriguez shouted at Bruney, gestured at him and had to be restrained by teammate Mike Pelfrey.

"I saw (Rodriguez) walking with attitude and asking guys, 'Who is it? Is that him?' The next thing you know (Rodriguez) was in his face. I saw words were exchanged and he was looking mad," said Pelfrey. "Obviously, he was upset. I was just trying to pull him away. I was probably 10 feet away, and I just saw K-Rod pointing and raising his voice. I just came over and grabbed him and I said, 'C'mon, man. Let's go.' He was upset, I guess. He didn't want to (leave). I think (Yankee reliever Jose) Veras kind of stepped in, too."
Rodriguez, who closed out Saturday's win with a scoreless ninth inning and told reporters after that game that Bruney "better keep his mouth shut," took his own advice after yesterday's game.
"Boys, I got nothing to say, so don't waste your time," Rodriguez said. A short while later, he said the matter was closed.

"Over. Turn the page, that's it. Over," Rodriguez said.
Bruney, meanwhile, seemed intent on trying to defuse the controversy, saying, "I probably shouldn't have said what I said."
He denied that he was looking to start something with Rodriguez with his presence in front of the Mets' bullpen during batting practice.
"I shag (flies) in left every day. I wasn't trying to pick a fight. If anything, I was hoping we could cross paths and bury the ax," said Bruney, who is expected to be activated tomorrow from his second stint on the DL this season with a flexor muscle strain in his right elbow. "I think that it's ridiculous that this is a big story. To me, it's over with. Hopefully for him, it's over with. I don't think either of us are worried about it."

On Saturday, Bruney ripped Rodriguez's animated celebrations after closing out games.
"He's got a tired act. I just don't like watching the guy pitch. I think it's embarrassing," Bruney said Saturday.
Yesterday, Bruney was pulled aside by some of the veteran Yankees and told to keep his mouth shut and not give the Mets any bulletin board material. Joe Girardi said he also talked with Bruney and that he considered the matter closed.

"I don't think those were Brian's intentions, for it to be a confrontation. I think Brian just wanted to talk to him and it got a little more heated than
either guy wanted," said Girardi. "It's best just to put it to rest."
Some Mets supported Rodriguez's confrontation of Bruney, even though it could have became a mano-a-mano tangle.

"The only thing I know, Frankie went over there and he took care of business. And that's the way it should be," said Alex Cora. "Frankie's well respected. He got one of those big things you wear on your finger and he was a big part of (the 2002 Angels' World Series title). He's still my closer and I'm cheering for him."

Read more: Bullpen Bru-haha! Yankees reliever Brian Bruney & Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez clash before game
 
I wonder if Bruney has confronted Joba Chamberlain about his homo antics.
 
I wonder if Bruney has confronted Joba Chamberlain about his homo antics.

Did you ask Papelbon? :p

Just joking, I really don't care for K-rods and Joba's show, now it interesting to hear how he does feel about Joba's show.
 
Excellent point, IAB.

His own teammate is twice as bad as K-Rod's and is pretty much the biggest doofus to ever dawn a Major League uniform.
 
Did you ask Papelbon? :p

Just joking, I really don't care for K-rods and Joba's show, now it interesting to hear how he does feel about Joba's show.

I only mention Joba because it's his teammate.
 
Excellent point, IAB.

His own teammate is twice as bad as K-Rod's and is pretty much the biggest doofus to ever dawn a Major League uniform.

Again with the Yankee exaggeration, I wouldn't say he's twice as bad as K-rod.
K-rod's antics after the game lasts for a few minutes while Joba's in momentary.
I watch them both after the ends all the time and if you noticed on other posts I always say this about K-rod. He's the worst of all 3 offenders....and yes Pappelbon and Joba are the same.

I only mention Joba because it's his teammate.

No I know, he was killed by both Yankee fans and haters on the Mike Francesca show for being a hypocrite.
 
Joba celebrates a strike out in the seventh inning down by four runs like his team just won the World Series.

There is no comparison.
 
Joba celebrates a strike out in the seventh inning down by four runs like his team just won the World Series.

There is no comparison.

Your right about that, that was real stupid.

I still don't care for K-rods antics, he will be the first to bean a hitter for showing him up at the plate.
He's good but he looks stupid doing that crap.
 
After a fed-up Jerry Manuel lectured his players and made them commute to the ballpark as a group rather than travel in separate taxicabs, the Mets snapped a season-high five-game losing streak with a 1-0 win against the Brewers. Of course, 7 2/3 scoreless innings by Mike Pelfrey probably had more to do with the victory than any motivational speeches.
Mike Pelfrey's gem, team commute lift Mets over Brewers, end losing streak
 
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