14 Responses to “Link Dump: May 11th, 2008”

1. Comment posted by Kneel Before Zod! on May 11, 2008 at 12:11 am (#688534)

   first

2. Comment posted by Eli on May 11, 2008 at 2:22 am (#688537)

   Mets have that mediocre, to just above mediocre, odor to them. That could change if a healthy Pedro replaces Pelfrey or Figueroa in the rotation and Heilman or Dwayner start pitching well.

   That big boy with the opera name (Pascucci?) is starting to provide some argument for replacing Delgado. “Problem” is, Delgado is starting to hit!

   FMart with three more hits yesterday. And Niese seems back on track.

3. Comment posted by Dave in Spain on May 11, 2008 at 3:31 am (#688538)

   Bostick only pitched 3 innings, though they were effective. I hope it was planned, or rain, and not an injury.

4. Comment posted by Eli on May 11, 2008 at 8:21 am (#688539)

   “He [Santana] hit 93 once today,” said a National League scout at Shea, “but I had him around 90-91 on average, which is down a little from its peak. He still has a good fastball, and he’s always needed his changeup to be one to dominate. He just has a little less margin for error now.

   Santana has grits and guts. He also had luck to not give up more runs yesterday (like the first inning). I would find this information worrisome for someone the Mets gave up 139 million plus four of their best prospects. On the other hand, Santana is usually mediocre at best the first 4-6 weeks of he season, so the hopes of having a superstar have not disappeared. if such performance keep up for another month, I’ll be worried. Yes, I can imagine some of my fellow Geeks coming down on me and suggesting that if you extrapolate his 4-2 record and 3.2 ERA for the remainder of the season, we should be quite happy. But the bottom line is, so far, he has only been mediocre.

5. Comment posted by Eli on May 11, 2008 at 8:23 am (#688540)

   Dave, without checking, I think Bostick pitched only a few days ago. If so, I don’t know why he pitched again, but then the 3 innings would be planned.

6. Comment posted by Eli on May 11, 2008 at 9:03 am (#688542)

   I take it back. So much for my memory. Before yesterday, Bostick pitched last on 5 May. But he did pitch three times between 30 April and 5 May. But that doesn’t explain why they stopped him after three innings on five days rest.

7. Comment posted by metsftw on May 11, 2008 at 10:33 am (#688543)

   if a 52/13 k/bb ratio and a 130 ERA+ is “mediocre,” i’d LOVE to know your opinion of oliver perez’s performance so far.

8. Comment posted by BOB A. BOOEY on May 11, 2008 at 10:38 am (#688544)

   allo gang,,
   you are right on the money the team looks very
   mediocor at best,,, yesterday down 2-1 nover felt
   they would come back good teams you always
   feel have a chance,,

9. Comment posted by Jessica on May 11, 2008 at 11:31 am (#688545)

   If you looked at Santana’s home-road splits, you’d never guess that we play in a pitchers’ park. The road numbers are absolutely sick.

10. Comment posted by BOB A. BOOEY on May 11, 2008 at 11:38 am (#688546)

    good point jess,,
    that phils game was no jimmie rollins right ????

11. Comment posted by bcuster on May 11, 2008 at 11:40 am (#688547)

    HOPPY MOTHER’S DAY! is this the day we break o0ut the pink hats & bats? a minor league team i saw last year wore pink jerseys on motherr’s day. they really didn’t look all that bad…

12. Comment posted by DoctorK16 on May 11, 2008 at 11:54 am (#688548)

    happy mothers day to all of maternal geeks. off to shea. let’s go mets

13. Comment posted by metsftw on May 11, 2008 at 12:07 pm (#688550)

    jessica–interesting. higher BABIP but lower OPS on the road. of course, he’s pitched about twice as many innings on the road so maybe we should let that even out before making any judgments.

14. Comment posted by 86Forever on May 11, 2008 at 12:14 pm (#688551)

    Happy Mother’s Day to all the Geek Mothers!

    That just didn’t come out right …

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