Its Milledge Time

[MFS62]

http://www.sny.tv/index.jsp

Nady placed on the DL.

Lastings will start tonight.

Later

[metirish]

Holy shit...

[Benjamin Grimm]

[Centerfield]

Where is Victor Diaz?

[Guest Hillbilly]

That's huge!!!

[MFS62]

Last time I looked, Diaz was hitting far below .250 at Norfolk.

Don't want to put any additional pressure on the kid (so please don't show him this post) but this is the anniversary of the start of Lou Gehrig's consecutive game streak.

Later

[soupcan]

Xavier?

Wally Pipp on line 1.

[Frayed Knot]

Is it just me or is everyone else getting just a page of Milledge's stats where it says "More" off that link instead of details?
Like what's with Nady? Why now? Who's being dropped from the 40-man?, etc


Edit: OK. now FAN is carrying the news also.
Seems that Nady needs "an emergency appendectomy"!?! That could mean several weeks.

[metirish]

Damn, that sucks for Nady and the Mets....that surgery I imagine will affect his swing for a long while.

[RealityChuck]

Wow.

But Nady will be back, at the very least, next year when Cliff leaves.

[soupcan]

Emergency appendectomy for Nady immediately after last night's game.

OE: But you knew that already.

[Guest KC]

Holy crap ...

[Guest Hillbilly]

[OK. now FAN is carrying the news also.
Seems that Nady needs "an emergency appendectomy"!?! That could mean several weeks.

[Centerfield]

This is bad news. Nady had been a pleasant surprise. I hope he gets back quickly.

[MFS62]

Sorry. I thought I had posted a link to the story on the SNY site.
If you need one, the story is there.

Tim McCarver would call it an "error of enthusiasm".
I'm so excited....

Later

[HahnSolo]

If they caught that appendix before it burst which I assume they did, it shouldn't take him that long to get back.

[Frayed Knot]

IIRC, Bernie Williams had one during ST a few years back and was out for the better part of a month.
Adrian Beltre had one and it screwed up most of his year but that was due to some infection/complications because I think he got it from some witch doctor in the DR.

Suxx for Nady. Gets his first chance to play full-time and is doing reasonably well ... then splat!

[Frayed Knot]

MFS62 wrote: Sorry. I thought I had posted a link to the story on the SNY site. If you need one, the story is there

The link to SNY is working. It's just that whichever link I click on: the one for more on the story or the one for his stats, both lead me to his stats.
No big deal.

]Lastings will start tonight

FAN said they just spoke to the Mets; they confirm that Milledge will be up but have not said whether he'll start.
Though it makes sense that if he's going to be here he'd start fairly regularly while he is.

[seawolf17]

!!!

Damn! I'm pumped.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Anyone have a link to Lastings' vital stats? (Full name, date and place of birth, height, weight, etc.)

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

[Guest Edgy DC]

Twisting your abdomen is a big part of the hitting motion. A recently closed wound there is tough to contend with while swinging. Even Roy Hobbs would tell you.

[Elster88]

That's exciting.

Victor Diaz = forgotten man.

[metirish]

Nothing new here but.....

] BY JON HEYMAN Newsday Staff Writer May 30, 2006, 1:32 PM EDT Mets prospect Lastings Milledge has been promoted and will make his Major League debut tonight, the team announced this afternoon. Milledge, a rare combination of speed and power who's considered the team's top prospect, takes the place of rightfielder Xavier Nady, who had an appendectomy after Monday's game against the Diamondbacks. Nady, who's also suffered from back spasm recently, is being placed on the 15-day disabled list. Milledge will play in his place. The Mets have said they wouldn't call him up to sit him on the bench. Milledge, 21, was batting .291 with four homers and 19 RBI at Triple-A Norfolk. He had four home runs and 19 RBIs in 182 at-bats. He also stole eight bases. Milledge was the Mets' No. 1 pick in the 2003 amateur draft.

[Benjamin Grimm]

But how does it feel three or four weeks later?

Hopefully Nady won't be out for too long.

I have to wonder, though, if Lastings thrives and Cliff struggles over the next four weeks, what happens when Nady returns?

And yes, I know I'm putting the cart before the horse. That's just one of many possible scenarios, and probably not the most likely one.

[Guest KC]

Yance, for starters ...

04/05/85
6' 0"
187 lbs

[Centerfield]

I feel like I'm in some twilight zone here. I'm eager to see what Milledge will bring to the table as well, and I am happy the kid is making his major league debut, but I don't see how you guys can be happy when we just lost our 3rd leading HR hitter for an indefinite period of time.

[Elster88]

Bernie was out for three weeks. I think we'll be able to survive without Nady for a month or so, but if someone else gets hurt our offense will probably see a dramatic decline.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

I think it suxx that Nady is hurt -- the whole turn of events is shocking.

[Benjamin Grimm]

1985?????

Holy crap, I feel old.

Thanks for the info, though.

Looks like he was born in Bradenton, Florida