From Adam Rubin's Daily News Mets Blog: ]More Grease Interesting developments at the park today, and I'm not talking about the fire. Willie Randolph sounded before the game like he's greasing the wheels for Steve Trachsel to take Sunday's start in Atlanta, further pushing Victor Zambrano back. The best bet is Zambrano starts the homestand opener the following day against the Nationals.
Rotblatt wrote: Do we try Bradford out in a tie game? Or do we hope Heilman can stretch out to 3 innings? They had Bradford throwing. Heilman could go 2, I doubt 3 though.
Hillbilly wrote: But seeing him go back and get those long out is OK Sure, but it's not like we benefit from having Chavez in the lineup. Except maybe for that Nady-CF Diaz-RF plan, he's not any better than the guy he's replacing.
Reyes SS LoDuca C Delgado 1B Wright 3B Floyd LF Nady RF Matsui 2B Chavez CF Trachsel P Giants Randy Winn CF Omar Vizquel SS Lance Niekro 1B Barry Bonds LF Moises Alou RF Pedro Feliz 3B Jose Vizcaino 2B Mike Matheny C Jamey Wright P
Nymr83 wrote: Glavine gets a fat ZERO for allowing 6 runs thanks to gutless intentional walks. I don't think it's fair to blame that strategic decision on Glavine. The walks were called for from the dugout. I do think it's strange that Glavine gets ANY points at all.
Johnny Dickshot wrote: Quick and dirty from the UMDB:In 55 games during Bobby Valentine's career, we intentionally walked Bonds 8 (eight) times. Let's not forget the Art Howe era (ok, let's) but in 03-04, Bonds was walked 4 times in 12 games.