Yes he did JD,and he did seem to pitch to Pujols too carefully ,I suppose one point I am wanting to make is that Randolph seems unafraid to get rookies in a game,to see what they are made of,but maybe I am giving Randolph too much credit.
From reading articles about the Mets win Sunday night one of the things that seems prevalent is the surprise that Willie used Smith in the game....after Feliciano walked Aaron Miles leading off the eight that brought up Eckstein..various reports I have read said the situation begged for Aaron Heilman,but Willie went with Smith. I liked the move and thought Smith did ok,actually I would not have questioned Willie if he had left him in after he walked Pujols to face Rolen. Why the big deal that Willie used Smith,I wouldn't be surprised to see Burgos tonight.
Steve Swindal showed up at MFY home opener yesterday and promptly found a person that might be in lower standing in the great yankee family.... ] Swindal, who still has his job with the organization despite the impending split, was elsewhere in the park. He talked only about baseball and said he wasn't impressed with the performance of Yankees starting pitcher Carl Pavano. "We're just hoping to get this team back to the World Series," he told the Daily News via cell phone. "I can't believe that Pavano only made it for five innings." Pavano gave up five runs before he was taken out of the game.
The Tribune Company announced today that the Cubs will be sold at the end of this season....just saw highlights of the Reds/Cubs game,Adam Dunn hits monster shots.
Markakis in RF for Baltimore has a cannon for an arm.....I know I rant alot about this but the announcers are useless...Rick fucking Sutcliffe might just put me to sleep.....
I really have a hard time thinking that if the Mets finish a few games out it might be because of Franco,aren't we putting too much stock into a bench player?
Yancy Street Gang wrote: Nobody asked me, but my response to that would have been to build a Chinese style ballpark, with pagodas and dragons and whatever else would fit it into the neighborhood. How unique and distinctive would THAT have been? It could have been called Citizen's Bank Park at Chinatown and it would have been unlike any other ballpark in the country. Yancy,you might be taking the piss but I love this idea....it would be compulsory for Charlie Manuel to dress like Chairman Mao for the post-game.
Franco's Mets legacy might well be encouraging Beltran to take that curtain call,personally I would like to see him have a few more good moments,he might not be done yet folks.
What Morgan said was that it was a bad play if Eckstein doesn't get tagged out,but as it was he said it was a great throw and tag . Question... When Reyes got picked off Morgan said it was a balk...fair enough but then Miller shot his argument to pieces ,IIRC Miller said that it was ok to deceive the runner once the pitcher was not on the rubber(after stepping towards third_. Who's right?