It looks like no Ike tonight. The Bisons have tweeted their lineup for today's day game: BuffaloBisons #Bisons batting: Pridie CF, Thole C, FMart LF, Davis 1B, Hessman 3B, Carter DH, Cintron 2B, Feliciano RF, Tejada SS. RHP Dickey.
Carter, he of the many HRs in ST, was told to bunt in the 10th on Sunday. With the Bisons down 1, bottom of the 10th, Ike and Hessman singled but Carter bunted into a force play. Two K's later, the game was over. I would think that you'd want a big hitter to swing the bat--the tying run was already in scoring position--but no. Perhaps Oberkfell wanted to get him ready for Jerryball.
Couldn't they have simply sent down Valdes? Nothing against him, but he's not pitching tonight so they could have sent him back to Buffalo and called up Stoner (didn't the Mets once have a stoner?). Ike went to 2 for 5 today. .364, 2 HR, 4 RBI. http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?pos=&sid=t422&t=p_pbp&pid=477195
Rubin: Mike Jacobs has been designated for assignment to make room for Tobi Stoner. Rubin: The Ike Davis era may begin this week. Murphy isn't ready. And after the Mets get through today with Stoner, they'll need a 1b.
I don't live in the NY area. I have Extra Innings which shows games in standard definition. Monday night's game is on ESPN which, of course, is in HD. The question is: do I watch the ESPN telecast, in glorious HD but with national announcers who will probably drive me nuts, or watch a non-HD broadcast with Gary, Keith & Ron. I'm leaning to SNY--what would you choose?
Ledger_NYMets Manuel has cleverly figured out that they can't fire him in the middle of a game. He's strategically stretching this out til September. #nym