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4 brutal games in the last five. Not tough losses but failures in all parts of the game each time. They only won with me, Greg and Edgy in attendance.

With three runs, it looks like the offense did something but they were gifts! Between this and the Rangers loss (Pittsburgh got a PP with 2 minutes left), I'm not smiling right now.

Does any advertiser think that showing a commercial with Jeter on a Mets broadcast will sell their product?

Bad news conveyed by Adam Rubin: Breaking news: Brian Schneider has been sent to New York with an infected left thumb that may require a DL trip. He just landed in New York 40 minutes ago. There will likely be a roster move to activate Gustavo Molina. We�ll see who is the roster casualty, depending on the seriousness with Schneider. http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/mets/2008/04/infected-thumb-sends-schneider.html

The little boy in the picture under the caption "Give Us Your Best Shot" on newsday.com knows more about baseball than comedian Wallace Matthews. http://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/mets/

"Didn't see whether Church was busting it from the git go - but his ball got out there in a hurry and bounced right back to the OFer." My seats were just beyond 3B so I had a good view of both the ball and Church ("Churchy" to the locals). He was busting it--he wants to beat the Nationals very badly--and the ball, which was a real shot, bounced right back to the RF.

Sadly, I won't be able to be there tonight as the Blake Bengals take on the Paint Branch Panthers in JV baseball.

I was fortunate to enjoy the game with Greg (FAFIF). We also saw AG and friend as well as The Mets Fairy and family. I was sorry that we didn't see Vladius. Perhaps in August we can have a "meet-up" (how about a [u:e68a07d90f]MBTN [/u:e68a07d90f]book signing?). I think that Greg was impressed by the number of Mets fans. The pleasure of this game helped partially erase, somewhat, the pain from last September's games at RFK. As mentioned by AG, Sandy Alomar waived Santana to third on his first double (when was the last time you had to say "first double" for a pitcher?). Santana wasn't watching him, or apparently Milledge slowly fielding the ball, so he pulled up at second. Alomar walked to the base and stared at Santana who looked back and pointed to his head (perhaps saying that it was his mental mistake).

Thank you MFS62 and attgig. BTW, I sent it to "my neighbor Jeff", as mentioned in the KTE. He says that Pena will hit 23 homers (since he was on the DL at the start of the season). He reaffirmed his opinion that Zimmerman is as good as Wright. We also have a bet now: he says that Church will be hitting .260 by July. I took the "over."

Thank you Metirish.

metsguyinmichigan wrote: And a darn good report, I might add. Say "hi" to G! Thank you!

On my way home yesterday, I put on the XM feed which was unfortunately the Cubs feed. Santo may be a legend but he's a horrible color guy. With the home team up so much, there was a discussion about the fact that Santo had to go to "the toilet" after eating soup for lunch that day. Then the play-by-play guy said that the Cubs were going to the airport to "set sail" for Colorado. "Set sail" from the airport?

113U, AA, 1 and 2.

The aforementioned Nats Board is at ballparkguys.com: http://www.ballparkguys.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=forum;f=41 "How am I gonna put money on this if I don't know who Paint Branch is starting?"--very, very funny JCL! And the Blake JV has been "mercy'd" the last three games (10-0, 13-1, 12-0) so don't bet too much!

Not Cerrone. It's someone we have faith in.

This is my first KTE so grade on a curve. The Mets make their first appearance at Nationals Park on April 23 and 24 to face the Washington Nationals. Nationals Park does not have a corporate sponsor yet as the team states that it is seeking an appropriate party to have a long-term relationship with. In other words, nobody�s ponied up enough dough. Nationals Park is very nice, with the feel of Citizen�s Bank Park with two exceptions: not every fly ball is a homerun and it�s not filled with dopey Phillies fans. The scoreboard is enormous but they still aren�t sure what information to put there. The Nationals fans are only now realizing that their team is bad. As a DC area resident and partial Nationals season ticket holder, I monitor a Nationals board. Throughout spring training, I was amazed to see that their fans were not concerned with the composition of the team. The fans were only concerned with the new park, what food would be served, where their seats were, and how they would get there. Only lately have the fans starting to bemoan the fact that their team is made up primarily of prospects and castoffs. Egomaniac and blowhard GM Jim Bowden has called the team out for underperforming but he�s the one that assembled them. Of course, as we so painfully learned last September, even prospects and castoffs can beat our team. I will be at Wednesday�s game (113U, AA, 1) and will be joined by a noted Mets blogger. I hope to see the rest of the DC crew at the game. Nats fans will be glad to welcome Brian Schneider home. He remains very popular (the woman that owns the tickets I share refers to him as her boyfriend). Church isn�t as popular. The locals noted his post-trade joy at the deal and will probably boo him (DC booing isn�t like NY booing�in comparison, it�s almost polite). The Nats fans seem to like Lastings Milledge but are bewildered by his inconsistency. I tell them to get used to it. Johan Santana (2-2, 3.25, 0.87 WHIP) will pitch on Wednesday for the Mets. As a Twin, he lost to Washington last June, giving up 2 ER in 7 IP. Dimitri Young probably won�t start but he�s 5 for 18 against Johan with a HR. Cristian Guzman is 3 for 3. The Nationals will pitch righty Tim Redding (3-1, 3.27, 1.18, from Rochester, NY). Against Redding, Luis Castillo is 4-13 with 2 RBI; Jose Reyes is 4 for 8, 2 RBI; Carlos Beltran is 2-4, 1 HR, 3 RBI, and David Wright is 2-4 with a homerun. Redding started the disastrous �Brian Lawrence game� on September 17. He gave up 4 runs in 4 innings but the Mets lost 12-4. Last July 28th, he was not involved in the decision, a 3-1 Mets win. Redding pitched well, giving up only one ER in six IP. On Thursday, the Hubie Blake High School JV Baseball team will face rival Paint Branch in a night game at Blake HS. The Blake JV features a very talented first baseman�my son. He is slumping but fielding very well. That combination, plus the fact that he wears number 16, made me think of Doug Mientkiewicz (shutter). Wait, that�s not the KTE I�m supposed to be doing. Back to the Mets and Nats. Thursday�s game will be started for the Mets by Oliver Perez (2-0, 2.49, 1.48). Last August, O-Perez got the win in Washington but only pitched 5.2, giving up 3 ER and 7 hits. That was the game when Willie went to the mound and yelled at Perez but left him in the game (it also was the game when Damion Easley got hurt). Several Nationals have gaudy numbers against Perez: Willy Mo Pena is 9 for 25 with 2 doubles, 2 HR and 4 RBI. Austin Kerns is 7 for 21 with 3 HR, 7 RBI and 4 BBs; Felipe Lopez is 6 for 20 with 1 HR. Shawn Hill, RHP, will make his 2nd start of the season for Washington. He is 0-0 with a 7.20 ERA and a 1.80 WHIP. He lost to the Mets last August 19th but pitched well�7 IP, 2 ER. Against Hill, Jose Reyes is 0 for 7 but David Wright is 3 for 6 and Carlos Beltran is 2 for 5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI. The HR lead for Washington is shared by several with two. On paper, their lineup is better than last year. David Wright�s friend Ryan Zimmerman isn�t hitting yet (.225, 2 HR, 9 RBI). My neighbor Jeff thinks that Zimmerman is as good as Wright. Nevertheless, we�re still friends. Milledge is hitting .284 with a homerun. Paul Lo Duca is on the DL. Beloved ex-Met Johnny Estrada is hitting .208 (0 HR, 2 RBI) while former Mets minor leaguer Jesus Flores returned when LoDuca went on the DL and is hitting .364 with a homerun. My neighbor Jeff has a $20 bet with a Phillies fan that Willy Mo Pena will hit 30 homeruns. So far�zero. When Jeff told me about his prediction, I said �over one season?� Lastly, some Nats fans are calling for the firing of somebody, even Manny Acta. Finally, DC feels like home!

Delgado has until Monday to get it together or I do the unthinkable and waive him from my fantasy team (not the CPF league).

http://www.nationalspride.com/ballpark/menu.cfm I don't see a listing for matzah brei.

Noah's Pretzel's is an interesting local company. http://www.noahspretzels.com/

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I just realized that there are no weekend Mets games in DC this year. AND there are no weekend Nationals games at Shea. The schedule is really nuts. True that. Much to my dismay, all 9 Mets games in DC are during the week (as are all 9 Phillies games). Makes no sense.

The "Navy Yard" stop is right there--on the Green Line.

I'll fulfill my assignment for the Nats series, esp. as I will be going to tomorrow's game. It will be my first KTE so be kind.

Congratulations to Dan Shulman, of ESPN, for setting the record in seeing how fast an announcer will mention the you-know-what of '07. Shulman did it while Reyes was up in the top of the first! Way to be original Dan!

I've suffered through three "mercy'd" HS JV games in a row but those were nothing compared to this! Thanks for posting this article.

"Sunday - 8:00 (ESPN) Pelfrey vs Adam Eaton (finally a RHP!): 3 starts; 19-2/3 IP; 4.12 ERA; 1.39 WHiP Yes, for the 2nd week in a row ESPN schedules (read as: MLB allows them to) a Sunday game at night, in April, in the northeast." True...plus, it's the second night of Passover which means that Seder #2 conflicts... not that there are any Jews in New York or Philadelphia that might want to see this game.