Yeah, "make it snappy". I knew that would come back to bite me in the ass.
I'm here in Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport, or MSP as we cool kids call it. I may never leave again. The flight home was supposed to depart at 7:11. Then it was 8:33. Then it was 9:33. Then it was 9:43. Now it is 10:15. The last time I checked anyway. It's probably now being scheduled for sometime in 2012 (at 11:17 - love the exact minutes). At some point, Northwest needs to just come clean and admit that they were planning to abscond with the fares and jet off to Rio. On any other airline.
The Mets are about to get schooled by the blazing-hot Arizona Diamondbacks, a far superior team with several pitchers that are hitting better than Carlos Delgado. I'm hoping I don't get to watch much of it, but I could probably grab a flight to Arizona, catch the ending, fly back to MSP and make my flight home.
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Friday, May 02, 2008
Thursday, May 01, 2008
SHORT STOP
I'm heading home a day early! I have to catch a 6:40 am flight tomorrow morning, so I am no mood to write much. The Mets split with the Buc-os, winning a 5-4 game in 11 innings, and then losing an error-plagued Oliver Perez wild-o-thon 13-1. The second game was so bad, they had to use two starting pitchers. Nelson Figueroa came in to bail out Perez in the second and allowed two more of his runs to score, and then allowed another of his own before Jorge Sosa really put it out reach.
The Mets are still only a half-game behind the Phillies, who took over first place from the Marlins after Florida was swept by the Dodgers. This is looking like the order that we might be seeing for quite a while. The Nats plain old stink, and Atlanta's bullpen has been decimated; they are losing a ton of 1-run games on the road. The Marlins will probably settle out to fourth place eventually, unless we beat them there. We look pretty mediocre. We're a .500 team, and probably will be unless Petey gets healthy and contributes. Maybe Pagan can play first when Alou returns, because Delgado looks like he's lost it completely. I don't know. We look like the US economy, barely staying above water but with not much in the way of future prospects.
Home, Northwest, and make it snappy!
The Mets are still only a half-game behind the Phillies, who took over first place from the Marlins after Florida was swept by the Dodgers. This is looking like the order that we might be seeing for quite a while. The Nats plain old stink, and Atlanta's bullpen has been decimated; they are losing a ton of 1-run games on the road. The Marlins will probably settle out to fourth place eventually, unless we beat them there. We look pretty mediocre. We're a .500 team, and probably will be unless Petey gets healthy and contributes. Maybe Pagan can play first when Alou returns, because Delgado looks like he's lost it completely. I don't know. We look like the US economy, barely staying above water but with not much in the way of future prospects.
Home, Northwest, and make it snappy!
Monday, April 28, 2008
COME FOR THE BEAR ATTACKS, STAY FOR THE...OK, DON'T STAY
I'm in Kenai, AK, where one Marc Johnson was attacked by a brown bear the other day while jogging. If you read my travelogue, you'd know that jogging is not a great idea here. I cited moose or North Slopers as the enemy of the jogger, but brown bears will also suffice.
The Mets weren't exactly doing some mauling, but they did take two of three from the Braves. The Friday game was won 6-3 by Atlanta, as the comically named Jair Jurrjens combined with three relievers to toss a two-hitter. Jurrjens did his best to fritter away the game, walking in three consecutive runs in the third. Bobby Cox was thrown out of his record 18 jillionth game for arguing balls and (very few) strikes during this episode.
The following day, the Mets put up a four spot in the 3rd inning and made it stand up for John Maine to win 4-3. The inning featured a single by David Wright, a double by Carlos Beltran, and a triple by Ryan Church. Carlos Delgado didn't get the memo and merely grounded in the final run of the inning. Aaron Heilman has finally lost his eighth inning job, but did come in in the 6th to allow a run, so at least that stayed consistent.
On Sunday, Delgado found the memo, and decided to hit two homers to make up for it. The Mets got out to a 1-0 lead against John Smoltz on a typical Jose Reyes leg-it-around-the-bases inning. Reyes hit a double, moved to third on a grounder, and scored on a wild pitch. Raul Casanova and Delgado followed with homers in the 2nd and 3rd to make it 4-0. Smoltz didn't make it past four innings, and was obviously not himself. Nelson Figueroa, (The Kid from Brooklyn, as Gary Cohen called him - um, he's 33, Gary), was throwing blanks until the 6th, when it all fell apart quickly. Jeff Francoeur singled, Mark Teixeira doubled to score Francoeur, and Mark Kotsay singled to score Teixeira. Willie brought in Joe Smith, who nearly got Martin Prado to it into a double play as the third run of the inning scored. I was pretty much thinking a tie was inevitable the way things have been going lately, but Smith got Brian Pena to stifle the threat. After I left to go play in a soccer game that, unbeknownst to me had been canceled, Wright got an RBI single in the 7th, and Delgado hit his second homer of the day in the 8th to ice it. Billy Wagner allowed his first hit of the season in the 9th to Matt Diaz, but managed to get the easy save.
After my arduous journey to Alaska, via Minneapolis for some reason, I was all set to catch the Mets/Pirates game on MLB.TV, but then I saw that it was PPD. I have yet to watch a game on my work laptop this season, which pisses me off, because I could have bought Extra Innings and not have had to put up with the crappy picture of MLB.TV on my home set. Well, tomorrow is another day. The game should be in the 3rd inning or so when I get back to my swank digs in Kenai. They do have excellent wireless still, thank goodness.
The Mets weren't exactly doing some mauling, but they did take two of three from the Braves. The Friday game was won 6-3 by Atlanta, as the comically named Jair Jurrjens combined with three relievers to toss a two-hitter. Jurrjens did his best to fritter away the game, walking in three consecutive runs in the third. Bobby Cox was thrown out of his record 18 jillionth game for arguing balls and (very few) strikes during this episode.
The following day, the Mets put up a four spot in the 3rd inning and made it stand up for John Maine to win 4-3. The inning featured a single by David Wright, a double by Carlos Beltran, and a triple by Ryan Church. Carlos Delgado didn't get the memo and merely grounded in the final run of the inning. Aaron Heilman has finally lost his eighth inning job, but did come in in the 6th to allow a run, so at least that stayed consistent.
On Sunday, Delgado found the memo, and decided to hit two homers to make up for it. The Mets got out to a 1-0 lead against John Smoltz on a typical Jose Reyes leg-it-around-the-bases inning. Reyes hit a double, moved to third on a grounder, and scored on a wild pitch. Raul Casanova and Delgado followed with homers in the 2nd and 3rd to make it 4-0. Smoltz didn't make it past four innings, and was obviously not himself. Nelson Figueroa, (The Kid from Brooklyn, as Gary Cohen called him - um, he's 33, Gary), was throwing blanks until the 6th, when it all fell apart quickly. Jeff Francoeur singled, Mark Teixeira doubled to score Francoeur, and Mark Kotsay singled to score Teixeira. Willie brought in Joe Smith, who nearly got Martin Prado to it into a double play as the third run of the inning scored. I was pretty much thinking a tie was inevitable the way things have been going lately, but Smith got Brian Pena to stifle the threat. After I left to go play in a soccer game that, unbeknownst to me had been canceled, Wright got an RBI single in the 7th, and Delgado hit his second homer of the day in the 8th to ice it. Billy Wagner allowed his first hit of the season in the 9th to Matt Diaz, but managed to get the easy save.
After my arduous journey to Alaska, via Minneapolis for some reason, I was all set to catch the Mets/Pirates game on MLB.TV, but then I saw that it was PPD. I have yet to watch a game on my work laptop this season, which pisses me off, because I could have bought Extra Innings and not have had to put up with the crappy picture of MLB.TV on my home set. Well, tomorrow is another day. The game should be in the 3rd inning or so when I get back to my swank digs in Kenai. They do have excellent wireless still, thank goodness.
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