Saturday’s Mets News
Single-game tickets for the final season at Shea Stadium go on sale tomorrow at 9 a.m. You can order the tickets at Mets.com or by calling the Mets’ ticket office at (718) 507-TIXX for more information.
The Amazins’ are playing in split-squad games today. The Mets beat the Orioles by a score of 4-1 in the non-televised game. Jonathan Niese got the start. The Mets are 7-3 in the Grapefruit League standings. The Mets got smoked 12-4 by the Marlins in the second game which was televised. Mike Pelfrey finally had a bad outing in Spring Training, and it was really bad. The seven-game winning streak came to an end. The Mets are 7-4 in the Grapefruit League standings.
Notes: MASH unit stays home - Tom Singer pointed out that the road lineup is full of prospects as many starters deal with injuries.
Pedro gets work in at simulated ‘event’ - Marty Noble let us know how Pedro Martinez performed in his simulated start.
Mets subs shine in win over Indians - Anthony Castrovince summarized yesterday’s game between the Mets and the Indians. Oliver Perez got the start. The Mets were able to put together another comeback to beat the Tribe by a score of 8-6. The Mets are now 6-3 in the Grapefruit League standings.
Newsday:
Mets’ Pedro has work cut out after simulated game - After the simulated game, David Lennon felt like Martinez had some things to improve upon.
Pain fading for Delgado, who takes recovery slow
New York Daily News:
Moises Alou insists he will make return from hernia injury
Pedro Martinez can’t wait to deal for real
Ryan Church takes batting practice - Peter Botte lets us know what he thought when Ryan Church returned to BP.
New York Post:
SLOW PITCH - Bart Hubbuch also wrote how Pedro wants to pitch in a real game already.
OLIVER GETS ROUGHED UP AGAIN - Bart Hubbuch reveals his thoughts on Oli’s outing against the Indians yesterday.
New York Times:
Martínez’s Changeup: Less Talk, More Action
The Star-Ledger:
Mets vs. Marlins - Lisa Kennelly provided the lineup and a summary of the early innings for today’s game between the Marlins and the Mets.
Leave No Stone Unturned - Matthew Artus suggests Barry Bonds as a right fielder for the Mets. I think that all of the steroid users should be permanently banned from the majors to avoid any more unneccary embarrassment.
Trade rumors putting the heat on Schoeneweis - Jeremy Cothran wrote “What upsets Schoeneweis, who is out of Lenape High in Medford, is that the team is so quick to dismiss him after one below-par season.” The Mets are not dismissing him for one below-par season. The below-par season is a direct result of the lack of needles being injected into his rump. I grew up in Medford, but I went to another high school called Shawnee for my Freshman year before moving to Long Island. We competed against Lenape. I wish the Mets would get rid of this guy already.
