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Link Dump: July 18th, 2009
Posted by: | CommentsNY Times - Keeping Score: A Creature of Bad Habit: Why Mistakes Are Repeated
At one time or another, almost all of us do or say something we were trying hard not to. For most, it is a minor embarrassment or an awkward moment. For a professional athlete, it can mean the end of a career. Tom House, a former major league pitcher and now the pitching coach at Southern California, calls it the Creature. Golfers call it the yips. By whatever name, it once attacked Yankees second baseman Chuck[...]
Metsblog - Opinion: Time Not On Mets Side
As much as I want to stay positive and believe that the Mets can turn this thing around, I just feel that this season will end the same way it has 45 other times for them- without a championship. Just saying the word “championship” makes it seem so far-fetched after how this team has been performing this year. Yes, the injuries are the biggest reason for this, but I feel that if the Wilpons and Omar Minaya continue to wait for the cavalry to return, this season will become a lost cause.
Mack’s Mets – Prospect Update: 2010 Crop, Over The Hill Gang – Last Chance Larry’s
The 2010 Crop: Fernando Martinez – OF – AAA – Omar Minaya informed the press on July 16 that Martinez went under the knife during the all-star break, and will be lost for 6-8 weeks. Frankly, with the way the season is going, I hope they just leave him alone and send him off in a timely manner to Hawaii for a few weeks of winter ball. There sure seems to be a good chance this kid won’t be ready for CitiField next April.
MMO – Mets Literally Add Insult To Injury
For the first time in six years, the Mets began the second half of the season with a loss, falling a season-low 7 1/2 games behind the division leading Phillies. As if that wasn’t enough, last night the Mets were handed their second straight loss after the break, their eighth shutout of the season, and their fourth shutout in the last nine games. Oh, did I mention that they broke their own season-low record from just one night earlier, falling 8 1/2 games behind Philadelphia? Let me spell it out for you … E L E V E N – N O T H I N G !! It doesn’t end there. While the Mets may insist it’s just leg cramps with Gary Sheffield, we all know what’s coming. A 15-day stint (if not longer) on the DL, with no one, absolutely no one in the minor leagues, to replace him on the roster.
Link Dump: July 10th, 2009
Posted by: | CommentsMetsblog – Q&A: MetsBlog and Brad Holt, Thole on Mets Weekly
interest in trading Double-A RHP Brad Holt or Jennry Mejia, as well as Fernando Martinez or Ike Davis, among others. The 22-year-old Holt is 0–3 with a 8.40 ERA in four starts since being promoted to Double-A Binghamton, though he allowed five earned runs in just 0.1 innings in his second start. Last month, during my trip to Double-A Binghamton, I talked with Holt.
Scouting the Sally - Scouting Report: Jeurys Familia, SP, Mets
Earlier in the year, I wrote a so-so game report on 19-year old Jeurys Familia who, at the time, was armed with a low-90′s fastball and not much else. In only a couple of months, Familia has grown significantly as a prospect and should be garnering much more attention than he currently is. Behind Jenrry Mejia and Brad Holt, Familia is quickly becoming the third best upside arm in the entire organization and should have a place in the Mets top ten organizational prospects.
Hot Foot - Time to Sell
Even as far back as last week, I had deluded myself into thinking that the Mets would be able to hang on until the reinforcements arrived from the disabled list. I bought the idea that the Mets could tread water in a weak division, and then squeeze into the playoffs.I still believe this is within the realm of possibility, yet I do not believe it is likely. In fact, I believe the Mets should consider selling some of their useful pieces.I do not think the Mets should break up the core, unless they are blown away by some ridiculous
The Musings and Prophecies of Metstradamus – Conducting a Symphony of Kazoos
He’s not a manager, and he’s not a gangsta. He’s a bandleader now. By choosing to bench Murphy after a good start on Wednesday, he’s got us all scratching our heads as to what exactly you have to do to stay in a major league lineup. Yup, it’s spring training in July as Snoop continues to force feed Tatis to the world to “get him into a rhythm”, as if making sure that Tatis can count in 4/4 time is a component to winning baseball.
No No-Hitters – 7,566: Mets win streak snapped at … um … 1
The Los Angeles Dodgers jumped on Livan Hernandez early and often Thursday night en route to an 11-2 victory to snap the Mets’ one-game win streak. Hernandez got off to a horrid start, giving up a leadoff ground-rule double to Rafael Furcal during a four-run first inning. Not only did it advance our NoNoHitters.com count to 7,566
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