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Inept bullpen, lack of hitting, Phils drop Mets in Opener
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The New York Mets were beaten by the Philadelphia Phillies in the
final season opener at Shea Stadium. The theme was the same as it has
been early in the Mets 2008 season; effective outing by the
starting pitcher, bullpen comes in and gets abused by the
opposition, and the Mets can’t do anything on offense!
Starter Oliver Perez was wild but effective, he went five and two
thirds scoreless innings. Not bad. Then came the bullpen; Scott
Schoenweiss, Jorge Sosa and Aaaron Heilman teamed up to allow five runs
over two innings. This is becoming a very bad trend so far.
The offense, despite a monster home run by Carlos Delgado, was
basically limp…although, in fairness, they did hit several balls deep
to Center that failed to carry thus turning possible home runs into
outs.
As I have stated in previous posts, it is a long season
(and just look at the Super Bowl Champion New Giants to know you can’t
count a talented team out early), but still, on the heels of last years
collapse I expected a bit more fire out of the Mets.
The Mets try to get it back on track Wednesday night as Mike Pelfrey takes the mound.
Quick Hits:
- The New York Mets are now 30-17 in home openers
- this includes 11-3 since 1995
- the Mets are 7-1 in openers vs the Philadelphia Phillies
- today was Oliver Perez’s second start in a season opener
Turnpike series to resume tomorrow!
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After a long off season for New York Met fans, we finally get a
crack at the team we gave a gift to last season…the
Philadelphia Phillies. Christmas won’t come early again this
year Philly fans. The New York Mets will set out on Tuesday
afternoon to make things right!
I am well aware, painfully well aware, that the Mets blew a 7 game
lead with only 17 left to play in the 2007 regular season.
I am also well aware that the Philadelphia Phillies played very well down the stretch run last September .
However, write it down, starting tomorrow, April 8th, 2008,
the New York Mets will defeat the Philadelphia Phillies. This
will mark the beginning of Willie Randolph and his players paying back
the Shea Stadium faithful for the nightmare that was last season.
I for one cannot wait to resume the Turnpike series….lets go Mets!
(The starting pitchers will be Oliver Perez vs some very old dude for Philly).
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