Halladay vs. Santana on Sunday?

Tuesday April 27, 2010 • Leave a Comment 

There could be some real drama at Citizens Bank Park in Philadephia this weekend.

The Phillies and Mets will renew their rivalry with a three-game series beginning Friday. While Saturday’s game will be televised on Fox at 3:30 the real excitement could come on Sunday Night baseball on ESPN.

The way things look we could be in store for a Roy Halladay-Johan Santana showcase.

Halladay pitched on Monday and Sunday’s game would be his next turn to pitch. He could also pitch on Saturday on regular rest if Charlie Manuel decides to skip someone in the rotation. The Phillies have an off day on Thursday, so Manuel will have a choice.

Meanwhile Santana is pitching today and will be on regular rest for Sunday. The Mets also have off on Thursday so Jerry Manuel will too have a choice. He could go with Johan on Sunday on normal rest and skip the No. 5 starter or select to give him an extra day. In that case the Phillies would miss Santana entirely.

So we may have a marquee matchup or we may not. While I’m sure the Phillies would not complain about missing Santana I think both fan bases would love to get their first taste of Doc vs. Santana.



Rival fan base lashing out at ownership

Wednesday January 27, 2010 • 3 Comments 

While the Phillies have locked up their key pieces and brought in the best pitcher in baseball the New York Mets have done little to suggest they will compete this season. The team did acquire Jason Bay and is expecting a healthy return from the likes of Jose Reyes and Johan Santana, but that has done little to ease the nerves of the team’s fan base. The team is short on quality starters, and experience at first base and catcher. Meanwhile Luis Castio is still the starting second baseman.

In the last week fans have seen Ben Sheets, John Garland, Joel Pinero, and Bengie Molina signed away by other teams and now there is little, to nothing left on the market.

Here is a small sample of how Mets fans feel about their organization right now.

“In the final analysis, what the front office has done was cut the budget significantly while saying publicly they will spend what it takes….to just get by. Getting Bay was good, but they have done nothing else but pick up some cheap risk and retreads. Meanwhile our division rivals got stronger. There is no commitment to winning on the part of this ownership. It’s all a ruse.”

“the nats are strasburg and harper away from kicking the mets butt.”

“Why should I pay to see this team play”

“This current ownership and FO would screw up a 1 car funeral. Until they leave and professional management is brought in it will NEVER improve.”

About the ownership: “I wouldn’t trust those idiots to bag a McDonalds order right.”

On the Mets options this season: “1) trade the prospects for the best pitcher they can get
2) throw away this season and play with what they have.”

On the Nats signing Orlando Hudson instead of the Mets: “Awesome!!! You have a player that has wanted to be a Met for the past 2 years now and the Nats make the moves to get him! Yeah.. this team don’t deserve a player like that! The Mets will take the place of the Nats in dead last in the NL East! Way to go Mets! You can thank Omar for his brilliant move on Castillo as to why Hudson is not a Met.”

Season outlook: “This team will be lucky to win 75 games….But you should buy tickets because it is a new Stadium, there will be dedications to some former Mets, Omar/Fred spent 140 Mil, If you don’t go then you are not a “real fan” and the sadistic fans could watch Santana struggle to win 10 games because his team is soooooooo bad!”

It looks like not everyone is excited about Spring Training.



Need a laugh? Beltran sees Mets as contenders

Friday November 13, 2009 • 3 Comments 

Has the recent weather gotten you down? If so, here is some news that always cheers up Philly fans — The Mets being the Mets.

Carlos Beltran came out in a recent interview for the NY Daily News saying that he believes a healthy Mets team can be World Series contenders.

That’s right, not even a 91-loss season can keep the Mets from thinking they are close — or talking about it.

To Beltran’s credit, he did admit that the team needs help, particularly a big bat and a quality arm.

“I think a little help wouldn’t be bad,” said Beltran. “I do believe (management) is going to bring people that are going to help us. The Wilpons — they want to win. If they bring in a left fielder, it’d be great, another bat. If they bring a guy like Johan Santana, it’d also be great.”

The complete article can be read here: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/2009/11/12/2009-11-12_carlos_beltran.html?r=sports%2Fbaseball&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+nydnrss%2Fsports%2Fbaseball+(Sports%2FBaseball)

So Beltran wants another Johan Santana? I want a Ferrari for Christmas but I don’t think that’s going to happen.

The Mets will certainly shake things up this winter after their worst season in a decade. They might make a run at John Lackey and are said to be interested in Matt Holiday and Chone Figgins. They may get one or two, but that will still leave holes on their roster. A couple of additions is also not likely to bring the Mets near a World Series title.

That belongs to the other team in New York — for now.