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Jose Reyes isn't pronouncing himself cured, but two games at Yankee Stadium did plenty to restore his confidence. The Mets shortstop delivered one final dagger last night, slamming a three-run homer against Ross Ohlendorf in the eighth inning that completed his team's 11-2 demolition of the Yankees. Reyes finished the two-game series 4-for-10 with two homers, maybe the best sign of the weekend for the previously struggling Mets' offense. Continue
It was never supposed to be this way in the final season at Yankee Stadium - Met fans hanging around at the end of the abbreviated two-game Subway Series set watching their team rout the hosts, making more noise than the subdued, disappointed Yankee faithful.
But this is quickly turning into a forgettable Yankee season, one in which a team that made a dynasty of taking advantage of breaks couldn't find a spark in an overturned Met home run in the fourth inning. A reversal of a three-run homer for Carlos Delgado - and what would have been a six-run Met lead - should have given the Yankees desperate hope, yet it was reduced to trivia in a humiliating 11-2 loss. Continue
The Mets' poor play against a pair of last-place teams lit the match last week, but it was Billy Wagner's words that whipped a small flame into a wildfire. The Mets were transformed from underachievers to a club in crisis with a schism in the clubhouse.
The fire is out now. Wagner doused it when he made his first eighth-inning appearance of the season and snuffed the Yankees with a four-out save for a 7-4 win Saturday at the Stadium. It was his first save of more than three outs in nearly two years. Wagner certainly caused some stir by calling teammates out and demanding accountability after the Mets dropped their third game in four to the Nationals on Thursday at Shea. Still, he remains irreplaceable in that closer's role. His save not only won a game, it changed the tenor of the clubhouse and took some heat off Willie Randolph. Continue
Both the Mets' and Yankees' seasons will be graded on a curve -- or more specifically a fastball, changeup and slider. The latter three are the pitches Johan Santana throws and he will be the measuring stick for both clubs in 2008.
The Mets will judge themselves on how much Santana helped them, the pitching-hungry Yankees will mark themselves on how much Santana would have helped them, had they decided to acquire him. In any case, it was fitting that in the first meeting between the teams this season, Santana was decisive. He wasn't spectacular, allowing three home runs, but he was sturdy enough to get them a 7-4 win in the opener of the Subway Series at Yankee Stadium. Continue
Embattled Mets manager Willie Randolph received a tepid vote of confidence from GM Omar Minaya last night at the same time Randolph was trying to put out the latest Billy Wagner verbal brushfire. Asked if Randolph was in danger in light of the team's 20-19 record going into the Subway Series, Minaya said: "No."
Minaya offered little more than that in terms of backing Randolph, who has come under fire for his team underachieving with the NL's highest payroll. "I'm very supportive of, and continue to be supportive of, Willie Randolph," Minaya said when pressed further. Continue
Heavy rain may have knocked out round one of this year's Subway Series, but the inclement weather has set up a battle of big-name lefthanders Saturday afternoon at Yankee Stadium.
Johan Santana, who was scheduled to start Friday night, will still take the ball for the Mets against the team that almost acquired him over the winter. But instead of throwing Darrell Rasner, who was to start Friday night, the Yankees will skip the inexperienced righthander in favor of Andy Pettitte, who was set to start today's game. Continue
The troops do not rally around Wille Randolph. He has the demeanor of a dead fish and it is obvious that these players are not mature enough to perform at a high level. Do not equate age with maturity. Can We trade Wille for Mazzilli? We certainly should.
Somehow the Mets have a better record than the Yankees, the last-place Yankees, and still look like a team in more trouble. They had another bad loss Thursday, 1-0, to another bad team, the Washington Nationals. The Mets wasted a wonderful pitching performance from Mike Pelfrey, they saw Jose Reyes run into an amazingly dumb out at third base in the eighth inning, saw the game end with Carlos Delgado lining into a 3-5 double play. Continue
There are losses, and then there are soul-crushing nightmares that send teams spiraling and get managers fired. For the Mets and embattled boss Willie Randolph, yesterday's 1-0 setback against the last-place Nationals at Shea Stadium could very well be one of those losses. Turning a near no-hitter by Mike Pelfrey into their third loss to Washington in the past four games was so frustrating for the Mets that signs of a clubhouse fracture were evident afterward.
Outspoken closer Billy Wagner barked at reporters for interviewing him instead of center fielder Carlos Beltran and first baseman Carlos Delgado, otherwise known as the two primary culprits in the Mets' nearly season-long hitting funk."Can somebody tell me why the [bleep] the closer is being interviewed and I didn't even play? And why they're over there not being interviewed?" Wagner bellowed as he pointed to the lockers of Beltran and Delgado. "Oh, I got it. They're [bleeping] gone. [Bleeping] shocker." Continue
Mike Pelfrey - who'll start today's game vs. Washington - has tantalized Met fans with his talent and infuriated them with his inconsistency. They can only hope they get an reprisal of his last start, when pitching coach Rick Peterson said executed more quality pitches than he had in his whole career.
Both Peterson and Willie Randolph say it has nothing to do with who is catching the 24-year-old, and little to do with shelving his wayward two-seam fastball. They say it has everything to do with a young pitcher growing up, finally finding the confidence that his stuff is indeed good enough. Continue
