Sanchez is back; links aplenty
Duaner Sanchez has finally thrown on back-to-back days, and he's thankfully been promoted to the big club in time for the Nationals series. The news was welcomed with much rejoicing and feasting by Mets fans, who have grown wary of Aaron "Two-Run" Heilman's eighth-inning appearances.
We'll see how effective Sanchez is, but he looked great in the spring and is certainly geared up for his first MLB action since the fabled taxi accident in July 2006. At least Willie has the option now of Heilman or Sanchez in the seventh and eighth innings, with Pedro Feliciano, Joe Smith and Scott Schoeneweis playing the situational roles in the sixth and seventh innings, which allows Jorge Sosa to be a true long man and not used every day (assuming Willie can break himself of his habit).
The Nationals series marks the return of Paul LoDuca and Lastings Milledge to Shea Stadium. We're convinced that L-Millz will absolutely KILL the Mets this season, and expect a home run from him Tuesday night, and wouldn't be surprised to see him and LoDuca execute a complicated handshake in front of the Washington dugout.
A for good measure (courtesy of Kings of Flushing), the BEST EVER photo of Milledge. He really IS gangsta.
Nice story on Angel Pagan in the Lower Hudson Journal. The 26-year-old looks to be coming into his own, and Moises Alou can take his sweet time coming back. Pagan looks like a ballplayer and does everything well and is becoming a fan favorite. He and Ryan Church have been the highlights of a sluggish start.
Speaking of taking their sweet time, looks like Pedro won't be back until late May or early June, according to the New York Post. What a shock. Hamstrings are tricky, and with Pedro you can multiply it by 10. That's good news for Nelson Figueroa and maybe Claudio Vargas, who will be relied upon to fill the fifth spot for the next 6 weeks. Just get healthy Pedro. It's a walk year, remember?
Funny how when we first learned that a construction worker buried a Red Sox jersey in the foundation of the new Yankee Stadium, the Yankees' first public comments feigned indifference. But you KNEW they'd dig that thing up, and they did, making a big public show of it.
Now, if you were a Red Sox fan working at the new stadium and wanted to plant something to trigger a curse, would you tell anyone? Here's what I think: The guy who planted the Ortiz jersey was smart enough to plant something else -- maybe a Manny Ramirez jersey -- in a different location. So he lets slip about the Ortiz shirt, Yankees brass goes crazy and digs the thing up, thinking the curse foiled -- when there's another item quietly sitting in the concrete 10 yards away, cursing the pinstripes for time immemorial.
And on his deathbed 50 years from now, that construction worker can happily let everyone know that there's another jersey buried somewhere beneath the clubhouse, and that's why the Yankees haven't won in 59 years.
For more fun with the new Yankee Stadium, see what ESPN thinks is also buried there.
We'll see how effective Sanchez is, but he looked great in the spring and is certainly geared up for his first MLB action since the fabled taxi accident in July 2006. At least Willie has the option now of Heilman or Sanchez in the seventh and eighth innings, with Pedro Feliciano, Joe Smith and Scott Schoeneweis playing the situational roles in the sixth and seventh innings, which allows Jorge Sosa to be a true long man and not used every day (assuming Willie can break himself of his habit).
The Nationals series marks the return of Paul LoDuca and Lastings Milledge to Shea Stadium. We're convinced that L-Millz will absolutely KILL the Mets this season, and expect a home run from him Tuesday night, and wouldn't be surprised to see him and LoDuca execute a complicated handshake in front of the Washington dugout.
A for good measure (courtesy of Kings of Flushing), the BEST EVER photo of Milledge. He really IS gangsta.
Nice story on Angel Pagan in the Lower Hudson Journal. The 26-year-old looks to be coming into his own, and Moises Alou can take his sweet time coming back. Pagan looks like a ballplayer and does everything well and is becoming a fan favorite. He and Ryan Church have been the highlights of a sluggish start.
Speaking of taking their sweet time, looks like Pedro won't be back until late May or early June, according to the New York Post. What a shock. Hamstrings are tricky, and with Pedro you can multiply it by 10. That's good news for Nelson Figueroa and maybe Claudio Vargas, who will be relied upon to fill the fifth spot for the next 6 weeks. Just get healthy Pedro. It's a walk year, remember?
Funny how when we first learned that a construction worker buried a Red Sox jersey in the foundation of the new Yankee Stadium, the Yankees' first public comments feigned indifference. But you KNEW they'd dig that thing up, and they did, making a big public show of it.
Now, if you were a Red Sox fan working at the new stadium and wanted to plant something to trigger a curse, would you tell anyone? Here's what I think: The guy who planted the Ortiz jersey was smart enough to plant something else -- maybe a Manny Ramirez jersey -- in a different location. So he lets slip about the Ortiz shirt, Yankees brass goes crazy and digs the thing up, thinking the curse foiled -- when there's another item quietly sitting in the concrete 10 yards away, cursing the pinstripes for time immemorial.
And on his deathbed 50 years from now, that construction worker can happily let everyone know that there's another jersey buried somewhere beneath the clubhouse, and that's why the Yankees haven't won in 59 years.
For more fun with the new Yankee Stadium, see what ESPN thinks is also buried there.
Labels: Figueroa, links, LoDuca, Milledge, Pagan, Pedro, Sanchez
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