Johan Who? Is There a New Sheriff in Town?
The Happy Recap: Mets 5, Rockies 0
It was Jackie Robinson day, and since the Mets have no one on the team named Robinson, Mike "Robinson" Pelfrey decided to come up big with a game the Mets (according to manager Jerry "Robinson" Manuel) 'had to have'.
THE GOOD: Perhaps the Mets have found their number 2 (or better) starting pitcher with the performance Mike "Robinson" Pelfrey gave the team for his second victory of the season. Pelf went 7 strong innings of 5-hit ball, striking out 6 without walking a batter. Those are Johan numbers - and let's hope that comparison stands because that would mean the Mets would have quite the 1-2 punch. Plus he was the hitting star of the game as well with an RBI single and scored a run as well. After the game, Pelfrey gave all the credit to Henry "Robinson" Blanco for calling the game, certainly not for Blanco's 0-4 batting however.
Fun fact to know and tell: The rockies were the only team not to have been shut out at all last season - Watch out for the Mets, National League...
THE BAD: No one likes to harp on anything bad after a victory like this, but in the third inning, the Mets almost made every out on the basepaths due to lack of concentration (which we see all the time... I blame the manager). For whatever reason, when Luis "Robinson" Castillo hit a grounder to third, Mike "Robinson" Pelfrey raced for home and would have been a dead duck had it not been for a Colorado error. Then Castillo was tagged out going for second on an aborted double steal, followed by Jose "Robinson" Reyes being thrown out trying to steal third with David "Robinson" Wright at the plate. Good thing you only get 3 outs!
THE UGLY: You couldn't find a Met fan who didn't think this team would do any better on their current 6 game roadtrip against Colorado and St. Louis than 1 win, 5 losses. Now that they have that victory thanks to Pelf, even if the team gets swept in St. Louis, they will have played to expectations. When fans are happy when you actually win just 1 game on a roadtrip, that's UGLY!
THE PULSE of the GAME
It was Jackie Robinson day, and since the Mets have no one on the team named Robinson, Mike "Robinson" Pelfrey decided to come up big with a game the Mets (according to manager Jerry "Robinson" Manuel) 'had to have'.
THE GOOD: Perhaps the Mets have found their number 2 (or better) starting pitcher with the performance Mike "Robinson" Pelfrey gave the team for his second victory of the season. Pelf went 7 strong innings of 5-hit ball, striking out 6 without walking a batter. Those are Johan numbers - and let's hope that comparison stands because that would mean the Mets would have quite the 1-2 punch. Plus he was the hitting star of the game as well with an RBI single and scored a run as well. After the game, Pelfrey gave all the credit to Henry "Robinson" Blanco for calling the game, certainly not for Blanco's 0-4 batting however.Fun fact to know and tell: The rockies were the only team not to have been shut out at all last season - Watch out for the Mets, National League...
THE BAD: No one likes to harp on anything bad after a victory like this, but in the third inning, the Mets almost made every out on the basepaths due to lack of concentration (which we see all the time... I blame the manager). For whatever reason, when Luis "Robinson" Castillo hit a grounder to third, Mike "Robinson" Pelfrey raced for home and would have been a dead duck had it not been for a Colorado error. Then Castillo was tagged out going for second on an aborted double steal, followed by Jose "Robinson" Reyes being thrown out trying to steal third with David "Robinson" Wright at the plate. Good thing you only get 3 outs!
THE UGLY: You couldn't find a Met fan who didn't think this team would do any better on their current 6 game roadtrip against Colorado and St. Louis than 1 win, 5 losses. Now that they have that victory thanks to Pelf, even if the team gets swept in St. Louis, they will have played to expectations. When fans are happy when you actually win just 1 game on a roadtrip, that's UGLY!
THE PULSE of the GAME
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