Not Much Happening in New York These Days
The Happy Recap: Mets 1, Pirates 0
In a day where the Jets couldn't score a touchdown or amount any offense at all in their season opener, both the Mets and the Yankees played to 0-0 extra inning games, the first time that's ever happened in the history of both teams on the same day - and sure it was only the Pirates, but amazingly enough, it was the Mets that came out a winner on the night!
THE GOOD: Sure it was only the Pirates last night, but Mets fans have to be happy the team actually won a game against the Phillies in the last series. Seriously, show me one Met fan that didn't expect a steamrolling Philadelphia team to come into town and sweep! Remember Mets fans - low expectations!
And sure it was only the Pirates, but this Dillon Gee's looking very Rick Reed/Bobby Jones-like in the two starts he's had so far - and that's good. And sure it was only the Pirates, but how about Takman in the closer's role? He's been absolutely outstanding, winning his ninth game of the year, and may even let the Mets ownership sleep better as they try to void KRod's contract. (who by the way is in the news again). And sure it was only the Pirates, but even Ruben Tejada had a big hit and Nick Evans of all people drove in the winning run in extras.
THE BAD: The bad news is bad, and no, it's not that we're all still Mets fans. The bad news revolves around Johan Santana, who underwent shoulder surgery yesterday and is out for the remainder of the year and maybe more. Mets doctors declared the surgery "successful", which in Met-doctor terms means Santana didn't die.
But here's the real bad news: this type of injury is extremely serious and unfortunately, pitchers just don't come back 100% from it - ever! I'm afraid we've seen the last of a dominating Johan Santana - and unfortunately, even though we have absolutely zero medical training, MetsFanClub.com hasn't been wrong about a player's injury in over 5 years.
We told you John Maine was done when everyone else thought he'd be back. We predicted extended absences from Jose Reyes, David Wright, Carlos Delgado, and Carlos Beltran. We thought the Oliver Perez contract was ridiculous and would handcuff the team. We predicted a long, injury plagued season for Jason Bay (on the day he signed with the team in fact! - Similar to our observation that J.J. Putz must have been hurt as well... and he was). We told you Billy Wagner had thrown his last pitch in a Met uniform. We told you Pedro would never be the same, and said the same thing for Duaner Sanchez, KRod, and Luis Castillo. We told you Ryan Church had a concussion before the team diagnosed it. We even told you that you've seen the last of Daniel Murphy when the team said he suffered a "minor setback". And the instant it happened, we even stated that Mike Piazza's career was in jeopardy the moment CleMEns nailed him the face with that fateful pitch.
We've predicted just about everything injury-wise with 100% accuracy, and now we have to tell you that despite what you heard in the rosy-eyed mainstream press, Johan Santana can only come back as a number 3 pitcher at best. That's not good, and hopefully, we're wrong - but we're probably not. Pitchers just don't come back from the type of injury he's suffered. That's not to say he won't be a good pitcher again... but a dominant potential hall of famer? Probably not.
Sorry for that report, but at MetsFanClub.com, you'll only get tough love. We tell it like it is - no matter how bad or ugly the situation is. You'll have to get your pollyanna from the other blogs and mainstream media reports. It's all reality here.
THE UGLY: 0.031 - that's 1 for 32. That's what Lucas Duda is hitting. And that's not the ugly part. The ugly part is that he actually looks worse than that! Only on the Mets folks. And the guy on the Fan that wants to trade him for Cliff Lee?... not going to happen buddy!
In a day where the Jets couldn't score a touchdown or amount any offense at all in their season opener, both the Mets and the Yankees played to 0-0 extra inning games, the first time that's ever happened in the history of both teams on the same day - and sure it was only the Pirates, but amazingly enough, it was the Mets that came out a winner on the night!
THE GOOD: Sure it was only the Pirates last night, but Mets fans have to be happy the team actually won a game against the Phillies in the last series. Seriously, show me one Met fan that didn't expect a steamrolling Philadelphia team to come into town and sweep! Remember Mets fans - low expectations!And sure it was only the Pirates, but this Dillon Gee's looking very Rick Reed/Bobby Jones-like in the two starts he's had so far - and that's good. And sure it was only the Pirates, but how about Takman in the closer's role? He's been absolutely outstanding, winning his ninth game of the year, and may even let the Mets ownership sleep better as they try to void KRod's contract. (who by the way is in the news again). And sure it was only the Pirates, but even Ruben Tejada had a big hit and Nick Evans of all people drove in the winning run in extras.
THE BAD: The bad news is bad, and no, it's not that we're all still Mets fans. The bad news revolves around Johan Santana, who underwent shoulder surgery yesterday and is out for the remainder of the year and maybe more. Mets doctors declared the surgery "successful", which in Met-doctor terms means Santana didn't die.But here's the real bad news: this type of injury is extremely serious and unfortunately, pitchers just don't come back 100% from it - ever! I'm afraid we've seen the last of a dominating Johan Santana - and unfortunately, even though we have absolutely zero medical training, MetsFanClub.com hasn't been wrong about a player's injury in over 5 years.
We told you John Maine was done when everyone else thought he'd be back. We predicted extended absences from Jose Reyes, David Wright, Carlos Delgado, and Carlos Beltran. We thought the Oliver Perez contract was ridiculous and would handcuff the team. We predicted a long, injury plagued season for Jason Bay (on the day he signed with the team in fact! - Similar to our observation that J.J. Putz must have been hurt as well... and he was). We told you Billy Wagner had thrown his last pitch in a Met uniform. We told you Pedro would never be the same, and said the same thing for Duaner Sanchez, KRod, and Luis Castillo. We told you Ryan Church had a concussion before the team diagnosed it. We even told you that you've seen the last of Daniel Murphy when the team said he suffered a "minor setback". And the instant it happened, we even stated that Mike Piazza's career was in jeopardy the moment CleMEns nailed him the face with that fateful pitch.
We've predicted just about everything injury-wise with 100% accuracy, and now we have to tell you that despite what you heard in the rosy-eyed mainstream press, Johan Santana can only come back as a number 3 pitcher at best. That's not good, and hopefully, we're wrong - but we're probably not. Pitchers just don't come back from the type of injury he's suffered. That's not to say he won't be a good pitcher again... but a dominant potential hall of famer? Probably not.
Sorry for that report, but at MetsFanClub.com, you'll only get tough love. We tell it like it is - no matter how bad or ugly the situation is. You'll have to get your pollyanna from the other blogs and mainstream media reports. It's all reality here.
THE UGLY: 0.031 - that's 1 for 32. That's what Lucas Duda is hitting. And that's not the ugly part. The ugly part is that he actually looks worse than that! Only on the Mets folks. And the guy on the Fan that wants to trade him for Cliff Lee?... not going to happen buddy!
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