Monthly Archive: April 2012

Mets-Giants Game Postponed

  Today’s Giants vs. Mets game has been postponed due to rain, according to the Mets Twitter feed. The Mets were scheduled to finish up their four-game set with the Giants tomorrow. They will now  have a single-admission doubleheader, with the first game beginning at 4:10 p.m. Here are the starters for the two games …

Continue reading »

Permanent link to this article: http://www.upalongfirst.com/2012/04/mets-giants-game-postponed/

Ruben Tejada Has Shown Great Patience, Improvement

Ruben Tejada: the successor to Jose Reyes. Tejada has impressed everyone with his play so far. He has shown he can get on base, field, do almost anything the Mets need him to do. However, there is one thing that has impressed me the most about Tejada this season: patience at the plate.

Permanent link to this article: http://www.upalongfirst.com/2012/04/ruben-tejada-has-shown-great-patience-improvement/

Mets Lefty Herrera Done for the Season

According to Adam Rubin of ESPNNewYork.com, Mets lefty Daniel Herrera will miss the rest of this season. He will be undergoing Tommy John surgery. Mets doctors discovered a tear in Daniel Herrera’s left elbow, and the southpaw will undergo Tommy John surgery, a baseball source told ESPNNewYork.com. Herrera had remained in spring-training camp until the …

Continue reading »

Permanent link to this article: http://www.upalongfirst.com/2012/04/mets-lefty-herrera-done-for-season/

Series Preview: Mets Head Home to Face Giants in Four-Game Set

Tonight at 7:10, the Mets begin their four-game set against the Giants…

Permanent link to this article: http://www.upalongfirst.com/2012/04/series-preview-mets-head-home-to-face-giants-in-four-game-set/

The Time Has Come to Give David an Extension

In yesterday’s 14-6 loss to the Braves, David Wright officially tied Darryl Strawberry on the all-time Mets RBI list with 733. It took Wright only five more games to get to this figure. The man Wright is passing is one who helped to change Mets baseball forever. He changed the way people looked at the …

Continue reading »

Permanent link to this article: http://www.upalongfirst.com/2012/04/the-time-has-come-to-give-david-an-extension/

Should Kirk Bat Leadoff Permanently?

Kirk Nieuwenhuis hit in the leadoff spot for the first time in his career yesterday. He ended the day with three hits and a walk in five plate appearances. He also managed to steal a base. Does this mean “Captain Kirk” should hit leadoff for good?

Permanent link to this article: http://www.upalongfirst.com/2012/04/should-kirk-bat-leadoff-permanently/

Older posts «

» Newer posts