5/20 – Trivia
Yesterday’s trivia goes to Jeremy of We’re Talkin Homer, Blue Jays and MLB for giving information about Ramon Martinez in the playoffs. You can read his response here. I will give him 5 points for his response. He moves into a tie with the non-active blog of Mets Banter. Also tomorrow I will be deleting all of the non-active blogs from the list of the standings unless you claim your blog in a comment.
Standings:
PTS Wins
Mets Blog 2009 24 5
Diamond Diva 16 4
Watercooler 11 3
King of Cali 7 1
Mets Banter 5 1
Fantasy Hardball 4 1
Rays Renegade 2 1
Totally Tribe 2 0
Today’s Question: 5 Points
On July 4th 1985 the Mets played a historic game against the Braves. What time did the game end?
♣ First one to post a comment with the correct answer wins. Please leave a link to your blog so I can post your link as a winner.
Tonight’s Game and 5/19 – Trivia
Today’s Lineup:
Reyes back in. That is good. Also Murphy is finally back in the lineup. Also no Castillo. Interesting Jerry.
Yesterday’s trivia was not guessed on. Same question today. There can be more than one answer.
Standings:
PTS Wins
Mets Blog 2009 24 5
Diamond Diva 16 4
Watercooler 11 3
King of Cali 7 1
Mets Banter 5 1
Fantasy Hardball 4 1
Rays Renegade 2 1
Totally Tribe 2 0
Today’s Question:
Yesterday the Mets put Alex Cora on the DL and recalled Ramon Martinez. He has appeared in 1 World Series. The more info you give about Martinez playing in that World Series, the more points you get. When someone guesses you can then add more information. It can be about stats, team, year, something special he did or something else about him in that World Series.
♣ First one to post a comment with the correct answer wins. Please leave a link to your blog so I can post your link as a winner.
5/18 – Trivia
Yesterday’s trivia goes to Shelley of Diamond Diva for knowing that 1000 people were allowed in for a empty pepsi bottle. She moves up into 2nd place, 8 points behind first place Mets Blog 2009
Standings:
PTS Wins
Mets Blog 2009 24 5
Diamond Diva 16 4
Watercooler 11 3
King of Cali 7 1
Mets Banter 5 1
Fantasy Hardball 4 1
Rays Renegade 2 1
Totally Tribe 2 0
Today’s Question:
Today the Mets put Alex Cora on the DL and recalled Ramon Martinez. He has appeared in 1 World Series. The more info you give about Martinez playing in that World Series, the more points you get. When someone guesses you can then add more information. It can be about stats, team, year, something special he did or something else about him in that World Series.
♣ First one to post a comment with the correct answer wins. Please leave a link to your blog so I can post your link as a winner.
Opinion: I Hate Sunday Night Baseball
Tonight the Mets are playing the San Francisco Giants in a ESPN Sunday night game.
Sunday night games are bad for the teams because less people want to come to the game. Fans don’t like it because people have to do things Monday morning. People would much rather see a day game on Sundays.
ESPN does it because people around the country want to watch the game at night but my question is, do people actually watch the game when it isn’t your team playing?
The time slot of 8 PM EST makes sense on the west coast because it is only 5 PM. I wouldn’t mind going to a game at 5 PM but at 8 PM the game doesn’t end until about 11 PM so I won’t get home until like 11:45 PM.
Now when I watch the game on TV I have to go through the entire day waiting for the game when usually on Sundays I watch the game at 1 but that isn’t the main reason. Still the game doesn’t end until like 11.
Also I am used to hearing the Mets announcers (Gary Cohen, Keith Hernandez and Ron Darling) and now I hear John Miller and Joe Morgan. I am not used to what they say or the ESPN graphics. It was the same as it was when the game was on FOX yesterday.
Please answer this poll as I am curious.
Pregame: Mets at Giants (Can We Sweep???)
Today the Mets (21-15, 1st in NL East) will try to sweep a 4 game series at AT&T Park against the Giants (18-18, 2nd in NL West, 6.5 GB) in Sunday Night Baseball Action.
The Lineup:
Reyes is back today after missing 3 games. Reyes continues to be out with a sore calf. He has missed every game this series. He was hitting and fielding today but not in the lineup. Here is today’s Reyes-less lineup:
The Pitchers:
Mets: Mike Pelfrey (4-0, 4.89 ERA)
Giants: Matt Cain (3-1, 3.00 ERA)
How to Catch It:
Locally:
TV: ESPN
Radio: WFAN 660 AM and ESPN Radio 1080 AM
Español: WADO 1280 AM
Nationally:
TV: ESPN
Radio: ESPN Radio
On the Web:
MLB.TV (International Only)
Gameday Audio
The Best Mets: Mid-May
Every Month I make a list of all of the Mets that have put on a uniform this year. I also write about it in the middle of the month. For the 2 that I made in April, you can find them at the bottom of the sidebar. Here is mid-May:
- Johan Santana
- Carlos Beltran
- Fransciso Rodriguez
- Carlos Delgado (DL)
- David Wright
- Bobby Parnell
- Luis Castillo
- Mike Pelfrey
- John Maine
- Jose Reyes
- Daniel Murphy
- Fernando Tatis
- Omir Santos
- Brian Stokes
- Gary Sheffield
- Ken Takahashi
- Ramon Castro
- Livan Hernandez
- Ryan Church
- Alex Cora
- Jeremy Reed
- Jonathan Niese
- Pedro Feliciano
- J.J. Putz
- Nelson Figueroa
- Oliver Perez (DL)
- Angel Pagan
- Sean Green
- Casey Fossum (Free Agent)
- Brian Schnieder (DL)
- Darron O’Day (Waiver-TEX)
- Marlon Anderson (Free Agent)
- Tim Redding (Not Yet Active, Pitching Monday)
If you are yet to guess on todays trivia
then you can find it here.
5/17 – Trivia
What happened yesterday. I stumped you? I will keep the trivia up but will give you a hint.
Standings:
PTS Wins
Mets Blog 2009 24 5
Watercooler 11 3
Diamond Diva 10 3
King of Cali 7 1
Mets Banter 5 1
Fantasy Hardball 4 1
Rays Renegade 2 1
Totally Tribe 2 0
Today’s Question: 6 Points
In 2003 on Wednesdays at home, fans were allowed into the Pepsi Picnic Area for just a empty Pepsi bottle. How many fans were allowed in for this price?
Hint:
It was the amount of seats in the Pepsi Picnic Area.
♣ First one to post a comment with the correct answer wins. Please leave a link to your blog so I can post your link as a winner.
5/15 – Trivia (And 5/16)
Yesterday’s trivia goes to Stephen of King of Cali for knowing that Rick Herrsche and Gus Bel were the 2 players to be named later in the Mets first ever trade. He moves all the way up to 5th place behind Donnie.
Standings:
PTS Wins
Mets Blog 2009 24 5
Watercooler 11 3
Diamond Diva 10 3
King of Cali 7 1
Mets Banter 5 1
Fantasy Hardball 4 1
Rays Renegade 2 1
Totally Tribe 2 0
Today’s Question: 7 Points
In 2003 on Wednesdays at home, fans were allowed into the Pepsi Picnic Area for just a empty Pepsi bottle. How many fans were allowed in for this price?
♣ First one to post a comment with the correct answer wins. Please leave a link to your blog so I can post your link as a winner.
…update 5/16
This is good for the next day also since nobody answered yesterday.
Pick’em Fridays Challenge: Week 6
I currently stand in a first place tie at 63% over at the Mc Effect‘s Contest. Here are my Week 6 picks:
National League:
Cubs over Astros
Pirates over Rockies
Nationals over Phillies
Dodgers over Marlins
Bravees over Diamondbacks
Brewers over Cardinals
Reds over Padres
Mets over Giants
American League:
Twins over Yankees
Tigers over A’s
White Sox over Blue Jays
Rays over Indians
Angels over Rangers
Royals over Orioles
Red Sox over Mariners
Pregame: Mets at Giants (Game 1)
Late tonight (10 PM) the Mets (18-15, 1st in NL East) will be in San Fransico playing the Giants (18-15, 2nd in NL West, 4.5 GB) at AT&T Park.
The Lineup:
No Reyes. He has a stiff right calf.
The Pitchers:
Mets: John Maine, RHP (3-2, 4.54)
Giants: Jonathan Sanchez, LHP (1-3, 4.78)
How to Catch It:
Locally:
TV: SNY
Radio: WFAN 660 AM
Español: WADO 1280 AM
On the Web:
MLB.TV and Gameday Audio
metsgoblog
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