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 We are on a 4 game skid, but we were not blown out in any of em.  We played without our big bopper in Delgado, without (for the most part) Jose Reyes and with players manning positions theyre not accostomed to.  Not to mention we’ve had Jeremy Reed and Ramon Martinez in the lower part of the lineup.

This weekend undoubtedly wil be tough, but dont fret.  We got our ace going up against a very beatable Dice K, who’s 0-1 with a 12.79 ERA along with a 3.00 WHIP. 

In game 2, we have Big Pelf going up against another very beatable Red Sox hurler, Josh Beckett.  Pelfrey has shown something that Ive been very impressed with, and thats composure.  He’s settled down after getting hit and has kept us in games.   Beckett has had a pretty good couple of outings but we’ll see if he can hold it up. 

Sunday’s finale will matchup Redding and Wakefield.  A decent matchup that could go either way.  Redding had a very encouraging debut and looks to show he was worth the pickup.  Wakefield has been the definition of consistentcy.  The verteran knucklerballer has been at times masterful.  I hope he’s horrible on Sunday.

Obviously a big issue during the losing streak has been offense.  As mentioned earlier, Jeremy Reed and Ramon Martinez cannot be in this lineup on a daily basis, especially in May.  After watching his team get swept, I highly doubt Jerry will be putting that lineup out again.  

Anyway, my fellow neurotic Mets fans, enjoy the long wknd, be safe and as always Let’s Go Mets!

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I’m headed up to Boston this morning, I’ll be attending my second overall game at historic Fenway Park, but first with the Mets in town.

I will also be bringing my fiance’s 14 year old godson who is a Red Sox fan to his first game at Fenway as well, so i’m very excited for him to experience this.

My only other time at Fenway was a Blue Jays game in 2007, where I was very drunk, very quickly and had no interest in the outcome of the game, so it couldn’t have been a better experience… this time though, I’ll be wearing Mets gear, but behaving myself, that’s for sure.

With all that said, lets hope the Mets get on a winning track, and we need to root for those Yanks as well.  As much as it pains me, but in the grand scheme of things, their record doesn’t impact us at all unless its in our egos, but the Phillies record matters.

I will return late Saturday afternoon and at that time, we should be able to begin the move to NLEastChatter.com, giving out email addresses and settin up shop in our new digs.  I’m very excited and very happy we’ve found such a good “core” of potential writers, supporters, moderators, etc etc, and I feel this will be extremely successful.

Alright guys, I hope to come back to another win, and more excitement over our venture, at least one of those things is a guarantee, the other…sits on the wide shoulders of Johan Santana.

See everyone tomorrow, with photos of the game, hold down the fort, and most importantly ..

Rk		Age	G	PA ▾	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Fernando Martinez	20	37	156	143	20	41	13	2	7	23	2	0	11	28	.287	.340	.552	.892	79	2	1	0	1	0
2	Jesus Feliciano	30	32	125	116	7	32	6	0	1	9	5	1	5	11	.276	.306	.353	.660	41	1	1	1	2	0
3	Cory Sullivan	29	35	119	104	11	21	4	0	2	8	1	1	12	17	.202	.280	.298	.578	31	4	0	1	2	0
4	Argenis Reyes	26	30	111	92	12	25	4	1	1	4	5	0	17	15	.272	.385	.370	.755	34	2	0	2	0	3
5	Jose Coronado	23	29	100	85	4	12	2	0	0	3	2	0	11	22	.141	.240	.165	.404	14	3	0	4	0	1
6	Nick Evans	23	22	87	75	5	7	1	0	3	7	0	0	12	27	.093	.218	.227	.445	17	4	0	0	0	0
7	Mike Lamb	33	21	81	76	6	12	6	0	0	8	0	0	4	5	.158	.200	.237	.437	18	3	0	1	0	0
8	Robinson Cancel	33	22	79	73	7	16	3	0	0	2	4	0	4	7	.219	.269	.260	.530	19	3	1	1	0	0
9	Jonathan Malo	25	17	74	69	4	12	3	1	0	2	1	0	5	15	.174	.230	.246	.476	17	1	0	0	0	0
10	Michel Abreu	30	23	74	70	5	15	4	0	2	10	0	0	4	16	.214	.257	.357	.614	25	2	0	0	0	0
11	Wily Mo Pena	27	17	56	52	3	12	2	0	1	8	0	0	3	12	.231	.268	.327	.595	17	1	0	0	1	0
12	Jason Cooper	28	16	43	38	3	8	3	0	0	2	1	0	3	10	.211	.302	.289	.592	11	0	2	0	0	0
13	Rene Rivera	25	9	36	32	1	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	10	.156	.200	.219	.419	7	1	0	1	1	0
14	Ramon Martinez	36	9	35	31	5	9	1	0	0	1	0	1	4	5	.290	.371	.323	.694	10	0	0	0	0	0
15	Bobby Kielty	32	8	33	26	3	6	0	0	1	3	1	2	7	7	.231	.394	.346	.740	9	0	0	0	0	0
16	Andy Green	31	8	27	22	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	4	.182	.296	.227	.524	5	0	0	0	1	0
17	Javier Valentin	33	6	22	19	2	6	0	0	1	4	0	0	3	2	.316	.409	.474	.883	9	1	0	0	0	1
18	Omir Santos	28	3	15	13	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.231	.333	.231	.564	3	0	1	0	0	0
19	Angel Pagan	27	3	14	14	2	4	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	3	.286	.286	.571	.857	8	1	0	0	0	0
20	Mike Nickeas	26	2	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Rob Mackowiak	33	2	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	Brandon Knight	33	4	7	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.500	.750	2	0	0	3	0	0
23	Dillon Gee	23	4	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	0	0	0	0	0
24	Rafael Arroyo	26	2	7	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	4	.000	.286	.000	.286	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	Jon Niese	22	3	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0
26	Frank Diaz	25	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	Kyle Snyder	31	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	Tim Redding	31	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	Casey Fossum	31	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	Michael Antonini	23	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	Tim McNab	29	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	Freddy Garcia	34	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	Nelson Figueroa	35	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	1	0	0
	39 Players	27.4	37	1341	1193	105	252	56	6	19	99	24	5	116	242	.211	.282	.316	.598	377	29	6	17	9	5

Newsday’s David Lennon has this inside look at Jerry Manuel’s managerial methods.  Click the link for the long version.  The short version:  Jerry uses his eyes, and his gut, not just a stat sheet.

Jerry Manuel

Jerry, man

According to bisons.com Darryl Strawberry will be appearing at Coca-Cola Field in Buffalo, NY Saturday, May 23 in conjunction with Darryl Strawberry bobble-head day.  The first 4,000 fans in attendance will receive Darryl bobble-heads, and Strawberry will be conducting an autograph session on the concourse during the game.  Gates open at 12:00 noon, first pitch at 1:05pm.  It is also High School Saturday, and high school students with valid ID can purchase 2 tickets to the game for $12.00.  The Buffalo Bisons are the AAA affiliate of the Mets.

Ok so we know from this morning, the Mets are eyeing Derosa. Now we all know Derosa is pretty much a jack of all trades..being that he has played every position except catcher and pitcher, but i wonder where will he truly play. Cora will be back in 15 games so he can cover the infield and Murphy looks to get more time at 1b after his great performance last night. I would assume then that since Tatis would be the reserve 1bman and successor if Murphy doesn’t work out, then Derosa would have to play the outfield. If that’s the case…should we be shopping for an outfielder that would start over Sheffield/Tatis/Reed? Now i know Derosa has the advantage in that he plays both the IF and OF but i wonder if there is an outfielder that’s available that we should be looking for instead. Time will tell and Omar is defiantly under pressure but strategically speaking…You have Murphy as your starting 1bman and Tatis to back him up/Reyes will be back in a few days and so will Cora to back up the infield..im starting to lose the reason why we are trading Derosa in the first place. Yes i know people will say because they have to see Ramon Martinez in the lineup but…Cora should be back in a few days..what do you do with Derosa when that happens??

Quite possibly our biggest pursuer for Derosa’s services the Brew Crew, This is what “Brew Crew Ball Blog” has to say about that:

“Meanwhile, we continue to discuss options at second base. The Indians are looking to deal Mark DeRosa, but want big-league ready pitching in return, and the Brewers don’t have a lot of that hanging around, unless the Indians would accept someone like Tim Dillard or Seth McClung. As of this writing, 62% of voters in this poll would prefer the Brewers stick with internal options. Casey McGehee started at second and went 2-for-3 with a double and a walk last night.”