Archive for 20. June 2008

Tap the Rockies

20. June 2008 by Glendo.

Mets head back to Denver this weekend for a 3 game set with the Colorado Rockies. The Mets look to get above the .500 mark before heading home to take on the MLB worst Seattle Mariners. The pitching match ups seem to favor the Mets with Maine and Martinez going in the first two games. Mike Pelfrey will pitch on Sunday as he looks to continue his good pitching performance of the last month or so. If the Mets can get over .500 before returning to Shea it could be a huge lift for this team and a wounded fan base. LETS GO METS

Matchup

New York Mets (35-36, 3rd Place NL East/5.5GB) at Colorado Rockies (31-42, 3rd Place NL West/8GB)

Tonight: Mets (John Maine, 6-5, 3.87) at Rockies (Aaron Cook, 10-3, 3.29) 9:05pm ET

Saturday: Mets (Pedro Martinez, 2-0, 5.31) at Rockies (Ubaldo Jimenez, 1-7, 4.85) 8:05pm ET

Sunday: Mets (Mike Pelfrey, 3-6, 4.62) at Rockies (Greg Reynolds, 2-4, 5.98) 3:05pm ET

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OVERRATED

20. June 2008 by Glendo.

When you think about Derek Jeter’s career in pinstripes, four-time World Series champion, World Series MVP, eight-time All-Star and captain are all labels that may come to mind immediately. But when several players in the majors thought about Jeter, they slapped him with another tag: Overrated.

In a Sports Illustrated survey of 495 Major League Baseball players in its June 23 issue, Jeter was voted the most overrated with 10% of the vote. Struggling Giants lefthander Barry Zito was second at 9%, while Alex Rodriguez, totally agree with this one,  and Red Sox outfielder J.D. Drew were tied for third with 7%. Mets third baseman David Wright and Red Sox first baseman Kevin Youkilis tied for fourth at 4%.

I always new A Rod was overrated but Derek Jeter? I guess his fellow players are a little jealous of all the hype he gets. I think it is also important to note that Jeter was ranked first in a survey of who you would want to build a team around. Interesting.

 The whole article is found here at the Daily News.

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