Not sure why I used that headline, other than the fact that the Mets have a bunch of injured guys (i.e. the hospital reference) and I like the show.
The Mets' injury situation didn't improve much overnight, but at least Carlos Gomez doesn't appear to be seriously hurt. Gomez, who is planning to have an MRI tomorrow in New York, believes he will be ready to return to the lineup for Tuesday. In case of emergency, Gomez could be used as a pinch hitter for this afternoon's game against the Marlins.
Shawn Green showed up wearing his boot and dressed accordingly, in matching black shirt and black pants He's still unsure when his doctor's appointment will be be, but remains hopeful he can avoid the disabled list.
Paul Lo Duca was called into manager Willie Randolph's office early this morning for an update on his sore left elbow, which was hit by a pitch again last night for the second time this week. Ramon Castro will start behind the plate today.
And with the outfield in shambles, Damion Easley will start in leftfield for the first time of his 14-year career. Easley has played eight games in the outfield -- six in RF and two in CF -- but didn't get a chance to shag balls this morning because it was raining.
Moises Alou (strained left quad) also showed up and basically said there was no way he would be ready when he is eligible to come off the DL on Tuesday. "Could I play now? Yeah," Alou said. "But the whole thing about putting me on the DL was to get to 100 percent and I'm not at 100 percent."
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Here's something (somewhat) interesting I came across today. Because I share an office with a big Brewers fan (go figure,) I've been giving him some crap about how the Mets sent them into a tailspin (24-10 going into the Mets series, 4-13 since.) But as a testament to how lucky the Brewers are (even though their 28-23 record is still pretty good) to play in the central, I found this.
Since May 9 (start of mets-brewers series)
NL CENTRAL
Team: W L PCT
Pittsburgh 8 10 .444
St. Louis 6 10 .375
Chicago 6 12 .333
Houston 5 12 .294
Cincinnati 5 13 .277
Milwaukee 4 13 .235
This, of course, lead me to check out the NL East, since the same date. Here I found the first and last teams as a surprise, and lead to this post in the first place.
NL EAST
Team W L PCT
Washington 12 5 .706
New York 11 5 .688
Philadelphia 11 6 .647
Florida 9 9 .500
Atlanta 8 10 .444
Watch out for those pesky Nationals, they're on fire!!
Ah the Brewas'
the critics darlin'.
The complete chokers.
Brewers are 3-7 in their last 10 games.
They are 11-15 on the road.
They are going nowhere.
Isn't ironic when someone comes out of the shadows and declares "I ALWAYS LOVED THE BREWERS" in the preseason. Yeah right, ask yourself how can anyone be a friggin Brewer fan ? That
bandwagon will be "empty" by the allstar break and everyone can go back to ignoring the Brewas'.