Hey guys, Kevin Devaney here. Blogger/Mets beat writer John Delcos is very ill tonight and won’t be covering the game. I’ll do my best to update as often as possible.
Some quick notes:
â€â€Ã‚ Shawn Green was finally placed on the DL today. It’s the first time he’s on the DL in his 15-year career, which is remarkable for a guy people now associate with “always hurt.”
â€â€Ã‚ Ben Johnson was recalled to take Green’s spot on the roster.
â€â€Ã‚ Carlos Gomez did some work before the game and is in the lineup. Apparently his hamstring strain isn’t as bad as initially though, which is a good sign.
 There’s no timetable on a Moises Alou return. He was eligible to come off the DL today but is still feeling tightness in the quad. He’s day to day, according to Minaya.
â€â€Ã‚ Jose Valentin has made great strides in his rehab. He’ll play in a game in Port St. Lucie tomorrow and could join the team by the weekend. I think the world of Easley. But ti’s going to be nice to have hoim coming off the bench again.
â€â€Ã‚ Guillermo Mota will return to the Mets tomorrow when his 50-game steroid suspension is up. Surely, he’ll be revered in the clubhouse and cheered by the fans, which I don’t get.
â€â€Ã‚ Lastings Milledge is continuing his rehab in Florida. He’s running. That’s all I’ve got on that.
â€â€Ã‚ Duaner Sanchez was in the clubhouse before the game. He’s working out and feeling good. But he’s still five weeks from picking up a ball.
Update 8:05 p.m.: Carlos Delgado just smacked a two-run homer off Giants phenom Tim Lincecum to make it 2-2 in the fourth. Great at-bat by Delgado after nobody had come close to getting a hit off Lincecum up to that point.
By the way, MLB announced that Beltran, Wright, Reyes and Lo Duca are leading their respective positions in the NL all-star game balloting. Beltran leads all vote-getters in the NL, nearly 150,000 votes ahead of Reyes in second.
Update 8:51 p.m.: The Mets went ahead 3-2 in the sixth on a Beltran RBI double but Oliver Perez just coughed up the lead. Giants rookie Daniel Ortmeier hit an opposite-field home run to tie it at 3-3. Perez was rolling up that point. He retired 18 of 19 after giving up a pair of first-inning home runs. Lincecum is pitching well, too. Could this game be going any faster?
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i noticed reyes isn’t wearing batting gloves? any reason why?
Hope John get well.
Any idea on how the Mets will make space for Mota on the roster? I frankly will not cheer that he is back, but he has served his suspension and if he is in the game I will hope he does well. Just like San Franciscans look to Barry Bonds to do well.
We finally get the lead and Perez gives up a tying homer.
I thought it was a brilliant move by Willie to let the Giants score in the 12th in order to grt Armando into the game.
p.s. Get well soon John.
Wow. The Mets are in Armando Benitez’s head.
I can’t see how the Giants can bring him in again during this series.
Oh yeah, and I heard my friend mumbling something about 26 rings and glory days gone by while crying in his beer tonight. What was that about? :-)
Kev,
Yes, I am officially stalking you now!!!! J/k, I was on the front page of the journal news sports section, and saw that you were filling in, so I thought I post on here! Even though I’m a Yankee fan, that was great comment about the question you should ask Clemens. But, the follow up should be, and just how many rings have the Mets won in the last 10 years? And, is that Ben Johnson the former Olympic Sprinter who was banned for life from Track because he was found to have been taking Steroids? Could be, he’d fit right in with todays baseball players!
Hey Keith, history is history, reduce the years by a few and we’re tied at zero, and your Yanks could very well be 18 out when your fraud makes his first start Monday. I guess he’s too chicken to pitch in Fenway.
mel,
saying history is history when talking about baseball franchises is the cry of the loser. And, just exactly who is getting credit for the miraculous turnout your mets have taken the last two years? Oh yeah, that’s right, a Yankee, Mr. Willie Randolph. So please get off your high horse, and he’s not my fraud, I’m not paying him, he’s just a guy I’ll root for when he pitches, because I’m a fan!
Poor guy. As I said, crying in his beer, mumbling something about rings and ancient history. Whatever.
The Mets are in Benitez´s head? How about everybody is in Benitez´s head???
Love the credit to Willie for purposely giving up the run to get Armando in the game!
>>I thought it was a brilliant move by Willie to let the Giants score in the 12th in order to >>grt Armando into the game.
>>p.s. Get well soon John.
LOL and get well John!
As Vincent Vega said, it was worth him doing it just to catch him doing it. I love beating Choke Daddy.