Well said. My point was that people were bellyaching about his inability to hit LH pitching all offseason. The guy had an RBI single off a LH in the game yesterday. I think it should be acknowledged.

Mike C., Church was 1-3 yesterday off a lefty with an RBI. Give him some credit.

Scoop, you're wrong.

Johan's GB% since 2004: 40.6%, 40.4%, 40.6%, 38%.

HR's allowed: 24, 22, 24, 33.

Pretty consistent. His HR jump last year was probably due to randomness. I think it's time to quit while you're ahead.

Honestly, if you really complained about Santana's start yesterday you need to take up a hobby to occupy your time.

Now I guess you'll be satisfied that I am what you think!

By the way, Omar can also be a middle eastern name. I guess I have offended that group too.

I do appreciate you pointing it out though, one never knows when it might do some good.
You can be sure you'll see another sneaky zinger in a few days and it wo't be about Church's mental capacity.

scoopcoop: Did I question your intellectual prowess? As amatter of fact I questioned your consistency in attitude about others' negativity. You couldn't refute that becauase I'm not your intellectual equal I guess…. Right…....NOT.

I'm not going to respond to your acquisations. This is the last time.

But since you and some others are generally only negative and can't see good and bad I see why you can't recognize that perspective.

I was criticizing the fact that Santana is not throwing as many sliders as he use to and throwing many more changeups. This is the same criticism lobbed his way by several "experts" who have stated that not throwing his slider as much as he use to has led to more HR balls.

I don't have it in front of me, but the stats of the last three yrs back it up. His percentage of FB has dropped while his percentage of changeups has gone way up. And his slider percentage is way down. And hence, the # of HR balls has gone up too b/c it is alot easier to hit a mistake changeup than a FB since his changeup when it does not break floats up there like it is on a tee.

In a game like yesterday it did not matter. But in some other game it might. I just hope he mixes it up more like he use to so that in a close game that HR ball won't happen.

It is a little nuiansce of the game. Maybe someday you will undertand.

As Stephen King says – "if you are a writer, you should be a reader first", so those of us who do write, read like crazy. This morning everyone on this blog should take note of John's Opening Day Column in The Journal News – the first sentence is a work of art.

Still questioning Castillo's performance?

I think the Mets are going to better than everyone thinks this years. Despite the Braves who lost two in a row. Phils lost one.

I know its early but the Mets are off to a good start.

That's a huge best-case-scenario but who knows?

Schneider and Delgado, of course, are still terrible.