While this game didn’t have the thrill of a grand slam or the ludicrous athleticism of a Major Leaguesque play at the plate, a shut out has its’ own type of charm.
Small Balls v. Long Balls
Mets 3, Astros 7
W: Doug Brocail, L: Aaron Heilman,
Astros Recap
Yahoo Recap
Box Score
Friday night the long balls won. Kazou Matsui, Brandon Backe, Carlos Lee and Mark Loretta took their swings and made the baseball go long way.Read More
The Good & Bad Report: Greeneville
The calendar has turned to August and it’s time to start checking on our guys on the buses to see how they are doing. Greeneville has already exceeded last years win total but are slightly under .500 at 19-22. They are in last place in the Appy League West but just 5.5 games out. All stats are as of 7/30 because the 7/31 game will be completed on 8/1.Read More
GreenevilleLegends Hit 4 Homers, ValleyCats Hit 3, Bogusevic Hits 2
Greeneville got three perfect innings from Jordan Lyles and then the game was suspended by rain so it will be completed tonight.
Tri Cities’ bats have awakened in a big way. The cranked three homers and 20 hits in their 17-9 win. They did commit 3 errors in the game. They are averaging 2 errors a game so far this season. Danny Meier, T J Steele and Phil Disher went deep. Steele had 5 hits on the night and Meier had 5 RBI.Read More
Mets @ Astros – “Hate the Mets”
Mets (58-50) at Astros (50-57)
Friday, August 1, 7:05pm CDT. FSN & FSN-HD
Saturday, August 2, 6:05pm CDT. FSN & FSN-HD
Sunday, August 3, 1:05pm CDT. my20 & my20-HD (yeah, I don’t believe it either)
Hate the Mets, Hate the Mets,
Step right up and berate the Mets.
Don’t bring the kiddies, don’t bring your wife,
MetFan may force you to run for your life.
Because the Mets are really suckin’ on balls,
Watchin’ our home runs over the walls.
East side, West side, everybody’s coming down,
To HATE the M-E-T-S Mets, of New York town.Read More
GM pulls another rabbit out of a hat.
Wade trades another “useless” minor leaguer to the Yankees for a reliever.