Showing posts with label Ryan Church. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ryan Church. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Mets Win Again and nicknames for Wright and Reyes

The Mets racked up another win tonight 5-2 over the Nats. Maine picked up his first win. Also nice to see Jose starting to heat things up. I do not know if it was the time off to rest his hamstring or the switch to Church hitting behind him but he has been tearing the cover off the ball the last two games. Another strong game by the pen as well. Hopefully this is a sign of things to come as they are starting to play crisper baseball and getting on a roll albeit it is against the Nats.

There was some discussion over on Matt Cerrone's MetsBlog.com as to whether David Wright's nickname should be DWright or something else. I personally like the Beast but what do you guys think? s DWright good enough or should it be something else? I would like to take a few days and see what you guys think. Feel free to suggest other ones in the comments. My thought is that once we have a good list that we would put it to a vote. I also think Jose Reyes could use one while we are at it. He does have the Jose chant but doesn't really have a nickname. So lets get to it. If you do not want to post it in the comments feel free to message it to me here on the site.

Additional Notes

The Mets revealed what the Jackie Robinson Rotunda will be like today, which is fitting with it being Jackie Robinson Day around the MLB. You can view the CGI tour by going to this article and than clicking on the link to video that appears right before the write up.

We also a change in the batting order tonight as Willie moved the struggling Luis Castillo to the 8th hole. I liked the move as it got Church who is hitting better right now at the top of the order behind Reyes. I also like it because Castillo is very good at taking pitches, being patient and working a count which can be valuable in the 8th spot as with the pitcher behind you chances of getting a lot of great pitches to hit are slim. Being patient can be an asset. Reyes finally got going as well which is a plus for this team. Hopefully that continues as does the new lineup as it produced tonight.

As stated earlier Dirty Sanchez was activated from the DL today. To make room for him the Mets sent Carlos Muniz who was impressive in the chances he got back to AAA New Orleans.