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.

Tags: Mets, Jose Reyes, David Wright, Ryan Church, Metsblog, nicknames

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.

Tags: Carlos Muniz, Dirty Sanchez, Jackie Robinson, Jose Reyes, lineup change, Luis Castillo, Ryan Church

METS WIN!!!!!

Mets are back to .500 after an extra inning win tonight against the Phillies. Heilman continues to struggle which makes Dirty Sanchez's weekend work with New Orleans even bigger. He is scheduled to pitch Friday and Saturday. This will be his first time pitching back to back which is the last hurdle to him retaking his spot as Wags setup man.

It was nice to see Reyes have a good game. If he gets going the Mets offense will improve ten fold. I especially liked the excitement he showed at the end. I know he wants to tone it down as some opposing teams have expressed their dislike for the post homerun dancing, etc that Reyes is known for. However, my thoughts are if you do not like it than stop him otherwise keep it to yourself. Reyes has a youthful excitement for the game and I'm all for it. It is too bad more guys aren't like Jose.

I'm currently watching Baseball Tonight and they showed Hideo Nomo pitching for the Royals. I didn't even know he was still playing. Man he has been awhile especially for a guy who after the first couple years has been pretty bad.

Sorry for the quick diversion there but I was shocked. I have added a few things to the site. On the left you will see a link to the WFAN Live Radio feed. As any self-respecting Mets fan knows WFAN is their flagship station and does the radio broadcast for every game. I got this from WidgetBox.com where it was posted by a developer with the username of thisboy9. I added a standings widget as well which was made by the same developer. I also added a widget created by the guys over at NYFS.com that shows the scores for every game within the Mets organization. By the way if you have not visited NYFS.com you should. It is a New York Mets community with forums, write ups on every guy who has played for the organization.