Santana Anna Winds where Blowing Today

Well, I guess there is a reason the Brewers are the best hitting team in the league. They crush baseballs if they're not put exactly where needed. Johan pitched OK, but the balls where flying for both sides today. He just came out on the short end of the ledger today.

Delgado hit a ball off the top of the wall in right center field. David Wright almost hit one over the bleachers, and the Brewers put 3 in the seats today. So I guess you can say the wind was blowing out and adding some distance to the balls. I saw numerous balls hit to the warning track for both sides and both Sheets and Santana were giving up runs. The Mets got to Ben for 2 runs early but then He set the next 18 batters down in order. The Mets only managed 5 hits today. So the issues with runs will continue until they decide to hit the baseball where there isn't a fielder. Pagan, Wright, Beltran, Delgado, and Schneider had the only hits today.

Reyes didn't play and probably won't until at least Tuesday. I saw his interview after Friday's game and I noticed something. You know when you ask someone a question and they really don't want to answer it? Well Jose' gave me the impression that he wasn't telling us the truth. I wonder if he was looking for a reason to get himself out of the line-up for a few days? He hasn't been the same since last August, and he looks like he's not into the game anymore. He looks like he'd rather be somewhere else besides a baseball field.

David Wright had a sacrifice fly along with his home run, but had 2 errors to round out his day. The first was on a throw, and the second went between his legs. Normally he makes that play. It was a smash, but looked like it took a weird hop up.

Castillo returned to the line-up and did his normal offensive output, Not much of anything [0-3 with 1 walk]. The SNY broadcast had a viewer poll asking who should hit in the #2 hole, Pagan or Castillo. Guess who won by a landslide. Pagan. 73% wanted his bat in the second spot. Now who else said that in a previous posting here? Why I did. LOL. I guess some of my ideas are not so dumb after all.

There was some good news today though. Muniz was brought in to start the 8th inning, and also pitched the 9th. He gave up 1 hit and struck out 1 batter. He threw 20 pitches in the 2 innings, and looked good doing it. I know Willie only had him in there because everyone else in the pen has been getting used on multiple nights. But, hopefully Muniz is showing Willie that he has skills that are worth using. He's now pitched 4 innings this spring and hasn't given up a run. Too bad some of the other relievers weren't as good as he's been. I hope his streak continues.

Now the weekend's fate rest with the Wizard of Ollie. He better go 7-8 innings, strike out 8-10 batters, and not walk anyone. And he better do it on 100 pitches or less. Otherwise Witless Willie will find more faults with his game. Ollie pitched well last time out, but Willie did nothing but complain about his effort.