Hampton left today's game early due to a minor right-groin strain. This is the same leg with the hamstring injury. According to mlb.com, he got the first batter out in the second and then Cox and a trainer came out of the dugout to pull Hampton out of the game. After the game, the Braves released a statement saying that it was precautionary and listed Hampton as day-to-day.
Every Brave fan across the nation start to hold their breath…
For the Twins, Liriano made his first start since Tommy John surgery today. He went 1.2 innings, 2H, BB and a K. No runs, so a good day for his progress back to the mound. As we are on the topic of the Twins, lets see how some old friends did today:
Gomez 2-5, 2R, RBI
Mulvey 2.0, 2K
Humber 2.0, H, 3K
Finally, I was watching today's game on ESPN, and last year, I cannot locate the specific entry, I wrote about why watching Nationally broad-casted games annoy me because every time they say the same thing about the Mets. For the past several seasons it has been Franco is the oldest player in the game (they even made a big deal about this AFTER the Mets got rid of Franco), they talk about Reyes being the most exciting player in the game, and they talk about Wright being a nice guy. This might not sound like a big deal, but generally I only get to see Mets games when they are national games, or away games with the Nats and Braves, so I hear the same things about them all the time.
The reason I bring this up again is it just occurred to me today, that no matter what lead or nonlead the Mets have this season in the NL East, the announcers on these channels will want to remind the audience about the collapse.
Looks like during night time, nationally broadcasted games, I will be muting the TV, and hoping for the WFAN 660 signal to trickle down consistently to Maryland. (I am going to try to get MLBtv this year to see Mets games with SNY to avoid this problem all together)
