Author Archives: Elliot Teichman

World Baseball Classic 2009 Predictions

I know this article is two days late but the two games that have been played so far turned out the way I thought they would, and most people thought they would. With the classic upon us, and 16 nations … Continue reading

Posted in Main Page | 1 Comment

Thursday's WBC Notes

The WBC started for real today as Japan beat China in the opening game. Just as a quick introduction, Yu Darvish pitched great. We've talked about him before on this site, and he is just as good as advertised. Anyway, … Continue reading

Posted in Main Page | Leave a comment

Spring Training Game 8: Ninth Inning Heroics

The Mets were down 2-0 going into the bottom of ninth, and then they started hitting. They got the three runs thanks to a couple of bench hopefuls and they took the game from Italy 3-2. The last few days … Continue reading

Posted in Main Page | Leave a comment

Today's WBC action

Many Mets took the field again today as the warmups and tuneups for the WBC continued. Today there were some good performances, but a lot of bad ones, especially from the mound which is frustrating and concerning. Lets look at … Continue reading

Posted in Main Page | Leave a comment

Spring Training Game 5: Live Bats, Tired Announcers

The Mets bats exploded today as it was the last day that many of the Mets starters would be with the team (with the WBC teams getting their practice in starting tomorrow) and the announcing crew couldn't have been more … Continue reading

Posted in Main Page | Leave a comment

Some Thoughts, Basically about the WBC

I've had a lot of baseball thoughts over the last few days, but nothing substantial enough for one per article, so this is going to be basically a tour through my mind right now. The other day, I saw a … Continue reading

Posted in Main Page | Leave a comment

Spring Training Game 1: A Lot To Be Happy About

I was very surprised to see how many good things came from today's game. When only a few starters were going over, it didn't look like too many good things would happen. All of the position starters had good games … Continue reading

Posted in Main Page | Leave a comment

Murphy Starting In Left, Tatis/Church Platoon in Right

According to MLB.com, Jerry Manuel today released a big decision about the Outfield. Instead of having a platoon of Murphy and Tatis in Left, he will now have Murphy be the starting left fielder with the a platoon of Tatis … Continue reading

Posted in Main Page | Leave a comment

Mets Fifth Rotation Spot More Cloudy

Redding hurt his arm trying to get back into form to make the Mets roster as a starter this season. He's claiming that the injury will delay him only a week because it just pushes him back to long toss, … Continue reading

Posted in Main Page | Leave a comment

Assorted Baseball Notes

There's a lot to report today, mainly being some signings here and there and some other news. Specifically to the Mets, today marked the day when the last section of Shea fell to the ground. the remaining piece of Shea … Continue reading

Posted in Main Page | Leave a comment