As you can recall, the Mets left Norfolk after many years a few years back, and the Orioles moved their AAA team from Canada down to take their spot. They made one uniform change, which was an alternate jersey and an alternate hat, that focused on the Oriole Orange and Black that the AAA team was missing:
Sometimes when a team wears a throwback cap, it makes you really wonder why they felt the need to change. That is the feeling I get whenever I see the old style Senator caps from the 30's. The below cap was worn earlier this season, and it just looks so clean and fresh. It will never get back into the Nationals normal rotation mainly because they branded themselves as the “Curly W”. Just behold it's awesomenss:
The Mets and Giants play a game on National Television as the Mets wrap up their first half of the season before the All-Star break. Last night the Mets got strong pitching, but just couldn't back it up with the bats. Tonight Mike Pelfrey will take the mound for the Mets as he faces Matt Cain of the Giants.
Pelfrey is 5-7 on the season with an ERA of 4.64. He had a strong start (in the box score) his last time out as he logged 6 scoreless innings. In reality, he struggled, but he didn't let the struggle get to him and put the Mets in a position to win. One of his better starts of the season came against the Giants as he logged 7.2 innings allowing 2 runs, one earned. The Giants have the following numbers against Big Pelf:
Ross 7-23, 2B, 2 3B
Rowand 4-17, 2B
Huff 4-12
Tejada 1-9
Sandoval 2-10
Matt Cain is 7-5 on the season with a 3.22 ERA. He two very good back to back starts where he logged 14 innings allowing no runs but in his last start he allowed 5 ER in 7 innings. He didn't face the Mets yet this season, but last year he got the win in 7 innings of work allowing 2 earned runs. The Mets have the following numbers on Matt:
Harris 4-13, 3B
Beltran 6-13, 2 2B, 3B
Bay 4-7, 2B
Murphy 1-4
Let's Go Mets!
We looked at majors for the last three days, so before we go back, today we will take a break and look at one of the odder logos I have ever seen in the minors. The Fort Wayne TinCaps play with caps that have an apple, wearing a Tin Cap. Wow.
The Mets continue their out west road trip tonight with the San Francisco Giants. Last night the Mets got good starting pitching from Dickey and some ninth inning heroics from Scott Hairston as the Mets went on to beat the Giants 5-2 while gaining one spot in the Wild Card race. They will continue their push to relevancy again tonight as they face Tim Lincecum.
Chris Capuano gets the start for the Mets tonight with his 8-7 record and 4.19 ERA. Earlier on this road trip he bounced back nicely from a bad start against Detroit by pitching 6 innings allowing only 2 runs against the Dodgers. He picked up the loss against the Giants earlier this year as he allowed only 2 ER in 6.1 innings of work. The Giants have the following numbers on Chris:
Burrell 4-11, 2B, HR
Huff 5-7, 2B
Ross 3-7, 2B, HR
Rowand 1-5, 2B
Tejada 1-3
The Mets will get their second look at Lincecum this season who is 6-7 with a 3.14 ERA. In the latter half of June, he had an impressive, Lincecum like streak, of 14 innings allowing only one earned run. However his first start in June was a little rough as he allowed 3 ER over 5 innings of work against the Padres. He decimated the Mets the last time he faced this season as he allowed no runs and 5 hits in 7 innings of work while striking out 12 batters. The Mets have the following numbers against him:
Beltran 6-13, 2 2B, HR
Harris 3-13, 2 2B, 3B
Bay 2-7
Pagan 1-7
Murphy 2-5, 2B
Paulino 2-3
Let's Go Mets!
The last of the 90's caps comes from the South Side of Chicago where the White Sox are one of a good number of teams that are offering their fans the “Still Anglin' ” hat, complete with a snapback. These names continue to be ridiculous.
The Mets try to bounce back form last night's loss tonight against the San Francisco Giants. Metsmerized Online put this game into perspective earlier this week when they said the Mets would be facing the this year's version of R.A. Dickey in Vogelsong, and it is just a nice coincidence in the baseball world that R.A. Dickey would be the pitcher for the Mets. Dickey is 4-7 this season with a 3.68 ERA. In his last three starts he has pitched 20.0 innings with a 2.25 ERA. He made a pretty terrible start against the Giants earlier this season where he last 6 innings allowing 6 ER. The Giants have the following numbers on Robert Allen:
Tejada 2-11
Ross 3-9
Huff 1-9
Rowand 3-9
The Mets will have to deal with Vogelsong who is having av very strong year. He is 6-1 on the season with a 2.13 ERA. He has been more human in his last two starts where he has pitched 11.2 innings with a 3.86 ERA. One of his worst starts of the season came against the Mets where he allowed 5 ER in only 4 innings of work. The Amazins have the following numbers on him:
Beltran 2-5, 2B, HR
Hairston 2-3
Murphy 0-2
Let's Go Mets!
In the second part of 90's hats coming back edition, we look the Dodgers, who are one of the teams offering their fans the “Funky Dopetastic” hat also with a snapback. Seriously, this is the name of the hat.
The Mets look for the rare four game road sweep tonight as they take on the Dodgers for the series finale. Last night they were able to beat the Boys in Blue even though they had one of their best pitchers on the mound. Tonight the Mets will look to support Dillon Gee who is 8-2 this season with a 3.47 ERA. Gee is in a bit a rough place in his last three starts as he has allowed 11 earned runs over 17.0 innings of work, so hopefully he will be able to turn that around tonight. Earlier this season he faced the Dodgers where he pitched 5.2 innings allowing only 2 ER. The Dodgers have the following numbers against him:
Miles 1-4
Carroll 3-3, 2B
Ethier 0-2
Kemp 1-2
The Mets bats will look to deal with Kershaw tonight who is 8-4 this season with a 3.23 ERA. He's coming off of a pretty rough start where he he allowed 7 runs, 6 earned in 6 innings of work, so it will be interesting to see how he responds. He was also very effective against the Mets earlier this season when he pitched 6.1 innings allowing only one earned run. The Mets have the following numbers against him:
Hairston 7-16. 2B
Paulino 4-9
Bay 0-6
Beltran 0-4
Let's Go Mets!
Today's cap is the first in the series of three caps straight from the 1990's. As the late 80's generation grows up, the one that learned life in the 90's (like me), and start to develop disposable incomes (ok, probably not me), the generation can now buy hats that were popular back when we were kids. Also, hipsters find these hats cool, which probably drives there production.
Today, the Giants are modeling what they call the “Still Breakin' ” hat, with a snapback of course.
