Jesus Feliciano will replace Bay on the roster.
NEW YORK - JULY 29: Ike Davis(notes) #29 of the New York Mets connects on a third inning three run home run against the St. Louis Cardinals on July 29, 2010 at Citi Field in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
“He makes everything look so easy,” Rodriguez said of Rivera, admiringly. “So easy, the fans think it’s like that. But it’s not. Look around at 29 of the 30 closers. He’s the one, you know what I’m saying? He’s got one pitch, and they want you to do this, and you can’t.”
Before Rodriguez headed out to the weight room to lift, I pointed out that despite the he had saved the game, no other reporter had come to his locker to get so much as a throw-away quote from him.
“That’s how it is,” Rodriguez said, smiling. “When the team’s going good, that’s what you get paid for. That’s what people expect you to do. When the team’s going bad, everybody will be here, trying to find out what’s going wrong.”
Mmm, mmm, mmm. I’m an unabashed knuckleball enthusiast so there is something so gratifyingly perfect about RA Dickey pitching 8.1 shutout innings during a day game in Queens. It just feels like baseball, you know? The fact that he did it on three days rest just proves that every team should spend as much time scouring Iowa for 30 year olds with knucklers as they do in Latin America scouting phenoms. He also shut down the two headed monster that is the Pujolsiday (Or Hollijols) as they went 0-8, stranding six runners.
Ike Davis, his average down to .252, hit a big three run home run and Mike Hessman got the start as David Wright took a breather after yesterday’s 13 inning affair. One of those was more influential in the victory, but I’m going to leave that up to you to decide. (Hint: It was Hessman’s start. The dude is heart personified.)
Jenrry Mejia, who tossed three innings in the Gulf Coast League on Wednesday in his first official game action since straining the back of the rotator cuff while working in Double-A Binghamton’s rotation, was so impressive in the performance he will be moved to a higher level of the minors, outside of Port St. Lucie.
I’m not getting a lot of hits, but I’m making it count when I do get them.
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| — | Ike Davis with Ed Coleman on WFAN after today’s game (via fuckyeahmets) |
