Boomer & Carton: Opening Up With Some Mets Reality
Monday's 10-inning affair told Boomer and Craig about all they needed to know with regards to the outlook moving forward for Terry Collins' ballclub.
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Monday's 10-inning affair told Boomer and Craig about all they needed to know with regards to the outlook moving forward for Terry Collins' ballclub.
Clad in a Mets hat and personalized jersey, he threw a soft pitch for a strike over the plate Monday to mark Opening Day against the Washington Nationals.
Anthony Rendon hit a three-run homer in the 10th inning and drove in a career-high four runs, twice rallying the Washington Nationals against the New York Mets' suspect bullpen for a 9-7 opening-day victory Monday.
General manager Sandy Alderson wants to make it clear: Yes, he is challenging his New York Mets to win 90 games this season.
The Mets often play their best baseball on opening day. This year that good fortune will be put to the test against the Nationals and hard-throwing right-hander Stephen Strasburg.
It's Opening Day ... and the Mets are already banged up. Well, that may be a bit of an overstatement, but the Amazin's first lineup of the season is missing some key pieces.
The Mets have won 34 of their last 44 Opening Day games, including seven of their last eight. It will be the fourth time the Mets will play their season opener at Citi Field, having won all three previous times.
Whether you're going to the game or just parking on the couch, you'll want to know what's going on prior to 1:10 p.m., when the Mets and Nationals officially get the season started at Citi Field.
If the Mets decide to bring him in, Abreu could sit in wait at Triple-A or serve as a left-handed bat off the bench, WFAN and CBSSports.com baseball insider Jon Heyman reports.
Until they start throwing around the old hardball for real, everybody's even despite the obvious baggage the Mets bring against the Nationals on Monday or the improvements the Yanks take to Houston on Tuesday.
Al Leiter played 19 season in the big leagues, so he knows a thing or two about Opening Day.
Hernandez will be back in the booth alongside Ron Darling and Gary Cohen this season, so he offered up his take on a Mets team that Sandy Alderson predicted will win 90 games.
Boomer is plenty excited about today marking the start of baseball season, but apparently not excited enough for his little buddy's liking.
The forecast calls for a 60 percent chance of rain Monday, although much of it is expected to pass by the time the Mets and Nationals begin play at Citi Field at 1:10 p.m.
Melky Cabrera's two-run homer in the eighth inning gave the Toronto Blue Jays a 2-0 victory over the New York Mets on Saturday and a sweep of their two-game exhibition series at an Olympic Stadium packed with former Montreal Expos fans.
