ME: today came and went. had time to watch the Mets play the Cardinals. Johan looked okay--definitely zip on his ball and he threw in the 90's consistently. but there were plenty of runs given up and i was thankful it was still just spring training. i was in a weird mood all day. becky went to work, i slept late and wasn't happy with just relaxing. although i did try to. i felt i had to be doing something. so i listened to a lot of music and looked things up on line. did some reading (Flannery O'Connor rools!) and watched that bloody Mets game. night came and becky and i watched Diving Bell and the Butterfly. pretty damn depressing, but interesting and shot well. it was this film that made me respect schnabel as a director and not see him as a pompous, artsy film director. probably because it seemed to have more soul than his other efforts. although i heard Before Night Falls is pretty dope too; which i'm sure it is. i want to see that. i liked this film, though it was definitely hard to watch at times. anyways, what am i? roger ebert over here? rex reed? my stomach felt gross at night. what else is new? i found time to organize some more around the house and put things away. i get the time to do something and want to just relax and do nothing. when i do nothing, i feel about about not doing anything and freak out about money and things like time. everyday, my sneaking suspicion about my stress effecting my stomach is confirmed. bex and i ate some really good indian food but it, of course, didn't sit well with me and gave me a rock in place of my stomach...but it was good!
METS: today Johan Santana started and the game was televised on channel 11. he gave up four runs, three were earned, in five innings. Johan had five strikeouts and walked one batter. he left himself open a lot and the Cardinals just have those hitters: Pujols, Molina, this kid, Brendan Ryan--who played 67 games at shortstop last year. in good news, Delgado hit a home run as did backup catcher, Raul Casanova in the fifth. the final was 10-3. a real stinker. Ricardo Rincon, who came in after Santana, and had been wonderful in four previous, spread-out innings of work, got rocked out of his socks for four runs on four hits. he only got one out-a strikeout. young pitcher, Joe Smith, rumored at one time to be Mets trade bait in deals, pitched an inning and gave up two runs on two hits, struck out two and walked two. Billy Wagner looked great, throwing an inning, striking out two and walking one. his breaking stuff looks legit! it's cool to see him using something other than the heat all the time. this loss makes the Mets 9-7-1 so far this spring. it looks like this Wainwright is the official Cardinals ace. he struck out three in five innings and held them Mets to two runs-only one earned. they still have Carpenter and Isringhausen in relief. but who's gonna pick up the slack when Pujols slumps as what happened last year.
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