FRIDAY-Mets Beat Trash-Talkin' Phillies:
ME: started my day by going to my therapist in the morning. worked hard all day and my boss came back...finally. he has been through a lot and i worry about he and his wife, but for now, he's a million times better and ready to get working again. although...he should probably just rest! went to a pal's roof party then to my pal, bo's b-day gathering. it was a fun night and i stayed up way too late. becky, sick for a bit now, advised me to not to go to her mom's so she could sleep, but i didn't listen and wound up over there at about 5AM. i had a medicine she needed to take and wanted her to have it. the rood party was fun and i spoke with good people. the royale, b-day thing was odd--mad drama for no reason and all i wanted to do was hang and have good times. i did regardless. philly jen came into town and tomorrow is her b-day...so i got her a b-day drink and shmoozed with peeps. it was a fun night and release for such a hectic crazy week. was good to talk to people and i had fun talking about film schools with people on becky's behalf.
METS: the Mets beat the Phillies, in Philadelphia, 6-4. Wright went 4-4 with two RBI and a run. Santana gave up three runs (one a home run to Utley), but struck out 10 in seven innings of work. He looked stronger than his start at Shea. Wagner got his 3rd save as the Phillies' big bats were silent the whole game: Howard went 0-4 as did Feliz. Stupid Pat Burrell was 1-4 and the rest of the Phillies look lost without their precious J-Ro. Church went 2-4 with three runs scored and Schneider went 3-4 with an RBI. the witless Phillies had only five hits to the Mets' 11. the Mets are now 9-6.
THURSDAY-Mets Win a Doozy in 14!:
ME: had what felt like a quick day at work then met up with dan to go to the Yankee game! the Yankees vs the Red Sox! crazy fun although the Yanks lost, it was great to be with dan and at Yankee Stadium. there were a fair amount of Sox fans there and the outside of the stadium was getting ready for the Pope's weekend visit. on the way back after the game, a CRAAAAAAAAAZY man kept talking to me about fan attendance and the pope...he was a Mets fan, wearing Hillary campaign buttons. his fly was open and his clothing all over the place. dan got off way before i did, making my trip home more difficult with this nutcase talking my ear off!
METS: the Mets played host once again to the Washington Nationals and went 14 innings, finally winning 3-2! Figueroa threw seven and gave up two runs while striking out 7; it was another fine performance for a man who hasn't thrown in over five years! "It was a pretty ugly game -- it's as simple at that," Randolph said afterwards. the game was Nationals 2, Mets 1 until the 8th, when Delgado tied things up by singling in a run with two outs. things were quiet until the nationals brought in Hanrahan, who had control issues early on, walking four in 2 1/3 innings of work. Damion Easley singled in the 14th, got to third on a wild pitch and an error and eventually scored on another Hanrahan wild pitch! not pretty, but another win nonetheless and sweep of the Nats! the Mets left 14 men on base during the course of the game.
WEDNESDAY-Mets Do It Again!:
ME: busy day at work and i tried my best to get a lot done. it was hard. haven't been happy with my artistic production, miss my mom, worried about my dad and so on. it's all very mind-numbing at times. then, i'm trying to get used to the idea of my darling becky going away to the west coast for who knows how long. hard to take in sometimes. totally support her but am sad to go "long distance relationship" times. met up with becky and watched top chef. my stomach was not well.
METS: the Mets went deep and won their second in row, beating the Nats 5-2. Carlos Beltran, Reyes and Ryan Church all hit home runs: Church's and Jose's were solo, Beltran's was a three-run dinger! Maine looked strong going 6 2/3 and allowing two earned runs. he struck out four. this dude for the Nationals, Chico, who pitched, looked terrible and ultimately gave up five runs on seven hits (three of them home runs). Milledge was again, 1-3. Castillo, back in the lineup since returning to Shea, went 3-4. this was Maine's first win on the year and Wagner got his second save.
TUESDAY-Mets Win Big for Jackie Robinson Night:
ME: today bex sent in her deposit to AFI, although still uncertain of things. but she had to let AFI know by the 15th. met up with her and her pals at the commonwealth! talked about the merits of film school and change in general among other things.
METS: Jackie Robinson was honored at tonight's ball game. all players wore his number 42. it was announced before Willie Randolph and Rachel and Sharon Robinson that the rotunda would be named after Jackie at the new Citi Field. a rotunda showing pictures and quotations of Jackie and all he did in baseball; breaking the color barrier. the Mets went on to further acknowledge Robinson by clobbering the Nationals 6-0. David Wright went 3-4 with five RBI, hitting his 4th home run on the year in the first inning. Reyes went 4-5 and was shy a home run for the cycle. Church went 1-3 with a pair of runs. Lastings Milledge, former Met, went 1-3 and struck out twice as Pelfrey, yes--Mike Pelfrey improved his record to 2-0. he threw seven solid innings, allowed no runs and only five hits while striking out four. It is to be noted the Mets, while knocking in 6 over nine innings, left 10 on base. the Nats left 9 on base and seemed completely fooled by the new Pelfrey.
i first went to visit the awards...i saw them all: rookie of the year, silver slugger award, cy young, world championships, MVP, the roberto clemente award and so on...
The Roberto Clemente Award
The Silver Slugger Award
American League MVP
Rookie of the Year Award
