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Team Tightrope Still?
Is it just any team with Mets players on it adopts the title of “Team Tightrope”? Well, the US nearly lost to Canada today, but was able to hold on to a 6-5 win over Canada. Wright was 0-4 (or 0-5….he didn’t get a hit either way) and was the first of three US players to come up in the 7th with the bases loaded and not get a run home. Well, leaving the bases loaded in both the 7th and the 8th didn’t cost the US as they were able to hold on to the win, with the help of J.J. Putz. Of course, he didn’t make it easy to watch, as he gave up one run in the 8th and had a runner on second when he finally got Jason Bay to fly out and end the game. I guess this gives J.J. one save and K-Rod none (Venezuela doesn’t play until 8 tonight).
Now, we’re watching the Carlos Brothers (yes, the Puerto Rico manager was smart enough to play them!) take on Panama, although I’ll probably miss a lot of this game for dinner.
Who to Cheer For?
Ok, so maybe right now I don’t have a problem choosing who do root for yet, but I certainly have a number of teams to follow!
While the Mets are without nearly half of their 25 man roster, they are currently losing 13-0 to the Cards. Poor Freddy Garcia got roughed up a bit in his second start…I can only think this is anything but helping his run for the 5th starter position. Needless to say, this game was a little to painful to watch, so I switched to the US/Yankees game.
Team USA is beating the Yanks 201 in the 5th….David Wright is batting clean-up, nice to see a Met get that spot! Of course he’s 0-2 but give him some time to settle in. (He just walked to load the bases….woohoo!) And can I just say how hard it is to root for Jimmy Rollins? I mean, I don’t have a problem rooting for most Phillies players individually, it’s really just the team, but Rollins is the one Phillie I really don’t like. Good thing he’s not playing today. Also, the locker room arrangement has Rollins-Jeter-Wright in one row….poor Jeter being between the rivalry (it could be worse, Derek, Beltran could be where Wright is), but poor Wright being next to one Mets rivalry and another team rivalry on the other side of that! Haha, I still think it’s kind of funny.
I also tried to check on the DR, Venezuela and Puerto Rico, just to see how the other Mets are doing. Last I checked, Reyes is batting leadoff and was 0-2, no Mets pitching yet for Venezuela (although for those sentimentalists, Endy Chavez was batting leadoff and I think he had a run scored; plus, one of my older favorite players, Melvin Mora was 1-2, yay!). As for Puerto Rico, the Carlos’ had matching hits (although Delgado’s was a double) and were both 1-2. As excited as I am for the Classic, I’m dreading seeing my players play against each other…scratch that, I’m really excited to see that, I just don’t want to have to pick one team over another.
I believe we are 38 hours away from Classic action! Although, let’s be honest, how many Americans will be waking up at 4:30 or earlier to watch Japan and China?
Also, anyone who saw the MLBlogs homepage saw that the lead headline is the Mets!!! I even got on the “Meet the Mets Bloggers” links, thanks MLBlog staff!
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