NEW LAYOUT! TWS Version 2.0!

Posted on 31 Aug 2008 by Danielle

Hey, everyone! I hope you're all having a great Labor Day weekend...

This is the official start of the September push, so I gave TWS a little bit of a Mets color scheme.

I hope you like it.

Please comment and let me know what you think... and what you think in comparison to version 1.0.

Let's go Mets!
Danielle

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8/31 - What Wright Said...

Posted on 31 Aug 2008 by Danielle

(On the September Pennant Race)

"I think that you've got to empty the tank. September, you can see the finish line," said David Wright. "For the most part, you know what you have to do as a team to get into the playoffs. You don't want to leave anything out on the field and sit around in the offseason and ask yourself, 'What if?' Now is the time just to finish strong ... go take the division."

Credit: Star Ledger

(On last year's collapse and moving forward)

"I think it's only natural that what happened at the end of last year leaves a bitter taste in your mouth," said David Wright, who homered for the second time in as many days. "We're here. Everything we want to accomplish is out in front of us and it's ours for the taking. We've just got to go out there and grab it.

"All the hard work in the off-season, all the hard work during spring training, grinding through the first months of the season, it comes down to one strong month to accomplish what we want to accomplish - that's (winning) the National League East."

Credit: Times Herald Record

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Wright Watch: David's 27th Home Run of the Season

Posted on 31 Aug 2008 by Danielle

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Trio of homers by Beltran, Evans, and Wright put Mets atop Fish, 6-2, and keep team atop

Posted on 31 Aug 2008 by Danielle

Last night, the New York Mets were hurt by the longball...

Today, they used the longball to put a hurt on the Marlins.

More so than ever, the Mets tend to score in the first inning, but this afternoon, it was the Florida Marlins who struck first.

In the top of the first, Hanley Ramirez singled, moved up on Pedro's wild pitch, and scored on Luis Gonzalez's double to make it 1-0. Later in the inning, after advancing on a ground out, Gonzalez scored on Mike Jacobs's sac fly, 2-0.

In the top of the second, Beltran homered to left on a 1-0 count, shortening the lead to 2-1.

Then, in the bottom of the third, Evans and Wright homered back to back to give the Mets their first lead of the game, 3-2.

From there, it was smooth sailing for the Pedro Martinez and the Mets.

They tacked on three more runs in the top of the seventh after RBI singles by Reyes and Church, as well as a sac fly by Beltran, scoring Easley, Murphy, and Reyes respectively.

Schoeneweis and Heilman came in for Pedro in the seventh, Feliciano and Smith pitched in the eighth, and Stokes closed out their victory, but not without a fantastic play by Jose Reyes to rob Jorge Cantu of a hit.

And for a shaky bullpen that's undoubtedly caused quite a few Mets fans to reach for some heartburn medicine, their three shutout innings of two-hit ball came as a surprise to just about everyone.

Notable performances from the Mets came from:

Pedro Martinez, who pitched six solid innings and gave up two runs on seven hits and two walks, while striking out four, was incredibly solid after a shaky first inning. Lately, he's been able to settle in after a rough beginning, when he has one.

Jose Reyes was 2-5, with a run scored and an RBI single, as well as his 46th stolen base of the season.

The Mets bullpen, save for Figueroa (who didn't pitch because he wasn't needed... yet) and Ayala (who is nursing some sort of eye injury and also didn't pitch), gave up only two hits over three innings and with FIVE DIFFERENT PITCHERS.

Nick Evans was 2-3 with a run scored and an RBI on his home run in the third.

Damion Easley was 2-4 with a run score.

David Wright was 3-5 in tonight's game with an RBI and a run scored on his home run in the third.

His average is up to .295.

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Heilman does it again, Mets drop one to Fish, 4-3 in bottom of the ninth

Posted on 31 Aug 2008 by Danielle

Wright homered, Castillo hit again tonight, the benches cleared... and yet the New York Mets still managed to lose the ballgame.

In the first inning, the Mets jumped out to a quick lead, with David Wright blasting his 26th home run of the season, scoring Luis Castillo, and giving them a 2-0 lead.

The Mets drew blood again in the third after a Jose Reyes triple and a single by Castillo to score him.

Mike Pelfrey pitched a solid game, despite giving up two earned runs, however, a slightly scary moment came in the bottom of the second inning. After hitting Cody Ross with an inside pitch on the elbow, after he was hit in the back in the last Shea series by Pelfrey, he started to yell at Mike and walk towards the mound. Both dugouts emptied of their coaches, bench players, and starting pitchers, but Delgado, Wright, Reyes, Castillo, and Schneider quickly got in front of Pelfrey to protect him from any Marlins players.

Delgado and Schneider had to push former-Met Mike Jacobs away from Pelfrey, and Cody Ross was restrained by his own teammates, but there were no punches thrown during the slight altercation.

In the bottom of the sixth inning, Cantu singled, Jacobs singled, and Uggla singled, scoring both Cantu and Jacobs. Ironically enough, Ross lost his chance to do anymore damage as he flied out to center.

The game was then tied in the bottom of the eighth as Mike Jacobs homered to right on a full count of of Duaner Sanchez.

In relief in the ninth inning, with Ramirez on third, Heilman was forced to walk the bases loaded.

Unfortunately, while he wasn't forced to do so, he walked Josh Willingham WITH the bases loaded, scoring Ramirez and losing the game.

Notable performances came from:

Mike Pelfrey who pitched 6.2 innings and gave up two runs on six hits and two walks, striking out five. Pelfrey's ERA lowered to a very impressive 3.66.

Luis Castillo had his second multi-hit game of his return, going 2-4 with an RBI and a run scored on Wright's home run.

Dan Murphy went 2-4 in the game, continuing his impressive hitting.

Jose Reyes hit his 17th triple of the year and snagged his 45th stolen base of the season, as well.

David Wright went 1-4 in tonight's game, knocking in two RBI's on his first inning home run.

His average remained at .292.

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Beltran is grand in Mets come-from behind win over Marlins, 5-4.

Posted on 29 Aug 2008 by Danielle

This year, Carlos Delgado hit a grand slam for the Mets, a feat unaccomplished since 2006.

Tonight, it was another Carlos's turn... Carlos Beltran.

The Mets drew first blood in the, well, first... when Beltran hit a sac fly to drive in Jose Reyes and make it 1-0 Mets.

However, the Marlins struck back in the second on a Josh Willingham home run to make it 1-1.

In the bottom of the third, Jorge Cantu hit a sac fly to allow the pitcher, Chris Volstad, who had reached on a Jose Reyes error, to score and give the Fish the lead, 2-1.

From there, both teams were silent... until the last inning of the game.

The last man off the bench for the Mets, Robinson Cancel, popped out and Reyes grounded out.

But the noticeably lighter Luis Castillo, hit a single between the shortstop and second baseman... yes, out of the infield... and David Wright followed with a single of his own.

After a conference on the mound that involved the Marlins' manager, Freddy Gonzalez, the entire infield, and the pitcher, Gregg, the first pitch nabbed Carlos Delgado on the leg to load the bases for Carlos Beltran.

After taking a ball for 1-0, Carlos smashed the next pitch deep into the Miami night, hitting the eighth grand slam of his career.

Tatis flied out to end the Mets' productive inning, leading 5-2 in the bottom of the ninth.

But remember, this is the New York Mets... and the drama could never end there.

Luis Ayala came in as the Mets' makeshift closer for the season, with Uggla grounding out and Hermida singling to center. He then got Baker to strike out, but from then on, he struggled.

Ramirez, Jacobs, and Cantu all reached base on hits... and suddenly it was Mets 5, Marlins 4.

But with whatever energy he had left in his body, Ayala managed to end the inning and keep it that way.

Oliver Perez pitched a good game tonight, giving up one earned run on three hits and five walks, striking out two. His ERA lowered below 4.00 to 3.90 on the season.

Notable performances came from:

Luis Castillo, going 2-5 with a run-scored for his first multi-hit game since his return from the DL.

Carlos Beltran, of course, was outstanding tonight, going 2-4 with FIVE RBI's and a run scored on his his sac fly and grand slam.

David Wright went 2-5 tonight, with two singles and a run scored.

Wright's averaged rose slightly to .292.

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Coming soon...

Posted on 28 Aug 2008 by Danielle

A new look to The Wright Stuff as the pennant race heats up in the month of September.

The new color scheme will go live on September 1st.

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8/27 - What Wright Said...

Posted on 28 Aug 2008 by Danielle

(On what he does to help out Daniel Murphy and Nick Evans)

"Just little stuff like what time to get to the park," Wright said. "Taking them out to eat here and there, just getting them accustomed." Wright said he was impressed that both rookies had a plan for their hitting based on study and limited experience.

"To be able to execute that plan this early in their careers and in the middle of a pennant race when we're relying on them pretty heavily I think is pretty special," Wright said.

Credit: NY Times

(About being down, but not out)

"It seems to be, from the outside, that when we are at our most vulnerable is when we seem to pull together and find ways to win," third baseman David Wright said.

Credit: Mets.com

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Wright Watch: Another Amazin' Play

Posted on 27 Aug 2008 by Danielle

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Delgado propels Mets into first as they top Phillies 6-3.

Posted on 27 Aug 2008 by Danielle

Last night, the Phillies came back in the tail-end of the game to take first place.

Tonight, it was the New York Mets' turn.

The game started off as it tends to this year, with Jose Reyes scoring on a Delgado single, giving them a 1-0 in the first inning.

Johan struggled in the first, giving up a two-run homer to Ryan Howard, and in the second, giving up a home run to Jayson Werth, as well.

From there, Santana was able to keep the Phillies silent, going six innings and giving up five hits and three walks, while striking out six.

In the top of the sixth, the Mets drew blood once again, as Carlos Delgado hit a bomb to right field on a 2-2 count, shortening the Phillies' lead to 3-2.

The Mets then did what they haven't proved they can consistently do all year...

Score in the eighth inning.

With Seanez pitching in the top of the eighth, Castillo grounded out and Wright struck out, leaving the Mets with just four outs to work with.

But all they needed was one.

Carlos "Esta en Fuego" Delgado homered once more and then Beltran hit an infield single.

The Phils brought in Brad Lidge to limit the damage... but the Mets wouldn't let him.

Ryan Church was intentionally walked so that they could pitch to Binghamton Boy No. 1, Daniel Murphy, but the move backfired as Murphy doubled to right, scoring Beltran, to take the lead for the first time in the game, 4-3.

Then Brian Schneider singled in Church and Murphy, to make it 6-3.

Feliciano was solid, getting two outs, one on a brilliant play by David Wright, and preventing anyone from reaching base.

When Joe Smith took over, he got exactly what he was looking for out of Jayson Werth... an out.

Luis Ayala came into the ninth inning and got Feliz, Coste, and Taguchi all grounded out, Reyes to Delgado.

Notable performances came from:

Jose Reyes, going 3-5 with three singles and a run scored to raise his average to .306.

Carlos Delgado went 3-4 with three RBI on his two home runs, raising his season totals to 93 RBI's and 30 HR's.

Carlos Beltran had a great night once again, going 3-4 with a run scored, and garnering his 19th stolen base of the season.

David Wright struggled tonight, going 1-5.

His average dropped to .291.

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