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Baseball Musings
April 01, 2008
A Big First

Robert Andino hits his first major league home run in the bottom of the tenth, making the Marlins a 5-4 winner. He had a .272 career slugging percentage coming into the game, but he hit the ball from Matt Wise well over the scoreboard in left. The Mets lose Pedro and the game.


Posted by David Pinto at 10:42 PM | Games | TrackBack (0)
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Congrats to Andino for one of the few offensive highlighs on a night when the pitchers are lulling everybody to sleep. Well, everybody except the Angels hitters, who bashed through Boof and buddies.

The Cardinals game seemed especially soporific on Extra Innings. They'll have to awaken the customers to tell them the proceedings have ended.

Pedro looked awful against the Marlins. Never came close to 90 on the gun, left a lot of spinners in the middle of the plate, and fooled few with the change off a nonexistent fastball. His hamstring booboo was a blessing in disguise for the Mets in the game...and it may be a blessing in disguise for the Mets season if it eliminates a bunch of bad starts.

Posted by: Casey Abell at April 1, 2008 11:30 PM

Theo's trying to stifle a laugh.

Posted by: Bandit at April 2, 2008 09:26 AM

Yes, Pedro did look bad but I saw him hit 89 twice so he was close to 90... However, all his pitches were moving back over the middle of the plate, or started out off the plate and moved further off. As a mets fan I wasn't buying his pre-season smoke blowing until I could see a meaningful game, and now that I have I'm glad I never got my hopes up. I really hope minaya gets to work on a solution here soon.

Posted by: Riccardi at April 2, 2008 12:10 PM

Highest reading I remember was 87, but I'll take your word. Anyway, the fastball was hardly live enough to make the change very effective. And the breaking pitches spun helplessly right where the hitters love 'em. He got pounded until his fortunate injury gave the Mets a chance to come back.

Posted by: Casey Abell at April 2, 2008 01:09 PM
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