The mets and Yankees have been very inconsistent. The Mets and Yankees started these season as two aging underachieving ball clubs. I do not think the Yankees are done. They are currently 5.5 out of first place and have been playing very well for the last week, week and a half. They currently have a-rod batting is batting .337 on the season and for a-rod to be hitting this well and not get mention is kind of surprising. Johnny Damon was hitting .332 so even though there are some “seasoned vets” on this team there is no doubt the offense is still very potent. If the Yankees can keep Cano hitting like he has been for the last week then the offense will be fine.

The question is pitching i doubt Sidney Ponson is the answer but Darrell “Razzle Dazzle” Rasner has been pitching very well and Pettitte and Moose have been very good. Joba is on the bump today so this will be big to see how he pitches with no limits on him and if the season will be built towards next year or can they contend.

2- The mets- as a Yankee fan i never am fond of the team in Queens. I always found myself rooting for Willie as he has won 6 rings- 2 as a player 4 as a coach. What the mets did to him is absolutely just low. Willie deserved better. I have no issue if you wanna fire some one. Fire some one like a man. Do not make a man get on a plane fly 3000 miles away from his family and fire him and try to pull a fast one on the media. When people think theyre better than the ny media than they will fight back. Mets look like a joke right now. Not that the Yankees handling with Torre was much better but they let him finish the years and they let him decide his fate. Willie looks like the matyr here and i say good for the mets.

The mets should have blown the team up after last season. Why is castillo getting a contract extension. Why is el duque still on the team. Why is delgado still playing first and batting high in the order. Why are they counting on Alou when you can pencil him in for about half the games you play. Why was schneider still playing after he had a concussion that landed him on the DL 2 weeks later. The minors are a mess right now because when schneider went down they called up a 3rd catcher instead of another outfielder. Johan will be fine but i still agree with keeping Hughes around. This will pan out in the long run. I just do not see the Mets beating the Phillies and they never beat Atlanta in Atlanta. The Mets have issues. I dont know why they fired Rick Peterson when the ERA was ranked 4th in the NL, like that was a bad thing. Why is a 1st base coach getting canned? The mets look like a joke of a franchise. They have a 2nd team in ny complex. They wonder why they get treated as the Yankees little brother. It would have nothing to do with the fact that they act like it, would it ?

again thank you for the comment we appreciate your comments and discussion on these topics

But really my only rants about baseball are these, 1. The mets and yankees suck this year. The mets even brought in Johan Santanna! And they still suck. And the yankees just need to players. Half of the team has been on the team for like 10 years. Get some New People.

2. The mets fly down to LA, and they fire Willie. And they won. Its stupid. They make him fly 4 hrs to LA and then when they get down there AFTER THEY WIN they fire bolth Rick and Willie

Who really cares if the Yankees play Houston seriously. Who wants to see Tampa Bay and the Brewers. Is there an intrigue factor? Yes i agree. Now the fact that the Yankees will miss Wang for almost 10 weeks. Now the Yankees are with out thier Ace for half the season because of this.

You are also right as this is a freak accident of just running which all pitchers for covering first and obviously pushing off when pitching. As you said you are a Met fan. During the offseason you gave a star pitcher 137.5 Million dollars. Now why go ahead and put your huge investment at a bigger risk by having him do something that isnt an everyday task like swing a bat and run the bases and put your star player at risk.

Wang will be missed for likely two months and then some. It is looking around September. Now you’re missing his 19 wins and not only his 19 wins but the innings he eats up from Moose who is a 6 inning pitcher this year and the likes of guys like Ian Kennedy when he gets back and possibly Phil Hughes when he gets back as well. This is a big loss. To lose your best pitcher on a play where he is typically not and put your season in jeopardy it seems very stupid to keep the pitcher hitting rule.

I am well aware there is a purist/traditionalist point of view for the pitcher hitting because that is how it was back when the founding fathers played. This is a different game with large contracts. I think its in the best interest to protect the investments. Protect the season of the teams. Let the DH hit.

Should interleague go? probably because the novelty has worn off a bit but they are fun to argue with friends with opposing views of teams. You are right MLB is making wayyy too much money to get rid of it. It doesnt mean MLB shouldn’t start thinkin about protecting the product on the field.

Thanks for the comment again.

Now granted it’s a shame that the Yankees lost their Ace on what one could call a “freak” occurence. But the talk after this occurence among Yankee fans/ the rest of baseball fans is whether or not Interleague play is necessary. Most Yankee fans that woke up Monday morning and read the news about the loss of Wang had this first thought: “Get rid of Interleague play.” Now there are a good amount of Yankee fans that have always had this opinion. (Rick I’m not sure if you did but I know personally that Ant had this particular opinion). I would however say that there was also a good amount of fans that liked Interleague play or had no opinion either way.

Now these fans that liked Interleague play probably liked it because they thought it’d be interesting to see their pitchers hit for once. And that’s just human curiousity, getting to see something you don’t normally get to see. Now after this incident with Wang, I think it’s safe to say every fan in Yankeeland hates Interleague play.

But I see little justification for this hatred. Ok, you lost your ace because he had to run around the bases, but no one could have predicted that. That’s just bad luck. Ask any pitcher in any of the two leagues if that’s something that’s on their mind, I bet it doesn’t rank very high amongst their concerns. Most people, myself included, don’t think it’s that much of a struggle to run around a set of bases. And let’s remember Wang is a pitcher that pushes off his feet and lands on his feet for anywhere from 70-100 pitches a game. Who’s to say that he didn’t aggrevate the injury while pitching? And if for those of you who say that the baserunning was the final “nail in the coffin”, who’s to say that he wouldn’t have hurt it pitching? There’s a lot of what ifs to consider with this argument.

Now here’s my take on Interleague play. I personally enjoy watching the pitchers hit and here’s why. It adds a little spice to the game. Now people will argue that the HD brings excitement and fans to the game. This is true, everyone loves to see Big Papi come up to the plate and hit a walk off. I love it too (Hell I’ve seen it…IN FENWAY)But Big Papi is paid to do that. Just like a pitcher is paid to pitch well. So when a player who doesn’t bat often bats and something big happens, it’s great to watch.

Side Note- I saw Shawn Estes hit a home run off of Roger Clemens in Shea. It was a great day for me and fellow Mets fans. I’ve also seen Josh Beckett hit a home run off the Phillies. Again, a great day for me a fellow Mets fans.

Is it exciting to see Big Papi jack one? Yea. Is it exciting to see Josh Beckett jack one? Defenitely.

Another point about Interleague play is how the teams approach it. Both teams have a struggle which makes the games interesting. American league teams have to have the pitcher hit and most have to have their DH play a postion like first base. National league teams have to add a DH to the lineup.

National league teams ususally don’t have a DH type player because they don’t need to have one. American league teams usually have a DH who doesn’t play the field enough. There’s problems for both types of teams.

So should their be Interleague play? To me it doesn’t hurt and I don’t see the MLB changing their ways anytime soon especially with the money they make. And it’s all about the money…