A Quick Venture Into The World Of Videos

Lets take a quick break from baseball to look at the day the three of us took a trip into Central Park...

I recorded while these other two did some pretty unconventional stuff.

Now That's What I Call Revenge

Kyle Kendrick intentionally walked Omar Quintanilla to bring Niese to the plate. Niese then retaliated by hitting a bases clearing double. 5-0 Mets.

Mets Sign DAISUKE MATSUZAKA

When I first logged into my e-mail earlier today and saw the latest addition to the Mets, I was in complete shock to see that they had signed Dice-K to a one year deal and will wear #16 starting in tomorrow nights game against the Tigers.

Yes, it's true that Dice-K over the past few years has not performed as well as he had during his first year with the Red Sox, but he will make an amazing addition to the team. What's more? he's going to start the game on Friday, the first day on the team. The Mets aren't going to put him in the bullpen, or even keep him in Triple A, where he was all year with the Indians.

This will be an amazing man to see pitch for the rest of the season, hopefully he can get 6-8 good starts to prove that he can stay with the team beyond this year.

My first TTM

I have recently discovered the art of TTM to acquire autographs of random baseball players. Today, I begin my journey, not with cards, but with a letter asking for some advice. The recipent will be terry Collins of the Mets. In addition, I may do another later on asking for Jon Niese to sign my Gold card.

Deflection of the Year

                                                          (Lenny Ignelzi)

It was the bottom of the third inning with one out and nobody on when Rene Rivera of the Padres stepped to the plate. Later in the at bat, Zack Wheeler threw him a pitch that was just right, and he crushed it barely beyond the wall. The only problem was that Eric Young Jr. was ready for it, and he knocked the ball back into the field.

True, it would have been a lot better if he had just caught the ball for the second out, but Rivera who had raced to third on that play never scored and the padres were left at zero, so all in all, even though he did not catch the ball, Young robbed Rivera of a home run, and saved Wheeler a run.

Over the course of six innings, Wheeler allowed just one run and had threw a career high 12 strikeouts while recording the no decision.The Mets went on to win 4-1 thanks to 3 scoreless innings by Atchison and German, and Buck's 15th home run of the season.

Marlon Byrd hits his 100th Home Run

During the third inning of the Mets 12 inning loss to the Dodgers, Marlon Byrd stepped to the plate with one out and runners on first and second, hoping to extend their 1-0 lead. Byrd took the first pitch, ball one. The second pitch floated past, ball two, and the third went by to bring a 3-0 count.

At the moment, I was thinking, "Draw the walk, load the bases for Turner" and then that was when the 4th pitch came in, and Byrd unleashed his bat. Okay, I will be honest, to me, he didn't "unleash" his bat. As a matter of fact, that might have been one of the weakest home runs that I have ever seen. Even so, it still got the job done by landing in left field.

At first, just by looking at contact, it looked like Byrd scored a single, maybe a double that could score both runners. No, it was not meant to be, the ball kept heading towards the outfield at a low angle, and Byrd rounded the bases happily as he has just hit his 100th career home run.

I doubt Byrd can get to 200 home runs, but he is far from over, the rejuvenated career of his has only just begun, a career that could begin some of his best seasons.

Will David Wright Make it Into the Hall of Fame?

(Pauls Random Baseball Stuff)

So far David wright has had a great career with the New York Mets and there are some who say that his stats could cause him to end his career as a member of the National baseball Hall of fame.

In order to understand why Wright deserves to be in the hall of fame, let's first look at his hits total. At the conclusion of the 2012 season, Wright had accumulated 1,426 hits. Over his eight-year contract, if Wright were to average 150 hits per year, he would yield 1,200 hundreds hits to bring his total to 2,626, no more than two full seasons shy of 3,000 hits, a number that would put him in good standing when it comes to voting. Now look at past numbers, over his nine seasons, he had less than 160 hits only twice and has had more than 170 hits five times. This means that Wright could average far more than just 150 hits per season over his contract which would cause Wright to reach 3,000 hits much sooner. Thus far in 2013, Wright has 120 hits and is on pace to finish his first year of the contract with at least 180 hits.

Next, we look at his home run output. The past few years of Wright's career had been a jumbled mess when it comes to home runs, but he could finish his career with pretty decent numbers. Wright hit 21 home runs in 2012 to bring his career totals beyond 200. If Wright were to keep a steady pace of just 15 home runs per season over the contract, he could finish with just over 330 home runs. This is a decent number when compared to Derek Jeter of the Yankees who at the conclusion of the 2012 season hit just 255 home runs and will most likely not reach 300. We also know that Wright is very capable of hitting way more than 15 home runs in a season, over his nine seasons, Wright had hit at least 25 home runs five times. Under the right conditions, we could see Wright finish his career with more than 400 home runs. Fifteen have been hit during 2013 and 20 can easily be amassed.

Another stat to look at would be stolen bases. Wright currently has 166 stolen bases which the fifth best in franchise history. If his current stolen base percentage keeps up, he could finish with just over 300. Wright is on track to steal 25 bases this year, his highest total since 2009.

Other stats that Wright could accumulate during his years with the Mets include as many as 1,500 runs batted in, 1,300 runs, 550-650 doubles (possibly top ten all time), and a batting average between .295 and .310, and many more appearances in the All Star Game

These career stats definitely show a man who deserves to make it into the Hall of Fame.