The Mets won a thriller last night and I am happy to say I was at Big Shea on a beautiful night for baseball, and that I stuck it out for the full 11 innings. It was a sweet reward watching Angel Pagan single Jose Reyes home in the bottom of the 11th after over 4 hours of battle. I had snuck from Loge section 6 to the seats right behind home in the 10th, and had a great view of the play (see below).
John Maine looked great, Aaron Heilman, not so much. I am not worried about him....it was a bad outing for a good pitcher. Scott Schoenweis turned boos to cheers with a gritty 11th inning performance.
Nelson Figueroa goes tonight and I relaly liked theway he looked in spring training. I think he'll be a very good fill-in for El Duque (I prefer to think of him as Hernandez' replacement, not Pedros). He had good stuff, a smooth consistent delivery and what looked like excellent control.
It was very cool to see Citi Field looming behind the leftfield fence first hand.
Its great to send the Phillies packing with a series loss to mull over on the bus home. See ya!
