GaryMrMets
03-12-2007, 10:22 PM
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/2007/03/12/2007-03-12_met_faithful_spring_ahead-3.html
Met faithful spring ahead
Tickets to paradise in hand, winter melts away
BY MIKE LUPICA
DAILY NEWS SPORTS COLUMNIST
Monday, March 12th 2007, 4:00 AM
Here on 42nd Street at 8:30 in the morning, a Sunday morning that was like some official announcement about spring in the city, was a much better season in New York, the best one we have. Here was baseball.
Here was the baseball season, in this line of Mets fans in front of the Mets Clubhouse Store, across the street from the Public Library and the bare trees of Bryant Park, with the handmade sign in the store window telling the people that Opening Day tickets were already sold out, along with Subway Series tickets. On 42nd Street, they did not care even a little bit.
http://www.nydailynews.com/img/2007/03/12/amd_mrmets.jpg
Single game Mets tickets went on sale yesterday morning.
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/2007/03/12/2007-03-12_rickey_reyes_may_steal_mark-2.html
Rickey: Reyes may steal mark
BY ADAM RUBIN
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER
Monday, March 12th 2007, 4:00 AM
PORT ST. LUCIE - Rickey Henderson arrived yesterday for a 10-day stint as a guest instructor and predicted Jose Reyes would have a shot at breaking his career-record 1,406 steals.
"When you enjoy the game, you never know," Henderson said. Reminded that he swiped 130 bases in 1982, more than double Reyes' career-high 64 last year, Henderson replied: "Twice as much as he gets now, but he's just starting."
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/2007/03/12/2007-03-12_padilla_return_comes_as_quite_a_relief.html
Padilla return comes as quite a relief
BY ADAM RUBIN
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER
Monday, March 12th 2007, 4:00 AM
PORT ST. LUCIE - Ramon Castro thought Juan Padilla might need to collect his thoughts when the reliever took the mound for the sixth inning. So before Padilla threw his first pitch in a game in 371 days, Castro approached the mound and asked his batterymate, "You need a breather?"
"No," Padilla replied. "Let's go."
Eight warm-up pitches later, one of the Mets' most reliable relievers two seasons ago had essentially completed the comeback from Tommy John surgery. Padilla's last game had been nine days before the March 14, 2006 procedure, also in Port St. Lucie, representing Team Puerto in a World Baseball Classic tuneup against the Mets. He completed an inning that day, but no doubt remained after that outing that elbow tightness he had experienced since winter ball would require surgery.
Met faithful spring ahead
Tickets to paradise in hand, winter melts away
BY MIKE LUPICA
DAILY NEWS SPORTS COLUMNIST
Monday, March 12th 2007, 4:00 AM
Here on 42nd Street at 8:30 in the morning, a Sunday morning that was like some official announcement about spring in the city, was a much better season in New York, the best one we have. Here was baseball.
Here was the baseball season, in this line of Mets fans in front of the Mets Clubhouse Store, across the street from the Public Library and the bare trees of Bryant Park, with the handmade sign in the store window telling the people that Opening Day tickets were already sold out, along with Subway Series tickets. On 42nd Street, they did not care even a little bit.
http://www.nydailynews.com/img/2007/03/12/amd_mrmets.jpg
Single game Mets tickets went on sale yesterday morning.
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/2007/03/12/2007-03-12_rickey_reyes_may_steal_mark-2.html
Rickey: Reyes may steal mark
BY ADAM RUBIN
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER
Monday, March 12th 2007, 4:00 AM
PORT ST. LUCIE - Rickey Henderson arrived yesterday for a 10-day stint as a guest instructor and predicted Jose Reyes would have a shot at breaking his career-record 1,406 steals.
"When you enjoy the game, you never know," Henderson said. Reminded that he swiped 130 bases in 1982, more than double Reyes' career-high 64 last year, Henderson replied: "Twice as much as he gets now, but he's just starting."
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/2007/03/12/2007-03-12_padilla_return_comes_as_quite_a_relief.html
Padilla return comes as quite a relief
BY ADAM RUBIN
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER
Monday, March 12th 2007, 4:00 AM
PORT ST. LUCIE - Ramon Castro thought Juan Padilla might need to collect his thoughts when the reliever took the mound for the sixth inning. So before Padilla threw his first pitch in a game in 371 days, Castro approached the mound and asked his batterymate, "You need a breather?"
"No," Padilla replied. "Let's go."
Eight warm-up pitches later, one of the Mets' most reliable relievers two seasons ago had essentially completed the comeback from Tommy John surgery. Padilla's last game had been nine days before the March 14, 2006 procedure, also in Port St. Lucie, representing Team Puerto in a World Baseball Classic tuneup against the Mets. He completed an inning that day, but no doubt remained after that outing that elbow tightness he had experienced since winter ball would require surgery.