New York Mets News For Friday 3/23/07

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David Wright Meets David Bowie

David Wright’s choice of batter’s box music(http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/mets/2007/02/help_david_wright_choose_a_new.php) has gone corporate, with the club having fans vote at mets.com for one the four songs Wright will use at Shea. But a source close to the Shea DJ said “Fame” by David Bowie is already being programmed into the playlist as one song Wright uses.

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Updating My Opening Day Roster

Here's my updated projected roster:

Rotation: Tom Glavine Orlando Hernandez Oliver Perez John Maine Mike Pelfrey

Bullpen: Billy Wagner Aaron Heilman Scott Schoeneweis Pedro Feliciano Joe Smith Jorge Sosa Chan Ho Park

Lineup: Paul Lo Duca Carlos Delgado Jose Valentin David Wright Jose Reyes
Moises Alou Carlos Beltran Shawn Green

Bench: Ramon Castro Julio Franco Damion Easley David Newhan Endy Chavez
Lastings Milledge

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Delgado's Son Is On The Way

Good news for Carlos Delgado ... and the Mets.

Mrs. Delgado is in labor, meaning he won't miss Opening Day, the original due date for Carlos Antonio.

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Sanchez stops session short

BY ADAM RUBIN
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER
Friday, March 23rd 2007, 4:00 AM

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - Duaner Sanchez felt a pop, then a tingling sensation radiating down his right arm, from the shoulder to fingertips. So the reliever halted his first session throwing off a mound since suffering a separated right shoulder after just four minutes and 11 pitches yesterday.

Sanchez already was going to start the season on the disabled list because of his slow recovery from Aug.1 surgery, and was not worried about yesterday's false start. He described the probable cause as the natural breaking up of scar tissue that had formed where a part of a hamstring had been transplanted into his shoulder.

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Duaner Sanchez

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WILLIE: GREEN'S JOB SAFE - FOR NOW
By MARK HALE

March 23, 2007 -- LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - Willie Randolph said yesterday Shawn Green is the starting right fielder for the Mets, but there are no guarantees it will stay that way.

"I'm going to keep an open mind about what I see towards the end of camp," Randolph said. "But yeah, Green is my right fielder. That's always subject to change no matter what you do.

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ANOTHER STEP BACK FOR METS' SANCHEZ
By MARK HALE

March 23, 2007 -- LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - Behind one of the bullpen mounds, Duaner Sanchez bent over in pain. Soon he went back inside the Mets complex.

Sanchez's first bullpen session of spring training went poorly at Tradition Field yesterday, providing a frightening moment when he only pitched for four minutes. The right-handed reliever said he felt something was wrong and headed inside with assistant trainer Mike Herbst and physical therapist Jeff Cavaliere.

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MAKING HIS PITCH:Aaron Sele, who is looking for a spot in the Mets' rotation, allowed one run in five innings during yesterday's 7-1 loss to the Braves.

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New York Mets Postgame Alert March 23, 2007

St. Louis 1, N.Y. Mets 2 at Tradition Field
St. Louis Record: (11-9)
N.Y. Mets Record: (9-15)

Winning pitcher - Pedro Feliciano (1-0)
Losing pitcher - Ryan Franklin (1-1)
SV - Aaron Heilman (1)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 2
N.Y. Mets 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 X 2 5 2

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