Down In Port St.Lucie....

Hey everyone, I am currently down here in PSL enjoying my share of Mets Spring Training games. I'm not going to talk about what happened during the games so much, but talk about the players and the interactions during the games. I'll post links at the bottom of the post of complete game stats from Mets.com.

First game was on Friday in Winter Haven where the Mets took on the Indians. I arrived before the Mets buses so I took in some of the Cleveland players on the practice fields. C.C. Sabathia is a large man, in height and weight. Also Josh Barfield and a few other players stopped and signed autographs for the fans. When the Mets arrived, two buses of players unloaded with a lot of unfamiliar faces. The only players that were recognizable to most fans were Oliver Perez, Angel Pagan, Pedro Feliciano and Anderson Hernandez. I recognized a few of the other young players myself, but there were a ton of faces and names I never heard of. The young players were very friendly and willing to sign for me; also the coach's were nice enough to stop too. I ended up with 12 signature's that day including "Hojo", Jerry Manuel, Sandy Alomar Jr and Sr, Anderson Hernandez, Matt Wise, and Pedro Feliciano. All in all it was a good day with a Mets victory.

After a 3 hour road trip to PSL I arrived in town at 10am on Saturday just in time to watch the Mets finish up their stretching and throwing on the back practice fields. The whole team looked to be out there, with a few bodies missing like Pedro and Beltran; their parking spots were empty all day too. The team joked around with each other for some time while stretching. Scott Schoeneweis was the only player to sign before security escorted everyone back to the gates. During batting practice I was able to snag some autographs from Joe Smith, Matt Wise, Hojo, and Guy Contti. On the back fields Jose Valentin was showing he was healthily by belting a few home runs over the right field fence through a strong wind. He is scheduled to play in Sunday’s game. Also, the Mets got Ryan Church, Damon Easley and Brian Schneider back on the field during Saturday’s game. Church had two hits, Easely and Schneider both had a home run. Reyes and Wright had left the players parking lot before the game ended with a Mets loss.

I’ll be posting pictures of my trip after I get back during next week.

Mets Vs Marlins
Mets at Indians