The first note is something I've been meaning to post for a few days now. The other day (I think Saturday) Keith, Gary and Ron were talking about how Delgado taps his glove when he is about to make a catch, an art that has not been seen for a while. Then they talked about other notable Mets who did the same thing, and they were Willie Mays and Tommy Agee, which is great company to be listed with. My other note about Delgado is I'm wondering how long it will be until we start seeing actually try to pull the ball down the right field line at Citi. I know he normally tries not to, to go against the shift but I think if sees a fastball or hanging breaking ball in his wheel house, he should pull it because that right field line seems pretty close, as Gerut pointed out to the Mets last night.
During the telecast last night (being in DC, I was watching it on ESPN with Steve Phillips, joy) did they point out on the SNY broadcast the people who hung the number 17 over the balcony to suggest retiring the number. I saw it very quickly when they were showing the stadium, but I would assume they would make a bigger deal about that SNY. Also, the more and more I look at it, that outfield seems huge. Any mistakes out there can be really costly, can't wait for the Marlins to come to town, lets hope they make some errors out there.
Finally Jackie Robinson day is approaching and this year they want everyone to wear the 42. This has really evolved over the years from a few people wanting to do it, to several on a team, to full teams doing it and now the entire league doing, which is the right thing because in reality, either everyone should wear it or no one wears it because we want to remember his legacy now as intergrating and including everyone. So, good move Selig.
