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We've Moved to MLB.com!

Hello viewers. Welcome to the old Pepper Mets/MLB Blog. Recently the mainstream blog was transferred to http://peppermlb.mlblogs.com - where you can find all you need to know about the New York Mets! You can view the old Blogs archives where you can watch Pepper Shows, MLB Daily's and Windups . Thanks to the 20,000 of you that made this blog so special!

MetsFinal

Z4 out of 5 baby! Not shabby eh? Well, the wins sure haven't come easily. 48 innings later, the Mets have won 3 out of 4 in Philly, and 5 out of 6 respectfully. Change really wasn't necessary for this club, but the new faces sure haven't hurt. Carylile, Edgin and Black have all been impressive. Also, what a shot by Duda. Amazing how a 2 out no one on inning can end so quickly!

<u>Monday:</u> Colon takes the mound in the series finale

Recap of the last 24 hours

Geez, the last 2 games sure have been a doozy. Carlos Torres has combined for 3.2 innings, Buddy Carylile for 3.0 innings, Matsuzaka for 3.0 innings and he's starting Wednesday!  Recker was the next in line to pitch in both of the 14 inning games. In today's game, David Wright came up very clutch, driving in the Go-ahead run and eventually the winning run. Dana Evelend has been dispatched to Philly. A corresponding roster move will have to be made, but no official announcement yet.

<u>Tommorow</u>  - Niese vs Hamels. We saw this matchup on Mother's Day, another long extra inning game, in which Ruben Tejada walked off.

A Post just for my Blogger viewers

Dear readers,

Change has occurred on Pepper the last 3 months. We were invited on to MLB.com Blog Network in March and graciously accepted, yet never "ended" the blogger blog. I always planed to someday, and I think people have "converted" as the Blogger views have decreased while MLBlogs went up. For those of you unaware, we moved to peppermlb.mlblogs.com ! Today I decided never to end the blogger blog. Maybe in the future I will re-direct it, but I will never let it out to dry. Pepper Blogger will always be re-updated, I will make it a point don't worry, but lets make sure we're all on the same page, MLBlogs is the future, so I really want to make you guys switch over. When I stop getting Blogger Pageviews then I will consider stoping blogger, but even if one person likes blogger, I'll be there...

MetsFinal: 3 In a row! 4-1 Win

Good job fellas, today the Mets preformed well! Wheeler, arguably had his best performance as a Met, Chris Young had a good game, and the bullpen was spot on.

On Deck: The Mets face the Phills tomorrow at 7:10 pm. 

Towing the Rubber: Burnett vs Montero

When can I be Critical?

Ok let's face it, this year has had its high ups and it's unremarkable downs. Here's my 3 biggest ups:

A. The Awesome Rotation- You've got to be happy with the pitching. Besides Zack Wheeler, the Mets rotation has an average starter ERA in the 2's. The Mets have been so strong with the arms that we average a Loss from a starter once a week.

B. Murphy &amp; Wright- The teams powerhouse, sure Wright started off weak, but if you compare Wright's April to his average August's , this April was better.

C. Juanderful- Hasn't Juan Lagares come out of nowhere? I mean this guy has been awesome. He might be the Third best offensive player on this team!

My Downs...

A. The not-so-clutch Hitters- Chris Young, Lucas Duda, Ruben Tejada and Travis d'Arnaud are all Mets starters that have been batting close to the Mendoza Line (200 AVG). And their all Mets  Starters... Sad.

B. Luck- I'll admit, with a little bit of luck, the Mets win at least 3 more ballgames, hard hit balls that get turned into Double Plays, amazing defensive plays, have all cost the Mets early. Oh well, at least luck can change without an increase in payroll!

C. Park Factor- While as a fan, I love Citi Field, it's near impossible for a team to score more than 10 runs, it's such a pitchers park, too much of a pitchers park!! So many balls narrowly miss getting out, yet get converted into outs.

This should be an interesting week, 8 games against last place teams in hitters parks. We were good in Yankee Stadium, maybe we can catch lightning in a bottle one more time! #PepperMets

<em>Article written by Niko Goutakolis</em>