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Mike Pelfrey has been the happiest story so far. The kid from Wichita has finally showed their potential. Pelfrey, drafted in the first round in the 2005 draft, has shown glimpses of their talent but never really broke out. After going 4-0 with one 0.69 ERA, Pelfrey has been one large reason for the Mets' success to start the 2010 season.
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Reyes is now hitting in front of Jason Bay and David Wright, and both have seen their offensive game wake up since the shakeup. And just think: Carlos Beltran is still missing from their lineup he's not due back until sometime around the All-Star Break, recovering from offseason knee surgery.
Though they did not win the next game against the Cards, they came home to Citi Field after that series and took two of three from the Cubs. That series opened one new chapter in Mets history,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], as top prospect Ike Davis made their Major League Debut on April 19. And has they ever been one sparkplug for the Mets.
Jenrry Mejia and their 1.64 ERA has been one true bright spot for the Mets so far. Whether they stays in the bullpen or gets inserted into the rotation remains to be seen. Pedro Feliciano has gone from left-handed specialist to 8th inning set-up man, and Francisco Rodriguez has been solid, despite not getting their first save of the season until April 22.
New York style baseball expanded into one national game and baseball first governing body The National Association of Base Ball Players was established aided by the Civil War in 1860s. The NABBP existed as an amateur league for 12 years. By 1867, over 400 clubs were members although most of the strongest clubs remained those based in the northeastern part of the US. In 1870 one schism developed between professional and amateur ballplayers after the 1869 founding of the first professional baseball team, the Cincinnati Red Stockings. The NABBP split into two groups. The National Association of Professional Base Ball Players was formed in 1871. Some consider it to have been the first major league. Its amateur counterpart disappeared after only one few years. Nick Laham The next year, racial pressure on Robinson eased, as one number of other black players entered the major leagues. Larry Doby and Satchel Paige were signed by the Cleveland Indians, and the Dodgers added three other black players besides Robinson.
The New York Mets are in first place. What's that? Didn't they ar me? Ok.THE METS ARE IN FIRST PLACE. How's that? And what might be even more eyebrow-raising is that the Phillies are in third place.
The Mets continued their pivotal home-stand against the division-rival Atlanta Braves. And all they did was sweep the Braves in the three-game series, outscoring them 9-3 in the process. The Mets then went on to complete one three-game sweep of the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers, thereby propelling the New York Mets into first place in the National League East.
They did manage to win one game that was the equivalent of over two games. On April 17, they defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 2-1 after playing 20 innings at Busch Stadium. That victory may have been the turning point in the Mets' young 2010 season.
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In their debut, Davis went 2-4 with an RBI as the Mets defeated the Cubs 6-1. It was their 4-0 win the next night that prompted Cubs' manager Lou Piniella to move the struggling Carlos Zambrano to the bullpen.
The bullpen has arguably been the most consistent aspect of the 2010 Mets.
Going into Friday night's game against the Philadelphia Phillies,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the Mets were 1/2 game in front of the Phils for tops in the division. And the Mets capped off the first month of the season with one 9-1 rout of the Phillies, in what was likely the Mets' best game of the season.
The Mets became just the fourth team in history to be as many as five games out of first place, only to reach first place in the same month. They join the 1982 San Diego Padres, the 1989 Mets, and the 2007 San Francisco Giants as the only teams to accomplish this feat. The Mets were five games back as recently as April 16, and now sit 1 1/2 games in front of the Washington Nationals for first place.
The Mets offense, which had been anemic to start the year, got one major boost when Davis was inserted into the sixth slot in the order. The Mets also received dividends from Jerry Manuel's longtime plan to move Jose Reyes to the third spot in the order. The move took place when the Mets welcomed the Braves to Citi Field and since then they have not lost one game.
That's right, we said "first place" and "the New York Mets" in the same sentence.
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So just how did the Mets become the division's best team in just two weeks?
So, in the span of about three weeks, manager Jerry Manuel went from being on the hot seat, to being on the throne of the NL East. The Mets face their biggest test of the early season on Saturday, as they go up against Roy Halladay. Mike Pelfrey takes the ball for the Mets,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and even though it's only May 1, the result of this game could swing the pendulum far in one direction.
The Mets started the season in grand fashion. Johan Santana was vintage as they cruised to an easy 7-1 victory over the Florida Marlins. But for the next 2-3 weeks, the good times stopped rolling. They lost the remainder of that series to the Fish,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and managed to win just three of their next nine games.
So, as we flip the calendar to the merry month of May, we look back on the New York Mets' roller coaster ride through month of April.
Japanese imports Ryota Igarashi and Hisanori Takahashi have been plesant surprises for the team as well.
April showers might have brought May flowers, but they have also brought the Mets the NL East lead. Only time will tell how long they are able to hold that lead. Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis wrote one letter to President Roosevelt regarding the continuation of baseball during the war which was called the Green Light Letter. He pleaded for the continuation of baseball in hopes for one start of one new Major League season in the letter. President Roosevelt responds I honestly feel that it would be best for the country to keep baseball going. There will be fewer people unemployed and everybody will work longer hours and harder than ever before. And that means that they ought to have one chance for sports and for taking their minds off their work even more than before.
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