Game 1 recap

You know, I like my trainers at CEC, Loren, Karen, and Jackie, the middle one is especially hot. But seriously, some people just don't understand. There are priorities and there are priorities. What are people thinking scheduling something so intensive when the Mets are in the playoffs for the first time in 6 years?

My training ended at 5 and the game began at 3. So I had to be pretty creative. Luckily, I sit in the next to last row of the class on an end side, so it's hard for anyone to see my laptop screen. We were discussing formulas for figuring out if a student is full time or not and in between multiplying weeks for the academic year by credit hours and checking Federal Pell Grant charts, I clicked on Sportsline to get updates.

The Dodgers went up 1-0 and I missed the play in that inning that will live for a long time on highlight plays. Two Dodger runners on and the hitter hits a fly ball to right field. Shawn Green fires the throw in and Jeff Kent gets thrown out at the plate. Coming right behind him is JD Drew. He slides and he gets tagged out! It's amazing. Something crazy usually happens whenever the Mets are in the playoffs.

And what a job by Carlos Delgado. He's waited over a decade to get in the playoffs and he delivered. 4 for 5 with a home run, 2 RBI, and 2 runs scored. The bullpen? Still incredible. Feliciano, Bradford, Mota, Heilman, Wagner. Wright and Reyes did their jobs. Beltran didin't get a hit but he walked three times and scored. Green and Valentin did nothing, but that can change.

So it's a 1-0 lead in the best of 5 Division Series and after a beautiful afternoon in the northeast, now it's raining in the Bronx when the Yankees are trying to play the Tigers in Game 2. That's pretty funny. I just heard a Yankee fan on the radio ask "Why are you Met fans raining on our parade?" That's New York.