The Mets WIN!

Sometimes, I like to look at a different type of baseball card.  Have you ever seen anything like these?

Today marked my own Strat-O-Matic Baseball Opening Day.  The new cards were actually released on friday, but I was unable to make the trek to Glen Head, NY to pick them up - instead, mine will be shipped UPS and may arrive as early as tomorrow.  I was able to download the new computer game, and for baseball stat geeks like me, the game is (as always) incredible! 

I am a "re-player," which is a Strat term for a player who enjoys going back and replaying all of a past seasons games, using the "as-played" feature - which basically means that I play the game exactly as the starting pitchers and lineups and rosters were lined up on that particular day in real life.  Hmm, maybe that sounds confusing.  Here's an example:

Last year, the Mets opened on 4-1-11, Pelfrey vs Johnson, in Florida.  So earlier today, after downloading the game, I played my first game in a probably long and brutal Mets season.  And guess what... the Mets WON!  Pelfrey outdueled Johnson, and even hit a two-run double.  Here's the box score, if you are interested:

(my apologies for the layout - that's always a challenge for me using blogger, but you get the idea!)

[1]BOXSCORE: 2011 New York (NL) Amazins At 2011 Florida Fins            4/1/2011
[1]  Amazins            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Fins               AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Reyes SS          6  1  2  0 .333     C.Coghlan CF        3  2  1  0 .333 
  W.Harris LF         4  3  2  0 .500     O.Infante 2B        4  1  1  0 .250 
  D.Wright 3B         4  0  0  0 .000     H.Ramirez SS        3  0  0  0 .000 
  C.Beltran RF        5  2  2  1 .400     M.Stanton RF        4  0  1  2 .250 
  A.Pagan CF          4  1  3  4 .750     G.Sanchez 1B        3  0  0  1 .000 
  I.Davis 1B          5  0  1  2 .200     L.Morrison LF       3  0  0  0 .000 
  B.Emaus 2B          4  1  1  0 .250     J.Buck C            3  0  0  0 .000 
D-C.Hu 2B             0  0  0  0 ----     D.Murphy 3B         3  0  0  0 .000 
  J.Thole C           3  1  1  0 .333     B.Sanches P         0  0  0  0 ---- 
  M.Pelfrey P         3  0  1  2 .333     J.Johnson P         1  0  0  0 .000 
C-L.Duda PH           1  0  0  0 .000   A-E.Bonifacio PH      1  0  0  0 .000 
  T.Buchholz P        0  0  0  0 ----     R.Webb P            0  0  0  0 ---- 
                                        B-G.Dobbs 3B          1  0  0  0 .000 
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---     
[1]         Totals      39  9 13  9                 Totals      29  3  3  3
A-Pinch Hit For Johnson In 5th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Webb In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Pelfrey In 9th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Emaus In 9th Inning
Amazins......... 3 0 2  0 2 1  0 1 0  -  9 13  1
Fins............ 0 0 0  2 0 1  0 0 0  -  3  3  0
[1]Amazins (1-0)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
M.Pelfrey WIN(1-0)        8       3   3   3   2   4   0 110   3.38
T.Buchholz                1       0   0   0   0   2   0  11   0.00
[1]Totals                    9       3   3   3   2   6   0
[1]Fins (0-1)               IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Johnson LOSS(0-1)       5       7   7   7   6   3   0 107  12.60
R.Webb                    2 2/3   5   2   2   0   0   0  56   6.75
B.Sanches                 1 1/3   1   0   0   0   2   0  19   0.00
[1]Totals                    9      13   9   9   6   5   0
ATTENDANCE- 19,303 DATE- Friday, April 1st 2011 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Tim Tschida, Jeff Nelson, Marty Foster, Bill Welke
T- 3:07
LEFT ON BASE- Amazins:10  Fins: 2
DOUBLE PLAYS- Amazins: 0  Fins: 0
ERRORS- B.Emaus
DOUBLES- J.Reyes(1st), C.Beltran(1st), I.Davis(1st), M.Pelfrey, C.Coghlan(1st)
STOLEN BASES- W.Harris(1st), A.Pagan-2(2nd)
SACRIFICE HITS- M.Pelfrey
SACRIFICE FLIES- G.Sanchez
WALKS- W.Harris, D.Wright, A.Pagan, B.Emaus, J.Thole-2, C.Coghlan, H.Ramirez
STRIKE OUTS- D.Wright, C.Beltran, B.Emaus-2, L.Duda, M.Stanton-2, G.Sanchez,
             L.Morrison-2, J.Johnson
BALKS- J.Johnson
2-out RBI- M.Pelfrey-2, A.Pagan-2, M.Stanton
Mike Pelfrey pitched 8 strong innings as the New York (NL) Amazins topped the
Florida Fins by a score of 9 to 3 at Sun Life Stadium.
Pelfrey(1-0) pitched a fine game.  He surrendered 3 hits and 2 walks in 8
innings.  New York (NL) ended up with 13 hits for the game while Florida had
3. 
Josh Johnson(0-1) was the loser.  He was knocked around pretty good, giving up
7 runs in 5 innings.



Well, opening day 2012 feels much closer today than it did just a day ago!