March 31, 2006 - Port St. Lucie

Seated in the 5th row behind home plate I was in a perfect position to see just how much movement Pedro Martinez has on his pitches. A lot. Cardinals pitcher Mark Mulder has absolutely no movement on his pitches at all, and the Mets were able to rack up the hits. They were not, however, able to plate many runs. Albert Pujols hit 3 home runs and the Redbirds scored a total of 9 runs for the game. It appeared to be considerably more than they needed but then Alan Benes took the mound in the 9th. Poor Alan. He got shelled. Looks like he doesn't have it any more. Luckily Izzy came in to stop the bleeding and the Cards held on to win.

I drank a giant beer and had a hot dog and a brat. The Mets "Tradition Field" is nice, but Roger Dean Stadium is far better.