The Oldest Man in Baseball Rides Again

Game 28: Mets 5, Diamondbacks 3
18-10 for the season

Last night in Arizona, a 48 year old man hit a home run, and became the oldest man ever to do so in the majors. Later, that same 48 year old man stole second base. The Legend of Julius grows ever stronger.

John Maine didn't have his best stuff last night, but that didn't keep him from striking out 7 in the 6 innings he threw and holding the D'backs to 1 run (the other two were scored off of Burgos after Maine came out of the game). What I found fascinating was how obviously pissed off at himself Maine was throughout the game, not to be pitching as well as he had in his first four outings. Its good to hold yourself to high standards, but goodness-- the kid is 5-0 with a 1.37 ERA after 39.1 innings pitched. He's doing pretty well by any standard.

Remember when Randy Johnson was a scary pitcher instead of just a whiny prima donna? The roof was closed over the stadium in Phoenix last night, ostensibly because there was a dust problem, really because Johnson prefers it that way, but it didn't help him-- the Mets have taken him for a ride in recent years, and last night was just another notch on the belt.

Sosa makes his first start tomorrow. Fingers crossed he does better than our last effort from a recently-called-up pitcher.