Baseball Notes

It looks like Derek Jeter leading off and Damon batting second will be the lineup for now and I am not really sure what I think of it. I haven't thought about it too much as it seems to me right now it doesn't matter so much where they bat as long as they are the first two hitters. I should of mentioned this the other day when the story came out but it looks like the Yankees made the right decision getting rid of Jose Tabata, the kid has all the tools to be a great player one day but he is just trouble. The latest news had his wife being arrested for kidnapping a baby, which he seemed to be shocked by, one thing that really caught my eye was that his wife is like 20 yrs older then him and has a long criminal record, this guy is just a bad thing looking to happen at any moment. CC Sabathia got the opening day assignment and also the home opener. Joba Chamberlain will pitch the 6th game of the season. I don't know what anyone else thinks but the Mets have major pitching issues. They do have arguably the best pitcher in baseball in Johan Santana but after that Mike Pelfrey who looks promising has been bothered by a hurt leg, John Maine has looked horrible this spring coming back from shoulder surgery, Oliver Perez is getting criticized by his pitching coach, he is out of shape and looking horrible, he has always been up and down anyway. Livan Hernandez should be ok as a 5th starter although he did have a era of 6+ last year. The bullpen has been upgraded and seems to be a strength now but they have to get the ball to the pen with a lead and im not so sure they can do that right now at a good rate. Chad Billingsly has a strained groin for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Manny is back and seems to be ok though. The New Yankee Stadium and Citifield will open a week from tomorrow with the Mets playing the Red Sox and the Yankees playing the Chicago Cubs, should be an exciting time as we are now in the final days of spring training and getting ready for opening day which is just about here.