{"id":1585,"date":"2011-09-27T09:26:22","date_gmt":"2011-09-27T13:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/?p=1585"},"modified":"2011-09-26T21:26:57","modified_gmt":"2011-09-27T01:26:57","slug":"only-two-games-enjoy-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/2011\/09\/27\/only-two-games-enjoy-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Only Two Games: Enjoy Them"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- NOTE: some names the b-r linker matched have multiple, possible              player id matches.  Leave this as is or search for \"results=\" to              select a desired player\/id pairing. You may remove this comment. --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/-qbHNTX0tC9Y\/TmBUJNiskPI\/AAAAAAAADRs\/t4XG3dwRVPg\/s912\/IMG_7565.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"Citi Field\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/-qbHNTX0tC9Y\/TmBUJNiskPI\/AAAAAAAADRs\/t4XG3dwRVPg\/s912\/IMG_7565.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"383\" height=\"287\" \/><\/a>There are only two Mets games left on the season. \u00a0Tune in and watch or listen to them. \u00a0 There are only two and we&#8217;ll be missing the Mets before you know it. \u00a0The DVR&#8217;d episode of How I Met Your Mother will wait.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Watch <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/player_search.cgi?results=reyesjo01,reyes-004jos,reyes-016jos,reyes-017jos,reyesjo02&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\" target=\"_blank\">Jose  Reyes<\/a><\/strong> compete for a batting title. \u00a0See some of the young guys make a case for inclusion on the 2012 team. \u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/e\/evansni01.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\" target=\"_blank\">Nick  Evans<\/a><\/strong> looks like he&#8217;s got a better than fair shot at making the team next year. \u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/p\/pridija01.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\" target=\"_blank\">Jason  Pridie<\/a><\/strong> is finish strong, perhaps making a case as the 4th outfielder.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not a given that Reyes returns. \u00a0This could \u00a0be his last two games. \u00a0Last night could&#8217;ve been the last time <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/w\/wrighda03.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\" target=\"_blank\">David  Wright<\/a><\/strong> will have driven in <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/minors\/player.cgi?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;id=rey---002jos\" target=\"_blank\">Jose  Rey<\/a><\/strong>es. \u00a0If you make it out to Citi Field, make sure to give him a big hand.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a long way to April 5th. \u00a0There will be a lot of unpleasant stories. \u00a0A lot of &#8220;The Mets can&#8217;t do that&#8221; and &#8220;The Mets can&#8217;t afford that&#8221; type stories. \u00a0They&#8217;re starting already, but at least we have two games left to enjoy before all the rumor and speculation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s Go Mets!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are only two Mets games left on the season. \u00a0Tune in and watch or listen to them. \u00a0 There are only two and we&#8217;ll be missing the Mets before you know it. \u00a0The DVR&#8217;d episode of How I Met Your Mother will wait. &nbsp; Watch Jose Reyes compete for a batting title. \u00a0See some &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/2011\/09\/27\/only-two-games-enjoy-them\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Only Two Games: Enjoy Them&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1133,1248,19,3],"tags":[1138,1400,2968,2294,2966,4,995,5,2964,2297,14,757,2295,2296],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1585"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1585"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1588,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1585\/revisions\/1588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}