{"id":331,"date":"2009-05-01T10:17:11","date_gmt":"2009-05-01T15:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/?p=331"},"modified":"2009-05-01T10:17:11","modified_gmt":"2009-05-01T15:17:11","slug":"bring-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/2009\/05\/01\/bring-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Bring It"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is a new hitting instructor for the Mets. His name is Chan Ho Park.
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I can’t think of anything better to get the Mets bats going than this guy, pitching in Citizen’s Bank Ballpark. The quality of the Phillies pitching is not very good in general, and I’d say the Mets have a favorable matchup in every game.<\/p>\n

It’s time to get healthy and build some confidence. There is nothing to the ‘heart’ argument. There is plenty to the pressure. Guys are pressing, and they’re failing. Some people let that pressure get them down, get them depressed, have them doubting their own abilities. (and the lack of confidence in them from the manager surely doesn’t help) Others just find themselves slumping. However, winning is contagious. These guys do seem to be pretty close. give them a couple of big wins, a good stretch, breaks going their way, a couple of consistent pitching performances in a row..something that would pump them up, as it would pump us up, and they’ll feed on that. Because they’re hungry for that success, and they’ll build on it. <\/p>\n

So on to Philadelphia. Maybe it’s knowing the Mets play well in that park, that they’re due for a good stretch, that the Phillies just aren’t that good, that it’s Chan Ho Park pitching, but I feel good about this series. So I’ll make some baseless predictions, to help pump you up.<\/p>\n

David Wright will have more home runs and RBIs in this series than in April. <\/p>\n

Oliver Perez will pitch well, despite the home run to Chase Utley. <\/p>\n

Ryan Howard will strike out at least seven times.<\/p>\n

Utley will get hit by a pitch by Maine on Sunday, although it probably won’t hurt as much as Hanley’s.<\/p>\n

The Mets will sweep this Turnpike series. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chan Ho Park will teach the Mets how to hit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[575,19,3],"tags":[701,187,2964,363,2979,39,700],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331"}],"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=331"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":336,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331\/revisions\/336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}