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YANKEES VS. METS PREVIEW

Tomorrow begins another round of the already drowned out Subway Series. The series will begin Friday afternoon at 2:00 pm ET, with Game One of a double header, as Mike Pelfrey will look for his fifth victory of the year against impressive youngster Dan Giese. The game is being played in Yankee Stadium to make up for a rainout from Friday, May 16.

After the game, both team's will get police escorts to Shea for Game Two: Pedro Martinez vs. Jack Ass Sidney Ponson. Pedro loves pitching against the Yankees. (Remeber the 'Who's Your Daddy' days?).

The matchups seem to favor the Mets for the rest of the weekend, as Johan Santana starts against Andy Pettite. Santana beat Pettite 7-4 in a Saturday game on May 17. Oliver Perez, who in spite of his erradic behavior, is 4-1 lifetime against the Yankees, and he will be matched up against the equally erractic Darrell Rasner.
Still, you have to consider that the Yankees have been playing well lately. They recently had a seven game winning streak and have eaten alive NL pitching in this year's interleague play. Still there has to be a concern with the pitching. The Yankees will miss Chen Ming Wang for the rest of the season and need to make a deal to sure their rotation up, if they are to compete.

The Mets on the other hand are up one day and down the next. The firing of Willie Randolph, has proven to do little to change the Mets fortunes as they are still a game under .500. Yet the players still blame Randolph for their problems, but that argument is getting old, and it begining to look like the Mets are filled with bitter and over priced players (i.e. Carlos Delgaodo, Carlos Beltran, Billy Wagner).

Expect the Yankees to take extra incentive to beat the Mets in his series, since Randolph was, and still is considered a Yankee!
Prediction: Both teams have been consistently inconsistent all year long. I believe that will show in this series as both teams spilt the four games 2-2.
Friday: Game 1: broadcast on SNY and YES @ 2:00 pm
Friday: Game 2: broadcast on UPN Ch. 9 and CW Ch. 11 @ 8:00 pm
Saturday: Game 3: broadcast on FOX ch. 5 @ 3:30 pm
Sunday: Game 4: broadcast on YES and CW ch. 11 @ 1:00 pm
Pitching Mathcups ... open here.

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