I know the games sell out and some fans get in a frenzy but to be honest the so-called Subway Series between the Yankees and Mets no longer means what it used to when Interleague play first began. As a Mets fan I love to win the games because of all the grief we regularly take from Yankee rooters.
But in all honesty the games are blown out of proportion. For both teams their upcoming series’ against Boston and Atlanta have more on-field significances than playing one another especially for the Yankees who have a lot of ground to make up against the Red Sox. A quarter of the way into the season Yankee fans have a reason to be disappointed but what team could survive the injuries the Bronx Bombers have had to their pitching staff? Almost half their games have been started by rookies and I still believe that they will battle the Red Sox down to the wire.
Wednesday will provide a real double-play for New Jersey minor league baseball fans as they can watch a pair of major league stars. The Lakewood BlueClaws have an 11AM game in which Phillies slugger Ryan Howard is scheduled to begin a two-day injury rehab assignment. Howard, the reigning National League MVP, will be the DH for the BlueClaws before being activated by the Phillies this coming weekend. Meanwhile Wednesday night Roger Clemens is scheduled to pitch in Trenton for the Thunder. It could be his final tune-up before joining the Yankees rotation.
The spring sports season is in its stretch run with state tournament action getting underway this week in baseball, softball and lacrosse. Over the weekend Toms River East captured the Ocean County Softball Championship, Southern claimed the Shore Conference Girls Track Championships, Monmouth Regional took the Boys Track title, Toms River North won the Ocean County Tennis Tournament and the Southern Boys Volleyball team won the Marauder Invitational Tournament in Jersey City.
Congratulations to all!
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