7 IP, 5H, 1ER, 4SO, 1BB. Mets 6, Dodger 1

I am a baseball fan and more specifically a New York Mets fan.*  Leaving the New York area meant that I would no longer have the ability to watch Mets games on the TV.  I do have Internet access and figured I would give MLB.tv a try, given the time difference I figure that I could catch some of the games in the morning when I woke up or in the evening.  Of course I would know the outcome, but just watching the game would be good enough.

* I am a big fan of Nick Hornby's book "Fever Pitch".  If you haven't read the book, it is about being a fan the Arsenal football club and how his love has impacted his life.  I relate very much to Hornby's connection to the "Gunners" (I'm not as consumed as he is, at least I don't think so**).   Hornby's story describes in part how the Arsenal disappoint more than they satisfy, but when they do achieve it is Amazing!  I think Mets fans can relate very much to this.  Yankee and ManU fans will just never fully understand the thrill of winning it all. 


** Does having three Mets jerseys (two authentic and one replica), three Mets baseball caps, a blanket, and a few t-shirts count as consumed?  None of the jerseys have names and numbers on them, though I thought about it.  And the blanket was bought because it was cold at a Sunday game in 2008.  Rationalization, hmmm could be a problem.

The New York Mets are currently on West Coast road trip, so their games are start at 10:00 PM EDT (5:00 AM in Eldoret).  So it is possible for me to get up and actually watch the game live.  I didn't make it up that early today, but I did get up in time to catch the 8th inning.  Good enough for me.  Any baseball is better than no baseball. 

Unfortunately, at the Internet speed at the IU house is not that fast.  After about 5 minutes of trying, I simply could not get the video feed to come up.  Internet speed is decent, but certain not blistering fast here.  I can do work things such as email, web research, browsing.  For more intensive things like downloading patch clusters, Linux isos and watching MLB.tv, well Kenya (or the IU compound) is not there.  I'm confident they will be someday.

All was not lost, I was able to listen to Howie Rose call the final three outs via the radio feed.  Which is plenty good enough for me.  As for the title of my post, looks like Johan Santana pitched a gem of a game* and the Mets won 6 to 1 over the Los Angeles Dodgers.  Good way to start a Saturday.

* 7 innings pitched, 5 hits, 1 earned run, 4 strike outs, 1 base on balls (7 IP, 5H, 1ER, 4SO, 1BB).