9SPRING TRAINING SCHEDULE 2012

MARCH/APRIL
SUN	MON	TUE	WED	THU	FRI	SAT
				1	2	3
4	5 WAS 6:10 SNY/WFAN L 3-1, 0-1, L-1	6 HOU 1:05 L 4-1, 0-2, L-2	7 MIA 1:05 W 7-0, 2-2, W-2	8 MIA 1:10 SNY L 5-4, 2-3, L-1	9 ATL 1:05 W 5-3, 3-3, W-1	10 WAS 1:05 WFAN L 8-2, 3-4,, L-1
		STL 1:10 SNY W 8-6, 1-2, W-1
11 MIA 1:10 WPIX/WFAN L 4-2 5 inn, 3-5, L-2	12 DET 1:05 T 7-7, 3-5-1, T-1	13 STL 1:10 SNY L 7-1, 3-6-1, L-1	14 DET 1:05 ESPN L 7-6 (10), 3-7-1, L-2	15 MIA 1:05 L 3-1, 3-8-1, L-3	16 DET 1:10 SNY L 9-0, 3-9-1, L-4	17 ATL 1:10 WPIX L 3-2, 3-10-1, L-5
18 HOU 1:05 WFAN L 9-5, 3-11-1, L-6	19 OFF	20 WAS 6:10 SNY W 2-0, 4-11-1, W-1	21 STL 1:05 L 2-1, 4-12-1, L-1	22 HOU 1:10 SNY W 8-2, 5-12-1, W-1	23 ATL 1:05 L 9-4, 5-13-1, L-1	24 STL 1:10 WPIX/WFAN T 6-6 (10), 5-13-2, T-1
25 WAS 1:05 WFAN L 12-0, 5-14-2, L-1	26 STL 1:05 W 6-3, 6-14-2, W-1	27 ATL 1:10 SNY L 7-5, 6-15-2, L-1	28 WAS 1:10 SNY L 3-2, 6-16-2, L-2	29 HOU 6:10 SNY W 9-1, 7-16-2, W-1	30 STL 1:05 L 4-3, 7-17-2, L-1	31 MIA 1:05 WFAN L 6-5, 7-18-2, l-2
1 DET 1:10 WPIX L 9-2, 7-19-2, L-3	2 ATL 1:05 W W W 8-2, 8-19-2, W-1	3 NYY 2:10 SNY/WFAN W 7-6, 9-19-2, W-2	4 NYY 12:05 WFAN L 8-3, 9-20-2, L-1	Spring Record- 9-20-2
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SPRING TRAINING NEWS

April 1 Johan Santana is named the Opening Day Starter.

March 26 The Mets signed pitcher Chris Young to a minor leagues contract.

March 20 The Mets sold 12 minority shares to investors. Also the Mets repaid the loans they received from Major League Baseball and Bank of America.

March 19 Owner Fred Wilpon settled out of court in his case against Bernie Madoff. Wilpon will have to pay $162 million dollars over the next five years, but none for the first 3 years. Wilpon hopes to recover some if not all of it

March 12 Pitcher Tim Byrdak has a torn misicus that requires surgery in his knee. He will be out six weeks.

Third baseman David Wright received a cortisone shot in his rib cage, it is still unknown when he will start to play baseball.

March 5 First baseman Ike Davis has a condition called Valley Fever; a lung infection that causes fatigue. However Davis has no symptoms yet. Valley Fever is commonly known in the Southwest United States.

March 3 Outfielder Scott Hairston injured his oblique muscle during the team’s intrasquad game. It is the same injury that he had last season that sidelined him in September. It is unknown the extent of the injury.

Third baseman David Wright also missed today’s game because of a minor rib cage injury.

February 27 Principle Owner Fred Wilpon addressed the media saying among other things that he still wants to own the team for a very long time.

Wilpon sold seven shares of the team.

Today was the first official workout.

February 25 The Mets will wear two patches on their uniforms this season; one is to celebrate their 50^th anniversary. The other one is for Gary Carter, the players will wear a number 8 patch.

Over 2,000 people, from current Mets and management to some members of the 1986 championship team and ex ballplayers attended the Gary Carter’s memorial service in Palm Beach Florida, Gary died of brain cancer on February 16.

February 20 Pitchers and catchers are reporting today, first official workout is on Wednesday.

Gary Carter’s memorial service will be on Friday, a sizeable Mets contingent will be going. Gary died of brain cancer on February 16 at the age of 57.