Your middle infield: Reyes & Reyes

Greetings all from Shea Stadium. This is Roger Rubin and I am your guest blogger for the day. There is a chance we will see history today when the Mets and Giants play in about 45 minutes. The Mets have Jose Reyes starting at shortstop and Argenis Reyes starting at second. It is believed there’s never been a Reyes-to-Reyes double play combo before in big league play. Another interesting note on the two Reyeses - no, they aren’t related - is that Mets personnel have not put a first initial on their uniforms. I had to think today I’d see “J. Reyes” and “A. Reyes” but things didn’t go that way. A couple other things worth mentioning: Moises Alou is having his MRI today on the hamstring he tweaked in a rehab game last night in Norwich, Conn. It is not expected that he will show up at the stadium, but you never know. Both Nick Evans and Fernando Tatis are in the lineup today. Tatis is in right field and Evans in left field. And last but not least: MLB is putting out a ... [link]