Matt Cain is Really Good Pitching Punk
metslifers.blogspot.com 8/17/2009 — Matt Cain is good. Correction, Matt Cain is very good. He may very well win the Cy Young Award this year. But ultimately he's a Class A punk. The hat tip during Saturday's game sealed the deal for me. I believe Cain didn't throw at Wright on ...

Mets’ Wright beaned in the head by Giants’ Cain
scoresreport.com 8/16/2009 — In one of the scarier moments of the 2009 baseball season, Mets third baseman David Wright took a mid-90s fastball from Giants starter Matt Cain off the helmet during a game on Saturday. Wright was diagnosed with post-concussion symptoms on Sunday and was released from the hospital. The ...

DAVID WRIGHT BURNED BY MATT CAIN’S HEATER
bigleaguescrew.com 8/16/2009 — David Wright is the latest addition to the long list of Mets injuries. Wright suffered a concussion when he was hit by a 94 MPH Matt Cain fastball just above his ear hole. Wright went down in pain, was removed from the game, and went to the hospital for further testing. Later in the game, Johan ...

First Cain Beans Wright, then He Acts Like a Punk
nysportsdog.blogspot.com 8/15/2009 — Matt Cain just pulled a punk move. After Hitting David Wright in the head he settled in and pitched a very solid game. Then in the 8th, he gave up a run on two hits, and Giants Manager Bruce Bochy... NY Sports Dog--a Place for Mets Fans

The Curse continues...
athbloggs.blogspot.com 8/16/2009 — Someone pissed someone off when they build Citi Field, and that someone is exacting revenge. In a season plagued by injury and disappointment, David Wright is the latest Mets player to go down. Wright left Saturday afternoon's 5-4 loss to the Giants in the bottom of the fourth inning after ...

Sanders Says: Wright, Vazquez, Cain
mlbnotebook.com 8/17/2009 — David Wright could miss the rest of the season, and he should. Concussions are not eas to come back from, and the Mets aren't really in contention anyway. Keep him out. Javier Vazquez has a good changeup. Real good. Matt Cain's fastball doesn't look like it moves much, but he sure knows how to ...

Game 116 Recap
flushingfaithful.com 8/16/2009 — The Mets lost in extra innings to the Giants 5-4 on a homerun off Francisco Rodriguez in the 10th. No true Mets fan really cared about the game after “the incident”. David Wright was hit in the head by a fastball from Matt Cain and Matt Cain can bring it. Wright walked off the ...

David Wright says he's embarrassed to be on DL
novafantasysports.com 8/18/2009 — Update: David Wright says he is "embarrassed" about being placed on the disabled list in the wake of getting hit in the head by a Matt Cain fastball last Saturday, according to the New York Post's Bart Hubbuch . Fantasy Impact: Embarrassed? What's there to be .

The New York Times’ Waldstein : Foreshadowing Wright’s Skull Woes
cantstopthebleeding.com 8/16/2009 — A bottom of the 9th RBI single from Daniel Murphy scoring Jeff Francoeur gave the Mets a 3-2 win over the Giants earlier today, a series victory achieved without the assistance of 3B David Wright (above), who was placed on the 15 game disabled list before the game. Wright, beaned by Matt ...

SHUT DOWN DAVID WRIGHT FOR THE REST OF 2009.
metsgrrl.com 8/16/2009 — We were driving out to Eastern Long Island yesterday during the game. We got to a restaurant in time to see the replay of Wright getting hit by Cain. And then the deluge of information trying to follow what was going on, blimp shots of the ambulance leaving with police escort, the reaction on ...

Mets 3B Wright better, expects to return (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 8/17/2009
David Wright is feeling better and expects to play again this season. The New York Mets' All-Star third baseman was back at Citi Field on Monday, two days after he was hit flush on the helmet by a 94 mph fastball from San Francisco Giants pitcher Matt ...

Wright, Cain discuss beaning, shake hands — Major League Baseball News 8/18/2009
Two days after a scary beaning that put him on the disabled list with a concussion, David Wright returned to Citi Field on Monday and went right up to the man who threw the pitch: Matt Cain.

Tom Verducci: MLB needs to curb macho culture that has taken root in today's game — SI.com - MLB 8/18/2009
Giants starter Matt Cain was locked in a scoreless duel Saturday with the Mets' Johan Santana when Luis Castillo opened the New York half of the fourth inning with an infield single. The Giants are playing in a pennant race with a popgun offense, so ...

San Francisco's Ryan Garko Has Been a Trade Deadline Bust So Far — Bleacher Report - MLB 8/18/2009
When San Francisco Giants GM Brian Sabean traded minor league pitcher Scott Barnes for Cleveland Indians first baseman Ryan Garko on July 27, a lot of Giants fans were hopeful about what Sabean pulled off before the deadline. After all, there was ...

Forty years later, a Miracle remembered — Major League Baseball News 8/18/2009
The 1969 World Series champions are to reunite at Citi Field, the son of Shea Stadium, on Saturday evening before their descendants engage the Phillies.