Take this for what it’s worth. According to El Universal, a Venezuelan newspaper, Francisco Rodriguez is travelling to New York to be checked out my Met doctors.
This is a rough translation by Babel Fish:
“Yes, it is truth. Francisco traveled to New York to become a control medical. That is the unique thing that lacks to give course him to its contract with the Mets”, confessed a tie source to the stellar Venezuelan lock, that comes to impose a record for the Great Leagues, to the 62 rescues that it conquered during the regular drip jar.”
Anyway, I wanted to throw this out there and thanks to my loyal guys on NY Sports Day for pointing this out.
For those that read Spanish, here’s the original article.
On Edit: Rich Coutinho of 1050 ESPN called and confirmed this with the Mets. He reported on the air, K-Rod is coming in on Tuesday. Also take a look at this from Dan Graziano, who is usually on the mark. Even though the Mets and K-Rod’s agent are denying it, it doesn’t mean it’s not true.
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This post was written by Joe McDonald on November 16, 2008
















WHOA! That was fast.
Everyone else is refuting this story, including his agent.
Sweet, the Mets certainly needed about 27 more rescues during last season’s regular drip jar.
Don’t shoot the messenger. I am just reporting what Rich said on the air.