June 1st, 2008
Since our last update, Yakker hasn't been doing as well. He blew 2 saves, on April 22nd against the Cubs, and on May 25th against the Rockies. Pitching against the Rockies was his first appearance in 12 days! I asked him what was up after that game, and he said he just wasn't in the mood to pitch after being on the bench for 12 days straight. Over that span, the Set-Up Man, Heilman, had 3 saves! I'll have to talk to the manager about that.
Despite having 1 blown save, Yakker won Relief Pitcher of the Month and Rookie of the Month for April, going 0-1, with 9 saves in 10 opportunities, 2.00 ERA, 19.0 innings pitched, and 35 K's. The team is doing well, and they are in 1st place, going 18-10, 3.5 games ahead of the Braves.
On Mother's Day, the manager asked me if Yakker would make a donation. To what? The mother's foundation?? He didn't even tell me what I was donating to! Anyway, I told him no, because Yakker is already gonna be in the negatives after this season, if he keeps up the pace.
Yakker still isn't dating anyone, I'm glad that he's waiting for the right girl to come along. 
For the Month of May, the Mets didn't do as well along with Yakker, and were only 14-14, bumping up their record to 32-24. That puts them in 2nd place, .5 game behind the Braves.
Yakker is now 0-2, 12 saves in 15 opportunities, a 3.12 ERA, with 26.0 innings pitched, and 40 strikeouts.
Going into June, I hope that he gets more opportunities to pitch, because he was really down in the dumps after that 12 game spell on the bench. I think he will come back and have a great June, but that's just me. Let's hope for a great month of June!!
-Buddy "Fuzz" George, Agent
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This is my first attempt at a My Life Log on Power Pros. I did do the Leo Hayward one though. I'm gonna do this in the view as Yakker's agent, I think. No promises about how long this will last. But to get us started, lets do some stats!
