Is Jerry tipping his hat about the bench....

Tonight is suppose to be the first game in which Jerry Manuel uses his full squad. Early in spring training Manuel indicated that the March 27th game would be when he rolled out the regular line-up, by today everyone would be back from the WBC and well rested.Most of the regulars are in the line-up tonight except the corner outfielders. Against a tough left handed starter the Mets will use Fernando Tatis and Bobby Kielty in the corner outfield positions.As I've said before it doesn't make sense for the team to take Marlon Anderson over Bobby Kielty. Match-up wise with a lefty dominant line-up a right handed bat makes more sense, Kielty is hitting almost 100 points higher and is a far better fielder. One of the biggest reasons Marlon has lasted this long is his clutch hitting in 2007 and his clubhouse presence/leadership, both are attributes that Kielty possesses.Because of the line-up I think the Mets were hoping to find a veteran right handed bat and Kielty has had a very g...