NY Mets pay tribute to Adam Yauch

Adam Yauch was many things — MCA in the Beastie Boys, human-rights activist, Occupy Wall Street participant and Buddhist among them. But the rapper, who died of cancer on Friday at age 47, was also a Brooklynite and sports fan.

During Friday’s game against Arizona, the Mets paid tribute to the New York music icon by playing Beasties music when they walked up to the plate. The idea was hatched and spearheaded by infielder Justin Turner and outfielder Scott Hairston.

David Wright, who usually walks up to the Beasties “Sabotage,” used “Brass Monkey” on Friday.

The remainder of the selections were: Ruben Tejada: “Intergalactic”; Daniel Murphy: “No Sleep Till Brooklyn”; Lucas Duda: “The New Style”; Hairston: “Root Down”; Ike Davis: “Fight For Your Right (To Party)”; Andres Torres: “So What’cha Want”; Josh Thole: “Make Some Noise”; Dillon Gee: “Body Movin.’”

START HIM UP
The decision to make Miguel Batista the stopgap fifth starter was simple, and came down to one truth: This was why the Mets signed Batista in the first place.

“One of the things we brought Miguel Batista in for was not just to be a bullpen guy, but if we needed a spot starter at any time, he was the guy to do it,” Terry Collins said, while announcing the 18-year-veteran would start Tuesday in Philadelphia.

The team granted Chris Schwinden the first opportunity to replace Mike Pelfrey after Pelfrey underwent Tommy John surgery, but Schwinden allowed 10 earned runs in eight innings over two games.

That forced the Mets to re-evaluate their plans to plug the rotation until the hoped-for arrival of Chris Young, who the club believes will return from shoulder surgery in June. Although Jeremy Hefner was a candidate to replace Schwinden, the Mets ultimately decided to use Batista in his natural swingman role.

Batista, 41, is 0-1 with a 6.92 earned run average. In a spot start on April 23, he allowed six runs in 32/ 3 innings.

STRAW PRESENTS
Before the game, Darryl Strawberry presented David Wright with a trophy, honoring Wright’s breaking of Strawberry’s franchise RBI record. On April 25, Wright hit a two-run double to surpass Straw’s 733 Mets RBI.

IKE SCARE
Ike Davis rolled his left ankle in the second inning — the same ankle he injured last year, costing him much of the season — and he was initially so nervous he didn’t run out his grounder. But this time, tweaking the joint was a good thing because Davis felt a surge of relief after realizing he was OK.

“As soon as I did it and felt pain, I was a little scared, for sure,” Davis said. “But it’s fine. It’s like it should’ve been last year.” Davis finished the game 0-for-4 with an RBI and made an error in the eighth that started Arizona’s winning rally.



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