Benjamin Grimm

That's not worth Nady to me, unless Omar knew of another GM who was hot to get Perez, and had a followup trade in place. And I guess that may yet happen. But I'd rather have Nady and Bell and Owens and whoever than Roberto Hernandez and Oliver Perez.

I agree. I can't see why Nady had to be included in this trade.

Newsday: ]Mets trade Nady for Perez, Hernandez BY DAVID LENNON Newsday Staff Writer July 31, 2006, 3:30 PM EDT Stunned by the season-ending injury to Duaner Sanchez only hours earlier, the Mets moved quickly today to bolster their pitching staff by trading Xavier Nady to the Pirates for Roberto Hernandez and Oliver Perez, a baseball official confirmed this afternoon. General manager Omar Minaya needed to find a replacement for Sanchez, who underwent surgery today in New York to repair a separated shoulder, and Hernandez apparently was the best replacement he could find. Hernandez, 41, has a 2.93 ERA with 33 strikeouts in 43 innings for the Pirates, but he's definitely a notch below the Mets' injured reliever. Sanchez, 26, was 5-1 with a 2.60 ERA and had a team-high 49 appearances. The Mets also received lefthanded starter Oliver Perez in the deal first reported by SI.com, but it's unclear how much he will help the rotation if he remains with the team. The Pirates demoted Perez after he lost 10 of his first 12 decisions this season with a 6.63 ERA, and he was 1-3 with a 5.63 ERA for Triple-A Indianapolis. Nady was having a breakout year after the offseason trade that brought him to the Mets for Mike Cameron. Nady is batting .264 with a career high 14 home runs and 40 RBI in 75 games. The Mets will likely call-up Lastings Milledge to replace him in rightfield, but Endy Chavez – a favorite of manager Willie Randolph – is certain to get his share of starts there as well.

I'm thinking Milledge. How does Fonzie replace Nady? Are you' thinking that with Chavez and Woodward on the bench, the Mets have enough outfield depth that they can call up an extra infielder?

This may also open the door for a Cliff Floyd return in 2007.

Nady is a heckuva lot to give up for Hernandez, but at least they have some outfield depth. (Note to Schaefer voters: He's RHernandez!)

Did you read the update to that article? ]And Minaya has reportedly found a replacement. According to SI.com, the Mets have traded outfielder Xavier Nady to the Pirates for reliever Roberto Hernandez and left-hander Oliver Perez.

He's this year's Ray Knight. Which means that second base probably remains an offseason task this winter. But for now, we're good.

Especially the PL part.

I was thinking about opening a closed book thread in the Baseball Forum, but I figured that somebody (ahem) would eagerly post the full answers. Now I read this thread and I see that my suspicion was accurate and warranted. Maybe I'll give it a shot anyway.

Fear the power.

Too many candidates on one team tends to keep all of them from winning. (I'm talking about league MVP here, not team MVP.) I think that Beltran has been the team's MVP this year, and the Schaefer results are starting to reflect that. Maybe the current totals do reflect a bias toward Wright, as someone mentioned above. Or maybe it's a result of allocating points on a game-by-game basis. If we were doing it month-by-month, for example, I think Beltran would have a solid lead.

I'll be satisfied with 12 in October. I think that the last time the Mets went a whole season without a losing month was 1988. (They even had a winning October that year, going 2-0 in the regular season and, sadly, 3-4 in the postseason.

Bannister, Brian 6 Delgado, Carlos 10 Floyd, Cliff 2 Glavine, Tom 6 Heilman, Aaron 2 Hernandez, Orlando 0 Maine, John 7 Milledge, Lastings 7 Trachsel, Steve 2 Valentin, Jose 6

I think most Disney sequels have gone directly to video or DVD.

Too long. Too slapsticky. Had its moments of fun, though. I was torn between giving it 2 and 3 but went with 3 because my son liked it, and he's more of the target audience.

I've never had an Irish sausage, so if I had a chance to try one I would. But I'll leave them off my list entirely. So here are the remaining five: 1. Brat 2. Polish 3. Chorizo 4. Italian 5. Hot dog I have to say it's a very close race. It should be more like 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, and 5.

Interesting point, Willets. Rings true to me. (I only saw the first Jaws sequel, and the first two Rocky sequels, by the way.)

SteveJRogers wrote: You also missed the Fugitive. No, he didn't.

I forgot about Untouchables when I listed the few TV-shows-turned-movies that I had seen. I agree. Great movie. These remake movies, as you categorize them, are almost always a bad idea. I don't see the point. (Creatively, anyway. Obviously there's a financial incentive.) It's hard to believe they haven't done Gilligan's Island yet. Or Mister Ed. Or I Dream of Jeannie. I guess it's just a matter of time. And Vic, I think you missed My Favorite Martian from your list.

The eleven movies: The Avengers Bewitched The Dukes of Hazzard Fat Albert The Flintstones Inspector Gadget Lost in Space The Mod Squad Scooby Doo SWAT Wild, Wild West I actually didn't see any of them, though I did catch a few minutes of both Flintstones and Scooby on television. Of movies based on TV shows, the only ones I can think of that I've seen are The Brady Bunch Movie and The X-Files. I'm surprised that Cedric's Honeymooners didn't make the list. It looked as awful as a movie can be. EDIT: Oops, I forgot, I did see the first two or three Star Trek movies.

I saw the preview and was intrigued at first. A Mars rover encountering some alien force. Then I found out it was the Transformers and for some reason, I lost all interest.

More on this topic from April, in the All-purpose baseball card thread Scroll down to the article I pasted from the Philadelphia Inquirer.

We've seen you fly off the handle. You're more Mad Dog than you are Mike.

I think Woody Allen forgets who she adopted.