Edgy DC wrote: That�s a pretty staggering list of expensive fail*. But here�s something compelling � and you have no doubt noticed this: Here you have all that money spent on Suppan, Zito, Meche, Soriano, Lee, Marquis, Eaton, Pierre, Lugo, Baez, Padilla, Schmidt, Matthews, the movie star and the rest � not one dime of it was spent by the New York Yankees. Despite eventually mealy-mouthing about the Jason Giambi and and Kei Igawa cases, he refuses to give the Mets the same absolution. But had they, I'm sure somebody might have pointed out the one-year-plus-option on Moises Alou, or the three-year deal on Schoeneweis. I didn't mind the Alou deal, not even when he was hurt. It was one-year and therefore very low risk. Unlike certain other deals the Mets have given out it couldn't hurt the club by tying them to a guy long after he was of any use here.