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Hernandez is the Republican. http://www.newsmeat.com/sports_political_donations/Keith_Hernandez.php he's given $7500 to the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE , RUDY GIULIANI PRESIDENTIAL COMMITTEE INC, NATIONAL REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL COMMITTEE, and Rick Lazio he's given $500 to a democrat i've never heard of (Paul Feiner) now i'll grant you that people make contributions to candidates of both parties, but i'd guess its rare for an individual to donate to the other party's national committees

="metirish":1kzkqzd1]T.J. Quinn and Mark Fainaru-Wada are now working for espn?[/quote:1kzkqzd1] i think espn will give a job to any ex-player in any sport at any time. metirish May 07 2009 02:13 PM But these two probably were at the forefront of investigating PED abuse in MLB over the last number of years. Quinn used to be Mets beat writer for the Snooze. Fainaru-Wada co-wrote " Game Of Shadows" . soupcan May 07 2009 02:18 PM ="Valadius":3ex0r9pw]Manny suspended because he couldn't get it up. Hilarious.[/quote:3ex0r9pw] Valadius - where the hell have you been? We're still waiting for your song parody entry! Frayed Knot May 07 2009 02:23 PM Quinn jumped from the NYDN to ESPN at least a year or so ago. Seems to have been hired specifically to work on their drug reporting (for baseball of course, there are no drug problems in the NFL) Not sure if Fainaru-Wada is still with his SF paper and just doing extra work for ESPN or if he's switched to them full time too. metirish May 07 2009 02:25 PM Player reaction Manny caught[/url:huygi4c3] Kong76 May 07 2009 03:45 PM Good thing the Mets didn't cave in and get him. My birthday's coming up in August if anyone wants to send me a grill like the one pictured with him on the other page. Ashie62 May 07 2009 04:55 PM Good Lord...sad part..the game is harmed and more surely to come my Prediction 1. Pujols 2. Jeter 3 Nolan Ryan 4 Carlos Delgado 5 Vladimir Guerrero How come Brady Andersons 50 HR year never comes up? Anybody here think Hojo turned into a slugger through something other than a corked bat. His career did end early. themetfairy May 07 2009 05:11 PM ="Kong76":eme8bbh8]Good thing the Mets didn't cave in and get him. My birthday's coming up in August if anyone wants to send me a grill like the one pictured with him on the other page.[/quote:eme8bbh8] You'd take that over a Keg-a-Cue? MFS62 May 07 2009 09:33 PM Hmmm Let's see: Giambi Clemens A-Rod now Manny What do they all have in common? Torre If you'd like to see him implicated, raise your hand. Later metsguyinmichigan May 07 2009 09:59 PM ="MFS62":3s3rbjyk]Hmmm Let's see: Giambi Clemens A-Rod now Manny What do they all have in common? Torre If you'd like to see him implicated, raise your hand. Later[/quote:3s3rbjyk] Only if you take Tony LaRussa right behind him. SteveJRogers May 07 2009 10:03 PM ="MFS62":2jbrur59]Hmmm Let's see: Giambi Clemens A-Rod now Manny What do they all have in common? Torre If you'd like to see him implicated, raise your hand. Later[/quote:2jbrur59] Yeah, they all were clean BEFORE joining Torre managed teams. I get you want to get him for "looking the other way" but when you think about it, do you really expect anything different from a hands off guy like Torre? Edgy DC May 07 2009 10:16 PM ="MFS62":26yfbcxw]Hmmm Let's see: Giambi Clemens A-Rod now Manny What do they all have in common? Torre[/quote:26yfbcxw] Well, yeah, he was naming Yankees of recent vintage and Torre was the manager for 13 years. They all have a lot in common. Yankee Stadium, Steinbrenner, Billy Crystal, Madonna. The point is the double standard Kay displayed. smg58 May 08 2009 05:00 AM ="Ashie62":3157mime]Good Lord...sad part..the game is harmed and more surely to come my Prediction 1. Pujols 2. Jeter 3 Nolan Ryan 4 Carlos Delgado 5 Vladimir Guerrero How come Brady Andersons 50 HR year never comes up? Anybody here think Hojo turned into a slugger through something other than a corked bat. His career did end early.[/quote:3157mime] Because Brady Anderson's career was otherwise so forgettable that he's been, well, forgotten. If he was a HOF candidate, people would be talking about him for sure. At this point, everybody's a suspect. I see no point in singling anyone out before clear evidence comes up against them. Edgy DC May 08 2009 05:30 AM Anderson used to come up all the time. But now (1) he's retired, (2) he's eclipsed by people from whom we actually have failed tests from. And (3) what's the point? cooby May 09 2009 08:00 AM I like Manny, I'm sorry about this. I'm keeping him on my fantasy team, too. Nymr83 May 14 2009 12:01 PM ]"When you take steroids you have a direct outcome of the game, that's the integrity of the game. And when you can change records when you do something illegal, it's just not right. ... Baseball records are sacred. If you do something illegal to surpass those records, it's just not good." --Pete Rose, Guardian of Integrity in Baseball metirish May 14 2009 12:04 PM Didn't Rose then go on to say that Alex Rodriguez should still go to the HOF. I didn't read the article but saw that blurb.... Nymr83 May 14 2009 12:05 PM ="metirish":3sqflmah]Didn't Rose then go on to say that Alex Rodriguez should still go to the HOF. I didn't read the article but saw that blurb....[/quote:3sqflmah] Yeah. I wonder what other cheaters he thinks belong in the hall... Benjamin Grimm May 14 2009 12:08 PM I got to about the fourth paragraph and then thought, "Why does anyone care what Pete Rose has to say about all this?" And then I stopped reading. metirish May 14 2009 12:11 PM ="Benjamin Grimm":37sj3ba0]I got to about the fourth paragraph and then thought, "Why does anyone care what Pete Rose has to say about all this?" And then I stopped reading.[/quote:37sj3ba0] Exactly why I didn't read it. Nothing he says really interests me. Fman99 May 14 2009 12:57 PM ="Benjamin Grimm":2eyfx6w2]I got to about the fourth paragraph and then thought, "Why does anyone care what Pete Rose has to say about all this?" And then I stopped reading.[/quote:2eyfx6w2] Pete Rose is a retard. That's why other retards always have Pete Rose's haircut.

WOman-ram? ] two sources told ESPN's T.J. Quinn and Mark Fainaru-Wada that the drug used by Ramirez is HCG -- human chorionic gonadotropin. HCG is a women's fertility drug typically used by steroid users to restart their body's natural testosterone production as they come off a steroid cycle. It is similar to Clomid, the drug Bonds, Giambi and others used as clients of BALCO.

The problem with pinch-hitting for Santana and Park in those spots is that you've lost your pitcher (who was throwing well), not in exchange for a run, but in exchange for a 25% greater chance at a run (if you assume a .250 difference in BA between the pitcher you took out and the pinch hitter, which is being genrous when talking about Santana)

seawolf17 wrote: Jerry's going all out. Do NOT take Santana out of this game. Gwreck, I'm assuming you're at the game. Go lock the bullpen door, and take Ryan Church's helmet away. i hope Church is a decopy to try and induce them to throw strikes to Shefield

Sheff needs to get the insurance home here

The way Werth waited to make hte throw i thought Delgado would be a dead duck at the plate but nooooo!! finally an error helps Santana out, lets get him that W

]They should send an extra prospect to Minnesota now just as a thank you. Lets make it a three way trade, we'll thank the Twins when the Rays thank us.

pinch hitter for Chan Ho Park, who went 6 dominant innings and only threw 91 pitches, if i was a Philly Phan i'd be steeming right now. Santana K's Bruntlett, lets get to this bullpen!!

come on beltran!

moving forward in the box has other advantages as well, you are more likely to hit a fair ball the farther foward you stand because the foul lines dont move with you.

5-4 bravos, Chipper's ball should have gone a bit further and led to great embarassment for Delgado on the backpages tommorow.

="Elster88":7s9bkdxp]="sharpie":7s9bkdxp]You'd rather have MFYIII where pop flies to right end up going out? Not me.[/quote:7s9bkdxp] Can't I have something in between? Perhaps just a normal field? Since it's going to be there at least 50 years it'd have been nice. Maybe they can tweak the outfield walls in the offseason.[/quote:7s9bkdxp] parks are rarely built in such a way that you can make it MORE of a pitcher's park, but you can usually bring a fence or three in pretty easily if you are so inclined, so lets be glad they built it the way they did. i'd like to keep it this way, but at least they have options. Elster88 May 05 2009 08:51 PM ="Nymr83"]="Elster88"]="sharpie"]You'd rather have MFYIII where pop flies to right end up going out? Not me. Can't I have something in between? Perhaps just a normal field? Since it's going to be there at least 50 years it'd have been nice. Maybe they can tweak the outfield walls in the offseason. parks are rarely built in such a way that you can make it MORE of a pitcher's park, but you can usually bring a fence or three in pretty easily if you are so inclined, so lets be glad they built it the way they did. i'd like to keep it this way, but at least they have options. Yup I understand all that, it's pretty obvious. But there's no need to have a pitcher's park to this extreme. ]so lets be glad they built it the way they did. Again, why do I have to be GLAD they did it this way? Can't they build a normal park in the first place if they're going to spend a billion dollars? My original point that there are options between YS3 and Yellowstone stands. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 05 2009 09:00 PM Big park doesn't mean less offense-- part of Coors' offensive appeal is Grand-Canyon-sized outfield gaps, a la CitiField. It's just a different sort of offense (as the triples numbers imply). Should the dimensions stay the same, however, building a speedy, defensively airtight team becomes much more imperative going forward. Ashie62 May 05 2009 09:01 PM ="Nymr83":192xq2dx]="Elster88":192xq2dx]="sharpie":192xq2dx]You'd rather have MFYIII where pop flies to right end up going out? Not me.[/quote:192xq2dx] Can't I have something in between? Perhaps just a normal field? Since it's going to be there at least 50 years it'd have been nice. Maybe they can tweak the outfield walls in the offseason.[/quote:192xq2dx] parks are rarely built in such a way that you can make it MORE of a pitcher's park, but you can usually bring a fence or three in pretty easily if you are so inclined, so lets be glad they built it the way they did. i'd like to keep it this way, but at least they have options.[/quote:192xq2dx] Name one option Elster88 May 05 2009 09:06 PM ="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":vevh6h8g]Big park doesn't mean less offense-- part of Coors' offensive appeal is Grand-Canyon-sized outfield gaps, a la CitiField. It's just a different sort of offense (as the triples numbers imply). [/quote:vevh6h8g] I'm not buying it. A park with deeper outfield walls leads to less offense than a park in the exact same space with shallower walls. batmagadanleadoff May 05 2009 09:17 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 05 2009 09:20 PM Coors Field is unique - Deep outfield walls, but also combined with a thin air that reduces the break on a pitch, thus increasing the number of well-hit balls. Coors Field, post-humidor, is still the best hitter's park in all of baseball. Pre-humidor, it was a freak show -- nothing like it in the history of baseball -- playing half your games at Coors pre-hum overa full season would increase a player's BA by about 40 points. (one point per game played divided by two to account for road games). I think that Citi Field will play like a 21st century version of the Astrodome -- a park that will reduce run scoring dramatically, despite increasing triples. Yesterday, Gary Cohen remarked that the increase in triples at Citi Field will offset the drop in Home Runs. I disagree with his observation. Strongly. The only Citi Field triples that will increase offense, relative to Shea, are those CF triples that would have been Shea Stadium doubles. Some CF triples would have been HR's at Shea -- this obviously constitutes a reduction in offense. But the key here is that every single CF triple would have been a hit in Shea. Citi Field is not converting any Shea Stadium outs into triples. On the other hand, every single "lost" HR at CF represents a reduction in offense. And while some of those lost Shea HR's are playing as doubles and triples at CF (still a a reduction in offense) other lost Shea HR's are being converted into outs -- a drastic loss in offense. Frayed Knot May 05 2009 09:19 PM 1) Let's see how this place plays over an entire season before we declare it (or YSIII for that matter) to be an extreme park in any direction. Traditionally Shea played like a better hitter's park in the Summer than it did in April & May. 2) No other park is like Coors. Not only does the high altitude give about 10% more carry to balls but the increased OF size to compensate for that extra carry also allows for more 1Bs, 2Bs & 3Bs. In retrospect they would probably have been better off to make the fences higher instead of further. Yeah it would resemble a pinball game occasionally but at least then you'd be turning HRs into doubles instead of the other way around 3) They DO have the option of bringing the fences in (and/or lowering them) after the season if the place does indeed turn out to favor hurlers too much. But, like I said, let's wait a bit before declaring that to be necessary. batmagadanleadoff May 05 2009 09:22 PM ="Frayed Knot":3pl3u7wr]1) Let's see how this place plays over an entire season before we declare it (or YSIII for that matter) to be an extreme park in any direction. Traditionally Shea played like a better hitter's park in the Summer than it did in April & May.[/quote:3pl3u7wr] I totally agree with this, and should've added to my post that my ideas, (or anybody else's) would take a few years to confirm or refute. seawolf17 May 06 2009 08:18 AM Edited your poll for you. Mendoza Line May 06 2009 08:29 AM ="sharpie":1tdtxzbf]Fewer homers, more triples. More triples = more fun. You'd rather have MFYIII where pop flies to right end up going out? Not me.[/quote:1tdtxzbf] What he said. Also, based on the small sample size, it looks like CitiField will favor teams with: (a) key offensive players who combine power and speed (like Wright, Beltran, and to a lesser degree Reyes) ( key pitchers who tend to give up fly ball outs (like Santana) (c) good defensive players in the outfield (like Beltran, Church, and...OK, two out of three ain't bad). So I'm not complaining yet. John Cougar Lunchbucket May 06 2009 08:49 AM Not that this means anything but: HRs through 12 home games 2009 Mets 6 Opponents 12 Total 18 Games with no home runs: 2 HRs through 12 home games, 2008 Mets 10 Opponents 10 Total 20 Games with no home runs: 3 IOW, there's hardly any difference that couldn't be explained by Wright's poor start (he had 4 in the first 12 home games last year; only 1 at home this season) batmagadanleadoff May 06 2009 09:05 AM Edited 3 time(s), most recently on May 06 2009 09:14 AM I count seven Met HR's at CF through 12 games - Delgado (2), Castro, Tatis, Santos, Wright and Sheffield each with one HR. [u:1thgf3q8]Some early returns[/u:1thgf3q8]: Citizen's Bank Park: 48 HR's in 14 Phillie Home Games (Phillies and opponents); 3.43 HR/game 33 HR's in 10 Phillie Road Games (Phillies and opponents) - 3.3 HR/game Citi Field: 19 HR's in 12 Met Home Games (Mets and opponents) - 1.58 HR/game 22 HR's in 13 Met Road Games (Mets and opponents); 1.69 HR/game Coors Field: 21 HR's in 9 Rockie Home Games (Rockies and opponents) - 2.33 HR/game 40 HR's in 16 Rockie Road Games (Rockies and opponents); 2.5 HR/game Candlestick Park, I still call it: 14 HR's in 14 Giant Home Games (Giants and opponents) - 1.00 HR/game 22 HR's in 11 Giant Road Games (Giants and opponents); 2.00 HR/game Miami: 21 HR's in 11 Marlin Home Games (Marlins and opponents) - 1.91 HR/game 27 HR's in 16 Marlin Road Games (Marlins and opponents); 1.69 HR/game John Cougar Lunchbucket May 06 2009 09:06 AM I was afraid I missed one Met HR too. batmagadanleadoff May 06 2009 09:08 AM I'm afraid you did. batmagadanleadoff May 06 2009 05:44 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 06 2009 06:54 PM ="batmagadanleadoff"]Coors Field is unique - Deep outfield walls, but also combined with a thin air that reduces the break on a pitch, thus increasing the number of well-hit balls. Coors Field, post-humidor, is still the best hitter's park in all of baseball. Pre-humidor, it was a freak show -- nothing like it in the history of baseball -- playing half your games at Coors pre-hum overa full season would increase a player's BA by about 40 points. (one point per game played divided by two to account for road games). I think that Citi Field will play like a 21st century version of the Astrodome -- a park that will reduce run scoring dramatically, despite increasing triples. Yesterday, Gary Cohen remarked that the increase in triples at Citi Field will offset the drop in Home Runs. I disagree with his observation. Strongly. The only Citi Field triples that will increase offense, relative to Shea, are those CF triples that would have been Shea Stadium doubles. Some CF triples would have been HR's at Shea -- this obviously constitutes a reduction in offense. But the key here is that every single CF triple would have been a hit in Shea. Citi Field is not converting any Shea Stadium outs into triples. On the other hand, every single "lost" HR at CF represents a reduction in offense. And while some of those lost Shea HR's are playing as doubles and triples at CF (still a a reduction in offense) other lost Shea HR's are being converted into outs -- a drastic loss in offense. If Gary's reading the Pool, I'd further like to point out that it's not just a question of trading up some HR's for triples. Citi Field is probably murdering doubles more than it's murdering anything else. Shea Stadium doubles that were landing beyond the outfielders on a fly are turning into outs at Citi Field. If those shots are hitting the outfield Citi Field wall on a fly, they would've probably left the yard at Shea. And whether or not a batted ball gets behind the outfield after first landing in front of the outfield has little to do with stadium dimensions and everything to do with defensive positioning, all other things being equal. Here are the Home Road split for Mets doubles to date: 47 Doubles in 13 Mets road games (Mets and opponents) 3.62 doubles/game 22 Doubles in 12 Mets home games (Mets and opponents) 1.83 doubles/game Ashie62 May 06 2009 06:43 PM Thanks for editing the poll. Almost all true fly balls are outs..Gaps are unreachable. batmagadanleadoff May 06 2009 08:02 PM ="batmagadanleadoff"]Here are the Home Road split for Mets doubles to date: 47 Doubles in 13 Mets road games (Mets and opponents) 3.62 doubles/game 22 Doubles in 12 Mets home games (Mets and opponents) 1.83 doubles/game Runs: 133 Runs in 13 Mets road games (Mets and opponents) 10.23 runs/game 100 Runs in 13 Mets home games (Mets and opponents) 7.69 runs/game Edgy DC May 06 2009 11:17 PM I like big parks and I cannot lie. batmagadanleadoff May 09 2009 04:54 PM ="batmagadanleadoff"] Here are the Home Road split for Mets doubles to date: 47 Doubles in 13 Mets road games (Mets and opponents) 3.62 doubles/game 22 Doubles in 12 Mets home games (Mets and opponents) 1.83 doubles/game Updated: 47 Doubles in 13 Mets road games (Mets and opponents) 3.62 doubles/game 36 Doubles in 16 Mets home games (Mets and opponents) 2.25 doubles/game Elster88 May 12 2009 09:54 PM I wouldn't even consider this "anecdotal evidence". Maybe call it just "anecdotal". Delgado and Beltran hit balls that would've been home runs in Shea. Wright did the same on Monday. All three were doubles. I don't have a point. But sadly, Pujols or Zimmerman's extra home runs might make a difference when MVP voting comes for Beltran. I'm surprised how much I want a Met to win the MVP and how much I want Santana to win the Cy Young.

Carlos Delgado, Daniel Murphy, and the rest of "one-handed all-stars" need to be sent to a fucking little league field on the next off day to learn how to USE TWO HANDS

Luis Castillo is:

i came by earlier and almost posted but didn't want to interrupt Ashie's conversation with himself. Great job by Livan tonight.

first, lets not worry about 12 games at home defining the character of the new stadium. second, i hope it really is a big time pitcher's park.

OlerudOwned wrote: Trying a weekday OoTS thread, since it might be silly to have a different 3-post long thread every day. If it's a dumb idea, ignore it and make another one tomorrow. It's all good. i wouldnt mind a thread for the week/month

i guess he (wrongly) thought they werent paying attention

Delgado singles and WRIGHT HOMERS! its offense-time!!

BELTRAN HOMERS!!!

OlerudOwned wrote: Great catch by Church. he really needs to be in there almost every day for his defense alone

metirish wrote: Those numbers for Maine don't look as bad but from what I have seen Maine looks just as lost out there from inning to inning. he didn't look lost to me in his last start. but numbers have a nice way of speaking for themselves. maine- bad, perez- a hell of alot worse.

fuck. reyes and murphy draw 2-out walks but beltran swing and misses at a 12-6 curveball that was just crazy looking.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Just wait for it. Y'know, Maine is every bit the fuckup Perez is, only whiter, so maybe he's injured. Maine going into tonight in 21.2 innings allowed 17 hits and 12 walks. Perez going into tonight in 21.2 innings allowed 28 hits and 21 walks. one of those stat lines is bad and requires patience, the other is absolitely horrendous and requires immediate action. theres no race issue there unless you are actively seeking to make one.