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metirish wrote: Nelly Figs signs as a FA with the Pirates, goes to AAAA. At LI Ducks game last week, he was listed on a dry erase board among the Ducks Alumni in other places -- at AAA Oklahoma City for the Astros. Then he was released. Made me think, geez, the guy can't make the staff of the worst team in baseball, and then he's released. Hard to believe he can't help someone.

Learn to pitch the Brent Strom way.

You want Met wins? Three of the best are here. 121: 2004 -- The San Francisco Treat that needed a catchy name (like maybe the San Francisco Treat) 122: 2006 -- The 1986 champs drop by to check on their legacy 123: 1972 -- Eight-run deficit? Two innings to go? Dave Marshall as de facto DH? Oh, look -- three more wins: 121: 1975 -- Jerry Koosman, Seaver reliever 122: 1989 -- Talking with his left arm in those days 123: 1979 -- Mets win! Mets win! Mets win! Seriously, it takes three third outs for the Mets to win.

METS ALL-TIME HIT LEADERS Through 8/22/2011 1. Ed Kranepool 1,418 2. JOSE REYES 1,263 3. DAVID WRIGHT 1,216

Tejada 0.5

They have Lee We had Gee Better to see The best of Glee Phillie baserunners dance across home plate Monday night.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: This team would make for some damn fine jerky... because it apparently cannot spoil at all.

The Brewers. The Phillies. Then the Braves. What a scheduling treat.

How strange it must be to have one's groin reported on.

Edgy DC wrote: Edgy DC wrote: I got a notion in my head that he's going to Florida. And Gaby Sanchez goes where? Other than to blazes in our deepest held wishes, I mean. Third base or to some team that didn't get Prince Fielder. No 3B in Sanchez's MLB past. One stadium-opening splash (beyond opening a stadium) would be a grand gesture by the Marlins. Can't see this one given that one of their best young (cheap) players plays the same position.

Edgy DC wrote: I got a notion in my head that he's going to Florida. And Gaby Sanchez goes where? Other than to blazes in our deepest held wishes, I mean.

Case made for the most annoying fucker in baseball winning MVP here. No longer is he a supporting player in the shadows of his more famous teammates. Instead, he has quietly stepped into the spotlight and led the Phillies to the best record in baseball. Well, at least figuratively speaking. One would think being the best offensive player on the best team would lead to greater levels of visibility, but in Victorino�s case it hasn�t.

Two pitchers, six letters -- fewest ever for a pair of probables? Or did Bill Lee once face a versatile Chin-lung Hu?

David Wright, who along with Jason Bay has been the Mets� hitter most adversely affected by Citi Field�s dimensions, said, �It�s frustrating when you hit a ball good and it doesn�t go anywhere. That�s not just here, but also in San Diego and the other pitcher�s parks. Of course, I�d like to see a place where you hit a ball good, you square a ball up, you�re rewarded for it. Obviously, that�s not the case here.... Wright, who has hit 22 home runs in 639 career at-bats at Citi Field, said it�s not so much the distances down the lines (335 feet to left, 300 to right), but the deep power alleys and high fences that make it such a difficult home run park. �I�ve never been one to lobby for anything,� Wright said, �But I�m a hitter and, of course, I�d prefer a hitter�s park over a pitcher�s park. Everyone knows this place plays big. I guess I�d love to pitch here.� 1) It's frustrating when David Wright doesn't hit a ball well -- or says he hits a ball good instead of well. 2) At this rate, I wouldn't mind David Wright pitching here. He almost pitched in an All-Star Game.

And John Stearns just identified Craig Swan as "probably the best pitcher on our staff." Suck on it, Zachry.

SNY filling post-postgame time with 1978 film. If Eddie is bitter that Jose/David breaks his hit record, it won't match his resentment at Bobby V taking the bubble-blowing crown.

What the left field fence needs is a Bay window.

Terry had indicated no roster moves would be made pre-9/1, but geez. Hope this isn't ruining the Monks' honeymoon. It would ruin mine (a little).

METS ALL-TIME HIT LEADERS Through 8/21/2011 1. Ed Kranepool 1,418 2. JOSE REYES 1,263 3. DAVID WRIGHT 1,215

Dickey 2.5 Duda 2.0 Pagan 1.5 Bay 0.5

Pagan 4.0 Thole 2.0 Tejada 2.0 Duda 2.0

I've never been moved to use this phrase which I've only seen here, but what a cockpunch.

metirish wrote: I'm guessing this is true and the judge was taking the piss AdamRubinESPN Adam Rubin Report quotes judge in Wilpon-Picard case: �Fortunately, you gave me so much paper. Otherwise I would have had to watch a Mets game, .. ... which would have been a very painful process.� Mistrial!

Pagan 1.0 Tejada 0.5

Evidence of a baseball game