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Duda sent back to wherever he came from to make room for Pa Bay.

Hu a lifetime 1.000 batter vs. Sanchez. 1-for-1.

Edgy DC wrote: Martinez, Martinez, Martinez. Well, all day long in the clubhouse I hear how great Martinez is at this or how wonderful Martinez did that!

After Lincecum gemmed the Mets into submission: "When those guys got in scoring position, he stepped up," Collins said. "We've got to step up, too. We're a big league team, too." Sometimes it feels the Mets are overmatched. And sometimes it feels like they're just fulfilling play dates. Kudos for TC for not tipping his cap to the brigade of Cy Young winners the Mets haven't effectively touched since Saturday. Major leaguers are supposed to compete. �Everybody in America is aware of how good these guys are,� he said. �That speaks for itself. You know, you�ve got to grind out at-bats. You can�t strike out 12 times. And with guys in scoring position when you�ve got to put the ball in play, you�ve got to go up there, get ready to hit. We can�t be late getting our feet down, can�t be late getting in balance. We�ve got to get in there ready to hit, got to hunt something, and we can�t miss it.� Kudos, too, for his not accepting gracefully Thole's recent befuddlement about baserunners doing a number on his psyche. Collins said he was rankled that Thole publicly revealed his lack of confidence. Thole, who has had difficulty with passed balls and with throwing out runners, acknowledged to being tight behind the plate. �It�s a matter of relaxing, that�s the bottom line,� Thole said Tuesday. �Get a couple of guys on base and I get tight a little bit. I�ve got to get away from that.� For Collins, that was basically a signal for the Giants to run at will. They stole three bases Tuesday. Given his track record and the unit he's trying to steer to higher ground, Terry may crack soon. Or he may get through to some young players who could use some getting-through-to. The former would be entertaining, but I'm rooting for the latter.

Fman99 wrote: Jack DiLauro has a ring. How long has he been married? And is he taking paternity leave? BTW, Bay: 2-for-7 lifetime against Lincecum; 1-for-4, 2 walks as a Met; DNP last night after Garrett David was born. He has hit well (in small sample sizes) against Mota, Wilson and Affeldt, three relievers the Mets have faced in this series; DNP last night. Went 3-for-6 last year against Sanchez, today's starter; he is supposed to be back.

Ashie62 wrote: Most of the NY Giants fans are long deceased. By definition, yes. But I know a lot of the living ones. The douchefest at Citi Field the last two nights -- no relation. Not even third-generation.

Capuano 3.5 Paulino 3.0 Beltran 2.0

I'm a pretty discerning judge of New York Giants fan pedigree versus San Francisco Giants douchebaggery. I didn't sense much in the way of Ottsmanship at Citi Field this past night. Let Timmy Choke.

The Bay-bee is born, sez Rubin: Garrett David Bay (6 pounds, 3 ounces) was born last night to Jason and Kristen Bay. Enough Duda. Bring back Dada.

BTW, O'Connor is 50. Uniform number, not age.

bmfc1 wrote: HahnSolo wrote: Count me among those who hate the ridiculous "hooo" that the latest generation of Mets fans have added to the "Let's Go Mets" chant. That's different than the ridiculous Hu that's on the Mets bench. What's Mandarin for ZING?

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: OMG who is the 7th inning guy now? Until 20 or so years ago, the answer would generally have been "the starting pitcher". Hope it's brief, but strange that it's happened to the Rule 5 guy who you'd think you'd want to hide on the DL but is actually your linchpin. Think Pedro experienced discomfort schlepping home his Schaefer award?

O'Connor called up to take place of tendinitis-stricken Pedro (right elbow). Fuck, huh?

No Thole: Reyes � 6 Murphy � 4 Wright � 5 Beltran � 9 Davis � 3 Paulino � 2 Harris � 7 Pridie � 8 Capuano � 1

Hi, I'm Sandy Alderson, and I'm here to tell you about a terrific opportunity. If you're looking for a shortstop and leadoff hitter for your team, the next half-hour may change your life.

The big breakup of Radio Perfection followed 2005. For two seasons, it was Gary and Howie. Tom came on board in Spring Training 2006 and became unbearable in Spring Training 2006. Wayne Hagin strikes me as punishment. "If you're too cheap to come out to the ballpark, get cable or sign up for MLB At Bat, this is what we're giving you."

It was reasonably raucous (or at least noisy) early with Beltran's homer and Ike's homer and Jose being Jose, but it just kind of deflated. Thole's 1-2-3 grounder certainly didn't help. Success equaling enthusiasm, perhaps.

Niese is SO pensive he could be in Tiger Beat.

Shrill fuck Giant fans definitely made more noise late than the Mets fans. Deathly silent when the Mets were at bat and the scoreboard wasn't prompting. One SF was overheard to say, "Why aren't the Mets fans cheering? This is when their team needs the support." I don't have a good answer to that.

Ike practically pressed against the cardboard trying to get a whiff of that celebratory Topps gum. Well done!

Beltran 3.0 Reyes 2.5 Davis 2.0 Rodriguez 1.0 Gee 1.0

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Maybe he should re-name his bats Milli and Vanilli because they also were frauds with one good year. This fucking awful game was almost worth it for the above. Almost. Lots of Giants fans in the ballpark tonight which makes things that much more unpleasant. Much fucking of them as well. Shrill fucks. the "We-Killed-Bin-Laden" aura of the night, with the awful, awful hats and the intolerable "God Bless America" and putting Chris Young on the diamondvision to talk 30 seconds of nonsense about how this is a "historic day" was downright offensive. Big misread on the Mets' part and it cheapened the intended effect. In addition to the idiotic caps, I noticed Mets/American flag pins and Mets/Statue of Liberty pins broken out in one of the team stores, as if the First Baseball Game in New York After... magic was going to be automatically transferrable, Get Yours Today! Also I received my first-ever full patdown entering Citi Field -- Bullpen Gate, where I don't usually enter. I showed what a threat I was by giggling uncontrollably (it tickled). A few feet from where they were groping me for my own good there was a veritable battalion of military personnel. I somehow think that made the place safer, at least at the Bullpen Gate. I have to confess as I took in the spontaneous U-S-A chant from CBP the other night, I was thinking "glad this isn't at Citi Field -- place would be three-quarters empty by now, those still here would be doing the wave or still standing in Shake Shack line." I didn't get the Chris Young thing either.

Ronny Paulino: Player of the One Day May.

Oh, the conspiracy theorists will have a field day with that mistaken link. Fixed above and right here.

David Waldstein on the brief but impactful manager-player relationship between Bobby Valentine and Jose Reyes. One wonders if it would have flourished had it gone beyond Spring Training 2002. Great nugget from the end of the article on the Mets owner's previously unreported desire for meaningful games in a different September: Valentine�s Mets were so bad in 2002 that by the end of the season the principal owner Fred Wilpon told Valentine to manage the final week of the season as if it were the World Series, a test to see whether the players were still listening to him. Valentine said, �If that�s the case, then I want to bring up Jose Reyes.� The request, which would have to have been executed by then general manager Steve Phillips, was denied. With Rey Ordonez and Marco Scutaro playing shortstop, the Mets went 1-6 in their final seven games and Valentine was fired. Reyes was finally promoted on June 10 the next year, too late for Valentine.