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Jack Curry says Gibbons is in the running.

Telling Burkhardt "boxed in by payroll" (a little) for 2011.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Judging by the paper towels on the desk, I think Ron and Bobby O may have also ejaculated during the press conference. Your offseason analysis has come?

"We won't be signing any free agents this year...good night everybody!"

I like that he used "we" to describe this past season. You own it, Sandy.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: He doesn't like to be "mindless." That's a good sign! "What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is." --Dan Quayle

Underpinnings of his answers seem to be 1) I read everything written about me; and 2) don't believe everything you read about me.

Queens-based media asking lousy questions.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: The current question is from the Chinese press! Will there be Chinese players on the Mets in 2011? Sandy fielding it cleanly. Omar would have asked, "What am I -- a fortune cookie?"

Damn, he makes not immediately booting Ollie and Luis sound almost reasonable.

W2K, yo.

Moment of silence for Bill Shannon, reminiscent of honoring Bob Mandt before Omar/Jerry axing. One worries over who will leave us before manager is named.

Sounds like this is mostly about Francesa.

1. Davis 2. Niese 3. Takahashi 4. Tejada 5. Thole

Marty Noble noted Bill Shannon was a stickler for making sure sports figures who weren't in the spotlight got a proper obituary when they passed...and then wrote a terrific one for Shannon. Excerpt: He did as much to keep newspapers in business as anyone who didn't advertise. He purchased and carried papers -- the Daily News, Newsday, the New York Times, The Post, The Record and any other he could put his hands on. The Times, he said, did more with obituaries. But he had scolded "the paper of record" at times. Shannon was a character, different from most of the denizens of the press box. He stuck with sideburns longer than most, and had no use for computers, cellullar phones or other electronic gadgets of the day. When he scored, all that was in front of him on the press box desktop was his pens, scoring sheets, cups and cups of Pepsi and a deli sandwich he had purchased near his mother's home. His Pepsi consumption cost him his teeth, but he could get through a thick sandwich without trouble. The book of scoring rules remained in his satchel, no need to reference it. Shannon might not have known the numbers and letters and paragraphs of the scoring rules, but he knew the rules and spirit of the rules. Jordan Sprechman is an attorney. He was one of Shannon's friends and business associates. They co-authored one book "This Date in New York Sports" and were collaborating on "Who's Who in New York Sports." Sprechman also is one of New York's official scorers. "Bill didn't need to have the rulebook out. He knew what rule applied," he said. "Sure enough, you'd look it up and Bill had it right." Shannon was considered a press box authority. He kept track of pitches before pitching coaches did and timed innings so when a particularly long one occured -- see Steve Trachsel, Jim McAndrew and all Yankees-Red Sox games -- he knew precisely how much time had passed. He delivered the pitching lines in unique fashion that prompted plebes to wonder. He would speak the line -- say: seven innings, six hits, three runs, two earned, three walks, two strikeouts, one home run and one hit batsman. Then he'd repeat it at a quicker pace, pausing with one entry remaining. Then with great emphasis on the number, he would say "and one hit batsman." It became a ritual Shannon made it his business to know all who had been credentialed to cover. "Our business can be a little cliquish," Tony DiComo, the beat reporter for Mets.com, said. "But Bill knew my name right after I started, and he always treated me well. He made me feel like I belonged."

Martino in the Snooze: According to multiple league sources, former Mets catcher and Toronto Blue Jays manager John Gibbons will not interview for the job, and is expected to remain bench coach for the Kansas City Royals. Chip Hale and Wally Backman remain likely to interview, and there are indications that Phillies bench coach Pete Mackanin could become a candidate. I used to conflate Mackanin and Mike Cubbage as they were Ranger prospects together in the offseason following (Mackanin traded to Montreal soon after). They even finished their playing careers on the very same day in 1981. If MacKanin gets the job, he has eight games to outlast Cubbage.

...and that's what happens when you wait too long to use Frenchy.

Walkers...Texas Rangers.

smg58 wrote: http://www.theonion.com/articles/nation-disappointed-by-great-world-series-matchup,18358/ My apologies if this got posted already, but it's worth sharing. Lord, this is brilliant. Thanks for the link. "The worst thing about this World Series is that with the outstanding ability of the Giants and Rangers to hit, run, and field, and with no real asshole to root against, it just feels like a celebration of baseball," Paul Rockwell of Uniontown, PA told reporters. "And that sucks. Do you know why that sucks? Because I'm a horrible, shallow person, and while I like to think of myself as a fan, I only get off on storylines and personalities completely unrelated to the game itself."

Feed No. 3 brings Matt Cain's base hit to light. He's still a dick for tipping his cap at Citi Field.

...and there it goes. Trying feed No. 2.

Game looks good through two innings...and first feed linked to. I swear I'm living in the age of pirate radio stations.

Great MLB.com headline from last night: Ten-gallon splat: SF knocks Texas off a Cliff

themetfairy wrote: G-Fafif wrote: Tom and Nancy Seaver, making like Journey and going separate ways... Thanks for the fucking heart attack.... Perversely Inspired by Marty's somewhat twisted lede (though it always helps to read the entire sentence).

Tom and Nancy Seaver, making like Journey and going separate ways...in terms of whom they're rooting for in this World Series and where they're watching it. Only Marty Noble...