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Schoeneweis 0.5

Reyes 2.5 Gomez 2 Castro 1.5 Gotay 1.5 Lo Duca 1 Delgado 0.5 Wright 0.5

Reyes 3.5 Perez 3 Gomez 2 Smith 0.5 Feliciano 0.5 Wagner 0.5

Refreshingly different box: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=270615110

Still trying to make sense of it. Still can't. http://faithandfear.blogharbor.com/blog/_archives/2007/6/15/3023768.html

Wright 0.5

Wednesday's Box... A Horror Story of Unparalleled Terror By Stephen King http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=270613119

Seth Everett, the "MLB Insider" on the SNY pregame show, was just asked by Matt Yalloff whether the Mets are an elite team in the National League. He responded no they aren't even though they have the best record in the league, that he never thought they were a dominant team and that they are one of the three or four best teams in the league. So they aren't elite, they have the best record, he didn't think they'd be that great and they're one of the best. Where does one line up for a job as an MLB Insider?

="Johnny Dickshot"]I hafta admit I prefer my SI covers to be action photos and not portraits. They used to never run posed shots on the cover. Now they do every week, seems like. I got nothing against portraits per se; i just prefer action. It's either very uplifting in the "no I in team" sense or a little annoying in that "what, we don't have any superstars?" sense that three of the last four true SI Mets covers were posed groups: The Best Infield Ever, Rip City and now Omar's Master Mix. I guess it's nice. But I enjoyed Piazza all by himself as The Man in 2000.

Wright 1 Delgado 0.5 Schoeneweis 0.5 Heilman 0.5

Box of sorrow, Box of pity... http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=270612119

metirish wrote: Maine - token white guy on the cover. 1) I thought the same thing. 2) It doesn't matter an eensy-teensy little bit.

Just skimmed the article. Looks phenomenal. Gary Smith is my favorite SI writer. This quote is particularly devastating to the historically minded among us (emphases added): ]Game time. Time to watch his guys play. The stars O wooed to New York by traveling to their homes and looking in their eyes rather than negotiating through agents: Beltran, Wagner and, when he returns later this summer from shoulder rehab, Martinez. The surprising contributors that O excavates from other rosters, role players such as outfielder Endy Chavez whom other teams judge by what they can't do but O welcomes for what they can. It's the team that has been lurking in his limbic forebrain since O was a child, the team that he wanted the Mets to be when he sneaked in to root for their more multiethnic foes. "What do you think of when you think of the Mets in their early years?" he asks. "Power pitching and non-athletes. This is the team the Mets were supposed to be back then, the inheritors of the legacy of the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers. Guys who stole bases and hit for power. A true centerfielder. A slick shortstop. Athletes. Guys of different colors and nationalities. "But what happened? George Weiss, a Yankees guy, an American League guy, ran the Mets at the beginning. That's what happened. The National League stood for inclusion. It's where Robinson broke ground for blacks, Clemente for Hispanics. I see the Mets that way. Sure, I knew there'd be criticism about the ethnic makeup of the team. When you're the first Latino G.M., you know it's coming. But I don't care about players' color, religion, heritage or even sexual preference. I care about winning today. I'll go to sleep tonight thinking, How can we make this team better?"

13) Rhymes with win.

Green 2.5 Reyes 0.5 Wright 0.5 Feliciano 0.5

Same box, different day: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=270611119

In those final days of eighth grade, I struggled to stay awake Wednesday night to get final word but nodded off. When I awoke Thursday morning: Seaver AND Kingman AND for the hell of it, Mike Phillips. You knew it was coming but when it happened, it was as stunning as an assassination. Tune into Flashback Friday this week for a deeper exploration.

Wright 2 Gomez 2 Easley 1.5 Reyes 1.5 Franco 0.5

No way to celebrate Dickshot Day... http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=270610106

Reyes 1.5 Wright 1.5 Ledee 1.5 Heilman 1.5 Lo Duca 1.5 Sele 1 Beltran 1

Sosa 4 Delgado 2 Wright 1.5 Gomez 1 Wagner 1 Reyes 0.5

Ledee up. Newhan down.

Maine 3 Lo Duca 1.5 Wright 1.5 Delgado 1.5 Gomez 0.5 Reyes 0.5

Oy... http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=270607121

My conversation with player agent and hitting maven Steve Springer: http://faithandfear.blogharbor.com/blog/_archives/2007/6/7/3005730.html