Couple of thoughts: 1. My understanding was that it's extremely unlikely that Easley would be back for the postseason (or certainly not the division series). 2. Assuming #1 is true, I think we're unfortunately destined to have Argenis on the post-season roster.
Adam Rubin suggested in his "live chat" today that the Mets had a handshake agreement with Reyes when they signed him that he'd get called up. But apparently Reyes was so bad at Binghampton that he was just sitting on the roster collecting MLB pay and per diem.
The magic number for Tampa to clinch a playoff spot has to be down to about 2 or 3 at this point. The magic number to eliminate the 3rd place team in the East is 2; to eliminate the last team behind Boston in the WC race is 4.
I'm pretty sure there was a game going on while all of this was happening. Yes, those seats are down the right field line. But still...it's the *field level.* Jeez. You'd think with the money paid for those seats...
Al Reyes released. Gustavo Molina left the team to play winter ball. Source: Adam Rubin's blog. --- This had better mean that Ramon Castro is ready and able to catch 9 innings.
They had some singles this morning in most price levels. Guess they went fast. If I had to guess, the "auction" was done for all remaining pairs, while singles they just put on "regular" sale.
We did win last night, but the black hats and black jerseys on Monday and Tuesday should have told us something right off the bat. I mean, how can one expect to win when stuck in that abomination of a uniform?
Henderson's 1409 isn't usually talked about in the "unbreakable" records category the way 511, 2,632, 4,256 or 56 are. But seeing how far away Jose Reyes (the most prolific base stealer in MLB for the past 5 years) is from Henderson, that record seems destined to last forever.