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Gotta think Bagwell did it once. He usedta have some speed back in the day. Was 30-30 once or twice, I think.

Frayed Knot wrote: I think PotG has been under-rewarding Wagner. Not in August, just in general. I've seen an awful lot of small or even non-existant scores even on days when he's put up a perfect inning while protecting a 1-run lead. I tend to believe to most voters undervalue our relief. I felt that way last year too. Generally speaking, I try to vote one point per scoreless inning in a save situation for all relievers (reduced proportionally in exceptional circumstances). I get the impression that such a vote is on the high end for relievers.

The original "Killer Bs" were Bagwell, Biggio....and Derek Bell. '97 Astros were their first playoff team since '86. Amazingly, on that '97 team, I count 15 players with Metly connections, including nearly half their pitching staff. I also had completely forgotten that Bobby Abreu came up with the Astros as a rookie. --- Current Mets iwth Ex-Astro connections: Billy Wagner Moises Alou Carlos Beltran

Collazo 1

My gameday just told me that Beltran bunted the first pitch foul. He had best have been doing that to psych the other team out...and for no other reason.

Thanks SI Metman! Just made my scheduling for October a *lot* easier.

Carlos Gomez could be back fairly soon. He's doing the minor league rehab games (playing tonight for New Orleans in the playoffs).

LoDuca 4 Beltran 1.5 Green 1 Delgado 1 Mota 1 Heilman 1 Gotay .5

LoDuca 4 Beltran 1.5 Green 1 Delgado 1 Mota 1 Heilman 1 Gotay .5

Even at the height of not just music by my own Springsteen snobbery, I can still understand and appreciate the value of "Glory Days." Where did you see him in '92? Those shows varied widely in quality, moreso perhaps than any of his other tours.

The switch to an email-based lottery was discussed extensively last year, although not here, I think. While the lottery is indeed flawed to a certain extent, I do think it has more merit than in-person sales only and does make abuse of the ticket sale process much harder.

I've always advocated using Springsteen's "Glory Days" for that singalong spot.

Nothing about this is new, these policies are all carryover from last year. The secondary market for postseason baseball tickets (particulary in New York) can be a very nasty thing.

The Tigers play "Dancing in the Street" after victories. I thought that was a fantastic choice.

Once again -- you do get your money back. The point of the "auto account credit" is 1. It eliminates the need to mail a physical ticket back to the Mets for a refund; 2. It (hopefully) cuts down on ticket scalping, because people probably wouldn't buy a ticket to a game 5, 6 or 7 knowing that if the game wasn't played, there would be no guaranteed refund (because they weren't the original purchaser of the ticket). Credits for unplayed games go to the "ticket account" holder and then are refunded back to the credit card used to purchase the tickets.

Nymr83 wrote: Translation: if you have tickets for game 5 and there is no game 5 you won't get your money back, you'll get a Mets "store credit" for next year. That's incorrect. You still get your money back. The difference is that the refund goes to the person who bought the ticket. Not the person who holds the physical ticket.

I too wish the black uniforms would disappear forever. My personal least-favorite PA gimmick is the "ev'rybody clap yo' hands!" they seem to play at least 5 times a game.

Postseason schedule FYI: Wed Oct 3 - NLDS Game 1 Thu Oct 4 - NLDS Game 2 Sat Oct 6 - NLDS Game 3 Sun Oct 7 - NLDS Game 4 (if necessary) Tue Oct 9 - NLDS Game 5 (if necessary) Thu Oct 11 - NLCS Game 1 Fri Oct 12 - NLCS Game 2 Sun Oct 14 - NLCS Game 3 Mon Oct 15 - NLCS Game 4 Tue Oct 16 - NLCS Game 5 (if necessary) Thu Oct 18 - NLCS Game 6 (if necessary) Fri Oct 19 - NLCS Game 7 (if necessary) Wed Oct 24 - WS Game 1 Thu Oct 25 - WS Game 2 Sat Oct 27 - WS Game 3* Sun Oct 28 - WS Game 4* Mon Oct 29 - WS Game 5* (if necessary) Wed Oct 31 - WS Game 6 (if necessary) Thu Nov 1 - WS Game 7 (if necessary) Obviously the Mets would host games 3-5 of the WS. The DS and LCS schedules depend on whether the Mets have the best regular season record or not...they are currently leading the Padres in that department by one game.

="metirish"]]Keep in mind that when buying tickets, Loge Rows J and K, Mezzanine Rows N, O and P are the obstructed view rows. that comes with a discount I'm sure. You wish. Unlike the regular season, where there about 10 different price categories for tickets, it's very basic for the postseason. Those "back rows" tickets will be the same as the mezzanine reserved/upper reserved price. I didn't put up the prices for Field Box, Loge Box, Mezzanine Box and Loge Reserved because 1. I don't know what they are and 2. Generally speaking, they're not available to the public -- only if you are a season ticket holder. ="Johnny Dickshot"]Thanks. No time to read all that fine print but do my chainces improve with multiple entries? Am I limited to 1 per email? One per email, but why limit your entries to yourself? Last year, I got my mother to enter -- and she won for Game 7 of the NLCS. Of course, a winning entry is nontransferrable -- the name and address submitted must match the person actually buying the tickets. But if you have friends/family who will buy the tickets on their credit card for you, have them enter too! ="Yancy Street Gang"]I suppose I'll enter. Last year the Mets played all of their postseason home games during the week, if I remember correctly. (I think they had one Friday night game, which was a makeup of a rainout.) Yes, exactly. Game 1 of the NLCS was rained out and consequently Game 2 was played on a Friday night. ="attgig"]stubhub! Only if you want to pay through the nose. Their "buyer protect" guarantee is very good (they guarantee you won't get fake tickets; that you'll get a refund if the game isn't played, etc). There are very few bargains to be found. Expect to be playing at least 3-4x face value.

Enter the 2007 Postseason Ticket Lottery here: http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/nym/ticketing/postseason_tixop_form.jsp Ticket prices Division Series: $45 Mezzanine Reserved $70 Upper Box $45 Upper Reserved LCS: $80 Mezzanine Reserved $115 Upper Box $80 Upper Reserved World Series: $150 Mezzanine Reserved $200 Upper Box $150 Upper Reserved Keep in mind that when buying tickets, Loge Rows J and K, Mezzanine Rows N, O and P are the obstructed view rows. Deadline to enter is Monday 9/10; Tickets go on sale later that week.

Problem is that they already burned Gotay as PH. I guess you could've put Anderson in at second. We could use some infield reserves called up. I would've liked to see Reyes or Wright pulled out of the game yesterday but there was nobody to play their positions...

Alou 2.5 Wright 2 Castillo 1.5 Martinez 1.5 Schoeneweis 1 Green .5 Beltran .5 Delgado .5

Box Score

Pedro gets 3000 Ks. Wave to the crowd (guess they put it on the scoreboard). 29 pitches through 2 innings.

10 rows deep into the second deck.