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metirish wrote:Woodie can catch apparently, he was chatting about it on the TV side before the game.He was out warming up the pitcher at least once tonight.

="Edgy DC"]No, I don't know why Zambrano is orange. It doesn't seem right, but earlier in the year, it was reported that the Mets still could option him down.I'm convinced that he doesn't have options.The explanation of "options" (courtesy Rob Neyer):]"Options"After three years as a pro, a player must be protected on a team's 40-man roster, or he is eligible for the Rule 5 draft (more on that later). Once he's served those three years, and assuming he is added to the 40-man roster, his club then has what are called "options" on him. When a player is on the 40-man roster but not on the 25-man Major League roster, he is on "optional assignment." One common misconception about the rules is that a player may only be "optioned out" three times. Actually, each player has three option years, and he can be sent up and down as many times as the club chooses within those three seasons.When you hear that a player is "out of options," that means he's been on the 40-man roster during three different seasons, beginning with his fourth as a pro, and to be sent down again he'll have to clear waivers (more on those below).Zambrano's first pro season was 1996. Assuming he wasn't added to the D-Rays 40-man until 2001 (his first ML season), he'd be out of options after the 2003 season. Zambrano's record supports this - he was in the minors and majors in 2001-03, but starting in 2004 hasn't been in the minors.The entire Neyer "Transactions Primer" (a must-read): [url]http://espn.go.com/mlb/s/transanctionsprimer.html[/url]

The last pitcher is Julio "shot someone because of a traffic accident" Machado.

Oswalt on Sunday is due for a little justice from his plunking of Floyd when the Astros were in town, and the plunking after Floyd's last big HR off him. Might be too long ago for people to be real mad about it.

metirish wrote:...any chance the Mets wear the Mets Blue again tonight?I don't think they've worn the Blue hats on the road in 5-7 years.

Arguing checked-swing calls apparently. Manuel got tossed after argument too.

X-Rays negative on Piazza's wrist. Day-to-day.

I don't think he's been added to the roster yet. Probably not for another day or two seemed to be the indication.

Said he was looking forward for the chance to work with Peterson but hadn't really had the opportunity to. Seemed to be insinuating that he can't start working a lot with him until they have all the contract stuff done (?).

Graves interviewed by Eddie C. on the pre-game show.Relevant parts:Says he signed with the Mets b/c they were the only ones interested in him past this year. Says his poor numbers are due to mechanics problems / not being able to "get in the groove this year"Says Cameron was one of his top 5 teammates in his career.

Pedro - 6Floyd - 1.5Beltran - 1Cameron - 1Matsui - .5Good a time as any for the first post. Long time, first time, blah blah blah.