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Edgy DC wrote: Stearns probably had a mean western coffee table. I picture him with the laquered cross section of an oak tree. Keith Hernanez probably has something slick, cosmopolitan, and black, at least 15 feet long. Wally Backman probably has rings all over his. That should definitely be in the book. LOL! That's why I put "coffee table" in quotes. C'mon, you know what I meant - the kind of large book (usually photograph laden) that someone leaves out on their coffee table for show. Later

Yosaku Iriki was 4-8, 4.80 for Norfolk this year. Later

Yancy mentioned this in the Apple thread. If someone were to put together a Mets "coffee table" book, what do you think it should have in it? Later

="Yancy Street Gang"]You're one of the hardcore seven! We prefer to think of ourselves as The Magnificent Seven. Later

How can you not like a team whose star player names one of his kids after Shea Stadium? Later

Gwreck wrote: With the doubleheader tomorrow, the Mets can clinch the division with a win and 2 Atlanta wins over Philadelphia. I can just hear Bobby Cox telling his team,"C'mon guys. We have to win two for the Mets." Later

I won't celebrate until they have been eliminated from the wild card race, too. As long as they still have a chance to make the post season, they are not really dead. Later

]While "The Magic Is Back" was indeed 1980's call to arms (albeit a call to arms like those belonging to Mark Bomback...) Bomback's nickname was "Boom Boom". He may have inspired the team to do something to celebrate a home run. Later

I voted "Thank him for his work and move on", because here were my thoughts about some of the other options: He did the job this year. Sign him for another and pencil his ass in. Who is to say that he wouldn't revert to what he did last year? Likely? Unlikely? Too iffy. He did the job this year. Sign him for another, but bring in other options, young and old, as he himself was an alternative option. If they sign him for another, but bring in a younger regular (names I've seen include Vidro and Belliard), as an irregular, he might not be as good on the field as he is on the bench. The numbers I saw eralier in the year indicated that this year he has been as awful a pinch hitter as he has been good as a regular. But signing him as a coach, the activating him if needed due to injury to the new regular might be an idea to pursue. Thank him for his work, sign a free agent, and move on. My vote. Then go hard for one of the bettersecond basemen out there. (Trade or free agency) Turn to the prospects in the system, thank him for his work, and move on. Pickings for second basemen in the organization are kinda' slim. Later

Whether or not minor league strikeouts are important or not depends on what the pitcher throws. Roger McDowell didn't have high strikeout totals, but threw an effective sinker. Cy Younger Roy Halliday didn't put up overwhelming minor league K totals either, despite all the scouting reports talking about his "great stuff". Ya' never know until ya' know more. Later

old original jb wrote: So that makes Feliciano both a LOOGY and a TOFTTG? Indeed* Later * = the recent hot word of the CPF. Thought I'd jump on the bandwagon.

Since neither would realistically get a start, Oliver and Williams would be redundant (lefty long-man). And if someone had to "take one for the team" IIRC Feliciano pitched 4 innings in a game during his first go round with the Mets as well as being a LOOGY. Later

Bell 2 Wright 1 Bradford 1 Later

Hey, I just missed by a minute. I was still typing when you closed it. Later

Glavine 3.5 Beltran 1 Wright 1.25 Valentin 2 Reyes 2.25

OHernandez 5 Wright 2 Delgado 1 Heilman 1 Wagner 1 Later

Ring 1 Reyes 1 Oliver 1 Bradford 1 Later

="Valadius"]And we lost to Kid Pro Kuo. Nice. Later

I've heard that after he lost his fastball, Brzezinski tried a knuckler, too. Later

He was injured last year. BP should have known that. All the more credit to him, rebounding from injury, going up in level and improving his game. I have good vibes about him. Later

Edgy DC wrote: Correcting myself: They came up flat two games in three, not necessarily two days in a row. That's OK. You were on a roll and we didn't want to interrupt. We got your drift. Later

="Yancy Street Gang"] Milledge is green, but he'd probably provide more than Tucker (or Ledee) would. The only thing Ledee would provide to the bench would be some occasional Carbon Dioxide. Later

El Sid and the Pillsbury dough boy. Later

I'm grouchy about righthanded hitting. Either because adjustments have been made against David Wright, or because they're not being as aggressive against him, he isn't killing lefties like he had earlier in the year. At any rate, he can't do it alone. check I'm grouchy about Lastings Milledge. He should be Wright's primary help against lefties and he's not. More generally, he did some crapping yesterday. check I'm grouchy that the Mets maybe rushed him along too much. eh I'm grouchy that they nonetheless need him to perform because they dealt Xavier Nady with no other righthanded options in place. check I'm grouchy that they came up flat two days in a row against a potential playoff opponent, giving hope when the whole league should be feeling hopeless by now. BIG check I'm grouchy that the absence of Beltran in the lineup makes us soddenly hit like a second division team, the fans cheering wildly for solo homers in a 9-1 rout. check And every day, I want more and more walks. check Yep, looks like you covered the topic very well. Later

19) On the Town - One of MGM's numerous Kelly/Sinatra team ups, And, don't forget Jules Munshin, buster! My late mother-in-law knew him (and Burt Lancaster) from the Henry Street Settlement House when they were kids. Later