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Elster88 wrote: (*One should not think of Superman as a Peeping Tom. A biological ability must be used. As a child Superman may never have known that things had surfaces, until he learned to suppress his X-ray vision. If millions of people tend shamelessly to wear clothing with no lead in the weave, that is hardly Superman's fault.*) If its is going to be an either/ or situation, I'd prefer that Superman learn to suppress the laser-like heat beam component of his vision rather then the X-ray part. To us mere mortals, "hot rocks" doesn't mean Kryptonite. Later

How about Jose Lima? Anyone wanting to attack Selig if he selects Barroid or the Fat Bastard, bat-tossing, motherf..... (oops , kiddies may be present) will have to knock me out of the way first. My ballisticity would be the envy of a North Korean rocketeer. Later

Trachsel 3 Wright 3 Reyes 2 Floyd 1 Wagner 1 later

It might have been a nice time to audition Mr. Owens. In case nobody has noticed, ever since they traded him away (after having him for one off season week) Joe Randa has been an absolute pain in the ERA to the Mets. Later

The announcement many have been waiting for: ]Henry Owens - S - Mets Mets recalled RHP Henry Owens from Double-A Binghamton. It was originally reported that Heath Bell was being recalled to replace Pedro Martinez, but he remains in the minors and Owens is now with the big club. The 27-year-old Owens will be making his major league debut after posting a 1.01 ERA and a 51/8 K/BB ratio in 25 innings for Binghamton. He has a chance to be a setup man if his arm holds up. Jul. 6 - 8:06 pm et Later

In giving the out of town scoreboard yesterday, Suzyn Waldmann said Petit was pitching and said "He was part of the Josh Beckett trade." I wonder, have the announcers been told by Boss George to not mention the Mets unless absolutely necessary? SC=94 Or doesn't she read about anything except the Yankees in the sports pages? SC= 0 Later

Like the Babe before him, can an arguement be made that Jose Canseco may have saved baseball? Let me explain. Ruth "saved" baseball by what he did after the Black Sox scandals that threatened the credibility of the game. He brought the fans back. The steroid scandal was a similar threat. Whatever Canseco's motives, his book lit the fire under baseball to clean up its act. The scandal could arguably have been as damaging to the game. The fact that Jose has the reputation that he has highlights the irony of my question. Do you agree? Think the book and the results, not the man. Discuss among yourselves. Later

Edgy DC wrote: A player's inability to match the numbers in another season isn't meant to be a qualifier. Then what is? Aren't we talking about unusual performances that don't fit the rest of the player's history? (e.g.- Brady Anderson) Cash never had that kind of year before that one, either. Please provide an example and explain why your example is different. Later

Frayed Knot wrote: The mission now - should anyone choose to accept it - is to answer whether these outlier season ARE more common in this recent era. I'm not so sure they are. They used to be called "career years". One example that comes to mind is the .361 season by the otherwise pedestrian Norm Cash in 1961. Maybe it wasn't the players so much as the ball thatyear. Later

Its still a definite maybe. Later

whose father is a disembodied voice dead for thousands of years. Vic, that's an interesting comment. If that is the proper timespan, how do we reconcile that with the "fact" that the baby did not age/grow while in the capsule on the way to Earth, but grew once there? Is this ever addressed in the movie, the comics or in any of the writings about SM? Or must we just chalk it up to Einstein's theory that time moves slower as one approaches the speed of light (the speed of the capsule while on its voyage)? BTW - nice review. Later

I was looking at the Baseball Prospectus 2006 book again yesterday. If you haven't seen it before, for each player the authors provide the names of three PECOTA-based comparable players. For Julio Franco, the three names listed were Methuseleh, Dick Clark, Minnie Minoso. Later

metirish wrote: ] He might be suffering from dead arm syndrome I thought you said last week that you were not a Doctor..... But my Jewish Mother always wanted me to be one. Later

Everyone take a deep breath. The guy has really thrown only anecdotal innings in the prior two years. He might be suffering from dead arm syndrome. Now that he's tasted the majors, he knows what he has to work on and can do it in a less pressure-filled environment. This isn't saying he'll be the next Luis Tiant. I still have hope he can be a productive 3-5 starter, but not the #1 or #2 originally projected. Later

Lee Mazilli is a turncoat. Later

Vic Sage wrote: yeah, my enthusiasm continues to be damper than a box of DEPENDS in a piss factory. and frankly i don't even know what that means... But you painted a vivid word picture, Vic. LOL! Later

To what do we attribute that comment? Anything in particular? Or just the recent Mets' performance in general? Later

I have already written my KTE for the upcoming series with the Marlins. But I might not have a chance to post it until game 1 day morning. And even at that, there may be some last minute roster revisions not included. Later

Using Chuck's format: Starters: Carlos Delgado - B+ Jose Valentin -- B+ Jose Reyes - A David Wright - A+ Paul Lo Duca - C+ Cliff Floyd - C Carlos Beltran - A+ Xavier Nady - B Reserves: Endy Chavez - A Chris Woodward - B- Julio Franco - B Lastings Millege - C Ramon Castro - B Eli Marrero - incomplete Starters: Tom Glavine - A Pedro Martinez - A- Steve Trachsel - B El Duque - B Maine - not rememberable - D Jose Lima - O for oy vey Alay Soler - incomplete Bullpen: Billy Wagner - A- Aaron Heilman - C Duaner Sanchez - B+ Chad Bradford - B Darren Oliver - B Pedro Feliciano - B- Heath Bell - D for down to Norfolk again Later

Who was the actress who played the hot team owner in Major League? Later

And what makes it sweeter (if that is possible) was that the Yanks lost 19-1 on Boss George's birthday. heh heh Later

Its mid year. Time for report cards. What grade would you give each of them? Later

Next bump. heard on ESPN- Lima time again, Adams released and Bell DFA. But then I heard on WFAN (or was it the other way around) that Bell was optioned. They only needed one move to free a roster space for Lima. Unless another move is in the near future? Pelfrey? Beuler? Later

This one's for you, Seawolf. ******************************************************************* It was National Guard Day at the new New Britain (AA Eastern League) ballpark yesterday. The farm team of the Twins was playing host to the Connecticut Defender farm team of San Francisco. MMYF, my daughter (who's husband is in the National Guard) and I got Rock Cats/ National Guard T-shirts as we went through the gate. One of the Guardsmen there knew my son-in-law. It was also Lou Gehrig /ALS day, and all in attendance received a Lou Gehrig baseball card, (made up special for the occasion) with his picture on the front and his career stats on the back (not individual years - they had to make room for the ALS logo and a place you could contribute). As part of the opening ceremonies, a newscaster form the local NBC30 station read Lou's farewell speech. He was accompanied by a six or seven year old boy with the same last name as the newscaster. MMYF and my daughter wondered if the kid was from a first marrige, because they remembered the newscaster announced his "upcoming marriage" two years ago. The new ballpark was built right next to the old ballpark, but the old one is still standing. It is now the home field of the local high school team. The concession stands are plentiful and varied. There is even a place where you can buy wine, but it was closed because of Connecticut's blue laws. I guess the laws don't cover beer. There are separate Sam Adams kiosks from places where they sell the other beer. Regular parking is $3, "premium' parking is $5. In major league parks, premium means close to the ballpark. Here, is was farther away for two reasons: If you park close to the single decked stadium, foul balls can hit your car. It makes it easier to get out of the lot after the game. Both reasons make sense. New Britain is called "New Britski" because the town has a high percentage of Polish-Americans. MMYF was born there, but her family moved back to the Bronx when she was 2 years old. This was her first time back to the city, and other than the new ballpark, it looks like it hadn't changed much since she left. It took me a while to find the pitch speed indicator because it isn't on the fancy new scoreboard. The scoreboard isn't a jumbo-tron, but has decent enough graphics to be considered a mini-tron. We had decent seats - about ten rows behind the home (first base) dugout - almost in a straight line from first base to second. As we settled into our seats, we heard the PA announcer say "Today's injury report is brought to you by St. Francis Hospital." At least it wasn't the local drug rehab clinic. Speaking of drugs, the players on both teams looked smaller than their listed heights and weights. Maybe they could use some enhancement, because both teams came into the game with team batting averages of under .250. A guy named Slowey started for the Cats. He had pretty good command, but his pitches topped out at 88 MPH, and there wasn't much difference in speed between his heater and his breaking ball. I though he was 3 MPH away from being a good prospect. My daughter liked the Cats' right fielder - a kid named Oeltjen - because he was from Australia and he was "cute". He is the only Cats hitter close to .300. The Cats also have a player named Molina. But unlike everyone else in the world with that name, he isn't a .240 hitting catcher. He's a .240 hitting second baseman. The Defenders started a player named Sisk. I don't know if he is related to ex-Met pitcher Doug Sisk. But he is hitting under .200, so further investigation gets pushed to the back burner. The Cats' left fielder named Guzman crushed a 2 run homer over the right center fence for the only real offense in the game. Its a good thing he hit it that hard, because the Defenders' centerfielder name Timpner made two great defensive plays in the game that earned him two stars each on my scorecard. I got the feeling that if Guzman's ball had stayed in the yard, Timpner would somehow have caught it. The only player who's name I recognized was Cats' reliever Julio DePaula. He had a cuppa' joe (I later checked - it was four games) for the Twins. He had also been in A ball this year, so I guess it was for injury rehab. The injury must be better, because he hit 94 on the gun a few times. He pitched the last two innings to save the 4-1 Cats' victory. Attendance was announced as 4,844 (it looks like the place can hold 15,000). If so, then many of them came disguised as empty seats. Someone near us said they usually draw much bigger crowds. But it was a beautiful sunny day on a holiday weekend, and he guessed folks were either away or doing the backyard cooking thing. Sure enough, it was easy to get to our car and get out of the parking lot. Fun Day. A good game, a T-shirt and a Lou Gehrig card. Scrapple8 where were you? Later

="metirish"]No point having Oliver pitch yesterday as is being pointed out here, Pelfrey pitched Saturday so is not an option for tonight, but as the Daily News is reporting today Pelfrey is being withheld from the Futures game next weekend in Pittsburgh,the thiking is that he might get the start against the Marlins Saturday.The Mets have a dooubleheader Saturday to makeup for the opeing series home stand rainout versus the fish. Rats! I may have to rethink my KTE. I was going to do something "different" (to keep my streak of weird KTEs going). Later