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Here is a link to the rosters of the upcoming US against the World game: http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/futuresgame/rosters/261771.html# The only Met minor leaguer name I recognize on either team is Matt Lindstrom. Later

Factoids: Nady is hitting less than .160 with RISP Most of Wagner's blown saves/ losses have come when he was pitching to Castro. Do you think we have a Maddux/ Javy or Unit/ Posada situation here? IMO he seems to pitch better when throwing to LoDuca. Can someone please come up with the numbers to support or disprove this observation? Later

Reyes 4 Valentin 2 Bell 1 Heilman 1 Oliver 1 Later PS - Man, I wish we could award negative points.

Do they play an old timers' game any more, or just introduce the players? If so, should Cone and Strawberry play for the Yankees or the opponents? Later

Ka-CHING! Beltran gets $100K if he makes the All Star game, and another $100K if he gets the most votes in the league. Looks like he won't get that second hunnert grand, even if Pujols is caught in compromising photos with Osama Bin Laden. Later

David Wright has cliche-speak down to a science. "You have learned well, young Skywalker". Later

Anyone who considers him a "soft tosser" should have to stand at home plate while that 88 MPH soft toss is aimed at his head. Later

Willie, wouldn't some of "what you know" help him to refine that natural ability even more? Or faster? Why would it harness him? Later

Checking last night's Norfolk box score, I noticed that Jeff Keppinger, who has been on a hot streak that has brought his average up near .300, did not play. Does anyone know where that ex-Met has gone? Was he traded? Is he injured? Was he given a day off? Inquiring minds want to know. Later

OHernandez 2.5 Beltran 2 Reyes 1 Later

Soriano mold breaking? As a leadoff hitter with power as well as speed? I thought Rickey Henderson broke that mold. As a leadoff hitter with power, speed, relatively few walks and lots of strikeouts? Well, maybe. Later

If you could possess the MLB trophy for a day, like the players can when their team wins the Stanley Cup: what would you do with it? where would you put it? who would you show it to? Later

oops. dupe.

Minor Leaguer Delmon Young, who was suspended for throwing a bat at an umpire. ]" ... instead of returning a tad more humble, Young returned to the Bulls with a surly demeanor. Repeatedly snapping at reporters and accusing the media of standing too close during an afternoon press conference, Young said he made a colossal mistake in hitting the official but added that the public doesn�t understand the pressures professional athletes are under. �I apologize to everyone out there for my actions back in April,� said Young ... Continuing, Young lumped himself in with a group of stars who receive heavy public scrutiny. �You guys have no clue what Barry Bonds is going through...you�ve got Shaq dealing with stuff just to win a championship. You�ve got coaches dealing with stuff,� Young explained. �Unless you put on a uniform and get to a very competitive level, people will never understand what athletes and entertainers go through on an everyday basis.�

I recall that when the team held a promotion to name the "25 best Mets fans" the club left his name off the list. That was the final straw that drove him away. Later

I think there has to be a place for Delgado in the poll. While he has put up close to his "usual numbers" , how many Mets fans thought we might see another veteran ( Alomar -like) sudden decline? For them, Carlos would be a pleasant surprise. Later

Johnny Dickshot wrote: Wait... Your dad married Christina Ricci? Or Robin Leach? We need some serious clarification here. Later

Wright 4 Castro 1 Marrero 1.5 Reyes 1 Franco 1 Bradford 1 Glavine .5 Later

Joel and Bob Skinner? Later

I hope everyone had a nice day yesterday. Later

I thought the tea ceremony was kinda' cute. But the movie never quite answers the question everyone was asking. Did Daniel finally get laid? Later

F'n formula pitching. Soler had thrown 101 pitches, With the bottom of the order coming up, he had an other inning in him. What makes a decent relief pitcher is not only stuff, but the ability to snap back after pitching the day before (physically and mentally). Maybe Heilman is a better starter just because he thinks he is one. Later

A friend of mine down there says the Mets still might see pitcher Adam Loewen this weekend. He's the #1 draft pick from a few years back and top prospect who's finally made his way to the bigs. Has struggled so far but nobody's giving up on him yet. Later

Elster88 wrote: My schedule lists the three Toronto games as all starting at 7 minutes past the hour. That's different. Because they have to sing two National Anthems? Or maybe because they have contracturally scheduled commercials before each first pitch. Later

] Guillen says he wants his pitchers to retaliate June 15, 2006 ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said the next time one of his players is hit intentionally by an opposing pitcher, he wants his pitchers to retaliate. Texas right-hander Vicente Padilla hit A.J. Pierzynski on the right arm in Pierzynski's first two at-bats of Wednesday night's 8-0 Rangers victory, raising a red welt on the arm of the White Sox catcher. Rookie right-hander Sean Tracey threw inside to Texas' Hank Blalock in the seventh in an apparent attempt at retaliation, but Tracey failed to plunk Blalock, who ended the at-bat with a groundout. TV cameras caught Guillen in the dugout throwing a water bottle to the ground in disgust as Tracey faced only the one batter. Later in the inning, Guillen was seen in the dugout yelling at Tracey, who pulled the collar of his jersey over his head. After Wednesday night's game, Guillen claimed he was angry because he wanted to get reliever Agustin Montero into the game to face Blalock. "I told my players, if that thing happens against anybody, we'd better do something about it," Guillen said prior to Thursday night's game against the Rangers. Guillen said when he was a player, getting hit intentionally would mean fisticuffs. "I tell you one thing, if Padilla hit me twice, right now I'd be in the hospital or I'd be dead. But I will fight. I will fight," Guillen said. In the next breath, however, Guillen said he did not expect the unpopular Pierzynski to charge the mound after getting hit a second time Wednesday night. "Everybody's got a different way to go about their business," Guillen said. "But hit me and we'll fight. I might get my butt kicked but we'll fight. I grew up fighting. I played the game the way it should be played. I manage the way you have to manage in this game." Guillen knows Padilla, and Guillen was unaware of a motive for the two hit-by-pitches. Guillen did say he was sure Padilla, who does not speak to the media, was intentionally throwing at Pierzynski. "Padilla hit the man because he wanted to hit the man," Guillen said. "Baseball people know. ... Maybe Padilla doesn't like him. ... If you play against A.J., you hate him; if you play with him, you hate him less. Padilla is a friend of mine, but I don't like what he did because he could have broke (Pierzynski's) arm." Guillen insisted there would be no retaliation by his pitchers on Thursday night. "Are we going to hit somebody today? No. I never carry one day to another," Guillen said. "If I'm going to do something, I do it right away. And we're in a pennant race. If one of my players gets in trouble, they get suspended and miss a couple of games." Guillen said he was sure Rangers manager Buck Showalter did not order Padilla to hit Pierzynski. "Buck didn't know anything about this," Guillen said. "Padilla is a great kid, a tremendous pitcher, but he doesn't communicate with anyone. I don't think Buck plays that game. He's not one of my favorite people but he's a pro." Showalter did not blame Guillen for being angry. "I would have been too," Showalter said. "Every manager doesn't like to see his guys hit with a pitch, whether it's a curveball, a changeup or a fastball." Tracey was optioned to Triple-A Charlotte on Thursday, but Guillen said the move was made to create a roster spot for right-hander David Riske, acquired in a trade with the Boston Red Sox. "This kid was sent down because we made a trade, that's the reason we did it," Guillen said. Updated on Thursday, Jun 15, 2006 9:09 pm How do you feel about this? Who was right? Who was wrong? Later