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Sorry to cherrypick one name from your list, but Brett Butler? I'll need some convincing that he's as good as or better than Tony Perez.

Is it really a bad beat? The only chance for him to win there is a home run with a man on base. Ventura hitting the ball over the wall was like drawing a miracle straight on the river. Pratt stopping him was his opponent showing a better straight.

The name I hear in any Yankee deal is Melky Cabrera. Do teams really see something in this guy that he would be a vital cog in a major deal? I see a 4th outfielder.

Doesn't look like Gomez to me. Wasn't he on the DL at this point? Would he have even been traveling with the Mets?

That looks like a younger Rickey Ledee. Was your cousin standing 8 inches from you when he took his photos?

G-Fafif wrote: My 1,160th post made me Willie Randolph. And let me say the champagne indeed tastes sweeter as a result. And now you're Dave Schneck. Good times.

Lots of guys who voted him 5th place and below. Surprising.

http://www.baseballwriters.org/awards/2007/2007_NL_mvp.html Wright fourth.

Rollins. Incidentally, espn.com polled 20 of their contributors. Here are the results: Rollins - 13 Holliday - 4 Wright - 3

Edgy DC wrote: I just like to look at the ball and just say, "Hey Bud, let's party!" Move over, Duaner. Here's a prime candidate for the Tug McGraw Memorial Goofy Reliever roster spot.

I think he will finish fourth.

Did not realize Spanky LaValliere was with the Cards in '85.

And it honors cancer patients...how?

Is there anyone, anywhere, who thinks the Torrealba signing is a good idea? If so, I haven't found him (well, except Omar).

If I break it down pitcher v. pitcher, OFer v. OFer, I get this: I haven't seen anything from Mike Pelphrey to understand why scouts went gaga over the guy in college. It seems like even in Triple A he had way too high pitch counts too early in games. He could very well turn out to be a good pitcher, but have no faith he will ever become an ace. Humber is still a work in progress, or at least I've only seen enough to believe he's a work in progress. Not enough of a track record to go on, which makes me more leery of letting him go. Using the hideous Mike and the Mad Dog choice, "gun to my head," I think Humber could be better. So I say keep him. Milledge has shown flashes in small doses. I still think he's young enough and good enough to one day be a good offensive player. Clearly, he's not there, though, and where once he was the Mets top chip to land guys like Roy Oswalt, now we hear names like Joe Blanton. Gomez looks like he will be a good player, but he has a long way to go at the plate to get there. I think Gomez might also bring a better return. I say keep Milledge because I believe right now he can be an everyday player. We might not be able to say that about Gomez until 2009.

The first guy is still a mystery to me.

Alpha order based on the state they were born in?

The big orange guy got it. All hit postseason triples as a Met

Agreed. I'll save that for later. Not the answer I'm looking for. As I said, the best clue probably can be found in the Reyes photo.

No guesses at this one? The Reyes photo may provide a hint. [Edited]

The feller on the right Incidentally, that's apparently Keith's Mrs. above. Wifey Watch Alert!

If you include first, middle, last names, they all appear on US Currency? Castro's middle name is Abraham Kent's middle name is Franklin

Nothing gets past the Monk.

Gary Gentry

^^^ I've been trying to tell my wife that for years.