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Hopefully it's not out of necessity. Both of our other two optios in CF (Endy, Church) are LH hitters.

1) The first batter to face Jon Niese a) makes an out doesn't make an out c) BONUS: accurately predict the actual outcome Fly ball out to CF. 2) Jon Niese's first hit against is surrendered to: a) BONUS: 1B, 2B, 3B, HR? Single to Corey Hart. 3) Jon Niese's first strikeout victim: Mike Cameron 4) Jon Niese's first walk surrendered to: Prince Fielder 5) Jon Niese's first major league time at bat will be scored: 1-3 6) Predict Jon Niese's final linescore tonight: 5.1 IP 6 H 3 R 3 ER 2 BB 4 K 7) Predict the pitcher who relieves him Nelson Figueroa

bmfc1 wrote: Both are on the DL. I saw Jason Vargas listed on the DL. Did Claudio get hurt too? I remember him being in the discussion when we needed a starter for the game Brandon Knight started.

Tim Teufel is a huge Lionel Richie fan.

What about Claudio Vargas and Tony Armas Jr. Are these guys still around? Throw them in the pen. They can't do any worse than the guys we have in there now.

It's getting to the point that these kick to the groin losses are hurting less. This bullpen is making my groin stronger.

Nice. The Phillies are the new Mets.

Four walks for Philly pitchers in the 6th inning to tie up the game. 2-2 bottom 6.

Delgado is not in the top 20 in OPS. He is not a good fielder, he has no speed. He is not, or at least should not be, a legitimate MVP candidate. Trying to decide what a player's contributions mean to a team is garbage. Even if you could figure it out, the deciding factor is not anything that player did, but what his teammates did. A guy who hits three home runs and drives in 5 does nothing different whether his team wins 5-4 or loses 11 to 5. The only difference is what his teammates have done...so it makes little sense to base an individual award on the performance of your teammates. The MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year awards should look at individual performance and nothing more. Sports writers resist this because they don't want their votes to be decided simply by looking at park-adjusted OPS...which is almost all that needs to be done. They want to make it seem more complex, something only a knowledgeable sports fan would understand, so they can feel good about the importance of their job. But all it does is fuck things up and they end up making idiotic choices that even the casual fan can spot as foolish.

How funny would it be if Pavano sucked all this time for the Yankees, then was lights out in September and October for the Mets? ON EDIT: Do we still have Tony Armas Jr.? If so, we would have all the pieces of that trade that sent Pedro to the Red Sox.

ARod should try to be like Jeter and just have a mediocre year all around.

Santana 3 Delgado 3 Murphy 1 Schneider 1 Stokes .5 Ayala .5 Feliciano .5 Smith .5

Easley 4 Heilman 3 Stokes 1 Tatis 1 Reyes 1

The great part is how people will be muttering about how A-Rod can only perform in blowouts.

Tonight's game really should be worth 20 points.

soupcan wrote: ="cooby"]PSU vs Syracuse Sept something. You and me, soupcan. I'm there baby. Have you seen the football team lately? I'll be far far away.

I can't believe how pumped I am after this win. Worst loss of the season last night, best win of the season tonight. If you're going to have them in back-to-back games, better to get the win going into the off-day. Honestly I can't remember a win feeling this good since 2006.

Unbelievable. This is like the first time in three years that I turned on the TV, saw them losing, then they come back to win. Back in first. I'll sleep better tonight.

Last night was the first time in a long time the Mets made me so angry I couldn't sleep. Ben Grimm claims he can turn off the game after losses and not have it affect his mood at all. I'm guessing even he had a little trouble falling asleep yesterday.

Soupcan said it. I've never seen anything like it. Good teams, and the Mets are a good team, aren't supposed to lose like that. They're making me hate baseball.

Zvon wrote: The Mets lose games like this and the Phils win games like this. Its been happening all season. Yup.

Fuck the Mets. Worst game of the year.

Well that should do it.

Tough matchups for Show this inning.

Mets need to stop swinging at garbage. I hate this team.