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Wow. This is like, the exact same game. You know, the reason Jorge Sosa can't be moved into the rotation is because he's so valuable out of the pen.

Grimm's head is remarkably consistent to the tune of 8 out of 10.

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No really. He's a classy player. He hates that kind of crap.

For the most part, the Mets played from 1999 to 2001 with almost no room for error. Any time Benitez, or anyone else, blew a save would have been "the worst time".

Heilman Shmeilman. Hey, first place Mets!

What a perfect graphic 3D. Fantastic.

You have a mistake in there. You included Barry Zito.

End of 13 still open. End of 8 is still out there too, but that's unlikely considering the Mets tied it in that inning. Half-innings are also available, but I don't know anyone who leaves just before their team is about to hit. Also available is: "Objected too strongly to Stadium security, never made it inside, awaiting bail."

I didn't know that Satoru Komiyama had a high-school age son.

Ye of little faith. Why do you think he's sleeping in today?

Let's take bets on when Vic left last night. In this weird place called the CPF, winner donates $10 to the community chest. I'll say that Vic stayed for the whole thing and rejoiced in his field box when Easley slid home with the tying run.

Wait, you were on a win streak and let someone else start the IGT?

There are some municipal parking lots in Flushing. I don't drive much, but I have parked in one of those and taken the 7 back one stop.

According to the NY Post, Pedro is pushed back to mid-May, possibly June.

I vote for 8th inning lapdances.

metfairy, can you shoot me an email letting me know where people will be? I'll be there with a work-related event but I'll try to duck out to say hi.

In the radio broadcast, they said that Alou started "swinging a bat". Whatever that means.

No joke, when I was a kid, I asked my dad to buy me Pops, even describing the box and everything. He came home with:

I've never seen PTI, but my friend who watches it tells me that it's really good. He says if I saw an episode, I'd see why so many shows would try to rip it off. But, he says if I ever saw an episode with guest hosts, I'd see why it can never be duplicated.

Phillips doesn't bother me. But if he bothers you, send him an email reminding him that the Mets are still paying Bobby Bonilla.

I missed most of last night's game. When I tuned in late to try to catch the highlights, I saw SNY's post-game coverage (or maybe it was post-post-game) which included the split-screen, format where sportswriters argue, shout and try to talk over one another. I'm not a fan of this format in general, but I have particular issues with SNY's version. 1. When ESPN does this, oftentimes they will have reknown sportswriters from different cities chime in with their different perspectives. If you catch one of these shows, you can find out what the beat reporter for a particular team has to say, or what a famous guy like Tracy Ringolsby might think. SNY uses Jonas Schwartz and Mark Mela-something. Who are these fucking guys? Why would I care what they think? Are they beat reporters? Do they have any credentials? Aren't they just two guys who work for SNY? 2. And since they work for SNY, why do we need a split screen? Can't we put them in one room? Why separate them in different parts of the studio? Are they so important that they can't leave their desk?

I think all posts on Val's elbow should be split into its own thread. I can live with 4-6 weeks on Pedro if that's how long it will actually take.

That MRI machine sure is taking a long time.

I'm looking forward to my time as Kris Benson.