Centerfield

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Bags juiced. No one out, Delgado coming up. If there is a comeback, it will start here.

It's inexcusable that Kemp got a fastball to hit with how bad he's looked on breaking pitches. Heath Bell stinks.

In a related story, I was in a deposition recently, where a witness was asked to list her children and their ages. As she gave the names for her first two kids, she didn't know how old they were and was only able to give their dates of birth. I thought this was a bit odd. A lot of mothers I know can rattle off all sorts of minutae about their kids off the top of their head, even as those kids reach middle age (the witness's kids were young). And then, I was further surprised when she was only able to give the name of her third child and wasn't able to remember the exact year of birth. Imagine my surprise when, about twenty minutes later, the witness asks if she can change her previous answer because it occurred to her that she had forgotten to mention her fourth child.

How did Wilpon become King? I didn't vote for him.

With all due respect to Mr. Chavez and his perfect night, you can't ask for more than Pedro gave on this night.

When they brought in Howie, I thought to myself, "Holy crap, I think that's the first time I've ever been right about something." As for the smoking commercials, I hate them. I can't speak for others, but to me, they are insulting, disturbing, and downright tasteless. First of all, I understand the importance of getting the message across that smoking is hazardous to your health, but I feel like there should be some line of decency that shouldn't be crossed. For instance, it's also important to wear your seat-belt...but to show someone who was seriously crippled as a result of neglecting to wear one is crossing the line. I think they've crossed that line with these commercials. Secondly, they are insulting because I feel like the motivation behind these commercials is "People don't understand how dangerous smoking is, let's show them." Trust me, I know how dangerous it is. I don't need it blatantly waved in my face. The problem most smokers face is not that they don't want to quit, but that it is so difficult to do so. Personally, I have been struggling to quit for nearly a year now and it is the single-hardest thing I've ever tried to do. For about the last three years, I have managed to cut down to exactly one cigarette per day (right before I go to bed), but cutting out that last cigarette has been so much harder than I thought it would be. I quit for days at a time, sometimes weeks, and then go back again. It is a frustrating and disheartening process. And the commercials are no help.

I didn't have any problem with him slapping fans high-5 on the way out. It is, as Vic said, much better than if he were to showboat around the bases or stand and admire it. What I didn't like was the way he failed to bring the runner in from 3rd in the 8th inning.

1) The best hitting pitcher. - Hampton 2) The best hitting pitcher who nonetheless didn't look good up there - Sid 3) The worst hitting pitcher - Leiter 4) The worst hitting pitcher who nonetheless looked like he should be able to handle himself up there - Zambrano 5) The best bunting pitcher - Glavine 6) The worst bunting pitcher - Leiter 7) The best hitting relief pitcher - Brian Bohanon 8) The slugging guy who didn't hit much but was a threat to connect for a homer - Zambrano (we're talking about pitchers right?) 9) The best baserunning pitcher - Pat Mahomes (memory tells me he was pretty fast) 10) The pitcher who you thought was a better hitter than a pitcher - Brian Bohanon

Another walkoff win. Yawn.

Chavez hits a dribbler for the first Mets hit of the game.

Vizcaino goes deep to make it 1-0. Mets really looking flat here.

Mets swinging the bats like it's getaway day. First 5 go in order. Jamie Wright has thrown like 3 pitches.

Howie Rose in for Gary who is down with appendicitis. Get well soon Gary.

Milledge looking overmatched by big league pitching early on.

That works for me. I apologize if this comes across as preachy, but I think there is a difference between being "PC" and simply being respectful. Calling someone "African American" instead of "black" is PC. Calling someone a "nigger" is disrespectful, offensive and harmful. Slurs make me uncomfortable too. And had I seen this earlier I would have also asked you to refrain from using such terms as well. Now, I know you didn't intend to use the word in a homophobic way. Unfortunately, that's the meaning and message that has been associated with it. Thanks for the edit. And thanks to Scarlett for speaking up.

Tripleheader Sunday.

It would be a shame if Pujols got injured and we had to shoot him.

I just noticed that Darren Oliver beat out Sanchez, Heilman and Wagner.

Ok. Fess up. Who gave Lima points?

Oliver 2 Floyd 1 Valentin 1

I was wondering that too. I hope they have a better plan in place than Keith. I remember a few years back, there were a few innings where Keith was left alone with Seaver. They might as well have handed the booth to me and my buddies. It was downright awful. Pure speculation on my part, but I would think maybe they would bring in Howie and let Ed Coleman fill in on the radio.

Cliff Floyd rocks. Why is it a foregone conclusion that he is gone next year? Despite the emergence of Nady, he still hasn't done it over the course of a full year...and given the choice, I'd much rather keep Floyd and trade Nady. I realize Floyd is the more expensive choice, but we play in NY don't we? And we have a new TV network. Maybe I'll start a "Bring Back Cliff" movement.

Not Bob's best work. But it looks like he got rid of that ridiculous moustache. Go Bob.

"So you think you can dance" has to be the worst show on TV. The dancers stink, and the judges have no personality at all. One of them, I feel like, is trying to be like Simon on American Idol and just ends up being pointlessly mean. Stupid show. I was, however, suprisingly fascinated by the spelling bee. Off days really do stink. Last time, I actually ended up watching a man hold his breath on TV.