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Starting Pitchers 47 Miguel Batista DoB: 2/19/1971 43 R.A. Dickey DoB: 10/29/1974 53 =#FF8000]Jeremy Hefner DoB: 3/11/1981 49 Jonathon Niese DoB: 10/27/1986 55 Chris Young DoB: 5/25/1979 If you told me last March that this would be the Mets starting rotation, I'da figgerered that they'd be 20 games out of the Wild Card. Could you believe that RA's not the Mets oldest starter? Not even close. Miguel's so old that when he was born, Gil Hodges and Nolan Ryan were still Mets.

Starting Pitchers 47 Miguel Batista DoB: 2/19/1971 43 R.A. Dickey DoB: 10/29/1974 53 =#FF8000]Jeremy Hefner DoB: 3/11/1981 49 Jonathon Niese DoB: 10/27/1986 55 Chris Young DoB: 5/25/1979 If you told me last March that this would be the Mets starting rotation, I'da figgerered that they'd be 20 games out of the Wild Card.

David's on pace to pass Eddie on September 5, 2012 at St. Louis.

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The future is ... plastics.

According to Fox, he served her with the divorce papers. The woman who said she would sleep with the entire New York Mets baseball team if her husband, then-Mets pitcher Kris Benson, ever cheated on her, now says that�s exactly what he ended up doing. Anna Benson, star of VH1�s �Baseball Wives� and mother to Kris Benson�s three children, was served with divorce papers in March after she said she discovered evidence he was having an affair. �I�m very sad about this,� Benson told FOX411 exclusively. �Kris was my whole life. And he left me for someone else and he just abandoned us. I�m scared and I just don�t know what I�m going to do or how I�m going to take care of these kids.� Kris Benson told FOX411 in an email: �As much as I'd love to comment about these accusations, I think it's best for myself and my children that I let things be handled legally, not through the media.� Anna claims that when she was recovering from foot surgery early this year, her husband became involved in an affair with one of her best friends. �This is the second time he�s done this to me,� fumed Benson about her husband, who now works at New York-based Monarch Wealth & Business Management. �I introduced her to Kris because she�s going through a divorce and I wanted to help her by getting someone trustworthy � who I thought would be Kris � to manage her money.� According to Benson, her husband managed more than her friend�s money. �The two of them instantly started having an affair,� said Benson. �It started with sexy text messages and that kind of stuff. [My friend and I] were very close. Her mother was my nanny during �Baseball Wives� � that�s how close we were.� Benson said she discovered evidence of her husband�s alleged affair through a popular social media site. �She and Kris are both denying the affair, saying it was just �inappropriate talk,�� said Benson. �But I picked up his iPad and and I hit the Facebook button and looked at his inbox messages, and there were all of these sexy messages between them. And you just don�t talk with somebody like that that you�re not having sex with.� Now separated, Benson claims that her husband forced her to sell the family�s 8,000 sq. ft. home in Cumming, Georgia, and that she and her children must vacate the property by August 6. �Kris told me that he would help me get into another home,� said Benson. �But he tricked me. I would have never sold my house without him telling me that he was going to help me get into another house.� Benson says that she asked her husband to buy a home in the $300,000 to $400,000 range � less than half of what she says is the selling price of their former home. Instead, Benson claims, her husband suggested that she and their children move into less posh accommodations. �Kris said that we should move into a $56,000 house that he bought as a flip in the ghetto,� declares Benson. �His attorneys have told my attorneys that I can just move in with my mother. But this is not about me. I�ll sleep on the floor in the dirt � I don�t care. This is about my children having a roof over their heads. I have no income. I�m disabled. I have no way to earn a living. What the hell does he expect? It�s not my mom�s responsibility to take care of his kids.� Kris Benson reportedly earned over $38 million during his eleven-year career as a starting pitcher with Major League Baseball. Now, his wife Anna � who signed a prenuptial agreement � claims that she receives $4,000 a month in child support, and has registered her children as �homeless� for the fall semester at their local school. �I don�t have any documentation to provide to the school in the form of a lease, or a home, or an address, or a utility bill,� claimed Benson. �For me to be able to get them in the school district that is appropriate, I have to register them as being homeless. I can�t give my mom�s information, or they can�t go to that school.� A Georgia-based attorney tells FOX411 that if someone signs a prenuptial contract, they�re unlikely to receive more financial support without a long, drawn-out legal battle. �If there�s a prenup that says that she doesn�t get any property, then she wouldn�t get anything, except for what she put in her name,� Mary A. Stearns-Montgomery, founding partner of Atlanta�s Stearns-Montgomery & Proctor explained. �There are plenty of millionaires who only pay $4,000 a month in support.� For his part, Kris Benson added, �No one wins a �he said, she said� contest. I've built my reputation for years, being fair and reasonable, and the people that know me and the situation will never waver no matter what is said � true or false," he said. "As to specifics though, I'll refrain from making any comments and take the high road.� Kris Benson�s attorney did not respond to multiple requests for comment. But Anna Benson insisted that all she wants is a home for her children. �My heart is broken, because I really loved him,� said Benson. �But now, I just want to be a mother. I don�t need some mansion � I don�t need any of that. I just want a place for my kids.� Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/07/19/exclusive-baseball-wives-star-anna-benson-says-husband-filed-for-divorce-kids/?cmpid=GoogleNewsEditorsPicks&google_editors_picks=true#ixzz214rBG1yQ

This weather forecast ain't for knuckleballs. http://www.weather.com/weather/today/Washington+DC+20003:4:US Chance of rain: 60% Wind: SW at 6 mph Humidity: 60% UV Index: 10 - Very High Snowfall: 0 in Sunrise: 5:58 am Moonphase: New Past 24-hr Precip: 0 in Past 24-hr Snow: 0 in Variable clouds with thunderstorms, especially during the afternoon hours. High 93F. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 60%.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Edgy DC wrote: ... That's smart, but it's hard to apply in an era where teams put themselves in a position to need five-seven good relievers. This is a large part of the problem. Even back in the day when teams aspired to assemble a bullpen comprised of just two solid relievers and a supporting cast of mop-up men, half the teams had crappy bullpens. There just ain't enough relievers out there to supply 30 teams with five or six dependable relievers. Not even close. Of course, this doesn't account fully for the Mets bullpen woes, because the Mets might arguably have the worst bullpen in all of baseball right now. Do the Mets have even one dependable reliever? Is there any Mets reliever that, right now, wouldn't give you the willies in the last innings of a tight game?

Edgy DC wrote: ... That's smart, but it's hard to apply in an era where teams put themselves in a position to need five-seven good relievers. This is a large part of the problem. Even back in the day when teams aspired to assemble a bullpen comprised of just two solid relievers and a supporting cast of mop-up men, half the teams had crappy bullpens. There just ain't enough relievers out there to supply 30 teams with five or six dependable relievers. Not even close. Of course, this doesn't account fully for the Mets bullpen woes, because the Mets might arguably have the worst bullpen in all of baseball right now.

duan wrote: Keith Law made a good point a couple of weeks ago, the important is to get value of what people CAN do rather then obsessing what they can't. Yes. And then tell that to Dave Magadan's Met managers.

Ceetar wrote: I'd move Bay ahead of Hairston. Hairston, even against lefties, is still a lot more of a feast or famine guy, where Bay is more likely to get on making it more likely Hairston's hit drives in runs. Totally agree with you on this one, right down to the rationale. Bay before Hairston.

Scott Hairston's 2012 #'s against LHP, prorated to 578 AB's: AB 578 2B 39 3B 0 HR 50 RBI 116 BB 33 AVG. .295 OBP. .333 SLG. .619

Ceetar wrote: Jason Bay's Met career #'s, prorated to 160 games. AB 578 2B 27 3B 5 HR 15 RBI 73 BB 71 AVG. .246 OBP. .330 SLG. .385 gimme his lefty mashing numbers. Jason Bay's Met career #'s against LHP, prorated to 578 AB's: AB 578 2B 24 3B 3 HR 24 RBI 98 BB 114 AVG. .272 OBP. .392 (close estimate) SLG. .441

Jason Bay's Met career #'s, prorated to 160 games. AB 578 2B 27 3B 5 HR 15 RBI 73 BB 71 AVG. .246 OBP. .330 SLG. .385

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: And 37 is like 28 for a knuckleballer. I don't know that this is as true for Dickey as it was for other MLB knuckleballers. If it ever was true. Dickey's knuckler comes in 15-20 MPH faster than, say, Wakefield's. And Dickey was throwing his all out fast ball in the majors for longer than most of the well-known knucklers of the past. Would you stipulate that 37, in this case, is something like 30-32? For you? Sure. Why not. But it's not as if me and you can do anything about the Dickey and his age in knuckleball years other than to enjoy the show he's puttin' on until it's no longer enjoyable. So, what you're saying is, 33 1/2, and we should trade Dickey and Murphy for Huston Street? I didn't say any of that. But I'd trade Jason Bay for Huston Street.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: And 37 is like 28 for a knuckleballer. I don't know that this is as true for Dickey as it was for other MLB knuckleballers. If it ever was true. Dickey's knuckler comes in 15-20 MPH faster than, say, Wakefield's. And Dickey was throwing his all out fast ball in the majors for longer than most of the well-known knucklers of the past. Would you stipulate that 37, in this case, is something like 30-32? For you? Sure. Why not. But it's not as if me and you can do anything about the Dickey and his age in knuckleball years other than to enjoy the show he's puttin' on until it's no longer enjoyable.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: And 37 is like 28 for a knuckleballer. I don't know that this is as true for Dickey as it was for other MLB knuckleballers. If it ever was true. Dickey's knuckler comes in 15-20 MPH faster than, say, Wakefield's. And Dickey was throwing his all out fast ball in the majors for longer than most of the well-known knucklers of the past.

John Franco's doing the SNY post-game? So how come he's not paired with Lee Mazzilli? [youtube:1nh27ewe]P_5f9dAfPs8[/youtube:1nh27ewe]

On that Valdespin catch/trap fiasco, I don't know what the rule is, but maybe the lead runner Prado had the right to rely on the botched "out" call. If so, then Prado rightfully believed that he was obligated to return to first base, and couldn't stop on second base. It's not fair to require Prado to determine which of two irreconcilable and simultaneous calls is the right one. Maybe Prado never even saw the "fair ball" call.

If it's a close call, how will the SHaM MVP be determined?

Edgy DC wrote: I don't think so. My fundamentally ethical objections to trading aside, giving up talent is always a perilous business that places more faith in a rushed late judgement than the deliberate, focused, and strategic judgement that had been governing the organization up to that point. But wouldn't the Mets' trading partner also incur the same risks inherent in this "perilous business" of trading? And if each trader risks the same peril, then doesn't each trader, just the same, chance the same reward? Doesn't it all balance out, all things being equal? Or are you saying that the Mets aren't as good at trading as their competitors? Because if the Mets can't be trusted to make a trade, why should we credit their evaluation of their prospects?

What would happen if the batter farted when the pitcher released the ball?

One write in vote for Brooklyn. Then I'd vote for an ownership swap. Then I'd give the new team our You Know Who Rotunda with all of the accompanying 42 memorabilia, too.

This is a coincidence. A few of us were playing Mets trivia last week and one of my friends asked the others to name as many Mets as we could that wore #5. I won that one easily. I named almost 10 Mets before anyone else could name even one.

Knuckle on this: http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN201007290.shtml RA's only decision against La Russa: 8 1/3 winning innings of shutout ball on 7/29/10. K-Rod with the save; and an Ike 3-run blast.