A Boy Named Seo

Your pre-teen recorded the save in my guy's first 2006 win.

ESPN says Carlos Beltran has a sore hammy and will sit out today. JG says, "Oh, crap".

Bradford 1 Castro 1 Beltran 1 Reyes 0.5 Delgado 0.5 Wright 0.5

Glavine 4.5 Sanchez 1.5 Delgado 1.5 Wagner 1 Nady 0.5 Reyes 0.5 LoDuca 0.5

I think it's pretty good this has happened. Obviously not as good as if Julio was mowing peeps down, but 10 games into the season, the Mets have identified their one glaring weakness so far (yeah, there's some other minor ones, too) and they've got the resources around to correct it right away. It's good they have a Heath Bell to bring up and running Julio out there to get torched hasn't buried the Mets in any way, even though they've lost 2 of the 4 games in which he's appeared. This kinda thing's going to happen to every team and we're in great shape to deal with it. I don't know his contract/option status, but they've gotta do something.

I saw this program called "On the Wire", an hour-long collection of clips from players and managers who wore microphones during games in the 2005 season. Most were safe, but some were candid. My favorite was Ozzie Guillen rallying the Sox, yelling in the dugout, "We're down by three, so fucking what. Let's go!". So I say, we're down by three, so fucking what. Let's go!

Gross! Did somebody's nipples just explode?!?

Boo all you want on that play, Soupy.

I like the angle they're taking with Ralph. He's just there as a storyteller, nothing more, and that's cool.

Yeah, that Car-los Bel-tran clap, clap, clap-clap-clap thing. What are the logos on the grass near the first and third base coaching boxes?

C-Los is killing so far in St. Lucie. 4 appearances, 4 saves. 4 2/3 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 K. Get him to Binghamton to setup for Henry Owens NOW!!!

I'm eating this shit up! I've heard a few minutes here and there the couple of times I've been to NY, but it's hilarious to sit and listen to. I was all set for my first Mike & Mad Dog show, but it's not on the program guide for today. How much longer before it's not fun or funny and I have liquid, visceral, bubbling hate for everyone involved?

Wright 1.75 Delgado 1.75 Beltran 1.25 Floyd 1.25 Reyes 1 Woodward 1 Oliver 1 Castro 0.75 Zambrano 0.25

Anybody else think that Marlon Byrd elbow to Woody's back on the Reyes error was kind of an unnecessary dick move?

Yeah, I don't know how they pick which feed they're going to go with. I dig how you can choose home or away team's broadcast with radio, but with TV, it's completely random and always has been. Tonight, I even started on the SNY feed, and then it cut out (I got this DirectTV-ish "To order service, call 1-800-blah blah blah..." message on-screen) and when they got it worked out, I was on the Nats feed. If both are available, let me choose damn it!

Why MLB.TV blows By A Boy Named Seo I don't know if anybody else bought the MLB.TV package, but I did for the third (or fourth?) year and this year, it blows. 1) You can't choose between Windows Media and Real Player. I sent two emails to their customer service last week asking about this and they ignored them both until today. The email I got today just referred me to the FAQ, which is an outdated version from last season, and says to send my hardware, OS, etc., if I can't find my answer there. That kinda pissed me off. The Real encoded feed always looked more crisp and less blocky than Windows Media and I'm bummed because the Windows Media feed doesn't look any better this year than previous years. 2) It varies, but more times than not you get a feed and there are no graphics on the screen. None. No score, no inning, no ball/strike/out indicator, nothing. The hitter comes up to bat and no stats are displayed. Same for when a new pitcher comes in. Nada. Going out to a commercial, you don't even get the score or who's batting the following inning. It's very damn annoying. It's been that way on the feed for the Nats network, SNY, the DBacks game on FSN and some others. But it was fine on the Indians and Phillies feed tonight. So far for me, it's been about 70/30 no-graphics. Makes no sense. EDIT: Now I've got all the on-screen graphics for the DBacks/Rockies game on FSN Rocky Mountain. Makes no damn sense whatsoever. 3) More annoying than no on-screen graphics is when they cut to a highlight from the night before, you get the audio, but not the highlight. You always see the replay of a play that just happened, but if it's a highlight of a play from yesterday or earlier in the season or any time other than 10 seconds ago, you don't see it, the camera just stays focused on the field. 4) You don't get the local commercials any more. They cut to a blue screen advertising MLB.tv and MLBlogs (whatever those are) and it says "Commercial break in progress". Not a huge deal, but sometimes it's cool to see the local commercials from the various markets. In short, MLB.TV sucks BHMC and I can't get a dish in my apartment and I have a baseball addiction so I'm stuck with it. The end.

Martinez 4 Beltran 1 Wright 1 Heilman 1 Wagner 1 Reyes 0.8 Delgado 0.5 Floyd 0.5 Hernandez 0.2

Yeah, I hope Matsui gets back and gets it going, but that was a great, fast, atheltic turn by Handy Andy Hernandy. He showed some real agility and got rid of it with a quick, strong throw. Super bad-ass.

Any other MLB.TV'ers getting the feed, but seeing only a black Direct TV looking screen that reads "For ordering information, please call customer service, ext. 721."? I was in the middle of the SNY Lo Duca interview when it changed to this. Edit: It's back now. So far, I think MLB.TV has been crap this year compared to previous years.

Bannister 4 LoDuca 1.5 Beltran 1.5 Reyes 1 Heilman .5 Floyd .5 Wright .5 Delgado .5

Mark Mulder worked into the 9th in new new Busch Stadium today before giving way to Braden Looper, who looped up a bunch of 84-86 mph fastballs. He somehow got Carlos Lee to ground into a DP for the first two outs, but gave up a double to Billy Hall, a single to Rickie Weeks, and just got lifted for Izzy who promptly gave up a single to Prince to allow another run to be charged to Braden Laverne. 2-out rally in progress in St. Louie...

Do you think a Cardinal fan is less disappointed when their team loses or one of their guys slumps? Or do they just not immaturely whine about it as if the player were intentionally trying to ruin Johnny Lunchbucket's afternoon? Being a loudmouth doesn't make a fan more passionate or demanding. It just makes them a loudmouth. As for making assumptions, I didn't realize you were talking about widely-known perks of the professional athlete in the greater St. Louis metropoliatan area (no assumptions made there). Those impossible-to-get Blues tickets, getting to ride the golf cart instead of walking on the Anheuser Busch tour. I'm admittedly not as familiar with the VIP treatment the St. Louis Cardinals players routinely receive at the various upscale eateries around their town, but I suppose Hector Luna getting the great table at Ruth's Criss is as good a reason for booing as any I've read in this thread. Boo, Hector Luna! Boo!

Is now eligible to be off the DL, but he seems to be a bit of a ghost. The Journal News quotes Willie as saying "Matsui has to get back into game shape," and "there's no rush, that's for sure" which makes an extended rehab assignment sound like the next plan. Who goes when Matsui comes back? Diaz? Valentin? Woody can do everything Valentin can do except bat lefthanded. Hernandez seems the most likely. He's looked pretty overmatched at the plate despite two hits today, and has even looked shaky in the field on a couple of occasions. What if he goes on a mini-tear?

Glavine 3 Wright 3 Sanchez 1.5 Beltran 1.5 Wagner 1

I agree, Bret. Loving your family and not wanting to get killed by a baseball to the head is so pussy! Why don't you line your gay, Cool-Flo helmet with some tampons, Cliff, you whiny, menstruating, infant.