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The Braves suck...so we wait at least another day to clinch. 6 - 5 Phillies Phinal in Game 1.

We love the Braves tomorrow and Thursday. If we win tomorrow and the Braves sweep the DH tomorrow, then we clinch.

Mets win! Braves eliminated! For the first time in about a dozen years I'll be rooting hard for Atlanta to win 2 tomorrow. Great IGT tonight...I'm going to bed.

2 away! C'mon Billy!

Dammit, Edgy! Uggla up with 2 on, 1 out.

Chavez with an RBI walk. Green will face a new pitcher and try to stay away from the platinum sombrero.

Reyes popped to open the inning. LoDuca singled. Beltran lined out to right on a hit and run. LoDuca almost got picked off at first, gut the throw from right was bad. Delgado walked. Wright singled. Bases juiced for Chavez.

Welcome back, Cliffy. If only he could play Florida everyday. Add to it, Shawn!

No excuse for not leading after this inning. Lets go lefties!

Well ladies and gents...we have a brand new ball game. 3 run KABOOM for Carlos! No, the other one.

That's a situation where I would have liked to have seen Willie get hot. Two bad umping calls in a row, your team's slumping offensively, you have your best opportunity to score runs being squelched by the boys in blue...that's a situation where Willie should be taking one for the team, showing some life. Who cares if he gets thrown out? Jerry Manuel can handle the next two innings. Show your team that these games do matter.

These umps eat poo.

For the love of Pete, old man, stay out of the double play.

="KC"]JD: >>>Funny how that happens<<< It is funny, and I'm not about to build a case to back up my idle "yet" threat. He can pull a blunder or two in the 2006 post season that will light up the boards. TM: >>>For what it's worth, Willie is a different manager this year than last year. He laxed all the stupid rules that he had last year and I think he's found his legs under him with making the in game decisions. Not that he's always right, but with experience comes better knowledge.<<< OE: I don't know much about the rules he had. /OE: Kicking ass to lead MLB, and smoke and mirrors pitching makes it hard to second guess in game decisions that don't have to be made. He had the facial hair ban...the no music in the clubhouse rule. My favorite thing about the Valentine clubs was the personality they had. My biggest fear about Randolph was that he would bring the lifeless autonomy of the Yankees over with him. I wanted to root for Willie's Mets as long as they weren't ex-Yankee coach Willie's Mets. I think he's done a better job this year of developing his own managerial style.

For what it's worth, Willie is a different manager this year than last year. He laxed all the stupid rules that he had last year and I think he's found his legs under him with making the in game decisions. Not that he's always right, but with experience comes better knowledge.

I don't think Bobby self destructed as much as gave up in 2002. He knew he was being pushed out by upper management. Even with the bad 2002 season he averaged 87 wins per year (90 per year '97-'01). To say he had less talent than both Davey and Willie is a huge understatement. If you gave me the option to trade Willie for Bobby right now I'd probably do it. And I don't mind Willie.

Baltimore joined Tampa and KC as teams officially eliminated from the playoffs today. The Chicago Cubs are on the clock.

The "Paul LoDuca in the 3 hole" experiment nets a double play grounder to third to end the bottom of the first.

Dodgers: Furcal SS Lofton CF Garciaparra 1B Drew RF Kent 2B Anderson LF Betemit 3B Martin C Stults P Mets: Reyes SS Chavez CF LoDuca C Delgado 1B Wright 3B Valentin 2B Tucker RF Milledge LF Trachsel P

OHernandez 5 Wright 2 Heilman 1 Delgado 1 Wagner 1

Mets magic number for the division: 6 Mets magic number for best record in NL: 10 Mets magic number for best record in MLB: 19

Grady Little's a boob.

Nope, just found it: Bob Miller 1962, 1973-1974. Trevino was 1978-1981, 1990.

Glavine 3 Reyes 2 Valentin 2 Beltran 1 Wright 1 Green 1

Frayed Knot wrote: * Have any of our "two-timers" ever had their NYM appearances seperated by as much time as Kelly Stinnett's 11 year span? David Cone: 1987-1992, 2003. There's one other as well...it was an Aflac question this week. I don't recall the second one.