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I see what you are saying and I agree, Ruth played in an era that did not include some of the best players because they were not allowed to play....I hate that I defend Bonds but I feel he is being treated differently than others, like McGwire and Giambi....

Yes I understand that, but if you are going to do a proper invertigation then go after all of them.....plus this stuff was not illegal in the 90's......at least in baseball anyway.

I really don't see the point of this , where do you stop, surely Clemens will be investigated, what about Bagwell, I just see a big can of worms being opened here.

That's true FK, he's been injured it seems every season, only ever started 30+ games twice, 02/03, I wonder when he gets back if he'll start or go to the pen.

Yeah Baker rode them hard the last few seasons,IIRC it caused quite a bit of talk in Chicago...I predict Baker to be the first manager fired this season, the Cubs have gotten worse since they blew it all against the Marlins.

Surprise surprise, both are on the DL again and will not start the season with the Cubs, I suppose some players are just prone to injury, will Woods ever become the great pither he was supposed to? no luck I tell ya

Batting categories Games - Wright Hits - Beltran Doubles - Wright Triples - Reyes Home runs - Wright RBI - Delgado Stolen Bases - Reyes Caught stealing - Beltran Runs scored - Beltran Batting average (high) - Beltran On base percentage (high) - Wright Strikeouts (high) - Reyes Walks - Delgado Pitching categories Wins - Pedro Losses - Traschel Strikeouts - Pedro Walks - Zambrano ERA (low) - Wagner ERA (high) - Bradford ERA (low by a starter) - Pedro ERA (high by a starter) - Zambrano Saves - Sanchez BAA (low) - Sanchez BAA (high) - Glavine Games started - Glavine Games pitched - Sanchez 2) Give the number for the player and category specified Cliff Floyd - games - 142 Cliff Floyd - batting average - .302 David Wright - runs scored - 110 David Wright - RBI - 118 Carlos Beltran - home runs - 35 Carlos Beltran - stolen bases - 50 Jose Reyes - errors - 12 Jose Reyes - on base percentage - .400 Carlos Delgado - batting average - .320 Carlos Delgado - RBI - 140 Kaz Matsui - games - 0 Kaz Matsui - runs scored - 0 Anderson Hernandez - games - 160 Anderson Hernandez - batting average - .290 Anderson Hernandez - fielding percentage - .964 Paul Lo Duca - on base percentage - .351 Xavier Nady - RBI - 85 Victor Diaz - games - 82 Pedro Martinez - strikeouts - 221 Tom Glavine - wins - 15 Steve Trachsel - losses - 12 Steve Trachsel - walks - 62 Victor Zambrano - ERA - .344 Victor Zambrano - strikeouts - 132 Brian Bannister - games started - 28 Aaron Heilman - games started - 8 Billy Wagner - saves - 16 Billy Wagner - ERA - .112 Jorge Julio - ERA - .212

I think Keith gets bored aorund the eight inning, I have noticed this before, he'll be saying stuff like " swing the bat", "Come om ump, it's time for dinner".......but yeah I imagine if the Mets are out come August he'll be more frustrated...and I said it before but Hernandez and Darling sound so alike, tonight I didn't know for a bit who was with Gary.

That's freaking cool TransMonk....any cursing going on...Keith sounds bored now...

Well it's my fault for bringing up the Knicks, I was just pointing out how a paranoid owner like Dolan controls things on MSG, a fine announcer like Mike Breen is reducded to cheerleading...I really don't think Wilpon is like that, plus he has partners so maybe that helps.

I think it will last, Gary and Keith won't take any shit, and if SNY wants to be considered a place to go for sports then it should let them alone, I would hate for them to turn into the guys that call Knicks games...

watching the lowlights on SNY, Lima was pretty bad but had a good second inning...probably curtains for him though.

Zvon it's not about Heilman being a team guy and all that, it's about whats best for the team, as for paying his dues he wasn't exactly any good his first two seasons so I don't think the Mets owe him anything.

I posted a bunch of pics in the spring training thread last night, looks kinds nasty.

This book is just OK, nothing mind blowing, not that I was expecting that,around page 99/100 he goes on about Beltran visiting a church in Houston with Anderson, but who is that, Marlon Anderson?

Heath Bell?, I read yesterday that they Mets have cooled on Iriki, and that he's pitching crap lately, not expected to make the team.

Good, Heilman in the pen is good news, he's probably pissed but this is where he best helps the team, plus he can be moved back to the rotation easily if anyone falters.

Yeah really, I'd suspect Bagwell as much as any of them, arms like tree trunks, built like a shit brick house, late career injuries.....

Wright just wants to be like Jeter.]By STEVE POPPERSTAFF WRITER PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- When he first came up to the major leagues in the middle of the 2004 season David Wright was under the wing of Joe McEwing. Last year, his first full season, he carried Cliff Floyd's bags.Now, while still just 23 years old, he no longer seems like the kid who was paying his rookie dues. Floyd, sitting in the dugout Sunday afternoon as Wright bounds around the field, looks at him and admits: "I just want to be around the next few years to watch him," adding a few expletives to describe his friend. Wright established himself as a player last season, hitting .306 with 27 home runs and 102 runs batted in, ranking in the National League top 10 in seven different offensive categories. At third base, he shrugged off an early flurry of errors -- many from just trying to do too much -- and got better each game as the year wore on.And he tried to approach this year just like last, taking the same approach of reporting early, staying late, working with weights and working endlessly on the field. He was one of the last players out of the Tradition Field Complex on Monday, even after belting his third home run of the spring, a lesson learned from his first days hanging with a journeyman like McEwing.But he's not the same. While he may be in his mind and he may be in the locker room, he is now a cover boy, adorning the covers of Baseball America, ESPN the Magazine and Sports Weekly. He has created the David Wright Foundation and even earned his first endorsementsfrom Wilson Sporting Goods to Glaceau Vitamin Water, wholesome enough for his All-American image.If learning from McEwing and Floyd got him this far, he now has his sights in a different direction. It is not numbers that drive Wright, but wins. And it's across town in pinstripes where he has seen the example to follow."You get to that level of being a Derek Jeter through winning," Wright said. "You don't get there putting up individual performances. If you put up individual performances and lose, nobody cares."I would love to sit with him. I hate that there is such a big rivalry with the Yankees in New York, but he's one of the guys that it's amazing not only to watch him play, but the way he leads. "He's not the most vocal guy. But you couldn't tell by looking at him in the dugout whether he's 4-for-4 or 0-for-4. "He's the first one off the bench to high-five guys. That's what you try to emulate, those leadership skills."Manager Willie Randolph was with the Yankees when Jeter began his career, helping guide Jeter through his early years. He is hesitant to compare the players, but it is hard to avoid the similarities."When you look at David, he's very much like Jeter in his demeanor," Randolph said. "He's very consistent. He's the same as he was last year as far as work ethic, attitude every day, the way he goes about his business. He's a very young, but very mature player."Wright has managed, like Jeter, to avoid any of the pitfalls of stardom -- although Jeter's romps through the gossip columns and celebrity girlfriends seem a long way off from Wright's interest from fantasy baseball fans. There is little doubt Wright will continue to put up numbers on the field, but it is that something extra that seems to draw the comparison to Jeter."He's a winner," Randolph said of Wright. "You can tell he wants to win and he's never shown anything different. I don't like to make comparisons, but what I've seen so far he is about winning, the way he plays the game is very unselfish."Wright said: "I think I'm slowly maturing, slowly being able to recognize what I'm capable of in this game, recognize that I can be, not a vocal or outgoing type leader, but I can lead by example. I can run balls out. I can go out and want to be in the lineup every day. With little things like that, you lead by example."I have high expectations for myself, but it's not expectations that I have to top my numbers from last year. I mean, that's not what my goal is this year at all. My goal is to continue to improve and that we win baseball games. That's what's so great about the big leagues, especially in New York. If you win, that's what people remember. That's why I love playing in New York."E-mail: popper@northjersey.com

So was today a look into the Mets starting day lineup?....Beltran hit second,Delgado third, Floyd fourth and Wright hitting fifth.

Nope to the other trade proposel...but give me Buehrle straight up for Lane and then we can talk, maybe I even throw in Ohka.

]That's what trading is for, I guess. I didn't really need three catchers. Sorry for turning down I-Rod for Jason Lane, perhaps if Ivan was still bulked up on 'roids I'd take him.

So that crazy Julian Tavarez went ape today beating Joey Gathright at home plate... http://www.newsday.com/media/photo/2006-03/22644798.jpg

No word on that SK but any excuse to post that pic is cool.

John Rocker will be a guest on ' Daily News Live' on SNY today at 5PM.