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Good job Edgy, I was watching this and my feeling was bleh..there was no buzz really I think...still it was nice to see Pedro in his classy suit and Mets Blue Cap...

I'd love to see this series, like Bobby said lets play a real series, I'm so happy for him, he's achieved a few firsts in winnning this, great for him. pictures of Bobby..

]Pierzynski's bad-guy rep got a huge boost from his one year with the Giants, also. Pierzynski on what went wrong with the Giants ]"Contrary to what people believe, I actually got along with a lot of the guys there," Pierzynski said. "The one guy (he was referring to Brett Tomko, who was quoted in the story), I had a problem with. But other than that, I got along with a lot of guys great. It was a bad time for me because of what happened with (Tomko). The other guy (Matt Herges, who also was quoted) came up to me and apologized, and I respect him a whole lot more for doing that than (Tomko)."

Good stuff, I've gotten to like Pierzynski this post-season, he's a decent player.

Chavez Ravine was truely wrong... http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/chavezravine/cr.html

The seedy side of building new stadiums, ok if the City values the trash transfer station at $8.7 M and the owner values it at $14.3 M does an arbitrator help settle it?

Astros have no Black Players

When Bobby first managed Chiba didn't he get fired because he clashed with the GM?...interesting that he comes back under the same owner and wins it all.......ahh I'm just thinking aloud, it would never happen..

]Honestly, how much do you miss these guys? A lot, Bobby was the best....

Great news, a huge congratulation to Bobby and the boys..a full report below.. ]Full Report Print-friendly version Valentine's Marines win Japan Series South Korean outfielder Lee Seung-yeop drove in all three runs Wednesday, leading Bobby Valentine's Chiba Lotte Marines to a 3-2 win over the Hanshin Tigers and their first Japan Series title in 31 years. Lotte becomes the first team to sweep a Japan Series since 2002, when the Yomiuri Giants defeated the Seibu Lions. Valentine, meanwhile, becomes the first foreign manager in the 70-year history of Japanese baseball to win a Japan Series. "I feel wonderful," said Valentine. "We started in spring training with a dream to be here for the last game. We wanted to win the last game and we did." Valentine, who took the New York Mets to the World Series in 2000 where they lost in five games to the New York Yankees, is in his second stint with the Marines. He guided the team to a second-place finish in 1995. "I would like to thank everyone in the Lotte organization," said Valentine. "Including (team owner) Mr. Shigemitsu, who had the faith to bring me back for a second time." Lee connected for a two-run homer in the second inning at Koshien Stadium to give the Marines a 2-0 lead and then drove in a run in the third with a double off Hanshin starter Naohisa Sugiyama. Lotte starter Dan Serafini gave up two runs on five hits over 5-1/3 innings for the win. Makoto Imaoka drove in a run with a bloop single in the bottom of the sixth to make it 3-1. Pinch-hitter Shinjiro Hiyama hit a single to right to cut the lead to one run. Since Japanese baseball went to a two-league system in 1950, only five teams have swept the Japan Series. Lotte becomes the sixth. The Tigers, who never got their offense on track and scored only four runs in the series, hit into four double plays in Wednesday's game. After Lotte reliever Masahide Kobayashi walked Atsushi Kataoka to leadoff the ninth. Akihiro Yano then hit into a double play on a failed sacrifice bunt before Kobayashi struck out Atsushi Fujimoto to end the game. Toshiaki Imae was named the series MVP after going 10-for-16 with four RBIs. He also set a new Japan Series record for consecutive hits when he went 8-for-8 in the first two games. "It's a great feeling," said Imae. "It was amazing the way this team played all season long and in the series." (AP) October 26, 2005

IIRC the Mets have been involved in a few weird calls at MMP since it opened because of that yellow line....and that hill is the dumbest thing ever, and it's dangerous..

Thnaks guys for the answer, I thought they didn't give the answer...and we have a game again...great series...

What was the answer to the trivia question?...NY has had the most WS games, what State comes in second?.....

I would love to see the source, I'd be shocked if Mink said that, and disappointed.

Yeah cool stuff....I figured Beckett was laid back but this is super cool... ]2003 � The final out: Marlins pitcher Josh Beckett fields a grounder from the Yankees' Jorge Posada and tags him out, giving Florida the series victory in Game 6 at New York. � Where's the ball? It has not left Beckett's glove. The glove and ball sat in his baseball bag in his garage for a couple of months after the World Series, but now the glove and ball are displayed in Beckett's home in Texas.

From the article.... ]But he also suggested that the National League had more hard-throwing pitchers than the American League, without offering any backup for the claim see when McCarver said that it got me thinking and I was trying to figure out if that could be true anymore(I'm assuming it's historically true), so I'm watching the game and with pad and pen start writing down power starting pitchers in the NL.... Clemens Smoltz Willis Prior Wood Burnett Oswalt Beckett I'm sure there are as many power pitchers in the AL...surely his statement is just not true, not with all the player movement these days..

Looks like an interesting book...I'm in...Flea loves it... ]Review: "I loved Wrecking Crew. It is my story too. John Albert put it all together, he is a great original voice from L.A.'s wasteland." Flea, of the Red Hot Chili Peppers

Billy Wagners agent said Wags will test the free-agent waters...

I have no real problem with McCarver , he does come out with some odd things from inning to inning but he's far better than the other analysts that do games on National TV, especially Joe Morgan, and Steve Lyons offers nothing really....don't get me started on Sutcliffe and Brantley....

Ken Davidoff goes very low on Armando Benitez....did he really have to ruin a fun read with that line?]And when Giants manager Felipe Alou grabs his throat and gasps for air, well, come on down, Armando Benitez![url=http://www.newsday.com/sports/columnists/ny-spken244482851oct24,0,414033.column?coll=ny-sports-columnists]Davidoff Goes Low on Benitez[/url]

Youo're no doubt correct FK, looking at the All -Century Team I don't think any are Latino, maybe that's the problem, I dunno....

Klapisch was on MSG tonight saying that Omar will go hard for a Beltran for Manny trade, when asked how that would make sense given that Beltran had just one year here and is the face of the Mets and so on Klap said in his opinion Beltran would never become a great player in NY and is better suited to Boston, oh and we're getting Molina and now that Duke is in Baltimore the first thing he will do is bring Piazza......ahhhh

I can't remember who but when this first came out a few writers/experts believed that MLB was emmbrassed that Roberto Clemente didn't make the All-Century Team so this list was born, now I'm not that cynical because Clemente gets honored every year in ballparks and an award is given in his name, probably as Dickshot pointed out this has a lot to do with money....All Century Team below.....no Seaver? http://www.infoplease.com/ipsa/A0781197.html

No big surprise but I was the highest bidder on that shirt...

It was such an honour to watch one of the great competitors of the game pitch into the second inning the other night.