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I'm at work so I'm not watching the game but through two games Ramon Hernandez is not all that impressive, small sampling I know but what do you guys think,Rick Peterson likes him from the Oakland days, who else is on the market?

Whatr a treat for all the kids at the game today.

yeah, yeah, I was being sarcastic, I saw the play you are talking about, horrible.

cool

He sure can hit though, and you know coming back to NY, playing for WWSB would be enough to get Soriano to hustle and play hard all the time.

Is hustling Soriano in the Mets future?...]Ken Rosenthal Inside Dish: Soriano back in New York?Posted: July 20, 2005Both New York teams could snap to attention if the Rangers decide to trade second baseman Alfonso Soriano. Though Soriano has resisted playing center field, perhaps he would reconsider if he were traded back to the Yankees, the team for which Alex Rodriguez was willing to move from shortstop to third base. The Yankees' problem is that they can't satisfy the Rangers' need for pitching. The Mets, last in the National League in on-base/slugging percentage (OPS) at second base, are an even more obvious fit for Soriano. The Rangers have shown past interest in Mets shortstop Jose Reyes, but it's extremely doubtful the Mets would trade him, even though Reyes entered Wednesday's play with the sixth-lowest OPS among major leaguers who qualify for the batting title. The Mets' loss of Class A righthander Philip Humber, who recently underwent elbow-ligament transplant surgery, has reduced the team's minor league pitching depth, making it unlikely that the Mets would part with Class AA righthander Yusmeiro Petit. A package of Petit and outfielder Victor Diaz is the type that could tempt the Rangers for Soriano. ...

Kaz strikes out swinging, Reyes singles to RF,Cameron flies out, inning over, 4th,Nady groounds out to Reyes who flips to 1st

Benson 4 Woodward 3 Looper 2 Hernandez 1

Bottom 3RD B:1 S:3 O:1Ramon Castro strikes out swinging.

Glavine 3 Beltran 3 Piazza 2 Heilman 1 Padilla 1

Doug Mientkiewicz homers (10) on a fly ball to right field.

Surgery for Livan..http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20050720&content_id=1138583&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=was

Bert, did you go to the Pepsi picnic area and did you catch the Piazza home run?,did you enjoy the game, do tell.

I'm positive about him,communicates good with his players,small things that in the past might have turned into a controversy have not this season, has handled the press with no problems, not a great in-game manager,that will improve I think, I give WWSB a C+.

I've been a few times, 5:30 should be OK, this time of year with the nice weather the 1000 seats go quickly, and forget it when Pedro is pitching, lucky for you Glavine is going.

Yeah the Pepsi picnic area is a go on Wednesday's, Fran must have plugged it a hundred times during last nights game, during one 15 second exchange he said "pepsi picnic area" 4 times.

From the Daily News..]By ADAM RUBINDAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER Kaz Ishii will remain in the rotation but won't face his former club. Ishii, obtained from Los Angeles for Jason Phillips during spring training, will start tomorrow's matinee against the Padres, giving Victor Zambrano and Pedro Martinez each an extra day of rest before their weekend starts against the Dodgers.Ishii is 3-2 with a 3.76 ERA in seven career starts against the Padres, while Zambrano has a career 5.14 ERA against San Diego and has never faced L.A.Still, Willie Randolph dismissed those stats as a reason for the rotation configuration. The manager added that Jae Seo didn't pitch himself out of a chance for a start in place of the struggling Ishii (2-8, 5.57 ERA) by allowing 13 runs against Triple-A Syracuse on Saturday.

Great link, thanks, Neil deMause knows his stuff, this exchange caught my eye, anyone we know?]Kranepool (NYC): Neil, I've always felt that the NY Mets missed the boat when they did not consider Coney Island for a new major league stadium instead of a minor league one. What do you think?Neil deMause: Despite all the vacant land, there's not actually a lot of room in Coney Island for an MLB-sized stadium, unless you wanted to put it on the beach or have Surf Avenue run under the infield. Also, C.I. isn't all that easy to get to, especially by car, compared to Shea. And they'd risk annoying their fan base in Queens/Long Island/Connecticut... I don't see much upside there, as much as it'd make it easier for me personally to get to games. IMO people like this guy are needed, the DC situation will be worth watching.

No, I see what the article is saying and the idea that new stadiums bringing new revenue has as you said been debunked, it's no surprise that the stadiums will cost the City more that first said, I worked on the construction of the Arthur Ashe tennis stadium for nearly four years and that thing cost a whole lot more than Dinkins said it would, who owns this site, are they anti-stadium, are they a "think-tank" type deal that keeps tabs on these kind of public funding?

I got a bit lost in all the money talk but this article fails to mention any money new stadiums might bring to the local areas, lets assume these stadiums attract new business's and the like, the area around Shea right now surely will look different and will bring in a lot of money, wouldn't the City benifit from that?

WOW, great win, gotta love the walk off home runs, best bench in MLB, Woodie said that was his first ever game winning home run, and he means ever.

I hadn't heard that Frayed Knot, thanks for the info, best of luck to Humber in his recovery and rehap.

Which brings up a good point, I have heard from some old timers that Joe DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak can be questioned for that very reason, home cooking.

Bill Shannon doing the official scoring.Long but interesting article on the Bill Shannon and his colleagues, what I like about this is that you hear these guys mentioned during the course of a game but never see them.http://www.thejournalnews.com/scenes/

Well I suppose it helps that Winfield went to the HOF as a Padre in 2001...from the Padre website...]He was elected to the Padres Hall of Fame in 2000, and his No. 31 jersey was retired by the club in 2001Didn't the Padre's pay Winfield to come back to the organization?