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I have never heard Peterson say such a thing about Kazmir, he only ever saw him pitch two innings so that would be a dumb thing to say, does he advocate taking High School pitchers?, no he doesn't and he has numbers to back that up when talking about Kazmir, at least to him they make sense.....

excellent seawolf, was that your first KTE?,it was catchy, informative and fun, I think we have a star in seawolf...enough sucking up...the A's are so bad that Moneyball Beane told Ken Macha to "do whatever it takes to win games", thus the A's have been stealing bases, bunting and just about all the things Beane hates.

It wouldn't surprise me, bringing up the Dauber has been on this forum for a week or more by some of youse guys..

Joel Sherman likes the idea of Ishii in the pen, and he offers up some other quite sane points..]June 13, 2005 -- BETWEEN the chants of "Pedro, Pedro" and the obligatory boos of Kaz Matsui, the Mets played a losing game at Shea yesterday, and rightfully lost. They failed to capitalize on a Pedro Martinez start, the good vibes from Cliff Floyd's walk-off moment Saturday night or their longest homestand this season. Mike Piazza was ejected after one inning, setting the tone for a day when the Mets were too preoccupied with Eric Cooper's strike zone, and bitched and botched their way to a 4-3 loss to the Angels. Thus by losing the last two series to the Astros and Angels, the Mets finished their homestand 6-6, which is more half bad than half good. The NL East is too congested to squander opportunity. If the Mets won just yesterday they would have leapfrogged from last to third place. Instead, they fell five games back, meaning they dropped two games further behind during this two-week stay at Shea. Now they embark on their longest road trip of the year. "We've been walking the tightrope for a few weeks now," said Doug Mientkiewicz about the Mets' two-steps-forward, two-steps-back penchant. As a result they are a mixed-message 32-31. They vacillate between contention and pretension, often in the same game, like yesterday. A Martinez RBI single in the fourth moved the Mets ahead 3-0 for a Pedro-adoring crowd of 43,582. But the Mets had just two singles thereafter, their offense again going into a sustained hibernation. Meanwhile, the peskiness of the Angel at-bats wore out Martinez and the battle of the bullpens was won by the visitors. Thus, the Mets now head west to play in hopes of not going further south in the standings. "I think our best baseball is still to come," Willie Randolph said. It speaks to the first-year manager's optimism. But the rose-colored glasses need to be removed. The large calendar on Willie Randolph's desk is still turned to February, but the Mets must turn the page. Experiment time is over. The NL East and NL wild card are likely to be cavalry charges packed with flawed teams. Victories left on the table now will be haunting come October. With that in mind, the Mets took a low-risk, low-pay gamble on Danny Graves, figuring he couldn't be worse than Manny Aybar and might be the difference in a few games. Here are four more tweaks the Mets can make to perhaps squeeze out precious wins: 1. BENCH MATSUI. Randolph coached on a Yankee team that won 101 regular-season games last year with the ever-useful Miguel Cairo at second. Marlon Anderson has done enough with his pinch-hitting at-bats to require more starts. Together Cairo and Anderson provide much better righty-lefty platoon production than the switch-hitting Matsui alone. The booing at home for Matsui is merciless, mean-spirited and mostly mindless. But it is not going away, creating another obstruction these Mets do not need. 2. PROMOTE BRIAN DAUBACH. He leads the International League in hitting (.363) and socked his 11th homer yesterday. Will that success translate up here? Who knows? But it is worth taking a shot. Mientkiewicz has by far the worst OPS (.655) of any regular major league first baseman. The Mets can go to 11 pitchers and keep Mientkiewicz around to play defense. 3. START HEILMAN. When the Mets go to 11 pitchers, they can put Kaz Ishii in the pen and demote Royce Ring. Even with two homers allowed Friday, Ishii is holding lefties to a .128 average. Like Daubach, Heilman's bubble might burst. But he has pitched well and it seems a waste that he has worked the equivalent of a complete game in the month since he was sent to the bullpen. The Mets should see if Heilman is the real thing, with the comfort that Steve Trachsel is about a month away from helping if he is not. 4. BAT DAVID WRIGHT FIFTH. It is this simple, who deserves more at-bats overall and more chances with runners on base, Wright or Piazza? At this point, Wright is a tougher, more dangerous at-bat.

Scott Kazmir, remember where you read this first,the Mets will reaquire kaz in 08 in a stunning move.

I like Chass, great writer, he says Pedro has spoiled Mets fans who expect him to win every game, I suspect he has also spoiled the sports journalists that go and expect Pedro to throw a 1 hit shut out.Chass does address the Mets main problem right now, the offence.

very cool seawolf, I'll have to get that one..

Beltran - 5 Cameron - 3 Martinez - 1 Mink - 1 Wright - 1

Beltran - 4 Cameron - 2 Glavine - 2 Bell - 1 Hernandez - 1

Martinez 4 Cameron 2 Hernandez 1 Floyd 1 Wright 1 Cairo 1

Lupica has his say.http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/story/318591p-272446c.html

Yancy I wondered the same thing..damn Yankees.And the idea that a new Mets stadium could be tranformed form a 45,000 seater into an 80,000 seater makes this project all too complicated.

This sounds like something only Bloomberg and his crew could dream up, from another article in the Times...]Bloomberg said the Mets will build the stadium, which will be privately funded, for the 2009 season. The city and state will provide $160 million in infrastructure and $100 million to convert the stadium from 45,000 seats to 80,000 seats if the city is awarded the Olympics. The mayor also said the Mets could play home games at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx during the Olympics.Seems to me this has everything to do with Bloombergs legacy and the Mets are secondary in all of this.

Oh no, Mayor Mike now turns to Queens to save Olympic bid,it's not in this article but if the City got the 2012 games then the Mets would give way to the games and share Yankee fucking Stadium for the duration...Stadium to be ready for 09 season, regardles of the Games the Mets are getting this says Bloomie..http://www.newsday.com/news/local/nyc-olym0613,0,6722380.story?coll=ny-top-headlines

Piazza was cursing up a storm on the post-game talking about Cooper, hey Mike swing the fucking bat , tough pitch to take...6/6 on this homestand, not good.

I get what you are saying Rotblatt, he has been not what I expected, but I think his health is a major factor, not sure but I think his numbers with RISP are some of the best on the team...Marlon Anderson is on the FAN, Tony Paige just played him Gary Cohen's call on his inside the park home run, Anderson was so happy he asked ofr a copy...Cohen is the best without a doubt.

Did you hear gary Cohen's call on the inside the park homer?, it was freaking unreal, one of the great calls, and Howie Rose's call on Floyd's homer was a delight...

]Something's not right with Beltran. Whatever it is, he needs to get straightened out.Well his legs are kinda fucked, he's at about 80% health...not an excuse but it's the onethe Mets are pushing.

Where does this game rank in the "game of the year" poll?, it had everything, great pitching, an inside the park homer, great catch by Beltran and the great Cliff Floyd,for me that is the game of the year so far.

The Mets were due a walk-off.. SK, Floyd echoed what your friend said on the post-game..."after a foul ball like that most guys SO"..WOW

Shea will be absolutly rocking Sunday,can't wait.

WOW....that was one hell of a game...go Cliff go

of course Beltran tried to bunt, Piazza up....hit it hard Mike..c'mon

Ishii - 6 Dejean - 1 Hernandez - 1 Koo - 1 Looper - 1

Benson 4 Koo 2 Wright 2 Matsui 1 Floyd 1