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OK, I'll be the insensitive prick: 3-7 days? And wtf with Bay, his dog died?

New lineup: Harris � 3B Turner � 2B Beltran � RF Murphy � 1B Pagan � CF Thole � C Pridie � LF Tejada � SS Gee � RHP Per Rubin

Jose Reyes' grandmother has passed away. He will be away 3-7 days. Per Rubin

Damn , sorry , Bucket can take it , it's not like he's spending hours doing pork shoulder on the grill or anything.

The news gets worse by the day it seems Docs think Gary Carter has glioblastoma By Ian Begley Special to ESPNNewYork.com NEW YORK -- The family of Hall of Fame catcher Gary Carter received an update from Duke University doctors on Carter's cancer diagnosis Saturday night. Doctors informed Carter's family that they were "99 percent sure" that he has a Grade 4 glioblastoma, which affects the brain and central nervous system. It is inoperable. read more http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/news/story?id=6605984

Ashie62 wrote: Wherethe hell is Ike Davis? no where good

were there as many Phillies fans at the game as FOX were saying? , from what they were showing it was a lot.

themetfairy wrote: Fox just had a feature on Jason Bay. If he wasn't a baseball player, he'd like to be a weatherman. there are so many jokes in there but I can't be arsed , a bit like Bay really.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: At the risk of a crippling jinx, Big Pelf looks as good as he ever has in these last couple starts. you were saying? Jesus but Buck is so fucking anoying I wish Buck put as much energy into telling us what happens as he does into assuming such an air of authority about it. It's as if he knows he's the national baseball guy for Fox, and as a result, doesn't deign to appear to care too much about any one game he happens to be calling. great point , a blind person would have no idea what's going on listening to Buck , thankfully there's Hagin.

STFU about Posey already

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: At the risk of a crippling jinx, Big Pelf looks as good as he ever has in these last couple starts. you were saying? Jesus but Buck is so fucking anoying

I don't doubt it's true "Poor David hits the ball to right-center so well and there it's an out," Francoeur said before the Royals lost 3-1 to the Yankees Tuesday night. "To me, you start trying to pull the ball and getting into habits. And I know it's frustrating for David playing in that park." "I'm not saying guys are complaining all the time, but when you hit balls to right-center 415 feet and it's an out or off the wall, it's pretty devastating to a player. Especially when you turn on ESPN at night and see someone flipping one [at Yankee Stadium] 320 [feet] in the first row and it's a home run. It's tough."

Fman99 wrote: New details emerge... anonymously... that Einhorn/Finkle has a path that could lead him to majority ownership as soon as 2014. The short of it is that in three years Einhorn can go from a 33 percent stake up to 60 percent, and the Wilpons will have the opportunity to block that. If they are fiscally solvent enough to do so, that is. I think the Wilpon's just went all in and are hoping for a good flop. Einhorn is betting they won't get that favorable flop. game on

soupcan wrote: 28 yrs. old, second on the all-time hits list and they're not gonna sign him. Incredible. yeah , the more yo think about it the more incredible it gets. I wonder how many hits Jose might have at say 38?

Not good news Doctors tell New York Mets great Gary Carter that brain tumors are likely malignant BY BILL MADDEN DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER Originally Published:Friday, May 27th 2011, 5:50 PM Updated: Friday, May 27th 2011, 6:14 PM Stricken Mets great Gary Carter has received ominous news from doctors at Duke University, who say that they are "90% certain" that tumors on his brain are malignant, according to a Carter family website. Carter, 57, was first diagnosed with four small brain tumors May 21 after experiencing headaches and forgetfulness in recent weeks. "It was very hard for all of us to hear, as we have been hoping and praying that the tumors would be benign," one of Carter's daughters wrote on the website. "Lots of tears have been shed in the hospital room today, and we are all a bit scared of the unknown." Carter won't know the official diagnosis until early or the middle of next week. A family source confirmed the grim news Friday evening. At the time of the initial diagnosis, Carter said, "My wife, Sandy, and our children and family thank you for our thoughts and prayers. We ask us to please respect our privacy as we learn more about my medical condition." According to the website, the plan is for Carter to begin chemotherapy and radiation as soon as the final test results are known. "I'm shocked. Devastated," said former Mets teammate and SNY analyst Ron Darling when told of the news on Friday evening. "It makes you feel your own mortality." Added Keith Hernandez, Darling's SNY booth mate and Carter's teammate during 1980s with the Mets: "Wow. My prayers are with (Gary) and Sandy and his family." Carter, an 11-time All-Star catcher, was inducted to Cooperstown in 2003. He had a lifetime batting average of .262 with 324 home runs and 1,225 RBI in a 19-year career with the Expos, Mets, Giants and Dodgers. He was considered one of the final pieces to the Mets' '86 World Series championship team, making four All-Star teams in five seasons after he was acquired from Montreal for four players before the 1985 season. He finished third in NL MVP voting in '86, with 24 homers and 105 RBI, before adding two homers and nine RBI in the Mets' seven-game thriller over Boston in the Fall Classic. Carter has been managing at Palm Beach Atlantic College this year near his Florida home after his goal to become a big-league manager went unfulfilled. "I talked to Kid last summer up at the Hall of Fame, and I'm so sad to hear this," said ex-battery mate Dwight Gooden upon hearing the news of Carter's initial diagnosis last week. "He always has been a good friend and very supportive of me, and he was such a huge part of what we did (with the Mets) in the '80s. I wish him and his family nothing but the best, and just hope and pray that it all works out for him." Carter and his wife of 36 years, Sandy, have three children, Christy, Kimmy and D.J. According to the family's website, doctors have said that even if malignant, the tumors could be treatable. "(The doctor) wants us all to team up and help Dad through the battle ahead," Carter's daughter wrote. "He said that this IS treatable and they will attack it with the same kind of vigor that Dad displayed on the baseball diamond!" Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/2011/05/27/2011-05-27_doctors_tell_new_york_mets_great_gary_carter_that_brain_tumors_are_likely_malign.html#ixzz1Nawx0H6i

I enjoyed this movie more than I would have guessed. The movie opens with high ranking Ba'thist party members in hiding having a meeting on the morning of the invasion , among them is General Al-Rawi , he's key to the plot..... U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller (Matt Damon) is in Iraq at the outbreak of that war looking for WMD's , he believes the intel until the sites they are hitting continually turn up empty of WMD's. Clark Poundstone (Greg Kinnear) is part of the transition team and the one pushing the WMD agenda , Martin Brown (Brendan Gleeson), a CIA officer based in the Middle East doesn't believe there are any WMD's and when Miller becomes disillusioned about his mission Brown pulls him in with a mission to find Al-Rawi to do a deal, Brown believes the General and the defeated Iraq army are needed to keep the country from disintegrating in to civil war. No surprises that Poundstone and Brown have competing interests , Miller is naive in that though.I guess in that I can imagine that a lot of the troops on the ground back then believed the intel and the movie portrays their frustration building up, in typical Greengrass fashion danger lurks around every corner and the movie is at breakneck speed, it never lets up and even when it does you still I was still on edge. I liked it ,plenty of action but also the fallacy that was WMD exposed with plenty of blame to go around .

Ceetar wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: Am I reading the box score correctly? Did the Mets really let K-Rod finish this lost cause of a game? I guess that Einhorn's 200 million is burning a hole in Freddie's pocket. Yes. It certainly suggests that the Mets aren't worried about it, so why should we be? bingo

Listening to the radio call , every play it seems is sponsored by someone "safe and secure" at 1st , 2nd and 3rd being one of th more annoying ones.

I really think everything is going to work out now , K-Rod will be back , in fact he'll waive the clause and sign a longer deal to say a Mets player ,news on Reyes extension should be coming soon... stop being Debbie Downers guys.

That last pic of Gee and company walking on the beach looks like it got bad treatment in photoshop, overly saturated blues.

Here's David Einhorn's quotes from conference call ... Why buy in? "This is just something of great personal interest. I�m very excited to have this life experience. I�ve followed baseball all the way from my childhood. I probably watched hundreds or thousands of games all my life." Is this risky/sound investment? "I�m comfortable with the financial terms we�re working toward negotiating." How did this come about? "I read in the newspaper in, I think, January that the team wanted to sell a minority interest. � I thought I�d look into it. So we called over to their investment bankers. It�s been a very smooth process for the last several months. We�re very far along as understanding the business operations and prospects." You have been openly critical of companies such as Allied and Lehman. Are you really going to keep quiet? �First of all, the media can characterize how it does. I�ve always considered myself more of an investor. � We own way more things that is [sold] short. The perception out there is what it is.� Just the team? �I�m not really interested in owning a TV station." Bigger portion of ownership down the road? �What I�m interested right now is the opportunity in front of me right now. We don�t even have a completed transaction yet.� Will fans hear from you? "The Wilpons remain in control of the team. ... I think the Wilpons are the control holders of the team. I�m just looking forward to the overall experience this investment will lead to." Will you try to turn a profit from re-selling? "I have no real plans to sell this investment. I expect to hold it for a long, long time. ... The financial rewards, they'll take care of themselves over time."

soupcan wrote: metsguyinmichigan wrote: Has better hair than Jeff! Now, if and or when the Wilpons do sell, are we looking at the Mets next majority owner? You've gotta think so, right? I don't think a guy this savvy would throw $200M at the Mets unless there is an opportunity at some future point to purchase more. Reminds me of Mark Cuban - in a good way. Young, wealthy, a personality a fan. Agree , two years he'll own the Mets in full.

AdamRubinESPN Terry Collins hints Fernando Martinez going down for Pagan on Friday. #mets

shares of microsoft went up after he said that.