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] We B4 I Unnamed sources say Omar wrote that . .620 baseball the rest of the way , I can't wait.

Crazy , it seems every game I read about Maddux is 5/6 innings with less than ninety pitches , sometimes a lot less.

Yeah it's brutal to watch , like if they are down after the sixth inning they are not coming back to win, some numbers from a Vic Ziegal column in the Snooze today. ] Think about winning more one-run games. They're 6-8. Think about doing better when they're tied after six innings. They're 0-9 now. Think about how this team, which once made it a habit of coming from behind, could improve when they're trailing after six innings. They're 3-21. Think about innings six, seven and eight, when they've been outscored 132-89. Advil won't make those numbers go away.

I just find this funny , straight out of Major League. ] Few grand plans have gotten off to a worse start than the Mets' new one did Tuesday night. They haven't played like a playoff team, but the Mets still believe they are one. And Tuesday, before facing the Diamondbacks, the Mets players emerged from a brief players-only, closed-door meeting, each carrying a piece of paper with a blueprint for a future that includes the postseason. No part of it included blowing a four-run lead and falling, 9-5, at Shea. Reliever Joe Smith surrendered a a go-ahead solo homer to Chris Snyder in the eighth and Duaner Sanchez coughed up three more runs in the ninth to complete the Mets' undoing. One player allowed the Daily News a quick glance at the sheet, which looked a lot like a flow chart with a series of arrows. At the top was the team's record entering Tuesday night's game, 30-32. Near the bottom was a circled final regular-season record of 92-70. Below that was an arrow pointing to a single word: "Playoffs." The sheet also had several phrases and motivational messages. One said "We B4 I." Another read "team above self." A third message was "we have time." Players asked about the meeting said the only matter discussed was players' union business, the reelection of Aaron Heilman as team representative. One who was asked about the sheet he held said, "It's a team matter. I'm not talking about it." The Mets players seemed focused when they came out of their meeting and during the first innings of the game. Moises Alou returned from the DL and had a two-run single in a three-run first. David Wright had a two-run homer to make it 5-1 in the second. And John Maine was pitching well into the fifth. It came undone quickly. Maine gave up a two-run homer before getting out of the fifth having thrown 101 pitches, and Claudio Vargas allowed a two-run single that tied it. After a 61-minute delay for a storm, during which Billy Wagner and Scott Schoeneweis helped the grounds crew secure the tarp, came the late-inning meltdown. The D-Backs, who had lost 14 of 20 and prompted Mets manager Willie Randolph to say, "We're hoping they stay down for awhile and we can fatten up a little bit," hung a fifth straight loss on the staggering Mets. "This is obviously a trying time for us," Wright said. "We have to get through it, keep our heads up and keep some positivity. Guys are hanging their heads. "We need to dig down deep and make a stand. It won't take a week. It won't take a month. We have to do it over the next 99 games." The Mets' program isn't exactly the one out of the comedy "Major League," a film in which a fictionalized version of the Indians mapped out a plot to win 32 games and make the playoffs. There is no villainous owner such as Rachel Phelps who the team is looking to expose with every win. The Mets' plan to play .620 ball over the season's final 100 games is ambitious. It's a better clip than either the 2007 Rockies or Phillies, two of MLB's hottest finishers last season. And they are the only villains so far in this story, having played far below their potential. "I still think this is going to be a good team," GM Omar Minaya said. "You can't allow yourself to succumb to the negativity that comes with what happened last year and the bad start this year....It's a mental test." Alou gave no specifics about the team meeting when asked earlier about it but said, "Nobody's happy with what's going on here, but nobody has given up....We've got 100games left. A hundred games is a lot, so we have time to get our act together." The Mets need to pick up the pace on that. There are only 99 left now.

I like it but I have zeroed in on it form the first inning of the game , it's all I hear now.

Can we sub out Jim Joyce , he's loud sriiiiiiiiiiike is starting to wear on me.

I always get the feeling that the booth guys are intimidated by Seaver and in awe of him. Tom looks great.

Poor Poor Pitiful Me.

="Vic Sage"] I wonder where he was in 2005-06, when he was in his prime? Was he hurt? Selling insurance? what? From Wiki. ] He hit his first career home run on September 15, 2004 and also played in the final game of the Expos' history on October 3. He was released by the Washington Nationals on December 10, 2004, and has not played in the big leagues since. Pascucci spent the 2006 season with the Chiba Lotte Marines of Japan's Pacific League. What did he do for the '05 season? oh hold on , that would mean he was with Chiba for 2005 and 06.

I remember liking Outside Providence , calling your son "dildo" is a nice touch.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: What about that guy the Reds cut loose? (I can't remember his name.) He sounded like he might know his stuff. Wayne Krivsky , certainly there is a wealth of talent coming through the Reds system , is he responsible for them , he was on the job in '06. I would think the most controversial trade he made was the one sending Kearns and Lopez to the Nationals for Gary Majewski and a bunch of spare parts.

The attention is now turning to Minaya , Rubin does everything but call him a a fucking twat.

Three ex Jets the night of the rain out. Can you name them?

themetfairy wrote: FINALLY! I hope that no lasting damage was done in the past couple of weeks when he should have been resting. yeah I hope he will be OK , sure to take time though , it's different but I remember Eric Lindros was never the same after according to him the Flyers medical staff made a mess of concussions he suffered while paying there.

Congrats to Griffey , still love that swing , a line form the AP report that stood out for me , like it a lot. ] The left-handed swinger launched a 3-1 pitch 413 feet into the right-field seats I don't recall ever seeing a leftie described like that.

I hope we don't get snake bitten.

I remember the last time Alou was coming back to the team I posted how much Alou felt the team missed him and how him being back would be a calming influence on the team ,something like that anyhow, well it's the same again I think, yesterday Burckhardt was talking about Alou and how he thinks Mosis is a great litmus test as to how the team is doing and that Alou feels like he needs to get back before it becomes to late and they get buried in the standings. Alou also said that there is no point rushing back just to get injured again, seems like the club puts way to much into Alou being on the team, he's on the DL all the time for fecks sake.

He looks like he's wearing Dutch hand me downs .

Santana 4 Chavez 1 Wright 1 Heilman .5 Feliciano .5 Smith .5 Schoeneweis .5

Martinez 1 Vargas 1 Schoeneweis 1 Delgado 2.5 Easley 1 Castillo 1.5 Reyes 1

Perez 2.5 Schoeneweis 1.5 Smith 1 Sanchez 2 Delgado 1 Chavez 0.5 Beltran 0.5

Pelfrey 4 Reyes 2 Feliciano 1 Sanchez 1 Smith 1 Church .5 Chavez .5

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: 7-7 since the vote of CAHNfidence A .500 team if ever there was one.

Rogers is all over this terrible weekend.