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Delgado sits tonight and Anderson plays first , per the FAN.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: ="metirish"]Fair point , it's not his fault he is getting old and declining , still I would cut him . And who's your everyday first baseman? Marlon Anderson? Tatis , Abreu at AAA , can they be any worse , I am sure Minaya could pick a first baseman up .

AG/DC wrote: What will cutting Delgado do? I can't see that teaching other players not to get old and decline. Fair point , it's not his fault he is getting old and declining , still I would cut him .

I don't much care for Randolph but I would not be rushing to Jerry Manuel , I think this team needs a big shake up and cutting Delgado might do that , not going to happen though.

That guy was annoying , was Smith pissed or was it all a bit of fun?

Fman99 wrote: Wally, you are a ****. Sincerely, Fman99 That just made me laugh so hard.

Gary Cohen was bringing this up last night , nothing to get excited about, to me it's nine scoreless innings , that's it.

Bad news indeed , who gets the bulk of the playing time now?

Burrell is on fire this early season.

Why would Jose want to be like either of them , or I suppose I should ask why Wally wants Reyes to be like Jeter , can't he just be himself? ] From: Wallace Matthews Sports columnist Newsday To: Jose Reyes Just what kind of a baseball player do you want to be, anyway? What kind of a career do you want to have? What type of legacy would you like to leave behind? How would you like to be remembered, as another Derek Jeter? Or another Rey Ordo�ez? You're probably too young to remember Rey Ordo�ez, but for those of us who have followed the Mets for longer than you've been alive, Rey-Rey is impossible to forget. He, too, came up with the kind of hype that has attached itself to you from the day you signed a Mets' minor-league contract. When Ordo�ez was a rookie, there was actually debate among otherwise rational people over which young shortstop would have the better career, him or Jeter. Now, of course, we know the answer. Jeter's name is synonymous with winner; Ordo�ez's name is synonymous with bust. So which is it going to be for you? Clearly, you can go either way. And depending upon which way you go, so, too, will go the Mets. I'm glad you're having fun again, with your celebrations and your dugout dance routines. But for thousands of Mets fans throughout the city, the only fun is seeing this team win and seeing you play well. The two go hand-in-hand, like one of your silly handshakes. In a lot of ways, you are a symbol of your team, this breathtakingly talented and profoundly frustrating array of ballplayers that so far has given us more days to forget than to remember. I realize there is plenty of blame to spread around for the slow start of the 2008 Mets, who on some days look suspiciously like a continuation of the 2007 Mets. But all blame starts at the top - of the batting order, that is - and that is where you come in. Through 19 games last year, you were hitting .329. Your on-base percentage, all important for a leadoff hitter, was .421. You had scored 21 runs, drawn 13 walks, stolen 12 bases in 14 attempts. The Mets' record at the time was 13-6, and that was not coincidence. It was cause and effect. This year, you are hitting only .280. You have drawn a mere four walks, stolen only three bases in five tries, scored only 12 runs. Your OBP, .313, is worse than all but three other NL leadoff hitters. Even Rickie Weeks, batting .192 at the top of the Brewers' lineup, is getting on base more often than you. As a result, the Mets are struggling, a mere game over .500 going into last night's game against the Nationals. In large part, this is because you, Jose Reyes, are not doing your job, which is to create runs at the top of the batting order and prevent runs on the field. You can't do the first if your body isn't on base and you can't do the second if your head isn't in the game. The other day in Chicago, your decision to throw home on what should have been an inning-ending double-play ball led directly to the grand slam that blew the game open. What exactly were you thinking? You can blame Jorge Sosa if you like. But had you made the right play, he never would have been in the position to throw that pitch. And you might have come up in the ninth with a chance to do something meaningful. Instead, you grounded out to end a game that was already out of reach. You can shrug the blame off on the manager or the GM or the bullpen or the first baseman or the centerfielder, and on any given day, any one of them can be measured for the clown suit. But day in and day out, it is you that makes this engine go - or stall in the mud. When it comes down to it, the long-term success of this ballclub depends on you and David Wright, the axis around which all Mets teams for the next 15 years are supposed to be built. Wright not only has delivered on his promise, but exceeded it. But on too many days, we wonder if you will ever keep yours. I sincerely hope so. Over the past two seasons, the fortunes of the Mets have risen and fallen with you. Since 2006, they have gone from the presumed best team in the league to the official second-best team in the division. Likewise, you have gone from one of the best players in the game to no better than the third-best shortstop in your division. No coincidence there, either. In April, it is not too late for the Mets to regroup and at 24, it is certainly not too late for you to keep the promises you have made to your team, and the promises that have been made to the fans in your behalf. But it is all up to you, Jose Reyes. Who do you want to be when you grow up? DJ? Or Rey-Rey? Eagerly awaiting your reply, Wallace Matthews Reyes

WOW , very cool.

Who did Mini-Knight get the pale skin from , I bet he wishes he got your skin tone.

AG/DC wrote: That would degenerate into The Best Damn Sports Show, Period in about a second. You really think so with that crew? , I was hoping for the very opposite of that silly show.

I rarely watch them either but that's because I think Maz and Matt are useless , now I thought Maz was good for a bout a week then I soured on him , I have always liked HR and look forward to seeing him but really what can one do on a pre and post game show?. I would like SNY to do a show featuring Reynolds , Hernandez, Darling and Cohen in a discussion type hour long baseball show , perhaps a few times a week , live if possible.

Valadius wrote: Barry Zito = Brian Lawrence. Not fair on Lawrence that , he had one decent year and never signed a huge contract.

Klapisch down on the Philly fan. Phillie fans reach new low

Great move IMO , hopefully he will take the bulk of the games next season.

I want to give credit to Gary Cohen for a brilliant call of Beltran scoring from first and Church going to third on the wild Zimmerman throw , he was in his element.

Santana - 5 Wagner - .5 Sanchez - .5 Beltran - 1 Pagan - 1 Castillo - 1 Church - 1

Even when he was with the Braves there were rumors that he would ask out of games after six sometimes even five innings , yeah you would think that he would want to pitch deeper into games , I really have never liked the guy.

I think Nymr83 was delving in the fine art of sarcasm , Hoffman sucks ass.

Not to jump on the bandwagon here but when Church made that bare handed catch SNY had one replay at an odd angle , at least I wondered at the time why they didn't show it from other angles because it looked like the ball skipped on the grass.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Pathetic. I know and the team sucks too.

Triple Dee wrote: Maybe they did, because he's wearing a Nats cap now. I just saw that , nice work guys.

I hope one of our crew make their way down behind home plate and beat the shit out of the wanker wearing the Yankee cap and the dumb shades.....