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All were mentioned during the game on the air and here in the IGT. I would start Sosa and bring up Figueroa to replace him and it that doesn't go well then swap them for a few starts. A big no to Woody Williams form me.

Jon Heyman has joined the SNY crew reporting before the game from Florida. Heyman was asked to rank the Mets pitching staff and he rated it in the top three in the NL along with the D-Backs and Padres, then Pedro got injured.

Not a wise pitch...

Val in mid-season form....

Vin Scully is on tonight, second inning in LA.

Uggla helps our cause right there.

A clueless AB from Church, I would have liked Pagan right there but he was on deck.

Fun song. ] Well you tried it just for once Found it all right for kicks But now you found out that it's a habit that sticks And you're an orgasm addict You're an orgasm addict Sneaking in the back door with dirty magazines Now your mother wants to know what all those stains on your jeans And you're an orgasm addict You're an orgasm addict Uh huh Uh huh Uhhhhh Uhhhhh x 3 You get in a heat You get in a sulk But you still keep a beating your meat to pulp And you're an orgasm addict You're an orgasm addict You're a kid Cassanova You're a ___ [sounds French - phonetically "no joe biz ett"?] It's a livin' a-fucking yourself to death Orgasm addict You're an orgasm addict Uh huh Uhhhhh x 10 You're makin' out with school kids Winos and heads of state You even made it with the lady Who puts the little plastic bobbies on the christmas cakes Butchers' assistants and bellhops You've had them all here and there Children of god and their joy-strings International women with no body hair Oooh So where they're askin' in an alley and your voice ain't steady If sex mechanic's rough you're more than ready You're an orgasm addict You're an orgasm addict Johnny will fuck you always and all ways He's got the energy, he will remain He's an orgasm addict He's an orgasm addict He's always at it He's always at it And he's an orgasm addict He's an orgasm addict

I was hoping Fran would pay us a visit but I suppose he's busy polishing his Hall Of fame shows , I think Fran's exact words were that a players nervous system gets activated and that gets them all flustered, at least the ones that didn't relish it. Fran?

I got inspiration from reading You Have Six Months to Bone Up over at Faith & Fear , I didn't want to do anything elaborate and in fact deleted my Piazza post twice thinking no way they will fall for it, I knew I couldn't just say Piazza signed and needed a plausible story, I think selling the Bennett injury was key . I have a feeling a few here played along but it's all good fun so thanks.

Nymr83 wrote: Pedro has a strained hamstring per wfan. Yeah Gary said the same, a strained left hamstring.....day to day...aren't we all?

Lets see what the news on Pedro is first , obviously it doesn't look good grabbing his back leg like that.

Pedro grabbing the back of his leg, injured? Wright doing his best to injure Delgado.

SNY in-game trivia. Who is the manager of the Kanas City Royals. I have no idea, I know I heard who it was but can't remember, Ron or Gary didn't know who it is until they were told.

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This is a team I would like to see play.

I wouldn't pay to see that team play, no F Martinez even.

Isn't this more about what Fred Wilpon wanted , can HOK be blamed if they are told to "build me a fucking place that reminds people of Ebbets Field", of course we all remember Ebbets Field.

Ian O'Connor gets all mushy , does mention the massive renovation so points for that. I'll Miss You

Fran Healy used to rave about how certain players like Piazza, Ventura and his buddy Reggie used to relish hitting with the bases loaded, while others would get all nervous and fail to get the arms extended and lose their confidence. It's that type of color commentary I miss.

This is actually a great idea, we could send aspiring journalist SJR to cover camp for us.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: This may impact his Cooperstown cap! That's good news, though. I'm glad for him. I think Piazza goes in as a Dodger no matter if he signed for them this season.

Apparently Gary Bennett got injured and Piazza signed a one year deal, he'll swap places with their AAA catcher until he's ready, they think he'll be ready for May. Piazza says this is his last season and he couldn't be happier to finish his career where it all started. I'm very happy for him, Mets visit Dodgers first week in May and they come to Shea starting May 29th.

Joe McIlvaine who is a special assistant to Bill Smith apparently was one of the people who scouted the Mets prospects heavily and if you believe what's said by the Twins they trusted their scouts on this. Terry Ryan who serves as a special assistant said this. ] �We trust our scouting,� Ryan said. �When one of your evaluators has been around and knows what he is looking for - taking the mental makeup into account and his durability and all that stuff that scouts do - you put your faith in them. That's why you hire them to go watch games. �I could never understand why you don't listen to a guy who has first hand information. We've done a good job listening to our guys in the last 10 years.� Yeah he would say that but they have been very good with trading their better players and getting good returns. From the same article. ] Swapping former Cy Young winner Frank Viola to the Mets for key World Series contributors Kevin Tapani and Rick Aguilera, dumping an unhappy Chuck Knoblauch to the Yankees for Christian Guzman and Eric Milton (among others) and swapping A.J. Pierzynski to the Giants for Francisco Liriano, Boof Bonser and Joe Nathan are the three most significant moves the Twins have made in the trade market over the past 20 years, at least before this offseason.

Yeah it's all pure bollox. Lupica yesterday and today with sill articles on the place , I'll sound very petty here but I am happy that they didn't get to have opening day yesterday, yeah they'll have it tonight but it's not the same, Steinbrenner had a bunch of hotshot friends over and even had silly commemorative baseball caps made up for it.