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Cute kids. From today.

Number 57 might give Steven Register hope of making the club....or maybe not.

Watching the replay of the conference now online, looks great in that blue hat. Santana speaks great English for a second language.

I can't see it here at work, how does this rate compared to Pedro's intro or Beltran's for the excitement factor or for bigness.

metsguyinmichigan wrote: He's wearing the pinstripes. Excellent. Healey?

Omar. ] "Everybody I talk to in baseball, they say you've got Johan Santana - congratulations

A Boy Named Seo wrote: I didn't even know there was a losmets.com. Omar to the podium. White shirt and some kind of off-white tie with a black pinstripe suit. Looks like a gangster or something. Aren't all MLB Teams sites in Spanish as well as English?

Excellent , the final word on that.

Buzz Capra, sounds like he should have been an Astronaut or at the least a character in Top Gun.

Frayed Knot wrote: ="Benjamin Grimm"]I've yet to see or hear Santana being interviewed. Does anyone know how good his command of English is? I'm betting it's better than Omar's Ouch, brilliant. Will SNY.TV.COM have the feed?

I had a thread ready ,lucky I checked before I posted, Johan's dad Jesus will attend as will Wright, Willie, Omar and Jeff. Luis Castillo says that when he got traded Johan was so pissed that they both talked about it in the locker room and Johan told him he wanted to play for the Mets. So when Luis gets to Shea he tells Minaya about what Santana said. The day Santana got traded he called Castillo with the good news.

Never heard anything like this. ] No sweat. Santana's got the inverted "W" delivery: an injury waiting to happen and an albatross around the neck of the Mutts for 6 or 7 years NOTE: I am not wishing an injury on anyone, simply pointing out the possibility.

Seems a lot of posters on that board think that Smith was intent on trading Santana out of the AL.

] A left handed ace going against a lefty heavy lineup in the phillies- I hate this. I believe this clearly shifts the power in the East to the Muts ] This is really terrible news. On the face of it, it's bad. It puts the best pitcher in baseball on the team that will undoubtedly be our toughest obstacle in getting back to the playoffs. On closer inspection, it's even worse. First of all, the Mets lost nothing. Humber is the keystone? Please raise your hand if you were ever worried about Phillies hitters having to deal with Phil Humber for six years? Anyone, anyone? Oh and to add insult to injury, Humber hasn't been dominating since he had Tommy John surgery. Carlos Gomez might get lucky and become Jacque Jones someday. Kevin Mulvey might be the best player the Twins landed. Highly regarded at Villanova, great numbers through the minors, right on target age wise. Maybe too few strikeouts for a power-pitcher, but he's done well anyway. I don't even know who Deolis Guerra is. Anyway you cut it, the Mets losing these guys doesn't mean their farm is shot or they lost a key piece they're going to need down the road. Overall, I'm just baffled as to why the Twins would accept this trade. Further, the Mets get to keep Fernando Martinez, Wright, and Reyes who will continue to hurt the Phillies for many years to come. The price of the contract extension and Santana producing for the length of it, you say? How many Cy Young Award winners in recent history have slipped into mediocrity after winning one? Bartolo Colon and Eric Gange. Two guys who weren't the best pitchers in the league that year anyway. How many multi-Cy Youngers turned out not to be worth their pricetags? None that I can think of. The Mets are plenty willing and able to spend money when they want to. Even a contract like Santana's won't break the bank. Frankly, they've been Phillie-esque with their budget after 2003. One player doesn't make that much of a difference. We won the division by one game and got swept in the playoffs. One player can certainly make a huge difference. And it's not like the Muts are surrounded by a bunch of lousy players. Not a happy lot.

Looks like Pedro's agent is angling for an extension at some point. ] �As long as he�s able to pitch without the discomfort and the pain, he�s going to want to play for a long time,� Cuza said. �He enjoys the game.�

I voted Johan even though my heart wanted to vote Pedro, would not take issue either way.

From the AP. ] Here's a breakdown of Johan Santana's annual salary, according to terms obtained by the AP. 2008- $19M 2009- $20M 2010- $21M 2011- $22.5M 2012- $24M 2013 -$25.5M Santana can vest the $18.75-million team option for 2014 through innings pitched or Cy Young Awards.

The Mets avoided arbitration with pitcher Jorge Sosa, signing him to a $2-million deal for 2008.

Just watched it , I found the whole midwife sticking her nose into Russian mobster business a distraction , very gruesome scenes and one great fight.

Val will not be happy.

] The Mets have announced that contract extension negotiations with Johan Santana have finished and the trade will be finalized pending player physicals. Santana is expected to receive a six-year extension, from 2009 through 2014, for about $22 million a year. He will also get a signing bonus of roughly $7 million, which, added to his 2008 salary of $13.25 million, will push the total package over $150 million. SI.com first reported these details, which the source confirmed. The Mets and the two-time Cy Young award winner had an original deadline of 5 p.m. to complete a contract extension, but when the two sides were still at odds, Major League Baseball granted an additional two hours to finish the deal. The deal for Santana will be completed once he and Carlos Gomez, Deolis Guerra, Phil Humber and Kevin Mulvey -- the package of prospects sent to Minnesota in the trade -- all pass physicals

At first this clock was a gimmick, now it's starting to look scary. Customized counter Time until Friday, February 1, 2008 at 5:00:00 PM (New York time) 0 days 3 hours 203 minutes 12208 seconds Alternative version It is 0 days, 3 hours, 23 minutes and 28 seconds until Friday, February 1, 2008 at 5:00:00 PM (New York time)

So if Santana fails his physical do we get Boof Bonser instead?

Like Bobby McFerrin said........like some others I've given some thought to failed physicals.

It is 0 days, 10 hours, 15 minutes and 29 seconds until Friday, February 1, 2008 at 5:00:00 PM (New York time) From Newsday ] Within the baseball industry, there is near unanimity on these two predictions when it comes to the Mets and Johan Santana: 1. They will come to an agreement on Santana's contract extension by Friday afternoon's 5 o'clock deadline. 2. They won't complete that agreement until 4:59. "[santana's agent Peter Greenberg] is going to take [the Mets] to the last minute," a person familiar with the situation said Thursday night, on the condition of anonymity. Greenberg met with the Mets' brass in Manhattan for a second straight day, and the two sides are slowly finding common ground. According to the source, Santana will likely wind up with a six-year extension for an average annual value of about $23 million a year, on top of the $13.25 million owed to him this season. A signing bonus could be included that would take the total to just over $150 million.