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If things go really well we may read that Mario was once an Expos prospect and Omar just signed him to a multi year deal.

soupcan wrote: ="metirish"]Hey maybe you'll bump into Garth Brooks there, what players are going to be there, I assume Bucket is having a laugh. You mean 'taking a piss'? Yeah I didn't want to confuse Mario.

Hey maybe you'll bump into Garth Brooks there, what players are going to be there, I assume Bucket is having a laugh.

Tade prospects - check Sign catcher - check Get bullpen help - check. Help bring peace to the Middle East - check ] BY ANTHONY McCARRON DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER Tuesday, January 8th 2008, 4:00 AM Sipkin/News Duaner Sanchez will be back with the Mets next season. Half a wolrd away from his office at Shea, in between visits to the old section of Jerusalem and a sports clinic to foster harmony between Israeli and Palestinian kids, Omar Minaya has still found time to conduct the Mets' offseason business. "My phone works here," Minaya said with a chuckle yesterday in a telephone interview from a bus in the middle of a Jerusalem traffic jam. "God bless technology. I've checked in with some general managers and I've talked to my scouts and my assistant, John Ricco. Even though I'm here, I'll be on the phone, too, trying to improve our team." The Mets got some business done Monday, announcing they had signed reliever Duaner Sanchez to a one-year contract worth $850,000. Sanchez missed all of last season with a broken bone in his shoulder. The Mets also signed eight others to minor-league deals and invited them to spring training. Minaya, who spent time last winter in Ghana on a trip to promote baseball, has joined agent Arn Tellem and other sports personalities such as former Chicago Bull B.J. Armstrong on an eight-day trip to Israel to "bring Palestinian and Israeli kids together and really encourage unity and peace," Minaya said. "For me to come and do this, it's fun and something I believe in. Also, I've always been curious about the area, a lot of the spiritual meaning of the area. That's always been something that's interested me. "We went to the (Yad Vashem) Holocaust Museum. We went to the old city of Jerusalem and have gone to the Christian quarters and we're going to the Jewish quarters in the next day or so. We've spent some time doing a basketball clinic, mostly promoting peace with the Palestinian and Israeli kids." Minaya left New York on Saturday and said he planned to return at the end of the week. The group also will visit the Dead Sea and Tel Aviv and was scheduled to meet with president Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, among other dignitaries. Tellem, who has made similar visits in the past, organized the trip along with Sharon Tzur, the founder of Media Watch International, a nonprofit group, and the trip is run in part by the Peres Peace Center. A pro baseball league finished its inaugural season in Israel last year and while the sport might be gaining popularity, Minaya, for one, is no household name there, though he runs one of the game's most visible franchises. "The kids don't know me, but other people do," Minaya said. "The kids are curious about baseball, they ask about it. I tell them about it. For me, this is another way of promoting baseball and the Mets." SIGNS: The Mets announced minor-league pacts for RHPs Juan Padilla, Joselo Diaz and Andy Cavazos, infielders Anderson Machado and Fernando Tatis, catchers Robinson Cancel and Salomon Manriquez and LHP Ryan Cullen.

Very cool Mario, welcome abordick.

I'm not a lawyer and I don't play one on TV but an expert on TV last night said the burden of proof is now on Clemens and that the " discovery process" will be very interesting .

San Francisco. 48HRS. The awful 40 Days and 40 Nights was also set in SF.

Salomon Manriquez sounds like a holiday destination.

Clemens knew for a week before it was released that he was in the report, at least that's what I'm reading and hearing.

Sounds reasonable that Ted, McNamee will be on ESPN today at 3PM.

Know what I saying" ] Reliever Duaner Sanchez, sidelined by a shoulder injury since a July 2006 taxi accident, agreed Monday to an $850,000, one-year contract with the Mets. Sanchez, who earned the same amount last year, was the primary setup man for closer Billy Wagner before separating his right shoulder in the cab accident. He had surgery, then went to spring training and was disciplined for repeated tardiness. In his first bullpen session in eight months, he felt a pop on March 22 and made just 11 pitches. He had surgery four days later to repair a broken bone. New York also agreed to minor league contracts with right-handers Juan Padilla, Joselo Diaz and Andy Cavazos; left-hander Ryan Cullen; infielders Anderson Machado and Fernando Tatis; and catchers Robinson Cancel and Salomon Manriquez.

AG/DC wrote: San Francisco has Bullitt and all or most of the Dirty Harry films. The Bond film with the Christopher Walken villian is also set there in part. St. Pete also has Loren Cass and, um, Cocoon: The Return, I guess. No excuse for forgetting Dirty Harry.

Not an easy task. San Francisco. Two starring Sean Connery. The Presidio The Rock Vertigo.

Dave Engle - Good organizational guy makes it to the big club as hitting coach but seemed out of his depth , that was a tough season for the team though as they faltered after making the WS in 2000. IIRC Engle went back to work in the minor system for the Mets. Side Fact - First player to homer in the MetroDome.

His defense might be aggressive but for me at least the more he opens his mouth the bigger the hole he's digging, I think Clemens is getting bad advise from his lawyer, at the very least the 60 minutes interview is a good starting point for whoever to ask a bunch of follow up questions that were not asked last night.

Clemens talked a lot about taking Vioxx and not sure what the future holds for his health since that drug has been banned by the FDA and found to be dangerous, it was nearly a teary moment.

Mike is his buddy, I watched it and Clemens came across as pathetic.

Got this over the Christmas and started watching it one night, got to the scene where they enter the music shop and started playing "Falling Slowly" when company called round and I turned it off,went back to Blockbuster the next day so I've not seen the rest. Did get the soundtrack, pretty good.

Shaping up to be a big day for the black irish.

Seo is the switch hitter on this team, that first song is pretty good.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Hannah Montana! Billy Wagner would go with her Dad, Billy Ray Cyrus.

I've just given up 8 runs in 4 2/3 innings and not thinking straight I blurt out Enrique Iglesias leading to mad speculation when the yearbook comes out.

seawolf17 wrote: It's tempting to put the black artists with the black guys, isn't it? And wouldn't it be great if Tim Teufel was the salsa music fan? Very tempting and I think I did that.

The amazing thing about Stephen A. Smith is that you don't even have to turn on the radio to hear him.

It is a great bit of fun, I expected more spanish music and really that slowed me up , I have Tom O'Malley as Elvis and you as Morrison. One of us must be right.