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Ralph Kiner said that HOF speech was the best he'd ever heard.

Should have kept my gob shut, fair play Val.....

Did I win something or what?

Cox is a fraud and he probably wanted to break the "record",anyway not like it takes much to get ejected nowadays.

Who has the lowest career batting average by a pitcher? Ron Herbel In 206 career AB's, Herbel had six hits, for a .029 average.

Better than it seems though,the scoop. ] Pedro OK in second rehab start PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - Pedro Martinez is pushing the idea that he needs just one more rehab start before joining the Mets in New York. His pitching lines in his first two rehabilitation starts wouldn't indicate he is ready, but after throwing four innings Tuesday with the rookie Gulf Coast League Mets on Tuesday in Florida, Martinez is growing anxious to make his return to the big leagues. "I need to pitch in the big leagues," Martinez said. "I feel like my pitches are improving, but I can't tell you how good I am until I get a big-league hitter out. ... I am already pushing the issue, but it's going to take me a little while still. The three-time Cy Young winner threw 60 pitches, 47 for strikes against the Gulf Coast Dodgers, and was perfect through three innings before giving up a three-run home run to Pedro Baez on a cutter with two outs in the top of the fourth inning. He allowed three runs and three hits with one walk and four strikeouts for the game. Martinez used 29 pitches the fourth inning, 11 of them to Andrew Lambo, who walked, and the bottom of the frame took so long that rehabilitation pitching coordinator Randy Niemann decided to send him to the bullpen to finish with 20 fastballs. "I like this outing a lot more than the other one," Martinez said. "I am more in command, and I actually felt like I pitched a little bit, making pitches where I wanted to, and overall it was a jump ahead. It was a great improvement." The 35-year-old isn't concerned that he has given up a combined eight runs and nine hits in two games against hitters yet to reach Class AA. His focus is getting individual pitches to the level he wants them, especially the sinker that led to two home runs in his first start with Class A St. Lucie on Aug. 8. Martinez said most of his pitches worked well Tuesday, but now he needs to become more consistent because that is what will get him back to New York. It is likely he will pitch one more game in Florida, which could be with Class A St. Lucie on Monday, but Martinez said his schedule is still up in the air. "I was actually asking (trainer) Chris (Correnti) where will he see me from now on, and he said without a doubt I need at least one more outing," Martinez said. "I need to work on some other things." More articles Copyright � 2007, Newsday Inc.

The fans are staying away from PNC Park in droves ever since the bloom left the rose because of a lousy team.

Four innings hardly seems like a step forward though.

Saunders is hardly a gimme to do it this year....he should but a flawed question.

attgig wrote: ="metirish"]="Gwreck"] Name the 2 players that have hit at least 10 home runs each season for the past 15 years (1992-2007). Manny Ramirez i don't think he's been around that long... AHHHH....yer right,Manny came aboard in 1993...

Gwreck wrote: Name the 2 players that have hit at least 10 home runs each season for the past 15 years (1992-2007). Manny Ramirez

How many rings did he have?

What can we expect today,I'd take Pedro going six innings and pitching into the seventh would be a bonus ,not really caring a whole lot about runs but more about strikes and balls and of course how he feels and if he's throwing what he wants to throw.

R.I.P. Lets win one for the Scooter.

Yancy Street Gang wrote: Who is JT? No idea...Joe Torre?..

Pure Gold this one. ] Did Derek Jeter Give Jessica Alba Herpes? Larry BrownPosted Aug 9th 2007 2:18PM by Larry Brown Filed under: New York, Yankees, AL East, MLB Gossip I was listening to The Adam Carolla Show this morning and they had a guest on from a gossip website called L.A. Rag Mag. Far be it from me to judge the credibility of the site; all I know is that Carolla had them on, so they must be somewhat legit (or entertaining at the least). Well, their latest report certainly has a strong charge -- that Derek Jeter gave Jessica Alba herpes: Jessica Alba (before she was Jessica Alba) used to date Derek Jeter, the serial celebrity dater, who plays for the NY Yankees. Well, our source worked for Cash Warren, her ex, and had to refill her Valtrex prescription for her on a regular basis! Guess who she got it from...that's right...dirty Derek Jeter. You know what this means don't YOU?!! All of his other famous relationships could have contracted the STD TOO! Derek's most famous sexual conquest include Mariah Carey, Jessica Alba, Vanessa Minnillo and most recently Jessica Biel. Which means JT could have it AAAHHH!! Perhaps this is the wrong attitude, but I've always been of the accepting mindset for STDs -- at least it means you're getting some, right? And by the way, if this is at all true, anything you can get from having relationships with Mariah Carey, Jessica Biel, and Jessica Alba, I'm all for. Sign me up. Herpes Jeter

Rogers gets six schaefer points.

Steve can you find someone else to do the math?.....thanks.

Yancy with the wise crack.......

] Healthier than ever? More like a house of cards because its still only popular in the biggest markets, or markets where baseball has become so damned ingrained that fans truely don't realize or care that they are watching a sport that is slowly devolving because of the economics and the greed of all sides. Steve I can see you as a future feature writer for a major daily.

It's funny to read John Harper these days,he had them dead and buried two months ago and now he's trying to revise that but not all in one column,spreading it out over a weeks worth of articles. for the record I had them buried as well, sticking to my guns though.

We should open a book on who "Crash Davis" will be......not in the least surprised that Omar would know Bull Durham.

="Frayed Knot"] Or we could pre-emptively trade for Ronny Paulino since [media-cliche]everyone knows Omar has an obsession with him[/media-cliche]. I think that might actually happen.

Alou - 4 Sosa - 2 Delgado - 1 Reyes - 1 Heilman - 1 Castillo - 0.5 Milledge - 0.5