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I was thinking a charity ball like they have for the home run derby,probably wouldn't work though....

I had no idea they were giving A-rod special balls.I didn't think he had any,I thought only Bonds had those balls. The balls should be sponsored and the money given to charity.

Biggio will retire after the season. ] "Retiring is not an easy thing to do," Biggio told MLB.com. "But it's time. How many guys get the opportunity to do it the way they want to do it? You're pretty much writing your own story here, as far as walking away when you want to walk away. It's not taken away." Only seven major league players have more than 3,000 hits and 400 stolen bases. Five are enshrined in Cooperstown. Players with 3,000 Hits and 400 Steals Player Hits Steals Rickey Henderson 3,055 1,406 Lou Brock 3,023 938 Ty Cobb 4,191 744 Eddie Collins 3,315 744 Paul Molitor 3,319 504 Tris Speaker 3,514 432 Craig Biggio 3,014* 413* * Entering Tuesday's game "It's just time. That hurts. But you hear bad stories sometimes that guys waited too long [to retire] and I don't want a bad taste in the fans' mouths that I played too long. Then they remember me on the down side, the bad side. It can't get any better than it has been this year," he said, according to the Web site. "I'm going out on top. Other than a World Series, the [3,000th] hit thing was unbelievable. To me, I'm going out on top. It makes me feel great, being able to do it this way. And the fans can remember you on a positive note," he said, according to the Web site.

This will be Nady's first time back at Shea since the trade.

I like them,if I lived there I'd be a big fan,like the history of the team. What's In A Name? An "Act of Piracy" it was called after Manager Ed Hanlon signed a loose infielder claimed by the American Association. Thus the Pittsburgh Pirates came into being. The year was 1891, and the Alleghenies, as they had been known, were last in the National League, but improving. In the previous season they had accomplished the distinctive feat of winning 23 games while losing 113. The Alleghenies were organized in 1876 as the city's first professional baseball club. Five years later they were playing in the new American Association, called the "Beer and Whiskey League" because most of its six teams were backed by liquor distillers. In 1887, they joined the National League and moved into Exposition Park, a former race track on the banks of the Allegheny River. The hapless Alleghenies were the league's worst team, always finishing in last place. In 1891, the team acquired Louis Bierbauer, the disputed player, and became known around the league as the Pirates. The term stuck and soon was adopted as the team's official name. The alleged theft helped the team to their only winning season of the 19th century, finishing second in 1893. In 1900, Barney Dreyfuss brought his team up from Louisville and merged with the Pirates. The Pirates became instant winners, finishing first from 1900 to 1903. They won a World Series in 1909 and posted winning seasons in the first 14 years of the 20th century. Today's Pirates may resemble the hapless Alleghenies of the 1800s, and may have to resort to another act of piracy to somehow climb out of the cellar of despair. But, despite their mediocre performance in the first years of the 21st century, they are our beloved Pirates and have built up quite a legacy in their nearly 130 years as a professional franchise. A last note on "Pirates." When modern professional football came to the city on September 20, 1933, the first game was played at Forbes Field in front of 25,000 fans. The final score: New York Giants 20, Pittsburgh Pirates 2. The team, owned by Arthur J. Rooney soon changed their name to Steelers. Forty-odd years later, the Pittsburgh Steelers combined with the Pittsburgh Pirates to give the city a new name. During the decade of the 1970s, Pittsburgh was known as the "City of Champions."

DocTee wrote: He doubled last night and turned a sweeet 3-6-3 Double Play to get Smoltz out of an early jam. Good for him,it's not that he can't play,just glad he's not on the Mets anymore.

MFS62 wrote: Probably right. I've never heard anything negative about the KC front office. (From a business point of view) But I'm still curious about how attendance figures are audited. Later I would think that there is plenty to feel negative about with the KC front office the last few decades,at least if your a KC fan.

The Nationals signed Belliard to a two-year, $3.5 million extension on Monday.

Edgy DC wrote: There was netbuzz back in 1985 of Speilberg and Drew Barrymore co-producing a sequel, with Gertie being the heroine. Drew Barrymore was 10,do you mean 1995 or 2005?....

Frayed Knot wrote: Never saw it. Me neither,the nearest cinema was a good thirty miles away in Clonmel,we never went,in fact I don't think any of my friends saw it either,certainly not when it was in the cinema.We didn't have a VHS/VCR for years so I didn't see it there either. I'm sure RTE showed at Christmas but I can't remember.

If not Belliard then I could see Omar going for someone like Grudzielanek Y/N on him?

One thing,Belliard is not 35,he was born in 1975.

The great thing about being a fan is that you can hammer Omar five years from now if Gotay turned out to be a Mora,all the while claiming that you hated the deal that sent Gotay to the Nationals.

Yes,yes ,yes to Belliard.

duan wrote: Conas at� t�? to be accurate. I also seem to remember something called a 'summer' happening in those days. Not this "rained every day since the start of june" nonsense that we've got goin' on now. No matter who I call at home it's the same thing,it's been raining since the start of June,a fella on Newstalk 106 the other day was complaining that he bought a BBQ Grill in April but hasn't taken it out of the box yet. I never knew anyone that had a BBQ growing up.

Beltran - 2.5 Wright - 2 Milledge - 1.5 Mota - 1 Castro - 1

Perez - 4.5 Anderson - 1.5 Beltran - 1 Wagner - 1 Feliciano - 1 Wright - 0.5

Ambres - 2 Feliciano - 1.5 Reyes - 1.5 Wright - 0.5 Heilman - 1.5 Beltran - 1 Milledge - 1 Wagner - 1

Great story,see if your kid and get any info from Jeff's kid about trades..

Chip won a game for KC two years ago on a sac fly,but this was different..... ] "We're talking about the Mets here," Ambres said. "You do something big like this, that's something that goes down in history. I'm very proud of it."

I'm done being right for the rest of the way.....nothing much stronger than a gatorade for me,except coffee I suppose.

metsfanbook wrote: Where did you learn the rules of capitalization? Just joking!! You'll fit right in here

yankees get Jose Molina from the Angels,they sent a minor league pitcher to the Angels.

Unbelieveable..

Great just what this place needs,another professor of English.