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Utley flies out to Gomez..Peterson to the mound.

Feliciano walks the first guy he faces.....FUCK.

Rollins flied out to Green to end the inning..

Clay Condrey is pitching for the Phills....doesn't sound like much of a pitcher,going strictly on his name I am.

Vance Wilson - # 3 Mo Vaughn - # 42.....I was optimistic to say the least.

Johnny Dickshot wrote: Rastro with an RBI double. Howie Rose: Delgado's 2 ABs this afternoon showcased his "best swings against fastballs in a long time." Does he sit against the lefty tonight....hope not.

Over 50 pitches already for Durbin...top of the 3rd....

Durbin struck out the side in the first,Hernandez struck out Utley and Howard in the bottom of the first. no score.

First inning in progress,one on and two out for Hernandez.

IIRC one of Coste's home runs was against the Mets,this series to me has the feel of a playoff series,that's overstating things but it feels damn important and I can't wait.

LoDuca seemed pissed to say the least,here is one quote,and on a day the Immigration Bill was shot down no less. ] "I'll do this (interview), but you need to start talking to other players," Lo Duca announced loudly after he was approached by a radio reporter after the Mets-Cardinals series finale was washed out by rain. "It's the same three or four people every day. Nobody else wants to talk. Some of these guys have to start talking. They speak English, believe me." Back to the game,there hardly seems a better place to play to get the offence going again.

Edgy DC wrote: I'm a little Tim Leary of arguments against Griffey and Thomas based on their productivity falling off after 30. It's disappointing to watch, but they're still valuable players, and certainly are doing nothing to hurt the wonderful produciton of their 20s. It's an emotional argument, and one that we wouldn't make against Jimmie Foxx or Mickey Mantle, because we didn't live throught their declines. We see their numbers as a whole and conclude that they're solid Hall-of-Famers. Excellent point,Willie Mays is remembered by Mets fans of a certain generation but those days didn't effect his HOF status,nor should they have of course.

I can't imagine either one not going to the HOF....

Why was this game suspended and not called like the Mets and Cards game the other night that Glavine pitched?

Frank Thomas hits number 500 in Minnesota,gets standing ovation.

Newsday reporting that yankees and Angels are in talks that would see Shea Hillenbrand going to the Bronx....apparently he's to be cut by the Angels anyway. Hillenbrand said that he was told he would be designated for assignment as soon as today.

Edgy DC wrote: That call is never coming. And knowing that is... not cool at all. Yeah that would suck,ever dropped it into a conversation that you are on the waiver wire....I mean it sounds impressive.

Edgy DC wrote: I have a friend who plays in an adult amateur baseball league. I want to join, and am on their version of the waiver wire hoping to get picked up. He invited me out to a game last week. I couldn't make it due to a prior commitment. It turned out the opposing pitcher was former Oriole Ken Dixon. I asked how he did and he said they hit him pretty hard. He had two hits. "He's a 47-year-old man, Edgy." Actually, he's 46. Two years younger than Julio Franco. My friend is a healthy but un-athletic looking 40-ish hospital chaplain. Cool story,must be cool to on a waiver wire...waiting for the phone call and all that..

Agree with above posters,and it's not like the WS doesn't get enough media exposure ,that's hardly the problem. I think what Selig has already done with changing the start date and having a Saturday afternoon game is a good start. It seems like Boras wants to attract non baseball fans with a huge media extravaganza ,instead they should concentrate efforts on getting baseball fans to keep watching in the post-season.

Don't know why Klapisch turns this into a MFY thing,not like the ratings were throught the roof last time they were in the WS...anyway Boras has an idea... ] Best-of-9 Series? Boras has Selig's ear By BOB KLAPISCH RECORD COLUMNIST If you think Major League Baseball isn't sweating out the possibility of another Yankees-less World Series, you haven't been paying attention to the Fall Classic's TV ratings in the past two years. Worse than bad, they're historically bad, which is one reason Bud Selig already has started a mini-revolution. This year's Series will begin Tuesday, Oct. 24, with the promise of an afternoon start on Saturday (Game 3) and a travel day on Oct. 30 (Monday). That means potentially more viewers on the weekend, and no head-to-head competition with "Monday Night Football,'' even if it pushes the Series into November. But is that enough? Not according to Scott Boras, the super agent who, if nothing else, has proven he can maximize dollar value. With America having gone to sleep on the White Sox and Astros in 2005 and further ignoring the Tigers and Cardinals last October, Boras recently proposed turning the Series into a best-of-nine contest, with the first two games played at a neutral site. That way, the entire industry could turn the Fall Classic into a bustling convention � not unlike the Super Bowl, which has become America's favorite TV sports event. By comparison, the World Series continues to suffer from its hurry-up, hastily thrown-together agenda, a victim of the league championship's unpredictability. "Corporate America can't embrace [the World Series]; they don't know where the games are being played," Boras said by telephone recently. "People can't say, 'I'll see you at the World Series.' This way, we have a plan for it." Under Boras' revamping � explained in a letter sent to MLB's headquarters � Game 1 would be played on a Saturday in a warm-weather city, where there's a low probability of rain or even snow. The night before, he said, would be like "the Oscars" where players from both teams would be introduced and feted before a national TV audience. But the event wouldn't be just for pennant winners; everyone would be there, including the game's biggest stars, along with the networks and the advertisers. "There'd be interaction between players and management, the interaction between players and corporations would increase, the boundaries would be removed," Boras said. "The Super Bowl does that, although it's a terrible event." The agent's proposal apparently has caught the commissioner's attention. Selig wrote back to say he was indeed interested. Boras, whose comments on the matter appear in Commerce magazine, will take the revolution one step further in championing a best-of-nine Series. The extended format might outrage purists, but Boras is quick to point out there's a precedent here: The World Series was indeed a best-of-nine in 1903, the year of its inception, when the Boston Americans defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates, five games to three. To those who say the baseball season is long enough, Boras counters: After so many games, shouldn't the champion be determined by the best possible measuring stick? A best-of-nine would require the excellence of three starting pitchers, not just two, which would favor teams with the deepest staffs. Call it a fool's dream, but Boras nevertheless has hit on the industry's most troubling revenue problem: Fox has Series broadcasting rights through 2013, but how much longer will the network allow itself to bleed if no one's watching the premier event? Thanks to revenue sharing and the luxury tax, baseball has moved closer than ever to NFL-like parity, marginalizing the Yankees. Apparently, that's failed to excite the TV audience. Last year's Series drew the lowest ratings ever � 10.1 with a 17 percent share. The Astros-White Sox matchup in 2005 was only slightly less awful, 11.1 and 19. The last time the Series had more than a 25 percent share was in 1999 when, you guessed it, the Yankees were in the middle of their golden era. The share fell to 21 in 2000 during the Subway Series, but spiked to 25 in 2001, in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. The Yankees got a 25 share in 2003, as did the Red Sox in 2004, ending The Curse in a four-game sweep of the Cardinals. But Fox has taken a huge financial hit as second-tier teams have prevailed the past two years. It's not much of a stretch to assume the network is praying for the Yankees to somehow win the wild card -- or at least hitch a ride through October with the Mets. But it's also true the Yankees' renaissance can't last forever; more and more, it appears Fox won't even get the benefit of one playoff round with the Yankees. Whether the Mets can replace the Bombers as the team America loves to hate -- and watch -- remains to be seen. But Boras says baseball doesn't necessarily have to suffer because of it. "Sports, particularly baseball, is like a four-hour drama with fresh information and outcomes every night. It could be put on TV for 50 times what it's worth now," he said. "The great thing in baseball is, at any moment, the worst team can beat the best team, and that happens at least 30 percent of the time." So why has the postseason become so unwatchable? Put it this way: The problem is serious enough that Selig is listening to a radical idea that, somehow, isn't all that crazy. E-mail: klapisch@northjersey.com

I'm surprised he's not been taken already,I really don't know what to think other than this team needs a decent bat....

Farmer Ted wrote: This is some endorsement for the former Met: "It's his eighth save of more than one inning. He's like Rollie Fingers and Goose Gossage." -- Reds manager Jerry Narron on Reds reliever David Weathers That's pretty cool thing to say,Weathers is certainly a gamer.

Glavine - 5 Wright - 3 Gomez - 1 LoDuca - 1

You taking the piss or what?.....I guess you're not...great that Willie puts the team first....

Johnette Howard on weather the Mets need an arm or bat. Big Bat theory