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Phillies are an NL worst 3-10 after losing last night to the Nats in 13,Howard got hurt his left leg while running out a ground ball in the 10th,having an MRI today... ]"Everything is bitter around here." -- Shane Victorino.

Scary that Rodriguez has nine home runs and twenty three RBI in thirteen games,and the yankees are only 5 - 5.

Hate to see that kid hurt again,hope all he needs is some rest.

Yes another who am I,thought that one would last for a bit....

I never did things like others, so I'm going to do my biography backwards for this week's question. I'm currently retired from baseball. My last few jobs were doing some weekly radio reports, and before that, a minor league instructor for the Chicago Cubs, where I tell my outfielders to "Do what I say, and not what I do", because I once defied my manager and left CF to play just in front of the grass behind 2B for the weak hitting pitcher Ryne Duren (he struck out). I did some announcing before that, and "Holy Cow" did I have a good partner to team up with while doing the Chicago White Sox games in the 1970's. I played the game hard, and expected others to do so also. Because of this, I always seemed to be involved in something controversial, like kicking a fan in the ass when he ran out into my CF territory in Yankee stadium (I was with the Indians), or getting into a fight with legendary brawlster Billy Martin (under the grandstand in 1952). Yeah, I was a real character. As a matter of fact, I appeared once on the "I Love Lucy" t.v. show, and also had a movie made about me with Anthony Perkins playing myself. I ended my career in '67 with CAL, spent some time with CLE from ''62 - '59, and played eight years with BOS, starting in '50. My career numbers were .272 avg, 811 R, 104 Hr, 591 RBI, and 115 SB, but more importantly a .988 fielding percentage, as I was tops in the game at my position in the outfield.

Maine - 5 Beltran - 2 Reyes - 2 Wright - .5 Valentin - 0.25 Delgado - 0.25

Very cool,that was the 16th no hitter in White Sox history.

Elster88 wrote: The Marlins' scoreboard has, in their photo of Green standing in Times Square, Borat in the background giving the thumbs up.I'm amused. Seems like they are doing it for all the Mets players...not sure what the connection is....

No it's not,and now it's 4 - 0 with the bases loaded....2 out.

Just tuned in,Mets up 2 - 0 ,what happened?

I feel bad for Manuel,he seems like a decent sort,and he is probably not doing himself any favors with that behavior.

iramets wrote: ="metirish"]iramets wrote: Can't send the "Show some humility, rook" message often enough to please me. Your a trip, by all accounts Lastings had matured from last season and was a model team mate,for all we know Gomez could be a total wanker. What , the dude behaves himself for a few weeks, and it's all "We're sorry we thought you were an immature fuckhead last season, now you can slack off and we'll still love you, Lastings" where you come from? Around here, you need to show your chaaracter on a regular basis, especially when you've shown it to be full of flaws just last year. You might well heed that advice ira

iramets wrote: Can't send the "Show some humility, rook" message often enough to please me. Your a trip, by all accounts Lastings had matured from last season and was a model team mate,for all we know Gomez could be a total wanker.

I never said "no matter what" ira,I just think Lastings will get the call before Gomez..

]Superstar in the making Reyes continues to improve on dynamic talents Jackie Robinson would have loved Jose Reyes, the New York Mets shortstop whose mentor may be Rickey Henderson but whose dynamic energy on the field recalls Robinson. Baseball's tribute Sunday to the 60th anniversary of Robinson's debut was classy (thanks to Ken Griffey Jr.'s idea to honor Robinson by wearing his No. 42, an idea that spread with enthusiasm), touching (Andruw Jones giving the literal and figurative tip of the helmet to Robinson) and inspiring (C.C. Sabathia pitching with a higher purpose). Given Robinson's importance to American culture and society, Jackie Robinson Day should be part of our country's official calendar, not just the baseball season. But in his own way, Reyes gives tribute to Robinson every time he sets foot on a baseball field. It's not only that Reyes, a Dominican, never would have been allowed to play major league baseball in the years before Robinson. It's also that Reyes is the closest facsimile that we have today to Robinson: the most exciting player in baseball, a joy to watch. No player can beat you in more ways than Reyes. Last season, for instance, he stole 64 bases and drove in 81 runs, becoming only the second player in 91 years to reach those thresholds (Joe Morgan in 1973 and '75) and only the sixth since 1900 (Benny Kauff and Hall of Famers Ty Cobb, Eddie Collins and Frank Chance are the others). The scary part is that Reyes, 23, still is learning the game and improving at an incredibly fast clip. "I faced him in interleague play a couple of years ago," Phillies pitcher Jamie Moyer said, "and the way he swung at everything he should have been up there with a tennis racket in his hands. He's a totally different player now. He's made himself into a very tough out every time up." Moyer, for example, faced Reyes last Thursday with two outs and a runner at third in a one-run game. "I figured I'd get him to chase something just outside the zone,'' the pitcher said. But Reyes didn't bite on any of Moyer's three bait attempts, so the Phillies decided to finish the walk intentionally and take their chances with Paul Lo Duca. Reyes seems to be disproving a widely held belief that plate discipline, like speed, is an inherent ability that can be improved only marginally. Last season he doubled his rate of walks per plate appearance (.076) from 2005 (.037) and this season, though obviously early, he has doubled it again (.151). If Reyes can add 30 walks to the 53 he had last year, you're talking about a Hall of Fame quality player who gets on base 40 percent of the time, complementing 25-home run potential and a reputation as one of the best and fastest baserunners in the game. And, though Adam Everett is a better defender now, Reyes will get consideration as the eventual successor to Gold Glove shortstop Omar Vizquel, who has won the past two in the NL. Not all on-base percentages are created equal. Because Reyes is such a good basestealer, can hit for extra bases and is so fast, few players are better at turning times on base into runs. Last season, for instance, according to the Bill James Handbook, Reyes scored 40 percent of the time he reached base, trailing only the 41 percent of Jimmy Rollins and Hanley Ramirez. (The worst? By far, Mike Piazza at 11 percent.) This year Reyes has scored 13 of the 22 times he has reached base, an astounding 59 percent conversion rate. (Yes, the conversion rate must be considered in the context of the offense around a player, but it's a useful, if not definitive, tool for understanding an ability to create runs.) Here's another way at measuring Reyes' progress: take his runs divided by his plate appearances to arrive at a kind of "runs average." He has improved from .135 in 2005 to .174 in 2006 to an impossible-to-maintain .245 start this year. Robinson, in his best year, posted a .190 runs average in 1953 -- at age 34 -- and a .163 career mark. (As a way of comparison, Morgan's career runs average was .146, with a high of .189 in 1976, while Henderson posted a .172 career mark, including an amazing .223 in 1985.) Reyes began this week with 2,010 plate appearances, virtually the equivalent of Robinson's first three seasons in the big leagues (2,051). Their statistics at that juncture speak to their similarity: Name R H HR RBI SB AVG RAVG* Reyes.. 314 538 34 196 162 .286 .156 Robinson 355 548 40 257 88 .312 .173 * Runs Average Of course, Robinson was 28 by the time baseball allowed him to begin his major league career. We'll never know just how prolific his career might have been had baseball not held such an exclusionary policy before then. But keep an eye on Reyes now and for another five years, and you might easily imagine what Jackie might have done.

I would like to see Lastings get the call up if the team needs an outfielder,and I would think that Omar would do that,no player deserves anything but I think Lastings shold get the shot,Gomez to get called up in September with the Mets coasting.

Commentary - I find this picture of Carlos most interesting as his mole seems to have been photo-shopped out..it's on his right side ,right?

Lots of cool stuff to read up on at Loge13,never knew GFR played the place...

Alou - 3 Glavine - 3 Valentin - 1 Smith - .5 Feliciano - .5 Reyes - .5 Castro - .5 Beltran - 1

So we will have a squid sighting today?

Batty31 wrote: I can't look again....Mets are up by seven...

This Phillies pen will cost Manuel his job,guy comes in and all he does is walk guys,bases loaded.

Not our best IGT,must be the cold weather,that last double play form the Mets was sweet,Glavien a solid six,Phillies pen is awful,Feliciano pitching. I don't ever remember Willie calling for a squeeze like that.

Glavine is dealing..

Wright doesn't look right.