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I have the game on but I couldn't be any less excited about it...

Steve is imune to guff....

Me neither...

Congrats to Carlos.... ] IIRC, Leiter has admitted that he has political aspirations. And its certainly more flattering than "The Gambler" is for Kenny R. I think it has more to do with Al being considered a clubhouse politician more than career aspirations....Kazmir and all that stuff..silly stuff really.

Excellent point Yancy....they must think we are awful eegits.

I've been thinking,lets say the winning bid is $25 million,would his Japenese team put pressure on him to sign with that team,if he doesn't sign and plays another year in Japan then he can walk as a FA...his team gets nothing,right?

You ask for a Doctor and you get a farmer.

Not sure if this was reported here... Mets' Humber leaves Arizona Fall League

If yer going make sure to wrap up tight,gonna be a cold one,Jerry Seinfeld throwing out the first pitch?,jeez you'd think they would have a Gooden or Lee Mazzilli throw it out.

It would be foolish not to give Willie a new and improved contract....I'm a believer...the surgery for Heilman is a surprise....

Is Mulder really a FA, it seems like only a few years ago that he got traded.

Mark Buehrle is intriqing,why have the Sox not tied him up?

From The Atlanta Journal. ] Glavine return to Braves unlikely By DAVID O'BRIEN The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 10/23/06 Detroit � While there is a chance Tom Glavine could return to the Braves in 2007, the veteran pitcher probably would have to accept a significantly smaller salary than he'd get if he stays with the Mets. And that seems unlikely. Glavine, who has 290 wins and will turn 41 during spring training, told reporters Friday he would talk to his family about whether to stay with the Mets or return to the Braves, the only other team he says he'd pitch for. He won 242 games and two Cy Young Awards with the Braves between 1987-2002. The Braves and his agent say they haven't talked yet; if they did, there could be tampering charges because Glavine is still under contract with the Mets. Agent Gregg Clifton said Sunday he expects to talk this week with Mets general manager Omar Minaya. With Pedro Martinez out for much of next season, Minaya has made it a priority to retain Glavine, who was 15-7 with a 3.82 ERA this season and 2-1 with a 1.59 ERA in three postseason starts. Glavine has a pair of 2007 options on his contract with the Mets � a player option for $7.5 million, which he is expected to turn down by the Nov. 10 deadline, and a team option at $14 million, which has a Nov. 20 deadline. He also has a $2 million All-Star clause, meaning he could make $16 million next season if the team option were exercised, which isn't expected to occur. The Mets and Glavine would probably have to work a compromise between those salaries. There is a gentlemen's agreement that the Mets wouldn't unilaterally exercise their option and force him to stay if he wants to return to Atlanta. But even at, say, $10 million, the left-hander would probably be too expensive for the Braves, unless much of it were deferred.

] Signing him would make it nearly impossible to address other needs. says who, the Mets have plenty of money and IMO if Omar goes after him it's to get him not just to say he tried.

Over at UMDB the memories are a mixed bag...this made me laugh though. ] Danny Erickson August 16, 2001 Lee had the tightest baseball uniform in major league history.

Fred Wilpom meets Art Howe in a darkend room and hires him on the spot.

No idea how you could source that Edgy, I did a google news search and found nothing,could you point me to some of the bios that you did. Thanks.

Mets.com has it as William.

Jeff Suppan will be a FA.

From Steve Popper in the Bergen Record... ] Jason Schmidt is the other top-of-the-rotation free agent, compiling an 11-9 record with a 3.59 ERA for the Giants. But at 33, his numbers have dropped in recent years, fueling speculation within his own clubhouse that he used and stopped using steroids -- a charge he angrily denied.

The first thing Omar should do is extend Willie's contract,and he has talked about doing that,Nomar probably won't be back in LA,can he play second base?

]The first guy who volunteers to shake Alou's hand when he joins the Mets will get my vote for team captain. Is he a dick or what?

Seems like the Mets have been after Moises Alou for a few years now.

it seems yancy can't get through to some.....

] Besides wouldn't you rather NOT hear "Hey, Da Championship still hadda go through Da Bronx this year!" type statements all winter ala 2001-2004? I don't know if people will be saying that Steve, if the tigers win or lose one of the great memories I will have of this postseason is of Rogers brilliant outing against the yankees,to these eyes it was one of the great pitching performences I ever saw,maybe the best...full of emotion and knowing what that had to mean to Kenny and all that.