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I will as best I can...IIRC the D-Backs were in town for a four game series, the Mets won a game and Mo talked about how that game would give the team momentum...the back pages the next day had Mo-mentum as the banner..Bobby basically said that there is no such thing as momentum and that it was a silly thing to say...then again maybe I am wrong in my memory. I do remember that the media had a blast with it though.

Fucking Elster is here......how the hell are you ya bollox?

Gary is saying that regardless how Pedro pitches tomorrow night if he says he feels fine after the game then he'll pitch game one....so says Willie....I dunno but who's calling the shots here?

It seems to me that when the Mets sucked the last few years this place was busy,now that we are going to the dance no one is here.....WTF took the Braves so long to pick up the $8 million option on Smoltz.....that's a steal.

I like Smoltz, even though he's a Brave he never came across as a bollox to me.

Perez coughs up his thirs homer of the night to Diaz,just as well the Mets are not fighting for the postseason.

Perez sucks tonight,Aybar with a home run.

I love watching Smoltz pitch.

Turner field looks empty.

Didn't the Dodgers lose the next teo games that that amazing game in which they hit four consecutive home runs,you'd think that game would have given them momentum.

Jeez I hope they take his advice now...what the hell are the odds of hitting your wife....amazin.

Remember when Bobby V and Mo Vaughn had that little back and forth about momentum,IIRC the Mets were playing a four game series against the D-Backs.

WOW... ] Train with D.C. baseball team derails, no injuries WASHINGTON, Sept 26 (Reuters) - The Amtrak train carrying the Washington Nationals baseball team home from New York derailed early on Tuesday in Delaware. The incident was minor and no injuries were reported, the railroad and the team said. The last set of wheels on the locomotive left the tracks north of the Wilmington station at about 1:30 a.m. (0530 GMT). The train was moving slowly and none of the three cars of the charter train left the tracks, said Amtrak spokesman Cliff Black. The cause is under investigation, Black said. The Nationals were transferred to another train that arrived at Washington's Union Station about three hours later without incident.

Whatever channel the Mets are on I hope Lou Piniella is doing the other games.

] Would one game be on FOX and the other on ESPN or ESPN2? Haven't they used the FX channel before in that situation?

If the Astros do make it they could have a spent pitching staff,Garner is just about pitching everyone these last few games.

[url=http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkxMTQmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTY5OTU5NTUmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2]Valentine sends his love to the Mets[/url]]Saturday, September 23, 2006 In the tidal wave of congratulatory e-mails that've flooded Omar Minaya's in-box this week, this one reached out from cyberspace and grabbed the Mets' general manager by his virtual collar."I hope I am not the last one to say how happy I am for you and the entire organization. Please extend my congratulations to Fred, Jeff, Willie and all the members of the organization. You deserve it. Keep up the great work -- Bobby V."The note, short and obviously sweet, was dispatched from Japan, where Bobby Valentine has been living a successful post-Shea existence. He manages the Chiba Lotte Marines, the reigning Japanese League champions, and has long since overcome any homesickness. When asked if he intends to ever return to the major leagues, Valentine laughed and said, "What for?"Yet, a part of him still bonds with the Mets, the very team that dismissed him in 2002, only two years after winning the National League pennant. You'd think Valentine would be the last one to root for another renaissance in Flushing, but his e-mail, as well as his praise for Minaya and manager Willie Randolph in a telephone conversation this week, proved otherwise. "I tip my hat to Omar for speaking out and being bold and I tip my hat gladly and graciously to Willie for keeping it together," Valentine said. "It's one thing to put it together and another thing to keep it together. Willie has done a hell of a job keeping that team together. If there were any problems [in the clubhouse], I'm sure I would've heard about it one way or another. And I didn't hear a thing all year."Valentine's attachment to Minaya started with the Rangers in the '90s; his fondness for Randolph blossomed during their playing days with the Mets and Yankees, respectively, in the late '70s. But Valentine has two other reasons for endorsing the current administration at Shea.The first is his enjoyment at seeing the Braves -- and specifically, Bobby Cox, his arch rival -- finally humbled. To Valentine, Cox was old and mean and spiteful. To Cox, Valentine was precocious and ego-driven. Even from afar, Valentine considers the Braves' collapse in 2006 a moral victory, or as he put it, "a real feather in [the Mets'] caps."It felt like it was never going to happen," he said of the Braves' sub-.500 record. "This was a fitting touch."Valentine's other rooting interest was to see Minaya succeed where Steve Phillips failed. It was Phillips who fired Valentine after sabotaging him with old players, bad contracts and an appalling lack of support. By 2003, the Mets were the worst team money could buy, spiraling into a dark age that resembled the one from the Jeff Torborg-Al Harazin era in the early '90s. It wasn't long before Phillips was canned, too, never again finding front office work (just like Harazin.).Valentine, on the other hand, has restored his reputation with unprecedented success in Japan, where he took the Marines to a championship in just his second year as manager. He still loves the idea of a global bragging rights match between the World Series winner and the Japanese champ, although he says his Marines, hobbled by injuries in the second half of the 2006 season, would be no match for the Mets this year."That's some lineup," Valentine said. "I'm not able to watch them on an everyday basis; I guess once every 10 days or so I catch a game on TV. But what impresses me is that Omar has relied on his baseball people to make decisions. It's been an organizational commitment and that's usually the way you have success. It doesn't have to be one song that everyone marches to, but you need one voice."Stitched into that response is praise for the Wilpon family for writing the checks that turned the Mets into an NL superpower. As Valentine noted, the Mets' hierarchy finally has deferred to the baseball brain trust. Of course, it's natural to wonder how Valentine feels about missing out on the Wilpons' awakening. His career-path might've been different if, say, Phillips was dismissed sooner or if Fred Wilpon decided to take on Alex Rodriguez's contract (and his emotional baggage).But Valentine has no such regrets. He doesn't even think about managing the Mets or the Yankees or any other major league team again, not as long as he's happy in Japan (which he is) and the Marines want him there (seemingly forever). But Valentine does plan a trip home in October which, ironically, coincides with the middle games of the World Series. He's already crossing his fingers in hopes of watching a Subway Series, where his loyalties to the Mets would be resurrected."If I were to look into a crystal ball, I would say there's going to be one little thing that will turn in the Mets' favor," Valentine said. "It just seems like it's their year."Would he show up at Shea to see the Mets finish what they started in 2000?Valentine's laugh was loud and crisp through the phone's transcontinental static."Hopefully there are two tickets for me somewhere," is what he said.

The Cards are falling apart,I hope they make it because I would rather not have to play the Astros.

Pedro may not start game 1. ] �No, he might need more time to be pushed back,� Randolph said. �I mean, I said to you guys initially he might go Game 1. You always ask me that, and I always say, �O.K.� But that�s always subject to change. So, what I�m saying to you is that depending on how he comes out of his start, who knows? He might need to be pushed back or whatever. And that�s just all hypothetical stuff.�

Reyes won't win the MVP but should win the Mets MVP...I mean who the hell thought he would be this good?...

Well yeah of course they did....I like Cotter,infact I think SNY did a great job this season,congrats to them and please leave keith alone.

Maybe Ron is married to Julie Donaldson,she was out in Seattle covering the game for SNY.

Mets lose 7 - 3..no more home games until the playoffs....who we will play is still to be decided.

The guys are thanking all the SNY crew and showing them on TV, they show some kid named Anthony....Keith - " he flirted with my wife yesterday".....maybe it's because he's calling a winning team but gary sure sounds like this season was a blast for him,I think keith and Ron probably had a lot to do with that.

I love Keith,I wish he were doing the playoffs on National TV.