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As Ron told us tonight, Cashen remarked when getting doused by a RL pitcher in 86 that the " guys that do the least party the hardest"....

Adams was the guy we got from the Brewers IIRC.

Two curtain calls for Valentin,this crowd is ready to party.

]I wanna see what happens if we flip Floyd and Green in the order. What would you do with Valentin then?

Great job Edgy...thanks to the Mets and to all that post here,even to the Arrogant jerkoffs ...

Very cool,congrats FK.

Whatever about his hair he's go some set of balls.

I'm shocked reading this....

I thought Heath got rid of his thick legs a few spring trainings ago when he used to roller blade to the training facility every morning,at least Fran Healy claimed he did,that's the kinda stuff I miss knowing now that Healy is no more.

I think nicknames should be banned,most are just plain silly.

Ticket touts,over here you call them scalpers.

I might just go and buy from the touts.

It must be Tucker as I can't imagine Ledee warrents a Val nickname.

Both are aggresive young players so chewing them out might not do any good,except get some frustration outta Willie.

I voted that they caught the Mets playing poorly,although the Pirates have some good young pitching so maybe they can contend,I think that would be kinda cool if they did.

Joe Torre is one of the voices too, no thanks.

I have much more cahnfidence with this Mets team to slay the yanks than I had in 2000,we can slug with the best of them....fingers crossed on the starting pitching...who would your DH be,I kinda wish ramon Castro was fit as he would give us better options when we play in the AL park.

You can hear it here.... http://www.wfan.com/

] Can you imagine how sweet it would be to take down the Yankees in a World Series?! I don't think words could describe it. Nothing in the world would be sweeter and this is why I want them.

I want the MFY and to beat them in five....

I just entered the "best of barbados" vacation givaway on SNY.com....fingers crossed...

I had a good laugh the other day when Russo just dismissed any chance that Jermaine Dye had of being named MVP...."not a chance".....

I suppose they could have Ron and Keith do studio work, I just hope FOX doesn't have Lou Piniella in the booth.

klapisch loves Jeter. ]By BOB KLAPISCH RECORD COLUMNIST Without a pennant race to overheat the Yankee community, the debate over who deserves the American League's MVP has turned into this year's us-against-them issue. And wouldn't you know, the Sox are in the middle of this controversy. The usually likeable David Ortiz harpooned Derek Jeter's credentials, inviting him to "hit in this lineup" and see if he'd still be a front-runner for baseball's most prestigious award. Imagine if the Sox were battling for first place and Ortiz had to step to the plate tonight as the Bronx' Most Wanted. There won't be any such drama, though; in fact, Ortiz has since delivered an explanation to Jeter (through Johnny Damon) that he meant no disrespect. But Ortiz didn't back off his claim that the MVP is the sole domain of home run hitters and top run producers, regardless of the standings. To which we say, not exactly. Alex Rodriguez's 2003 award with the Rangers aside, no player whose team has melted away should win the MVP. Driving in runs under pressure is the industry's gold standard; it's what separates great ballplayers from the talented ones. And this year, Jeter has been just that, surging toward the AL batting title, hitting almost .400 with runners in scoring position, doing it when Hideki Matsui and Gary Sheffield were on the DL and A-Rod was searching for Dr. Phil. The balloting for baseball's awards are rotated every year, and it's my turn for the AL MVP. There's no greater late-inning home run threat anywhere than Ortiz, but Jeter is getting my first-place vote. Second place is Johan Santana -- who would be my Cy Young candidate, too, if that decision were up to me. Third on my list is Jermaine Dye. Of course, it's not Big Papi's fault the Sox are struggling to finish ahead of the Blue Jays, and that Saturday's showdown between Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling will have all the relevance of a spring training game. We're not here to say Ortiz hasn't had a fine season. But, fair or not, his stats are diminished because they were part of the Sox' larger failure Damon has been teammates with both players, and he says there's "no question" Jeter deserves the MVP over Ortiz and everyone else. "He does a million little things that I wasn't aware of until I saw him every day," Damon was saying of Jeter the other day. "There's so much to Derek's game that makes him stand out. He's totally driven, even if it's just beating out the back end of a double play. One way or another, he seems to do something every day to help us win." It's not power, and it's not necessarily flash. Ortiz and even A-Rod trump Jeter there. But the shortstop has that irreplaceable quality that allows him to narrow his world after the seventh inning. But it's not really accurate to say Jeter raises his energy level as the crowd gets louder; it's actually the opposite. He slows the game down. When everything matters, nothing matters, counter-intuitive as it sounds. In any case, Jeter has been almost impossible to retire when the Yankees most need him, including the ninth-inning, two-out base hit off Jon Papelbon on Aug. 20 that sent what should've been a 5-4 Yankee loss into extra innings. The Bombers scored three runs in the 10th, and the Sox were done for '06. In all, Jeter has batted .327 against Boston this year (and .448 against the Mets, by the way), and a cool .300 at hostile Fenway Park, which is no small feat. When the Yankees were surging toward first place in July -- with two-thirds of their opening day outfield missing -- Jeter batted .412. With the bases loaded, he's batting a nearly incomprehensible .455, which has attracted the attention of none other than Yogi Berra. If anyone understands what it takes to capture the MVP, it is Berra, who won the award three times between 1951-55. Ask about the 2006 winner, and Yogi's meter drops at Jeter. The real discussion is about Santana as the second-place finisher. "That guy's done great, but you still have to go with someone's who's out there every day," Berra said. "The way Derek hits with the bases loaded, he's like me. He knows the pressure's on the pitcher. He has nowhere to put you. "The thing about Derek is that he swings and misses at a lot of high fastballs. I tell him, 'Jeet, what are you chasing those for?' And he says, 'You swung at pitches like that, didn't you?' I say, 'Yeah, but at least I could hit them.' " Berra laughed, retelling the tweak. But he nevertheless raised a fair point about Jeter. He does strike out a little too often for a No. 2 hitter (once every 6.1 at-bats), although that swing-and-miss ratio is softened by an up-tick in just about everything other category, including stolen bases. At 32, Jeter shows no sign of losing the war with time. The only blemish on his summer was the failure to come to A-Rod's defense when the fans were busy devouring him. Whether Jeter likes Rodriguez or not (he doesn't), it's nevertheless the responsibility of the captain to stand up for anyone in pinstripes. But even that demerit is fading as Rodriguez has begun winning over the Yankee public again. The Bombers are racing for yet another postseason, and it's no stretch to imagine a late-October collision with the Mets. The Yankees would've likely made it to the playoffs without Jeter, but if you're asking the Bombers to pick their route, they'll take happily take the one led by Jeter. Any time, any season. E-mail: klapisch@northjersey.com

I find that hard to believe..give us the scoop for fecks sake.