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I was bored and decided to see if Willy Aybar was a brother to former Met Manny Aybar, although both were born in Bani ,Dominican Republic I never could find out if they are related, Willy has a younger brother in hte Angels system.

From Scouts Inc. ] Keith Law, senior baseball analyst for Scouts Inc., breaks down the first round of the 2006 MLB draft. Formerly, he was the special assistant to the general manager for the Toronto Blue Jays. Best picks Daniel Bard, No. 28, to the Boston Red Sox: I had the North Carolina right-hander at the top of my list from the Cape Cod League last summer. He featured two plus pitches, held his velocity and threw strikes. Bard's command came and went this spring, but it was due to his struggles to maintain his arm angle rather than something more concerning like a medical issue. Travis Snider, No. 14, to the Toronto Blue Jays: At the risk of sounding biased, I like this pick quite a bit, because it reflects flexibility in the club's thinking and a correct reading of the available talent. Other than Bard, there was no college player worth taking in this spot ahead of Snider (Everett, Wash.), one of the draft's top three high school bats and the Jays' first shot at having an impact bat in their system in five years. And while this wasn't in the first round, the Baltimore Orioles may have gotten a steal at No. 32 in Pedro Beato, a junior college kid with a first-round arm. Beato wasn't seen much this spring, as the Mets had the rights to him as a draft-and-follow. And since they didn't have a first-round pick this year, the Mets were expected to sign him. People seem high on Beato. http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/draft2006/insider/columns/story?columnist=law_keith&id=2472995

Yeah Keith doesn't do the West Coast games.

] Hobbies: power-walking, line-dancing, making the world a better place Damn, sounds like a Miss World contestent.

Has Billy Beane drafted yet?

] "makeup problems" (bad eyeliner?) I love it...

Is he currently playing for the yankees?

Willie Mays or Mike Schmidt?

Wright 2 Floyd 1 Bradford 1 Feliciano 1

Griffey could be a MFY by the trade deadline Sharpie.

Damn Gary spent that long without a curtain call.....

if Miulledge hits and sticks with the team it could be a nightmare for our opponents not for Omar or the Mets....Go Lastings.

Elster how could you say that, Bob Klapisch said after the deal that this was NOT about money but about ending his career with his son....

So Houston are 2 and 8 in the last 10 games and have lost 5 in a row,I guess the team wasn't all that jazzed about Rajah joining them again and are now 8.5 games out.

] I cannot watch American League baseball. I just can't do it. The American League makes me sad. It saps my will to live. I waste countless hours on a baseball web site and yet this game between the two AL East powers can't hold my attention. I couldn't agree more, I can just about watch any NL baseball on Sunday Night Baseball but no way could I watch if it's AL like it was last night, I just tuned into the YES game, just in time to see the MFY's put it out of reach.

I have no problem with the Ad's, you should see the anti-smoking commercials in Ireland, they are even more graphic than the ones SNY are running, they like to show blackened lungs and other effects of smoking.

Jon Heyamn today says the Mets are talking to the Nats about Vidro and the D-Rays about Lugo, even though he's a SS he'd fit at 2nd.

]The luck O' the Irish? I hate that saying, we've had nothing but BAD luck in our history...

This is just so funny.. ] By Jason George Tribune Staff reporter June 2, 2006 An Indiana man, dubbed both the "Harry Caray Bandit" and "10-Second Bandit" and suspected in a string of recent Chicago-area bank robberies, was arrested Wednesday in Indiana, the FBI announced Thursday. Guillermo Rivera has been charged with making off with $2,000 on March 29 from the Palos Bank and Trust in Palos Heights. At the time, police said the robber, decked out in oversized glasses, a baseball cap and perhaps a wig, resembled the late Cubs broadcaster. The FBI later changed the moniker to the "10-Second Bandit" because he repeatedly demanded that tellers hand over cash "in 10 seconds." Rivera, 52, also is suspected of robbing banks from February to May in Oak Lawn, Oak Forest, Hickory Hills, Norridge and Munster, Ind. Rivera was tracked down from a fingerprint found on a robbery note passed at a Hickory Hills TCF Bank branch on March 31, according to a complaint filed in federal court Wednesday. The note handed to the teller read: "We know where you live! No alarms, no dye packs. I'll check. In 10 seconds--All the cash. ... 3 min getaway. Hand this back now!" The teller handed over about $1,556 in cash, but not the note, which was later analyzed at the Illinois State Police Laboratory in Chicago. On May 26, the fingerprints were identified as those of Rivera, Hickory Hills police said. Investigators did not say why Rivera's fingerprints were on file in the FBI Federal Fingerprint Database. Rivera, who was arrested at his girlfriend's house in Valparaiso, Ind., appeared in a Hammond courtroom Thursday and said he would not contest transfer to Chicago to face the robbery charge, said Ross Rice, spokesman for the FBI's Chicago office. http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/chi-0606020199jun02,1,1000235.story?coll=cs-cubs-headlines

Alou on Milledge ] "No, I probably never saw that before," Alou said. "The kid was excited, which is understandable. But that's for them to take care of. We don't concern ourselves here with what players on other teams do. They have to be attended to on the other end. Otherwise, the big leagues will take care of all of that."

Good memory HahnSolo, a quick Google search and I found it, this article on flipping the bird.... ] ■ 2005: Washington State coach Dick Bennett flips the finger at Washington fans mocking his team for their slowdown tactics. “I made a mistake,” Bennett says. ■ 2003: Chicago White Sox relief pitcher Jose Paniagua makes the sign. He’s released. ■ 2002: Jason Kidd middle-fingers a fan. A report comes out that he middle-fingers “fans” — plural — and he clarifies. “It wasn’t directed toward all the fans,” he says. “Somebody had said something as I left the court. The gesture was for that individual.” ■ 2004: St. Louis pitcher Steve Kline offers the middle finger to his manager, Tony La Russa, for having him warm up and not pitch. ■ 1976: Houston Oilers coach Bum Phillips gives fans the one-finger gesture after his team beats the Saints in New Orleans: “I might have pointed out that we were still No. 1,” Bum says. ■ 2005: Cincinnati Reds reliever Danny Graves offers up a double middle finger to Reds fans after they deluge him with boos. He is traded to the Mets shortly afterward. ■ 1996: Los Angeles City Councilwoman Sandi Webb raises the middle finger to U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein after, according to the Los Angeles Daily News, “losing her temper over the senator’s gun-control stance.” I realize this isn’t sports, but it seems one of the rare moments when the right to bear arms has led to a shooting the bird. http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/sports/13432682.htm

The main thing for me is that he won't do it again, it shouldn't be a big deal then.

Bill Madden was not impressed... MFY Fan Not Happy Check out Filepe Alou's quote..

WOW, thankfully I have done my KTE at the start of the season...excellent work.LA made it official and Seo is back in the pen, Perez will take his spot.

Willie is a genius...nice to hear Howie on the TV again.