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Screw the Phillies, stay with tradition.

Great stuff Dickshot...

]Was already posted as "Phuel for Phillies Fire" down below Damn, didn't see that, sorry..

Wanted to get this up early.....Wagner adds some drama to the series.. ] Wagner rips into former Phillies' teammates PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Billy Wagner has come out firing more than fastballs at his former team. Wagner closes for the Mets now instead of Philadelphia, but the opinionated lefty has thrown some gas on the rivalry between the two best teams in the NL East. Wagner told The Philadelphia Inquirer for Sunday's editions that he was not well-liked in the Phillies clubhouse, his former teammates were waiting to see him fail and left fielder Pat Burrell called him a "rat" during a midseason team meeting last year. The division-leading Mets open a three-game series Tuesday at second-place Philadelphia. The Phillies wrapped a three-game series Sunday with San Francisco and the Barry Bonds circus. "Now it goes from Bonds to Wagner," Phillies starter Brett Myers said in mock indignation. Forget the heckling Bonds received. The Phillies fans will surely stuff the fence over the visitor's bullpen where Wagner will sit within earshot of the nonstop abuse. "Bring on Billy Boy," Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said, laughing. Wagner saved 59 games in two seasons with the Phillies before signing a free-agent deal with New York, but sometimes made as much noise with his mouth as he did with his 100 mph fastball. Last July, Wagner said the Phillies "ain't got a chance" of making the playoffs and criticized his teammates for not having enough intensity, saying they quit when they got behind. That led to a team meeting where Wagner told the Inquirer he felt it was "24 against one," and added that Burrell called him a "rat" during the meeting. Also, Wagner said he didn't believe the Phillies supported him and felt that he deserved to fail, especially in a late-season loss to Houston where he gave up a ninth-inning, three-run homer to Craig Biggio in an 8-6 loss. The Phillies finished just one game behind National League wild-card winner Houston. "That wasn't a good comment," Phillies pitcher Cory Lidle said before Sunday's game. "I don't know what was going on in his mind when he said that. That wasn't the case. We needed him to pitch well down the stretch if we wanted to make the playoffs." Lidle said Wagner's description of the team meeting was "completely false" and he never heard anyone call the reliever a rat. Manuel understood why the Phillies would be upset with the comments because he took them to the media. "A lot of that should have stayed in the locker room among the players," Manuel said. Manuel, though, believed the quotes would add to the hype of the important early series. So does Manuel think Wagner would be booed now that the former fan favorite is on the other side? "There may be a good chance," he said, smiling.

Lloyd Smith = Yankees fan Spud Murphy = Met fan.

Omar should call the Marlins and ask about Willis, why wait till the summer, just do it Omar.

Lets say the Mets offered Clemens $20 million you just know Steinbrenner would go higher, no way he'd let the Mets have him.

Damn I had forgot about Soler, where is he anyway?

Wille sounded mighty pissed with Zam in the post game press conference, kept saying things like "well I looked him in the eye three times and he said he was fine".....Wille ain't no Clint Eastwood though.

Yeah and the studio hosts are brutal, no idea where they found them.

I'm happy for him, have to give the coaching staff credit for the way they have used him after the bad start,and as is pointed out, he's only 27.

What a game, my girlfriend was shouting for the Braves just to take the piss outta me......now is time for her to pay....

This new theme song is being dumped apparently, people at tonights game will hear a jazzed up version of "Meet the Mets", fan complaints is the reason given for the change. I read this in the Daily News but can't find a link online.

Bondy must hate it when the MFY are on the road

They were hugging each other, and then Glavine gave a sort of fist pump, like a hell yeah some runs to work with.

decent article here on Sanchez, Peterson has found a student it seems. Duaner Sanchez is hot

Omar said that recently and probably before that, that $6 million saved on the Cameron deal helped with the Delgado deal....I believe I saw Omar say it in a SNY interview last week.

ALL Hail the Super Seaver post....

Cameron is back with the Padres, Mike has played 11 games and is hitting .244 with 1HR nad 4 RBI,all the best for Cameron. Nady has been a revalation this season, kudos to Omar,he has a .307 Avg, 7 homers and 15 RBI, did we expect this?......also we don't get Delgado if we didn't move Cameron, so Omar says anyway....good moves all round.

Yes and Lo Duca talking to Julio after the final SO like he was the closer, lets hope this keeps up, we'll need him in tight spots during the season.

] I need duan to bring up Scott/the Waterboys on the NBF, and perhaps sponsor them in the BLC. ] Cool idea, they could go against the Pogues or the Clash. Willets Point May 05 2006 11:43 AM Zambrano is going to pitch a no-hitter. Rotblatt May 05 2006 11:56 AM Willets Point wrote: Zambrano is going to pitch a no-hitter. And hit for the cycle while going 5-5. The fifth hit will be that bunt single he so desperately wants. I'll be at the game tomorrow too. My historical track record is something like .350 W%, so I'm not optimistic. On the season so far, I'm 0-1 with a rainout. Still, I haven't had a chance to chant "Larry!" for a while, and it's supposed to be a beautiful day, so at least I've got that going for me. Elster88 May 05 2006 12:00 PM Cool I'll get to see that tomorrow. Frayed Knot May 05 2006 12:44 PM Apparently the whole 'Lima thing' was that Maine had some kind of "finger issue" they were monitoring for a bit but has since blown over (I forget which paper mentioned it). It seems that Lima may have been pulled early from his last AAA start in case Maine couldn't go - something that's no longer on the radar screen. soupcan May 05 2006 12:47 PM Damn. I already set my watch to 'Lima time'. Rotblatt May 06 2006 07:48 PM Andruw has a bad back and that's why he was pulled from the game. He won't start tomorrow. Smoltz will get the nod for the Braves on 3 days rest after Sosa pitched in Saturday's game. Elster88 May 08 2006 09:33 AM I guess taking 2 of 3 from the Braves, without starting Pedro or Glavine, is pretty cool.

Burnitz also said the idea that playing bad in NY is tougher than say playing crab in Pittsburgh is basically BS, you still get booed, still it was a good interview.

Cool game to watch on the box, Glavine is pitching from memory it seems, great to see.

Glavine 5 Nady 3 Wright 1 Beltran .5 Julio .5

Rotblatt wrote... ]Abreu = Andruw My gut reaction to that is no way...