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I'm w/Rockin' Doc. I've said "as long as it's not Jerry" but the more I read about Collins, the less I like him and I haven't read anything about Melvin to make me want him to get the job.

Hurdle signs with Pittsburgh. But we can still get the boring guy or guy that's lost the clubhouse twice.

Well deserved Derek! I'm sure that it has nothing to do with your aura or reputation. And only 3 MFYs out of 9! What were the voters thinking at the other six positions? http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20101109&content_id=16041500&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb http://espn.go.com/blog/SweetSpot/post/_/id/6238/gold-glove-results-mixed-as-usual

Word today is that Terry Collins is the leading candidate. Why? Look at his track record: http://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/collite99.shtml He's managed in Japan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Collins If that's a qualification, I can think of somebody else who fits, and he's managed a team to a pennant.

With two strikes, he protected the plate well.

1. Davis 2. Niese 3. Takahashi 4. Thole 5. Tejada

1. Santana 2. Dickey 3. Pelfrey 4. Niese 5. Gee

I wish that the writer elaborated on how Boy showed his "illogical" Mets love. Nevertheless, it was an awesome read. Thanks.

Hurdle.

With no Jeter to write about, O'Connor goes after the new GM: http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/columns/story?columnist=oconnor_ian&id=5734751

Hopefully things end better for Sandy than they did for Gunnery Sergeant Hartman.

themetfairy wrote: Good luck - we're all counting on you!

Wow. Thanks for news, FK.

Ceetar wrote: Boggles me that the Yankees get away without even telling people why Eiland was gone for a month and/or was fired, but every tidbit that happens at/near Citi Field is instantly reported by Heyman,etc. Excellent point. I asked a MFY fan in my office and he said "personal business." I guess with the MFYs, the dispatches from on high are accepted at face value.

Willets Point wrote: Is anyone else flabbergasted that game 3 is starting at 6:30 (which is 5:30 local time)? There could be daylight at a World Series game in the first time in forever. I'm hoping these start times are actually for first pitch and not just when FOX pregame coverage begins. Selig says (paraphrase): "we moved the Saturday game so the kids can see the whole game." In actuality: it's Saturday--it's the one game that could start at 8 PM. Selig says: "we moved all the games up!" In actuality: They're still going past 11, even without Posada walking to the mound between every pitch. In the WS, there is 2 and a half minutes between innings instead of the usual 2 minutes for national broadcasts of regular season games and 90 seconds for local broadcasts of regular season games. Starting at 8 (excuse me, 7:57--a concession to give FOX three additional minutes of national ads) is better than starting at 8:27 but if Selig gave a damn about when the kids (or even anybody on the east coast who gets up early and goes to work), they'd cut the between inning breaks but FOX would go nuts so that's never going to happen. They could also dispense with "God Bless America" after the top of the 7th but that would be seen as unpatriotic. It's a step in the right direction but they could do more.

Which umpire is most likely to screw up and thereby increase the calls for more replay? I'm picking Gary Darling. [u:18nan7kk]Game One, #, Umpire, Previous Postseason Assignments[/u:18nan7kk] HP, 17, John Hirschbeck (crew chief), 8 DS (1995, 98-99, 01, 03, 05-06, 10); 4 LCS (1990, 97, 2000, 04); 2 WS (1995, 2006) 1B, 34, Sam Holbrook, 3 DS (2005, 07, 10); 2 LCS (2008-09) 2B, 26, Bill Miller, 5 DS (2002-03, 05, 08, 10); 1 LCS (2009) 3B, 33, Mike Winters, 7 DS (1998-2002, 06, 10); 3 LCS (1997, 2004, 08); 2 WS (2002, 06) LF, 8, Jeff Kellogg, 6 DS (1998, 2000, 03, 07-08, 10); 5 LCS (1999, 2001-02, 04, 06); 3 WS (2000, 03, 08) RF, 37, Gary Darling, 9 DS (1995, 97-98, 2002-03, 05, 07-08, 10); 3 LCS (1992, 2004, 06); 1 WS (2003)

"Baubi"?

Our very own G-Fafif is back at [u:223x1tbn]The New York Times[/u:223x1tbn] website with a very interesting column about something that Bud Harrelson, Tug McGraw and Ron Taylor have in common. http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/26/1969-miracle-not-necessarily-transferable/#more-37279

If Francesa says it, it must be so--tweeted this morning: francesa speculates/reports on mike'd up #mets will name their new GM on friday, which is the off day of the world series

Now that I've said that I'm favoring the Giants because of the NL, Bondy in The News gives us three reasons to root for Texas: "The Giants have three former Yankees on their staff - the batting coach Hensley Meulens, the first base coach Roberto Kelly and Righetti." http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/2010/10/24/2010-10-24_former_yankees_closer_dave_righetti_deserves_credit_as_giants_pitchers_close_out.html?page=1#ixzz13JzKNK5b

I agree w/Gwreck despite the bad experience I had with Giants fans when visiting SF in July ("we don't want your kind here"). Texas has three ex-Mets (Francoeur, O'Day, Oliver), an ex-Met as owner, and their hitting coach is Clint Hurdle, an ex-Met and possible next manager. Still, I have to go with the NL team. Isn't it nice to have a WS match-up where we don't hate either team (or both teams)?

Bengie Molina, traded from SF to Texas in July, is guaranteed a WS ring.

Live by the small ballpark, die by the small ballpark. Is that even to the warning track at CF?

For those of you that can't see the game on FOX, you've missed seeing the Direct TV commercial (Direct TV is owned by FOX Corp.) of the guy shooting a dart into the neck of the movie operator... about a bazillion times.