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Tough one because Francoeur is on Texas. I'm serious! But I'll go with Tampa because with that staff, they have a better chance of beating the MFYs if they meet.

Frayed Knot wrote: Did Riggleman really think Tejada was such a threat that he couldn't leave in his Lefty? It's like a manager dumb-a-thon out there. I thought the same thing FK... except one of them stays on for '11.

Right. Marlins won so the best the Mets can get is tied for 3d.

METS: 1. Jose Reyes-SS 2. Jesus Feliciano-RF 3. David Wright-3B 4. Ike Davis-1B 5. Angel Pagan-CF 6. Lucas Duda-LF 7. Josh Thole-C 8. Ruben Tejada-2B 9. Mike Pelfrey- P Nationals: 1. Danny Espinosa, 2B 2. Nyjer Morgan, CF 3. Ian Desmond, SS 4. Adam Dunn, 1B 5. Roger Bernadina, LF 6. Ivan Rodriguez, C 7. Willie Harris, RF 8. Alberto Gonzalez, 3B 9. Livan Hernandez, SP

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=12563709&c_id=nym&partnerId=ed-4177934-160917422 Manny Acosta is a scary dude. Pelfrey: "And if you're not back in 2011, I will mess you up." Niese: Hysterical! What a funny guy. Castillo doesn't say anything. Nickeas talks a lot.

With one game to go and the Mets at 79 wins, it's between Chad Ochoseis (79 wins), GYC (79-wins) and Nymr83 (80 wins) for the win: Finish Record Playoffs Mex17 4th 72-90 no Gfafif 4th 78-84 no HahnSolo 3d 78-84 no Chad Ochoseis 4th 79-83 no GYC 4th 79-83 no Nymr83 3d 80-82 no bmfc1 3d 81-81 no Benjamin Grimm 3d 83-79 no LWFS 3d 84-78 no attgig 2d (tied) 85-75 yes TransMonk 2d 88-74 yes metirish 2d 88-74 yes Gwreck 1st 91-69 yes JCL 1st 91-71 yes Ceetar 1st 92-70 yes seawolf17 1st 92-72 yes Ashie62 1st 93-69 yes Edgy DC 1st 107-55 yes Fman99 1st 124-38 yes

Hooray! The Mets win the season series from the Nationals and put the pressure on the Marlins tonight.

Mets beat writers start tweeting that it's wrong for Dickey to pitch in relief and be exposed to injury. Howie says "nice gesture" by Jerry so Dickey can get an ovation.

Nationals TV went out during Wright's AB. Conspiracy? The TV feed came back as Ike was up. I don't remember seeing David stand at the plate and watch the ball, then flip the bat, like he did. True? Added: the Nationals announcers, including Ray Knight, didn't mention that Wright got thrown at earlier in the AB. No wonder he flipped the bat.

What a break right there.

Duda destroyed that pitch. Nice going Lucas. With Pagan, Bay & Beltran in the OF, and Evans out of options, does Duda stay as an extra OF, go to Buffalo for a full-season, or is he part of trade? Buffalo seems most likely.

I'll move this if a KTE appears. From [u:2xxaap1r]The Washington Post[/u:2xxaap1r] on the significance of this series: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It would be easy and generally accurate to call these three games this weekend at Citi Field between the Mets and Nationals "meaningless." The Nats have pretty much been out of it since June, and the Mets bowed out of contention not long after the all-star break. They are not expecting large crowds. Then again, in sports you attach to the games whatever meaning you want. If you are a Nationals fan with abiding hatred for all things orange and blue, then this series is what you've waited since April for -- the Nats can clinch a season series win over the Mets by taking two this weekend. There are other ways to find some meaning in these games for the Nationals, and here's a rundown: *With two wins, the Nationals will reach the 70-win plateau. The difference between 69 and 70 is virtually cosmetic, but there seems to be at least some significance in upping that first digit. *With a sweep, the Nationals will finish 71-91 to tie the 2006 edition for the third-best record since baseball returned. *The Nationals enter the weekend deadlocked with Manny Acta's Cleveland Indians, who are riding a six-game winning streak. To finish ahead of their former manager's team, the Nationals need to fare better against the Mets than the Indians in their three games at the White Sox. *If the draft was today, the Nationals would pick sixth overall. If they win one game, the Nationals will guarantee at least a share of the league's sixth-worst record with the Royals. They cannot catch the Cubs, who have the majors' eighth-worst record at 72-86. The Nationals will draft sixth or seventh, depending on how they and the Indians finish this weekend. *Adam Dunn is sitting on 38 home runs and needs two more to reach 40 for the sixth time in seven years. Dunn famously hit 40 on the nose for four straight seasons before he hit 38 last season; maybe 38 is the new 40 for Dunn. Dunn is four home runs behind Albert Pujols for the National League lead and one ahead of Joey Votto. *Dunn has already tied a career-high with 195 strikeouts and needs five more for 200. *The Nationals are tied for the major league lead with 124 errors. They need fewer errors than the Pirates or two fewer than the Cubs this weekend to avoid leading the league for the second straight season. *With a win, Tyler Clippard will clinch the outright team lead. He has 11, and Livan Hernandez, who is second on the Nats with 10, will start Sunday's season finale. Clippard needs one win to tie Estaban Loaiza for second in Nats history for wins in a season and two to pass him. *Clippard is five strikeouts behind Hernandez for the team lead. *Clippard needs to pitch two more innings than Colorado's Matt Belisle to lead the majors in relief innings.

[u:p2yibli0]METS:[/u:p2yibli0] Reyes-SS J. Feliciano - RF Pagan-CF Davis-1B Duda-LF Hessman-3B Thole-C Tejada-2B Misch-LHP [u:p2yibli0]Nationals:[/u:p2yibli0] Espinosa-2B Morgan-CF Desmond-SS Dunn-1B Morse-RF Rodriguez-C Maxwell-LF Gonzalez-3B J. Zimmermann-P

ARGH! Another called 3d strike for Ike. How many is that?

"He may be in another country, playing under another name." Kenny Powers reference?

Will Hessman get off the bench for game 2?

Nothing against Thole, but nothing really in his favor as I don't think that he does anything exceptionally well. If he hit .300 or hit 15 homers or had great "speed for a catcher" or a cannon for an arm, OK. He does all these things sufficiently but none very well. (Of course, he's young and may still do so.) Having said that, he's better than anything else they have or are likely to have so I'd get another right handed bat (not Blanco who is 14 for his last 84) to back him up.

A half-game up! Do it for Hahn Solo's son!

In a week, we'll probably ever forget his game in this forgettable season but for tonight, it was a thrill. Meaningless? Not at the moment.

Could SNY somehow cut the crowd mic? It's so quiet, we wouldn't know the difference except that we wouldn't hear the drunk guy yelling at the moment.

Another called third strike. The Mets must lead the league in that category.