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Great job by Bay and Ike--certainly not intimidated by Rivera--then CRAP again from Wright.

Pagan swings at ball four. Wright takes strike three. Geez.

Did you see Cervelli pumping his fist after the called 3d strike? Sit down jack-ass. It's the 7th inning. Figueroa would call you a softball girl.

METS: Reyes ss Cora 2b Bay lf Davis 1b Wright 3b Pagan cf Barajas c Francoeur rf Takahashi p MFY: Jeter ss Gardner cf Teixeira 1b Rodriguez 3b Cano 2b Swisher rf Cervelli c Russo lf Vazquez p

Warthan shouldn't have called him a "liar." He could have said that Maine is a "competitor" who "wants to be out there" but that he and Jerry have to look at the best interests of the team. That would have been fine. Jerry showed him up on the mound and in the dugout and then Warthan did so after the game. That doesn't mean that they were wrong in their actions but should have handled it much, much better. I wonder if this began before last night. On Wednesday, I was at the game early and stood in the LF bleachers watching BP while the pitchers warmed up below us. I saw Maine and Warthan walk toward the bullpen but they were only near each other, not walking together and talking. They went into the bullpen and then left only 3 or 4 minutes later. Warthan walked back to the dugout by himself while Maine meandered alone in the OF. At the time, I wondered if there was a problem between the two.

Fman99 wrote: Ugh. I assume this means Joe Buck on Saturday and Joe Morgan on Sunday. Yes. They're showing them because it's NY v NY and yet, the NY TV announcers can't call the games.

Frayed Knot wrote: Oddly, I noticed that last Saturday there WERE games on MLB's Extra Innings on Saturday afternoon - whereas usually only night games can be shown via EI. That's happened two or three times this year while the rest of the weekends have had the daytime blackouts. I don't know why some weeks and not others. The exclusivity window was changed from 4 hours to 3 this year so 1 PM starts may be shown on EI when the FOX game starts at 4. If the FOX game starts at 3, then no. Stupid, right? This exclusivity nonsense is why the Mets game @ Florida last year that started at 6 could not be televised until the FOX "window" closed so SNY was forced to join it in progress at 7. With the 7:00 start tomorrow, EI can show games all afternoon but not anything that starts after 4 (and then it's OK at 10). Of course, with all this we see that MLB is telling some of its most loyal fans, the ones that pay more to watch baseball on TV via EI or mlb.tv, that they can't watch games even if they've paid to do so.

Great work.

Baseball HQ says it is: FB%, hr/f fuel Barajas� barrage... In shallow leagues, there�s a good chance that Rod Barajas (C, NYM) went undrafted. However, after an impressive power display in the early going, it�s unlikely that he's still available. So, what are the odds he can maintain it? Year AB BA xBA h% bb% ct% G/L/F HR hr/f PX ==== === ==== ==== == === === ======== == ==== === 2006 344 .256 .248 27 5 85 32/17/51 11 7 94 2007 122 .230 .238 26 15 80 31/15/54 4 8 109 2008 349 .249 .256 27 5 83 37/17/46 11 8 107 2009 429 .226 .234 23 4 82 29/14/57 19 9 103 2010 111 .270 .271 24 3 86 18/11/71 9 13 158 Signs are that Barajas will slow down soon: * Despite a low h%, Barajas may not see much of a BA boost. While he�s making good contact, his plate patience is lower than usual � he�s got only three walks on the year. xBA looks good, but it wouldn�t be surprising to see it return to its normal level. Don�t expect much BA growth over the rest of the year. * Barajas has always had a high FB%, but 71% is borderline ridiculous. Combine that with a higher hr/f than usual, and it�s clear that Barajas can�t maintain this production rate. * Barajas� power is usually about league average; his PX should drop soon. Barajas is about half-way to his career high of 21 HR, despite the season being barely 1/4 over. But it�s not going to last; Barajas won�t be in the 35-40 HR range at the end of the year. Barajas� power display is a FLUKE, so if you can find someone willing to overpay for him, feel free to trade him.

Gwreck wrote: The Mets game starts outside of the usual Fox exclusivity window though. Or does that window get extended because of the primetime game? FOX says "jump!" and Selig asks "how high?" For the 2 Saturday night games, the exclusivity window moves.

From the folks at the506.com, here is the map showing coverage for Saturday night's game on FOX: http://www.the506.com/sports/MLB10/may-22.html They're into TV coverage on that board--here is a breakdown by percentages: NYY-NYM 53.057 Bos-Phi 10.993 Det-LA 14.487 ChiC-Tex 21.463. This matters if you don't get the game you want because FOX has an absurdly overbroad exclusivity deal with MLB. As a result, e.g. if you live in LA and want to see the Mets-MFY game, you can't because it, and all other games that start within 3 hours of the beginning of the FOX game, may not be shown on Extra Innings and mlb.tv.

Kong76 wrote: How did FOX get the game moved to 7? FOX is experimenting with moving their Saturday games from afternoon to night. There's another Saturday when this happens again.

Pat Misch is going tonight so he slots in perfectly if the Mets want him. There's an off day Monday so they don't need another SP until May 29. http://buffalo.bisons.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=435619

Ken Rosenthal says that the Mets are shopping Castillo to make room for Murphy. http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/MLB-latest-news-from-May-042710 I'm not a fan of Luis' but that's the least of their worries right now.

METS: Reyes-SS Cora-2B Bay-LF Davis-1B Wright-3B Pagan-CF Barajas-C Francoeur-RF John Maine- RHP Nationals: Morgan cf Kennedy 2b Zimmerman 3b Dunn 1b Willingham lf Rodriguez c Bernadina rf Desmond ss Atilano p

Edgy DC wrote: I think the ability to led bmfc into the breach is definitely an asset. I remember that during the championship game, he went back and forth to each bench to get us fired up. It was the last game and the next to last day of the 2d week of camp so he was a day from going home but I was impressed that he could still get so excited about a game between non-pros. He also spoke with the group every day and made a brief speech at the opening and closing dinners. Having said that, it'll be Bob Melvin.

Stearns "has the right attitude to light a fire under some of the underachievers" He was the Commissioner of Fantasy Camp when I was there in '09 and your comment, at least for us, is accurate. I was impressed with his attitude and leadership. He was also in charge earlier this year so he still has some connection to the Mets organization.

I was at this game and the triple play came and went without mention on the scoreboard. We were never shown a replay or given the scoring. In the 9th inning highlight package, which included plays by the Mets, the triple play wasn't included.

[u:1hpdlm8g]Nationals:[/u:1hpdlm8g] Morgan cf Guzman 2b Zimmerman 3b Dunn 1b Willingham lf Pudge c Bernadina rf Desmond ss Livan p Dunn had some sort of procedure so he was out the last two days but he's better today. Rodriguez had yesterday off but he's back today.