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If Reed was the pinch runner, maybe he beats the throw.

Something I never thought I'd say: when Eyre walked Reyes, I said that I rather have Castillo up.

BLASTRO! And it's a new game!

Great move Omar, giving Perez another start. Keep walking Ollie, all the way to Brooklyn for all I care.

After last Sunday, did we really need to give Perez another start? I know he was successful against the Phillies last year but that's not a good reason to waste today's game.

Who's doing color for FOX? I'll answer my own question: Eric Karros: NL EAST RIVALS DO BATTLE IN PHILLY � The FOX SATURDAY BASEBALL GAME OF THE WEEK kicks off FOX Sports� MLB-to-NASCAR doubleheader with three enticing matchups Saturday, May 2 (3:30 PM ET). This week, FOX Sports visits Citizens Bank Park for the first time since last year�s World Series when NL East rivals meet as Carlos Beltran and the Mets take on Shane Victorino and the defending champion Phillies. In Atlanta, Chipper Jones and the Braves entertain Lance Berkman and the Astros. Also, AL Central rivals meet when Miguel Cabrera and the Tigers welcome Grady Sizemore and the Indians to Detroit. Pregame originates live from Philadelphia with host Chris Rose. Once game action begins, Rose joins the game crew including Joe Buck, Eric Karros and Ken Rosenthal as a field reporter. For instant updates during the week and games from the entire MLB on FOX crew, follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/MLBONFOX. New York Mets at Philadelphia Phillies, Joe Buck, Eric Karros & Ken Rosenthal, going to 65% of USA Citizens Bank Park � Philadelphia, PA MARKETS INCLUDE: Albuquerque, Baltimore, Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Fort Myers, Hartford, Indianapolis, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Louisville, Miami, Milwaukee, New York, Norfolk, Oklahoma City, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland, Providence, Richmond, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Francisco, St. Louis, Tampa, Tulsa, Washington, West Palm Beach Houston Astros at Atlanta Braves, Kenny Albert & Mark Grace, going to 21% of USA Turner Field � Atlanta, GA MARKETS INCLUDE: Atlanta, Austin, Birmingham, Charlotte, Greensboro, Greenville, Houston, Jacksonville, Knoxville, Memphis, Nashville, New Orleans, Raleigh, San Antonio Cleveland Indians at Detroit Tigers, Thom Brennaman & Rick Manning, going to 13% of USA Comerica Park � Detroit, MI MARKETS INCLUDE: Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Detroit, Kansas City, Minneapolis, Seattle

Mets: Jose Reyes SS Luis Castillo 2B Carlos Beltran CF Gary Sheffield RF David Wright 3B Fernando Tatis 1B Daniel Murphy 1B Ramon Castro C Oliver Perez LHP (1-2, 9.31) Phillies: Shane Victorino CF Raul Ibanez LF Jayson Werth RF Ryan Howard 1B Jimmy Rollins SS Pedro Feliz 3B Eric Bruntlett 2B Carlos Ruiz C Jamie Moyer LHP (3-1, 5.09)

Tweets from [u:c3ffeb5e16]The Post[/u:c3ffeb5e16] and [u:c3ffeb5e16]Newsday[/u:c3ffeb5e16] say that Jerry has posted two lineups: one w/Delgado and one w/o. Castillo is in both. With Delgado: Reyes, ss Castillo, 2b Beltran, cf Wright, 3b Delgado, 1b Sheffield, rf Tatis, lf Castro, c Perez, lhp Without Delgado: Reyes, ss Castillo, 2b Beltran, cf Sheffield, rf Wright, 3b Tatis, 1b Murphy, lf Castro, c Perez, lhp

Come on. 3 up, 3 down. Don't give them any hope.

The writers are tweeting that Delgado might go on the DL. I looked at the Buffalo roster to see who might get called up. Yeesh--no wonder they are 2-16. Nick Evans is hitting .102 (3 HR out of his 6 hits). http://buffalo.bisons.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=t_ibp&cid=422&stn=true&sid=t422

After Wednesday's loss, we heard that David Wright had only one sacrific bunt in his career so it was not reasonable to ask him to bunt at that time. I'm not saying that he should have bunted, but is it such a diffcult task that he couldn't have bunted? This was in today's [u:3hxntpv7]Miami Herald[/u:3hxntpv7] about Wednesday's game: With runners on first and second and no outs in the eighth inning, Paulino moved the tying and go-ahead runs into scoring position for Ross by laying down what Gonzalez called a textbook bunt. Not bad for a guy who had just one other sacrifice bunt in 314 games during his five-year career. ''Paulino has only been with us a month,'' Gonzalez said. 'Sometimes you ask those guys to bunt, and they say, `Well, I don't know.' Maybe he's just never been asked. But . . . the way he laid it down, turned, it looked like he'd always done it.'' http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/florida-marlins/story/1026580.html For what it's worth, at fantasy camp, I laid down a successful bunt to move the runners... and I had never done that before, or even practiced to do so, in my entire life. At BP, hitters are supposed to "bunt the first two" so David certainly has bunted before. My point is, if Jerry wanted to sacrifice, the fact that David hadn't done so in a long time, if ever, should have been irrelevant to his decision.

="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":3qj28dvx]="metsguyinmichigan":3qj28dvx]I thought 15 percent was a decent tip.[/quote:3qj28dvx] (Like my grandpa always said, if you don't have money to tip, you don't have money to eat out.)[/quote:3qj28dvx] I like that very much. Your Grandpa sounds like a wise man. metirish May 01 2009 06:36 AM Hilarious ] Roberts also details Rodriguez's obsession with teammate Derek Jeter. Players who accompanied A-Rod to clubs said his favorite pickup line was "Who's hotter, me or Derek Jeter?" Edgy DC May 01 2009 07:19 AM Shit. The bastard stole my line. cooby May 05 2009 08:30 PM No question, Edgy, it's you!

In lopsided games, he tipped off opposing batters to what pitches were coming but he was a lousy tipper at Hooters. The Hooters part is pathetic for someone that rich. The first part messes with the fragile integrity of the game and should be investigated by the Commissioner's Office.

Look at how each team responded to getting two lead-off walks.

Edgy DC wrote: That's such a fuck off to Castro, it's almost shocking. Indeed. The guy had 2 hits today. I guess Jerry had Santos on his way to Cooperstown.

Howie is shocked. Me too.

Carlos? Carlos?

Back-to-back walks to lead off the inning... just like what the Mets gave the Marlins in the 8th. Let's get two runs just like they did!

Castillo's back must be bad if he's not running here.

FK: that's one way to look at it, but I, in my pissed-off mind, see it as over-managing.

Classic over-managing. If he didn't run Reyes, Cora's ball goes into CF, but the manager felt that he had to do something so he ran Reyes and it cost the Mets the tying run. Sometimes, a manager should just stand there.

Buffalo lost again today, 1-0. At least Evans surpassed the .100 level. Two hits for WMPena. And Figueroa pitched very well. http://buffalo.bisons.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=g_box&gid=2009_04_29_bufaaa_rocaaa_1&did=t422&sid=t422

Damn. What the hell is wrong with Wright? Johnson's good but is a friggin' flyball too much to ask for?

Mets: Jose Reyes SS Alex Cora 2B Daniel Murphy LF Carlos Beltran CF David Wright 3B Ryan Church RF Fernando Tatis 1B Ramon Castro C Johan Santana (3-1, 0.70) Marlins: Emilio Bonifacio 2B Cameron Maybin CF Wes Helms 3B Jorge Cantu 1B Jeremy Hermida LF Ronny Paulino C Cody Ross RF Alfredo Amezaga SS Josh Johnson RHP (2-0, 2.20)

Edgy DC wrote: Here's my book. My book says we hired Hernandez because he's durable. Why lift him after 91 pitches? Salient point by Edgy. One of the positives for Livan is that he's durable (200+ IP every year) but Jerry (and I'm not saying he's wrong) thinks that Livan is vulnerable the third time through the lineup. If so, then the Mets aren't getting one of the reasons they signed him which means they might have made a mistake.