Frayed Knot

="bmfc1"] So he's "a 20 year old prospect. Get him out of here!" Out of where, the majors or the organization? He was here because of a rash of injuries and he's getting a look-see. He'll likely get sent back which I believe was the plan all along unless he suddenly (and unexpectedly) set the league on fire. ]I understand why they called him up but I don't see what's so great about him. At this time in his career. Now. When he's 20. Do you? I'm not a professional scout and haven't seen anything other than the last two weeks where I see a young player struggling which is the norm for most of them. But you seem to be stuck in the same dichotomy as Francesa and a bunch of other know-nothings, in effect saying; 'If this guy's so great then get him up here and if he's not then get rid of him' ... as if no other options exist between those extremes.

And that's Beckett failing to protect for the Sox. Now 5-5

]what does he show you to deserve such a ranking? You do realize that most players his age are in Low-A ball somewhere, right?

Bad "ace-ness" is contagious today: Lowe against the light-hitting Orioles: 2.1 IP, 7 ER, 8 H, 3 BB

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: So... should I go see "Up" or "The Hangover?" I think you should drink up until you get a hangover.

="bmfc1"]And it's not the Mets' claims that his repuatation hangs on. His reputation is the sole basis for his value. My question was not answered: what has he shown to you for him to have the value that he is alleged to have? We hear that if the Mets want even a mid-level SP, OF, or 1B, they have to trade F. Martinez and he's way too good for that. To me, his reputation is only based upon the Mets claims. Do you really think scouts, GMs, and player-personnel people make all their decisions on trades based strictly on some player's last two weeks? ... Or on how good the other team's mgmt claims him to be?

So they exchanged words, almost blows, but probably not Christmas cards.

A billion and a half dollars and the scoreboard's held up by scotch tape

* The Mets acquired infielder Javier Castillo from the White Sox and assigned him to Buffalo. * Outfielder Jason Cooper was released. * RHP Tobi Stoner was promoted from Binghamton to Buffalo after a seven-inning shutout against Trenton on Saturday.

btw, this game is being broadcast nationally on TBS as part of their usual Sunday G-o-t-W Cora, ss Martinez, lf Beltran, cf Wright, 3b Church, rf Sheffield, dh Murphy, 1b Schneider, c Castillo, 2b

Mets win - Yanx lose (direct cause-and-effect there) - Phils lose - Braves lose I'm like quadruply happy just 24 hours after a disaster of a Friday night

Nieve - 3.3 Green - 0.5 Rodriguez - 0.3 Castillo - 0.3 Beltran - 0.6 Wright - 0.8 Sheffield - 1.5 Santos - 1.5 Church - 0.7 Tatis - 0.5

Actually 5-0, but now it's in a rain delay in the 2nd. Pray for clearing.

="holychicken"]="seawolf17"] You're so right. Teixeira needs to get a ton of credit for hustle there... it's really easy to just jog it out and give up, and I thought the same thing would have happened were the roles reversed. I am honestly not convinced about this. They were just jogging around the bases and even Teixeira himself said that he "turned it on" when he got waved around. If Castillo had thrown to home instead of second, they probably would have gotten him. . . if he had been hustling, they wouldn't have gotten him. The ball was up in the air for a while. I didn't see a camera angle showing Teixeira (and, really, why would there be one) but Ray Knight, on a play involving a huge error that some of you may remember, claimed later on that he "was busting it the entire way" when film clearly shows him doing nothing of the sort. He didn't turn on the jets until it was pointed out to him that the ball 'got by Buckner' at which point he could have crawled home and still made it. Credit for hustle - and/or memory of it - many times gets selectively assigned.

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Green - 0.7 Feliciano - 0.5 Rodriguez - 0.2 Church - 1.8 Wright - 2.0 Sheffield - 2.0 Beltran - 1.8

Redding - 3.0 Feliciano 0.5 Castillo - 2.5 Beltran - 2.0 Wright - 2.0

So who are these "professional" teams that have essentially fired a player for an on-field error -- especially one due $15mil with no logical replacement? And, while we're at it, I missed the calls to release Delgado, Sheffield, Castro & Murphy for their easy drops earlier in the season. Or for Church when he missed 3rd.

Ridiculous

Willets Point wrote: Gotta give some share of the blame to K-Rod for walking the tying and winning run. Which is why I didn't like putting the winning run on base. I don't know if the idea was to pitch to Teixeira carefully all along and not care if he walked, or if they only came up with the semi-IW once it got to 3-0. Either way, crazy shit like that - or even just a double in the gap - is the exact reason you don't do it. oe: and if it's any consolation (and I know it's not) the Phils just lost in the 13th inning (that's 3 eXtra inning games in a row for them and 4 of their last 6) after tying it with one out in the 9th. They left the bases loaded.

Not sure what's worse, dropping it, or then throwing absent-mindedly to 2nd?

This contest is over.

Un-Ugh

In addition to the runs, it would have been nice if we coulda run his ass out of there too. I think he was one more ball/hit from taking an early shower.

I think Hannity & Colmes are in better agreement than Joba & Posada