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  1. Frayed Knot
    The thing about going on contact there is that there's very little downside. By staying it's 2nd & 3rd -- but by going, even if you're thrown out, it's still 1st & 3rd with the same # of outs. What often happens there is that the runner is free to go unless it's a come-backer or hard-hit to a corner infielder and I suspect what happened is that Gotay froze waiting to see if it would get by Howard and then figured it was too late to re-start again. We all know that Newhan wasn't waiting around so I don't think that the 'wait til it gets through' order was on.
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    Frayed Knot replied to a topic in New York Mets Talk

    ]Valentin can play the OF in a pinch: He played CF in the World Baseball Classic Or at least he could when he had two good legs. There's also the deal where we'll need to use a DH is 6 of the next 10 games. Exactly the kind of situation where you could use guys like Green or Alou so long as you've got a guy like Endy to cover for them. It's not the time to be shy on outfielders right now.
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    Gets underway at 2PM EDT. - 5 minutes are being allowed for each of the 1st round picks, something that'll be a change for teams used to doing this thing in an almost rapid-fire fashion. Since there are no back-room deals to be made teams almost certainly won't need 5 minutes per pick although it wouldn't surprise me if there's some sort of unofficial minimum in order to give the BB2N crowd - who'll be manning the desks as ESPN2 televises this one - a chance to dazzle you with their knowledge of the player just selected (IOW: read what Baseball America has to say about him). And WOW, it's being held at a Disney facility too ... What a coincidence! After Round 1 things should go pretty quickly. No first round pick for us (#29 overall was given up for Moises) so, again, our picks are 42, 47, 77, 93 & 99 as we picked up a few for losing Robo Hernandez & Bradford. Then, it's #123 and every 30 picks after that: 153, 183, 213, ...
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    OHernandez - 2.5 Beltran - 1.5 Reyes - 1.0 Newhan - 0.5
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    Frayed Knot replied to a topic in New York Mets Talk

    The logical immediate move is to DL Endy and activate Valentin who was going to be activated today anyway. That leaves you an outfielder short until Green (as early as Sunday) and/or Alou (who knows?) gets back but hopefully Easley can take up the slack. What sucks about this all is that Milledge would have had himself 100+ ABs by this point with more to come.
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    Red Sox: 37 - 17 Hidecki Okajima - 81 IP, 9 ER, 36 Hits Allowed Orioles: 27 - 27 Brian Roberts - 57 SBs, 9 CS Blue Jays: 25 - 29 AJ Burnett - 235 IP; 105 BB; 24 HBP Yankees: 24 - 30 Alex Rodriguez - 60 HRs; Mariano Rivera - 15 Saves Devil Rays: 23 - 31 Scott Kazmir - 9-9, 219 IP, 213 Ks, 99 BBs Indians: 34 - 20 Catcher Victor Martinez - 144 RBI Tigers: 30 - 24 Magglio Ordonez 150 RBI Twins: 28 - 26 Luis Castillo - 171 Hits, 156 Singles White Sox: 26 - 28 AJ Piersynski - 36 GiDPs Royals: 19 - 35 Brain Bannister - 21 Starts, 3-9, 3.89 ERA Angels: 33 - 21 Kelvim Escobar - 198 IP, 6 HRs allowed Mariners: 29 - 25 Kenji Jojima - 492 ABs, 9 BBs A's: 27 - 27 Jason Kendall - 525 ABs, 96 Hits, 90 Singles Rangers: 19 - 35 Sammy Sosa - 30 HRs (618 career)
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    Edgy DC wrote: I wonder how many homers Cecil would hit if he were Prince's age. I dunno, but Prince could have 100 career HRs under his belt before turning 24 (next May - he has 50 right now). Ryan Howard doesn't even have 100 yet and he's almost 28. A-Rod had approx 125 at birthday 24.
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    Bud winning the day today would make more sense. It is, after all, his birthday: Born on D-Day
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    They retort, you deride.
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    Glavine - 2.4 Scheoneweis - 0.5 Wagner - 0.5 Mota - 0.5 LoDuca - 1.2 Wright - 1.0 Easley - 0.9
  11. Frayed Knot
    Not a save situation when the inning started, but this flameout turned into a stunning group effort for today's entry in the Spectacular Failed Ninth Inning Close-Out (SFNICO ??) award (Gotta keep working on that acronym) Jays trail the Rays 11 - 6 entering the 9th - Chad Corvello hurling: BATTERRESULTRUNNERSRUNSSCOREAaron HillWalk1st011-6Adam LindDouble2nd111-7Jason PhillipsDouble2nd111-8 Shawn Camp replaces Chad Corvello BATTERRESULTRUNNERSRUNSSCOREH. ClarkWalk1st & 2nd011-8Alex RiosFC 4-61st & 3rd011-8Vernon WellsDouble2nd211-10 Casey Fossum replaces Shawn Camp BATTERRESULTRUNNERSRUNSSCOREMatt StairsDouble2nd111-11Frank ThomasIW1st & 2nd011-11Troy GlausWild Pitch2nd & 3rd011-11Troy GlausIWLoaded011-11Aaron HillWalk---111-12
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    Has Gomez hit a ball hard since his call-up?
  13. Frayed Knot
    It's never a good time for Journey
  14. Frayed Knot
    Out of Division Records to date: Brewers15 - 17 Cardinals7 - 17
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    ]but part of the reason people hate Arod to begin with is because of his audacity (the slap, the contract the glibness) and that, in the end, few players are big enough assholes to try it. Plus his 'hands in the air / what did I do?' look following the plays.
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    Centerfield wrote: Isn't it funny how Jeter's two errors (without which the Sox would not have taken the lead) gets buried in the accounts of the game? AS were his two GiDPs in that game. BTW, guess who made the last out as the tying run in tonight's MFY game after they had scored three times in the 9th? Just for you CF
  17. Frayed Knot
    NL teams have now all reached the 1/3 mark of the season (54 games). This is the first spot where I like to look at full-season projections - both good and bad - so I pick one for each team to have some fun with. (All records and projections are as they were at each team's 54th game). Mets 35 - 19 Reyes - 6 HRs, 24 triples Braves 31 - 23 Tim Hudson - 253 IPs Marlins 26 - 28 Dan Uggla - 102 Extra-base hits Phillies 26 - 28 Chase Utley - 66 Doubles Nationals: 22 - 32 Jesus Flores - 123 ABs, 30 Hits, 12 Doubles Brewers: 30 - 24 Cecil Fielder - 54 Hrs Cardinals: 24 - 30 Eckstein - 522 PA, 18 Ks Pirates 23 - 31 Zack Duke - 198 IP, 295 Hits allowed Cubs: 23 - 31 Soriano 18 Hrs Astros: 22 - 32 Lance Berkman - 552 ABs, 3 Doubles Reds: 21 - 33 Adam Dunn - 210 Ks Dodgers: 32 - 22 Takashi Saito - 71 IP, 45 Hits, 48 Saves Padres: 31 -23 Jake Peavy 241 IP, 184 Hits allowed D'Backs: 31 - 23 Livan Hernandez - 219 IP, 102 BBs Giants: 26 - 29 Barry Bonds - 36 HRs, 770 Career Rockies: 25 - 29 Todd Helton - 183 Hits, 123 BBs, .457 OBP
  18. Frayed Knot
    I heard Willie talking about his tourney over the weekend but I figured it wound up getting monsooned out. Work out whatever you have to do with your dad, but don't NOT do it because you're afraid of looking silly. If that winds up being the reason you skip it you'll regret it. Dust off your mitt and go throw a ball against a brick wall for 20 minutes in case you haven't thrown for a while.
  19. Frayed Knot
    My first thought to the 'One Game Only' question was Gary Mathews Jr. ... except that he played in 2 despite only getting 1 AB: He pinch-hit once, but also pinch-ran in the next game (and was then traded).
  20. Frayed Knot
    I've biked past Shea although not on a game day (and also past Keyspan & Yanqui Stadium on the same day). If it were up to me they'd have bike parking areas for the new place. There are some bike-friendly paths leading to that area from the south-east.
  21. Frayed Knot
    Edgy DC wrote: You should alert the Mets media department. It should be noted on air. Seriously, you should. Facts like that one - or the one about the list of '1-game only' Mets - would be stuff that Gary Cohen (or Howie Rose, or say Adam Rubin) would eat up IMHO. I've fed columnists little tid-bits before and they've been happy to use them and even credit you.
  22. Frayed Knot
    This game may end sometime tonight ... but I wouldn't count on it.
  23. Frayed Knot
    The Giant pen can't win the award since neither HR actually consituted, by strict definition, a blown save, but the reaction of catcher Molina a split second after Ryan Howard made contact with the pitch which eventually wound up around the CF batter's eye was worth the price of admission all by itself.
  24. Frayed Knot
    Oriole's closer Chris Ray is Sunday's winner. The assist, however, should go to skipper Sam Perlozzo since it was he who fell to the knee-jerk closer situation reaction and got burned by it. O's up 3-2 after 8-1/2 in Anaheim and starter Jeremy Guthrie is cruising on just 3 hits, no walks, and only 88 pitches. But it's the 9th inning so he brings in the closer and 7 pitches later the Angels are doing the jump-dance at home plate. - Figgins single - Vlad walk-off HR
  25. Frayed Knot
    Well, they've already found Waldo so they're moving on to other targets.
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