Frayed Knot

7 lefty swingers (including the switchies) going against Marquis de Card tonight.

I think the Mets admit injuries and the seriousness of them the way the Politburo used to admit illnesses to General Secretaries

Of course he can't hit either - as anyone who saw the first half of the Yanqui season can attest - but it's better than no one at this point. I mean Stinnett was so bad that the Yanx opted for Sal Fasano instead.

Another alternative is storing Glavine on the 15 DL - don't think he's going to pitch until after Sept 1 anyway

Ramon has been put on the [u:c283713726]60 Day DL[/u:c283713726] on account of the knee cleansing he just got, effectively ending his season. I suppose - depending on the timing of things - that a return for a potential WS is possible, but that's assuming you'd want him to come in "cold". Which all means we've got less than a week to come up with a backup catcher or commit ourselves to DiFelice (or someone else inside the org) for the post-season.

"My favourite pages for men" MasterGiza claims to be from the USA but spells like a European. Better run dude, we're narrowing down your real identity.

ESPN has a tendancy to act like history began the day they started paying attention so, yes, I'd expect mostly recent film-worthy nominees. - That Payton robbing a HR in SF that Greg brings up was a beaut that I had forgotten about - I'd vote for Swoboda's personally ... as much for the effect of it as anything. Heck, that catch SAVED a WS game and the 3-1 series lead that was secured an inning later would have been 2-2. And it was real fucking good. - Agee's two taken as a tandem were huge also but neither by itself were as good as Rocky's - Wright's barehand was certainly a nice play but just doesn't do it for me. There have been many better ones. It's more of a novelty really ... of course so is Jeter's "dive" into the stands (umm, he caught the ball in fair territory but couldn't stop) so that's not going to stop them. HIS dive into the stands catch was better (than both his barehand as well as Jeter's) - Mex's charged-bunt/DP was great just for the agressive, ballsy-ness of it all but it won't win since there wasn't anything particularly super-human (ergo highlight worthy) about the physical part of the play itself.

The sad part is starting to hear how Jeter should get the award "to make up for" all the times he has so obviously been screwed out of it in prior years ... as if there's some sort of cumulative process at work here and past misses add up to one win whether it's deserved or not.

Hey, he just missed doing it twice more - while only slightly older than Reyes. Now you know what so intrigued Davey about him. Problem is, they should have gone looking at OBAs. You'd think the computer-savvy Davey would have be wiser to that.

RHernandez - 1.0 Wagner - 1.0 Reyes - 2.1 Delgado - 1.5 Woodward - 2.0 Wright - 1.0 Milledge - 0.5 Chavez - 0.9

It's the infamous ... Juan Samuel

Not just painted lines where home plate and the bases are/were, but maybe also some of those police-like chalk outlines on the parking lot where various things happened. - Jones catching the fly ball - The Beatles stage w/outlines of J, P, G & R - the spot where Jesse's glove landed (assuming it ever did)

So these two Italian-English-German/American fire fighters from coastal Conneticut walk into a bar ...

Shut Up!

Duncan went back to the fence like he had a shot at that thing ... and was about 50 ft short!!

I think my father still has the ticket stub from the Game 4 1969 WS game he took me to. I think it was $10 (or maybe less) for Mezz Reserved.

You don't take DiFelice just as Castro precaution. If Ramon goes down during a round you can add MDiF for the next. There's not just one roster for the whole deal, you can change after (but not during) each round. I think Ledee will be gone by tomorrow.

<<<<---- Five Tool Player Which may, or may not, be as funny as this one the next time my level changes.

Ticket prices for post-season - at least the final two rounds - are pretty much set by MLB, with only minor variations allowed for differeing stadiums and levels and what not. And, of course, they'll be sold out in short order so, from a supply & demand standpoint, they could actually charge more and get away with it.

HahnSolo wrote: What's "roll call"? It's the 1st inning act started by those in the Yanqui Stadium OF bleachers where they chant out each starting player's name until said player acknowledges them with a quickie wave (not sure that pitcher & catcher always comply). A handful of Met fans tried starting it during a few games this season - but it's truly a stolen act and didn't go over well ... nor should it.

Bradford - 1.0 Mota - 0.5 Beltran - 2.8 Delgado - 3.8 Heilman - 1.0 LoDuca - 0.9

Fix the heading on your last chart

Edgy DC wrote: Gotta pinch-run Milledge here. Your point is late ... but correct.

WALK OFF HOME RUN !!!!

So who's making the more obscure music reference? - Keith mentioning Archie Bell & the Drells (1960?) song Tighten Up whenever he refers to pressure situations? - or Ronnie bringing up Joni Mitchell's Coyote and it's 'Bay of Fundy' line when Keith & Gary were discussing "fundies" (fundamentals)? Coyote's in the coffee shop He's staring a hole in his scrambled eggs He picks up my scent on his fingers While he's watching the waitresses' legs He's too far from the Bay of Fundy From Appaloosas and Eagles and tides And the air conditioned cubicles And the carbon ribbon rides Are spelling it out so clear