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  1. Frayed Knot
    Nice first outing for U^3: 0.1 IP, 4 ER, 2 H, 2 BBshe came in to start the 9th w/a 6 run lead and proceeded to go: K - BB - 2R-HR - 1B - BBforcing the Phils to relieve him w/Wagner, who allowed both of those inherited to score and brought Hank Blalock to the plate as the tying run ... before he grounded out to end the game.
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    I wonder if this is the same source - the one he claimed "never steered him wrong" - who got him the scoop over this past winter that the Mets had signed {note: not might sign; are thinking of signing; are on track to sign, but [u:e02418aa24]had signed[/u:e02418aa24]} Moises Alou to a 2-year deal?Anyway ... I remember seeing Fonz play 2nd at some point last year when the Giants had some injury problems there - and he was embarrassingly awful. Zero range and bad agility. He's actually hitting OK these days - as long as we ignore the fact that his power numbers have been in free-fall for the last 5 years.And did anyone see enough out of Schmidt last week to say; "hey, that'll be a good use of an $11million option next year"? He's either injured or done - neither one of which makes him a good get right now.
  3. Frayed Knot
    Well, we can't keep getting 6 hits a night and expect to win.
  4. Frayed Knot
    I have no objection to Bell, just towards those idiot Met fans who pre-decide that they're going to divide the team into two camps: the chosen ones and the designated whipping boys.Heath - for the most part - has been one of the golden boys so he gets a pass on any and all mistakes. Kaz (plus others) on the other hand ...
  5. Frayed Knot
    Well, here's to all those who want Bell to get all those important innings!
  6. Frayed Knot
    I've seen just about enough of those P.O.S. Jose Vizcaino hits fall in against us thankyouverymuch
  7. Frayed Knot
    That was, in fact, Cliffy's league leading 8th OF assist.That's often not a real good sign of OF throwing prowess but he is playing/moving much better this season
  8. Frayed Knot
    All right, let's kick this Springer guy's ass!!!!
  9. Frayed Knot
    Floyd makes Lamb lie down (near) Broadway -- and we go to the 10th.
  10. Frayed Knot
    Ensberg: GO 1-3 Lane: 1B to CF Everett: GO 6-3 w/the runner movingRunner on 2nd - 2 outs for Brad Ausmus: ... who flies to Cammy in RFTime for someone to be a hero (maybe it'll be one of the subs)
  11. Frayed Knot
    Loopy in to face 5-6-7 in the order:Ensberg: GO 1-3Lane: 1B to CFEverett:Ausmus:
  12. Frayed Knot
    One of those years Pedro just missed out on an MVP, Yanqui sychoph ... I mean NY Post writer George King failed to list him on his top-10 ballot at all claiming he didn't believe in voting for pitchers seeing as how they had their own award. Of course that didn't explain why he previously HAD voted for pitchers in his MVP.
  13. Frayed Knot
    btw; my comments about hearing really bad trade proposals for U^3 weren't from this board. Mostly this idiocy comes from talk radio denizens who seemed mostly to be under the impression that swapping 2 or 3 regulars plus several top prospects for Urbina would result in us getting the better of the deal.Wow that grass is green over yonder!Also, several of this morning's papers mentioned that the Mets had been in discussions w/Detroit for Urbina - although it's not known how far those talks got or who - if anyone - was involved.
  14. Frayed Knot
    ]Comments? Two comments:1) Good trade for the Phightin's. I did think it would take more than that to pry U^3 away from Motown ... except that accepting the salary prolly has something to do with it.and B) Even if I underestimated the price it took to get him, I feel justified in being sickened by listening to Met fans who GROSSLY OVERestimated what it would take. I've heard NYM fans proposing deals that offered packages like 'Cameron/Humber/+ ...' or 'Petit/Diaz/+', etc. Good lord people he's a freekin' reliever!
  15. Frayed Knot
    Graves made reference to some "legal technicalities" that prevent things from being finalized.Not sure what that means, except that it means he's signed ... just not yet signed.
  16. Frayed Knot
    The bit about this being his best WHiP & BAA - but not his best year - is part of what I meant when I said he's been less than lucky (if you buy that notion) that his ERA is as high as it is. Seems that when he does give up baserunners he gives them up in bunches and, as a result, nearly half of his runners have wound up scoring (25 of 59 - or 42%).Just as a comparison, Clemens & Livan - with WHiPs approx half again as high (.93 & 1.06) have only allowed 22% & 24% of their's to score.Assuming Pedro continues being as stingy w/runners as the season goes on (not likely but let us dream) it's probable that his ERA will plummet as he goes on.
  17. Frayed Knot
    Considering his block of work to date this season -- .451 OPS-Against, .151 BAA, .188 OPB-against, 0.67 WHiP, etc. --he's actually been a bit "unlucky" to have an ERA as high as it is: 2.45And he's managed all that even while being "stuck" pitching to (8 of his 12 starts so far) w/a catcher that he DEMANDED not to work with ... or so we were assured.
  18. Frayed Knot
    The TV guys were talking about an incident from last year between Oswalt & Cliff -- which I don't remember a thing about.Anyone?
  19. Frayed Knot
    If accurate, those are reasonable enough terms to make this a good signing. Essentially, that's about 700K for the rest of the year because he'd have to pitch almost out of his mind to get that option picked up.He's worth that risk.
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