Edgy MD

That kid is gonna get diarrhea on the mound.

�The one thing that I would say is don�t insult my intelligence in the game. I watched it happen in the series before where players were giving location to hitters. And don�t insult my intelligence. I�ve played the game way too long. I know everything about the game. That�s what they�ve been doing. That�s what they�ve done. We put a stop to it the last time we played and I had to say something tonight. It was just. The game of baseball has some integrity to it. Especially in the United States. It might not be that way in other places at times. But here we have some integrity in the game, and I expect the game to be played fair and the right way. I watched the catcher do it twice. I watched other guys do it. There�s a couple of guys that don�t do it. I don�t play that game. There�s integrity to the game. When those things happen, I�ve got a problem with it. I won�t let somebody play me into being stupid. I know the game very well. I know all the things you can do in the game to show location, to show signs and all those types of things. And if you get caught, you stop. If you don�t stop then we have a problem. That�s where we had a problem tonight." ---Wally Backman\ Tipping signs: OK. Not stopping: not OK. Playing Wally into being stupid: big mistake.

Fartinez called back up by Astros.

The 2012 Mets average 29,099 fans. The 1977 team averaged 13,171. Both are odd numbers, and both are obviously inflated, so there you go.

Megdal explicitly stated on more than one occasion that a settlement couldn't happen.

Any credibility he had with me he staked on the impossibility of the case coming to a settlement. When he's accurate, it's because he's throwing at a big target.

Last series they went into with one sucky shortstop, he got hurt, and they finished with Prado there, and they still kicked our asses. Angry, I was. We can't get away with Jordany Valdespin at short but they can fake it with Prado?

Really? Haven't we already played the Reds twice? Who can figure that team out? Babe Ruth gets hurt and they become invincible for a month.

I'd be shocked if any of those tickets came in on the money. And I wouldn't be surprised if only Wheeler ever tasted a postgame spread as a Met. (Gronauer and Reyes have both been demoted this season.) Just taking a snapshot, using only vaguely scientific principles. Predicting the future is HARD.

Projected Milepost Mets 940 Adam Loewen, Buffalo outfielder 950 Zack Wheeler, Buffalo starting pitcher 960 Raul Reyes, Binghamton outfielder 970 Adam Kolarek, Binghamton relief pitcher 980 Kai Gronauer, St. Lucie catcher 990 Juan Torres, St. Lucie catcher 1000 Blake Forsythe, St. Lucie catcher (!!!)

Torres 3.87 Dickey 2.92 Thole 1.27 Baxter 1.12 Wright 0.66 Tejada 0.16

Yeah, congratulations, as you gave that part of his life more coverage than just about anybody. What I couldn't get is how he could put enough into it to become such an elite champ at such a boutique sport and just walk away from it. The idea that he had a baseball playoff game conflict with an important skating tournament, so it was a "no-brainer" to give it all up remains confounding. And I speak as his biggest fan.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: uh oh No really, just want to know what other treasures you saw inside the cave that is the Life of Mazzilli.

Yeah, I love it. I have a few questions for the biographer. I'll send them offline.

Yeah, I've written the ACCC, asking them to investigate Terry for anti-competitive behavior.

Reese Havens falling off the map. How about Domingo Tapia? Low A is low A. But no homers in 86 innings is... no homers.

I wanted to see Turner sit down like a good team player and hand his bat to a lefty.

Ptui!

Nope. Sticks with Turner. Don't give in, Terry!

And they bring in Bell. Gotta counter with Valdy, right?

They stick with Dunn and that keeps Valdy and Baxter either on the bench or at a disadvantage. Get ready for some red-hot Justin Turner action.

Check out Acosta with the single-digit ERA. Pretty fancy-shmancy.

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I changed it to allow re-voting. The plot is full of familiar material --- not just from A Star Is Born, but also Singing in the Rain and Sunset Boulevard. Take away the novelty of making a silent film in 2011 --- say this was the second silent film made that year --- and this is pretty forgettable. Worthwhile distraction, but not much more. My wife --- also in agreement that the only Oscar nomination it should have gotten was for Best Dog, and even then, it would have had stiff competition from the similar (same?) terrier from Beginners --- offered the suggestion that Academy loved a movie that celebrated Hollywood and allowed actors to be the heroes.

Pretty tough for Moiph to hit .360 and come in fourth.