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No, some other guys on the radio feed.

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Hopefully that works for Dickulous. Dee Dee Ramone up.

Still not able to get the stream working tonight, and it's killing me, because how many more chances am I gonna get? How does he do it? Ninety-six years old, seventy-nine years in the game and he calls play-by-play and color at the same time. And I mean the most colorful color on earth, and yet he misses none of the action. Pedro de Soto digging in here. Pedro was born in the slums of Rio de Janie... That's a curve for ball one. He was raised, if you can call it that, by his grandmother, but she was sickly. And that's strike one --- a fastball up at the letters. She was unwell, and he took care of her and his three younger siblings. Worked in a factory from the time he was seven --- fouls the fastball back, up and in --- working in a lamp factory, and playing baseball for quarters after work. His grandmother Rosa is an absolute sweetheart. I met her and she's 114 years old and she's here at the park and OH SHE'LL BE CHEERING THAT. A double into the gap by de Soto. How do you like that? Couldn't have happened to a nicer man. Wonderful. They're ALL wonderful. Mankind is so blessed by these two teams of wonderful men and whoever wins, you know it's for the betterment of us all. And now Scott Evans is stepping in. Marvelous sculptor, Scottie. Abstract and representational, Evans does it all. With real meaning, too. I remember one time during spring training I was talking to Jiddu Krishnamurti... He's one of the very best things about baseball.

And Nickeas went 1-3 yesterday, leaving him on Interstate 88. Where does that take you, Mike?

Do you see (1) taking Hairston's appearances in left? (2) taking Hairy and Nieuie's appearances in left (3) taking Hairston's appearances in left, but pushing him to center, where he steals time from Andres Torres? (4) taking Hairston's and Nieuies appearances in left, but pushing them both to center, where they steal time from Andres Torres? Because what he's worth should be weighed in the context of who he's displacing.

My wife took that dinky road yesterday to get our car serviced. Hot damn, I should have had her on the Ikewatch.

Wow! Sorry, John Maine.

I went seven and I thought I could last nine. I just... needed... to... rest... my eyes.

And the Mets brought that last one home.

The dude should be having a game-stopping ceremony on almost any night this season.

Hit his second one two days later --- a two-run game-tying jobby off Cole Hamels. For a week or two there, he was Ike Davis' platoon partner.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Now all he needs is a crappy heavy-metal song to enter to. Holy Diver? "Balls to the Wall"

Heeyewj strikeout of Gordon.

By the way, I know we're not there yet and maybe won't get there at all, but Bobby Parnell is our closer tonight.

My internet speed is such that my computer won't stream it. I'm in a cold zone or something.

Lefty-smackers. He left that hyphen out, but yeah. This guy came and he gave without taking. And we sent him away.

Frayed Knot wrote: Speaking of sons with different skills, I hadn't realized that Scott Van Slyke was back up but I saw him briefly when he was with LA earlier this year. The kicker is that he's virtually the opposite of everything his father was: Right-handed, huge, slow, no glove to speak of but with big-time power. Three legacies in the LAD line-up tonight when you add in Tony Gwynn Jr., and then for added attraction they've got Jerry Hairston Jr. on the bench. And Hairston is a paternal, grandpaternal, and fraternal legacy.

Not able to get the TV feed. I was really jazzed up for a night with me and Vin. Had champagne and dried apricots ready and everything.

Huh??

Hang tough, Rox.

We are totally beating them on the bandage report. Mets M. Baxter 15-day DL J. Bay 7-day DL F. Francisco 15-day DL M. Pelfrey 60-day DL . . . .Dodgers R. De La Rosa 60-day DL M. Ellis 15-day DL J. Guerra 15-day DL M. Guerrier 15-day DL B. Hawksworth 60-day DL M. Kemp 15-day DL T. Lilly 15-day DL J. Sellers 15-day DL

Vic Sage wrote: Hairston's platoon differential is substantial and based on an extensive career-long sample size. And, at his age, it ain't going to change. So, I wouldn't start him against RHers, especially when we've got a talented young LHed OFer whose upside is still to be determined sitting on the bench. And Cedeno is a defensive sub, not someone you sit your starting 2bman to play, especially when said 2bman is coming off a 2hr/4rbi game. I agree with you on both counts, but Hairston's platoon diff was better last year, and he has been excellent this year. And Murphy had been largely batless for a month, and his glove remains mostly a liability. So I understand if Jerry might be tempted to play around a little bit. with the lineup. Hope he doesn't. He's hopefully past where he has to provide too much coverage for Torres. I really think he's done a good job adding to the PT of improving guys and diminishing the PT of slumping guys, while not burying any body.

Pirates up, 5-0, six batters into game. Over the Phils. The Bucminsters might actually be a player in the second half. The Phils, though, whoo. Brutal. That's Shmile Shmendrick on the mound for them.

So, is Cede�o still cutting in on Murphy's PT or what? Does Hairston's slam (which, I repeat, was a routine fly at Citi) further complicate the left field platoon? Because I mostly think that platoon should be pretty strict.