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Butch Metzger was born to be a Met. Or named to be one, anyhow.

Ryan's mad, son.

Sources have Papelbon signing with Phillie, pending the physical.

New Angel GM Jerry DiPoto and his angelic wife Tamie, with daughters Taylor, left, and Jordan, and son Jonah, at right Taylor's first word: "Nolan" Jonah's middle name: "Seaver"

Agreed. But maybe they made the old pre-emptive offer, and that three-year stuff was crap. And maybe he does want to be a Marlin --- live in a Dominican clime and such. Maybe.

A Marlins source returning from the Cespedes workout relayed to Marlins broadcaster that Reyes is "almost a done deal."

For 9.99 total? I'm pretty sure Hudgens already beat us to it.

Come on, folks. I'm in for $5. I mean, yeah, there's little reason I should be getting gifts for people wealthier than me who don't know me. But I admit it: I'm lured irresistibly to the glamour. And there's no glamour that's so alluring to me AAAA glamour. Someday, probably on a particularly tough day, I'll be digging a ditch, fighting with people who love me, maybe suffering from a nasty skin irritation, and a beatific smile will cross my face. The guy next to me in the ditch will wipe his brow, snort, and ask me, "What the hell are you smiling at?" I'll shrug, turn over another shovelful of earth and reply, "Maybe he's giving her a smoothie from my blender right now."

Grant Bisbee flips through an old Baseball Digest.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Are you going to use this information to update the 2012 projected roster? If you do, I want credit for it! Just coughed up my fruit pie.

Come on. Let's go all in.

Jason Pridie and Bianca Cruz's Wedding Registry

I've tended to think that MLB had a Blackwater-type security firm looking after the players during the winter league season, and that the the real vulnerability has been during the MLB season to players' extended families or to former players. Yup. Bud's got his own muscle: The Department of Investigations, or DOI, was created at the recommendation of George Mitchell and his �Mitchell Report� of Dec. 2007. A month later, commissioner Bud Selig announced the formation of the DOI and installed former New York policeman Dan Mullin as its head. Mullin is the cousin of NBA Hall of Famer Chris Mullin. The DOI has full-time agents in place in the Dominican Republic and Venezuela, just as it does in the United States. The agency worked closely with Venezuelan officials during the separate 2009 kidnappings of Victor Zambrano�s mother and Yorvit Torrealba�s(notes) son, and routinely monitors the day-to-day security concerns in those nations. A baseball source said Thursday morning that Ramos would be best served if the league said little on the very delicate matter. MLB's vice president and DOI head Dan Mullin.

You're a forumite. I'm not sure if you're a certain forumite. You may be a certain other forumite.

Royally Acquainted Dickey wrote: spent a day and a half with phil neikro, charlie hough, and tim wakefield. over 700 wins between them, when you add me in you have a few more

As I said, me too.

Don't you have to release a player and expose him to waivers in order to remove him from the 40 man roster? No. If not, what is the process? Exposing a player to waivers is not the same as releasing him. The article says he has been removed from the 40 man, so your roster should not have him on it. I was providing you the information so you could update it. I know. You've done it over and over. For years. it's petty and tiresome. My favorite was when there was a transaction that hadn't taken place yet but you just had to feel that power so you went and announced that it was going to take place and you wanted to help me find the thread for when it happened. Come on. I'm not your puppet. Removed From Roster And Placed On WaiversOutfielders =#FF8000]20 Jason Pridie DoB: 10/9/1983 Your Projected 2012 Mets (Orange Indicates Players Have Options) Starting Pitchers =#0000FF]43 R.A. Dickey DoB: 10/29/1974 =#FF8000]35 Dillon Gee DoB: 4/28/1986 =#0000FF]49 Jonathon Niese DoB: 10/27/1986 =#0000FF]34 Mike Pelfrey DoB: 1/14/1984 =#0000FF]57 Johan Santana DoB: 3/13/1979Relief Pitchers =#0000FF]46 Manny Acosta DoB: 5/1/1981 =#FF8000]27 Pedro Beato DoB: 10/27/1986 =#0000FF]33 Taylor Buchholz DoB: 10/13/1981 =#0000FF]40 Tim Byrdak DoB: 10/31/1973 =#0000FF]77 D.J. Carrasco DoB: 4/12/1977Relief Pitchers Catchers Infielders =#0000FF]19 Danny Herrera DoB: 10/21/1984 =#0000FF]39 Bobby Parnell DoB: 9/8/1984 =#0000FF]9 Ronny Paulino DoB: 4/21/1988 =#0000FF]30 Josh Thole DoB: 4/28/1986 =#FF8000]29 Ike Davis DoB: 3/22/1987 Infielders =#0000FF]28 Daniel Murphy DoB: 4/1/1985 =#0000FF]11 Ruben Tejada DoB: 10/27/1989 =#0000FF]2 Justin Turner DoB: 11/23/1984 =#FF8000]63 Jordany Valdespin DoB: 12/23/1984 =#0000FF]5 David Wright DoB: 12/20/1982 Outfielders =#0000FF]44 Jason Bay DoB: 9/20/1978 =#BF8080]. =#FF8000]21 Lucas Duda DoB: 2/3/1986 =#BF8080]. =#0000FF]6 Nick Evans DoB: 1/30/1986 =#BF8080]. =#0000FF]16 Angel Pagan DoB: 7/2/1981 =#BF8080]. =#FF8000]20 Jason Pridie DoB: 10/9/1983 =#8000FF]Not on Roster Also on 40-Man Roster Starting Pitchers Catchers =#FF8000]32 Jennry Mejia DoB: 10/11/1989 =#FF8000]66 Armando Rodriguez DoB: 1/28/1988 =#FF8000]63 Chris Schwinden DoB: 9/22/1986 =#FF8000]64 Josh Stinson DoB: 3/14/1988 =#FF8000]13 Mike Nickeas DoB: 2/13/1983 Infielders Outfielders =#FF8000]65 Zach Lutz DoB: 6/3/1986 =#FF8000]3 Josh Satin DoB: 12/23/1984 =#FF8000]23 Mike Baxter DoB: 12/7/1984 =#FF8000]26 Fernando Martinez DoB: 10/10/1988 Free Agents Starting PitchersRelief Pitchers =#0000FF]47 Miguel Batista DoB: 2/19/1971 =#0000FF]38 Chris Capuano DoB: 8/19/1978 =#0000FF]55 Chris Young DoB: 5/25/1979 =#0000FF]18 Ryota Igarashi DoB:5/28/1979 =#0000FF]45 Jason Isringhausen DoB: 9/7/1972 Outfielders Infielders Outfielders =#0000FF]7 Jos� Reyes DoB: 6/11/1983 =#0000FF]12 Scott Hairston DoB: 5/25/1980 =#0000FF]22 Willie Harris DoB: 6/22/1978 Prospective Coaching Staff (Orange Indicates Purely Speculative Information) ManagerBench CoachBatting CoachPitching CoachThird Base Coach =#0000FF]10 Terry Collins DoB: 5/27/1949 =#FF8000]57 Bob Geren DoB: 9/22/1959 =#0000FF]52 Dave Hudgens DoB: 12/5/1956 =#0000FF]59 Dan Warthan DoB: 12/1/1952 =#FF8000]81 =#0000FF]Tim Teufel DoB: 7/7/1958First Base CoachBullpen CoachBullpen CatchersHead Trainer =#FF8000]55 =#0000FF]Tom Goodwin DoB: 8/27/1968 =#FF8000]56 =#0000FF]Ricky Bones DoB: 4/7/1969 =#0000FF]53 Eric Langill DoB: 4/9/1979 =#0000FF]54 Dave Racaniello DoB: 10/15/1981 =#0000FF] Ray Ramirez Assistant Trainer =#0000FF] Mike Herbst

Removed from the roster isn't the same as being released.

How about you stop being circumspect?

Me too. But even if you don't have all that going for you, you can watch the video of that play over and over and Mookie's head appears rounding first so fast that you tend to believe Buckner wouldn't have made that play at all. The Mets had the momentum, and the Mookie, and the Sox were playing on their heels and the Mets on their toes. Also underplayed: the heroism of Mookie fouling those pitches off. I'd watched Mookie enough to know that staying alive with two strikes wasn't a typical part of his game.

Steve, you got a blanket point you're trying to make about everybody but you?

Bat head. Keeping the bat head back. Yeah.

To grossly generalize, I'm really kind of frustrated with the amount of moving parts in the batting and pitching motions that veteran Japanese players arrive here with, hurting them with regards to making adjustments. I like that he ---- like Ichiro, KMatsui, and Shinjo --- is so adept at keeping the [crossout:27jeg8gp]back[/crossout:27jeg8gp] bat head back until late, but for Matsui, that just meant more bouncers to short.

I got so giggly at the good news that I missed the great news.

New Padres development staff announced, and it's sick with Mets: Managing the AA San Antonio Missions: Managing the High A Lake Elsinore Storm is Shawn Wooten, who spent his last professional playing days as New Orleans Zeph in the Mets system, but I can't find a card. His hitting coach with the High A Lake Elsinore Storm: (The current price on that card is "$0.01" at E-Bay.) Managing the Low-A Ft. Wayne TinCaps: And his pitching coach with the Low-A Ft. Wayne TinCaps: Coaching for rookie-ball Peoria: Pitching coach for the DSL Padres: