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Let's keep building on this two-game lead!

Hooray! Now we have a working merge feature!

="John Cougar Lunchbucket"]At the risk of painting with a broad brush and looking like an old man yelling at a cloud, attention is the cocaine for all Gen Y Mook Retards, and there's an awful lot of them, evidenced not only by idiotic behavior at games like this but by the whole "Look at me!" culture (tattoos, myspace, reality TV etc etc) Although I agree that far too many members of my generation are like that, that's certainly not the case for me, my girlfriend, and most of the people I associate with. And we laugh at them when they get caught after they post really incriminating photos of themselves on Facebook.

I say go win the gold. The Mets will always be around, but this only comes once.

You know, Ray Knight hosts the pre-game and post-game shows for the Nationals.

But Steve, the Yankees deserve our ridicule. That's the part I think you're missing. They think they're freaking royalty, but they're not.

Holy crap, I was SIX when I saw Mask of the Phantasm? I had no idea it came out so long ago. I saw that in theaters. Wow. And I totally grew up on Batman: TAS. A fantastic series, rich in storytelling and character development. Completely reworked the character of Mr. Freeze and introduced the Joker's sidekick, Harley Quinn, both of which found their way into the comics.

I'll take it. Now hopefully the Marlins will pass the Phillies and the Phillies will keep collapsing. And is it just me, or is the Rollins = Jeter media comparison similarity score going way, WAY up?

Suck it Phillies. Suck it hard.

seawolf17 wrote: Perhaps you should install the Street Spanish dictionary. You know, I forget, what was said exactly that pissed Delgado off?

I have a few I can think of off the top of my head: 1. My dad recognizing an at-the-moment incognito Frank Robinson and getting his autograph for me 2. Mo Vaughn's monster home run against the MFYs 3. Jose Reyes pulling up lame at the end of the game, with my dad making the bet that he'll never amount to anything and my challenging him that he'll be a superstar 4. My dad getting me to meet Aaron Heilman before a game 5. My first Mets game, sitting in the picnic area

Eckersley Clemens Stewart

Jose Reyes has broken the all-time Mets record for triples with his 63rd the other night. Reyes is now: 1st in triples 2nd in stolen bases 8th in runs scored 11th in hits 12th in total bases (one behind David Wright, seven behind Jerry Grote) 13th in at-bats 14th in doubles 22nd in games played 24th in strikeouts (tied with Tom Seaver) 25th in runs batted in 28th in home runs (tied with Butch Huskey and Wayne Garrett) 29th in walks (one behind Gary Carter)

Jerome Holtzman, 82, creator of the save: ]CHICAGO (AP)�Jerome Holtzman, a longtime baseball writer who made the Hall of Fame, created the saves rule and later became Major League Baseball�s official historian, has died. He was 82. Holtzman died Saturday in Evanston. �As a baseball writer, columnist and historian for more than 50 years, Jerome Holtzman was a beloved figure and made an incredible impact on the game,� Commissioner Bud Selig said Monday in a statement. Holtzman won the J.G. Spink Award and a spot in the Hall of Fame in 1989. The award is given annually to the one baseball writer who has exhibited �meritorious contributions� to baseball writing. Known as �The Dean,� Holtzman worked at the Chicago Sun-Times and the Daily Times, its predecessor, before joining the Chicago Tribune in 1981. He retired in 1999, when Selig named him MLB�s official historian. Holtzman began his career as a 17-year-old copy boy in 1942, and served two years in the Marine Corps during World War II before returning to journalism. He was assigned the baseball beat in 1957. �He was amazing baseball people, I don�t just want to say writer. He was a baseball fan. He did a lot of things for baseball,� said White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen, who was a Sox player during Holtzman�s time at the Tribune. �He gave his life to baseball and we�ll always remember how great he was. �Jerome was a classy man and a great man to have around. I was lucky enough to be covered by him for a few years.� Feeling that earned run averages and won-lost records were not the most accurate reflection of relievers� effectiveness, Holtzman created the formula for �saves� in 1959. A decade later, in 1969, it was adopted by the game�s Official Rules Committee. �In the case of Jerome, every one of the closers over the last 30 years � should take out their checkbooks and write a gigantic check to whatever foundation or charity the family directs,� broadcaster and former White Sox pitcher Steve Stone said. �He�s really the person responsible for being able to quantify what has become one of the most important positions on the field.� White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf said baseball �lost a great advocate and fan � and I lost a dear friend. �I will miss his visits to the ballpark and his phone calls during the season to discuss the latest baseball news,� he said. Holtzman also wrote six books, including �No Cheering in the Press Box,� in which he interviewed other well-known writers. The funeral will be private and a memorial service will be held later, the White Sox said.

It's the Jay Satan post!

I'd prefer a short-term rather than a long-term guy coming in to play second if at all. I'm curious to see how Argenis Reyes develops.

Why oh why did Pete Rose have to sing?

When I first saw this article pop up on Yahoo Sports, my mind read the headline as "Wagner to have head examined".

The Curse of Michigan has been broken!

Even my notoriously snobby film-student little brother loved the film.

Back in first!

I don't begrudge Tatis getting a day off, but Marlon Anderson getting the start in left field? Come on!

You missed me, Edgy.

I think we have to sprinkle the ashes of a red heifer on Michigan (this is a Jewish purification ritual from olden times), as something's gotta be up when you've got an 18-game winless streak.

I'm gonna go with Pete Rose for games, at bats, runs, and hits.