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Gwreck wrote: I'm not sure Beltran deserves to be there over, say, Andrew McCutchen. Nah, he's earned it. That's an extra prospect we get in the trade, now, too.

Edgy DC wrote: Really, everything about yesterday was weird. Do you realize (I imagine you do) that the Mets took a series while being outhomered 7-0? I was too busy being excited about winning Texas brisket from my Rangers fan friend in Abilene. Yum!

How about Bay (11:$16M, 12:$16M, 13:$16M, 14:$17M club option/$3M buyout) and Pelfrey to the Yankees for Burnett (11:$16.5M, 12:$16.5M, 13:$16.5M), Romine (the catcher), and one of the Trenton pitchers (Betances or Banuelos)?

Just made a friendly wager with an admissions friend at Abilene Christian U; a pound of NY pastrami vs a pound of Texas brisket.

From FaFiF: http://www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2011/06/24/robs-case-for-trading-reyes/ If the Mets were going to go balls-to-the-wall to get the guys they need to surround Reyes & Wright, then definitely sign Reyes. But you know they�re not going to do that. If they sign Reyes, that will be IT. If they sign Wright next year, that will be IT. And that leaves us with the same team we�re treading water with now, minus a few guys who are contributing, with two long-term big money deals added in. I refuse to have that kind of defeatism.

I think Jose's trying to catch Krane before the year is out.

Raining like a mofo, however, here on the east end of LI.

Not for nothing, but it looks like it was decorated by a middle-aged Italian guy.

Number 6 wrote: I am so goddamn sick of this shit. So am I, but what do you do?

There goes my guess of Kevin McReynolds.

Because I grew up in Commack.

I guessed that he was pushing 40; turns out he's exactly three days older than I am. Maybe I still have a shot! Put me in, coach! I'm three-for-three in summer softball league!

Ceetar at the game and borrowing batteries from WFAN, sez Twitter. Hopefully he'll swing through and explain.

I always thought Jennie Finch was actually a little funny-looking until I saw her in person in Rochester when Casey was pitching for the Red Wings. In person, she was stunning.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Who is the only player to get an extra-base hit in his only NY Met plate appearance? Eric Cammack, with a triple.

Yeah, Duda's really not been so much, has he? Meh.

2008 AL Milton Bradley (TEX) .999 I wouldn't have guessed him if you'd given me 500 guesses.

Olerud?

One of the catchers (Romine/Montero), one of the young pitchers (the young lefty whose name I can't remember), and probably a salary dump of some kind. Granderson, maybe? (They'd probably want to dump Burnett on us, which I wouldn't be entirely against.)

Edgy DC wrote: I think Pelfrey is an underreported trade candidate. He's replaceable with a cheaper player for the Mets, attractive to a team that's a starter short, and his salary going forward would be a nice contribution to the Reyes Fund. I've been saying all along that a package of Pelfrey/Beltran/Fodriguez would be REEEEALLY interesting to the Yankees.

Joe Smith tweets a photo of some Yankee-fan hate mail to teammate Mitch Talbot. http://twitter.com/#!/thethree8/statuses/82905713453711360 "Congratulations to Dorris festante our first hate mail of the year. Yankees fan go figure." http://yfrog.com/ke3wmsj

Ceetar wrote: on the off chance it happens (I'll be there Saturday, I doubt Jeter will) I'll boo. I boo when opposing players get hits. they're the enemy. I'm not a gentlemanly opposing player in the same 'fraternity' of baseball players. Let's get real here. This isn't some historic achievement. He's not passing a historical figure like Gehrig or Ruth, he already passed them. He's neither of those players. He doesn't transcend the sport in any way. Not at his position, not as a hitter, not as a fielder, and not even as a clutch hitter (which is simply a matter of being there a lot, he doesn't boast better numbers in clutch situations). His claim to fame is longevity and being on the Yankees. I hate the Yankees. therefore, Jeter collecting a personal milestone means nothing to me. Absolutely nothing. This. John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: The thing is, you KNOW the Wilpons will roll out the red carpet for the guy with intentions of giving a 'warm CitiField welcome' to our visitors from the Bronx. This they will do under the guise of being sportsmen, which they are in a sense, but they'll obviously do it for the ticket $ales, and won't for a second consider what it will all mean for the rest of us. And this.

Holy hell, people. NOBODY IS EFFING TRADING JOSE REYES. Okay?

Ashie62 wrote: We all wanted to be on the all star team in little league, didn't we? Exactly. Why wouldn't you want to be elected the best player at your position?

Not for nothing, but if the Mets need that $50,000, I'd rather Jose stay home for three days.