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Holy crap! You see those guys on the roof of the Millennium hotel? Ronnie's right -- you gotta make A-Rod money to do something like that.

The second-worst part about Lima is that he's disgracing the number 17. If I was Keith Hernandez I'd poison his postgame spread.

Can you give us the year span of the five films?

Willets Point wrote: They are page-turners and have the whole conspiracy theory angle going for them but I still don't see why his books are so popular. You answered your own question.

Bought two boxes of 1991 Donruss wax packs for a buck each this weekend. There wasn't anything of any real value in this set, but I opened one box just for the heck of it. Two quick observations: ** The Mets' "Diamond King" in that set? Dave Magadan. Yikes. ** Always weird to see Gary Carter in a Giants uni. note: This is not the regular-issue card, it's from one of the subsets they produced that year -- but you kinda get the point. The photo on the card above was taken at Shea, though, which is funny. Actually, I think the vast majority of baseball card photos from that era were either taken in New York or Chicago. Interesting.

Thanks, Dave Bush. Go 3-1 on Valentin so you can throw two strikes and crush all our hopes and dreams.

Why do you let this fricking moron (Jose Valentin) hit? Get him off the frigging roster NOW. NOW NOW NOW. Check him out of the hotel, set fire to his uniform, GET RID OF HIM.

If Jose Lima gets another start, I'm going to kick Willie Randolph in the victoire.

NOT THAT GOOD A STRIKE.

THROW A FUCKING STRIKE.

Yancy Street Gang wrote: I think this is the first time I ever watched a game played at Miller Park. (Thanks MLB Extra Innings. When I relied on ESPN and Fox for my Mets games, they never telecast Mets-Brewers.) The quality of the light seems odd. The roof is closed, so it's artificial lighting, but something about it looks strange. I'll second that; I logged on here just to make that remark.

Yeah. Last I checked, the DH sucked balls, no matter where it's used, for any reason. Ever.

They're open to debate and discussion, but I'm entitled to award points however I see fit. Maybe I think a guy had good at bats, or he made a nice play or two; so I show him a little extra Schaefer love. If you don't see it that way, then don't; it'll all balance out in the final tally.

Just saw the replay of Rowand's play. OUCH.

Yancy Street Gang wrote: What's that on their caps? A webbed foot? Yep.

Took in my first Long Island Ducks game of 2006 last night. A little damp and chilly, but a good time. Arrived in the second inning with the Ducks already down 2. Down 5-2 in the sixth, the Ducks sent eight men to the plate, knocking Atlantic City Surf starter Mark Persails (who walked five and threw three wild pitches in the game) out and tying the game on a Bucky Jacobsen RBI double. In the bottom of the tenth, Mel Stocker drew a leadoff walk and went to second on a balk. Jacobsen, who had been on base all five times, fouled out, then former MFY Erick Almonte popped out. Left fielder Kevin Haverbusch then blooped a single juuuuust behind the second base bag, easily scoring Stocker and giving the Ducks their fourth straight win. Schaefer Points: Runion 1.5 Erdos 1.5 Crudale 1 Haverbusch 1 Jacobsen 2 Pena 1 Stocker 1 Schrager 1 Ducks to watch in '06: Todd Erdos, Closer -- 32 years old, but still throws hard and could probably provide capable short relief somewhere. Throws hard, but didn't appear to have a ton of movement last night. Struck out the side in the ninth. The Atlantic League Relief Pitcher of the Year in 2005, leading the league with 32 saves. (L) Pat Mahomes, pitcher; ® Henry Rodriguez, OF/DH -- Probably the two "biggest names" on the roster this year. Mahomes you all know as the former Met; Rodriguez averaged 27 home runs a year in the majors between 1996-2000. He also won the Atlantic League batting title in '05, finishing second in OBP and SLG. He also hit 27 homers in 348 AB. Don't know that any major league team needs a 36-year-old middle reliever or a 37-year-old fifth outfielder and pinch hitter, but I'd rather have H-Rod on the Mets' bench than Jose Freaking Valentin. Bucky Jacobsen, 1B -- The 30-year old enjoyed his finest season in 2004, batting .312 with 26 home runs and 86 RBI in 81 games for Tacoma (AAA, Mariners) before being called up to Seattle after the All-Star break. Jacobsen hit .275 with nine home runs in 160 at bats with the Mariners during the season�s second half. The veteran of 824 minor league game owns a career .285 batting average with 158 home runs, 177 doubles, 574 RBI and a .520 slugging percentage. Other than that, a lot of former major leaguers on the roster: Pat Ahearne, last night's starter, pitched for the Tigers in 1995; righty Ryan Jensen went 13-8 for the Giants in 2002; lefty Andrew Lorraine pitched for six major league teams, throwing a CG shutout for the Cubs in 1999; righty Mike Crudale, who picked up the W with a scoreless tenth inning last night, pitched for the Cardinals and Brewers in 02-03; second baseman Carlos Hernandez played for Houston and Seattle; third baseman Erick Almonte had a cup with the MFYs; leadoff hitter and centerfielder Elvis Pena played in 25 games with the Rockies and Brewers.

Trachsel 2 Beltran 0.5 Castro 0.5

If he was a "real fan," his hair would have fallen out during the shooting of this movie.

The dog is suspicious. He thinks he did better than that.

No, here are Peanut's picks: 1) B 2) C 3) J 4) I 5) D 6) A 7) H 8) E 9) G 10) F (Note: that was simply a stream of consciousness, what-letter-pops-into-my-head list. I almost put "K" down a few times.)

1) I 2) C 3) D 4) E 5) A 6) J 7) F 8) G 9) B 10) H As good a guess as any, I s'pose.

You, sir, are an ass.

MFS62 wrote: ]4:06-4:58 Robin Ventura's Grand Slam Single (I STILL can't believe they stopped him from completing the run around the bases, I mean has that EVER happened before or since in the history of baseball) It may have happened many times in the early 20th century, before the scoring rule was changed. I read that Babe Ruth lost one home run because of a rule in effect then. Let's say the score was tied and the batter came up in the bottom of the ninth with the winning run on third. If the batter hit a home run, he only got credited for a single (the minimum hit necessary to score the winning baserunner(s). Even though home runs were hit with less frequency in those days, I'd have to guess it happened more than once. Later Roughly this many times. I think something specific like that where the guy got mobbed before finishing his trot might be a lot rarer. Even where fans gave run on the field (Aaron, Chambliss, etc.), they've let the guy touch home plate.

(sigh)

In a vain attempt to refocus... I also use a simple lowercase "out" when I miss a play that resulted in one.