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This was definitely worse than Opening Day. Up by four with two out in the ninth, closer on the mound. You just came off a great series win against the first-place team in your division. Victor Zambrano was excellent.Dammit. Dammitdammitdammitdammitdammitdammitdammitdammit.

Dammitdammitdammitdammitdammitdammitdammitdammitdammit.

Here comes the dangerous [url=http://leaptoad.com/mets/gamedetail.php?gameno=6885]Humberto Cota[/url].

And Cairo throws a fifteen-foot throw into the camera both. Come on, fellas.

Yancy-When you click on "Opponents and Ballparks," then you click on a team name, it brings you to a weird half-completed "players who played for both teams" page. But when you access the teams from the drop-down menu at the top, it's fine.

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Schaefer Jinx Points, 7/8/05:OldMole 3Heilman 2Castro 2Looper 1Floyd 1Redman 0.5Lawton 0.5(Just kidding, Mole.)

Prentice's brother is making Looper work.

Heilman loads the bases and loses his Schaefer point.

And then Castro decides not to run on a Daubach double off the wall and gets thrown out at the plate. Nuts. Ramon, listen to Manny Acta, will you?

Castro with a big RBI single up the middle, and it's going to be a tough call between Castro and Zambrano for the PotG.

Will they all pleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleaseplease stop sliding head-first into first base? If David Wright loftons his shoulder diving like a moron and misses any time, I'm going to be pissed.

Zambrano is our second-best starting pitcher right now. Without question.Vagina Boy comes from the mnemonic JD created to remember the Mets' rotation when the season began: The VB (which stood for Victor-Benson, I believe) was at the end, but I don't remember what the full five-word mnemonic was.

I thought I was the only one who remembered the "Vagina Boy" nickname. Reyes boots a grounder and there are two on, two out in the bottom of the 7th, but Jack Wilson K's to end it. Wish I started Zambrano this week.And BTW, a belated firstof the year for Castro.

Irish, that's a steal and a half. I wish Beltran's owner in my league was that frustrated with him.I LOVE Strat-O-Matic. I never get the chance to play, though, because there just aren't enough hours in the day. Before I got my laptop, though, I would grab a couple of teams, my dice, and a couple of scoresheets and throw them in my suitcase for when I'm on the road. I've even played games on the Port Jeff Ferry.

The Madness Of George IThe Madness Of George II

I look forward to Mookie's son striking out in big spots against us later this season. Good trade for the Mets, bad trade for Zach Day.

Speaking of fan memories, my posting level reminds me of my favorite UMDB memory:jmbFebruary 10, 2005Back in the Mets initial season my late father told me the Mets had a Jewish player by the name of Cohen. I went to check out their roster to locate a Cohen. I came back and asked him what is first name was. He told me Eliosha, Eliosha Cohen!

Sorry. Forgot to put a smilie or something in there. I knew your point; I was being silly.

The point here? Don't draft George Foster. I know he hit 52 home runs once, but he's almost sixty years old; he's not going to help you.

Please don't draft Tom Glavine. I'm living with that decision right now, and I wouldn't wish it on anyone.That said, you might want to try to sneak Beltran under the radar; hopefully he has a big second half.

As a kid, I enjoyed how they had a Winn and a Wynne (pitcher Jim and outfielder Marvell, respectively) -- as well as a Winn and a Walk (pitcher Bob).

Two words: Jessica. Alba.

I like ten; more variety. Good call.

From the Sports Guy:]The Doctor J Award for "Guy who should always be in the All-Star Game no matter what kind of season he's having."Look, you know I hate the Yankees. It's well-documented. But you can't have an All-Star Game without Jeter. You just can't. The NBA mentality should come into play here -- make sure your most visible stars are there on All-Star Weekend no matter how well they're playing. I always love when people get all holier-than-thou about picking an All-Star team, like anyone's going to remember in five years that Jose Guillen got shafted. Who cares? The following guys should make the team every year unless they're trapped under something: Tejada, Guerrero, Manny, Jeter, A-Rod, Big Papi, Rivera, Clemens, Pedro, Ichiro, Schilling, Big Unit and Pujols. Those are the 13 biggest stars in baseball. You can't have the All-Star Game without any of them. Every December, we could even form a committee to determine if anyone from the Top 13 should lose their spot because they went Piazza on us, leaving us no choice but to take them off the list. And maybe next December, we could add a couple of guys who made The Leap -- like Mark Teixeira, Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis.Of course, we have a better chance of dividing the Gaza Strip than coming up with a fool-proof All-Star selection method. Every time it seems like they're headed in the right direction, something happens like "Shea Hillenbrand over Derek Jeter" and it completely undermines the whole process. So why not protect the stars who absolutely have to be in the game? Do you really think the NBA would ever knock KG out of the 2006 All-Star Game, or the NFL would ever stand in Peyton Manning's way when he was gunning for yet another Pro Bowl MVP? Come on.