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I'll take Oakland.

Ohka wore out his welcome when he snubbed Frank Robinson the other night. Unless they think Vidro is hurt much more than originally thought, this is a strange trade for the Nats.

Heyman's not one to be much on top of current events. He enjoys the past.

He had the surgery the other day. He wants to be back by Opening Day 2006; apparently, word is that the surgery went really well:A'S REPORT Dotel's surgery goes well; he could pitch Opening DaySusan SlusserThursday, June 9, 2005Washington -- Octavio Dotel's "Tommy John'' surgery was so successful, the reliever said, that renowned arm specialist Dr. James Andrews told him that he probably will be able to pitch in the majors on Opening Day 2006, easily six to 12 months sooner than projected. "Dr. Andrews said, 'Hey, you're going to be fine. If you were throwing 94- 95 mph before this, you're going to be really good now,' '' Dotel told The Chronicle a day after having a new ulnar collateral ligament put into his right elbow. "He said, 'If you do all your rehab, you'll be pretty much ready for spring training.' '' Dotel said that a tendon was taken from his leg and it was so long that Andrews was able to wrap it three times around the elbow, which is unusual. In addition, Andrews took out two large calcifications. "I'm telling you, they were big,'' said Dotel, who will start rehab a week from today. Dotel is upset that he was second-guessed for electing to have the surgery after four doctors, including Andrews, advised him to rehab the elbow instead. Dotel felt he was portrayed as if he were shirking his duty by going against the recommendations, but he knew he could not pitch with any consistency because the tremendous pain he was having essentially prevented him from using his slider. The fact that Andrews removed the calcified chunks makes Dotel feel vindicated. "I asked the doctor, 'Did I do the right thing?' and he said, 'Yes, you did,' '' Dotel said. "The things people said ticked me off -- why would I have surgery unless I had to, especially with no contract for next year? The last thing I wanted to do was stop playing, but I had no choice, I had to get this straightened out.'' A reason the doctors advised against surgery was that MRI exams showed that things might not go smoothly, but, Dotel said, "Once he got in there, everything was different from the MRI. When he saw that, he said I could be pitching in April.''

You should blast today's Heyman piece; he compares himself to a 14-time Sportswriter of the Year winner.

They actually traded for him to create more save situations for Wagner. If he keeps that up, I'll be fine with that.

This team should probably consider scoring some more runs. Someone needs to wake up the bats (the 12-run outburst the other day notwithstanding)...

Go, one-man IGT!We just got back from shoe shopping. Kids, don't get married. (Just kidding.)

I'm really torn on Piazza; part of me says he's borderline worthless offensively, and part of me says he's just waiting for a hot streak. Maybe two weeks off might help. I can't see how Castro, Hietpas, DeFelice, or whoever could be much worse than with Piazza has given the club, on both sides of the ball.Castro was a major offensive prospect not too long ago; perhaps regular time would surprise us. I don't know.

All the better to... um... protect her collarbone from a nasty grocery injury.That was an incredibly fast job of updating the list. Phenomenal job!

Hey! I'm Julio Machado! One of my favorite Mets ever, because he ate iguanas and killed a guy. (Not at the same time, I don't think.)

Yeah Lute!I'll reiterate my request for a link to the rankings list.

Thanks for asking, Annie. I always wondered that also, but kept forgetting to ask.

Since we called Inside Pitcher "IP," and we can call ScarletKnight "SK," can we combine them and call her "Skip"?

Goodbye, Leroy Stanton!105 here + 1870 there = 1975.Next post is the legendary birthday year post.edit: Can whoever has it post the link to the player level list so I can continue to update my avatars?

I like the deal, but largely because it means Chase Utley becomes that much more valuable to my fantasy team.I do think Ugie will help the Phils.

I claimed them, but never followed up. I'll take it from here.

The best they got in 2004 was three over, a couple of times.

Zambrano 6Reyes 2Floyd 1Piazza 1

Ishii 4Wright 1Bell 1Mientkiewicz 1Diaz 1Beltran 1Aybar 1

Benson 3Floyd 3Wright 2Reyes 1Diaz 1

PEDRO 6Beltran 1Floyd 1Matsui 1Reyes 1

Glavine 4Cameron 1Hernandez 1Piazza 2Cameron 1Reyes 1

PEDRO 6Floyd 1Cameron 1Beltran 1Anderson 1I would give Pedro 150,000 points if I could.

I wasn't sure where to stick this, but:The last time the Mets were four games over .500 was July 31, 2002.Wow.