duan

I'm really glad the people might start copping on to fact that saying "funny" stuff on websites/facebook/twitter is the same as actually saying it.

what's the story - how long's this delay looking like it's for?

i think the wind had *a lot* to do with it. Was great also to see Pagan come in and pinch hit a single, not so great to see him get picked off but then fortune favoured the brave.

wouldn't this be fun "The Phillies are kicking the tires a bit on Redding. They had interest in him over the winter. For now, Kendrick is Blanton's replacement. " ***** Seriously, i'd like to think that we could give redding a whooping.

having tried tonight to come back from a MCL injury that I sustained 10 days ago I can safely say that 2 weeks would be ambitious. Fucking bastard thing went first time I put it under pressure, and I'm only trying to play football at a moderate amateur level, not professional high performance type stuff. hurts in a nagging way and gets way too stiff during the day in work. back to RICE (Rest Ice Compression Elevate) for a few days.

i can't believe he's getting such a hard time - he looks like he's in oasis. not one of the gallagher's mind, like andy bell maybe.

that's a much to be admired hat. I like him already.

sorry for starting rotation, I actually mean pitching staff as a whole.

that's exactly what I was driving at earlier, it's very clear to me that the starting rotation has a bunch of question marks around it and that the last thing we need is to let potentially league average starters get lost to other teams, so you try and shuffle through your best options over the first 2 weeks to a month, safe in the knowledge that an injury or two is probably going to help you use the whole deck and that at the very least you'll have competitive data rather then spring training data on everyone.. I'd hate to lose Misch/Nieve/Figgy on waivers, when they've ALL done good sales pitches either this spring or last season.

by my reckoning there's 17 pitchers in camp, of which we're likely to keep 12. there they are right now in order of Innings pitched (right col ,era is left col) who stays who goes, and who can go without getting exposed to others. M Pelfrey 7.36 14.2 O Perez 5.73 11 J Mejia 1.69 10.2 P Misch 0.9 10 B Parnell 2.89 9.1 F Nieve 6 9 J Santana 9 9 H Takahashi 0 8.1 N Figueroa 0 8 R Igarashi 5.63 8 J Niese 7.04 7.2 J Maine 11.37 6.1 S Green 4.76 5.2 E Dessens 1.69 5.1 P Feliciano 0 4.2 F Rodriguez 6 3 K Calero 4.5 2

lots of guys have spent plenty of time doing long relief/spots starts before becoming the main attraction. Roy Oswalt being classic example of a guy who was brought up that way. I don't think that's what they're intending with Meija though - the way they've been talking about it you'd be fairly clear that they're seeing him as a classic middle reliever if he's up this season. I really really really think that they should just let him go to AA and start and if he continues to be lights out then look at how they bring him in to the big league level, but in the time that they're doing that they can sift through Nieve/Figgy/Takahasi/Iguchi/Misch all of whom seem worthy of more then just getting passed through waivers.

yeah I saw that too and felt like banging my head off the table. Not that it's necessarily true or anything. All you need to look at is the salaries paid to 'top' relievers as only being the same as the salaries paid to middling starters to realise where the real value would lie.

anyone want to go through the battles that are present this spring and how they're evolving? 5th Starter 4,5,6,7(?) bullpen guys starting centre fielder 5th OF starting short stop back up Corner IF maybe it's too early

fwiw, the premise of the WADA's policy is nothing to do with legality or morality, but to do with performance enhancement - seeing as a manager doesn't actually 'perform' there's no basis for him not being involved in the games. However you could manager is the one person who might actually be using cocaine to (if not enhance as such) enable his performance, it'd certainly explain. http://mlb.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?content_id=6703749

I didn't say that I thought that goal scoring was better then sex, just that it's a common enough assertion. But it is a great rush.

apparently Barry Zito plunked Prince Fielder the other day because of this. http://mlb.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?content_id=6511913 baseball's whole "don't show people up" is such bullshit .

well in my head there's about a 10% chance that any player is using performance enhancing substances and then something like this inflates my suspician considerably so I got to 30%. of course this is all just thinking out loud and putting numbers against ideas in my head.

we type he delivers NEW YORK METS Last Year�s Ranking: 18 Why They Are Here: The system is on the upswing, thanks to a nice group coming from the international market and, for the first time in a while, a draft class (2009) that looks like it will pay some dividends. With four Top 101 prospects and a three-star list that runs into the early teens, there's room for optimism here. Where They Will Be Next Year: The Mets could add another Top 50-type with the seventh overall pick in the draft, their highest slot since 2004, and fourth-highest pick in the last 25 years. Top prospects like Jenrry Mejia and Ike Davis have more of a 2011 timetable, so Fernando Martinez is the only top prospect likely to lose his eligibility this season

well in fairness to him BP's Kevin Goldstein called it the last few years that it was an improving system, he's now got them in the top 15 of organisations (where I don't know) in 2008 he said 28. New York Mets Last Year's Ranking: 8 Why They're Down: Top prospect Fernando Martinez continued to struggle to stay healthy and/or produce consistently; top pitchers like Mike Pelfrey went backwards; the heart of system beyond Martinez was sent to Minnesota in the Johan Santana deal. Strengths: The '07 draft added some high-upside arms; their Latin American pipeline seems to be flowing nicely. Weaknesses: Very little talent at upper levels; almost nothing up the middle. Outlook for 2009 Ranking: Much improved. Unlike many teams at the bottom, the Mets do have a significant number of young players capable of making a leap forward; a plethora of early picks in June should also bolster things. in 2009 18. New York Mets Last Year's Ranking: 28 Why They Might Be Better Than This: The system is improved and has room for even more growth, as six of their Top 11 prospects spent 2008 in short-season leagues, with Latin American infielders Wilmer Flores and Jefry Marte both receiving raves from scouts; Brad Holt could be a real steal from the 2008 draft; Ike Davis' miserable debut could be a fluke. Why They Might Be Worse: Davis' debut was so bad that they can't just write it off; the defensive home of fellow 2008 first-rounder Reese Havens is still uncertain; Holt needs to improve his secondary stuff to avoid being categorized as a reliever; will Fernando Martinez ever stay healthy for an entire year? Outlook For 2010: Unless something strange happens with Martinez, all of these prospects should still be here come next year, which should move the Mets into the upper half of baseball after years spent near the bottom.

well i'll be honest, first thing that got into my head was the desire to get for him a theraputic use exemption, it's unfortunate but look "According to the MLB report issued in January, there were 106 TUEs granted for ADD in the 2008 season. And the increase in TUEs from 28 in 2006 to 103 in 2007 got the attention of Congress in its January 2008 steroids hearing." http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2009/08/09/legal-greenies-nick-green-explains-ins-outs-of-therapeutic-use/

forgive my overactive imagination http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/Wells2.html "HGH and its Effects on the Thyroid Gland Dr. Ronald Klatz states "Human growth hormone exerts its actions either directly or indirectly through its intermediary insulin growth factors to every organ system of the body, ........almost nothing escapes its magical touch." Jens Sandahl Christiansen of the Aarthus Kommunehospital of Denmark stated in a report "untreated HGH deficient adults have been shown to have increased cardiovascular mortality, reduced exercise capacity, reduced muscle strength, subnormal glomerular filtration rate and renal plasma flow, defective sweat secretion and defective thermoregulation, reduced energy expenditure and basal metabolic rate, abnormal thyroid hormone metabolism, reduced myocardial function and clinical signs of premature atherosclerosis. Body composition has been found abnormal with increased fat mass, decreased lean body mass, decreased muscle fat ratio, visceral obesity, reduced extracellular fluid volume, and reduced bone mineral content Improving the body's release of and use of HGH is known to help to improve the function of other organs in the body and help to stabilize other hormones in the body, this includes the thyroid gland and thyroid hormone. Many patients who undergo successful HGH therapy see improvements in their hypothyroidism condition. This includes a decrease in their need for thyroid medications. Patients with thyroid problems should consult their private doctor before beginning any HGH therapy. Anyone with hyperthyroidism should not take any HGH product unless it is specifically prescribed to them by their private physician. Anyone with hypothyroidism should see improvements with HGH therapy, however they too should consult their private physician and get permission to begin HGH therapy. When a patient with hypothyroidism begins taking one of my HGH products I always tell them to pay close attention to their body. They should have their thyroid levels checked before beginning therapy with my product, and they should continue to monitor their thyroid levels as the therapy progresses. The reason for this is because the product should improve the function of the thyroid gland, and as the function of the thyroid gland improves, its release of thyroid hormone should also improve and so the need for thyroid medication should decrease. The thyroid levels should be checked after the first 3-4 weeks of therapy with my product, even sooner if the patient notices any symptoms of hyperthyroidism. The patient's private physician will decide if and when the thyroid medication should be decreased or stopped.

sure and maybe that's the worst reflection of the farm system. That's the kinda thing i'm wondering.