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i don't think they'll push David Wright to the outfield; he's a decent enough defensive pair of hands and they're committed to him for the long term. If Alex Roderiguez is coming here (which is probably a 1 in 10,000 kinda chance) I'd hope that it'd be for 2nd base and nothing else. I'm just terribly frightened that we're going to get locked into an aging and decaying castillo, who only has 20 XBH on an up year.

Rockin' Doc wrote: Edgy - "He probably makes no less sense than Alex Rodriguez, expecially since we're talking about getting Rodriguez to play second without even speculating what the cost would be." Yup� 125-150 million for 5 years, is my bet. Only issue is could he play second but I'd be of the opinion that he can do pretty much whatever he wants on the field to a very high level. I could be proved wrong about that and i've no idea whether he'd be up for the challenge. i'd still like to 'explore the concept' rather then signing Luis Castillo to a 4 year 40 million heap of shit.

Elster88 wrote: ARod at second. i have to say, I'd do that in a heartbeat.

i think we'd be happy with him replacing a certain mr delgado at the appropriate moment.

from will carroll's column "It could have been worse for Carlos Delgado. The hyperextended knee that he suffered could well have meant a torn ligament or two given the way it bent, but Delgado's strong legs likely saved him. While it's an injury that will initially be very sore and was very scary, it tends to return to normal quickly. With the demonstrated strength in Delgado's knee�just watch the video and see how his thigh contracts to return the leg to neutral�he should be back in the lineup quickly and without any significant effect to his game."

green'll play a bit of first i suppose, with milledge getting the lions share of games in right. Delgado'll be back before the tuesday I'd say.

in even better news, Micah Owings the Arizona Diamondbacks pither has hit 2, yes TWO home runs off los bravos.

yikes if easley plays again this season we'll be lucky. that was the nastiest popped ankle i've seen in a while.

5-0 mets in the first with only one out. WHY did pittsburgh trade for Matt Morris again?

chances of a game?

sac fly in that situation is ok by me. I hate the way gameday works there where it just says run(s) and you automatically assume there's a f'in 3 run dinger. A sac fly then seems like SUCH a relief.

i was just about to post the same thing.

anyone else finding this not showing up on mlbtv mosaic

apparently DeFelice if Loduca's fit to play Newhan if Loduca's hammer is still barking.

aha, I see the post in KTE that answers my Q

forgive me for being confused, but which of our current rotation of Hernandez, Maine, Sosa, Glavine & Perez can't go in their y'know turn?

"I wonder how much influence if any Randolph had in Minaya trading for a better glove at second." THAT is an important question and also one that'll probably remain unanswered. I do think one of the fears with Willie and MOST managers that i've seen is their failure to trust young players in situations like this and their desire to 'get a guy who's done it before'. It's a risk minimisation thing BUT i do think it's the biggest single failing of baseball's current front office & management people. You can argue that the mets have the $ to spend and if THAT is how they risk manage (paying more for certainty) that's ok, but too often they seem to actually reduce the margins rather then improve the midpoint. We KNOW that Luis Castillo will get on base at a 330+ a bit clip, that he'll play OK defense, but he's not going to go all Chase Utley on the league, which is what Ruben Gotay is doing now. Sure, Gotay could tank for the next 50 games, but how far would he have to fall for it to be worth NOT taking a chance on him having made a step forward. FWIW's this IS NOT something that's unique to the Mets by any stretch of the imagination.

can i just put on the record that I want to STOP being reminded of the fact that I thought we should have pursued Fonzie A LOT more vigorously than we did.

indeed, in fact, those of us born on the 27th July 1975 (like a certain A. Rodriguez and a certain D. Stokes) think that we've 5 years at 30 million per coming our way.

crazy, totally off topic fact that i just found out, on the met office's website. We've as much rain in June & July then in January, February, March, April & May put together.

Conas at� t�? to be accurate. I also seem to remember something called a 'summer' happening in those days. Not this "rained every day since the start of june" nonsense that we've got goin' on now.

soupcan wrote: As far as summer camps go its pretty much on par with the rest of them. Your average 8 week camp is anywhere from $6,000 - $10,000. This one tops out at $5,450 for 4 weeks and $8,950 for 8 weeks. My boy did 4 weeks this year (he came home with us this weekend). FWIW's in Ireland you can a 3 week version for �700 for kids from 10-18; only catch is that your offspring has to caint as gaeilge (talk in Irish). The state's desire to maintain a semblance of understanding of Irish among it's young means they're well subsidised. So, there's an upside for the parents in both fiscal and educational aspects. To make up for having to talk Irish it should be pointed out that if you were from 13-15 it was absolutely the best way to get 'quality time' with chicks on a beach.

Castro's AB was another example of the terrible strike zone being called by the umpire. 2nd pitch HAD to be a ball, if the ones that Hernandez was getting called balls were.

hernandez was definitely the victim of some really dubious umpiring in the bottom of the 6th. there were 4 pitches over 2 abs that definitely looked like strikes to me that were called balls.

wow, that's a blast and a half by beltran.