Farmer Ted

They must have used his on-field performance as evidence.

15 dingers on the road vs. 9 at home. 22 doubles on the road, 8 at home. After my daughter was born, my best sleep came when I was traveling for work. It was just a stretch theory, Rhonda.

Delgado will bounce back. He had the pre-season surgery on his wrists which prolly weren't fully healed and his wife gave birth at the beginning of the season. Injured with no sleep. Not a good thing. His numbers will jump.

Tony Tarasco and Mark Corey in a hotel parking lot near Shea smoking doobage. Not for medicinal purposes.

Lunchbucket gets my vote. Memories of Tom McCarthy? I got none.

According to the NY Post, the Mets have an interest in a Santana trade but want a 72 hour window to negotiate something long-term. Smart.

A fantastic #3 pitcher thrust into a #1 role and couldn't do it. Back to Atlanta to hide behind Smoltz, Hudson, and maybe Dolphin Face.

Looks like areas destined for admin offices and retail will be done in short order.

What I find a bit unusual is that A-Rod's website is actually under the MLB domain, arod.mlb.com. Do any other players have the luxury of leaching off the commissioner for a personal site?

The Austin Powers chick on the left is a judge on Dancing with the Stars. You gotta start somewhere.

I'm still surprised Chipper knocked up a Hooters Girl. What a step down it must have been for her.

Mariners name Mel Stottlemyre pitching coach.

Seaver and Davey Johnson.

Bob Apodaca. His face would look good in stone. It would make a good climbing wall.

oye como va for sure. The Mets recoup Glavine's cash but catcher may be the front burner issue.

That kid is one helluva mud eater, too. I'm betting that shirt stayed white and starched for about six minutes tops.

This is classic. ESPN reports a one year extension. CNNSI reports Torre rejects a one year deal.

So much for not trying to upstage the ALCS with this horseshit.

Me thinks that they have a few guys not willing to re-sign if Joe goes. So this gives them one more year with the sap. Wusses.

METS TRADE HEARN, ANDERSON TO ROYALS THE NEW YORK TIMES Published: March 28, 1987 The Mets sent Ed Hearn and Rick Anderson to Kansas City today for David Cone, a 24-year-old right-handed pitcher. The trade also involved the switching of uniforms of two minor leaguers. Chris Jelic, a 23-year-old catcher, will join the Mets' Lynchburg farm team in the Class A Carolina League. The Royals also received Mauro (Goose) Gozzo, a pitcher, who will be assigned to the Royals' Memphis team in the Class AA Southern League. In Miami tonight, Darryl Strawberry's three-run homer led the Mets to a 9-8 exhibition victory over the Orioles. Gene Walter pitched two shutout innings in relief for the victory. Earlier today, Joe McIlvaine, the Mets' vice president for baseball operations, had high praise for Cone, calling him ''the premier pitching prospect in the Kansas City organization.'' Cone, the Royals' third-round pick in the June 1981 free-agent draft, made his major league debut last season. He had no won-lost record and compiled a 5.56 earned-run average in 11 games, all in relief. He pitched 22Z innings and gave up 29 hits and 14 runs - all earned - with 13 walks and 21 strikeouts. ''I've never seen him pitch, but he may be our sixth starter, and also a short man in the bullpen,'' said Davey Johnson, the Mets' manager. Johnson said the Royals received two players who could help them immediately in Hearn, a 26-year-old catcher, and Anderson, a 30-year-old right-hander. ''Anderson can flat-out pitch, and Hearn was a big help to us last year,'' said Johnson. ''But in both cases we have an abundance of people at their positions.'' The Mets' starting catcher, Gary Carter, is expected to play most of the games. Hearn, who had been in the minor leagues for nine years, played in 49 major league games last season, batting .265 with four homers and 10 runs batted in. When Carter injured his left thumb last season, Hearn became the Mets' starting catcher. Anderson, who was starting his 10th season with the Mets organization, also finally made it to the major leagues for the first time last season, but only briefly. He had a 2-1 record with a 2.72 e.r.a. GOODEN MAKING MOVE Dwight Gooden has bought a home on Long Island and will move there in April. He plans to live there year-round. He had been living with his family in Tampa, Fla., where he was born and raised. ''I'll be more comfortable in New York,'' he said. During the off-season, Gooden and some friends got into a fight with the Tampa police. A lawyer for Gooden, Ron Cacciatore, said he is investigating reports that in another incident the police unfairly stopped Gooden last month to check the New York license plate on his car. If his investigation shows that Gooden was unfairly stopped, Cacciatore said, he intends to send a letter of protest to the Tampa police chief. A police spokesman, Johnny Barker, said police officials are unaware of such an incident. ''The move is best for my family,'' Gooden said, referring to his moving to Long Island. ''The situation with the police is not the number one reason I'm leaving Tampa, but it's one of them.''

Rick Anderson was in there with a couple minor leaguers, one was a picther IIRC.

Paging Elias, when has a team ever won 20 of 21? We'll never see this again.

That Atlanta shit don't work in B-More, yo. Leo Mazzone, who came to the Orioles with a reputation as one of the best pitching coaches in the modern era, was fired Friday after only two seasons in that role. "I spoke with Leo today and told him I appreciated his efforts here," Orioles manager Dave Trembley said in a statement. "Moving forward, I felt that we would be better served with someone else working with our young staff and that it was in his best interests and our best interests to give him an opportunity to look elsewhere now."

Whether Posada leaves the Bronx depends on the MFY's faith in Jose Molina to be the full-time guy. They'll keep him.

"I'm a conduit between the players and the fans, and everyone was crying." She's a conduit alright.