Farmer Ted

Baby Ted is 0-1, with a loss last Sept. in PGH that could have clinched the pennant. She lasted until inning five before the bjorn got put to use. Nice work Baby DICKSHOT! Before you know it, he'll be posting "I'm 23-0 when I see the Mets at Shea".

He should tuck that pinky in when drinking his tea. 400 ABs for the auto contract extension to kick in doesn't look likely with Gotay and Easley outplaying him and the two Andersons in NO (Marlon and Hernandez). Valentin's only up to 152 ABs now.

I've seen Maggie up close. Not hot, not cute. Without the chest, she looks like a frompy 14 year old boy.

The Teds had a chance to catch up on some HBO programming last night (Entourage and Flight of the Conchords). We flipped to the HR derby to see what was going on. Heard one BACK, BACK, BACK from Berman and promptly changed channels. Was hoping to tape the first episode of Bronx is Burning last night but the friggin derby went long.

His trade factor is on the rise.

What's your interest in the mid-summer classic?

Call up the other Perez, Timo, who happens to be on his way to the AAA all-star game.

Like the old site, if I'm inactive for a few minutes, I have to re-sign in to post.

Bow facing what direction exactly?? All this place needs is good old #52 for that old school feel.

Meet the new site, almost the same as the old site. Great work guys. This feels like home already.

What the feak am I going to do for four hours? Oh, it's a work day.

Astros announcers tell me that the Mets are 17-8 when Rastro is in the lineup.

I was always skeptical about that "whole piss on your hands to toughen up the skin" thing. He and Posada both.

Biggio

Missed the early innings. Hamels got chicken shit pitching to Duke?

Good news, Mets plow through five Phillies pitchers. Bad news, they do the same.

Whoa, Richard Dawson, what the heck?

Bud and #3. I KNOW he was capable of more than one homer per season.

In the meantime, I'm catching the MFYs and the O's with the MLB package. It's the O's broadcast with Gary Thorne and Jim Palmer. Palmer is sooooo relaxed. Please read me a bedtime story, Jim.

This is some endorsement for the former Met: "It's his eighth save of more than one inning. He's like Rollie Fingers and Goose Gossage." -- Reds manager Jerry Narron on Reds reliever David Weathers

Yeah, I live in the sticks and only get SNY on the MLB TV package. Sooo, my buddy in NY emails me this and says, "this is what you're missing with the Mets on SNY." http://images.radcity.net/5162/802403.jpg Who is Julie Donaldson and what exactly is she hosting?

I see zero resemblance to Pedro. Charles Manson maybe. But not Pedro.

I recall reading after the WS that Spezio and his old man did it.

Bobby V with a great endorsement for Visine. Mets GM refutes report of widespread pot use Sept. 20, 2002 NEW YORK -- Mets general manager Steve Phillips denied there is widespread drug use on the team following a report that at least seven players smoked marijuana this season. "In my opinion, there is not rampant drug use on our major league roster," Phillips said Friday. Tony Tarasco, Mark Corey and reliever Grant Roberts were identified by Newsday as among those who had used marijuana. The paper, which did not name any other Mets, cited unidentified sources close to the team. "I guarantee you no one was in uniform and smoking marijuana, unless they were running around with a whole lot of Visine in their eyes," manager Bobby Valentine said. "I grew up in the '60s. I think I could tell by looking in a guys' eyes if he was smoking dope." Valentine said he couldn't understand why a player would use marijuana before a game, and he did a silly impression of what it would be like to get in the batter's box while under the influence. "Marijuana is not a performance enhancer. I don't think anybody would want to get in there and try to dodge a 95-mph fastball," he said. "Maybe I'm naive. Maybe afterwards. I don't know. I don't party with the guys." A picture of Roberts smoking marijuana appeared in Newsday. Phillips said it was taken in the winter of 1998, while Roberts was in the minors. The 25-year-old pitcher was visibly shaken as he spoke. "I'd like to start by saying I'm sorry," Roberts said. "I'm embarrassed. I made a mistake. I apologize to the New York Mets organization and their fans. I love and respect this game. The picture you all saw, the woman who gave up the picture has also threatened me and tried to get me to give up other things, which I obviously have not." Sam Levinson, Roberts' agent, said his client was the victim of extortion. "Major league baseball security was notified about a month ago about this incident," Levinson said. "Grant was told that if he didn't pay, the picture would be released to the press. Obviously, he didn't pay, and the picture was released."

I don't care if they lean left or right, if they're Mets fans, that's cool. The BS comes when they use their media status to get in the locker room for no other reason than to rub elbows. If Olberman was working on a journalistic piece, I'll give him a pass. It appears he wasn't. So the both of them look like jerks to me.