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Valentin 4.5 Pelfrey 2 Floyd 2 Chavez 1 Beltran 0.5

Maine 2.5 Franco 1.5 Bradford 1.5 Sanchez 0.75

Nice.

That's a fairly ugly Met lineup.

cleonjones11 wrote: John Maine shouldn't even be in the majors...Pathetic Mets state.. How did I miss this clueless statement? I guess because there are so many that I'm bound to miss one or two. To reiterate, Maine was lights out for four innings, then got tired.

Well, yeah, but I was going for the idea that the ground underneath the grass hasn't changed. But can we just agree that Yankee fans are morons? (SC = 35)

It's almost a good injury, in that it's not serious, and may teach him not to slide into first again. But I doubt that he will learn his lesson.

I thought it was the top 4 guys in HRs for each league, but I'm not sure how it works if one of those guys isn't actually in the AS game

Edgy DC wrote: Most interesting there to me is the acknowledgement that Yankee Stadium was completely rebuilt in 1974 and 1975, despite the bizzarely-accepted party line that the Yankees are playing in a stadium from the 1920s that was merely renovated in the seventies. Well I guess as long as the location itself hasn't been moved then all those Yanqs from the past did technically play there at a different point in time. But if your main point here is that Yankee fans are morons, I won't argue.

Haven't seen this on the forum yet though it probably is somewhere, it's been mentioned at least a billion times on the radio: Young David will be competing in the Home Run Derby. Not sure how he got picked. Does anyone know?

I think the use of the term "thrashing" is in order.

Funny stuff. In Cliff's defense, I'm sure he was thinking the worst as soon as he got hit.

I'll take the third series next year.

Great stuff.

That Torre clip is great. How in the world did that person get that clip? The sound is so perfect that someone (probably Torre) had to be miked. But how could it have been broadcast? I can't believe it was ever put on TV without being bleeped out.

(*One should not think of Superman as a Peeping Tom. A biological ability must be used. As a child Superman may never have known that things had surfaces, until he learned to suppress his X-ray vision. If millions of people tend shamelessly to wear clothing with no lead in the weave, that is hardly Superman's fault.*)

Wright 3 Trachsel 2.75 Reyes 1.75 Floyd 1.75 Wagner 0.75

SteveJRogers wrote: ="SI Metman"]I'm betting Wagner could be named as Pedro's replacement. Eh, I'd say no. I'm joking, but I wouldn't be surprised if the higher ups pressure Garner into picking Clemens, or Bonds even to replace a pitcher Not a chance in hell. Or heaven.

I thought they called up Pelfrey.

]Especially against the Yankees with the hated rivalry we have. Weird. Many other players and coachs have insisted that there is no rivaly.

Updates about 1/2 of the way through the season (after 84 games). Next update after game 108. 1) Give the Met who will have the most of each category, names but no numbers Batting categories Games - Reyes, Wright (82, projected - 158.26) Hits - Reyes (109, 210.67) Doubles - Wright, Lo Duca (20, 38.6) Triples - Reyes (12, 23.16) Home runs - Beltran (24, 46.32) RBI - Wright (68, 131.24) Stolen Bases - Reyes (37, 71.41) Caught stealing - Reyes (9, 17.37) Runs scored - Reyes (73, 140.89) Batting average (high) - Wright (.320) On base percentage (high) - Beltran (.391) Strikeouts (high) - Delgado (71, 137.03) Walks - Beltran (49, 94.57) Pitching categories Wins - Glavine (11, 21.23) Losses - Martinez, Hernandez, Trachsel (4, 7.72) Strikeouts - Martinez (111, 214.23) Walks - Trachsel (40, 77.2) ERA (low) - Wagner (2.33) ERA (high) - Fortunato (27.00), Lima (8.79), Zambrano (6.75), Soler (6.00) ERA (low by a starter) - Bannister (2.89), Glavine (3.43) ERA (high by a starter) - Lima (8.79), Zambrano (6.75), Trachsel (4.70) Saves - Wagner (16, 30.88) BAA (low) - Wagner (.188) BAA (high) - Fortunato (.467), Bell (.344) Games started - Glavine (18, 34.74) Games pitched - Sanchez (40, 77.3) 2) Give the number for the player and category specified - (total so far, projected amount) Cliff Floyd - games: 56, 108.8 Cliff Floyd - batting average: .235, .235 David Wright - runs scored: 53, 102.29 David Wright - RBI: 68, 131.24 Carlos Beltran - home runs: 24, 46.32 Carlos Beltran - stolen bases: 12, 23.16 Jose Reyes - errors: 7, 13.51 Jose Reyes - on base percentage: ..354, .354 Carlos Delgado - batting average: ..255, .255 Carlos Delgado - RBI: 55, 106.15 Kaz Matsui - games: 38 (closed) Kaz Matsui - runs scored: 10 (closed) Anderson Hernandez - games: 12, 23.16 Anderson Hernandez - batting average: .146, .146 Anderson Hernandez - fielding percentage: 1.000, 1.000 Paul Lo Duca - on base percentage: .330, .330 Xavier Nady - RBI: 30, 57.9 Victor Diaz - games: 6, 11.58 Pedro Martinez - strikeouts: 111, 214.23 Tom Glavine - wins: 11, 21.23 [Steve Trachsel - losses: 4, 7.72 Steve Trachsel - walks: 40, 77.2 Victor Zambrano - ERA: 6.75, (closed) Victor Zambrano - strikeouts: 15, (closed) Brian Bannister - games started: 5, 9.65 Aaron Heilman - games started: 0, 0 Billy Wagner - saves: 16, 30.88 Billy Wagner - ERA: 2.332.33 Jorge Julio - ERA: 5.06, closed 3)Team Categories - (total so far, projected amount - 33.333% of the season played) Total runs scored: 437, 843.41 Total runs against: 380, 733.4 Team ERA: 4.03, 4.03 Team batting average: .265, .265 Record: 50-34, 96.5-65.5 NL East Finish (1st, 2nd, etc.): 1st, 1st Games behind NL East Winner: 0, 0 Playoffs (Division winner, Wildcard winner, no playoffs): Division Leader, Division Winner Playoff finish - (Win WS, Lose WS, Lose NLCS, Lose NLDS, no playoffs) ???, not no playoffs, at least 4)Tie-breakers - (total so far, projected amount - 33.333% of the season played) 1st tie breaker - Total number of rainouts: 2, 3.86 2nd tie breaker - Time of longest game of the year: 5:22, 5:22 - May 23rd vs. Philly

Piazza: .282/.343/.491//.834 (April: .210/.286/.403//.689) 50 games at catcher: 3 errors, .990 fielding %, 3 passed balls Lo Duca: .291/.338/.416//.729 (April: .306/.367/.417//.784) 60 games at catcher: 5 errors, .989 fielding %, 5 passed balls

[url=http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/07/17/121258.php]A fairly accurate, if harsh, review of The Traveler (pictured above).[/url]

I don't suppose that one is archived anywhere.