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Might be better to go with an active player. Does Keef still have a lot of pull with the team? LENNY DYKSTRA, BABY!!!!

I have no memory of that fight. But if Tiny Teufel beat his ass it's even further proof that the Nasty Boys were a bunch of bullshit.

Ok, but let's not keep track of who gets the least votes. I don't have a way with words whereas most of you do.

soupcan wrote: ="duan"]Or maybe they recognise that by having a player friendly atmosphere they've had the opportunity to achieve far above what the Cardinals (going by market size, spending power etc) would be expected to achieve. So now we have to sacrifice our freedom of expression so our teams can be deemed worthy of throwing $100 million dollars at some underachieving jerk? Freedom of expression? You can't be serious. That's what you're resorting to now?

Centerfield wrote: The guy mentions it in his intro, but did the color guy fall asleep during this inning? He reminds me of Uecker's partner in Major League II. It said on the article that he was cut out for time.

BEHIND THE BAG!!!

Edgy DC wrote: He gets a blue ribbon just for the Marty Barrett screen. Haha, yeah, that was great.

I miss the Mooooooooook cheers.

Not bad. Some little things were wacky, like Gary's single hitting the left field wall, but most things were close enough that I don't know how he set it up.

Fairly pointless AP article NEW YORK -- After a series in New York that included seven hit batters, Major League Baseball is telling the Mets and Washington Nationals to be on their best behavior when they meet for three more games starting Tuesday. "Just play ball," is the message being sent to the teams, Bob Watson, baseball's vice president for on-field operations, said Sunday night. "Blowin' over? Not with eight guys getting hit. That never blows over," Mets outfielder Cliff Floyd said Sunday. "I just feel like it needs to stop." There were five batters hit last Thursday night and two in the previous game. Six of the batters hit were Washington players -- and the Nationals weren't happy about it. Rookie right-hander Brian Bannister hit Alfonso Soriano in the back of the helmet. Jose Guillen was plunked three times, including twice by Pedro Martinez. Guillen pointed his bat at Martinez and charged halfway to the mound Thursday after he was nailed for the second time in the game. The angry slugger was held back by plate umpire Ted Barrett and Mets catcher Paul Lo Duca as the benches and bullpens emptied. Players ran onto the field quickly, but no punches were thrown. "I know how to take care of it, don't worry," Guillen said with a smile after the game, then referred to the rest of the season series. "I'm going to make sure I play in all the games he's in. ... I want him to throw inside. Now I want him more than ever." Lo Duca had his own take on all the bluster. "I think a lot of people say a lot of stuff when people are not in their face, so we'll see what happens when we're out on the field," he said Sunday after New York's 3-2 victory over Florida. Nationals first baseman Nick Johnson also was hit twice, once by Martinez. The three-time Cy Young Award winner is scheduled to pitch Wednesday, the second game of the series in Washington. "Hopefully, that's behind us. You don't want to get into a beanball contest with anybody," Mets third baseman David Wright said. "That doesn't do you any good. They have to understand -- Pedro has to pitch inside to be effective. There shouldn't be any bad blood. You can't worry about those kinds of things. I'm not concerned about it." Watson said Steve Palermo, an umpiring supervisor, would tell umpires for the upcoming series at RFK Stadium to be on the lookout for trouble. "We will probably do what's normal after a confrontation like happened last series, and that's called a 'heads up,"' Watson said. "Steve Palermo will send out an e-mail to the crew and let them know what had taken place so they have an idea of what's going on." After the teams were warned Thursday night, Nationals reliever Felix Rodriguez was ejected when he hit Lo Duca with first base open in the eighth inning. Washington manager Frank Robinson also was tossed from the game by umpires. "Rick Reed tells me all our hitters were hit with changeups. I know they didn't all get hit with changeups. My eyesight is good," Robinson said Thursday night. "I'll tell you one thing, Pedro knows what he's doing out on the mound." But most of the Mets didn't sound worried about any more trouble this week. "We won't allow ourselves to be distracted. We're going to keep our focus on winning ballgames," said 47-year-old reserve Julio Franco, who played peacemaker during the near fight. "We don't want anybody on this ballclub to get in a brawl or get suspended or get hurt." And manager Willie Randolph gave the exact answer baseball is looking for. "We're just going to play the game," he said.

Does anyone know if there is a new address or something? The address in Greg's sig line gives me a 404: Forbidden message, and the link I put in the thread below this one doesn't work either.

In some other Schaefer thread, he was wondering how someone could get to two decimal accuracy in their voting.

Bret is obviously doing this facetiously (sp?). He complains about the way someone votes. But instead of leaving it at that, he does this. Oh well. Everyone has a different sense of humor. Since no one responded to Bret's initial inquiry, I think some voters here have set up mathematical formulas to handle their Schaefer voting.

Wright's triple should have been an out, or a single at most. I still love him, but he will not be getting my PoTG vote. That goes to Glavine, who would have been unscored upon if Mr. Cameron was playing center.

I guess I can deal with a postseason rotation of Martinez, Glavine, Trachsel.

Willets Point wrote: We had to wait until this day (first Sunday of the season) for the first Mets win last year. I like this much better. That was an exciting game though, no?

Well leave Cusack out of the equation. It's not [random actor]'s fault that somebody blew the $20.

="soupcan"]And if you did go to the Golden Globes and booed Cusak for making a bad movie that you spent upwards of $20 for (popcorn and soda included) I would've applauded you. It's Cusack's fault the movie sucked? You really would applaud that?

On the FAN today they said that Willie said that Kaz will have to earn the spot at second. Apparently hitting under .200 is not enough to lose you the job if you're a nasty fielder.

Nymr83 wrote: i was at the game and it was great. The attendance said that 55,255 were sold. Was it that full?

Glavine 4 Wright 3 Sanchez 1.5 Delgado 1 Beltran 0.5

RBI in a Season David Wright, Projected to End of 2006: 291.6 =orange]Carlos Beltran, Projected to End of 2006: 162 =darkblue]Jose Reyes, Projected to End of 2006: 162 =red]Carlos Delgado, Projected to End of 2006: 129.6 1. 1999 Mike Piazza 124 2. 1999 Robin Ventura 120 3. 1996 Bernard Gilkey 117 4. 1991 Howard Johnson 117 5. 2000 Mike Piazza 113 6. 1996 Todd Hundley 112 7. 1990 Darryl Strawberry 108 8. 1999 Edgardo Alfonzo 108 9. 1975 Rusty Staub 105 10. 1986 Gary Carter 105 11. 1987 Darryl Strawberry 104 12. 1997 John Olerud 102 13. 2005 David Wright 102 14. 1989 Howard Johnson 101 15. 1988 Darryl Strawberry 101 16. 1993 Eddie Murray 100 17. 1985 Gary Carter 100 ... T-615 1970 Tom Seaver 10 T-615. 2003 Jeff Duncan 10 T-615. 2005 Jos� Offerman 10 T-645. 2006 David Wright 9

Edgy DC wrote: Mets down 2-0 and no posts to note. Paul No Nuka just walked on ten pitches on an automatic ball. What gives? Is Dontrelle Willis (future Yankee, by the way) going to his mouth too much? OE: No, apparently he singled. Stoopit Gameday. Ball 3 was awarded when Willis "went to his mouth" on the mound. Why would you lick your hand all the time during a ball game?

Eh no big. Nothing new in there.

WTF. You deleted my thread.