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Nymr83 wrote: bases loaded nobody out for beltran.... and he hits an infield fly on the 2-0 pitch, fuck. At least he's not bunting.

soupcan wrote: See if there's some potential in packaging Aaron and Delgado (and his expiring contract) for a young first baseman or outfielder? I don't see how expiring contract plays into it. This isn't the Knicks. ="seawolf17"]Cut Delgado and his contract; And the money would have to be paid either way. This isn't the NFL. Besides, who can we get that will hit better than him? Is there someone who will definitely give more than Old-Delgado's mediocre performance? He's still going to hit 20+ home runs. I want the Mets to win this year.

AG/DC wrote: Backman may be a whiskey man to Carter's lemonade I love it.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3414513 After much talk about his personal life lately, Pedro Martinez appears ready to get back to business. The rehabbing New York Mets pitcher is scheduled to make just his second start of the season June 3 against the San Francisco Giants, according to MLB.com. Martinez, who has been sidelined since straining his left hamstring on April 1, is slated to pitch in a Class A game in Port St. Lucie, Fla., on Wednesday. Early last week, Martinez told the New York Daily News that he was considering retiring after the 2008 season so he could be with his ailing father, Pablo, who is battling a form of brain cancer. But Martinez, who returned to the Dominican Republic last Wednesday after his father suffered a medical setback, told ESPNdeportes.com that he would like to pitch at least two more years. "I feel great physically and for the record I haven't considered retirement. Retirement would only take place if my arm is badly hurt and if I have to face surgery or something near that nature," Martinez told the Web site from the Dominican Republic. The three-time Cy Young winner has been out since suffering the injury in his first start of the season. He threw just 77 pitches. Martinez was 3-1 with a 2.56 ERA in just five starts last season, after returning in September from rotator cuff surgery on Oct. 5, 2006.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Yeah, she still looks terrific. Not quite.

Nymr83 wrote: i know i'm the predictor of doom and gloom for sequels so here i go again: this movie wont live up to its predecessors and the enormous hype it will receive, people will be leaving the theaters as disappointed as they were after Star Trek V. But Star Trek VI was great! I'm glad that your prediction came out wrong. I liked the movie. And it really didn't get that much hype. Certainly nothing compared to Spiderman II or the Star Wars prequels.

Valadius wrote: I'll never forget when I heard that Mike Piazza had been traded to the Mets. I was playing in Little League when one of my teammates who I couldn't stand told me. I refused to believe him until I got home. Sure enough, Piazza was a Met. I remember thinking it was an awesome trade especially because I thought that nobody named Geoff Goetz could be any good. Sure enough, I was right. Many of you grew up with Tom Seaver as your Met hero. Well, I'm the lone poster of the generation that grew up with Mike Piazza as their Met hero. He was the Mets superstar, the sure-fire All-Star pick every year and sure-fire Hall-of-Famer. Hell, he was good enough that there was a Nintendo 64 game called Mike Piazza's Strike Zone. Out of all the players in baseball, they chose Mike Piazza. He was one of the best players in the game, and the player Mets fans of my generation had a poster of in their bedroom. He will be the second player to go into the Hall of Fame as a Met, and as such, his number should be retired. You guys had Seaver. His number's retired. Let my generation have Piazza's number on the wall. Ugh. I take it all back. Don't retire Piazza's number.

Valadius wrote: You know how close I was to being able to experience a Mets World Championship? About four months. I was born in February 1987. My number one goal in life, besides my own personal goals, is to be able to witness a Mets championship. Just imagine how excited you would have been for Game 6 if you had been born four months earlier!! You might have tipped your bassinette over.

Why hold a press conference announcing someone won't be fired? Is it just to to shut up the media? I guess it's a good thing to stand up for your employee.

Frayed Knot wrote: Replay rules always work better in theory than in practice. It works good in tennis. Probably the easiest sport to use it in though.

Farmer Ted wrote: Buster Olney on Mike & Mike today eluding to Keith possibly being the next Mets manager if Willie takes the axe. Wow. Did Olney elude sources when researching this?

="Benjamin Grimm"]="soupcan"]For the Red Sox to retire a number the player has to be a Hall of Famer and has to have spent at least 10 years with the team. That's the way to do it. Yeah. I like that policy. It's time to unretire Casey and Hodges then. Putting a restriction on it like this is entirely the wrong way to go about it, even putting aside the point that ten years is a completely arbitrary number. What if a player hits 60 home runs each year for the first nine years of his career, wins five World Series MVPs and wins two of those series hitting home runs in the bottom of the ninth of Game 7? Then he gets hit by a bus in the spring before his tenth year and is paralyzed from the waist down? Sorry buddy, you didn't get the ten years of service. Or how about this slightly more likely scenario: A pitcher joins the franchise as his career is peaking. While on the team, he wins 2 Cy Young Awards, and finishes second twice, third once, and fourth once in Cy Young voting (his only other year on the team he was hurt too much to factor in CYA voting). He is loved by the fans and has the ballpark rocking every time he starts. Oh and throw in that he's the second best pitcher on the team that wins the organization's first title in 76 years. (If you don't think Boston should retire Pedro's number than I don't know how to talk to you. Seems crystal clear to me.) Piazza didn't dominate the way Pedro did but he came in and was immediately great. Best player on the team that went back to the WS for the first time in 14 years. Countless big home runs. He made baseball at Shea fun again. Any Met fan who doesn't think Piazza should have his number retired AND be elected president this November has no soul.

Did Lukas really bash Piazza for not standing up for gay pride? He ought to stick to witty observations on uniform colors.

Can Tatis play left? Fuck it give him a start. Not that we have a choice.

nice

He kind of had a lightning in a bottle type of couple of months last year. There was a reason he was out of work.

Great point by Gary. How long did Delgado's non-homer take after the discussion and arguments? Instant replay could speed up the games.

Lester had cancer right? What kind?

The Kid.

There's no such thing as a dumb thong question. All questions about thongs are good.

Show's ERA is 1.50 and a WHIP of 1? Keep booing him!

seawolf17 wrote: ="AG/DC"]seawolf17 wrote: "That glove should be illegal, Jon. Derek Jeter should be safe on that play." OK, now you're making shit up, right? Yes. But is what seawolf said really that much crazier than the football/dancing thing? Why does this man have a job?

metsguyinmichigan wrote: HELP! I'M TALKING AND I CAN'T STOP!!! LOL

Whenever Jeter watches a ball go by I think of Batting Stances Guy.

Can someone explain why Perez is getting pulled in the middle of an inning?