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Maybe he was "set up."

http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200512/200512260023.html Umm, is Jae looking a little fat these days?

I loved Shay Hietpas in both Ladybugs and Sidekicks.

These are my interpretations, not Adam's quotes at all:On the arbitration front, Adam said that the Mets would like to avoid arbitration as is their wont. He added though, that as we've seen with Omar, he might be doing things differently than has been done in the past.Adam said that the current 3 guys will probably avoid arbitration as their market value is fairly easy to peg. He also added that only about 4 different agents represent the bulk of the Mets roster, so they're constantly talking anyway.

And, Part 2 (45 commercial-free minutes) is now up.Happy Holidays, I hope you enjoy.Please let me know what you thought.Thanks.

Part 1 is now up. It's 74 minutes long. Great for your long holiday trips!http://hosted.filefront.com/patchyfogg

As a little holiday gift to my fellow Mets fans, we�re having New York Daily News Mets beat writer Adam Rubin live in-studio tonight for our entire show taking your calls and discussing all things Mets.As you know, my radio show is 100% commercial-free and no one makes a dime from it. While we�re not yet webcast, I do post the interviews as soon as humanly possible at http://hosted.filefront.com/patchyfoggThe show runs from 9PM to 11PM Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9PM to 11PM on Nassau County�s public radio station 90.3FM. Adam will be on for the entire show tonight.Given that a lot of you have started to download our past interviews (much appreciated, by the way), I hope that you�ll all call in. Adam is the writer who Anna Benson threw under the bus last week in denying her recent inflammatory quotes, so that will make for good conversation. Plus, he�s got a book on the 2005 Mets coming out in the Spring.The call-in # from 9PM to 11PM is 516-572-7440. If you should get a busy signal, just call back (there�s only 1 line in).As always, thanks. And, I hope to hear from you tonight.P.S. If you call in, feel free to mention CPF.

Not reading it yet, because it comes out in March 2006. But, it's never too early to think about it.[u:b61c0f39f6]Pedro, Carlos, and Omar: A Season in the Big Apple with "Los Mets"[/u:b61c0f39f6] by Adam Rubin[url]http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=Bf2N7DeCY5&isbn=1592288758&itm=1[/url]

I'm in. How 'bout no Yankees or Braves allowed?

I guess we know why Mr. Girardi gave some serious thought to the D-Rays job.

Just as we did in July, we had Buster Olney on with us again on my 100% commercial-free, no one makes a dime from it, Long Island Sports Talk radio show last week. Close to 50% of it (you do have to tread through some Yankee talk at the beginning) is Mets-related. It's 18 commercial-free minutes long. I hope you enjoy!Olney thinks that Omar "panicked" in the Nady deal--calling it "stupid," among other things. It was recorded before the Delgado deal, but he alludes to it, as well. He does think that they will wind up with the best Winter of any team, though.http://hosted.filefront.com/patchyfoggAs always, thanks.P.S. Daily News Mets beat writer Adam Rubin will be in-studio with us in a week or two taking your calls. I'll let you know either way.

Run, don't walk, and pick up[u:9b2ebaae9d] 52 Weeks [/u:9b2ebaae9d]by Dave Hollander. It contains 52 interviews with some of the giants (and not so giants) in the Sports World. The questions that he asks the athletes (past and present) are like nothing you've ever read before.The book just came out on Tuesday.He's also a longtime Mets fan to boot.Check out his website at www.davehollander.com

We had Newsday�s Neil Best on with us on Thursday night. He is now writing their �Sports Watch� column focusing on sports media, sports business and being an advocate for sports fans. For the last 10 years, he was Newsday�s Giants beat writer.We had a nice discussion on the new Mets Network.Mr. Best kicked off his initial Sports Watch column by getting dueling quotes from Jeremy Shockey and Mike Francesa last week (in one of them, Shockey said that �Francesa will die of a heart attack soon.�). Mr. Best also broke the DirecTV not showing local hockey games on Tuesday�s Opening Night. This came after listeners called into Newsday�s offices that night. The interview is divided into 2 parts (because it was on 2 different minidisks). Part I is 19+ minutes, and Part II is 17+ minutes.You can find the interview here:http://hosted.filefront.com/patchyfoggHere�s what is covered:Part I--Shockey and Francesa--Why not all CBS and Fox NFL games are not yet shown in HD--The DirecTV Opening Night fiasco--Why some NY newspapers (News and Times) are not initially covering road hockey games--OLN�s coverage of the NHL--The New Mets Network--The announced Jets/Giants Stadium--The Jets� future at Hofstra--Neil�s farewell to being a beat writer--Dave Brown (some funny lines there)Part II--A discussion of all things Eli Manning--Baseball Playoff Ratings, and the teams involved--Covering football vs. baseball--Plaxico Burress--The relationship between Strahan and Coughlin--A discussion of all things Tom Coughlin--Being there for Jim Fassel�s famous �on the table� speech--Sid Rosenberg�s status--A discussion of whether or not the Meadowlands is too far from Long Island--Why the Jets could never have gone to Queens--The relationship between Mara and Tisch

Didn't Carpenter best Clemens with a 1-0 complete game this year? Good enough for me.

Here's a retread we can embrace: http://www.98online.com/kml/pitcher.JPG

I can attest to the magazine being a quality publication, as I am a paying subscriber. But, in the interest of full disclosure, I must admit that I was hooked in by the "Buy a Mag, Get To Hit on Healey's Sister" promotion that they were running a few months back.

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="DocTee"]whew! For a minute I thought this thread was started by Carlos Beltran...No, it would have had to say "I'm George Foster and Bobby Bonilla"

George Foster was a resident of Greenwich when he recorded this, as well.

Well, you know the #1 rule of comedy: Cancer=funny

Edgy DC wrote:Could anybody have a more bizzarre reputation than Armando Benitez?Cleon Jones?

Edgy DC wrote:Yeah, I'm wondering why "larger than life" tends to mean "jerk."Romanticizing Billy Martin is a long road.How about a catcher that pleaded No Contest to a Sexual Assault charge? Oh wait, he's still on the team.

I see that Don Buchwald is his agent. I wonder if Don has an In at Sirius......

We had Newsday's Sports Business/Media Columnist Steve Zipay on last night to discuss whether there will be an OLN Blackout on Cablevision.That naturally led to a discussion of the upcoming Mets Network. If you get a chance, please listen to it at http://hosted.filefront.com/patchyfoggSome points discussed by Mr. Zipay:--They've hired 3 executives (1 of whom is Curt Gowdy Jr.), but the bulk of the production staff will be freelancers.--They've got Time Warner and Comcast on board, and are selling ads. But, 3 million Cablevision subscribers might not get it so the salesmen in a holding pattern.--YES had a basketball team to use for leverage. As presently constituted, the Mets could only offer summer programming and would have to buy programming to fill it.--Cablevision is spinning off its stock, and may not want to risk losing another 50,000 subscribers to satellite.--Dave O'Brien and Keith Hernandez should be there.

I just added some more:http://hosted.filefront.com/patchyfoggBob Nightengale from Sports Weekly (Baseball)Ken Davidoff from Newsday (Baseball)Buzz Bissinger, author of Friday Night Lights and the new Three Nights in August with Tony LaRussa. He also criticizes Money Ball during the interview.Pat Forde, ESPN's college sports columnist discussing Bob Huggins, the NCAA ban on Native American mascots and Charlie Weis at Notre Dame.Wayne Coffey, on his book Boys of Winter about the 1980 Miracle on Ice team. Towards the end of the interview, we also talk about his anniversary article (in the Daily News) on the death of Thurman Munson. I believe that this is the best interview that we have ever done.