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Fman99 wrote: Some inane celebrity leading the "LGM" chant at Shea. The Kevin James thing? That's actually pretty funny.

Elster88 wrote: Someone tell Reyes not to turn his head to glance at the ball when he's bunting for a base hit. Then tell him not to turn it 135 degrees over his shoulder a second time. Too busy telling my 11 year-old's LL team.

Endy takes an 0-2 pitch up the middle. If the Mets fortunes are indeed turning then a dp ball will not be hit here.

Filthy 77 mph pitches.

My bad then.

Jeez Louise dude, calm down. I never said that because Phillips did it, the Mets should. You doubted the plausibility of it, I just stated that I thought it had been done before.

Elster88 wrote: ="soupcan"]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. Steve Phillips used to do it if I'm not mistaken. Take on another club's unwanted contract that is either worth more than Delgado's or has more years left or both.

Right there. That's the hit that our boys ain't been getting! Nice job Ramon. 5-3 good guys.

I can see that.

I identify the problems being first base, second base, left field and the bullpen. I don't know what you can do in the middle of the season but I'd sit Castillo if I couldn't completely jettison him. Maybe try to swap out Heilman for somebody else's problem. See if there's some potential in packaging Aaron and Delgado (and his expiring contract) for a young first baseman or outfielder? Could we throw F-Mart into the major league mix and have him and Evans coming off the bench while sharing playing time in left? I like the starting pitching especially if we can get Pedro back in the next week or so and Pelfrey in the pen. Catcher, shortstop, third base, center and right (assuming Church is playing everyday) are fine. Anderson and Easley should be better if not relied on as much. Schoenweiss, Wise, Smith and Wagner seem fine. Duaner needs to throw more so I'm keeping him in the mix. I'm not a GM nor do I play one on TV so my ideas are probably not at all realistic, but I think that's what I'd try to do. All this being said - I think Omar knows all this already.

He does sort of look like Magadan. They both have that Willem Dafoe scary, toothy face thing happening.

Some guy I know that has Yankee season tix offered me his All-Star game package. I don't want it but if anyone's interested I'll ask him for ya. I know he's going to want beaucoup bucks though. He got rid of a pair for the Yankee-Mets series field level behind the plate for $1,000.00. The face price of the tix was $250.00 a pop.

AG/DC wrote: Resembles Magadan, no?

It would go a long way towards appeasing the fans. We love him you know.

Ska originated in the '70s? I would have bet my first born it was firmly '80s.

AG/DC wrote: Keith Hernandez: smart, out of left field (actually, the lot behind left field), and intense. Dierker was hired out of the broadcast booth. Why not Keef? I mean, he'll still need his days off, plus time for his Florida tax dodge Francesa on WFAN today said that he saw Mex at Yankee Stadium last week and asked him if the Mets offered him the job would he take it. Keith said yes.

I would've given the Mets more points if they won.

Santana 2 Beltran 1.5 Delgado 1 Feliciano 1

I should do that because she's a real ****.

Unfortunately I am out. Unforeseen circumstances, poor planning and the fact that I gave away my tickets to a client two weeks ago without thinking make this an event that I cannot attend. Hopefully I will able to see some of your shining faces at other games during the season.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Posada isn't squatting where Berra and Dickey squatted. But they didn't move the location of the toilets in the clubhouse so....

My Entire Team Sucks

="metirish"]I know nothing really about LL but is that typical for a coach to push things like that? , a ballsy move and I love it . Is he a bunt kinda guy , becasue you know there might be a job for him. Interesting that you ask those questions - Normally I wouldn't be happy about winning a game with a delayed steal like that. But our kids were doing it the whole game - not stealing home, but 1st to 2nd, 2nd to 3rd - and the other team's coach didn't alert his team to it or tell them to be extra aware of it or anything. Usually if you do that once, the other team becomes aware and makes it a point to take better care of the ball and not let it happen again. It was also getting late - there had been a 15 minute rain delay and we were pushing curfew time (8:10) so his coach wanted to end the game then and there. Soupy, Jr. badly wants to be a bunter. He tried to lay 'em down three seperate times yesterday. The first time he got called out for stepping out of the batter's box and making contact with the ball (instead of reaching across the plate). The other two times he kept fouling it off and once he got to two strikes had to swing away. He'll keep at it though.

And the door on the third stall in the men's room on the field level behind the plate is loose.

Are you kidding? No way. The coach would've killed him. They play the Royals this Saturday for a share of first place, tix availble on StubHub.com.