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Had a blast. Coming from CT we chose to MetroNorth/Subway instead of driving. Going in that was the right call, coming home maybe not so much as the game ended at 9:30 and we didn't get home til 12:00. Had we driven I would've been in my bed by 11:00 at the latest. Strawberry, was in the VIP seats on the field. He seemed very accomodating, siging autographs for anyone who asked. Kristen Chenowith is a cute little thing. Leather thigh-high boots might have had something to do with that. Mayor Bloomberg sitting second row behind the plate instead of the box on the field. Wonder if Rudy advised him to buy those seats? ND's throw to get Damon in the first was just awesome and took the crowd from low to high in a millisecond. Had a loud obnoxious Yankee fan behind me who strangly disappeared pretty much right after ND's dinger. That's the one bad thing about my seats. Its such a transient crowd, never the same people around you from game to game and always lots of Yankee fans at these games in those seats. I'm not complaining though, the view doesn't suck.

I felt like the Jimmy Fallon character in 'Fever Pitch' today. In my office listening to the game. In the 4th inning (around 2:30 I guess) I decide I'm going to play hooky the rest of the day and get some 'me time'. I go over to J&R and do a little home electronics browsing then I cruise uptown and do a little breeze through Nike Town and check out the Sony store on Madison. Got a haircut, browsed a few bookstores, blah,blah, blah. Checked the Blackberry to see how the Mets did. I see a 6-5 final. Cool, 3 of 4 from the Cubs. Then my phone rings. My bro-in-law was at the game and gave me the whole 4-1-1 on the rest of the game from the 4th inning on. If I'd have stayed in the office I would've experienced the whole kit n' kaboodle from Howie & Tom. Serves my ass right. 'Me time', sheesh.

Kingman ever play for the ChiSox?

Castro walks. 1st and 2nd for Go-Go.

1-0 Cubs, bottom 4. Castro up with two out and Newhan on second...

Edgy DC wrote: I guess we didn't appreciate that, when Valentin went down, we lost our backup shortstop as well as our starting secondbaseman. Considering they've replaced Valentin at second with Babe Ruth I'll accept being weak in the back-up shortstop position.

smg58 wrote: I hope Vargas isn't a ground-ball pitcher. So does that senior citizen at third base. ="Batty31"]There was an article in The Sporting News a couple of weeks ago that claimed he can play all infield positions except for SS So can I, doesn't mean I'm any good at it though.

I didn't even know Newhan was an infielder.

TransMonk wrote: NY Mets: E. Chavez cf R. Gotay ss S. Green rf C. Delgado 1b J. Franco 3b D. Newhan 2b R. Castro c C. Gomez lf J. Vargas p I'm sorry but that's pretty lame.

No, it's after 9:00 now - if he's not at the quarry, Mr. Slate will have his hide.

Sosa - 4 Easley - 2 Gomez - 1.5 Wright - 1.5 LoDuca - 1

I flat passed out about the 5th inning. Nice to see Sosa pitching like Pelfrey was supposed to. Any further word on Reyes? Should I put in a call to Mackey Shillstone?

BB to Delgado. Sacks drunk, ducks on the pond, bases juiced for Mr. Wright.

1st and 2nd 1 out. Carlos #2 up...

iramets wrote: A fish starts stinking at the head. If Lino Urdaneta was the 'head' of the fish we call the Mets, well then I'd be worried. As it stands, I ain't. ="Nymr83"]i don't have a list, but its starting to seem like a disproportionate number of guys caught with 'Roids have been 1) Mets and 2) Pitchers. Supposedly the numbers from the Mets are about the average league-wide.

And it drops in behind first base! 1-0 Mets. First career RBI for Gomez. Green to third. Sosa whiffs to end the second.

LoDuca & Green - B2B 2-out hits in the 2nd. Gomez swaggers to the plate....

Une, deux, trois bottom of the first for Les Mets.

And it begins. 1 out 1st inning BB to Floyd, but the Cubbies strand him. To the bottom of the first we go...

Green - 4 Burgos - 1 Easley - 1 LoDuca - 1 Maine - 1 Reyes - 1 Sele - 1

"It's just that they may not have some of the necessities to be, let's say, a field manager, or, perhaps, a general manager." -Al Campanis

Wright 2 Delgado - 1.5 Glavine - 1.5 Easley - 1 Reyes - 1 LoDuca - 1 Feliciano - 1 Smith - 1

="SteveJRogers"]Hell, I even have a problem with how the retired numbers are displayed! Again, they are (and always have since the early 80's when 37 and 14 were first slapped on the walls) banking on fans knowing exactly who wore 37, 14 and 41, as well as why there is a red 42 with a blue border and no pinstripes. But its the blind leading the blind if the person you ask has no clue about Met history, or has no knowledge of what number Casey, Gil and Tom wore If I go to Fenway or Yankee Stadium or any other stadium other than Shea and I look at the retired numbers displayed at those ballparks, I may not know what player belongs to what number and why. Their names and statistics are not displayed along with the numbers. In fact when I see stadiums that have their immortal players faces and pertinent stats splashed all over their outfield walls (Atlanta, Los Angeles) I think it looks like crap. Displaying the numbers and nothing more is a classy and understated way of honoring an athlete. I like it and have no problem with it. If someone at the game is curious and wants to know who 37, 14 and 41 are and why 42 is displayed differently, they can ask me. Or they can ask the people around them. I don't like the idea of my team pandering to the casual fan so much. I understand that they want to draw people in to fill the seats. I tolerate the bush league inbetween inning activities and the scoreboard inciting the crowd to cheer because I realize that the team wants everyone to have a good time whether they pay attention to the game or not. But how about leaving the stuff that matters to the real fans of the game that truly appreciate it?

Perez - 4 Easley - 2 Beltran - 1 Gomez - 1 Wright - 1 Reyes - 0.5 Castro - 0.5

Sosa 3 Delgado 2 Easley 1 Felicano 1 Lo Duca 1 Wagner 1 Wright 1