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I didn't know Plant was Jewish.

And Johnny, he wants to get new members Leaving Zvon far behind Take a balloon and go sailing While Zvon, Zvon slowly dies

Actually its the length of time allowed to vote that sort of soured me on the SPotG. If you make it so you have 24 hours after the game to get your vote in perhaps peeps will feel more of a sense of urgency to get it done. This would also have the added benefit of not clogging up whatever forum the voting threads are in. Just one man's opinion.

Nymr83 wrote: i hate that guy. he's practically exhibit A for the "some guys cant handle NY" crowd.Who, Rogers?

I've gotta say though, that the lower levels of LL could absolutely use wood bats. Their concern, I gather, is that the bats break and they are costly to replace. The kids don't throw hard enough or swing hard enough at those ages to break bats so if it will appease Namor and people who agree with him then why not get the wood bats?

Nymr83 wrote: they're also far less likely to be able to get our of the way or put their glove up in time on a batted ball. But again, the balls wouldn't be hit as hard and, as sharpie said, the balls themselves aren't as hard. Could a LLer get hurt as a result of a kid using a metal bat instead of a wood one? Absolutely but the risk is simply not as great as it is for older kids. Nymr83 wrote: theres also a certain responsibility aspect to it... a 17 year old chooses to play baseball and accepts the risks, a 10 year old is (often) told by mommy and daddy that its time to go play. My kid is 10, been playing LL for 6 years now and I pretty much know all the kids, coaches and parents. There are kids that aren't as good as others but I'd be hard pressed to name one kid who is on a team and doesn't want to be. I'm sure that situation does exist somewhere but I don't think its nearly as prevalent as you surmise.

The Times reported that he had a 3-year deal that covered '04, '05 and '06. He had a one year deal for I don't know how much for '07.

The only thing I can think of in response to that is that the danger would be less to little leaguers because, on average, they are smaller and don't swing or hit the ball nearly as hard as a high school kid would.

"Get up, bitch! Get out of here!" -Seawolf

Is anyone giving any weight whatsoever to the Mets ST record of 4-9-1? I don't think I care for all the reasons that we all know - It's Spring Training, the games don't count, the managers don't manage to win, the players are working on things rather than doing what they might normally do in a given situation in the regular season. The Mets have lost a few games by blowing late leads that would normally have been protected by established bullpen vets rather than unproven minor league talent or starters and such in unfamiliar roles, etc., etc. I'm thinking that this team is pretty solid and Willie will have them together and ready when the bell rings.

="Johnny Dickshot"]I'd be shocked ... Shocked!. !! ="Johnny Dickshot"].. if Soler doesn't wind up with Duke and the O's, especially now that they have Norfolk as a AAA base Why do the O's having Norfolk as their AAA team make you think they'd be more inclined to grab Soler? What would Norfolk have to do with their interest in him? (thanks to cooby for the 'shocking' dude)

He was overweight and had short hair. I never thought he 'looked' Cuban. I wondered what and El Dookie talked about. I was surprised at how well he pitched and then how badly he pitched. I wanted him to hit a homerun so the back page of The Post and The News would both say 'SOLER POWER!' on the same day.

Edgy DC wrote: Funniest thing seawolf ever wrote. Yup, very funny - I'm still laughing.

Yancy Street Gang wrote: Whatever happened to graphite bats? They were supposed to be as unbreakable as aluminum, but perform more like wood. And supposedly the ceramic bats even sound like the wood ones. Win-win.

Yancy Street Gang wrote: I'm wondering: Am I really the only out-of-towner on this forum who watches the Mets on Extra Innings? My father-in-law had it at his summer house in Massachusetts last summer and it was great. We go up there with the kids as often as possible, so after years of being Mets-less during summer weekends, finally being able to watch them there was a treat. He said he enjoyed it so much that if he has to get DirecTV he will.

Yeah, and your headline was better too.

Joel Sherman steals Edgy's scoop... GREEN SPRING LOOKING LEAN March 9, 2007 -- PORT ST. LUCIE - The storyline du jour - every jour - with the Mets revolves around starting pitching. The focus is endlessly on the enigmatic and the arthritic, those attempting to rehab and those attempting to re-establish, the humble and the Humber. The rotation obsesses and overwhelms this organization. It contains every big question about a roster otherwise poised to dominate the NL East again. It is easy, therefore, to put on blinders and concentrate solely on the daily horse race. Who's up, who's down? Who's in, who's out? Who's ready, who's not? So yesterday felt mostly about Orlando Hernandez's faulty spring debut and Mike Pelfrey's array of impressive power sinkers. But within the context of an 8-7 Mets loss to the Orioles, Shawn Green evoked a significant issue that had nothing to do with starting pitchers by simply dribbling a single to right. The ball just snuck by the dive of range-restricted first baseman Aubrey Huff. Even Green conceded, "it wasn't the greatest hit in the world, it just got through." However, when you are currently a one-hit blunder, you take what you can. Green has just that single in 18 spring at-bats. That usually would not mean much concern for a proven veteran. Except Green had his poorest season last year, which included a 34-game Mets cameo marked by a slower bat and legs than anticipated. So in this Mets camp dominated by starting pitching issues, it is Green who is the position player whose low batting average is raising red flags. His starting status has become vulnerable. Due to his career credentials, Green will open the season in right field and be provided an opportunity to show that when the real games begin, he will flourish. But the leash will not be long. The Mets do not have a contractual obligation to him beyond 2007. And they have young outfielders edging near readiness. Lastings Milledge is the most obvious. But club executives do not discount how quickly Carlos Gomez can come. They point out that Gomez and Milledge are both likely to begin in Triple-A, and that with the Mets needing to win in 2007, GM Omar Minaya would probably reach out to the outfielder performing best in New Orleans when the time comes, and not have a prescribed pecking order. "There is no pressure," Green insisted. "Whatever will be, will be with that. It doesn't matter. That is how I am built. . . . All I can do is put it all out there." For now, Minaya is actually as big a supporter as Green has in the organization. He confidently predicted "big things" for the lefty this season. But when asked if Green could rebound from a season of 15 homers and a career-low .432 slugging percentage, hitting coach Rick Down said only, "we'll find that out." Down was Green's hitting coach with the Dodgers in 2000 when Green batted .297 with 24 homers and 99 RBIs. Down says that in Los Angeles, Green used to compete in batting practice with Gary Sheffield to see who could hit the most opposite-field homers, a game designed to keep both using the whole field. Encouragingly this spring, Down explained, Green was taking batting practice similar to that, launching homers beyond the center field backdrop at Tradition Field. Down says Green simply could not drive the ball like that last year. However, this has yet to translate to the games. In this first two at-bats yesterday, Green struck out to fall to 0-for-15 this spring. He then got his inauspicious hit. He finished 1-for-5, this after an extra BP session Wednesday with some new technology that had him enthused, and this after he already had stated he had found a hitch in his swing that doomed his mechanics last year. It is a long way to the season. Perhaps none of this will ultimately matter. Perhaps Green really has found something and, at age 35, will regenerate toward stardom. But Green has done nothing yet this spring to erase last year and ease minds. He, instead, has become the biggest Mets uncertainty in the non-rotation category. joel.sherman@nypost.com

Couldn't pull it off - I'm a baritone.

"Hi, um this is Soup Cann, representing the Crane Pool Picayune Times."

What does Tupac spell backwards? Kaput! (well actually 'Caput' but its a verbal joke anyway...)

With his recent birthday (happy belated by the way) and the last sentence of his above post, FK has officially attained curmudgeon status.

Reyes. I believe I've been waiting all my Met fan life for him.

Kiner bobbleheads perhaps?

Oh, then its got to be Suzyn Waldman.

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