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Think he and Giambi get it from the same place?

Sick win.

I say offer them absolutely nothing for Abreu and Burrell. That sounds pretty fair to me.

Well, I didn't see the play, but I do have to say that the whole "play for the win on the road" thing is more a theory than a rule of thumb, and as gateB said, when you have a fresh Mo, and an offense like the Yankees (albeit a beat-up offense), that theory doesn't always apply.

Was the infield playing in, back, or halfway? It's really the manager's decision before the ball is even hit as to where the infield is gonna go with it. If the infield is playing back (as I'm guessing they were in that situation), you don't ever come home, no matter how hard the ball is hit. As was already said, if the run will only tie the game, you gladly give it up for a chance at two outs.

Well, I am a jerk, and I am a coach, but I'd like to think I don't mix the two. I can see what you mean there, though, because the whole thing in my town is politics. One team has been the best team in the league forever, which I really don't understand because there's a draft and the talent is supposed to be distributed evenly. Many guys have told me they've volunteered to help coach their kid's team and they basically got the cold shoulder. Anyway, I took over a team that was horrible last year because my son begged me. His coach last year sucked (never went over any fundamentals, no drills, nothing. Just scrimmaging against each other in practice without even correcting them on what they were doing wrong). Nobody wanted to do it, and even though I didn't want to get involved with these jagoffs (the other coaches), I volunteered. I also thought it would be kinda funny to teach these idiots a thing or two because I constantly saw coaches do retarded things last year (waving kids on to third base to eventually get thrown out when they were down by a run in the last inning, etc. ). Anyway, the guy who runs the league and manages the best team, who happens to be the most decent guy out of them all, asked me if I would help him coach all-stars because the other guys are all idiots. Should be fun coaching a bunch of kids who can actually comprehend what you're telling them (I've got some real winners on my team). One other thing, Plow- your local league may have an unwritten policy against guys whose kids aren't on the team coaching. You probably gave them a weird vibe. j/k

:brooding: 3-4-1 as of right now. Actually, we've lost four out of five, but two of them were to an undefeated team that's by far the best in the league, and the other two were one-run games. We have four fairly easy games left, so I'm hoping we can finish above .500. If you don't hear from me again, we didn't.

I see the stat-padder was at it again last night. Way to beat up on that Royal bullpen, Slappy.

lol I know.

Hey, what was the score in that game, anyway?

Nah, it's a long season, and it wasn't even a "bad" loss. What I am bitter about is guys on the other team who you can't even trust to play the game fairly. Hey, if you guys don't mind cheating to get you there (and so far it hasn't), then go for it.

I was kinda hoping he'd walk so I could watch ARod ground into another game-ending DP.

I just find it kinda hard to believe that a Yankee fan, witnessing their current situation, would welcome the addition of a high-priced, aging slugger.

I think the Yanks are pretty topped-out on ticket sales. I mean, how many more tickets can they sell than they do right now? New Yorkers, especially Yankee fans, hate Bonds worse than anybody. I don't think people will be knocking each other over to go see Bonds in a Yankee uniform at all.

.241, but what's 80 points when you're talking about batting averages?

It would probably be a good idea to put all the 'roid heads on one team. I say go for it. He and Giambi can bulk order their HGH.

Poor, poor Gary. Everybody always bringing up the steroid thing and actually expecting him to be forthright. What a toolbox.

See what I mean? Something tells me you were pretty happy to have Mo out on the mound today.

I would say taking him out of the closer's role is a wee bit extreme, but you're right, he has been getting hit hard as opposed to the usual bloops and dribblers. I wouldn't write off ol' Mo just yet, though.

:lol: Exactly. I've heard it all now. Francesa and Russo now dictate policy for the Mets?

You should be able to win Sunday, but I wouldn't go counting my chickens with Pedro vs. Mussina just yet. Remember, he's practically .500 against them in his career, and Mussina is usually at his best in the regular season when the Yanks need a win.

Wow, nice job, Mets. We helped you out, you helped us out. Now just take one more from the Yanks and I'll be happy.

...is painful. By all accounts, the guy is a total douchebag in person. He doesn't come across as much different from that on tv.

Watch, they'll let Johnson get his mojo back, too. Friggin' bums.

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