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[Dr. Strangelove]

wait so this "Heckler" is the one thats screaming right now that I can hear on NESN?

He is ****ing annoying.

Yes. He is a complete ****ing moron. He used to heckle one player per game, but now it seems like he does it all game long. I'd punch him in his fat face if I paid for seats at that dump and ended up sitting near him.

 

[pollo]

:lol norton oh man

 

[jman2050]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

 

[R_GILL]

lol Norton with the walkoff

Tavarez sure does suck.

 

[Dr. Strangelove]

What a surprise.

 

[Meier]

40 bucks for the rest of the season.. not a full one. cheaper to buy monthly

So it gets lower as the season progresses then? How much is it at the beginning?

 

[Dez]

So it gets lower as the season progresses then? How much is it at the beginning?

I think it started off at $50, but I'm not sure.. I just bought the monthly pass a few days ago, and found out that Jay games are not blocked out in Waterloo. So i can watch on my laptop

 

[Icanplaythat]

The mets just signed David Wright to a 6 year/55 million dollar contract.

 

[Y2Kev]

The mets just signed David Wright to a 6 year/55 million dollar contract.

Hometown discount?

 

[_Angelus_]

Oh **** yes,thats so good to hear that we have Wright locked down now.

Here is more on the news.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/baseball/mlb/08/06/wright.extension/index.html

Mets' Wright gets 6-year extension

NEW YORK (SI.com) -- Third baseman David Wright has signed a six-year extension with the New York Mets worth $55 million, SI.com's Jon Heyman has learned.

The contract also includes an option for 2013, although no further details were immediately available.


In his third season with the Mets, the 23-year-old right-hand hitter entered Sunday's game batting .308 with 22 home runs and 82 RBIs. He had 27 homers and 102 RBIs to go along with a .306 average in 2005, his first full season in the majors.

A native of Norfolk, Va., where he grew up following the Mets' Triple-A farm club, Wright was selected by New York with the 38th overall pick in the 2001 draft. His 2005 salary is $374,000.

"I never would have imagined something like this when I signed in 2001. I always wanted to be a lifelong Met. I think this is the first step in that direction," Wright said Sunday.

"It's a special feeling growing up as a Mets fan and now knowing -- knock on wood -- I'm going to be a Met for the next six or seven years."

Wright's signing came three days after the Mets gave shortstop Jose Reyes a four-year contract extension worth $23.25 million.

"To be able to get David Wright and Jose Reyes signed, it's a very special week for the Mets," said Mets general manager Omar Minaya.

 

[Icanplaythat]

Hometown discount?

Not really, he avoids his locked (low) salary next year and arbitration the following 3 years. Meanwhile the mets get him cheap for what would have been the first two years of his free agency, everybody wins.

 

[siamesedreamer]

Yeah, that's a pretty good deal for both sides. I would imagine the money would have probably evened out.

 

[Matrix]

Huff sucks.....what a f-ing dissapointment.

 

[Fifty]

The Godfather is dissapointed with his run support today.

 

[Matrix]

The Godfather is dissapointed with his run support today.

The Nose shouldnt be giving up runs!

 

[siamesedreamer]

TB came back and won that game?

:lol :lol :lol :lol :lol

 

[Matrix]

ughhh shitty loss.

un clutch Mo.

 

[Mrbob]

Rich Hill has turned it around and become a championship pitcher!

Only 10 games out of the wild card now! And only 6 games behind the Stros!

 

[Matrix]

Rich Hill has turned it around and become a championship pitcher!

Only 10 games out of the wild card now! And only 6 games behind the Stros!

Put the pipe down.

 

[Mrbob]

Cubs hottest team in the NL right now!

String along four or five more wins in a row and it is time for me to start championing 2nd half PLAYOFF PUSH RUN!

 

[Matrix]

Cubs hottest team in the NL right now!

String along four or five more wins in a row and it is time for me to start championing 2nd half PLAYOFF PUSH RUN!

my eyes and brain hurt reading this poop

 

[Meier]

Cubs hottest team in the NL right now!

That 2 game winning streak by the Cubs sure trumps the Dodgers' 9.

 

[Link]

Cubs hottest team in the NL right now!

Did you miss the 9 game win streak the Dodgers have going?

 

[Icanplaythat]

Rich Hill has turned it around and become a championship pitcher!

Only 10 games out of the wild card now! And only 6 games behind the Stros!

This Hill douche has a 6.69 ERA.

 

[Mrbob]

But they lost 8 straight before they won 9 straight!

Cubs have won 10 out of their last 15!

Dodgers have won 9 out of their last 15!

Cubs win!

This Hill douche has a 6.69 ERA.

Two straight wins with a 2.40 era in August so far in two starts! He was kicking ass in AAA but every time he came up he played like shit! He has turned the corner!

 

[pollo]

NL wild card race:

Cincinnati 57 54 .514
LA Dodgers 56 55 .505
Arizona 56 55 .505
Colorado 54 56 .491
Philadelphia 53 56 .486
San Francisco 53 58 .477
Houston 53 58 .477
Milwaukee 52 59 .468
Atlanta 51 59 .464
Florida 51 60 .459
Washington 49 62 .441
Chicago Cubs 47 64 .423
Pittsburgh 42 70 .375

oh man. Its anyone's game isnt it :lol

 

[Icanplaythat]

But they lost 8 straight before they won 9 straight!

Cubs have won 10 out of their last 15!

Dodgers have won 9 out of their last 15!

Cubs win!


Two straight wins with a 2.40 era in August so far in two starts! He was kicking ass in AAA but every time he came up he played like shit! He has turned the corner!

:lol You're alright

 

[Link]

But they lost 8 straight before they won 9 straight!

Cubs have won 10 out of their last 15!

Dodgers have won 9 out of their last 15!

Cubs win!

Touché, Mrbob. Touché.

 

[Link]

Reyes, baby!!

EDIT - The Mets are grand slam machines lately.

 

[siamesedreamer]

I swear the Mets are having everything go their way this season.

Stupid pitcher can't throw to 1B and they get an extra 6 runs out of it.......

 

[_Angelus_]

Its called chemistry.

 

[_Angelus_]

Another piece of Omar's plan pays dividends. Valentin baby.

 

[Link]

Valentin ended up being such a fantastic pickup for us.

 

[Icanplaythat]

Easy boys, lets keep the gloat factor to a minimum.

 

[_Angelus_]

Easy boys, lets keep the gloat factor to a minimum.

Gloating?

Wait till Frankman gets back from the game then complain.:lol

 

[Icanplaythat]

Gloating?

Wait till Frankman gets back from the game then complain.:lol

I'm not complaing, I love my metsies, but we haven't really done anything yet. There will be plenty of time to gloat when we smash through the NL playoffs and play for the whole thing in very late october.

 

[CajoleJuice]

The mets just signed David Wright to a 6 year/55 million dollar contract.

'tis a happy day

 

[_Angelus_]

I'm not complaing, I love my metsies, but we haven't really done anything yet. There will be plenty of time to gloat when we smash through the NL playoffs and play for the whole thing in very late october.

Yeah I see what youre speaking about. But I can't be happy with the moves theyre making and speak about it? Anyways I wasn't trying to gloat,I'm as superstitious as they come,I'm thankful for the year theyre having more than anything. No matter what happens come October I'm happy were headed in the right direction,I don't expect them to win it all overnight. Thats not gonna happen,but we have the formula to be a contender for awhile,thats good enough for me.

 

[The Frankman]

I'm back, baby . . .

Y'know, it's series like this that make you realize the difference between freefall and "dominance" is very thin. I went to Friday's game and watched Ryan Howard proceed to tear the Mets apart, 5-3. I had said Saturday was a must-win for the Mets simply because 1) They haven't lost 2 series in a row since June 29-July 3. 2) You don't want to give the Phillies confidence as a team that could challenge the Mets.

So OF COURSE Glavine gives up 3 runs early, one on a Ryan Howard bomb that Glavine threw a good out pitch, and after some 1st inning trouble Jon Lieber starts looking like John Smoltz, retiring 17 in a row. Then for some reason, he turned into Chuck Knoblauch and fails to throw a ball properly 20 feet to first, which launches a Met comback with David Wright and "Game" Endy with RBI hits. Even the Wright ball Rollins and Burrell played "who got it?" with, giving the Mets the go-ahead RBI. Wags came on and promptly gave us fans a heart attack, but "the man you're always in the fight with" saved the day with a big diving stop on the liner down the line, throw, and fist pump. Mets win 4-3, Glavine gets win no. 12 and more importantly he pitched well and went SEVEN INNINGS. Gee, could his success be due to the fact he threw more curveballs in this start?

Tonight's game, frickin' HUGE walk-up . . . so big I missed my free-ticket promotion and watched the game from the 7 Train walkway (saving my cash for the Mike and Mike Lovefest Tuesday). John Maine gets in 1st-and-3rd-one-out trouble, then shows why he deserved to stay instead of Pelfrey by K'ing Howard and popping up Burrell. The guy shows an ability to get out of jams like Brian Bannister and Al Leiter, and he has good stuff. Basically the Mets traded Kris Benson for El Duque/Maine, and that's a great deal for the Mets. I'd have NO PROBLEMS having this guy pitching Game 3 of the playoffs at all. Anyway by the fourth inning:

P Lo Duca doubled to deep right.
C Beltran flied out to right.
C Delgado walked.
D Wright doubled to left, P Lo Duca scored, C Delgado to third.
J Valentin safe at second on throwing error by pitcher S Mathieson, C Delgado scored, D Wright to third.
E Chavez walked.
L Milledge singled to center, D Wright scored, J Valentin to third, E Chavez to second.
J Maine struck out looking.
J Reyes homered to right, J Valentin, E Chavez and L Milledge scored.
P Lo Duca singled to center.
R White relieved S Mathieson.
C Beltran flied out to left.

7 Runs, 5 Hits, 1 Errors, for all intensive purposes GAME OVER.

Mets win 2 of 3, the Maine man extends his scoreless innings streak, Wright gets paid-made (and possibly laid) tonight, and all is happy in Metland. Strange week . . . btw there's a new section in Shea Stadium that is sure to sweep the nation called "The Milledge People"

EDIT: Mets looking into acquiring Ruben Sierra as a lefty AB off the bench . . .

Lord, Omar. Don't throw away GM of the Year. Do not turn the Mets bench into the Metamucil Squad.

 

[Desperado]

for all intensive purposes

d'oh

 

[Kuroyume]

Oh **** yes,thats so good to hear that we have Wright locked down now.

Here is more on the news.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/baseball/mlb/08/06/wright.extension/index.html

Mets' Wright gets 6-year extension

NEW YORK (SI.com) -- Third baseman David Wright has signed a six-year extension with the New York Mets worth $55 million, SI.com's Jon Heyman has learned.

The contract also includes an option for 2013, although no further details were immediately available.


In his third season with the Mets, the 23-year-old right-hand hitter entered Sunday's game batting .308 with 22 home runs and 82 RBIs. He had 27 homers and 102 RBIs to go along with a .306 average in 2005, his first full season in the majors.

A native of Norfolk, Va., where he grew up following the Mets' Triple-A farm club, Wright was selected by New York with the 38th overall pick in the 2001 draft. His 2005 salary is $374,000.

"I never would have imagined something like this when I signed in 2001. I always wanted to be a lifelong Met. I think this is the first step in that direction," Wright said Sunday.

"It's a special feeling growing up as a Mets fan and now knowing -- knock on wood -- I'm going to be a Met for the next six or seven years."

Wright's signing came three days after the Mets gave shortstop Jose Reyes a four-year contract extension worth $23.25 million.

"To be able to get David Wright and Jose Reyes signed, it's a very special week for the Mets," said Mets general manager Omar Minaya.

I AM IN HEAVEN.

I also missed tonights game....

MAINE IS GOD!

MAINE IS GOD!

MAINE IS GOD!

MAINE IS GOD!

MAINE IS GOD!

MAINE IS GOD!

MAINE IS GOD!

 

[evil solrac v3.0]

wright pitched well, abreu 3 hits, red sox lose, we're up two games. all is well. on june 19 we got drubbed by cleveland 19-1 and we were 7 games back of the white sox for the wild card. now we're up two on the reed sox. who's the beast of the east? who dares challenge us? SHOW YOURSELF!!!

 

[_Angelus_]

Frankman delivers as always.

The guy could give Sony PR a run for their money.

Thumbs up man.

 

[evil solrac v3.0]

i found it boring and over-indulgent, not a hint of knowledge was put into that latest report. dissapointing...

 

[Miguel]

Go go fatty. Quit being lazy, get up.

 

[Kuroyume]

Lock your taskbar.

 

[_Angelus_]

i found it boring and over-indulgent, not a hint of knowledge was put into that latest report. dissapointing...

Yeah I'm sure you were reading his post waiting with anticipation. Fact is I doubt anything a Mets diehard could have typed would have made you content.:lol

 

[evil solrac v3.0]

Yeah I'm sure you were reading his post waiting with anticipation. Fact is I doubt anything a Mets diehard could have typed would have made you content.:lol

are you saying im not genuine in my responses? it really does feel as if mets fans are attempting a daring daytime raid whereby they kidnap some yankee fans and then we have to resort to a war withn mets fans. i pray that it doesnt come to that so that the situation in the NL east is resolved peacefully. :lol

 

[Fifty]

I wish I was as inspired by today's (yesterday's really) Jays win to write a Frankman-esque post recapping the game. Only 9.5 games back baby! and only 8 back from the wildcard!! Wooo!

 

[The Frankman]

I wish I was as inspired by today's (yesterday's really) Jays win to write a Frankman-esque post recapping the game. Only 9.5 games back baby! and only 8 back from the wildcard!! Wooo!

I could write one for you . . . A certain Yankee fan who doesn't post here much said you Blue Jays fans should quit because your teams' season is over. I think you're still in it anyway. Regarding my "tone" I get like that after I goto a game, and this really was a funny week in the sense that I firmly believe we needed to win this series, I don't want Burrell suddenly waking up and recovering his MetKiller status; him in tandem with Utley and Howard is scary. Also leave Evil alone, he's still lamenting the devastating loss of Miguel Cairo.


Oh for the stat whores, Paul LoDuca since July 1st is hitting .430 . . . That's .430. Let me say this again so you

Spoiler

siamesedreamer

can understand:

FOUR 'EFFIN THIRTY

Wow, that second half-collapse really hit this year, right?