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Alright, good luck convincing the millions of other baseball fans who feel the same way.

Sarge is a Cubs fan. And I'd venture to guess that every National League team hates the Mets for that very reason, K-Rod in particular. At least Reyes, the master of the sac-bunt dance, or the tag-from-2nd dance is not around to irritate anybody this year.

I can tell that K-Rod agrees with you...would have thought the Mets won the World Series tonight based just on his reaction.

Sarge ftw

Cole Hamels really needs to develop a solid third pitch. He is so predictable right now. Whether it is working on his curveball so he has the confidence to throw it more, or developing a slider, he really needs something else to keep hitters guessing. Also I think he might be tipping his pitches. I have not noticed it but some people claim his delivery is slightly different when he is throwing his fastball as opposed to his changeup. His changeup is filthy but it is useless when the opposing team can sit on his fastball. To make things even worse, when he cannot locate the fastball at all like he was doing tonight, he has almost no chance at success. Never thought I would say this but out of our 5 starters, I have the least amount of confidence in him right now. I am even more confident in Pedro Martinez, who is still highly unpredictable at this point. Cole and Rich Dubee really need to use this last month and a half of the regular season to get his mechanics straightened out so he doesn't tip his pitches anymore, and to add in a solid third pitch. We need him to be that second ace come playoff time (knock on wood).

Well yeah, the transition from the AL to NL is a very favorable one for pitchers. Has been for years. The good part about Lee is that he has 4 very good pitches that he can throw at any point in the count, making him very unpredictable. So I think that once the tape gets out on him and teams see him more than one time, they still will have tons of problems facing him. Probably would have been a similar deal had Sabathia stayed in the NL.

What are you saying, that the American League is stronger than the National League? No kidding, do you think none of us realize that? Needless to say, Cliff Lee has been spectacular for the past two seasons regardless of where he has been pitching, but obviously nobody is shocked to see him be nearly unhittable in the NL. And when you consider that CC Sabathia is not only playing in the AL East, but playing his home games in the biggest joke of a ballpark in generations, I'd say what he has done this year is pretty damn impressive.

Cliff Lee and CC Sabathia are great.

Dalls

And Cole Hamels has absolutely no control tonight, as usual. He has hit two guys tonight with 2 strikes on them. And he missed horribly on the pitch that Francouer hit for a homerun.

Mike Pelfrey is an idiot.

Last I checked you need 3 wins to take a 4 game series.

I am surprised it took 5 months.

Red Sox claimed him.

We're coming from South Jersey so we will take the train.

Well I found $17 tickets on stubhub that are in the upper level and over home plate. Seems like a decent enough deal. Transportation will actually be the most expensive part.

Hey Fish... Diesel, fly3rs, and myself will be at the game on Monday.

20 games over .500. Starting pitching has been just dealing lately, from top to bottom. Matchups for Mets series... Tomorrow: Cole Hamels vs. Mike Pelfrey Saturday: JA Happ vs. Tim Redding Sunday: Pedro Martinez vs. Oliver Perez Monday: Cliff Lee vs. Bobby Parnell

I hate Plaxico but I do feel a bit sorry for him. NYC is really trying to crack down on this sort of thing so obviously for them, having Burress do this when he did was perfect timing. He is the perfect guy for them to make an example out of. I am not going to say whether or not 2 years is fair, but I do think our justice system is flawed.

I have never been a Rios fan so I am with you on him, but I do not think Ramirez has hit his ceiling yet. But lets get back to the real issue at hand, the sexyness.

Ramirez and Rios are not sexy enough for fish, clearly.

This is the only week ever that I am rooting for the Mets.

They are 1 and 1a.

I'm happy to see Abreu doing this well.

Right, and need I run down the horrendous Phillies roster of the late 90's? Francona is only great because of his players, period. Pretty much the same goes for every other manager who has been called great at some point, especially in the American League where there is so much less in-game strategy.