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It's def not. Wish I had more free funds ;)
they think its not linked to terrorists SO START BUYING THEM UP!
Yeah, I know, you're right. Ugh.
people get scared... might think we are under attack again
Ridiculous. Not to discount the accident and the lives has and will be effecting but I can't believe how dramatic people are. Sell stocks on an accident? Come on...
U.S. Stocks Extend Drop on Report of Small Plane Crash in N.Y.
By Scarlet Fu
Oct. 11 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks extended their drop, falling to their lows of the day, following a WABC-TV report that a small plane crashed into a New York City apartment building.
The Standard & Poor's 500 Index slid 6.82, or 0.5 percent, to 1346.60 at 2:55 p.m. in New York. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 47.70, or 0.4 percent, to 11,819.76 47. The Nasdaq Composite Index retreated 14, or 0.6 percent, to 2301.43.
To contact the reporter on this story
NY plane crash does not appear linked to terrorism
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. official said on Wednesday the aircraft that crashed into a building in New York City did not appear to be linked to terrorism.
"I have no reason to believe at this point that the crash in New York city is terrorism related," said a U.S. official who declined to be identified.
The Federal Aviation Administration said it was unclear whether the aircraft was a plane or a helicopter.
© Reuters 2006. All Rights Reserved.
80% chance for thunderstorms for the mets game. :(
yes it is...
lookin kinda crappy out
yes the were...i hope the rain holds up for tonights met game..my brother is going
both goalies were great that night
lol..yeah...i was yelling at the tv...SCORE already geeez
that was great 13 rounds
yeah...did you see the overtime saturday night
that suked last night
Mets set for Arch enemy
Out to deck Cards in NLCS after
suffering St. Louis blues in '05
BY ADAM RUBIN
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER
David Wright leads Mets into NLCS meeting with Cards looking for payback after St. Louis putting finishing touches on Mets' disappointing season last year.
During one of last season's lowest moments, as the Mets neared the end of a 2-8 early September road trip that knocked them out of the wild-card race, Willie Randolph put his arm around David Wright and had a private chat with his young third baseman as they walked back to the team's hotel in St. Louis.
"He told me that he wanted me to remember what it felt like playing kind of meaningless games in September," Wright recalled. "That stuck with us. It's a bad feeling finishing the season out and making plans to go home and not doing anything in October.
"It speaks for itself, but the difference between last year at that time and this year, to be able to come and hear the excitement, and how much fun it is to come to the ballpark every day, is pretty special."
One year after that late-season swoon, following a 97-win season that tied the Yankees for the best in the majors, then a sweep of the Dodgers in the division series, the Mets are in the NL Championship Series, facing those same Cardinals. In fact, the Mets are now the only baseball game in town, even if the Yankees still manage to dominate the tabloid covers.
"Get used to this," GM Omar Minaya told Wright in the dugout during batting practice yesterday, referring to the Mets being a perennial postseason participant.
"I'm spoiled after this," Wright replied.
"Nah," Minaya said. "Never spoiled."
The Mets may have lost Pedro Martinez and Orlando Hernandez to injuries, and have a hobbled Cliff Floyd, too, but the Cardinals have their injury troubles as well.
St. Louis went 8-14 over its final 22 regular-season games and nearly had a seven-game lead in the NL Central on Sept. 20 evaporate. They finished 83-78 and held off the hard-charging Astros by 1 1/2 games. The Mets and Tigers had disappointing finishes to the season, too, so the relevance of the Cardinals' finish is debatable. Still, St. Louis third baseman Scott Rolen needed to sit out the division-series clincher with soreness in his surgically repaired shoulder, while center fielder Jim Edmonds is dealing with foot trouble. Closer Jason Isringhausen and starting pitcher Mark Mulder are lost for the postseason.
"I hear a lot of people criticize us," Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols said. "They don't know why we're here. They say, 'You've got a terrible record.' But we're here. We're ready to play. I hope we can get to the World Series and prove a lot of people wrong."
Pujols ranked second in the NL in homers (49) and RBI (137). He enjoyed his sixth straight season reaching .300 with 100 runs, 30 homers and 100 RBI. He also only struck out 50 times in 535 at-bats. And he didn't exactly get the Barry Bonds treatment at the plate - getting intentionally walked only 28 times.
"It's amazing the past five seasons for him to get challenged as much as he has," Floyd said.
Said Randolph: "It's safe to say he's one of the guys you don't want to hurt you. I won't etch it in stone, but if you have a situation where he can hurt you and it's a big situation, it's probably smart to walk him."
If anything, the banged-up, but veteran, Cardinals have postseason experience. Going back to their 2000 loss to the Mets in the NLCS that set up a Subway Series, St. Louis has been in five of seven championship series. The Cardinals disposed of the Padres in four games in this year's division series, but needed to use ace Chris Carpenter twice, setting up a Tom Glavine-Jeff Weaver matchup in Game1.
"You can't underestimate that experience," Carlos Delgado said. "But, by the same token, if you sit back and say, 'Well, we've been here five times in the last seven years and don't play the game, it's not going to get you anywhere. I think we have a good team. We have some younger guys who carry themselves very well. They're very mature. I think that's important. Yeah, they've been there before. But so what? You've got to start somewhere."
Floyd, who left the clincher against the Dodgers with a strained left Achilles, went through a rigorous workout after batting practice yesterday. Randolph said he was "optimistic" Floyd could contribute in the NLCS, but the Mets plan to shift from 12 to 11 pitchers and add a position player as a hedge - probably Anderson Hernandez, though Mike DiFelice is also a possibility. Floyd could serve as a pinch-hitter early in the series, with Endy Chavez starting in left field and Michael Tucker and Chris Woodward serving as outfield backups. The Mets planned to replace Floyd with Lastings Milledge on the roster if Floyd's Achilles would sideline him for a full week. Floyd, who expects offseason surgery, wouldn't even get a fresh MRI of the injury, saying, "I didn't want to know what the hell was wrong with it."
Dropping a pitcher from the division series doesn't figure to hurt the Mets, even with their starting pitchers having contributed only 13 2/3 innings against L.A. over three games. After all, Royce Ring, Roberto Hernandez and Oliver Perez weren't even used. And with the Cardinals having only three lefthanded hitters on their roster, the southpaw Ring makes sense to get dropped. Perez is scheduled to start Game 4.
"It's a different series. A different flow," Randolph said. "No one knows for sure if we're going to need pitchers, or if I'm going to even react the way I did the last series. It's a totally different episode. They're durable. And the days off are important, too."
Bottom line: The Mets enter sky high after sweeping the Dodgers.
"I think we've got a little more confidence," Wright said. "The way we ended the season was on a positive note, but we had played poorly the week before.
"A lot of us, it was our first time in the playoffs. We didn't really know what to expect. So I think getting those butterflies out, we're a little more relaxed going into the second round."
NLCS - Mets vs. Cardinals (Best of seven)
GAME 1: Cards (Weaver 5-4) at METS (Glavine 15-7), 8:19 p.m. tonight.
GAME 2: Cards (Suppan 12-7) at METS (Maine 6-5), 8:19 p.m. tomorrow.
GAME 3: METS (Trachsel 15-8) at Cards (Carpenter 15-8), 8:05 p.m. Saturday.
GAME 4: METS (Perez 3-13) at Cards (TBA), 8:15 p.m. Sunday.
GAME 5: METS at Cards, 8:19 p.m. Monday.*
GAME 6: Cards at METS, 4:19 p.m. or 8:19 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 18.*
GAME 7: Cards at METS, 8:19 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 19.*
ALL GAMES ON Ch. 5
*-if necessary
Originally published on October 10, 2006
Joe must go ... back to work
Boss holds fire, demands ire
BY SAM BORDEN
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER
All it takes is one timely phone call from The Boss to put smile back on face of Joe Torre.
Joe Torre will return as Yankees manager in 2007 and, if it's possible, there will be even more pressure on him than in the past.
George Steinbrenner informed Torre in a telephone call just before 1 p.m. yesterday that he still was employed and shortly thereafter released a statement that made it clear another year without a championship might change that. The Boss said it was "about time" for the Bombers' six-year World Series drought to end and put much of the onus on Torre.
"He gave me his support," Torre said. "I'm just pleased I'm able to stay on and do this."
Shortly after the Bombers were eliminated by the Tigers on Saturday, sources told the Daily News that Steinbrenner decided to fire Torre and replace him with Lou Piniella, but then reconsidered after several days of pondering. He spelled out in his statement what he expects from Torre as the manager enters the final year of his current contract, which will pay him $7 million.
"I spoke to Joe Torre today and I told him, 'You're back for the year. I expect a great deal from you and the entire team,'" Steinbrenner said through his spokesman, Howard Rubenstein. "I have high expectations and I want to see enthusiasm, a fighting spirit and a team that works together. The responsibility is yours, Joe, and all of the Yankees."
Steinbrenner then added, "Yes, I am deeply disappointed about our loss this year, we have to do better. And I deeply want a championship. It's about time."
Despite having a 15-20 minute phone conversation with Steinbrenner on Monday (which he described as positive), Torre arrived at the Stadium yesterday still unsure about his future. He even brought with him a friend, Arthur Sando, who is a veteran communications/PR executive and was going to organize and run a press conference - ostensibly off-site - for Torre if he was let go.
As it turned out, that wasn't necessary. Steinbrenner called GM Brian Cashman, who passed the phone to Torre moments before the manager stepped into a Yankee-run press conference to announce he was staying.
"He requires a lot," Torre said of Steinbrenner. "He expects a lot. We know that. You can't pick and choose the parts you like about working for George Steinbrenner. You have to understand the whole package."
Torre's wife, Ali, joined him for yesterday's announcement and said, "It's more fun to win. When you don't win, there's drama. I'm happy that things are settled."
The drama began shortly after the Yanks' Saturday ouster in Detroit - a series in which Torre made several controversial decisions, including using Gary Sheffield at first base, keeping Melky Cabrera on the bench and dropping Alex Rodriguez to sixth (and then eighth) in the lineup. Steinbrenner's initial reaction to the defeat was to remove Torre since the Bombers had been knocked out of the playoffs in the first round for the third time in five years.
After the Daily News on Sunday reported Steinbrenner's feelings (and numerous other outlets issued similar stories a day later), Torre was overwhelmed by the reaction and the amount of media camped outside his Westchester home looking for comment.
Steinbrenner, meanwhile, had stepped back from his initial intentions and was in New York soliciting opinions from his top executives. It's believed that Derek Jeter reached out to Steinbrenner to defend Torre, and Cashman also spoke in favor of retaining the manager who has won 10 AL East titles and four Word Series championships since being hired in 1996.
"The process of analyzing all of us is fair for George Steinbrenner to do," Cashman said. "He invests a lot in us.... There's an expectation at some point of some deliverance. Personally, I'm happy. I think Joe Torre is the right man for the team (next) year and I certainly voiced that in conversations (with Steinbrenner)."
A year ago, Torre went through a similar week of uncertainty following the Yanks' elimination at the hands of the Angels, but on that occasion he was the one making the decision. The 2005 season had been excruciating because his relationship with Steinbrenner had grown abrasive; after a heart-to-heart in Tampa, however, Torre agreed to stay on.
This year, it was Steinbrenner's choice.
"I think George is smart; he's a wise man," Ali Torre said. "He knows he has a good leader. It's understandable that he was angry and upset, because everyone was."
Torre included. He admitted to being particularly stunned after the Yanks' collapse in Games 2-4 against the Tigers and soon will begin meetings with Cashman and other baseball operations officials about what needs to be fixed for next year.
Pitching will be a top priority, and there surely will be discussions about Alex Rodriguez and his ability to succeed in New York.
At 66, Torre doesn't know how much longer he will manage and said he isn't sure if he'll even want to continue after next season. After 11 years with the Bombers, however, he's come to realize the best way to approach the future.
"When you work here," he said, "you have to understand that every year may be your last year."
Torre time line
Saturday
Yankees complete collapse against Tigers in division series in embarrassing Game 4 rout, 8-3, at Comerica Park. George Steinbrenner is furious and sources tell Daily News that The Boss likely will fire Torre and, hopefully, hire Lou Piniella to replace him. Torre chokes up at postgame press conference but then composes himself. Brian Cashman said he doesn't see why Torre wouldn't be back in 2007 but admits there are people above him in organization who make the final decision.
Sunday
Daily News story appears and Torre's status becomes a national issue. Numerous other media outlets publish similar stories suggesting that Torre's 11-year run as manager is about to end. Large group of reporters begins camping outside Torre's Westchester home seeking comment but Torre stays quiet. Several players and coaches who show up at Yankee Stadium to clean out their lockers support Torre in interviews.
Monday
Torre and Steinbrenner have a 15-20 minute phone conversation in which Torre tells Steinbrenner to go ahead and make a change "if you feel in your heart" it is the right thing to do. Steinbrenner also talks to his top executives about what to do and it's believed Derek Jeter may have reached out to speak up for Torre. Steinbrenner leaves Regency Hotel in the afternoon and returns home to Tampa to ponder Torre's fate.
Yesterday
Torre arrives at Stadium in late morning along with a friend, Arthur Sando, who is a veteran communications/PR executive. Sando will run a press conference for Torre if he is fired. But Torre speaks to Steinbrenner on the phone around 12:45 p.m. and is told that he'll return as manager in 2007. Torre then goes into crowded Yankees press conference to announce the decision and take questions. Steinbrenner issues statement saying it's "about time" Yanks end World Series drought and puts much of the responsibility on Torre.
Originally published on October 11, 2006
Rangers owned at home
For Flyers, MSG run still going
BY JOHN DELLAPINA
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER
Henrik Lundqvist fails to hold back Flyers' second-period onslaught last night at the Garden despite presence of Mets third baseman David Wright (below).
The Dolans might be trying to take Cablevision and its sports properties private. But until proven otherwise, on hockey nights when they come to town, the Philadelphia Flyers own the Garden.
Often rattled by the Rangers on Broad St., the Flyers have had no such problems on Seventh Ave. in recent seasons. And they avenged a loss Saturday night in Philly by throttling the Rangers, 4-2, last night at the Garden.
The triumph, keyed by a commanding performance by Peter Forsberg, extended the Flyers' recent run of Manhattan success to 7-0-1 in their last eight visits - 9-1-1 in their last 11. The Rangers? They got an early slap back to reality after a couple of season-opening victories.
"I'm not happy one bit," Rangers coach Tom Renney said after a brief postgame address to his team. "There's nothing good about tonight's game in any way, shape or form."
Including the results of a checking line constructed by Renney to soley thwart Forsberg and linemates Simon Gagne and Mike Knuble. Blair Betts centered that line with Marcel Hossa and Adam Hall.
"It's embarrassing," Betts said of getting caught watching the puck only to lose his check down low on goals by Forsberg and Gagne. "It's something we specifically went over - what they do there, once on the faceoff and a very similar play the second time. Both times I kind of got mesmerized by the puck, and stuff like that's gotta stop."
Of course, defensemen Marek Malik and Michal Rozsival weren't in position to cover for Betts either time. But then, on a night when the Flyers figured to come out hard - they were 0-2-0 and anxious to even the score from Saturday's shootout loss - the Rangers put up very little fight.
There was no first-shift Rangers goal on this night - as there had been in their first two games. Rather, there was Forsberg plastering Rozsival with a bodycheck 10 seconds in and then roofing a puck over a prematurely dropping Henrik Lundqvist in the game's fourth minutes after slipping away from Betts.
A sprawling shot-block and outlet pass from his knees by Petr Prucha set up the Tomas Pock goal off a two-on-one with Brendan Shanahan that got the Rangers even at the end of a lopsided first period. But the Flyers took over in the second, when Knuble, Geoff Sanderson and Gagne (five-on-three) scored within a 5:26 span to seize a 4-1 lead.
The Rangers' power play got a goal back when Shanahan rammed home a Michael Nylander feed with 29 seconds left in the second. But more relevant are the 13 previous failed power play tries this season and three more in the third period (paging Brian Leetch.)
"They came out really hard and we looked like we weren't ready to play tonight," winger Martin Straka said. "I don't know what was the reason, but we were sloppy. We were sleeping. We didn't hit anybody. We didn't shoot."
Added Shanahan, "It bothered all of us because we had a great opportunity not only to go 3-0 but to put a division rival 0-3. I think since I've been here I've recognized that this is a very hard-working team. And it's not for lack of desire or want but I think more of belief.
"We have to develop that belief that not only do we deserve to go out and win every night, but that we're better than the team we're playing against."
WARD OK: D Aaron Ward played despite missing practice Monday with a groin pull suffered Saturday at Philadelphia. That meant that D Darius Kasparaitis was scratched for the third straight game.
Originally published on October 11, 2006
Tomorrow night...it continues...(actually, tonight, but I need to take a nap first)...:)
rangers losing to the flyers 2-4 booooooooooooooooooo
here is a back view of russos form the channel..
going to MSG this year?...im planning to make a few games
i think he should stay let him get one more shot he deserves it
ranger fan here too!
Torre is staying
NY Mets at LA Dodgers 8:05 pm EDT National League Division Series Mets lead, 2-0
LOS ANGELES (Ticker) -- Despite losing two of their top starting pitchers to injuries, the New York Mets are cruising through the first round of the playoffs.
Steve Trachsel takes the hill for the Mets as they look for a sweep against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game Three of the National League Division Series on Saturday.
With Pedro Martinez unavailable because of upcoming rotator cuff surgery and Orlando Hernandez sidelined with a calf injury, New York turned to a young pitcher and old veteran in the first two games of the series.
In Thursday's Game Two, Tom Glavine pitched six scoreless innings and combined with three relievers on a five-hitter, following up a solid outing by John Maine on Wednesday. Jose Reyes drove in a pair of runs as the Mets defeated the Dodgers, 4-1, to take a two-games-to-none lead.
Glavine allowed just four hits with two walks and two strikeouts, working out of jams in the fourth and fifth. It was the first postseason appearance for the two-time Cy Young Award winner since 2002 when he was with the Atlanta Braves.
Pedro Feliciano pitched the seventh, Aaron Heilman allowed a home run to Wilson Betemit in the eighth and Billy Wagner worked a perfect ninth for his second save of the playoffs.
To make matters worse for Los Angeles, it will be without one of its best hitters as Nomar Garciaparra is sidelined with a torn left quadriceps. The former All-Star re-aggravated an injury from earlier in the season Thursday and will not start Game Three, but will be available to pinch hit, according to manager Grady Little.
"Nomar did go for an MRI this morning and there is a tear in his upper quad," Little said. "And he'll be very limited for the rest of this series. But he will be able to pinch hit, but the running part of it is very limited."
Trachsel (15-8, 4.97 ERA), who was on the mound when the Mets clinched the NL East Division title, will be called upon to close out a playoff series. He has struggled in the second half, going 7-4 with a 5.40 ERA in 13 starts after the All-Star break.
"I'm very excited," Trachsel said. "I've waited a long time for this. I'm trying not to approach it and make it a bigger event than ... it's still another ballgame, I prepare the same. The effort and all that is going to be the same.
"So the key is obviously going to be keeping emotions in check and once I'm able to do that then I should be able to continue to give our team a chance to win, like I've done all season."
He did not pitch well in his only start against the Dodgers this season, allowing four runs and five hits in 2 2/3 innings in a 9-1 loss on September 10.
He will be opposed by Greg Maddux (15-14, 4.20), who has gone 6-3 with a 3.30 ERA in 12 starts since being acquired from the Chicago Cubs at the July 31 trade deadline.
"They look to me like they were doing the same things that they were doing when we played them a month ago and when I was with the Cubs when we played them twice with the Cubs," Maddux said. "And they're just very good team, very veteran team, very disciplined. So I think you just have to have a good game plan and you got to throw good pitches."
In his only start against the Mets in a Dodger uniform, the four-time
yeah..lets go Rangers
More N.Y. players defending Torre
October 10, 2006
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Yanks owner George Steinbrenner on replacing manager Joe Torre: "I haven't made up my mind yet." (TINE FINEBERG/New York Times)
NEW YORK -- While owner George Steinbrenner decides whether to keep Joe Torre, Yankees players are supporting their manager.
Steinbrenner left New York and returned to Tampa on Monday, spokesman Howard Rubenstein told the Associated Press. Rubenstein said he was not able to speak with Steinbrenner to relay questions.
It was unclear whether Steinbrenner and Torre have spoken since the Yankees were eliminated Saturday by the Tigers in the American League Division Series, but the pair apparently did not meet before the Boss left town.
"I have not made up my mind yet," Steinbrenner told a reporter from Bloomberg News while leaving New York's Regency Hotel under police escort en route to Florida. He refused to answer further questions.
Since talking over after the 1995 season, Torre has managed the Yankees to nine consecutive AL East titles and 11 straight playoff appearances.
"He gave us every opportunity," left-hander Ron Villone said Monday, when a few more players came to Yankee Stadium to clean out their lockers. "He put us on the field at the right times. I mean we came through in a lot of different ways. We had some injuries.
"He put the right lineups out there for us to jell and do the right things to win enough games to make it to the playoffs. You can't point the finger at him. Point it at us."
There was no sign of Torre at Yankee Stadium on Monday, and the team's media-relations staff was unsure when he would give his annual summation.
Jaret Wright, who lasted 2 2/3 innings Saturday at Comerica Park, said the elimination wasn't Torre's fault.
"He didn't get any at-bats," Wright said. "He didn't throw any pitches. We did that, and we wish it could've turned out better for him, for us and for the fans, but it didn't."
Chicago Cubs: Joe Girardi, considered a leading candidate for the vacant manager's position, interviewed for the job. Girardi was fired last week after leading the Marlins to a 78-84 record and keeping them in contention until late September despite the majors' youngest team and lowest payroll. The Cubs didn't renew Dusty Baker's contract after a 66-96 record. Girardi began his career with the Cubs in 1989 and spent his first four seasons with the team. He returned for three more years starting in 2000 and made the All-Star team that year as a catcher.
Minnesota: Left-hander Francisco Liriano, who turns 23 on Oct. 26, will be sent to the club's spring training and minor league facility in Ft. Myers today to start a therapy and rehabilitation program on his injured pitching elbow. Liriano's rookie season was halted when he was placed on the disabled list in August. Liriano returned -- only to leave again after 28 pitches against Oakland on Sept. 13. He finished 12-3 with a 2.16 ERA. Liriano has a strained ulnar collateral ligament.
Umpires: Jerry Crawford was named crew chief of the American League Championship Series between the Tigers and Athletics. Tim Welke was named chief for the National League Championship Series between the Cardinals and Mets. Welke was born in Pontiac, attended Coldwater High and lives in Kalamazoo. Crawford's crew includes Mike Reilly of Battle Creek, Derryl Cousins, Chuck Meriwether, Gary Cederstrom and Hunter Wendelstedt. Welke will be joined by Gary Darling, Jim Joyce, Jerry Layne, Jeff Kellogg (born in Coldwater, lives in Mattawan) and Fieldin Culbreth.
The other N.Y. team carries on calmly
LARRY MILLSON
BASEBALL REPORTER
NEW YORK -- While turmoil surrounds the recently eliminated New York Yankees and their embattled manager, Joe Torre, who might soon be replaced, the New York Mets are going about their business as usual in relative calm.
The Mets, no strangers to strife -- three managers and three general managers since 2002 -- will open the National League Championship Series tomorrow at Shea Stadium against the St. Louis Cardinals.
The Cardinals staggered their way through the latter part of the season and even lost a game to the San Diego Padres in their NL Division Series, which they wrapped up Sunday.
While Yankees owner George Steinbrenner is furious enough at Torre to possibly fire him after his team's playoff elimination at the hands of the Detroit Tigers on Saturday, the Mets so far have been able to deal with their problems, sweeping to the NLCS with a three-game breeze against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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The Mets' problems involve two of their top starting pitchers, not their owner's ego.
New York shrugged off the Dodgers despite the loss of ace Pedro Martinez (shoulder) and his apparent successor for October, Orlando (El Duque) Hernandez to a calf injury.
El Duque's injury came a day before the opener of the NLDS and the Mets were forced to go with John Maine as their opening-game starter.
The sweep of the Dodgers -- the NL West is a good argument for soccer-style relegation -- allows the Mets to set up what is left of their rotation the way they want.
That means that Tom Glavine, 40, will start the opening game and, well, that isn't bad.
Glavine has 290 career regular-season victories, 15 of them this season despite some arm problems in August. He'll work the outside of the plate like a maestro, throwing changeup after changeup. Jeff Weaver is expected to start the opener for the Cardinals. He has good stuff but has the pitching smarts of a fungo bat.
The Cardinals, meanwhile, needed their best starter, Chris Carpenter, to put away the Padres on Sunday and he won't be available until Saturday's third game, which would also make him available on regular rest if a seventh game is needed.
"You never see me cry about what we don't have," Mets manager Willie Randolph said as his injury toll mounted.
Using a patchwork rotation, Randolph relied on his bullpen. Starting pitchers set the tone in a baseball game, but a couple of the Mets' starters hardly had a chance to get settled in before they were replaced.
Maine lasted 41/3 innings in the first game before Randolph went to the bullpen. Glavine went six in the second game, more normal and, under modern standards, a six-inning outing can qualify a pitcher for a quality start and a tip of the cap to a cheering crowd.
Steve Trachsel started the third game and went 31/3 innings -- and anyone who has watched him work knows he could make that seem as long as a complete game.So that meant Randolph had a busy bullpen. Guillermo Mota had two-inning stints in the first and third games, Pedro Feliciano, Aaron Heilman and Billy Wagner were used in each of the three games. The Mets manager used nine of his 12 pitchers.
In the three games, Mets starters pitched a total of 132/3 innings and the relievers pitched 131/3. That's what you call an equal opportunity pitching staff.
After Glavine, New York's NLCS rotation is expected to be Maine, Trachsel and Oliver Perez.
The Cardinals likely will counter with Weaver, Jeff Suppan, Carpenter and Jason Marquis.
im Italian and the italians love Russo's
in howard beach...nah...lol
nice guess! lol.. were they italian?
they sure do deserve something!
thanks stock dr put it on watch
Hey Moderator -- Put Menupages.com in the ibox.. pretty sure that's the site most of us nyers default to when getting reviews and finding food.
Then good luck picking a winner, so you can go root for a winner.
[Hint: Try to find a good short-term trader on IHub that may also be a Mets fan. He may help in your cause...if you did not already think of it...:)]
I'll hope to hear about a game you went to......especially, a World Series one...
Depends how I do in the market ;) ... Not quite in a position to drop $500 on a pair of tickets just yet.
If you're not too far from Shea, just go down there...well, I'm crazy enough to do that...:)
Yup.. indeed. Nice to meet you, at least. Weather here's real nice right now.. best time of year. Now, if only baseball tickets were acquireable so I could enjoy the weather at a game...
No harm done. Let's just root for a NY outcome, one way or another.
The only embarrassing thing at the moment was when the NYY did not show up for the post season.
It was so bad, that when I was the only poster here (I just happened to stumble on this board at its inception), it seemed like an appropriate, though funny/sad comment.
Happy to see the NY'ers coming on here. I'm ok now. :)
Hey -- Sorry for coming off like that. I'm embarrassed to not have read it as a joke.
Though, I'm also reasonably tired of the discounting of the Mets by the fans around the city that don't really know what they're talking about... the group of which you don't seem to belong to given your last statement. :)
Huh? As the first post on this board, I was partially joking (at least for me and Yankee fans).
While your statement can be made for any fans, I am sorry you are on the attack.
I do hope the Mets make it. They deserve it this year.
~True NY'er at heart
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