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  1. http://www.palmbeachpost.com/marlins/conte...rlins_0304.html
  2. i was reading around the mets mlb forum and look what they had to say lol http://www.forums.mlb.com/n/mb/message.asp...g=97567.1&ctx=0
  3. how is his throwing arm?better than jp or about the same?
  4. i know delgado bats left,but is he a righty fielder or thats and error of the game?
  5. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/stor...yson&id=1999473
  6. how come didnt that met's photo come out grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr :mad
  7. Funny Captions for ST pics- Braves Forum Here is the same thread but on the Braves Forum :panic Some of them are pretty funny 694823[/snapback] WE ALWAYS LOOK GOOD WHEN WE BACK THAT ASS UP
  8. you cant steal bases without getting on base,make reed a lf,pierre a cf,cabrera a ss and the guy from the afl the right field i 4got his name
  9. Mod Edit: Source: http://www.northjersey.com Playing in the era of free agency, in the employ of George Steinbrenner, somehow Bernie Williams has made it to age 36 with the Yankees, as their starting center fielder. And in each of those Yankee years, Williams came to camp with the same thought: It all could be taken away. "I'm still worried I'm going to lose my job at any second," Williams said Tuesday morning at his familiar corner locker at Legends Field. "Every year, I have to prove that I can play at this level." A year ago, Kenny Lofton was in spring training to take Williams' job. He couldn't. This winter, free agent Carlos Beltran figured to be chased by Steinbrenner. He wasn't. "I am the exception," Williams said of a constantly changing Yankee clubhouse. Yet, Williams arrived at his 17th Yankees camp knowing this could be his last spring training in pinstripes. The guaranteed portion of his contract runs out after this season, and Florida Marlins' center fielder Juan Pierre has become an attractive option to certain Yankees' executives. "It's just too far ahead," Williams said of 2006. "At this point, it [returning to the club] may not be my decision to make." Williams nearly left for Boston, of all places, as a free agent following the 1998 season. At the 11th hour, a phone call from general manager Brian Cashman kept Williams out of a Red Sox uniform - for $87.5 million over seven years. Even after he signed, "I knew anything could happen," Williams said. So, in some ways, this camp is like Williams' first Yankees camp in 1989, when then-manager Dallas Green nearly kept Williams on the roster. Now, Joe Torre wonders whether Williams can handle 150 games in center field. "We're going to have to figure that out," Torre said. Williams' chronic shoulder problems and creaky knees must be monitored. Strict exercise must be adhered to. And when the pain comes, "some days I feel like I want to retire right at that moment," Williams said. "Other days I feel like I can play another 10 years." In 2004, Williams overcame Lofton's presence despite a slow start caused by an attack of appendicitis that required surgery Feb. 26. It took about three months for Williams to build back his strength after the appendectomy. And he still scored 105 runs in 148 games, batting .262 with 22 homers and 70 RBI. Williams is healthier now than last year, despite contracting a virus on a goodwill trip through Venezuela and Colombia from Feb. 11-16 - a jaunt sponsored by the U.S. State Department on which Williams held youth clinics and even performed on the guitar. Lofton is now in Philadelphia. Doug Glanville and Bubba Crosby are the only other center fielders in camp, battling for a backup job, And still, Williams frets. "It's not in my nature to be comfortable in my position," Williams said. "I've never been comfortable here, thinking I have this job. "In a way, that [hunger] has kept me here." Tino Martinez, Williams' teammate again, isn't surprised by Williams' ability to survive. "Bernie, [Derek] Jeter, Jorge [Posada], [Mariano] Rivera - it'll be a strange day when those four guys are gone," Martinez said. As usual, Williams isn't expecting any off-field headlines this year. "They're not getting anything from me," Williams said of the Red Sox' celebrated newspaper quotes. And he is not going to demand the Yankees explore a contract extension. His $15 million almost certainly won't be picked up; the buyout is worth $3.5 million. "It's going to play out the way it's going to play out," Williams said. "My situation will always be on the back burner." Williams believes he will play beyond next year, but isn't sure where. Only today has meaning to him. Of last year's epic playoff loss to Boston, "It was very frustrating," Williams said. "I know that's an understatement, but it's not taking the joy away from this day."
  10. valdez will be the opening starter j/k,
  11. yeah but was when we played the sllies,the team that was trying to get the wildcard
  12. i am not worry about willis,he just had his sophomore year and the bullpen is better than last year
  13. Wright was a stud in the minors and very good in the majors. Lowell slipped a bit from a career 2003 year and is past 30. As has Castillo from his earlier career numbers and style of game does not translate well into future success in their system as well as Matsui's. A.J. is hurt by lost playing time. Pedro helped by the move to the NL. Why as to why Bump was included for the bulllpen instead of Alfonseca or Spooneybarger, I don't know. Probably because of Alfonseca's unpredictable career track and Spooney's injury, I doubt Mets fans expect Bottalico or DeJean to do better than Orber Moreno. You can learn more about it here. 688147[/snapback] [/quot i what did pecota had to said about the mets last year?? and the year before and the 2002 with mo,jr ,cedeno and burnitz,glavine etc
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