the 2007 NEW YORK METS: Pedro is Gravy

One is real Met - who's the fake?

A wealthy Florida chiropractor thought she was dating Mets ace Pedro Martinez, but the lovelorn back cracker wound up being scammed out of almost $1 million.

Dr. Rhonda Schroeder says she was fleeced by Shirley Gordon, a career con woman who enlisted two male pals to pose as the superstar pitcher.

Schroeder, 34, is suing the imprisoned grifter to get back some of the cash she splurged in an effort to keep her bogus boyfriend happy, the St. Petersburg Times reported yesterday.

The phony romance started in January 2005 when Schroeder went on a date set up by Gordon with a man she believed to be Martinez, prosecutors said.

Much later, Schroeder identified a photo of the man - who turned out to be Kenneth Day, an ex-boyfriend of Gordon's, prosecutors said. Day, who has not been charged in the case, bears a resemblance to the eight-time All Star pitcher, although he has a scar above his left eye, the newspaper said. Martinez has no such mark.

uh yeah
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Michael "Punchy" Barrett

You'd like to see them make the same (correct) call on Lo Duca that Cashen made on Ray Knight after '86 WS MVP, ie bye-bye. If Omar can, I dunno.

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intradivision deal? unlikely.

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why does Carlos Delgado suck so bad?

Day would make a better Mike Lowell.

HAMMERIN' HEBREW

AMAZIN' descendant of ABRAHAM

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Izzy blows another one against the Mets!

can someone please tell me the point of schoeneweis

he's the guy who loses games

yeah, countdown to this clown's release

the stache giveth, the stache taketh away

maybe the mets can trade schoenweiss for scott proctor lolz

the stache heeb giveth, the stache heeb taketh away

fix'd

BE AFRAID

"Randolph said he won't shy away from using struggling reliever Scott Schoeneweis, who gave up a tiebreaking homer to rookie Brendan Ryan in the 11th inning Tuesday night. 'I'm not afraid to use my people,' Randolph said. 'I think I'll keep him.' Randolph said Schoeneweis just needs to keep his pitches down consistently"

noooo

Omar needs a kick in the nuts for thinking that SCOTT FUCKING SCHOENEWEIS was worth millions of dollars. Some scrub on the team needs to take out SS (Luftwaffe!) so Willie won't be tempted to use him.

Minaya's bonehead auxiliary moves are obscured by the biggies that work.

It's not like he's attractive trade bait at the moment either. Maybe they should send SS down to the minors to re-focus, and bring back Burgos.

Mike (NY): Is Millege going to be dealt and what's your impressions of Carlos Gomez lately.

Jeff Ma: Yes I think Milledge will get dealt. Gomez looks like a five tool guy who is the darling in the Mets organization right now meaning he will get plenty of opportunity to succeed.

Is one of the tools "power", because I don't think he has that one.

not consistently, but he actually pretty well crushed that ball against maroth on monday--willie had to have a chat with him about his home run trot

I noticed today that David Wright has 17 stolen bases already. I wonder if Reyes, Gomez and Wright combined can nab 150 this year.

poly, hear of 'filling out'?

Wright is 17 for 17, yes?

wright got caught the other night against the cardinals (on a pickoff, actually, but it counts since the tag was at second)

poly, hear of 'filling out'?

I thought they made that stuff illegal!

Interesting fact: Schoenweiss has a 9+ ERA at Shea, but a 0.00 ERA on the road.

http://www.stomptokyo.com/scott/blog/C964161838/E959281125/Media/alone11.jpg

yeah man paul lo duca sucks.

AVG .284 | HR 5 | RBI 23 | OBP .331 | SLG .377

Yeah, that sounds about right.

what were pelfry's AAA stats this year - i've seen nothing good from this guy while he's been up. why were people big on him again?

2-2, 3.38 ERA, 31 strikeouts, .265 OBA over eight games (42.2 IP) in the minors

(that includes one game at st. lucie)

we don't even hafta parse Capt Red Ass' "They speak English" kerfuffle, huh?

Lo Duca's out this winter, oh yes pls yes.

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/2007/07/01/2007-07-01_lo_ducas_met_days_numbered-4.html

LHP Oliver Perez will be eligible to return to the Mets for their first game after the All-Star break. He was placed on the 15-day DL Monday retroactive to June 27 because of persistent lower back stiffness. The Mets recalled LHP Jason Vargas, who will start against the Rockies on Tuesday night.

why are the YOUNG pitchers hurt?

Lo Duca is hitting .217 at Shea this year.

i'm gonna hurt pelfry myself if he doesn't have the decency to pull a hamstring or some such

I think he came up too young, and he's under all this pressure to be great. I'd still give him another year or two. But right now, he needs to go back to the minors asap before he and Schoenweiss become good buddies.

Also, seeing the Houston announcers yesterday dressed in Sgt Pepper/Magical Mystery Tour garb for 60s night was a bit disturbing.

wow that catch by beltran

yeah, amazing catch. makes up for his 0-for-6 so far!

this game doesn't want to end.

that win was crucial with braves and phillies losing and oswalt coming up sunday. nice!

catch

thanks, i was just about to search for that

yowza

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BZsXVf6INc