the 2007 NEW YORK METS: Pedro is Gravy

CARLOS D!

a. at least pelfrey didn't get the loss
b. uh oh if feliciano falls apart

free ruben gotay!

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York man has been charged with beating his mother to death with a barbell after losing his temper while watching a baseball game on television.

Michael Anthony, 25, was watching the New York Mets lose a game on Saturday from his home in the borough of Queens when he began furiously banging on the walls, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said in a statement on Monday.

His father Fred Fischman shouted at him to stop, but Anthony punched him in the face and threw him to the ground, according to the criminal charges.

When Anthony's mother, Maria Fischman, 61, tried to intervene, prosecutors said he stabbed her once in the head with a knife before chasing her into a bedroom where he struck her several times with the 20 pound (9 kilogram) barbell.

"It is difficult to imagine a crime more heinous than that of a son viciously attacking his parents and, in the process, fatally beating his mother to death," Brown said.

Anthony has been remanded in custody and faces a maximum of life in prison if convicted.

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Very disturbing story there.

The Luis Castillo deal looks pretty good on paper.

i'm not sure..... low OBP, doesn't steal much anymore.... how's his glove???

Very good glove. His batting average seems high/consistent, but yeah, no power.

hay so what do u guyz think abt the future of the mets outfield w/alou cummin back and milledge killin it and green suckin hell of dicks? do u think next year gomez and martinez gonna get pushed into the mix?

Martinez would probably benefit from being eased into the big leagues. With Gomez, Beltran, Milledge, and Chavez, you can afford to wait until Martinez is ready, I think. Maybe keep Alou around as a fifth guy, and let Martinez spot for whoever gets hurt. Getting rid of Green is the important part, though.

no 300 for tommy tonight. ;_;

So close too! I guess his family/guest list of 30 will be making the trip to Chicago.

drama!

he has a hot wife
she looked sad

The last time a NY pitcher went for 300 in Wrigley, a Korean first baseman ended up in the hospital. Expect much of the same this Sunday.

If he doesn't do it in Wrigley I wd go to the following Shea game.

BRIAN LAWRENCE?!

the POWER of WRIGHT!

Castillo has a .368 career OBP, btw -- more than decent

easley just hit an inside-the-park hr!

He got a really good bounce in centerfield. Hall had no chance to get him.

Lawrence was ok for a spot start.

4 hits, 8 TB for Wright

Zero hits, zero total bases for Castillo.

Oh nice strikeout Castro, haha, another oh-fer for you.

GROK WHAT I AM DOING HERE

okay it is out of my system, I'm out of here

Sosa with a nice double there.

why isn't Castro the #1 catcher?

Because if became the starting catcher, and had one day where he went 0 for 4, he would be lynched in no time by the fans.

Dempster blows it again!

11 walks by the Cubs, it's surprising this game is even close.

well, zambrano had a no-no through 5IP (5BBs).

i must have missed a meeting, been meaning to ask -- what's up with the arm cast Willie has been sporting? how did he break it?

he had rotator cuff surgery over the all-star break.

Nice to see that the NY baseball media can find such a positive spin on Glavine's 300th win. Criminy I think some of these guys would write a negative column the day the Mets win the World Series.

http://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/ny-sbwally065322490aug06,0,6128268.column

I also don't get the whole spin that no one will ever win 300 again. They were saying the same thing around the time the guys from the 70s were hitting 300 wins like Carlton, Sutton, Seaver etc. It is a pretty rare feat, especially if you consider there was quite a few from guys that played from the mid 60s to mid 80s.

Carlton -1983
Seaver -1985
Sutton -1986
Niekro -1985
Ryan -1990
Perry -1982

That is about 1/4 of the people who have won 300. The fact that there have been 3 from this generation of players is pretty good. Ryan was the only one of these guys to win his 300th game in the 90s.

Glavine - 2007
Maddux - 2004
Clemens - 2003

So if you look things, it was thirteen years between Clemens and Ryan.

Wynn - 1963
Spahn - 1961

So it was twenty years between Wynn and Carlton.

It might be a few years, but it will probably happen again.

someone like Mussina might do it if he pitches til he's 44.

I will be braving the Shea steambath for Duque-Smoltz tnite. Maybe Willie will notice Milledge is afire and not hit him motherfucking 8th.

I don't know, I really like him in the 8 spot. It's like a second leadoff hitter down there.

What a game, Wagner with the bases loaded/no out escape, Castillo and Alou with the heroics. I bet Morbs is happy.

i almost had a coronary at approximately 9:57 p.m. ET

Seriously! Wagner started throwing the right pitches in a hurry though.

yes, Wags' Johnny Franco act has passed its fresh date.

Also, some drunken Braves-rooting bimbo was trying to take a pic of her friends in rows behind me while Alou was batting, so I was distracted when he hit the HR. She then yowled "Let's Go Mets" and left. I see myself going to the new park maybe twice a year because of ambulatory shit like that, plus The Wave in the middle of visitor rallies, etc. Fuck people.

did pedro look big (too much gravy?) to anyone else?

if it was a johnny franco act, he would've blown it.

also reason enough to go to the new mets park (courtesy maura):

http://nymag.com/daily/food/2007/08/hark_new_shake_shack_to_open_at_shea_stadium.html

WILLIE HARRIS ROBS THE TYING HOMER LOL

i can't be mad, i'm amazed harris is having such a good year.

yeah same. he is a local guy too!

also, francoeur is turning out a lot better than i expected.

Harris robbed two homers? I saw the first one (but maybe that one wasn't quite over the wall).

yeah, two. the alou one and the delgado one in the 9th.

harris has to be a top contender for comeback player of the year, right?

anyway NO MORE BRAVES TALK IN THIS THREAD. welcome back carlos!!!

if the season was just 162 games of braves v mets, atlanta would have the best record in the league. too bad the mets are better than them against every other team :'(

not too bad. any team that can't attract fans to its own park during the playoffs... ahem