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bmfc1 Mar 03 2009 06:50 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Mar 03 2009 08:39 AM

I hope the people that plunked down $20 for today's Mets-Cardinals ST game enjoy this lineup: Castillo, 2b Garcia, rhp Murphy, lf Tatis, 3b Church, rf Anderson, 1b Schneider, c Sullivan, cf Coronado, ss. I wonder if attendance and ratings of ST games will decline while the WBC is taking place. It wouldn't have been a bad idea for teams to cut ST ticket prices while the big names are away but baseball doesn't think like that. [u:ed2a72f2dc]Cardinals’ lineup:[/u:ed2a72f2dc] Colby Rasmus cf Joe Mather 3b Albert Pujols 1b Ryan Ludwick rf Chris Duncan lf Khalil Greene ss Allen Craig dh Jason LaRue c Joe Thurston 2b (Kyle Lohse p)

MFS62 Mar 03 2009 07:03 AM

They should pay the fans $20. Later

Edgy DC Mar 03 2009 07:10 AM

Caveat emptor. Later.

Frayed Knot Mar 03 2009 07:14 AM

Doesn't matter anyway since the whole baseball world will have its eyes focused on Tampa today because as you must have heard: Derek Jeter is playing against the Yanquis!!!! Yes, this afternoon as the USA squad plays an exibition game in George M. Steinbrenner Field, the OPPOSING SS will be none other than Mr. March-thru-November himself. This is unprecedented folks. Not once in human history has such irony, such conflict, such je ne sais quois occurred. Why it's like Santa living at the south pole; like Arafat showing up a BINGO night at Temple Shalom; it's Paris Hilton at a MENSA meeting;it's cats and dogs living together; it's ... OK, I'll stop now.

metirish Mar 03 2009 07:21 AM

Thanks for the reminder to avoid all sports media today and tomorrow.

Edgy DC Mar 03 2009 07:27 AM

I think the clubhouse man should give number two to a Yankee scrubeenie

Gwreck Mar 03 2009 09:47 AM

="Frayed Knot"]Yes, this afternoon as the USA squad plays an exibition game in George M. Steinbrenner Field, the OPPOSING SS will be none other than Mr. March-thru-November himself If the USA was serious about winning the WBC they'd be playing Rollins at short instead of Jeter.

metirish Mar 03 2009 09:54 AM

="Gwreck"] ="Frayed Knot"]Yes, this afternoon as the USA squad plays an exibition game in George M. Steinbrenner Field, the OPPOSING SS will be none other than Mr. March-thru-November himself If the USA was serious about winning the WBC they'd be playing Rollins at short instead of Jeter. Agree , I imagine that if Jeter was not starting there would be a huge media crush as to why he is not the starting SS . Jeter could of course easily downplay that the way Rollins has.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 03 2009 10:08 AM

="Gwreck"]Yes, this afternoon as the USA squad plays an exibition game in George M. Steinbrenner Field, the OPPOSING SS will be none other than Mr. March-thru-November himself Like mom's chili, this needs more bean.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 03 2009 12:09 PM

Garcia apparently has coughed up 2 HRs and is throwing his fb in the low 80s, not a good use of * mills if this keeps up. Mets are down 6-zip

Edgy DC Mar 03 2009 12:24 PM

Welcome to the Mets, Livan Hernandez.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 03 2009 12:28 PM

Edgy DC wrote: Welcome to the Mets, Livan Hernandez. I was thinking the same thing. Or maybe Brad Holt (if today's Daily News article is to be believed) will have a 1984 Dwight Gooden spring and force his way onto the team. No, I'm not expecting that. But it would be more fun than giving the job to a veteran from some other team who put up an 8+ ERA last season.

Kong76 Mar 03 2009 12:37 PM

13-sniffle in the top of the fifth. Exciting!

Kong76 Mar 03 2009 01:05 PM

They scored a RUN!!!

Edgy DC Mar 03 2009 01:27 PM

Benjamin Grimm wrote: ="Edgy DC"]Welcome to the Mets, Livan Hernandez. I was thinking the same thing. Or maybe Brad Holt (if today's Daily News article is to be believed) will have a 1984 Dwight Gooden spring and force his way onto the team. No, I'm not expecting that. But it would be more fun than giving the job to a veteran from some other team who put up an 8+ ERA last season. Brad Holt is a poor bet to pull that off. Gooden won that job by virtue of his 1983, moreso than his 1984 spring.

metsguyinmichigan Mar 03 2009 01:34 PM

So much for my sweet Freddy Garcia jersey. Then again, if he's willing to work out the kinks as a Bison, I have no problem with that. As for the prices, I don't think people go to spring games necessarily to see the stars. It's baseball in March, which makes it all good. There are lot of split squad games with even lesser talent, and there's no price break. More shocking was paying $6.50 for a very small glass of Landshark beer and $38 for my sweet new game cap with Citi Field patch on the side -- blue, of course.