• former Met Heath Bell collected his 30th save for S.D. today. Bell’s 2010 salary : $4 million. K-Rod’s 2010 salary : more than $12 mill #
  • Ball Don’t Lie’s Dwyer’s terrific takedown of Chris Bosh http://yhoo.it/9ApL6i #
  • most incisive analysis of the MLB trade deadline doings thus far http://bit.ly/9H4B9x #
  • season down the drain, 6 wins out of the last 20 games. But let’s worry about Francoeur’s hurt feelings (and Beltran’s a clubhouse cancer?) #
  • yeah, why didn’t Carlos hit a 15 run HR with his one pinch hit AB? RT @metsgrrl: Idiotic “it’s all Beltran’s fault” argument on 7 train. #
  • actually, more cruel to make a man in my condition sit thru it. At least Cashen got free tix. #
  • i’m gonna put this as respectfully as possible ; making a man in Cashen’s condition endure that mess was very. cruel. shame on you, Mets #
  • even when Perez is reduced to mop up duty, he manages to lower his rock-bottom market value. Snakes 14, Mets 1 #
  • Cohen : “has any D-Backs hitter moved his feet in this series?” High & inside must violate Warthen/Manuel code #
  • 4 HR’s allowed to Snakes today ; D-Backs 10, Mets 1, t7. Hall Of Fame inductees can’t get over the pretty new stadium, etc. #
  • Straw : “when we got into fights, Kevin Mitchell was on the bottom of the pile trying to kill somebody” #
  • RT @jay_jaffe: yikes, Lance Berkman is a totally horseshit first baseman. Get a restraining order on his glove #
  • Darling misidentified Norm Charlton as one of “the Beastie Boys”. Which is fair enough, Dibble fancies himself a hip hop expert. #
  • Cohen asks Gooden how things-r-going. Doc kinda dodges the question. Awkward for all parties, no win situation for Gary #
  • doesn’t Dwight Gooden have enought problems w/out Darling bringing up Tuffy Rhodes? #
  • “The Mets have a very interesting contract situation with Alex Cora” says Cohen. hilarity in the SNY booth about benching prior to vesting #
  • CANNOT WAIT to see Nick Broomfield trail Rex Ryan RE http://bit.ly/a4eWbb #
  • albeit w/ a winning record RT @hotfootblog: Ryan Howard hurt his ankle, was helped off field. ’10 Phillies continue to recall the ’09 Mets #
  • feel like living in the past? MLB At Bat audio feed lags behind TV by 7-10 seconds. Precautionary measure against Hagin working blue. #
  • org.’s attn to detail is pathetic RT @hotfootblog: Mets couldn’t wear pinstripes (w/racing stripes!) to honor the 86 team on induction day? #
  • RT @TheRopolitans: Serious Question: Does any other team cling to a championship from 24 years ago like the Mets do? #
  • Cashen cites his Mets drawing 3 million — while surrounded by empty seats at Citi. Grim to see this ceremony so poorly attended #
  • Rusty, Keith, Cashen, Straw. Not shown : Randy Niemann wielding a champagne bottle http://tweetphoto.com/36254756 #
  • Fear’s Derf Scratch, RIP http://bit.ly/cDrDD4, http://youtu.be/_Q_odSgDQeE #
  • haven’t been on Twitter for a bit, but defenders of NJ are psyched to note Barney Rubble & The Cunt Stubble are finally a trending topic #
  • their “fan club” address is in hoboken. The hoboken section of Oakland, CA RT @theoreticalgirl: Aren’t P&tP from Cali? #
  • any state responsible for Floyd Vivino, WFMU and @TheRealYLT is nobody’s fucking punchline. also : Personal & The Pizzas #
  • time to make a deal. NYC gets Amor Fati + Barney Rubble & The Cunt Stubble, Jersey gets the Giants. #
  • RT @maura: I was at a show at the former Garden State Arts Center tonight and “New York” was welcomed by the signage. #
  • @95Sports Booker defending Newark against a knee-jerk slight is part of a long history the other municipalities are well familiar with. in reply to 95Sports #
  • in light of the NY/NJ question, I’m petitioning MTV to change a program’s name to “New York Morons (On The Jersey Shore)” #
  • @95Sports DC’s not in MD, but the Skins play in Landover, MD. Not much moaning from MD because the state isn’t a national punchline like NJ in reply to 95Sports #
  • @BobOfBowie @KBurkardtSNY is INCREDIBLY AWESOME as male and female fans across the tri-state area will testify in reply to BobOfBowie #
  • @95Sports it’s not just money. It’s a matter of cultural identity. Hence Booker being pissed about Newark being dissed in reply to 95Sports #
  • @BobOfBowie correct. but he was ID by SNY as Pagan in reply to BobOfBowie #
  • best thing about the Herpes 12″ EP is running out of the rec store shouting “I GOTS HERPES” http://youtu.be/Inm8PG8g1k4 #
  • Pagan just pied Jesus Feliciano. Season ending surgery for Angel on Monday, presumably #
  • in all seriousness, it’s awesome the Mets gained ground on ATL and Philly without either of those teams being wiped out in a plane crash #
  • YAY!!! The Mets are 1-5 against a last-place team! #
  • @95Sports and yet the states of MD and TX rarely complain they’ve been monumentally dissed. in reply to 95Sports #
  • when the Mayor of Newark is done battling Michael McKean, maybe he can get the Giants & Jets to put an “NJ” in front of their names #
  • “leadership”, presumably RT @TheRopolitans: Why is Alex Cora still on the Mets? #
  • REQUIEM 4 SALTY : http://rangersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2010/07/so-long-salty-rangers-believed.html #
  • Mets have done genuine damage to the D-Backs’ pen ; rubbing eyes. Didn’t think it was possible to score against MLB’s shittiest relief corps #
  • @95Sports Murdoch’s had YEARS to establish a foothold against ESPN. Instead, he’s lost the BCS and in the UK lost an EPL monopoly in reply to 95Sports #
  • @95Sports I suppose you didn’t think “The National Sports Report” represented a full effort to compete with “SportsCenter” in reply to 95Sports #
  • stern words from Cohen tonight ; ID’s the albatross contracts of Perez, Castillo and (drum roll) Beltran as Mets’ greatest challenge in 2011 #
  • MNF and “SportsCenter” advertisers will be the first to acknowledge such a “slow implosion”. #
  • @95Sports the “slow implosion” of the ESPN brand is no more than a handful of P.R. gaffes under heavy scrutiny. No one has stopped watching in reply to 95Sports #
  • Rangers had parts to swap. RT @David_Williams: The bankrupt Rangers can make moves but the “not broke” Mets can’t do anything worthwhile? #
  • @95Sports to reiterate the point, it’s a bit rich for a Fox Sports editorial to call ESPN to task over journalistic integrity. #
  • David St. Hubbins (well, Michael McKean) in Twit-Spat w/ Newark Mayor Cory B. Former is obviously not a big Newark Bears fan #