Closing Time

But see if you could get them to take Miles to equalize the money.

of Carlos Marmol. This is a case where I would rely on scouting reports. If his stuff is there, I would say it’s a good risk.

So maybe the Mets would take him.

If you could wake him up long enough to remember this maybe he’d do it.

The cost of getting him would surely factor into it. For myself I think they could be motivated like us with Woody…trying to avoid having an injured player with a big salary to rely on. Getting closure from that does motivate teams, they would know a team wouldn’t take him without contributing to his salary…like gagne, peavy. Giving up Vitters would be a bitter pill to swallow.

Failed to cover 2nd on a routine ground out with two out. Braves scored 5 more runs in the inning.

and Reyes is too, more than likely. They’ll need some help in the infield.

Forget it. You don’t put guys like that in a pennant race.

Ah we’re drinking and we’re dancing
and the band is really happening
and the Johnny Walker wisdom running high
And my very sweet companion
she’s the Angel of Compassion
she’s rubbing half the world against her thigh
And every drinker every dancer
lifts a happy face to thank her
the fiddler fiddles something so sublime
all the women tear their blouses off
and the men they dance on the polka-dots
and it’s partner found, it’s partner lost
and it’s hell to pay when the fiddler stops:
it’s CLOSING TIME
Yeah the women tear their blouses off
and the men they dance on the polka-dots
and it’s partner found, it’s partner lost
and it’s hell to pay when the fiddler stops:
it’s CLOSING TIME

Ah we’re lonely, we’re romantic
and the cider’s laced with acid
and the Holy Spirit’s crying, “Where’s the beef?”
And the moon is swimming naked
and the summer night is fragrant
with a mighty expectation of relief
So we struggle and we stagger
down the snakes and up the ladder
to the tower where the blessed hours chime
and I swear it happened just like this:
a sigh, a cry, a hungry kiss
the Gates of Love they budged an inch
I can’t say much has happened since
but CLOSING TIME

I swear it happened just like this:
a sigh, a cry, a hungry kiss
the Gates of Love they budged an inch
I can’t say much has happened since
CLOSING TIME

I loved you for your beauty
but that doesn’t make a fool of me:
you were in it for your beauty too
and I loved you for your body
there’s a voice that sounds like God to me
declaring, declaring, declaring that your body’s really you
And I loved you when our love was blessed
and I love you now there’s nothing left
but sorrow and a sense of overtime
and I missed you since the place got wrecked
And I just don’t care what happens next
looks like freedom but it feels like death
it’s something in between, I guess
it’s CLOSING TIME

Yeah I missed you since the place got wrecked
By the winds of change and the weeds of sex
looks like freedom but it feels like death
it’s something in between, I guess
it’s CLOSING TIME

Yeah we’re drinking and we’re dancing
but there’s nothing really happening
and the place is dead as Heaven on a Saturday night
And my very close companion
gets me fumbling gets me laughing
she’s a hundred but she’s wearing
something tight
and I lift my glass to the Awful Truth
which you can’t reveal to the Ears of Youth
except to say it isn’t worth a dime
And the whole damn place goes crazy twice
and it’s once for the devil and once for Christ
but the Boss don’t like these dizzy heights
we’re busted in the blinding lights,
busted in the blinding lights
of CLOSING TIME

The whole damn place goes crazy twice
and it’s once for the devil and once for Christ
but the Boss don’t like these dizzy heights
we’re busted in the blinding lights,
busted in the blinding lights
of CLOSING TIME

Oh the women tear their blouses off
and the men they dance on the polka-dots
It’s CLOSING TIME
And it’s partner found, it’s partner lost
and it’s hell to pay when the fiddler stops
It’s CLOSING TIME
I swear it happened just like this:
a sigh, a cry, a hungry kiss
It’s CLOSING TIME
The Gates of Love they budged an inch
I can’t say much has happened since
But CLOSING TIME
I loved you when our love was blessed
I love you now there’s nothing left
But CLOSING TIME
I miss you since the place got wrecked
By the winds of change and the weeds of sex.

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The mets an incentive to do it. Actually, I wish the cubs had the dollars to go after the reds closer, cordero.

He had to retire Chipper Jones (fly out) and Brian McCann (K) in the inning. So, it wasn’t just a soft landing. he touched 96 on the game according to the AP recap.

The SBN Mets affiliate (http://www.amazinavenue.com) also said he most likely will have Type A Free Agent status. So the Mets will definitely not be giving him up for nothing and will be offering him arbitration if they keep him. Amazin Avenue also said Wagner has said he won’t go anywhere he can’t be the closer. Which is plenty fine by me, since I would want him to be closer for the rest of this season and next season. I would have no problem if this team offered him arbitration, which would almost replace the mistake of not offering Kerry Wood arbitration, and then have him either accept because he will be the closer or try to work out a multi-year deal with him if he declines or take the pick.

I wasn’t for this before reading about his arbitration status, but now the Cubs should be willing to give up a medium-level prospect for him since they’ll at least get one back. If not, they’ll have fixed their problem at closer for 2010 and maybe even save this season.

But wasn’t Heilman widely disliked in New York, though? Would Minaya risk pissing off an already disgruntled fanbase even more by bringing him back? Plus, wasn’t Aaron himself rather unhappy with the Mets organization?

See above

isn’t guaranteed. He has an option for that much for next season. I would want them to decline the option, offer him arbitration and try to work out a 2-year, incentive-laden deal. I’d want that even if they had to wait until the winter to get him. I would make him a priority, since a healthy Wagner fixes many of the Cubs bullpen problems.

The point would be to equalize the money that Wagner’s deal calls for. it’s not quite the same, but the Cubs might be willing to take it if they could get rid of Miles’ deal.