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  <title>Perez on verge of deal with Mets</title>
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          <quoted-text>he's 5-1 vs the Hankies with a 2.61 era. 4-0 as a met. why don't you try winning a game against him first before you talk your usual stupid s h i t yankee27?</quoted-text>
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          <body>Last time I looked we spanked you in the 2000 World Series. E F F off</body>
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        <quoted-text>Last time I looked we spanked you in the 2000 World Series. E F F off</quoted-text>
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        <body>Sure, but what does that have to do with your comments about Oliver Perez dude?
Did the Yankees beat Oliver Perez in the 2000 World Series? 

My point is, why are here, making fun of Oliver, when every time he takes the mound, he smokes your team. 

Can you understand this? 

What are you 5 years old?</body>
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          <body>He got married... who is the lucky guy?</body>
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        <created-at>2009-02-02T18:12:24-05:00</created-at>
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        <quoted-text>He got married... who is the lucky guy?</quoted-text>
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        <body>I think it's Jeter...;)</body>
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          <quoted-text>He got married... who is the lucky guy?</quoted-text>
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          <body>he's 5-1 vs the Hankies with a 2.61 era. 
4-0 as a met. 

why don't you try winning a game against him first before you talk your usual stupid s  h  i  t  yankee27?</body>
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        <quoted-text>he's 5-1 vs the Hankies with a 2.61 era. 4-0 as a met. why don't you try winning a game against him first before you talk your usual stupid s h i t yankee27?</quoted-text>
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        <body>Last time I looked we spanked you in the 2000 World Series. E F F off</body>
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          <body>He got married... who is the lucky guy?</body>
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        <quoted-text>He got married... who is the lucky guy?</quoted-text>
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        <body>he's 5-1 vs the Hankies with a 2.61 era. 
4-0 as a met. 

why don't you try winning a game against him first before you talk your usual stupid s  h  i  t  yankee27?</body>
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        <body>Go get Manny...  End of discussion... Omar has been in love with him for years, why is he not this year....  Manny still has game left.</body>
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        <created-at>2009-02-02T14:20:45-05:00</created-at>
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        <body>Also, Abreu always puts up decent numbers but he always flies under the radar...I mean, I don't follow him that closely but I don't think he is what you would call a timely hitter or clutch</body>
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          <created-at>2009-02-02T13:49:08-05:00</created-at>
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          <body>3 years $36 mill for a #3/#4 guy?  I would have given Sheets a 2 year deal with incentives for an awesome 1, 2 punch with Santana</body>
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        <quoted-text>3 years $36 mill for a #3/#4 guy? I would have given Sheets a 2 year deal with incentives for an awesome 1, 2 punch with Santana</quoted-text>
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        <body>I agree with this statement.  Ollie is just not stable on the mound &amp;amp; his 10-7 record confirms that.  This is a BAD move on Omars part.</body>
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          <body>About time Blowmar did something to sure up the starting pitching.  Perez will be good to have as a #3 or #4 starter and that's about it. The Mets still need to make a play for Ben Sheets.</body>
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        <quoted-text>About time Blowmar did something to sure up the starting pitching.  Perez will be good to have as a #3 or #4 starter and that's about it. The Mets still need to make a play for Ben Sheets.

Shore Up, Nitwit!!</quoted-text>
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        <body>Shore Up, Nitwit!!</body>
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        <body>does any1 understand that SHEETS MRI revealed a torn muscle in his elbow ??? .. why wud u risk urself with sheets let another team sign him and only see him in action for 10 starts, and the rest of the yr waiting for him while hes in the trainers room.. rather have a rubber arm who cud take down any of the best teams any given day</body>
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        <body>Lousr2000, I did think about Beltran slotted in the second hole, but i think he might sulk there since he'll have to take more pitches and his RBI numbers will go down.  I also think Manny protecting Delgado is really huge......think about what would have happened this year if once Delgado was red hot, teams couldn't pitch around him</body>
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  <body>&lt;p&gt;Free-agent left-hander Oliver Perez is on the verge of signing a deal to remain with the New York Mets, SI.com has confirmed. Perez went 10-7 with a 4.22 ERA for the Mets in 2008.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As recently as a few days ago, the Mets were&amp;nbsp;talking about giving Perez a three-year, $36 million deal but it isn't known yet whether that number changed.&amp;nbsp;Fellow free-agent lefty Randy Wolf was the Mets' fallback option. The Dodgers are now the most logical destination for Wolf. The Mets have already added Tim Redding as a potential No. 5 starter this winter at the back of a rotation that is fronted by Johan Santana and includes righties John Maine and Mike Pelfrey.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Perez had been wanting to return to the Mets all along. He recently got married and was having trouble envisioning himself elsewhere than Queens, where he has pitched since being acquired in a 2006 trade with the Pittsburgh Pirates.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;FoxSports.com first reported this afternoon that the two sides were closer to a deal.&lt;/p&gt;</body>
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