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So the Mets have lost Pedro Martinez, their ace pitcher for the playoffs with a torn tendon in one of his calves. Listen. Despite what ESPN, the media, and all these other people will say, it's bad that it happened, but not that big a deal. Pedro has not been the Pedro we want to see since that scoreless duel with Brandon Webb and Arizona back in May. There have been flashes of brilliance but no consistency. Now against better lineups, we'll probably wish we had him. But we've won close games all year long and that's the reason we will finish with the best record in the National Legaue.

I know our rotation will scare nobody, not against playoff teams. But we have the lineup to win and the bench is good with Ramon Castro back. And we have the necessary bullpen, I think the best in baseball. Only Detroit is nearly as good as ours when you look at all six or seven pitchers. San Diego and Minnesota I would rate just below. So all I'm asking from Orlando Hernandez, Tom Glavine, Steve Trachsel, and John Maine is to just hang each game. Pitch six full innings, allow no more than three runs. With this lineup, I think that's completely reasonable.

Jaromir Jagr is set to return for the Rangers tonight in an exhibition game against Wanger's Bangers, the Islanders. Let's go Captain 68!

The Giants are off this week. God knows they need it.

I think the Jets will battle Indy for most of the game on Sunday. If they can run it, they can win. And Indy has a small front 7 and we're getting Pete Kendall back on the offensive line, which will be huge. But if we couldn't limit England, I don't see our defense doing enough against Peyton Manning to win. In the end, I pick Indy 24-17, but the sane Jets fans will feel decent enough afterwards. Then it's on to Jacksonville where a win would be great.

What is with the US in international sports? Olympic hockey, the World Baseball Classic, the World Cup of Soccer, the Davis Cup, the FIFA basketball championships (men's and women's, mind you!), and now this embarrassing performance in the Ryder Cup. Are other countries that jacked up to beat us? Or do we not care. It certainly isn't for a lack of talent in most cases. I mean at this rate, Switzerland could compile a football team and beat the best of the NFL! Would that shock anyone?

Fantasy baseball coming down to the wire this weekend. 12-5 in one championship match (a lot of stats are close though), and a 5-5 tie in the other. Let's see what happens.