Diary: Pedro's little friend dies =(

(moved from diaries. still too depressed to blog. --eric)

Nelson de la Rosa, 2 feet 4 inches tall, died recently in New York. RIP.

He was Pedro's lucky charm in the 2004 postseason. My sympathies go out to Mr. de la Rosa's family (he not only had a wife but a child...clearly a stud) and I hope all his luck is now with our ace.

In other news, virtually all of the Mets had at least five surgeries today, some upwards of a hundred. They are all expected to be ready for spring training, from which point a new set of broken bones, torn ligaments and hanging eyeballs will accumulate, but be carefully disguised by the training staff until the season has concluded.