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Head over to FanGraphs to rate GKR's charisma, analysis and overall performance. I'm looking forward to the Crowdsourcing Sideline Reporters project.

In other words, 19.3% fewer people checked in with Kevin Burkhardt this season.

Per the NY Post, Al Michaels and Bob Costas will call several innings of the Mets-Giants tilt on Friday, July 8th. Gary Cohen and Ron Darling will switch over to MLB Network for those innings. Over/under on instances of moralizing about steroids? 6.5?

Here are some numbers from this New York Times article: * SNY is believed to make at least $260 million/year from subscriber revenue (ad revenue is not mentioned) * SNY nets about $120 million (Sterling Equity would get 67% of this) * SNY pays the Mets between $60-70 million/year If this is accurate, and I'm reading this correctly, then the New York Mets and Mets' ownership receive $140-150 million/year from SNY.

"Murphy, in particular, has been so Paul Bunyaned that if he posts an .800 OPS, he'll disappoint most Mets fans while outpacing most major preseason projection systems."