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Should a NY team have a certain level payroll? Or is that kind of thinking what got the Mets into this mess?

Where does the hypothetical Jason Bay for Heath Bell and John Buck trade rank among terrible Mets deadline deals? Middle of the pack, sadly.

On the joy of doom, or why Bernie Madoff might be the best thing that ever happened to the Mets.

Former Mets GM Jim Duquette hinted via Twitter that Frank Cashen played a key role in Bobby Bonilla's ongoing haunting of the Mets' payroll. Does Bonilla's presence lie at Cashen's feet?

A humble wish for Red Sox Nation to embrace Bobby Valentine, if they get the chance.

Jason Isringhausen's latest win as a Met provides some interesting symmetry with his previous one.

AA Book Club continues, with Moneyball, Chapter Nine: The Trading Desk. Billy Beane's adventures at the 2002 trade deadline are discussed.

Steve Phillips Wheel-Of-Ineptness