-the regulars were rested today so management could get a good look at the subs...
-1B/OF Chris Carter (.667)wasted little time and hit a 2-run homer in the first inning. It's Carter's thrid home run in two days and he's obviously serving up the fact that his bat should be kept around. Frankly, the young man needs to drink some decaf and chum up to the guys around him. Very intense guy... won't let anyone touch his bats... now, I'm that way with my testicles, but...
--2B Russ Adams (.714) and C Omir Santos (.625) also singled in the first, off of Derek Lowe.
I'm a young-ish guy. I've heard quite a bit about Davis, but never saw him play. I never got the impression from anything that I read that he provided more career value than many players already enshrined in the Hall of Fame. But he did. How did he go so unnoticed? A couple years ago, I totally would have understood why he didn't receive a single Hall of Fame vote. He hit .279 with a .311 OBP and .412 slugging percentage for an OPS of .723. He was fast, with 398 steals, but I grew up with the Hendersons and Raineses who make that total look low. He hit 182 home runs, which isn't a total that jumps out at voters. He had 2,561 hits. That looks good, but it's not 3,000. - link
Jay Marshall:Jay Marshall, the lefthanded reliever, the Mets had claimed off waivers. has been returned to the A's. The commissioner's office voided the claim because an injury to Marshall's existed at the time of the claim. - link
Thyroid News:
Let's face it, this is the Mets, and after last year nothing is going to be taken at face value. Reyes was found to have a thyroid hormone imbalance during the course of normal tests in comparison to previous tests. He was already running and doing baseball activities, but because this was a condition that could affect him and because of that long shadow of medical dysfunction that still hangs over the team, they went conservative. Reyes was held out of activities and then sent back to New York for further testing and to determine a treatment. In most cases, the thyroid situation can be taken care of with medication. In extreme cases, surgery or a more aggressive medication is necessary. Reyes showed no symptoms of the condition, normally called Graves' disease, and seemed to have no problem through his rehab from hamstring problems. There's nothing here that seems to have any long-term consequences. Speaking with several doctors who have knowledge of both thyroid conditions and athletic performance, including some that worked with Florence Griffith-Joyner (who suffered from the condition), indicate that the only issue might be with adjusting to medication. Joyner often complained that her medication made her "feel slower" and early in her career, would go off her medication before competitions, according to several reports from the mid-'80s. While Joyner often faced the kind of PED accusations that Reyes is now hearing, she never failed a drug test, and her autopsy showed that a congenital brain defect caused her death, not drugs as many still think. What Reyes faces is an adjustment, not a problem. - link 
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