After all the suffering us Knicks fans have been through over the last 10 years, couldn't Knicks make us happy by drafting Lance Stephenson?

Parnell will come up to replace Mejia.

Mejia sent down to AA to become a starter.

Do the Mets Need a Starting Pitcher?

Everywhere I turn I keep hearing that the Mets need to trade for another starting pitcher to make the playoffs. The Phillies and Braves supposedly do not need one, but the Mets do. I think that this is based on a huge misconception. Whenever you hear this fallacy, the people who say it explain that the Braves and Phillies have a very good rotation while the Mets do not. Whether this is true or not is a matter of debate, but it is quite irrelevant when we are figuring out who needs a pitcher. What we have to figure out is which pitcher will be replaced by the new pitcher. What matters is who is the #5 starter. For the Mets that is Hisanori Takahashi who has pitched pretty well since coming over from Japan. For the Braves this is Kenshin Kawakami who is 0-10. I think a replacement might be in order. It doesn't matter if the other 4 starters are in the running for the Cy Young Award. They

need a starter. Same with the Phillies and Kyle Kendrick. (36 k's in 75 innings with 23 walks. Watchhim implode in the 2nd half.) But the Mets should not be looking for a starting pitcher. Johan Santana is pitching the worst in the rotation now, but he is not going anywhere. Hopefully he can pick it up soon. But that has nothing to do with the Mets picking up a starter. The Mets need another bat (hopefully that will be Beltran soon), but they do not need another starting pitcher. A reliever, on the other hand...

Giants WR-KR Domenik Hixon will miss 2010 season (torn ACL); injured on New Meadowlands Stadium turf (ESPN). Ouch!

If Maine can go on the DL for "shoulder soreness" because of diminished velocity, Santana should too.

Tom Izzo to remain coach at Michigan State, rejects offer from Cleveland Cavaliers. Means LeBron most likely is leaving Cleveland.

Just a coincidence: Since Jerry Manuel took over, 3/4 SPs have seen a drop of over 5 mph in velocity.

123 pitches on surgically repaired arm last start for Santana. This start his fastball is topping out at 87-88 mph & 1 K through 5 innings. Jerry = genius

Gary Matthews finally released, Omir Santos called up from AA.

Castillo goes on 15 day DL. Ruben Tejada recalled (.294/.341/.359 in AAA this season).

Daniel Murphy out 4-6 months with right MCL tear. No surgery. Was injured on dirty slide at 2nd base.

I hope all morons who want "the human element" in baseball are happy after last night. "Human Element" = mistakes! Don't we want the calls to be what actually happened instead of some mistake that some person made whenever possible?

Strasburg's last minor league start tomorrow vs Mets minor league AAA affiliate Buffalo Bisons will air live on SNY at 1 pm & again at 7 pm.