Oh well, he’s a New York Yankee. You can read about Jason Giambi and the story here.

Ha.

It figures, no? The day after the Mets got killed by the Cubs, they come back to win the next two games. On Wednesday, we won 8-1.

In the bottom of the ninth inning yesterday, the Mets scored five runs off Chicago reliever Scott Eyre and closer Ryan Dempster, coming back from a 5-1 deficit to beat the Cubs, 6-5.

I just wish I could’ve watched the game, but damn MLB TV blacks out watch local games when I’m at school, so I couldn’t watch it. Oh well, at least I could listen to my hometown WFAN broadcast.

I’m going to today’s Cubs-Sox subway series game at Wrigley Field, so, needless to say, I won’t be doing much blogging today.

‘Nuff said. Thanks, Mollie, for so kindly pointing this out to me. Maybe the Cubs should have saved some of their runs for a game in which the bullpen lets them down…perhaps later in this series…

(Audible grumble.)

It wasn’t pretty, but it counted.

The New York Mets beat the Chicago Cubs yesterday, 5-4, on a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the ninth inning yesterday at Shea Stadium in the toilet of Queens, New York: Flushing.

After walking three straight batters with two outs in the ninth, Cubs reliever Michael Wuertz went to a full count on slumping Mets first baseman Carlos Delgado.

Wuertz’s final pitch was a few inches too high, and while Delgado trotted to first base, All-Star shortstop Jose Reyes scored the winning run.

Mets All-Star third baseman David Wright, who started out the season in a slump, has been hitting well lately. Wright helped the team erase a four-run deficit with a two-run homer, his fourth of the year.

Mollie’s bleeds Cub red-and-blue, so I watch a lot of the games with her. (In fact, this blog post is meant to rub it in a bit.) But as much as I enjoyed the Mets win, it just really depresses me to watch the Cubs bullpen.

News on Game Two tomorrow.

(Well, it’s not really a “Game Two,” per se. More like any other “game two,” but because of my relationship, it deserves to be capitalized. You know how it is.)

Are the Mets serious? Designating Chan Ho Park for assignment?

Chan Ho Park: Career 4.40 ERA, over 1500 career strikeouts. Granted, he hasn’t had an amazing season since 2001 with the Texas Rangers.

But team pitching guru Rick Peterson can work with anyone, anyone. I don’t think it’s Park’s skills that are the problem, but rather his mechanics. And he only pitched one game this season.

Give the guy a break. He can probably help down the stretch.

Things may be looking up again for my New York Metropolitans after a brief slump, if you can even call it that. (They’re 16-10, 2nd place in the NL East.)

Shortstop Jose Reyes and pitcher John Maine were honored by Major League Baseball as the NL Player and Pitcher of the Month.

Both have – not surprisingly – been on a tear this season. Reyes is hitting almost .350 with 28 runs and 17 stolen bases. Maine is 4-0 with a 1.35 ERA and 30 strikeouts.

At this rate, could Maine (gasp) reach 20 wins? He certainly has enough run support, at 7.56 a game, the 8th best in the bigs.

Maybe we should save some of those runs for those late-season games against Florida and Atlanta. But hey, I won’t complain.

I found myself at a conundrum yesterday as I watched the Chicago Bulls knock off the Miami Heat yesterday.

A lifelong fan of the New York Knicks, I’m torn. In the 1990s, the Bulls, who featured Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Horace Grant et al, demolished the Knickerbockers at every opportunity. I would be flabbergasted if I were to support the new Bulls team, led by Kirk Heinrich, Ben Gordon and Luol Deng.

My question: Should I root for the Bulls? On one hand, I’d be supporting a good team in my adopted city. I would allow myself to watch them on TV (and maybe make arrangements to, gasp, watch the games with others). I may even attend a game or two.

On the other hand, I’d feel like a turncoat. I can’t imagine my veins, which have always pumped orange and blue, to start pumping the Bulls’ red and white.

Perhaps I should take donations online for an NBA On-Demand subscription. Any takers?