Message-ID: <23847149.1075842488151.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 05:37:00 -0800 (PST) From: mary.darveaux@enron.com To: dari.dornan@enron.com, drew.fossum@enron.com Subject: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Mary Darveaux X-To: Dari Dornan, Drew Fossum X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Drew_Fossum_Dec2000_June2001_1\Notes Folders\Notes inbox X-Origin: FOSSUM-D X-FileName: dfossum.nsf > Subject: Mets Challenge Outcome of World Series > > > > > > NEW YORK (AP) --The New York Mets announced > > > > today that they are going to court to get an > > > > additional inning added to the end of Game 5 > > > > of the World Series. > > > > > > > > The batting, pitching, and bench coaches > > > > for the Mets held a press conference earlier > > > > today. They were joined by members of the > > > > Major League Players Union. > > > > > > > > "We meant to hit those pitches from the Yankee > > > > pitchers," said the Mets batting coach. "We > > > > were confused by the irregularities of the > > > > pitches we received and believe we have been > > > > denied our right to hit." > > > > > > > > One claim specifically noted that a small > > > > percentage of the Mets batters had intended > > > > to swing at fast balls, but actually swung at > > > > curve balls. It was clear that these batters > > > > never intended to swing at curve balls, though > > > > a much higher percentage were not confused by > > > > the pitches. > > > > > > > > Reporters at the press conference pointed out > > > > that the Mets had extensively reviewed film of > > > > the Yankees pitchers prior to the World Series > > > > and had in fact faced the Yankees in inter-league > > > > play earlier in the year. > > > > > > > > "The fact remains that some of the pitches > > > > confused us and denied us of our right to hit," > > > > said the Mets batting coach. "The World Series > > > > is not over yet and the Yankees are celebrating > > > > prematurely." > > > > > > > > Major League Baseball has reviewed the telecast > > > > of all the World Series games and recounted the > > > > balls and strikes called by the umpires of each > > > > game. > > > > > > > > "While some of the strikes called against the > > > > Mets were, in fact, balls, there were not enough > > > > of them to change the outcome of the World > > > > Series," the commissioner said. > > > > > > > > Another portion of the Mets legal claim stated > > > > that, based on on-base percentage, the Mets had > > > > actually won the World Series, regardless of > > > > the final scores of the games. "It's clear that > > > > we were slightly on-base more often than the > > > > Yankees," said a Mets spokesman. "The World > > > > Series crown is rightly ours." > > > > > > > > The manager of the Mets has remained in > > > > relative seclusion, engaging in some light > > > > jogging for exercise. He has stated that he > > > > believes "we need to let the process run its > > > > course without a rush to judgment."