New York Mets' Fernando Martinez can't come up with the catch on a double hit by Milwaukee Brewers' Corey Hart during the fourth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, June 30, 2009, in Milwaukee. AP Photo logo AP Photo 4 months ago

New York Mets' Fernando Martinez can't come up with the catch on a double hit by Milwaukee Brewers' Corey Hart during the fourth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, June 30, 2009, in Milwaukee.

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  1. New York Mets' Carlos Beltran, left, Puerto Rican artist Marc Anthony, center, and Mets pitcher Johan Santana pose for a photo in San Juan, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009. Beltran invited fellow players and friends to participate in the first fundraising event for his "Carlos Beltran Baseball Academy" that will cost around $10 million and will be both a baseball academy and a school with many academics facilities.
  2. New York Mets' Carlos Beltran, right, holds a bat while talking with Puerto Rican artist Marc Anthony, second right, Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Pedro Martinez, second left, and Mets pitcher Johan Santana in San Juan, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009. Beltran invited fellow players and friends to participate in the first fundraising event for his "Carlos Beltran Baseball Academy" that will cost around $10 million and will be both a baseball academy and a school with many academics facilities.
  3. New York Mets pitcher Johan Santana, of Venezuela, shakes hands with 104-year old Emilio "Millito" Navarro, the first Puerto Rican to play baseball in the U.S. Negro Leagues in San Juan, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009. Santana and Navarro attended the invitation by Mets player Carlos Beltran to participate in the first fundraising event for the "Carlos Beltran Baseball Academy" that will cost around $10 million and will be both a baseball academy and a school with many academics facilities.
  4. New York Mets' Carlos Beltran, left, shares a joke with Puerto Rican artist Marc Anthony, right, as Mets pitcher Johan Santana, second right, and Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Pedro Martinez look on in San Juan, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009. Beltran invited fellow players and friends to participate in the first fundraising event for his "Carlos Beltran Baseball Academy" that will cost around $10 million and will be both a baseball academy and a school with many academics facilities.
  5. Former New York Mets second baseman Wally Backman poses during a news conference after his introduction as manager of the New York Mets' Brooklyn Cyclones farm team in the New York-Penn League, Tuesday Nov. 17, 2009 in New York. Backman, who spent nine of 14 major league seasons with the Mets, managed the Arizona Diamondbacks in November 2004 and was fired four days later. He also managed the South Georgia Peanuts of the independent South Coast League in 2007.
  6. Former New York Mets second baseman Wally Backman walks the field after his introduction as manager of the New York Mets' Brooklyn Cyclones farm team in the New York-Penn League, Tuesday Nov. 17, 2009 in New York. Backman, who spent nine of 14 major league seasons with the Mets, managed the Arizona Diamondbacks in November 2004 and was fired four days later. He also managed the South Georgia Peanuts of the independent South Coast League in 2007.
  7. Former New York Mets second baseman Wally Backman talks during a news conference after his introduction as manager of the New York Mets' Brooklyn Cyclones farm team in the New York-Penn League, Tuesday Nov. 17, 2009 in New York. Backman, who spent nine of 14 major league seasons with the Mets, managed the Arizona Diamondbacks in November 2004 and was fired four days later. He also managed the South Georgia Peanuts of the independent South Coast League in 2007.
  8. Former New York Mets second baseman Wally Backman talks during a video taping after his introduction as manager of the New York Mets' Brooklyn Cyclones farm team in the New York-Penn League, Tuesday Nov. 17, 2009 in New York. Backman, who spent nine of 14 major league seasons with the Mets, managed the Arizona Diamondbacks in November 2004 and was fired four days later. He also managed the South Georgia Peanuts of the independent South Coast League in 2007.
  9. Former New York Mets second baseman Wally Backman talks during a news conference after his introduction as manager of the New York Mets' Brooklyn Cyclones farm team in the New York-Penn League, Tuesday Nov. 17, 2009 in New York. Backman, who spent nine of 14 major league seasons with the Mets, managed the Arizona Diamondbacks in November 2004 and was fired four days later. He also managed the South Georgia Peanuts of the independent South Coast League in 2007.
  10. Former New York Mets second baseman Wally Backman talks during a news conference after his introduction as manager of the New York Mets' Brooklyn Cyclones farm team in the New York-Penn League, Tuesday Nov. 17, 2009 in New York. Backman, who spent nine of 14 major league seasons with the Mets, managed the Arizona Diamondbacks in November 2004 and was fired four days later. He also managed the South Georgia Peanuts of the independent South Coast League in 2007.
  11. Former New York Mets' Wally Backman smiles during a news conference after his introduction as the new manager of the Brooklyn Cyclones minor league baseball team, on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009, in New York.
  12. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 13: A Bernard Madoff New York Mets baseball jacket is displayed during a press preview of a U.S. Marhals Service auction of personal property seized from Bernard and Ruth Madoff November 13, 2009 in New York City. The property includes jewelry, furs, artwork and other items forfeited in connection with the criminal prosecution of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme.
  13. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 13: A Bernard Madoff New York Mets baseball jacket is displayed during a press preview of a U.S. Marshals Service auction of personal property seized from Bernard and Ruth Madoff November 13, 2009 in New York City. The property includes jewelry, furs, artwork and other items forfeited in connection with the criminal prosecution of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme.
  14. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 13: A Bernard Madoff New York Mets baseball jacket is displayed during a press preview of a U.S. Marhals Service auction of personal property seized from Bernard and Ruth Madoff November 13, 2009 in New York City. The property includes jewelry, furs, artwork and other items forfeited in connection with the criminal prosecution of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme.
  15. A New York Mets baseball jacket, personalized for Bernard Madoff, is displayed during an auction preview of his seized items, in New York, Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. Almost 200 items seized from the fallen financier's homes are being sold, from furs, dishes and stationery to a historic Rolex dubbed "the prisoner's watch" made for Allied prisoners during World War II.
  16. In this undated photo released by the U.S. Marshals Service, a pair of ear-rings that once belonged to Ruth Madoff, the wife of imprisoned financier Bernard Madoff are shown. The ear-rings are among hundreds of pieces of jewelry, clothing and other personal effects once owned by disgraced financier and vanquished Mets fan Bernard Madoff and his wife, Ruth. Many personal items that the Madoffs were forced to forfeit will be offered at auction in New York on Saturday, Nov. 14, by Gaston & Sheehan Auctioneers Inc., with proceeds going to some of Madoff's victims.

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  1. New York Mets starter Nelson Figueroa smiles after he was hit in the face with a shaving cream pie after pitching a complete game shutout to lift the Mets to a 4-0 victory over the Houston Astros at Citi Field in New York, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009.
  2. New York Mets starter Nelson Figueroa waves to fans after his complete-game 4-0 shutout of the Houston Astros in a baseball game at Citi Field in New York, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009.
  3. New York Mets catcher Josh Thole, left, congratulates starter Nelson Figueroa who pitched a complete game shutout in the Mets 4-0 win over the Houston Astros at Citi Field in New York, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009.
  4. New York Mets greet teammate Angel Pagan, right, after he scored on David Wright's sixth-inning sacrifice fly in their baseball game against the Houston Astros at Citi Field in New York, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens.
  5. New York Mets third base coach Razor Shines, left, stands with Angel Pagan during the Mets' 4-0 shutout victory over the Houston Astros in a baseball game at Citi Field in New York, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009.
  6. Second base umpire Adrian Johnson, right, signals New York Mets runner Daniel Murphy, center, out as Murphy signals himself safe after trying to stretch a third-inning single into a double in their baseball game against the Houston Astros at Citi Field in New York, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009. Astros shortstop Miguel Tejada, left, holds the ball in his ungloved hand.
  7. Milwaukee Brewers' Craig Counsell (30) hugs Alcides Escobar while Prince Fielder (28) hugs Felipe Lopez after the Brewers defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 9-7 in 10 innings of a baseball game Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009, in St. Louis.
  8. Milwaukee Brewers' Jody Gerut follows through on an RBI single off of St. Louis Cardinals relief pitcher Todd Wellemeyer during the 10th inning of a baseball game Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009, in St. Louis. The Brewers won 9-7 in 10 innings.
  9. Milwaukee Brewers' Trevor Hoffman delivers a pitch during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009, in St. Louis. The Brewers won 9-7 in 10 innings.
  10. Milwaukee Brewers' Prince Fielder (28) is congratulated by third base coach Brad Fischer after hitting a solo home run off of St. Louis Cardinals relief pitcher Todd Wellemeyer during the ninth inning of a baseball game Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009, in St. Louis.
  11. Milwaukee Brewers' Prince Fielder watches his solo home run during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009, in St. Louis. The Brewers won 9-7.
  12. Milwaukee Brewers' Prince Fielder watches his solo home run during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009, in St. Louis. The Brewers won 9-7.
  13. Milwaukee Brewers' Corey Hart celebrates in the dugout after scoring off a single by Ryan Braun during the fifth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009 at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Earlier in the same inning, Hart hit a two-run double off Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Carlos Zambrano scoring Yovani Gallardo and Felipe Lopez.
  14. Milwaukee Brewers' Ryan Braun (8), Mike Cameron and Corey Hart (1) celebrate after the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Friday, Sept. 25, 2009, in Milwaukee. The Brewers won 8-4.
  15. Philadelphia Phillies catcher Paul Bako (23) holds on to the ball during a collision with Milwaukee Brewers' Corey Hart (1) at home during the sixth inning of a baseball game Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009, in Milwaukee. Hart tried to score from first on a double by Prince Fielder, but was tagged out.
  16. Milwaukee Brewers' Ryan Braun (8), Mike Cameron (25) and Corey Hart (1) celebrate after the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros Friday, Sept. 18, 2009, in Milwaukee. The Brewers won 3-2.

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