New York Mets general manager Omar Minaya, right, talks with Washington Nationals Justin Maxwell, left, and Nationals manager Manny Acta before their spring training baseball game in Port St. Lucie, Fla. Saturday, March 14, 2009. AP Photo logo AP Photo 8 months ago

New York Mets general manager Omar Minaya, right, talks with Washington Nationals Justin Maxwell, left, and Nationals manager Manny Acta before their spring training baseball game in Port St. Lucie, Fla. Saturday, March 14, 2009.

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  1. New York Mets general Manager Omar Minaya talks to reporters during Major League Baseball's 2009 General Managers Meetings, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009 in Chicago.

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  1. New York Mets general Manager Omar Minaya talks to reporters during Major League Baseball's 2009 General Managers Meetings, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009 in Chicago.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. Washington Nationals Interim Manager Jim Riggleman scratches his head during their MLB National League baseball game against the Chicago Cubs in Washington in this July 16, 2009 file photograph. Riggleman stepped in after the season-starting manager Manny Acta was fired in July. The woeful Nationals are striking out with fans weary of watching the club slog through another season as the worst team in baseball. Not even a new, $611-million stadium with stunning panoramic views of the U.S. Capitol and the Washington Monument is enough to lure spectators in great numbers.

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