New York Mets starting pitcher Fernando Nieve delivers a pitch to the Philadelphia Phillies during the second inning of their MLB National league baseball game in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 4, 2009. Reuters Pictures 4 months ago

New York Mets starting pitcher Fernando Nieve delivers a pitch to the Philadelphia Phillies during the second inning of their MLB National league baseball game in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 4, 2009.

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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.
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  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. FILE - In this July 17, 1979, file photo, National League's Dave Parker of the Pittsburgh Pirates holds the trophy after winning the MVP award in baseball's All Star Game in Seattle. Parker might have been baseball's best player in the late 1970s. Once on the fast track to Cooperstown, his career was derailed by a cocaine scandal. Now that one-time rival Jim Rice is in the Hall of Fame, Parker thinks it may hasten his own induction.
  8. Police trucks stand by near the headquarters of the National League for Democracy as the opposition party members wait for a court's verdict to their leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Yangon, Myanmar, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009. The court found Suu Kyi guilty Tuesday of violating her house arrest by allowing an uninvited American to stay at her home. The head of the military-ruled country ordered her to serve out an 18-month sentence under house arrest.
  9. In this photo taken Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, Khin Maung Swe, party spokesman of detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party, talks to journalists after meeting with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell at the party's headquarters in Yangon, Myanmar. The highest-ranking American diplomat to visit Myanmar in 14 years offered improved relations Wednesday if its military regime moves toward democracy, putting into action the Obama administration's new policy of engagement with the isolated country.
  10. In this photo taken Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, members of detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party gather under portraits of their leader at the party's headquarters while waiting for U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell in Yangon, Myanmar. The highest-ranking American diplomat to visit Myanmar in 14 years offered improved relations Wednesday if its military regime moves toward democracy, putting into action the Obama administration's new policy of engagement with the isolated country.
  11. In this photo taken Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell is welcomed by members of detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party at the party's headquarters in Yangon, Myanmar. The highest-ranking American diplomat to visit Myanmar in 14 years offered improved relations Wednesday if its military regime moves toward democracy, putting into action the Obama administration's new policy of engagement with the isolated country.
  12. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 27: Australian women, including the Prime Minster's wife Therese Rein and Leader of the Opposition's wife Lucy Turnbull gather to show support for the freedom of Burmese democracy figure Aung San Suu Kyi at the Sydney Opera House forecourt on October 27, 2009 in Sydney, Australia. Suu Kyi was elected Prime Minister of Myanmar,, as leader of the winning National League for Democracy party, in the 1990 elections, but was subsequently detented by the military junta, preventing her from assuming office. She has been under house arrest for 14 of the past 20 years, with the latest period being since 11 August 2009 for a further 18 months.
  13. Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter dances with the Philadelphia Phillies' mascot, Phillie Phanatic, during a rally for the baseball team at City Hall in Philadelphia, Monday, Oct. 26, 2009. The Phillies take on the New York Yankees in the World Series beginning Wednesday in New York.
  14. Philadelphia Phillies' Jayson Werth (R) congratulates teammate Pedro Feliz (7) after scoring on an RBI double by Phillies' Raul Ibanez (Not Pictured), against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the fourth inning of their Major League Baseball NLCS series in Philadelphia October 21, 2009.
  15. Former Philadelphia Phillies pitcher and manager Dallas Green (L) speaks with Phillies manager Charlie Manuel before the Phillies met the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 5 of their Major League Baseball NLCS playoff series in Philadelphia October 21, 2009.
  16. The Philadelphia Phillies Cole Hamels pitches against the Colorado Rockies in the first inning of their MLB National League Division Series playoff baseball game in Philadelphia, October 8, 2009.

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