The Mets lineup tonight was missing Beltran, Piazza, and Matsui (although Cairo may actually be an improvement on Kazuo), and on the mound was Kazuhiza Ishii, who has little to recommend him other than his status as starting pitcher on the All-"ii" team (the only other members to my knowledge are Torii Hunter and Larry Biittner). Easy win for the Bravos, yes?
Win? Yes. Easy? You haven't been watching lately.
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