amLinks: Fights, Crosswords, Rubin and Luis
In the spirit of these remarks, Michael Salfino takes a look at the best bench-clearing brawls in Mets history in a column for 
, including the 1986 fight between Ray Knight and Eric Davis, which resulted in Roger McDowell and Jesse Orosco playing in the outfield.
To listen to Adam Rubin from the Daily News talk about the Mets, check out Gotham Baseball Live from last night.
Facing Clemens, a new book by MiLB.com’s Jonathan Mayo is now for sale. According to Mayo, the book will give you a sense of what it’s like to stand in the box and face Roger Clemens.
…yes, but will he throw a bat at me, jon…i need to know…
At Hot Foot, Andrew Beaton begins a two-day discussion with Tim Marchman from the New York Sun.
Apparently, John Maine is addicted to crossword puzzles, which you can learn more about in an interview he did with the Times Herald-Record.
Maine, on the key to finishing a puzzle:
“Overcoming your frustration. It gets very frustrating when you’re so close and you can’t get those last one or two or three words. I’ll get so frustrated sometimes that I’ll put it down for awhile, and then I’ll start back up a few minutes later.”
…i was told this once before by one of the most kind, patient, old people i ever knew, in that consistently starting and finishing crossword puzzles will help make you patient, disciplined and focused to finish what you start…
…for what it’s worth, i have never started, nor finished, a crossword puzzle, which may explain a lot…
Lastly, in the Star-Ledger, Dan Graziano explains why Luis Castillo is the definition of why the Mets are a Win-Now Team.
