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Links: B’Day, Managers, Brady and Marlon

by Matthew Cerrone on May 8th, 2008 at 11:02 am

Today is John Maine’s 27th birthday, and Church of the Fonz has baked him a cake.

Speaking of Maine, he is still the team’s second-best starting pitcher, according to Joel Sherman and his blog for the New York Post.

Meanwhile, at Faith and Fear in Flushing, Jason writes a letter to Fred and Jeff Wilpon suggesting they begin looking for Willie Randolph’s replacement, such as Larry Bowa, Wally Backman or Bobby Valentine.

bowa…seriously…has it really come to that…yikes

Brady Clark chose to accept an assignment to Triple-A New Orleans, instead of retiring, a decision that his family supported, explains Bob Furtos in the Times-Picayune.

According Gene Duffey, at MLB.com, Nationals manager Manny Acta is committed to playing Lastings Milledge in center field.

Lastly, Ed Ryan at Mets Fever explains why Marlon Anderson should be starting at first base over Carlos Delgado.