Lou Gherig

>    In the first inning of tonight's game against the White Sox, Derek Jeter passed Lou Gherig for most hits all time at Yankee Stadium, with 1,270.  Sure, it's not exactly the same Yankee Stadium

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number two hole, and if he and Easley keep up their production, we may see a small-scale Wally Pipp/Lou Gherig situation when Luis Castillo returns from injury.  Cancel only has two hits for the Mets this year--and only two since 1999 for that matter--but they could not have come at more opportune times.  His first was a two-out, two-run, pinch-hit single to give the Mets the lead in a 4-2 win against the Rangers on June 15, and the second was a pinch-hit double to lead off the tenth inning on Sunday in Cincinnati.  Argenis Reyes eventually followed with the grounder that Edwin Encarnacion threw into right field to score Cancel and give the Mets the lead.

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