Talk:Mets Need to Stand Pat/@comment-204.128.220.20-20060509125246

To nitpick, Bell is 28-years-old (he turns 29 in September, though, so you&quot;re close enough). Also: Boston Red Sox won a championship with Bill James and Theo Epstein in their front office. Both embrace sabermetric principals. Also, part II: Heath Bell has 70 strike outs in 71 innings pitched in the majors and also had a very effective 25 inning stretch in 2004 (3.33 ERA). Listen, do I think Heath Bell is the second coming of Dennis Eckersley? Absolutely not. But I&quot;m a lot more comfortable with him pitching a few innings per week than Jose Lima pitching six or seven? Definitely.