According to Metro News, an argument between a Yankees fan and  Red Sox fan ended in the Yankee fan hitting and killing a Red Sox fan with her car.

The fight started in the bar, as the assailant and a group of Red Sox fans exchanged heated words inside a bar. When the dispute left the bar, the reportedly drunken driver sped towards the crowd of Red Sox fans, killing Matthew Beaudoin.

When somebody mentioned this to me, I thought it was the beginning to some sort of joke, but this is an unfortunate tragedy.  Hot Foot sends our thoughts to the Beaudoin family. 

People have to know their limits, really.

In addition having the 3rd highest ERA in Major League Baseball, the Diamondbacks pitching staff leads the league in facial hair.

Led by ace Dan Haren, the team sports impressive forms of beards, mustaches and combinations of the two.

However, fellow members of the Diamondbacks pitching staff rival Haren’s caveman like beard. Fellow ace Brandon Webb, sports a more clean cut and suave goatee.

Micah Owings wears a beard that covers the bottom of his chin, similar to a bicycle helmet strap. Randy Johnson’s bold facial hair is almost legendary, and while the facial hair can be called ugly - it only masks an uglier face.

Unreported however, is the clubhouse issues that might arise with phenom Max Scherzer entering the rotation. Apparently, he is not destined to be a D’backs starter as he lacks facial hair or anything of the sort. In a cultish meeting, Haren, Webb, Owings and Johnson have decided that Scherzer has until his next start to grow an equally bold beard, or else…

The following are a set of clues to help you guess three former Mets.  Good luck…

Player #1 (easy):

• Prior to the 2002 season, the Mets bought this OF from the Pittsburgh Pirates. 
• Later in the 2002 season, he was dealt to the Orioles for John Bale. 
• Since then he has bounced around, but following the 2006 season he signed a 5 year $50 million deal with the Angels.  Subsequently, he was accused of using HGH.   

Player #2 (medium):

• This Ex-Mets RP was probably most knows for sharing his name with another Mets SP. 
•  He pitched for the Mets in 2000 and 2002. 
• The Mets acquired him in 2000 from the Rockies for Japanese SP Masato Yoshii.  In 2002 they traded him along with OF Jason Bay to the Padres.

Player #3 (hard):

• This Ex-Mets 2B was drafted by the Mets in the 5th round of the amateur draft in 2001.  
• Notably, he was the first Mets player to make the big leagues after playing for the Brooklyn Cyclones, when he made his debut for the Mets in 2003. 
• He played more for the big club in 2004, but never made it to the majors again, and since has been in the minor league systems of the Indians and Yankees.  He now plays in the independent league for the Somerset Patriots.

Answers are Gary Mathews Jr, Bobby Jones and Danny Garcia.

After an elaborate fan survey, SI.com has released the results from the rankings of MLB’s 30 stadiums. The stadiums were based on: affordability, food, team quality, tradition, atmosphere, fan IQ, hospitality, promotions, traffic and neighborhood.

Progressive Field, home of the Indians, came in first place with Miller Park of the Brewers in second.

As expected, Shea was near the bottom coming in 28th overall with only RFK stadium and Dolphin stadium behind. Notably, the Mets came in 5th in fan IQ, but 24th in atmosphere.

Well, I agree that we should be near the top in fan IQ, but those results are a bit sketchy because Yankees fans are ranked third.

Oh, and you can knock Shea for lots of things - most things in fact - however the atmosphere at most games is phenomenal, and that’s something I hope doesn’t change at Citi.

In a column for the Daily News, Bob Raissman notes that the Mets and WFAN are in the last year of their contract, and no serious negotiations have taken place.

He writes that the current deal nets the Mets about $8 million per year, while the Yankees currently get $13 million for their deal with CBS Radio. According to Raissman, the Mets will try and close that price gap on the Yankees, while also noting that if the Mets were to leave WFAN, the Yankees would have the option of leaving CBS for WFAN.

I guess for me, I can’t imagine tuning my dial to anywhere but 660 WFAN.

Oh, and in the article Raissman attempts to bash Matt Cerrone from Mets Blog, essentially calling Mets Blog a sellout and writing that the readers are now, “livin’ in a corporate world.” Don’t buy it, I have to imagine that Raissman is just a bitter writer jealous of Matt’s success.

Former Mets top pitching prospect Yusmeiro Petit has been optioned to AAA, to make room for Arizona phenom Max Scherzer.

Petit was the other top prospect dealt along with Mike Jacobs to the Marlins for Carlos Delgado following the 2005 season.  Petit was later traded in March of last year to the Diamondbacks for another Ex-Met by the name of Jorge Julio.

Petit has made it easy for the Mets to forget about him by posting 6.03 ERA thus far in his career.

The Mets had their five game winning streak ended by the Phillies tonight in a 5-4 loss.

• Mike Pelfrey did not continue his early season brilliance today. In five innings of duty, he allowed four runs on 10 hits and two walks.
• The Phillies jumped out to an early 4-0 lead on the back of Chase Utley who hit two HRs. Utley has now done yard work for four consecutive games.
• The Mets mounted a comeback to tie the game at 4-4 in the 6th inning, with a triple by Jose Reyes, a single by Luis Castillo, a double by David Wright, a single by Carlos Beltran and a single by Ryan Church.
• Jorge Sosa pitched a scoreless 6th, and Pedro Feliciano got two outs in the seventh, even though he allowed a pinch-hit HR to Pedro Feliz. Feliciano left two on base for Joe Smith, who caught Chris Coste looking to end the inning. Smith proceeded to pitch a scoreless 8th.
• Raul Casanova started in place of the injured Brian Schneider. Casanova doubled in the 8th, but as a pinch-hitter, Angel Pagan failed to drive him home and Casanova was left stranded.
• Endy Chavez made his first start of the year and was 0-3. However, he made a great read and made a perfect through to easily nail Pat Burrell out at 2nd when he tried to turn a 1B off the wall into a 2B.
• In the top of the 9th, the Mets had runners on 1st and 2nd with no outs off Brad Lidge, when Luis Castillo failed to get the bunt down and struck out. David Wright popped out in the spacious foul grounds of CBP, and Carlos Beltran hit a hard ground ball up the middle but Eric Bruntlett decided to make a decent play for once and ended the ball game.

Mike Pelfrey didn’t have his best stuff by any means. He wasn’t throwing as many strikes as he had been early in the season, and he left a few pitches to Utley over the plate. He was lucky to limit the damage to four runs.

The sixth inning was as perfect as I could imagine with big hit after big hit. Even the struggling Beltran got a single, because he was aggressive early in the count. He’s taking way too many pitches, and he’s been striking out because of it. Carlos: Be aggressive. B-E aggressive.

How in the world does Pedro Feliz have two HRs against us this year?

Oh, and Chase Utley is really good. Four HRs against the Mets this year, jeez.

How doesn’t Luis Castillo get that bunt down? Fundamentals guys, jeez. Wright can’t always be superman.

According to the AP, Phillies SS Jimmy Rollins is headed to the DL for the first time in his 8 year career.

He had only been available to pinch hit over the last week because of a badly sprained left ankle.  Last season, Rollins played all 162 games.

Personally, I never root for players to get hurt, but if I could wish for one player to get hurt…

According to ESPN.com, the Blue Jays have released 1B/DH Frank Thomas. 

Earlier this week, Thomas complained about a lack of ABs, claiming that they were benching him so they would not have to pick up his option for next year which would have kicked in if he reached 376 ABs. 

Call me nuts, but a power hitting 1B…just some food for thought.