Paul drops more John Olerud facts at Section Five Twenty-Eight.

Lots of good stuff from Adam Rubin today. First and foremost, Manny Acta could return as third-base coach next year.

Second, Manny Ramirez hopes to enjoy a postgame beer with Pedro Martinez. That’s a conversation I’d kill to be a part of.

Slim Pickens at TheNoonerBlog breaks down what went wrong for the Jets on Monday night.

The Lighthouse project to revamp Nassau Coliseum has gone strangely dark. I hope that, whatever they do, they don’t affect the array of amazing fast-food fried chicken places on Hempstead Turnpike.

“Wow, this burrito is delicious, but it is filling.” H/T to grad-school buddy Amanda for the link.

Mets’ top pitching prospect Jenrry Mejia will make his AFL debut today. Ike Davis had a pretty decent day there yesterday.

The Jets’ defense is appropriately chagrined.

Jay-Z is unwilling to perform “Yankees Rule This Town”, a parody of his “Rule This Town.” Really? Shocker. Joan Jett covered “I love Rocky Road” like a billion times.

(FWIW, I once pool-hopped at a house that supposedly belonged to Joan Jett. Also, there’s probably a special ring of hell for wacky morning DJs on Top 40 stations.)

In advance of the big fella’s start on Friday, Steve Lombardi at WasWatching.com breaks down CC Sabathia’s starts with between 7 and 10 days of rest. There’s no real identifiable pattern, it appears.

Bassett and crew break down the Jets’ breakdown at TheJetsBlog.com. Long story short, they’re going to need to work on their run defense. The Jets, that is, not Bassett and crew.

The Dodgers and Mets are clashing over Jose Reyes’ treatment. That makes sense, since the Mets pretty much threw the Dodgers’ doctors under the bus, and the Mets are ultimately responsible for making decisions on their own players’ injuries.

If you’ve been frustrated with Chip Carey, don’t worry. It only gets worse.

Look, it’s Rafael Santana, and he’s doing stuff!

Wallace Matthews says A-Rod derp de derp derp derp.

Speaking of people doing stuff, I hosted a couple of podcasts this week. First, the NYMetscast with Mike Rudner, in which we break down all the things that went wrong in 2009 and give an overview of the offseason. Second, Perpetual Post Radio with Howard Megdal, the crew from the Perpetual Post, and audio difficulties.

I missed this the first time around, but here’s a funny feature on the dude who presses the home-run apple button at Citi Field. I’ve always wondered about that.

Former Met Ed Hearn has a kidney disease and takes 20 medications a day. Yikes. Rough story, but a good read.

Sam at Amazin’ Avenue points out how silly it’d be for the Mets to sign Hideki Matsui. Of course, he could have shortened the piece by just relying on the age-old argument, “Duh.”

This is also a few days old, but Paul at Section Five Twenty-Eight writes his first 25 John Olerud facts. Some of the highlights: “John Olerud collects bird houses,” “John Olerud has a pleasant singing voice,” and “Back in 1992, John Olerud had a white wine spritzer.”

Kerry Rhodes says the Jets are “more swaggerlicious.” That’s one of the best marketing lines I’ve ever heard. The 2009 Jets: Now more swaggerlicious! I’m sold.

Sam Page of Amazin’ Avenue drives home a point I try to make all the time: labeling starting pitchers by rotation slot is pointless and unnecessary. Teams should just get the five best starters they can.

One of the biggest developments of the playoffs, I think, has been the exposure of Chip Carey as bad. I don’t get it: He’s so clearly unqualified for the job, how ever did he get it? Also, I feel like he’s dragging poor Ron Darling down.

Keyshawn Johnson has unmitigated gall to suggest that Braylon Edwards needs to focus on what’s on the field.

Carlos Gomez feels bad for the Mets. He’s not alone.

Ladies, gentlemen and Hoyas: We have a Michael Sweetney sighting.

If an unauthorized sequel to Catcher in the Rye was enough to make J.D. Salinger poke his head out and say, “stop that,” the Daily News’ back page today would probably really bother him, if only he subscribed to newspapers:

Mmm... pie.