McNamara said the LTDA wanted to see the route built, just not as planned.
Now he has corralled the spotlight from Michael Phelps, if not as planned.
Dinners proceed not as planned, leisurely affairs, but as fast-casual turn-and-burns: you get small, shareable plates and some drinks, and then make room for the next set of customers.
In what can be construed as a setback, Reyes did not, as planned, run the bases Thursday in Port St. Lucie, Fla. Tightness in his right hamstring was cited, and he is tentatively scheduled to try again Saturday.
ANOTHER DELAY FOR ALOU The curious saga of Moises Alou's rehabilitation took another turn Thursday, his 42nd birthday, when the Mets said he would not, as planned, play for Class AA Binghamton over the weekend.
This year's ceremony, replete with halt and hiccup, was ticking along as expected, if not as planned; there were even a couple of pleasant shocks, starting with the revelation that Joseph Gordon-Levitt, already a dangerously gifted fellow, can sing and dance to boot, and rising to the majesty of Samuel L. Jackson's tuxedo, which appeared to be woven from brushed haemoglobin.
