Probably not.

But, it is worth noting that John Maine was forced from his start Sunday because of a stomach bug. Carlos Beltran was out with the same illness, after leaving the lineup mid-way thru Saturday’s game.

It’s also worth noting that the Mets play in Queens, which has been the epicenter of New York City’s swine flu outbreak, the largest one in the country. So, it’s not entirely implausible. Here’s how it could happen:

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“I’m going to get you in the locker room for that, you don’t know me.”

Seren’a harsh words for Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, who cheated by hitting the ball with her body (and winning the point).  I guess Serena didn’t feel the need to follow through on her threat since she beat Ms. Sanchez 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in yesterday’s French Open action.

What starts off as a potentially funny top-10 list goes awry as readers lay into the author in the comments. My favorite:

Which Sportsline lamer made the weakest attempt to grow facial hair?
Answer: Gregory Urbano

[CBS Sports]

LeBron couldn’t keep up his end of the bargain. So what? The Lakers vs Magic presents us with another highly anticipated face off between a shooting guard and a small forward.

I speak, of course, of JJ Redick vs Adam Morrison.

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Here are the outakes of Elisha Cuthbert from her Men’s Health Magazine shoot. If these are the rejected pictures, I can only wonder what those in the magazine look like. Too bad I am too lazy to look them up.

Add Dion Phaneuf to the list of guys I hate. Not hate hate, just jealous hate.

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Alex Rodriguez is either laughing or crying at what Jay Z just said. Maybe a little of both. It wouldn’t surprise me.

Who knew that a quiet night out with the girlfriend would lead to partying with the Pittsburgh Penguins. [Hockey Fights]

The great Jimmy Traina points us to this great song by CunninLynguists called, “Caucasian.” A satire on the one and only Kanye West’s “Amazing.” With a rhyme like:

“What about Dirk? He MVP’n
He ain’t Caucasian, he a European”

What is not to love. I can’t stop singing the hook, even though I am Chinese. Hope no one gets offended.

It’s been a rough couple weeks for Mark Cuban. First, Time Warner drops HDNet due to “limited appeal”, and then Mavericks are eliminated from the playoffs.

So, how do most people recoup after a bad week at work? Why not indulge in a little pizza? It seems that Mark is just like you and I — except that instead of ordering a large pie, he writes a large check to the pizzeria.

Cuban is a proud new investor in Naked Pizza, a New Orleans-based pizza shop that serves only the healthiest and most natural pizza, oh yeah, and they market themselves on Twitter (but who doesn’t now?). Along with the investment, Cuban get’s the franchise rights for all of Texas. So, even if the Mavs are out and HDNet is failing, Cuban is still the winner, because he has more pizza than you.

I have always been a fan of Ben Stein since his show, “Win Ben Stein’s Money”on Comedy Central. His humor is what I like to call cerebral and somehow gets me laughing to myself all the time. So what do you get when you team him up with Shaquille O’Neal? Some great outtakes from the Comcast commercial.

Wouldn’t it be great if you saw these two in Twins 2. Seriously, could it get any worse than Danny Devito and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s version?