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Westheim · 02-10-2023, 03:25 PM

Also, I don't give a hoot whether the Dodgers and Yankees owners like Uncle Steve.

WE like Uncle Steve, and that's enough!

Déjà Bru · 02-10-2023, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Westheim

Also, I don't give a hoot whether the Dodgers and Yankees owners like Uncle Steve.

WE like Uncle Steve, and that's enough!

Yeah, take that, fat cat emperors! (That is, move over and make room.

)

Westheim · 02-12-2023, 01:01 PM

Hey, hey, Yoenis Cespedes is gonna play for Cuba at the WBC.

Unless a horse intervenes somehow.

Déjà Bru · 02-12-2023, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Westheim

Hey, hey, Yoenis Cespedes is gonna play for Cuba at the WBC.

Unless a horse intervenes somehow.

I call these welcome provocations "The Westheim Challenge."

So, this time the challenge is to find the link between Cespedes and a horse. Well, there was this story from years ago:

Mets star Yoenis Cespedes rides horse to spring training
Yoenis Cespdes is turning the [2016] New York Mets' spring training into quite the spectacle.

But I don't think that is what you are referring to. Perhaps you are conflating "horse" with "wild boar" as in this story?

Mets' Yoenis Cespedes suffered broken ankle in incident with wild boar at his ranch in May [2020], per report
The Mets filed a grievance and cut Cespedes' salary as a result

For, wild horses couldn't keep Cespedes away from the WBC, but apparently a wild boar is capable.

Westheim · 02-12-2023, 02:11 PM

Oh god, I got my Mets lore mixed up.

Duckworth, my dunce cap! -.-

Déjà Bru · 02-12-2023, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Westheim

Oh god, I got my Mets lore mixed up.

Duckworth, my dunce cap! -.-

My pleasure, really. I find these challenges quite fun.

Amazin69 · 02-12-2023, 05:10 PM

Perhaps a horse will stampede boars across the field?

(I don't know that boars are afraid of horses, though. Boars are pretty tough.)

Westheim · 02-25-2023, 01:31 PM

First look at the Metsies in Florida in 30 minutes!

It's on the Astros channel, but it's still the Metsies!

If MLB.tv is to be believed, that's the lineup trotted out:

SS Guillorme - LF Locastro - 3B Baty - 1B Vientos - DH Narvaez - RF D. Stewart - 2B Arauz - C M. Perez - CF Ramirez

I swear, if there wasn't Guillorme in there, I'd think those are the Marlins or something.

BBGiovanni · 02-25-2023, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Westheim

First look at the Metsies in Florida in 30 minutes!

It's on the Astros channel, but it's still the Metsies!

If MLB.tv is to be believed, that's the lineup trotted out:

SS Guillorme - LF Locastro - 3B Baty - 1B Vientos - DH Narvaez - RF D. Stewart - 2B Arauz - C M. Perez - CF Ramirez

I swear, if there wasn't Guillorme in there, I'd think those are the Marlins or something.

That be the travelling team

I think they're on WCBS for the morning game, I'll probably do that to hear Howie!

Westheim · 02-25-2023, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by BBGiovanni

That be the travelling team

I think they're on WCBS for the morning game, I'll probably do that to hear Howie!

To be 100% honest, I don't know who those Perezes and Ramirezes there are. Looks like a Loggers lineup to me

BBGiovanni · 02-25-2023, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Westheim

To be 100% honest, I don't know who those Perezes and Ramirezes there are. Looks like a Loggers lineup to me

Wait till the later innings

I love Duane Kuiper/Jon Miller routines on Giants ST broadcasts... "now batting, number 93, who's 93" "I don't know, Duane, but he bats lefty" "That's strike three so we'll never know"

This running game is a little silly already, we'll see...

Westheim · 02-25-2023, 04:06 PM

Not trying to dump on Zach Muckenhirn, the kid on the mound for the Mets right now, but in Bavarian slang his surname translates as "fly brain"

BBGiovanni · 02-25-2023, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Westheim

Not trying to dump on Zach Muckenhirn, the kid on the mound for the Mets right now, but in Bavarian slang his surname translates as "fly brain"

Haha, like "short attention span"?

Westheim · 02-26-2023, 04:37 AM

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Originally Posted by BBGiovanni

Haha, like "short attention span"?

It's not used as an insult. Southern Germans are more direct than that, although we like to innovate, so ...

Westheim · 02-26-2023, 02:06 PM

The lovely voice of, uh, Steve Gelbs!

Meeeets! I missed you...!

BBGiovanni · 02-26-2023, 02:34 PM

Not to jump to conclusions or anything but I think I've seen enough of Pham in CF to last me for a while. Looks like 5 years since he spent any regular time there, so I hope he's just eating innings to keep Nimmo/Canha fresh. And I hope even Marte is ahead of him on the depth chart there.

Westheim · 02-27-2023, 03:46 PM

(breathes into a paper bag during this fifth inning of horrors)

Déjà Bru · 03-01-2023, 01:24 PM

That's it, we're checking Pete's bat!

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Westheim · 03-01-2023, 01:37 PM

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That's it, we're checking Pete's bat!

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I'll have a word with Pete. We can't have him leak critical intel to the enemy.

Westheim · 03-16-2023, 02:15 AM

Boom-Boom Diaz busts knee after closing out Puerto Rico W

I'm calm.

We're good, Uncle Steve, right? We're still good?

Uncle Steve?

02-10-2023, 03:25 PM	#1881
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02-12-2023, 01:01 PM	#1883
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 13,807	Hey, hey, Yoenis Cespedes is gonna play for Cuba at the WBC. Unless a horse intervenes somehow. __________________ Portland Raccoons, 92 years of excell-.... of baseball: Furballs here! 1983 * 1989 * 1991 * 1992 * 1993 * 1995 * 1996 * 2010 * 2017 * 2018 * 2019 * 2026 * 2028 * 2035 * 2037 * 2044 * 2045 * 2046 * 2047 * 2048 * 2051 * 2054 * 2055 * 2061 1 OSANAI : 2 POWELL : 7 NOMURA \| RAMOS : 8 REECE : 10 BROWN : 15 HALL : 27 FERNANDEZ : 28 CASAS : 31 CARMONA : 32 WEST : 39 TONER : 46 SAITO Resident Mets Cynic - The Mets from 1962 onwards, here.

02-12-2023, 02:11 PM	#1885
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 13,807	Oh god, I got my Mets lore mixed up. Duckworth, my dunce cap! -.- __________________ Portland Raccoons, 92 years of excell-.... of baseball: Furballs here! 1983 * 1989 * 1991 * 1992 * 1993 * 1995 * 1996 * 2010 * 2017 * 2018 * 2019 * 2026 * 2028 * 2035 * 2037 * 2044 * 2045 * 2046 * 2047 * 2048 * 2051 * 2054 * 2055 * 2061 1 OSANAI : 2 POWELL : 7 NOMURA \| RAMOS : 8 REECE : 10 BROWN : 15 HALL : 27 FERNANDEZ : 28 CASAS : 31 CARMONA : 32 WEST : 39 TONER : 46 SAITO Resident Mets Cynic - The Mets from 1962 onwards, here.

02-25-2023, 01:31 PM	#1888
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 13,807	First look at the Metsies in Florida in 30 minutes! It's on the Astros channel, but it's still the Metsies! If MLB.tv is to be believed, that's the lineup trotted out: SS Guillorme - LF Locastro - 3B Baty - 1B Vientos - DH Narvaez - RF D. Stewart - 2B Arauz - C M. Perez - CF Ramirez I swear, if there wasn't Guillorme in there, I'd think those are the Marlins or something. __________________ Portland Raccoons, 92 years of excell-.... of baseball: Furballs here! 1983 * 1989 * 1991 * 1992 * 1993 * 1995 * 1996 * 2010 * 2017 * 2018 * 2019 * 2026 * 2028 * 2035 * 2037 * 2044 * 2045 * 2046 * 2047 * 2048 * 2051 * 2054 * 2055 * 2061 1 OSANAI : 2 POWELL : 7 NOMURA \| RAMOS : 8 REECE : 10 BROWN : 15 HALL : 27 FERNANDEZ : 28 CASAS : 31 CARMONA : 32 WEST : 39 TONER : 46 SAITO Resident Mets Cynic - The Mets from 1962 onwards, here.

02-25-2023, 04:06 PM	#1892
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 13,807	Not trying to dump on Zach Muckenhirn, the kid on the mound for the Mets right now, but in Bavarian slang his surname translates as "fly brain" __________________ Portland Raccoons, 92 years of excell-.... of baseball: Furballs here! 1983 * 1989 * 1991 * 1992 * 1993 * 1995 * 1996 * 2010 * 2017 * 2018 * 2019 * 2026 * 2028 * 2035 * 2037 * 2044 * 2045 * 2046 * 2047 * 2048 * 2051 * 2054 * 2055 * 2061 1 OSANAI : 2 POWELL : 7 NOMURA \| RAMOS : 8 REECE : 10 BROWN : 15 HALL : 27 FERNANDEZ : 28 CASAS : 31 CARMONA : 32 WEST : 39 TONER : 46 SAITO Resident Mets Cynic - The Mets from 1962 onwards, here.

02-12-2023, 05:10 PM	#1887
Amazin69 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Palmetto Pride! Posts: 4,203 Infractions: 0/2 (2)	Perhaps a horse will stampede boars across the field? (I don't know that boars are afraid of horses, though. Boars are pretty tough.)

02-26-2023, 02:06 PM	#1895
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 13,807	The lovely voice of, uh, Steve Gelbs! Meeeets! I missed you...! __________________ Portland Raccoons, 92 years of excell-.... of baseball: Furballs here! 1983 * 1989 * 1991 * 1992 * 1993 * 1995 * 1996 * 2010 * 2017 * 2018 * 2019 * 2026 * 2028 * 2035 * 2037 * 2044 * 2045 * 2046 * 2047 * 2048 * 2051 * 2054 * 2055 * 2061 1 OSANAI : 2 POWELL : 7 NOMURA \| RAMOS : 8 REECE : 10 BROWN : 15 HALL : 27 FERNANDEZ : 28 CASAS : 31 CARMONA : 32 WEST : 39 TONER : 46 SAITO Resident Mets Cynic - The Mets from 1962 onwards, here.

02-26-2023, 02:34 PM	#1896
BBGiovanni All Star Starter Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Republic of California Posts: 1,910	Not to jump to conclusions or anything but I think I've seen enough of Pham in CF to last me for a while. Looks like 5 years since he spent any regular time there, so I hope he's just eating innings to keep Nimmo/Canha fresh. And I hope even Marte is ahead of him on the depth chart there. __________________ Let's Go (San Jose) Giants, Let's Go Mets! Current Project: WBAT/AABBA: Organized Base Ball And the "New Normal" World Baseball Aid Tournament 2023 trophy round underway!

02-27-2023, 03:46 PM	#1897
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 13,807	(breathes into a paper bag during this fifth inning of horrors) __________________ Portland Raccoons, 92 years of excell-.... of baseball: Furballs here! 1983 * 1989 * 1991 * 1992 * 1993 * 1995 * 1996 * 2010 * 2017 * 2018 * 2019 * 2026 * 2028 * 2035 * 2037 * 2044 * 2045 * 2046 * 2047 * 2048 * 2051 * 2054 * 2055 * 2061 1 OSANAI : 2 POWELL : 7 NOMURA \| RAMOS : 8 REECE : 10 BROWN : 15 HALL : 27 FERNANDEZ : 28 CASAS : 31 CARMONA : 32 WEST : 39 TONER : 46 SAITO Resident Mets Cynic - The Mets from 1962 onwards, here.

03-01-2023, 01:24 PM	#1898
Déjà Bru Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Long Island Posts: 11,742	That's it, we're checking Pete's bat! __________________ - Bru

03-16-2023, 02:15 AM	#1900
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 13,807	Boom-Boom Diaz busts knee after closing out Puerto Rico W I'm calm. We're good, Uncle Steve, right? We're still good? Uncle Steve? __________________ Portland Raccoons, 92 years of excell-.... of baseball: Furballs here! 1983 * 1989 * 1991 * 1992 * 1993 * 1995 * 1996 * 2010 * 2017 * 2018 * 2019 * 2026 * 2028 * 2035 * 2037 * 2044 * 2045 * 2046 * 2047 * 2048 * 2051 * 2054 * 2055 * 2061 1 OSANAI : 2 POWELL : 7 NOMURA \| RAMOS : 8 REECE : 10 BROWN : 15 HALL : 27 FERNANDEZ : 28 CASAS : 31 CARMONA : 32 WEST : 39 TONER : 46 SAITO Resident Mets Cynic - The Mets from 1962 onwards, here.