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Amazin69 · 05-13-2025, 11:19 PM

No, that's the only one I can see. (MLBN, tomorrow.) Should have struck while my eyes were elsewhere.

Westheim · 05-14-2025, 01:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Déjà Bru

Your Mets are beating down my "punchless Pirates", as CBS called them.

How about letting the Pirates take the getaway game?

Uncle Steve? Uncle Steeeve!? ... Say, are we a registered non-profit charity?

CONN CHRIS · 05-14-2025, 09:37 AM

Of course it won't happen but man I would love a Mets - Tigers world series.

My daughter's soon-to-be fiance (we have insider information from the young man!) is a Mets fan and due to proximity; he, my son, and I could attend a game at Uncle Stevie's place.

Amazin69 · 05-15-2025, 12:19 PM

Wednesday's headlines: "Holmes feeds gopher, Mets go 0-fer"

I'm not terribly piqued by Clay Holmes surrendering two dingers after only one all season; that's just the law of averages. I'm pretty disappointed in Mendoza letting Jose Azocar end our only threat when we had the bases loaded in the bottom of the fourth, and the Pirates had removed the faltering Falter for RHP Shugart, and we had Jeff McNeil on the bench, not mention $765mn of Soto.

(Yes, Carlos wanted to give him TWO days off, but come on; you play Frankie every day and shortstop is a lot more involved in the action than RF on a daily basis. Juan [who was really unhappy with being sat] can take ONE PA without breaking down.)

But, mostly, I just want to know what you were doing at the game, Westie??

Westheim · 05-15-2025, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Amazin69

But, mostly, I just want to know what you were doing at the game, Westie??

Sshh! Secret mission. The Raccoons need relievers, and I'm trying to drag Dedniel Nunez out the back door.

Déjà Bru · 05-15-2025, 04:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Déjà Bru

Your Mets are beating down my "punchless Pirates", as CBS called them.

How about letting the Pirates take the getaway game?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Westheim

Uncle Steve? Uncle Steeeve!? ... Say, are we a registered non-profit charity?

Thanks. Beneath those gruff exteriors, you have hearts of gold. I knew you would come through!

Déjà Bru · 05-16-2025, 10:32 AM

Don't look for Soto to get a warm welcome tonight. A good single season, but not enough to engender lasting affection. Leaving the team for more money, already obscenely too much. Signing with the cross-town rival.

Definitely not conducive to good feelings.

But Juan is ready, so he says.

Soto eager to face crowd in return to the Bronx

Westheim · 05-16-2025, 11:28 AM

Juan Soto is a braver man than me for going out there to turn his back to the hoodlums in the cheap section.

Amazin69 · 05-16-2025, 01:53 PM

Fairly lousy day: they cut most of the remaining trees, ignoring the Cease and Desist letter I sent. (The sheriffs refused to do squat.)

Now do I get to see Mets-Yanks or are we so "close" to Atlanta (193.6 miles, baby!) that I get the Battle of Boston instead?

Westheim · 05-16-2025, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Amazin69

Fairly lousy day: they cut most of the remaining trees, ignoring the Cease and Desist letter I sent. (The sheriffs refused to do squat.)

Now do I get to see Mets-Yanks or are we so "close" to Atlanta (193.6 miles, baby!) that I get the Battle of Boston instead?

All games are free on MLB TV this weekend, except for the Crapple games today, the Roku game on Sunday, and the ESPN game on Sunday. Unfortunately the Mets are on thus wiped on Sunday, but you can watch today and tomorrow.

Westheim · 05-16-2025, 03:04 PM

Pete Crow-Armstrong just hit his 12th bomb for the Cubbies.

Oh, the sacrifices the Cubs made to get him from the Mets...!

-.-

Amazin69 · 05-16-2025, 07:29 PM

I'm not going to pay for Manfred-ball, Westie! I have my pride!

"Okay, I don't have a lot of my pride, but I have enough pride that I can't do [that]."

In even better news, MLBN is giving us the Yankees-cast (Michael Kay in all his "glory"!) AND the Yankees, Team Tradition, the Upholders of History…

…are wearing camouflage caps.

Yes, the team who honors Babe and Lou in the Midnight Blue, every game…is wearing some salute to people who kill for a living, apparently. Let's give it up for defending American interests (ie, corporate bottom lines) around the globe! Hail Victory! WE LOVE "Da Troops"! War, war, war, how do you like it, how do you like it?"

None of this John Lennon "give piece a chance" crap…Manly Manfred will honor literal Yankee Imperialism! Oh, joy.

(It's not even a holiday, is it? WTF-etyF-etyF-etyF?????)

ETA: No, my bad. All the teams get to bow the knee to the Pentagon Money Machine this weekend. It was just that the Mets were wearing normal helmets when batting in the top of first, and the Yanks make such a fetish out of uniform consistency that I was disconcerted. Whoops.

(Maybe I just skip this weekend? It's not as if I enjoy interleague play or "measuring" ourselves against NYA. I have other things to do, after all…)

Westheim · Yesterday, 06:06 AM

Yeah I wasn't sure but I was pretty convinced that Memorial Day is still a few weeks away.

Megill sucked once more, and that was already pretty much the story in this game against Paul Goldfish and the Stinkees.

Better luck next time?

Déjà Bru · Yesterday, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Westheim

Paul Goldfish and the Stinkees.

You guys come up with some good ones but this is even better than usual!

Westheim · Yesterday, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Déjà Bru

You guys come up with some good ones but this is even better than usual!

I can't claim the Goldfish. Keith Hernandez had a mouth malfunction and that's what came out

Déjà Bru · Yesterday, 04:09 PM

Diaz wins the duel with Judge. 100 mph fastball, I believe, up and in. Swing and a miss. I mean, SWING! I could feel the breeze here, over 50 miles away.

Westheim · Yesterday, 06:03 PM

I was convinced Judge would hit one not just into the cheap seats, our outta the park, but all the way to Connecticut and through Gary Cohen's kitchen window.

Oh well, there's still a game tomorrow

Amazin69 · Yesterday, 11:03 PM

"Who would have thought Old Boom-Boom had such talent in him?", to butcher MacBeth

Not even an option today, since apparently FOX is more resolute about ensuring I get to see "my" Braves than MLBN was. Huh.

Maybe tomorrow, since at least it won't be Michael Kay. (Or…will it????). I'll see how I feel.

The Lenny Dykstra biography Nailed tells us that Dykstra liked to call Darryl Strawberry "Awesome Strawsome". Fairly cute, I'll allow.

(There's no way Dykstra would have avoided calling Brett "Master Baty", is there?)

05-14-2025, 09:37 AM	#3183
CONN CHRIS Global Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 28,765	Of course it won't happen but man I would love a Mets - Tigers world series. My daughter's soon-to-be fiance (we have insider information from the young man!) is a Mets fan and due to proximity; he, my son, and I could attend a game at Uncle Stevie's place. __________________ Check Out My Cards!

05-16-2025, 10:32 AM	#3187
Déjà Bru Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Long Island Posts: 10,997	Don't look for Soto to get a warm welcome tonight. A good single season, but not enough to engender lasting affection. Leaving the team for more money, already obscenely too much. Signing with the cross-town rival. Definitely not conducive to good feelings. But Juan is ready, so he says. Soto eager to face crowd in return to the Bronx __________________ - Bru

05-16-2025, 11:28 AM	#3188
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 12,985	Juan Soto is a braver man than me for going out there to turn his back to the hoodlums in the cheap section. __________________ Portland Raccoons, 89 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.

05-16-2025, 03:04 PM	#3191
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 12,985	Pete Crow-Armstrong just hit his 12th bomb for the Cubbies. Oh, the sacrifices the Cubs made to get him from the Mets...! -.- __________________ Portland Raccoons, 89 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.

05-16-2025, 07:29 PM	#3192
Amazin69 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Palmetto Pride! Posts: 3,510 Infractions: 0/2 (2)	I'm not going to pay for Manfred-ball, Westie! I have my pride! "Okay, I don't have a lot of my pride, but I have enough pride that I can't do [that]." In even better news, MLBN is giving us the Yankees-cast (Michael Kay in all his "glory"!) AND the Yankees, Team Tradition, the Upholders of History… …are wearing camouflage caps. Yes, the team who honors Babe and Lou in the Midnight Blue, every game…is wearing some salute to people who kill for a living, apparently. Let's give it up for defending American interests (ie, corporate bottom lines) around the globe! Hail Victory! WE LOVE "Da Troops"! War, war, war, how do you like it, how do you like it?" None of this John Lennon "give piece a chance" crap…Manly Manfred will honor literal Yankee Imperialism! Oh, joy. (It's not even a holiday, is it? WTF-etyF-etyF-etyF?????) ETA: No, my bad. All the teams get to bow the knee to the Pentagon Money Machine this weekend. It was just that the Mets were wearing normal helmets when batting in the top of first, and the Yanks make such a fetish out of uniform consistency that I was disconcerted. Whoops. (Maybe I just skip this weekend? It's not as if I enjoy interleague play or "measuring" ourselves against NYA. I have other things to do, after all…) Last edited by Amazin69; 05-16-2025 at 07:49 PM.

05-13-2025, 11:19 PM	#3181
Amazin69 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Palmetto Pride! Posts: 3,510 Infractions: 0/2 (2)	No, that's the only one I can see. (MLBN, tomorrow.) Should have struck while my eyes were elsewhere.

05-15-2025, 12:19 PM	#3184
Amazin69 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Palmetto Pride! Posts: 3,510 Infractions: 0/2 (2)	Wednesday's headlines: "Holmes feeds gopher, Mets go 0-fer" I'm not terribly piqued by Clay Holmes surrendering two dingers after only one all season; that's just the law of averages. I'm pretty disappointed in Mendoza letting Jose Azocar end our only threat when we had the bases loaded in the bottom of the fourth, and the Pirates had removed the faltering Falter for RHP Shugart, and we had Jeff McNeil on the bench, not mention $765mn of Soto. (Yes, Carlos wanted to give him TWO days off, but come on; you play Frankie every day and shortstop is a lot more involved in the action than RF on a daily basis. Juan [who was really unhappy with being sat] can take ONE PA without breaking down.) But, mostly, I just want to know what you were doing at the game, Westie??

05-16-2025, 01:53 PM	#3189
Amazin69 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Palmetto Pride! Posts: 3,510 Infractions: 0/2 (2)	Fairly lousy day: they cut most of the remaining trees, ignoring the Cease and Desist letter I sent. (The sheriffs refused to do squat.) Now do I get to see Mets-Yanks or are we so "close" to Atlanta (193.6 miles, baby!) that I get the Battle of Boston instead?

Yesterday, 06:06 AM	#3193
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 12,985	Yeah I wasn't sure but I was pretty convinced that Memorial Day is still a few weeks away. Megill sucked once more, and that was already pretty much the story in this game against Paul Goldfish and the Stinkees. Better luck next time? __________________ Portland Raccoons, 89 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.

Yesterday, 04:09 PM	#3196
Déjà Bru Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Long Island Posts: 10,997	Diaz wins the duel with Judge. 100 mph fastball, I believe, up and in. Swing and a miss. I mean, SWING! I could feel the breeze here, over 50 miles away. __________________ - Bru

Yesterday, 06:03 PM	#3197
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 12,985	I was convinced Judge would hit one not just into the cheap seats, our outta the park, but all the way to Connecticut and through Gary Cohen's kitchen window. Oh well, there's still a game tomorrow __________________ Portland Raccoons, 89 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.

Yesterday, 11:03 PM	#3198
Amazin69 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Palmetto Pride! Posts: 3,510 Infractions: 0/2 (2)	"Who would have thought Old Boom-Boom had such talent in him?", to butcher MacBeth Not even an option today, since apparently FOX is more resolute about ensuring I get to see "my" Braves than MLBN was. Huh. Maybe tomorrow, since at least it won't be Michael Kay. (Or…will it????). I'll see how I feel. The Lenny Dykstra biography Nailed tells us that Dykstra liked to call Darryl Strawberry "Awesome Strawsome". Fairly cute, I'll allow. (There's no way Dykstra would have avoided calling Brett "Master Baty", is there?)