I Give Up Day 2019

[whippoorwill]

If this is the bullpen we're stuck with I give up

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

July 24. I gave up.

[kcmets]

A loss today and I'll finally join the club.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

They just haven't solved their problems, and the organization's arrogant overconfidence and resulting lack of preparation is evident all over.

[Centerfield]

Five games out. Five teams in front of them. Two months left to go. The next nine games are against non-contenders. deGrom pitching tonight...

[Methead]

And if the Diamondbacks and Giants are sellers today, that weakens 2 of those 5 teams.



God help me.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

I went and searched for this thread I was so determined to give up.



Stupid SHaMs

[seawolf17]

DON'T YOU DARE GIVE UP ON THIS TEAM, DAMMIT

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

I'm going back on my word. I'm a broken fan

[Frayed Knot]

Even a broken fan is right twice a day y'know.







Wait, what?

[kcmets]

I'm so glad I forgot to give up.

[ashie62]

I am optimistic on the Metsies. An Ashie rarity

[Centerfield]

Diamondbacks got weaker. And I don't think SF has the horses to sustain.

[Edgy MD]

The Cardinals gave up Boots Day when they traded him for Rich Nye.

[nymr83]

the bastards are drawing me back in. damn it.

[Lefty Specialist]

=nymr83 post_id=17375 time=1564750862 user_id=54]
the bastards are drawing me back in. damn it.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

If the SHaMs keep up their current .722 winning percentage we'll finish 92-70.

[LWFS]

Make that 91-71

[kcmets]

Not that I keep track of such things, but in addition to the Mets the other four

teams ahead of them in the wild card 'race' also drop another game back. Last

night's loss was huge and a win would have resulted in rare quintuple happiness.

[batmagadanleadoff]

I don't pay much attention to how many teams are ahead of the Mets in the race for the WC . It's still too early in the season for that, I figure. I mainly look at the games behind. I figure if the Mets win, the rest of that stuff will take care of itself. There's still enough season left where all those teams ahead of the Mets will be playing each other plenty, guaranteeing a loss in those head to heads. This is what youse call the net games behind stat, which I couldn't give a shit about until sometime after Labor Day.

[kcmets]

Blowing an opportunity to climb over a team (and everyone likes to say

there's too many teams to climb over) is always bad with only two months

left. Yesterday they erased a 'games back' and the others mostly did too. The

day before they could have climbed over ARI - eliminating, at least temporarily,

one of the dreaded 'tmttco's. Fewer teams to climb over has to be better than

tmttco the first week of August or after Labor Day.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Blowing an opportunity to climb over a team (and everyone likes to say there's too many teams to climb over) is always bad with only two months left. Yesterday they erased a 'games back' and the others mostly did too. The day before they could have climbed over ARI - eliminating, at least temporarily, one of the dreaded 'tmttco's. Fewer teams to climb over has to be better than tmttco the first week of August or after Labor Day.

Blah, blah blah. Have some Batman cards. This three pack includes a 2nd series Jacob deGrom variation and a Batman69 insert.





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[kcmets]

Thanks, you're very talented.



Not my taste though, much more a Ben-Grimm-style card guy..

[smg58]

I have officially un-given up.

[whippoorwill]

Love these cards

[nymr83]

ALL IN FAVOR OF DELETING THIS THREAD AND HIDING OUR SHAME?

[batmagadanleadoff]

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Love these cards

[whippoorwill]

I sure did! I was in kindergarten when it first was on tv and looked forward to it every week even tjough i had no idea what night it'd be on.



To this day in my head i hear ‘nana nana nanan nana na! Batman! In Color!'

[batmagadanleadoff]

Thanks, you're very talented.

Thanks, right back atcha. What I wanted to say in the other post in this thread is to follow up on not being so concerned about the other teams, yet. I don't fret about the Mets, as you say, lost opportunity to move ahead of the DBacks the other day because that Mets loss will hurt them just the same even if the DBacks had lost on that day. I think this is all a convoluted way of really saying, "Just win, baby". I mean, to use an extreme example that still kinda makes the point, a team that loses on Opening day is behind half the teams in the league, assuming every team starts on the same day. See what I mean? So what.

[nymr83]

Thanks, you're very talented. Thanks, right back atcha. What I wanted to say in the other post in this thread is to follow up on not being so concerned about the other teams, yet. I don't fret about the Mets, as you say, lost opportunity to move ahead of the DBacks the other day because that Mets loss will hurt them just the same even if the DBacks had lost on that day. I think this is all a convoluted way of really saying, "Just win, baby". I mean, to use an extreme example that still kinda makes the point, a team that loses on Opening day is behind half the teams in the league, assuming every team starts on the same day. See what I mean? So what.

yeah, i'm on board with "just win", gone are the days of 100 win teams missing the playoffs with 4 divisions and no wildcard. win enough and you'll get there. it probably needs to be at least labor day before i worry about what the other clubs do every day