Gil Plus 50

[stevejrogers]

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: I think it vanished. I think of you Steve J., as the unofficial historian of the Met-a-verse so figured you had the scoop

Once SIMetman stopped hanging around there, it went downhill in terms of spam bot attacks. He usually was the go-to IT guy Joe leaned on.



And I guess the lack of traffic and same 4-5 users posting didn't make much sense to upgrade the software.



C'est la vie 🤷🏻‍♂️

[whippoorwill]

Wow I remember the days when to hit "refresh" meant four or five new threads. Ah the good old days.

[whippoorwill]

Willets Point wrote: My guess is that most of them are in jail awaiting trial for 1/6/21 crimes.

lol

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

SIMetman! Wow there's a blast from the past. I wonder if he ang Gregoty Gwirtz still hang out

[Frayed Knot]

=stevejrogers post_id=94156 time=1654008154 user_id=57]
... I guess the lack of traffic and same 4-5 users posting didn't make much sense to upgrade the software.

[Edgy MD]

I never felt so proud to be one of the 16-18 remaining regular posters at the Pool.

[stevejrogers]

Frayed Knot wrote: =stevejrogers post_id=94156 time=1654008154 user_id=57] ... I guess the lack of traffic and same 4-5 users posting didn't make much sense to upgrade the software.

And you didn't invite the remaining refugees here?!?!

[Frayed Knot]

Wait ... we're backwards here?

Why wasn't I informed of this?

[Edgy MD]

Twitter turns Donald Trump into a president, and we're a step backwards from that.

[whippoorwill]

Edgy MD wrote: I never felt so proud to be one of the 16-18 remaining regular posters at the Pool.

Me too. It's on my resume

[Willets Point]

Frayed Knot wrote: =stevejrogers post_id=94156 time=1654008154 user_id=57] ... I guess the lack of traffic and same 4-5 users posting didn't make much sense to upgrade the software.

And you didn't invite the remaining refugees here?!?!

[Frayed Knot]

I was, of course, kidding.

I have no idea who the last stragglers even were over there or if they'd be ones to even know/remember about the very existence/history of this place. But if they were, they'd be about as likely to accept an invite as we would be to extend one.

[vtmet7]

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: =stevejrogers post_id=93927 time=1653867176 user_id=57] FWIW, the Twins announced in January intentions to retire Jim Kaat's #36 on July 16th, but that was in mid-lockout. Twins still have a home game that day, so I'd imagine it's still set for that day. The rest of Kaat's and Hodges's Hall class of 2022 mates whom are associated with MLB franchises, Tony Olivia, Minnie Minoso and David Ortiz had their numbers retired years ago, in fact Minoso's was done in 1983 and Oliva's in 1991. Hey Rogers, whatever happened to the mofo?

I don't even think Joe even cares at this point!



Probably when spambots greatly outnumber actual posters, it's not worth paying to keep the thing running.



I should lurk on some of the other old school boards like GSS, MetsRefugees, etc to see how they are holding up.

[stevejrogers]

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Hey Rogers, whatever happened to the mofo? I don't even think Joe even cares at this point! Probably when spambots greatly outnumber actual posters, it's not worth paying to keep the thing running. I should lurk on some of the other old school boards like GSS, MetsRefugees, etc to see how they are holding up. what was the most current name of the MOFO? wasn't it something like nysportsdaily or nysportsday? also, what is GSS?

SportsDay. That site is still running



GrandSlamSingle

[vtmet7]

I don't even think Joe even cares at this point! Probably when spambots greatly outnumber actual posters, it's not worth paying to keep the thing running. I should lurk on some of the other old school boards like GSS, MetsRefugees, etc to see how they are holding up. what was the most current name of the MOFO? wasn't it something like nysportsdaily or nysportsday? also, what is GSS? SportsDay. That site is still running GrandSlamSingle

forgot about Grand Slam Single, just tried googling "Grand Slam Single forum" and all I got was tennis sites...



as far as SportsDay, when I go to NYSportsDay.com, I see stories and betting information but no forum...



looks like NYFutureStars still has a forum, haven't posted there in years though

[G-Fafif]

Back to Gil…Vin Scully at 94 contributes to a Times piece on Hodges connecting a pair of franchises.

The connective tissues stretch all the way across the country and back again, binding Brooklyn, Los Angeles and Queens. Through the years, through all the true bounces and bad hops and yellowed pages, the contents of this baseball triangle remain snugly bound. Main characters recede and others emerge, and then it repeats all over again. But the strongest and most consistent connection between the Dodgers and the Mets remains Gil Hodges, the late, newly elected Hall of Famer whose No. 14 will be retired by the Dodgers here on Saturday night. The Mets retired the same number for Hodges in 1973. “He was, indeed — I was going to say the thread, but he wasn't the thread, he was the iron steel cable,” Vin Scully, the legendary Dodgers broadcaster, said on Thursday during a rare telephone interview. The Mets franchise and Dodger Stadium both sprang to life in April 1962, and the former is beginning a 10-day western swing this weekend with four games in Chavez Ravine. It is a star-studded matchup of the top two teams in the National League, but the clubs will briefly set the competition aside to honor Hodges, a player who meant so much to both sides.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/04/sports/baseball/gil-hodges-jersey-retired.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/04/sports/baseball/gil-hodges-jersey-retired.html

[G-Fafif]

[nymr83]

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: SIMetman! Wow there's a blast from the past. I wonder if he ang Gregoty Gwirtz still hang out

I think i know the latter individual and i never posted to mofo, i wonder who the former is in real life?

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Greg struck me as a totally normal, polite and intelligent poster, it just weirded me out that a guy would use his full name as a sports board handle... sorta like Steve J Rogers!



I seem to remember he was buds with SI Metman but I can't be sure. I think they were both from SI

[nymr83]

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Greg struck me as a totally normal, polite and intelligent poster, it just weirded me out that a guy would use his full name as a sports board handle... sorta like Steve J Rogers! I seem to remember he was buds with SI Metman but I can't be sure. I think they were both from SI

if its the Greg i'm thinking of then yes, he was from SI

[G-Fafif]

The incomparable Steve Rushin visits with three kids of baseball legends, including Irene Hodges.

Irene Hodges was 18 years old when she visited her father at his shop in New York City on a fall day in 1969. A raucous workplace celebration was underway. The firm managed by Irene's dad—the Mets—had just won the World Series. Irene and her 19-year-old brother, Gil Hodges Jr., braved the crossfire of champagne corks to get to their father's office, where the silent phone on Gil Hodges's desk drew the attention of their mother, Joan. “Gil,” Joan told her husband, “you should call your mother.” Gil's mother was at home, watching the celebration on TV in Indiana, where Hodges began his long journey to secular sainthood, first as a Marine in World War II, then as a beloved member of the Brooklyn Dodgers, then as a player for the original Los Angeles Dodgers and the original New York Mets, and finally as manager of those Amazin's. Gil thought for a moment and said: “That's a long-distance call. I think I should make that one at home.” Irene Hodges is now 71 and living again in the house where she grew up, in Flatbush, where she's caring for her 95-year-old mother. It's the same split-level to which Gil Hodges returned in the 1960s after managing the Mets, in the same borough where he played first base at Ebbets Field, 75 feet from Jackie Robinson, once upon a time. “He used to walk to the stores around here,” says Irene. “He was part of the church, part of the community, did the same things anyone else would do. He'd go to the butcher, go to the supermarket. People would shake his hand, put an arm around him and say, ‘Hey, Gil, how are you? Good luck tonight; we're rooting for you.' It was never intrusive, never threatening.” It was a 20-minute drive home from Shea Stadium on that crisp Thursday afternoon 53 years ago, and Irene is now thinking of the lost world it betokened—of long-distance calls, rotary-dial phones, World Series day games and baseball at the center of attention. All of it has long since passed from this world, as has her father, but that day in 1969 keeps his memory alive. “He had just won one of the biggest World Series in New York history,” Irene says of that phone call to her grandmother. “But that didn't change the essence of the man. He was still going to do the right thing.” In his moment of professional triumph, Gil Hodges called his mother from home. Says Irene: “That's the perfect story of who my father was.”

https://www.si.com/mlb/2022/06/16/kids-of-summer-daily-coverhttps://www.si.com/mlb/2022/06/16/kids-of-summer-daily-cover

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It was a 20-minute drive home from Shea Stadium on that crisp Thursday afternoon 53 years ago...

[Benjamin Grimm]

Traffic is generally lighter on crisp Thursdays.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Great story... to get that is good reportin'

[stevejrogers]

For those scoring at home, and we know you are, a Brooklyn “B” adorns the cap on Gil's plaque. The 1969 Mets do get a mention in the plaque text.

[kcmets]

Somewhere, Ma Carter is smiling.

[G-Fafif]

Irene Hodges gave a wonderful Brooklyn schoolgirl accounting of her father, Hall of Famer Gil Hodges.

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

Finally had a chance to hear Ms. Hodges acceptance speech. She did a wonderful job. Very moving. Was nice to hear that players from the 1969 team and Sarah Seaver were there.