IGT 06/21- NYM@HOU

[Edgy MD]

Coming off a 5-and-2 homiestand, the Mets head to Houston to pay tribute to Keith Hernandez' favorite record and the band that made the town great.



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Trevor Williams attacks for the Mets. José Urquidy defends for the Astros, so beard care may come into play. Houston, at 41-25, leads the AL West by a healthy 9 1/2 games, but have lost five of their last 10. They got to enjoy a non-travel day off today after beating the White Sox at Minute Maid yestereve.

[kcmets]

Old-timers here: What was the name and some memories of that way-

ahead-of-it's-time web-site and forum that those Astros fans ran back in

the day? It was the best, and very interwebspirational to me at the time.

[Fman99]

An 8:10 start, so I'm unlikely to get the entirety of this one, but, still, LGM

[Frayed Knot]

=kcmets post_id=96855 time=1655823648 user_id=53]
Old-timers here: What was the name and some memories of that way-

ahead-of-it's-time web-site and forum that those Astros fans ran back in

the day? It was the best, and very interwebspirational to me at the time.

[Edgy MD]

Anybuds want to offer an Astroreport in the macro or micro, please have at it.

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy MD wrote: Anybuds want to offer an Astroreport in the macro or micro, please have at it.

They're good.



You're welcome.

[kcmets]

I can't say enough about how cool that site was. There were no peers on the

the internet run by fans that came close to how well done it was. Mets Online and

the forum were good too, but it was always under the shadow of that Nutty52 and

a couple of mouth-breathing fucktards that constantly needed filtering.



Not that I was always a saint there too.

[Edgy MD]

You were great. Sainthood, though, is elusive. We can't all be Thirteen, or GregoryJGerwitz, or that guy who was a college professor in Georgia who would go to the games at Turner Field with his stepdaughters, and folks would start to give him shit for his Mets colors, but then they'd back down because the girls would argue back. He was great too, even if I can't remember his screen name.



Cookie Mom stopped liking me, like, a decade ago, and I'm sorry for whatever I did, but she'll always have my thanks for fronting the munny for the MoFo picnic. That may not make a person a saint on its own, but that's a helluva start.

[kcmets]

I have pics from the mofo picnic somewhere. Hot as fucking hell on those

aluminum bleachers. We called Ambler on my cell phone that was like the size

of a woman's sneaker. I wonder if the banner still exists that everyone signed

and commented on. I remember adding "Show Us the Plan!" to it.

[kcmets]

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NIMMO CF

MARTE RF

LINDOR SS

ALONSO 1B

CANHA LF

GUILLORME 2B

ESCOSNAP 3B

DAVIS DH

MAZEIKA C

[Edgy MD]

=kcmets post_id=96887 time=1655839838 user_id=53]Not that I was always a saint there too.

[Frayed Knot]

I can't say enough about how cool that site was. There were no peers on the the internet run by fans that came close to how well done it was.

They even tolerated -- dare I say, Liked -- me during my occasional visits there, and in general Houston fans tend to like things associated with the Mets on a par with warm beer and cold Bar-b-Que.



At one point they were thinking about expanding to include sites for other teams but then the bottom dropped out of that initial internet boom right at the same time they got a cease and desist letter

from the Astros over having various logos on their site. So they (Kevin & Scott, not sure if I ever knew the last name) opted instead to reverse course and get out all together.





The successor site: https://forums.orangewhoopass.com/https://forums.orangewhoopass.com/

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

I can't say enough about how cool that site was. There were no peers on the the internet run by fans that came close to how well done it was. Mets Online and the forum were good too, but it was always under the shadow of that Nutty52 and a couple of mouth-breathing fucktards that constantly needed filtering. Not that I was always a saint there too.

"Kev and Scott's Astros Connection" -- it had the right mix of "witty elitist asshole baseball fan" tone that I wanted our Mets convo to be, plus lots of respect for the brand of the Astro fan--so it was obvious it was thought out and mindful of history. Plus one of them was a really good web designer. The whole thing was ahead of its time and I regretted they didn't have the energy to keep it alive. Then the Astros moved to the AL and I stopped caring.



I can't remember all the details but Kev or Scott--forget which one mentioned online he'd be in NYC at the same time the Mets were in the playoffs, so I asked him to come to the bar I used to watch all the games in, and to my surprise he did, had a few beers with me and Wifey Bucket (at the time, Girly Bucket). It might have been the fateful Game 1 of the 2000 WS. He left in like the 5th inning though.

[Edgy MD]

I forget how tiny Minute Maid looks.

[Edgy MD]

Alex Bregman can play third.

[kcmets]

Kevin and Scott! Of course...



"We obviously have a lot of time on our hands." was a fun motto?

[Edgy MD]

Hunter Wendelstedt showing the world why he has his own umpiring school.

[kcmets]

Wasn't that Harry? Or did his son inherit the school?

[Edgy MD]

Hunter knew how the ride his dad's chest protector to the big time. It's now just called Wendlestedt Umpiring School. But it has an implied H in the logo that you can project either Harry or Hunter onto.



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[Edgy MD]

In the Marlins series, they always seemed have the infield shifted wrong. So far this game, Houston has had their fielders shifted right a couple of times.

[Edgy MD]

Altuve just hit a 1962-Mets-at-Polo-Grounds homer.

[Edgy MD]

We might need help in this thread, folks. Mets suddenly down 3-0.

[Edgy MD]

One out to left, one out to right and almost one out to center, but Nimmo did a Beltran tribute.

[MFS62]

Edgy MD wrote: Altuve just hit a 1962-Mets-at-Polo-Grounds homer.

[CROSSOUT]Down the lines was short, the power alleys and center field were deep. which was it?[/CROSSOUT]

Silly me, this is Houston.

Never mind.

This is a bandbox.



Later

[kcmets]

Down early 3-sniffle.



Got 'em right where we want 'em.



#lgm #ygb #ymdyf

[Edgy MD]

Edgy MD wrote: Altuve just hit a 1962-Mets-at-Polo-Grounds homer. [CROSSOUT]Down the lines was short, the power alleys and center field were deep. which was it?[/CROSSOUT] Silly me, this is Houston. Never mind. This is a bandbox. Later

It was down the line.

[Edgy MD]

Speaking of tributes, Yuli Gurriel just did a heckuva Bill Buckner tribute.

[kcmets]

[bIGPURPLE]EscoK![/bIGPURPLE]

[kcmets]

Bases, left loaded. Not cool.

[Edgy MD]

Great job getting out of trubble by Urquidy, but also impressive work behind the plate by his catcher Maldonado.