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[Guest ScarletKnight41]

We just missed each other. We saw two games at Pac Bell in late June/early July, and two in Oakland in early July. We were at the July 3 fireworks night in Oakland, and flew home the next day.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

I see that Jason registered :)

Welcome Abordick!

[Guest Jace-FAFIF]

Indeedy, here I am. Hello all!

Yep, the Holy Books only have separate rosters for the World Series teams that won. Though Topps did put out a great Subway Series set in 2000 that used the fonts/look of NYC subway signs. I sold the Yankees on eBay.

I was sure Greg came up with the Holy Books name, but I trust his memory, which is a pretty phenomenal instrument. I'm always a bit disappointed to realize he merely has a great memory and is not, in fact, omniscient and therefore can't tell me where the hell my keys are this time.

This is the last week of baseball before we plunge into the ice. It hasn't even snowed yet and I'm already desperate for spring.

[Edgy MD]

Thanks for checking in, Jason.

[dgwphotography]

http://mets2005.myblogsite.com/blog/_archives/2005/10/29/1328853.html

Late December: Repeatedly write out likely 25-man roster after dog-and-cat trade nets middle reliever, utility infielder or fifth outfielder. Early January: Sight of green field while channel-surfing leads to accidental viewing of 15 seconds of Horace Clarke Yankeeography. Shudder, take hot shower. Mid-January: Actual free-agent signing/big trade coincides with freak warm spell and weather above 55 degrees. Mets all over back pages and WFAN, crocuses briefly appear. Run around for a day in shorts and Met gear. Euphoria quickly quashed by disappearance of Mets news, death of crocuses, horrendous blizzard.

ROFL - great stuff.

[Guest mlbaseballtalk]

G-Fafif wrote: Truth be told, I don't think I named The Holy Books. I merely equated viewing them with facing Mecca. Or Metta.

No time to go through the blogs, and I think I know but can you tell me what The Holy Books that you are reffering to are?

Thanks
Steve

[MFS62]

Welcome, Jason.
Now that you are an official member, you must pay your rookie dues:

Up ya' go on that table in the middle of the room and sing your school fight song.
And we mean LOUD, for all to hear, y'hear?

Later

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Jason - I think it's a very good thing that you've joined the Pool. We'll be able to help you get through the dark months.

[G-Fafif]

mlbaseballtalk wrote: Truth be told, I don't think I named The Holy Books. I merely equated viewing them with facing Mecca. Or Metta. No time to go through the blogs, and I think I know but can you tell me what The Holy Books that you are reffering to are? Thanks Steve

There's ALWAYS time to go through this blog. But as a public service, here's the entry you need:

http://mets2005.myblogsite.com/blog/_archives/2005/10/21/1313863.html

[Guest Jace-FAFIF]

Welcome, Jason. Now that you are an official member, you must pay your rookie dues: Up ya' go on that table in the middle of the room and sing your school fight song. And we mean LOUD, for all to hear, y'hear?

Um, OK. Though I'm gonna get soundly mocked for it....

Bulldog! Bulldog! Bow wow wow, Eli Yale!
Bulldog! Bulldog! Bow wow wow, our team can never fail.
When the sons of Eli break through the line, that is the sign we hail...
(etc.)

Easiest fight song in the world. Dumbest song Cole Porter ever wrote.

In an effort to save my reputation (or convincingly ruin it further), I'll offer that Emily and I have taught our son "Meet the Mets" with the other verse, bridge, etc.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

You're not pretending to be an Eli, are you Jason?

That kind of thing has happened around here before....

[Willets Point]

Should I have referred to Ron Darling as an Eli instead of a Yalie in my song parody?

[G-Fafif]

ScarletKnight41 wrote: You're not pretending to be an Eli, are you Jason? That kind of thing has happened around here before....

He's legit.

Although I have to admit that all this time I thought his last name was Hartdke.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

And you're SURE he's not an axe murderer?



;)

[Guest old original jb]

Jace:

Proper introductions.

BK, '87.

And you?

[Guest Jace-FAFIF]

PC '91. We just missed each other.

[Guest old original jb]

Jace is not pretending, Scarlet. Unless he's some kind of expert on college trivia, he's the real thing. And a young whippersnapper to boot. (Well, I'd like to think that someone only four years younger than me could still be a young whippersnapper.)

The odd little ritual in which we just engaged (virtually) is to identify our residential college and year of graduation. BK stands for Berkeley College (not the one in California, not the Yale Divinity school, and not Burger King) and PC stands for Pierson College.

When I started medical school, a classmate and I were at a meeting with a faculty member named Terry who was at the time about 40 years old.
When I discovered that the classmate was also an "Eli", I immediately said "Berkeley '87" to which he replied "Trumbull, '85".
The faculty member looked puzled for a moment before saying "Terry. 40. What the hell are you guys talking about?"

Welcome to the Pool, Jace.

[Edgy MD]

Greg, who decided to illustrate your column with an Ortizzle tee shirt?

[G-Fafif]

Edgy DC wrote: Greg, who decided to illustrate your column with an Ortizzle tee shirt?

Dunno. I had no idea I wrote for Sports Fan Magazine either until you pointed it out to me.

[Edgy MD]

Glad I could help.

Call your agent.

[G-Fafif]

Gotham shares content with NY Sports Day. NY Sports Day shares content with Sports Fan Magazine. And they told two friends. And so on. And so on.

Ah, the Web...

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Brilliant

Therefore, I wasn't surprised when Frank, a hugely funny person in real life but our resident curmudgeon on team matters (if he were drowning and Jeff Wilpon threw him a life preserver, he'd ignore it so he could add "he let a man drown" to his list of Jeff Wilpon misdeeds),

Love it!

[Elster88]

A few days late, but enough to make me look at the calendar and count the days until spring training.

I only pasted the beginning:

Giving Thanks
by Jason on November 24, 2005 01:11PM (EST)
Hope everybody is getting ready to settle down to plates of turkey, ham, turkey substitute, or whatever you and yours have on tap. (Save some of the orange-and-blue cranberry sauce for us.) On this day of heads bowed, football watched, drunken uncles ignored, mischief at the kids' table and other forms of familial togetherness, I'd like to give thanks for a few things...

...Carlos Delgado taking aim at a 10th year of 30 home runs.
...Mike Jacobs for long home runs, a level swing and soft hands. Best of luck, Jakey.
...the idea that Carlos Beltran can finally exhale and just be Carlos Beltran.
...Jose Reyes' helmet heading for right-center as he heads (again) for third.
...David Wright eyeing his bat like a knight inspecting his broadsword. Heroism awaits.

[Elster88]

I haven't been to FAFIF in a while, and it just made me laugh out loud again.

An interesting project from Jason, going into the levels of "Met Hell", a list of players who fans in general were wary of (in the first circle of Met hell) to those who were universally disliked.

The line that made me laugh out loud was from Juan Samuel's entry:

The Second Circle of Met Hell

Juan Samuel -- It's painful to even remember. This was the period where having two centerfielders (Mookie and Lenny) was somehow a problem, so the solution was to get rid of both and import a second baseman to play the position, an experiment that was such a flaming disaster that the Mets insisted on repeating it with the likes of Keith Miller and Howard Johnson, until finally we were all so shell-shocked that we wanted to cheer when some hapless Met broke back on a drive to center without falling down.

Edit: Wow, you'd think I had bought some advertising space on their site the way I pimp it in this thread.

[G-Fafif]

Elster88 wrote: Wow, you'd think I had bought some advertising space on their site the way I pimp it in this thread.

We prefer to think of it as our Urban Businessperson's Platinum Package. It's the same one Scarlet purchased.

Thanks to all FAFIF Ho's for your patronage.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

LOL

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

My thoughts about Greg's take on the current Ring of Hell -

I remember that Rich Rodriguez game. It was the day of my daughter's tae kwon do black belt test. D-Dad and I were watching the test, but we had our Motorola device that updated game scores that season (it was right before you could get that information on cell phones). We were very happy when the score was 8-2, and increasingly uneasy to see the score continuing to change in the 8th inning. The only information we could get was the score, but we both knew that it was Rodriguez pitching. At one point, when the Diamondbacks suddenly scored a bunch of runs, I actually yelled something out. Luckily, it was at a point in the tae kwon do test that was pretty noisy, so it didn't disturb anyone. It was an ulcer-provoking game, even when followed from afar.


Sorry to hear about Mike Bacsik. He's one of those guys we like for the sole reason that he was nice to MK -

[Edgy MD]

I don't like Hell.

Really, can you blame Sisk?

[metsmarathon]

edgy, that's the whole point behind it.

i wonder if the following each earn their own circles...
tony fernandez
bobby bonilla
vince coleman

and i've always found myself hating mike maddux.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Greg's Holiday Carol

Fabulous stuff!