Official Mets Divisonal Magic Number 2007 Countdown

[stevejrogers]

23

19 to make the Braves current streak 2 straight years without a divisional title and 10 to call it a season for the Nats and Fish.

[stevejrogers]

Closing in on the top 20 with 21

18 for the Bravos
9 for the Fish and 8 for the Nats.

[stevejrogers]

20

Lets start doing this the right way





16 now for the Braves

[Benjamin Grimm]

Uniform numbers again? This is probably the fortieth time we've used uniform numbers for a countdown. (Maybe I should include a photo of Pat Zachry in this post.)

[Willets Point]

I remember we did the periodic table for a while back in the spring.

[Guest Edgy DC]

A woman's face with Nature's own hand painted
Hast thou, the master-mistress of my passion;
A woman's gentle heart, but not acquainted
With shifting change, as is false women's fashion;
An eye more bright than theirs, less false in rolling,
Gilding the object whereupon it gazeth;
A man in hue, all 'hues' in his controlling,
Much steals men's eyes and women's souls amazeth.
And for a woman wert thou first created;
Till Nature, as she wrought thee, fell a-doting,
And by addition me of thee defeated,
By adding one thing to my purpose nothing.
But since she prick'd thee out for women's pleasure,
Mine be thy love and thy love's use their treasure.

[Willets Point]

Shakespearean Sonnets work well too. How about Dante's cantos?

[seawolf17]

Nerds.

[Willets Point]

="seawolf17"]Nerds.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Yeah, the periodic table of the elements. That was badass.

[stevejrogers]

Yancy Street Gang wrote: Uniform numbers again? This is probably the fortieth time we've used uniform numbers for a countdown. (Maybe I should include a photo of Pat Zachry in this post.)

Heh, well there is a "wrinkle" of sorts, only Uni numbers worn by members of the postseason roster of division winners (Sorry Ventura, Zeile, Alfonzo and others from 99-00). Hence Hojo, Agee and Green. Well otherwise I'd be spending time trying to locate a shot of 1973 Met Jerry May as well as adding Victor Diaz in the mix along with other wearers of various numbers through that particular season.

[stevejrogers]

Fitting that a number that was used just on any of the previous 4 division winning postseason rosters appears on a day the number decreases thanks to a loss.



Nothing against Bobby O, just feels a bit lonely having one guy representing #19, added to the taste of not winning today.

[Valadius]

19 as the Braves score 7 runs in the last two innings to beat the Phillies 9-8.

[stevejrogers]

Interesting and useless tidbit:

Bobby Ojeda of course was injured for the 1988 postseason, and my copy of the 1973 NLCS program (IIRC its the Mets one, not the Reds) does list Brian Ostrosser as #19 even though he was no where near the postseason roster. My guess is he, along with John Strohmayer were just called up in August and would have been possiblities if there was an injury or two late.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion's paws,
And make the earth devour her own sweet brood;
Pluck the keen teeth from the fierce tiger's jaws,
And burn the long-lived phoenix in her blood;
Make glad and sorry seasons as thou fleets,
And do whate'er thou wilt, swift-footed Time,
To the wide world and all her fading sweets;
But I forbid thee one most heinous crime:
O, carve not with thy hours my love's fair brow,
Nor draw no lines there with thine antique pen;
Him in thy course untainted do allow
For beauty's pattern to succeeding men.
Yet, do thy worst, old Time: despite thy wrong,
My love shall in my verse ever live young.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

="SteveJRogers"]Fitting that a number that was used just on any of the previous 4 division winning postseason rosters appears on a day the number decreases thanks to a loss. Nothing against Bobby O, just feels a bit lonely having one guy representing #19, added to the taste of not winning today.

Now THOSE are stirrups! Bobby O, fashionista!

[Benjamin Grimm]

That wrinkle isn't all that interesting. It's still going to lead to more Darryl Strawberry and Keith Hernandez and Doc Gooden...


How about this:



The magic number is now in the custody of Rutherford B. Hayes, the 19th President of the United States.

[soupcan]

[Guest Edgy DC]

The problems with the sonnets is that the order isn't arbitrary, but there's a narrative thread from one to the next, so posting them backwards is as much fun as reading a book backwards.

I'm cool with presidents. Hayes won the most bitterly contested presidential election in US history, probably more so than 2000.

He was till in the Army, fighting in the Civil War and holding the rank of brevet major general when he was nominated for the House of Representatives. He accepted the nomination, but refused to campaign, arguing, "an officer fit for duty who at this crisis would abandon his post to electioneer... ought to be scalped."

[Benjamin Grimm]

I like the idea of bearded presidents. I think whoever is elected in 2008 should grow a beard. (Even if it's Hillary.)

When was the last president with facial hair? Teddy Roosevelt?

[Guest sharpie]

Taft had a 'stache and followed Teddy. He was the last one.

[seawolf17]

Edgy DC wrote: The problems with the sonnets is that the order isn't arbitrary, but there's a narrative thread from one to the next, so posting them backwards is as much fun as reading a book backwards.

The other problem with the sonnets is that I didn't read them in college, and I'm certainly not going to read them now. At least a bunch of pictures can be amusing to look through.

[stevejrogers]

="Yancy Street Gang"]That wrinkle isn't all that interesting. It's still going to lead to more Darryl Strawberry and Keith Hernandez and Doc Gooden... How about this: The magic number is now in the custody of Rutherford B. Hayes, the 19th President of the United States.

One way of doing it. Take it away then! =

[Willets Point]

If we do Presidents then it would be great to clinch on Sept 17-19 at Washington. Not likely to likely to clinch that early, but maybe on Sept. 24-26 vs. Washington.

[Guest Edgy DC]

seawolf17 wrote: ="Edgy DC"]The problems with the sonnets is that the order isn't arbitrary, but there's a narrative thread from one to the next, so posting them backwards is as much fun as reading a book backwards. The other problem with the sonnets is that I didn't read them in college, and I'm certainly not going to read them now. At least a bunch of pictures can be amusing to look through.

Yeah, 14 lines. Whoah.

[seawolf17]

When we did the girls' names song lyrics things recently, someone complained that folks weren't actually reading the lyrics, they were just racing to get the next letter done. At least something with photographs allows for a little group interaction, rather than someone just posting one thing and that's that.

I'm just saying.

[Guest Edgy DC]

That's cool. Just bustin' on your Elmo-lovin' ass.

[seawolf17]

Yeah. Let's just count down using pictures of Elmo.

Edited September 6, 2007 by Guest

[Guest Edgy DC]

Keep it three-wide, if you would.

[seawolf17]

Sorry. Widescreen here. Fixed.