The Mets Magic Number ....

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Incredible photo of TR, Steve! Nice find.

[batmagadanleadoff]

="SteveJRogers"] ... as it works its way to the General from Virgina.

What about the General from Vagina?

[Guest cooby]

Incredibly unlucky typo.

[stevejrogers]

="batmagadanleadoff"] ="SteveJRogers"] ... as it works its way to the General from Virgina. What about the General from Vagina?

Well, the Little General took care of Martha's.

IIRC I don't think the magic number got much past the obnoxious, disliked and suspected man from Massachusetts.

[Benjamin Grimm]

It got down to John Adams.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Nuthin' to see here, folks. Keep movin'

[Guest AG/DC]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Nuthin' to see here, folks. Keep movin'

There is Seo!

[batmagadanleadoff]

="AG/DC"] ="batmagadanleadoff"]Nuthin' to see here, folks. Keep movin' There is Seo!

My foot there is.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Scott's hobbies include lighting fire to a paper bag stuffed full of shit left at the front doorstep of John Franco's residence, and then watching from a distance as fireman John comes down to stamp out the fire.

[batmagadanleadoff]

No thanks to , 25 (or 6 to 4)

[stevejrogers]

The 25th President, William McKinley 1897-1901, Assassinated in office.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Willie Montanez's 1979 stint with the Mets was dreadful.

[Benjamin Grimm]

This all seems very unseemly.

[batmagadanleadoff]

="Benjamin Grimm"]This all seems very unseemly.

Is it the youtube video? My speakers are dead, and so I haven't heard the video. Help me out. It's like being deaf, so to speak. Really.

[Benjamin Grimm]

No, the countdown!

This thread has the air of a celebration, and it's, as I said, unseemly.

[batmagadanleadoff]

="Benjamin Grimm"]No, the countdown! This thread has the air of a celebration, and it's, as I said, unseemly.

NASA counts down every space flight (10...9...8...7...etc.) and some of those end up on the ugly side.

[Benjamin Grimm]

That's a pretty dumb argument!

[batmagadanleadoff]

I'm not celebrating anything. Were you celebrating when you started last year's magic number thread at 130?

[batmagadanleadoff]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: That's a pretty dumb argument!

I would agree. In fact, I would go one step further and say that any argument for or against is dumb.

[stevejrogers]

="batmagadanleadoff"]I'm not celebrating anything. Were you celebrating when you started last year's magic number thread at 130?

To be fair, that was a fucking joke thread, not meant for a serious start of any countdown.

But the Big Ever Lovin' Blue Eyed Thing is correct, this thread is still somewhat unseemly with a 1 game lead on Labor Day.

I'll cease with the Presidential countdown until it gets closer to the guys who signed the Constitution. And even then things might still be dicey.

[stevejrogers]

Hell, the thing about that thread was that 2 years ago, there were no Phillies or Braves or Marlins nibbling on the Mets ass all summer. The Mets even survived the shutdown of the season of one of the major cogs in the pen at the deadline, and still won the division going away.

Not to mention it reached 15 on this date two years ago.

25 with 25 games left to play this year? Things seem dicey to say the least.

[Guest AG/DC]

All the more reason to chart progress.

[batmagadanleadoff]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: ="Benjamin Grimm"]That's a pretty dumb argument! I would agree. In fact, I would go one step further and say that any argument for or against is dumb.

Especially the against arguments.

[batmagadanleadoff]

SteveJRogers wrote: To be fair, that was a fucking joke thread, not meant for a serious start of any countdown. But the Big Ever Lovin' Blue Eyed Thing is correct, this thread is still somewhat unseemly with a 1 game lead on Labor Day. I'll cease with the Presidential countdown until it gets closer to the guys who signed the Constitution. And even then things might still be dicey.

This is a fucking joke thread too, Jeets. No joking! OK? That's all I ever do around here. Joke, joke, joke, joke, joke, joke, joke.


Joke!

[batmagadanleadoff]

So let's see if we can satisfy everyone.

Less celebrating. More noting. And no NASA.
Got it.

And you Jeets: more fucking joking to go along with your Presidents. Because if you're not fucking joking whenever you post a Presidential photo in this thread, why should I get the fucking blame?

(During the '73 World Series, Don Hahn was the Mets centerfielder and de facto right fielder given that Rusty Staub couldn't throw the ball more than 20 feet).

[Guest cooby]

="SteveJRogers"] ="SteveJRogers"] ... as it works its way to the General from Virgina. What about the General from Vagina?

Well, the Little General took care of Martha's.

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[batmagadanleadoff]

cooby wrote: Heh, that's pretty funny

I like that. The more fucking jokes, the less problems over here. I assume that vagina jokes are fucking jokes.

[Guest cooby]

I wasnt talking to you

[batmagadanleadoff]

cooby wrote: I wasnt talking to you

Okay. But that was a joke. Right?

[stevejrogers]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: And you Jeets: more fucking joking to go along with your Presidents. Because if you're not fucking joking whenever you post a Presidential photo in this thread, why should I get the fucking blame?

Who says I'm not getting blamed here, and as well the one I started last year.

In fact, look at that thread from two years ago. Nowhere in the title does it actually state Magic Number Countdown. Would Ben like it better if this thread was titled "Standings: Process of Elimination" and was more geared in knocking off each divisional rival (or other in terms of making sure the WC is within grasps just in case, FWIW it is Philly isn't that far in back of Milwaukee, and is a game ahead of the Cards). Probably.

It got to be magical in the ebb and flow of the thread two years ago.

Oh and, only a few select people around here can call me Jeets, okay. Right now, you are not one of them!