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[Valadius]

Francisco Rodriguez just set the new single-season record for saves with his 58th.

You know what makes me happiest about this? Mariano Rivera never set the saves record.

[Methead]

[yankeesfan]Mariano lost out on plenty of save situations because the amazing Yankees offense was blowing teams away by 7 or 8 runs a night!!11!![/yankeesfan]

[stevejrogers]

Valadius wrote: Francisco Rodriguez just set the new single-season record for saves with his 58th. You know what makes me happiest about this? Mariano Rivera never set the saves record.

Point?

Saves are a pretty meaningless stat, and the only HOFer that has held the all-time single season saves record is a debatable one in Sutter.

Willie Mays never set the single season homer record, in fact did Mays ever actually own AN all-time single season record? Many consider him the greatest of all-time.

[Valadius]

My point is I hate Mariano Rivera and anything associated with the MFYs since the mid-'90s.

[stevejrogers]

BFD though is my point. Rivera still is the greatest closer of all time.

[stevejrogers]

I like you Val, but I swear you try too hard sometimes to "fit" in around here with some of your stuff.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

SteveJRogers wrote: I like you Val, but I swear you try too hard sometimes to "fit" in around here with some of your stuff.

Irony...staggering. Can't....breathe.

[batmagadanleadoff]

SteveJRogers wrote: I like you Val, but I swear you try too hard sometimes to "fit" in around here with some of your stuff.

Sometimes, I try to fit in around here by calling you Jeets, Jeets.

[Benjamin Grimm]

SteveJRogers wrote: BFD though is my point. Rivera still is the greatest closer of all time.

To me, that's not much more significant than being the world's tallest midget.

[Guest themetfairy]

I am just cracking up here.

[metirish]

SteveJRogers wrote: I like you Val, but I swear you try too hard sometimes to "fit" in around here with some of your stuff.

Hilarious , statement of the year so far , be tough to beat I imagine.

[Valadius]

Oh Steve, Steve, Steve...

Let me tell you a story.

When I was growing up in New Jersey, I was the only Mets fan out of all of my friends. By the time I became a fervent Mets fan, it was 1997, and I was 10 years old. I rode in a carpool with my friends to school. I ate lunch with them every day. All of them were Yankee fans. The one topic we talked about most? Baseball. Year after year, I had to suffer through the "Yankee Dynasty" growing up. They'd lord it over me every single year when the Yankees would be better than the Mets. And during the offseason, they'd never let me forget it. It was torture, Steve. Absolute fucking torture. Luis Gonzalez's bloop hit in 2001 was one of the happiest moments of my life. I ran screaming through my house because the MFYs had lost the World Series. But then the Mets began to royally stink, and I left home before the Mets would become good again. I have been waiting for the Yankees to miss the playoffs since I was a little kid. Growing up as the only Mets fan in town was hell. So don't tell me I'm "trying to fit in". I hate the fucking Yankees.

[Guest Kong76]

SJR: I like you Val, but I swear you try too hard sometimes to "fit" in around here with some of your stuff<<<

Valad: don't tell me I'm "trying to fit in". I hate the fucking Yankees<<<

I'm dying over here. I need air. Air. Gimme room.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

SJR - "BFD though is my point. Rivera still is the greatest closer of all time."

Yeah, yeah, and Jeter's the greatest shortstop of all time. We've all heard the Yankees partyline before.

[soupcan]

Stunned and amazed.

Laughing too.

[stevejrogers]

Valadius wrote: Oh Steve, Steve, Steve... Let me tell you a story. When I was growing up in New Jersey, I was the only Mets fan out of all of my friends. By the time I became a fervent Mets fan, it was 1997, and I was 10 years old. I rode in a carpool with my friends to school. I ate lunch with them every day. All of them were Yankee fans. The one topic we talked about most? Baseball. Year after year, I had to suffer through the "Yankee Dynasty" growing up. They'd lord it over me every single year when the Yankees would be better than the Mets. And during the offseason, they'd never let me forget it. It was torture, Steve. Absolute fucking torture. Luis Gonzalez's bloop hit in 2001 was one of the happiest moments of my life. I ran screaming through my house because the MFYs had lost the World Series. But then the Mets began to royally stink, and I left home before the Mets would become good again. I have been waiting for the Yankees to miss the playoffs since I was a little kid. Growing up as the only Mets fan in town was hell. So don't tell me I'm "trying to fit in". I hate the fucking Yankees.

Dude, I hate the Yankees as much as you do, but I'm not rooting for players to break records just because they are non-Yankees.

Look we'd laugh if a Phillies fan, or a Cardinal fan say the same thing, i.e. "Its a good thing David Wright never got that MVP" or "I'm glad Jose Reyes never held the stolen base record."

Its a stupid and immature way of showing your sports hate.

[stevejrogers]

Rockin' Doc wrote: SJR - "BFD though is my point. Rivera still is the greatest closer of all time." Yeah, yeah, and Jeter's the greatest shortstop of all time. We've all heard the Yankees partyline before.

1) When did I ever say Jeter is the greatest SS of all time? He's easily the third best SS in this city!

2) Okay, who is better all-time?

[metsmarathon]

i don't think the answer to 2) above is going to change in any way val's hate of mariano and all yankees, steve.

[Benjamin Grimm]

How about this reason to hate him: He electrified his pool in order to kill his neighbor's dog. Fun fact: He didn't kill the dog, but two people instead! LOL! What a guy!

[stevejrogers]

Not to go back down this road, but

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/16/sports/baseball/16panama.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print&position=&oref=slogin

Rivera wasn't even the guy who installed the wiring. If you want to say he was negligent in knowing what was going on, fine, but that's not cold blooded murder.

[Frayed Knot]

PUPPY KILLER!!!!!




As for the whole signle season save record ... Yawn!

[metirish]

Steve Wrote

]Dude, I hate the Yankees as much as you do,

I believe Val when he says he hates them but I do not believe you.

[stevejrogers]

="metirish"]Steve Wrote ]Dude, I hate the Yankees as much as you do, I believe Val when he says he hates them but I do not believe you.

Really? The fact that I've been dealing with asshole cousins, friends, co-workers, etc flashing the number of titles in my face doesn't mean anything to you?

The fact that I wore a FUCKING BRAVES CAP during the 1996 World Series and was tomahawk chopping the entire time, taunting Yankee fans up at Fairfield University doesn't mean anything?

I hate the Yankees, I hate their fans, I hate that stadium, I can't wait for an era like 1982-1994 to happen again, just so all those bandwagon jumpers can feel just how rooting for a team is supposed to feel.

[metsmarathon]

steve hates the yankees.

but loves many a yankee.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Steve doth protest too much.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

SteveJRogers wrote: BFD though is my point. Rivera still is the greatest closer of all time.

Relievers better than Mariano Stinking Rivera

1) John Franco
2) Roger McDowell
3) Randy Meyers
4) Pedro Feliciano
5) Duaner Sanchez
6) Takashi Kashawada
7) Doug Sisk
9) Hank Webb
10) Jim McAndrew
11) Danny Frisella
12) Jeff Innis
13) Brian Stokes
14) Mickey Weston
15) Bob Apodaca
16) Don Aase
17) Ed Glynn
18) Dae Sung Koo
19) Both Bob Millers
20) Todd Zeile when he pitched one inning in 2004

Steve, sometimes I question your allegiance.

You did the tomahawk chop?

[Elster88]

He did the tomahawk chop....
....while wearing a Braves cap....
....at Yankee Stadium in the Braves/Yankees World Series.

Leave Val alone Steve and get yourself some help.

[stevejrogers]

="Elster88"]He did the tomahawk chop.... ....while wearing a Braves cap.... ....at Yankee Stadium in the Braves/Yankees World Series. Leave Val alone Steve and get yourself some help.

I wasn't at that World Series. I was wearing it while up at Farifield University that month.

1) I'm an NL fan, will always root for the NL team, even if its from the East

2) Fairfield was fucking crawling with Yankee fans that I wanted to needle them in any way I could.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

="SteveJRogers"] ="Elster88"]He did the tomahawk chop.... ....while wearing a Braves cap.... ....at Yankee Stadium in the Braves/Yankees World Series. Leave Val alone Steve and get yourself some help. I wasn't at that World Series. I was wearing it while up at Farifield University that month. 1) I'm an NL fan, will always root for the NL team, even if its from the East 2) Fairfield was fucking crawling with Yankee fans that I wanted to needle them in any way I could.

Wearing a Mets cap to such an event is the ultimate MFY FU. Wearing the Braves gear and busting loose with the chop makes you look like a poser.

Fairfield is a nice place, though.

[stevejrogers]

Actually it was the part of a pretty sweet MLB cap collection I had going back then. Which included some throwbacks as well, and I used it in heavy rotation during the offseason. After college though I ran out of room in my place, so they had to go to Goodwill.