Going to the games on Wednesday and Thursday

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

We were able to get tickets for the opener in Ft. Lauderdale! And we're going to be in St. Lucie on Thursday. I'll have a full report after the games.

[Guest themetfairy]

Cool - have fun!

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I want Wifey detail too, so bring yer camera.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

="John Cougar Lunchbucket":2v1etbk9]I want Wifey detail too, so bring yer camera.[/quote:2v1etbk9] Well, she stayed back in Michigan. I'm going with my Dad. Oh wait, Mets wives.... That's different. I'll do my best.

bmfc1 Feb 25 2009 05:36 AM

Enjoy! Just don't try and keep score of early ST games.

seawolf17 Feb 25 2009 07:06 AM

="bmfc1":2aarrdks]Enjoy! Just don't try and keep score of early ST games.[/quote:2aarrdks] Or if you do, bring an enormous scorebook. metirish Feb 25 2009 07:26 AM Have fun.....I'm particularly interested in Putz's wife as she is about to drop a baby...would be mad impressed if you got a picture of her. Seawolf , what's the sig about? seawolf17 Feb 25 2009 07:51 AM It's a Robert Lipsyte quote that I read this morning in William Ryczek's "The Amazing Mets 1962-1969" book that I really loved. metirish Feb 25 2009 11:07 AM Cool , going to pick up that book..... FYI - the spring training game Thursday will be repeated on SNY that evening at 7PM....then at 9:30 Kevin Burkhardt hosts a Citifield progress special. It's billed as Citi Field Special II , never did see the first one. Benjamin Grimm Feb 25 2009 11:13 AM ="metirish":2lr2tv6s]Have fun.....I'm particularly interested in Putz's wife as she is about to drop a baby...would be mad impressed if you got a picture of her. [/quote:2lr2tv6s] I read in the Daily News this morning that Mrs. Putz (her name is Kelsey) is going to have a boy, and that she hasn't yet told J.J. what name she's chosen! You'd think a father would want to have some say in what his kid is named. Although maybe this is his punishment for giving the kid the last name of "Putz." metirish Feb 25 2009 11:19 AM Yeah I thought that was a bit odd , names for her to consider. Sum , Dat, bmfc1 Feb 25 2009 11:23 AM Adam Rubin writes: Joseph Ethan Putz was born at 12:40 p.m. ET. soupcan Feb 25 2009 11:27 AM ="bmfc1":ip7q5hj1]Enjoy! Just don't try and keep score of early ST games.[/quote:ip7q5hj1] As a kid I used to try and score the All-Star game. Very frustrating, mainly because on TV they wouldn't announce all the defensive changes quickly enough. ="metirish":ip7q5hj1]FYI - the spring training game Thursday will be repeated on SNY that evening at 7PM....then at 9:30 Kevin Burkhardt hosts a Citifield progress special. It's billed as Citi Field Special II , never did see the first one.[/quote:ip7q5hj1] Maybe this should be in Fman's HDTV thread but ever since I started watching games in HD I have a hard time watching non-HD broadcasts. As I recall the ST games are not HD. Maybe this year they will be though... ="bmfc1":ip7q5hj1]Adam Rubin writes: Joseph Ethan Putz was born at 12:40 p.m. ET.[/quote:ip7q5hj1] Joe Putz - good baseball name. metirish Feb 25 2009 11:29 AM I'm the same way in regards to watching baseball in HD or not . soupcan Feb 25 2009 11:29 AM ="metirish":27k4zrtl]I'm the same way in regards to watching baseball in HD or not .[/quote:27k4zrtl] Sad isn't it? metirish Feb 25 2009 11:36 AM Yeah it's sad but the difference is telling, even from station to station HD can differ. I hate the way they box up the sides when it's not HD but it's on the HD channel. soupcan Feb 25 2009 11:42 AM ="metirish":kxywmudg]I hate the way they box up the sides when it's not HD but it's on the HD channel.[/quote:kxywmudg] That drives me crazy. Benjamin Grimm Feb 25 2009 11:47 AM I've had a big-screen HD-compatible TV for over a year now, and we still haven't made the switch to HD reception. We have three TiVo boxes and none of them are HD-compatible, and since just about everything I watch (other than Mets games) are on TiVo (at Medium quality, no less) it just doesn't make sense to me. metirish Feb 25 2009 12:05 PM Would you have to pay more Grim from HD?. Cablevision to their credit does not charge extra for HD channels and they add new ones every week it seems. Benjamin Grimm Feb 25 2009 12:13 PM I'd have to pay to replace all three TiVo's. Each has a lifetime service plan, so I'm not paying any monthly fees. metsguyinmichigan Feb 25 2009 07:39 PM I ALWAYS keep score! Wasn't too bad, they only turned over the lineup once. Didn't see any wives, but I did have a nice chat with Jerry Manuel's nephew Marcellus.

[bmfc1]

Enjoy! Just don't try and keep score of early ST games.

[seawolf17]

="bmfc1":2aarrdks]Enjoy! Just don't try and keep score of early ST games.[/quote:2aarrdks] Or if you do, bring an enormous scorebook.

metirish Feb 25 2009 07:26 AM

Have fun.....I'm particularly interested in Putz's wife as she is about to drop a baby...would be mad impressed if you got a picture of her. Seawolf , what's the sig about?

seawolf17 Feb 25 2009 07:51 AM

It's a Robert Lipsyte quote that I read this morning in William Ryczek's "The Amazing Mets 1962-1969" book that I really loved.

metirish Feb 25 2009 11:07 AM

Cool , going to pick up that book..... FYI - the spring training game Thursday will be repeated on SNY that evening at 7PM....then at 9:30 Kevin Burkhardt hosts a Citifield progress special. It's billed as Citi Field Special II , never did see the first one.

Benjamin Grimm Feb 25 2009 11:13 AM

="metirish":2lr2tv6s]Have fun.....I'm particularly interested in Putz's wife as she is about to drop a baby...would be mad impressed if you got a picture of her. [/quote:2lr2tv6s] I read in the Daily News this morning that Mrs. Putz (her name is Kelsey) is going to have a boy, and that she hasn't yet told J.J. what name she's chosen! You'd think a father would want to have some say in what his kid is named. Although maybe this is his punishment for giving the kid the last name of "Putz." metirish Feb 25 2009 11:19 AM Yeah I thought that was a bit odd , names for her to consider. Sum , Dat, bmfc1 Feb 25 2009 11:23 AM Adam Rubin writes: Joseph Ethan Putz was born at 12:40 p.m. ET. soupcan Feb 25 2009 11:27 AM ="bmfc1":ip7q5hj1]Enjoy! Just don't try and keep score of early ST games.[/quote:ip7q5hj1] As a kid I used to try and score the All-Star game. Very frustrating, mainly because on TV they wouldn't announce all the defensive changes quickly enough. ="metirish":ip7q5hj1]FYI - the spring training game Thursday will be repeated on SNY that evening at 7PM....then at 9:30 Kevin Burkhardt hosts a Citifield progress special. It's billed as Citi Field Special II , never did see the first one.[/quote:ip7q5hj1] Maybe this should be in Fman's HDTV thread but ever since I started watching games in HD I have a hard time watching non-HD broadcasts. As I recall the ST games are not HD. Maybe this year they will be though... ="bmfc1":ip7q5hj1]Adam Rubin writes: Joseph Ethan Putz was born at 12:40 p.m. ET.[/quote:ip7q5hj1] Joe Putz - good baseball name. metirish Feb 25 2009 11:29 AM I'm the same way in regards to watching baseball in HD or not . soupcan Feb 25 2009 11:29 AM ="metirish":27k4zrtl]I'm the same way in regards to watching baseball in HD or not .[/quote:27k4zrtl] Sad isn't it? metirish Feb 25 2009 11:36 AM Yeah it's sad but the difference is telling, even from station to station HD can differ. I hate the way they box up the sides when it's not HD but it's on the HD channel. soupcan Feb 25 2009 11:42 AM ="metirish":kxywmudg]I hate the way they box up the sides when it's not HD but it's on the HD channel.[/quote:kxywmudg] That drives me crazy. Benjamin Grimm Feb 25 2009 11:47 AM I've had a big-screen HD-compatible TV for over a year now, and we still haven't made the switch to HD reception. We have three TiVo boxes and none of them are HD-compatible, and since just about everything I watch (other than Mets games) are on TiVo (at Medium quality, no less) it just doesn't make sense to me. metirish Feb 25 2009 12:05 PM Would you have to pay more Grim from HD?. Cablevision to their credit does not charge extra for HD channels and they add new ones every week it seems. Benjamin Grimm Feb 25 2009 12:13 PM I'd have to pay to replace all three TiVo's. Each has a lifetime service plan, so I'm not paying any monthly fees. metsguyinmichigan Feb 25 2009 07:39 PM I ALWAYS keep score! Wasn't too bad, they only turned over the lineup once. Didn't see any wives, but I did have a nice chat with Jerry Manuel's nephew Marcellus.

[metirish]

Have fun.....I'm particularly interested in Putz's wife as she is about to drop a baby...would be mad impressed if you got a picture of her.


Seawolf , what's the sig about?

[seawolf17]

It's a Robert Lipsyte quote that I read this morning in William Ryczek's "The Amazing Mets 1962-1969" book that I really loved.

[metirish]

Cool , going to pick up that book.....

FYI - the spring training game Thursday will be repeated on SNY that evening at 7PM....then at 9:30 Kevin Burkhardt hosts a Citifield progress special. It's billed as Citi Field Special II , never did see the first one.

[Benjamin Grimm]

="metirish":2lr2tv6s]Have fun.....I'm particularly interested in Putz's wife as she is about to drop a baby...would be mad impressed if you got a picture of her. [/quote:2lr2tv6s] I read in the Daily News this morning that Mrs. Putz (her name is Kelsey) is going to have a boy, and that she hasn't yet told J.J. what name she's chosen! You'd think a father would want to have some say in what his kid is named. Although maybe this is his punishment for giving the kid the last name of "Putz."

metirish Feb 25 2009 11:19 AM

Yeah I thought that was a bit odd , names for her to consider. Sum , Dat,

bmfc1 Feb 25 2009 11:23 AM

Adam Rubin writes: Joseph Ethan Putz was born at 12:40 p.m. ET.

soupcan Feb 25 2009 11:27 AM

="bmfc1":ip7q5hj1]Enjoy! Just don't try and keep score of early ST games.[/quote:ip7q5hj1] As a kid I used to try and score the All-Star game. Very frustrating, mainly because on TV they wouldn't announce all the defensive changes quickly enough. ="metirish":ip7q5hj1]FYI - the spring training game Thursday will be repeated on SNY that evening at 7PM....then at 9:30 Kevin Burkhardt hosts a Citifield progress special. It's billed as Citi Field Special II , never did see the first one.[/quote:ip7q5hj1] Maybe this should be in Fman's HDTV thread but ever since I started watching games in HD I have a hard time watching non-HD broadcasts. As I recall the ST games are not HD. Maybe this year they will be though... ="bmfc1":ip7q5hj1]Adam Rubin writes: Joseph Ethan Putz was born at 12:40 p.m. ET.[/quote:ip7q5hj1] Joe Putz - good baseball name. metirish Feb 25 2009 11:29 AM I'm the same way in regards to watching baseball in HD or not . soupcan Feb 25 2009 11:29 AM ="metirish":27k4zrtl]I'm the same way in regards to watching baseball in HD or not .[/quote:27k4zrtl] Sad isn't it? metirish Feb 25 2009 11:36 AM Yeah it's sad but the difference is telling, even from station to station HD can differ. I hate the way they box up the sides when it's not HD but it's on the HD channel. soupcan Feb 25 2009 11:42 AM ="metirish":kxywmudg]I hate the way they box up the sides when it's not HD but it's on the HD channel.[/quote:kxywmudg] That drives me crazy. Benjamin Grimm Feb 25 2009 11:47 AM I've had a big-screen HD-compatible TV for over a year now, and we still haven't made the switch to HD reception. We have three TiVo boxes and none of them are HD-compatible, and since just about everything I watch (other than Mets games) are on TiVo (at Medium quality, no less) it just doesn't make sense to me. metirish Feb 25 2009 12:05 PM Would you have to pay more Grim from HD?. Cablevision to their credit does not charge extra for HD channels and they add new ones every week it seems. Benjamin Grimm Feb 25 2009 12:13 PM I'd have to pay to replace all three TiVo's. Each has a lifetime service plan, so I'm not paying any monthly fees. metsguyinmichigan Feb 25 2009 07:39 PM I ALWAYS keep score! Wasn't too bad, they only turned over the lineup once. Didn't see any wives, but I did have a nice chat with Jerry Manuel's nephew Marcellus.

[metirish]

Yeah I thought that was a bit odd , names for her to consider.

Sum ,
Dat,

[bmfc1]

Adam Rubin writes: Joseph Ethan Putz was born at 12:40 p.m. ET.

[soupcan]

="bmfc1":ip7q5hj1]Enjoy! Just don't try and keep score of early ST games.[/quote:ip7q5hj1] As a kid I used to try and score the All-Star game. Very frustrating, mainly because on TV they wouldn't announce all the defensive changes quickly enough. ="metirish":ip7q5hj1]FYI - the spring training game Thursday will be repeated on SNY that evening at 7PM....then at 9:30 Kevin Burkhardt hosts a Citifield progress special. It's billed as Citi Field Special II , never did see the first one.[/quote:ip7q5hj1] Maybe this should be in Fman's HDTV thread but ever since I started watching games in HD I have a hard time watching non-HD broadcasts. As I recall the ST games are not HD. Maybe this year they will be though... ="bmfc1":ip7q5hj1]Adam Rubin writes: Joseph Ethan Putz was born at 12:40 p.m. ET.[/quote:ip7q5hj1] Joe Putz - good baseball name. metirish Feb 25 2009 11:29 AM I'm the same way in regards to watching baseball in HD or not . soupcan Feb 25 2009 11:29 AM ="metirish":27k4zrtl]I'm the same way in regards to watching baseball in HD or not .[/quote:27k4zrtl] Sad isn't it? metirish Feb 25 2009 11:36 AM Yeah it's sad but the difference is telling, even from station to station HD can differ. I hate the way they box up the sides when it's not HD but it's on the HD channel. soupcan Feb 25 2009 11:42 AM ="metirish":kxywmudg]I hate the way they box up the sides when it's not HD but it's on the HD channel.[/quote:kxywmudg] That drives me crazy. Benjamin Grimm Feb 25 2009 11:47 AM I've had a big-screen HD-compatible TV for over a year now, and we still haven't made the switch to HD reception. We have three TiVo boxes and none of them are HD-compatible, and since just about everything I watch (other than Mets games) are on TiVo (at Medium quality, no less) it just doesn't make sense to me. metirish Feb 25 2009 12:05 PM Would you have to pay more Grim from HD?. Cablevision to their credit does not charge extra for HD channels and they add new ones every week it seems. Benjamin Grimm Feb 25 2009 12:13 PM I'd have to pay to replace all three TiVo's. Each has a lifetime service plan, so I'm not paying any monthly fees. metsguyinmichigan Feb 25 2009 07:39 PM I ALWAYS keep score! Wasn't too bad, they only turned over the lineup once. Didn't see any wives, but I did have a nice chat with Jerry Manuel's nephew Marcellus.

[metirish]

I'm the same way in regards to watching baseball in HD or not .

[soupcan]

="metirish":27k4zrtl]I'm the same way in regards to watching baseball in HD or not .[/quote:27k4zrtl] Sad isn't it?

metirish Feb 25 2009 11:36 AM

Yeah it's sad but the difference is telling, even from station to station HD can differ. I hate the way they box up the sides when it's not HD but it's on the HD channel.

soupcan Feb 25 2009 11:42 AM

="metirish":kxywmudg]I hate the way they box up the sides when it's not HD but it's on the HD channel.[/quote:kxywmudg] That drives me crazy. Benjamin Grimm Feb 25 2009 11:47 AM I've had a big-screen HD-compatible TV for over a year now, and we still haven't made the switch to HD reception. We have three TiVo boxes and none of them are HD-compatible, and since just about everything I watch (other than Mets games) are on TiVo (at Medium quality, no less) it just doesn't make sense to me. metirish Feb 25 2009 12:05 PM Would you have to pay more Grim from HD?. Cablevision to their credit does not charge extra for HD channels and they add new ones every week it seems. Benjamin Grimm Feb 25 2009 12:13 PM I'd have to pay to replace all three TiVo's. Each has a lifetime service plan, so I'm not paying any monthly fees. metsguyinmichigan Feb 25 2009 07:39 PM I ALWAYS keep score! Wasn't too bad, they only turned over the lineup once. Didn't see any wives, but I did have a nice chat with Jerry Manuel's nephew Marcellus.

[metirish]

Yeah it's sad but the difference is telling, even from station to station HD can differ. I hate the way they box up the sides when it's not HD but it's on the HD channel.

[soupcan]

="metirish":kxywmudg]I hate the way they box up the sides when it's not HD but it's on the HD channel.[/quote:kxywmudg] That drives me crazy.

Benjamin Grimm Feb 25 2009 11:47 AM

I've had a big-screen HD-compatible TV for over a year now, and we still haven't made the switch to HD reception. We have three TiVo boxes and none of them are HD-compatible, and since just about everything I watch (other than Mets games) are on TiVo (at Medium quality, no less) it just doesn't make sense to me.

metirish Feb 25 2009 12:05 PM

Would you have to pay more Grim from HD?. Cablevision to their credit does not charge extra for HD channels and they add new ones every week it seems.

Benjamin Grimm Feb 25 2009 12:13 PM

I'd have to pay to replace all three TiVo's. Each has a lifetime service plan, so I'm not paying any monthly fees.

metsguyinmichigan Feb 25 2009 07:39 PM

I ALWAYS keep score! Wasn't too bad, they only turned over the lineup once. Didn't see any wives, but I did have a nice chat with Jerry Manuel's nephew Marcellus.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I've had a big-screen HD-compatible TV for over a year now, and we still haven't made the switch to HD reception. We have three TiVo boxes and none of them are HD-compatible, and since just about everything I watch (other than Mets games) are on TiVo (at Medium quality, no less) it just doesn't make sense to me.

[metirish]

Would you have to pay more Grim from HD?. Cablevision to their credit does not charge extra for HD channels and they add new ones every week it seems.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I'd have to pay to replace all three TiVo's. Each has a lifetime service plan, so I'm not paying any monthly fees.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

I ALWAYS keep score! Wasn't too bad, they only turned over the lineup once.

Didn't see any wives, but I did have a nice chat with Jerry Manuel's nephew Marcellus.