IGT 6/28/2011 Mets @ Tigers Dickey v. Porcello

[Frayed Knot]

metsguyinmichigan wrote: ... Manny Acosta threw me the game ball after the final out!!!

How far did you hit it?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I remember when he was schleprock.

[Chad ochoseis]

As R. A. Dickey (4-7), who pitched seven innings to earn the win, put it: �The fact that you�re talking to me is a little bit ridiculous. If I even see my name in the story, I�ll boycott.�

Boycott...yet another word in the really awesome vocabulary of R. A. Dickey.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/29/sports/baseball/mets-break-long-streak-without-a-grand-slam.html

[TransMonk]

metsguyinmichigan wrote: What an awesome game! We had a blast, and Manny Acosta threw me the game ball after the final out!!!

That is certainly AWESOME!

[metsmarathon]

Chad Ochoseis wrote: As R. A. Dickey (4-7), who pitched seven innings to earn the win, put it: �The fact that you�re talking to me is a little bit ridiculous. If I even see my name in the story, I�ll boycott.� Boycott...yet another word in the really awesome vocabulary of R. A. Dickey. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/29/sports/baseball/mets-break-long-streak-without-a-grand-slam.html

well, i don't think r.a. is going to be reading the times anymore...

[TransMonk]

Ceetar wrote: I know in theory it helps for all the non-Mets NL teams to lose, but pfft, it's the Yankees.

It's not a theory. It's 100% factual that an AL team beating an NL team helps the Mets in the long-shot long-run if they are to make a playoff push.

Myself, I was rooting for the Yankees.

[Ceetar]

TransMonk wrote: Ceetar wrote: I know in theory it helps for all the non-Mets NL teams to lose, but pfft, it's the Yankees. It's not a theory. It's 100% factual that an AL team beating an NL team helps the Mets in the long-shot long-run if they are to make a playoff push. Myself, I was rooting for the Yankees.

I mean in theory I'm supposed to root for them because it's factual, but that doesn't mean I did/do. Rather the Reds and Cardinals fall out uof it and the second best team simply lose out in the wild card. Also hoping Cliff Lee's ridiculous June leads to a dead-arm July and the Phillies go 10-17 including a sweep at the hands of the Mets and we're not talking wild card anyway.

[soupcan]

metsguyinmichigan wrote: What an awesome game! We had a blast, and Manny Acosta threw me the game ball after the final out!!!

Excellent!

[Guest themetfairy]

metsguyinmichigan wrote: What an awesome game! We had a blast, and Manny Acosta threw me the game ball after the final out!!!

His best pitch of the year!

[MFS62]

metsguyinmichigan wrote: What an awesome game! We had a blast, and Manny Acosta threw me the game ball after the final out!!!

Cool.
Keep it safe, away from the eyes of kids looking for something to toss around.
That's how I lost my Jim Hickman home run ball from the Polo Grounds.

Later

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Frayed Knot wrote: metsguyinmichigan wrote: ... Manny Acosta threw me the game ball after the final out!!! How far did you hit it?

bump

[Guest Edgy DC]

Edgy DC wrote: Do you feel it? There are monkeys and there are monkeys. That was the Planet of the Apes coming off the Mets' back.

="Andrew Fiorentino of The Newark Star Ledger"]With two big swings, Mets have de-monkeyed their backs

[Guest Edgy DC]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: G-Fafif wrote: Willie Harris � DH No, really. Who's playing DH tonight

"Bad hitter. Good team." --- Fred Wilpon

[Guest attgig]

so, terry has to put willie in at dh in #2 again tonight, right?