Buerhle to Marlins

[metirish]

attgig wrote: I kinda feel like the Orioles of the NL east.

what an awful thought, and it's true.

[Edgy MD]

Gwreck wrote: Edgy DC wrote: I think the Mets' awesomeness will come faster than you think. Fill in the blank. The Mets will next make the playoffs in _______.

2012

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

That's a lotta feathers.

[Edgy MD]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Hitting on all of those (with their good-but-limited ceilings, unless you think Tejada or Havens will go 30-30 on us), and 2 of the big prospects? Maybe that gets us in by, say, 2014. Maybe. Again, I'm hopeful, too. But look at the rest of the division, sir.

I laugh. I guffaw with hardiness. They are only the hateful fire that will temper Terry's sword of righteous baseballness.

[TransMonk]

I still think it will be a couple of years, but Edgy sure has brightened my day.


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[Edgy MD]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: metirish wrote: Welcome back Ceetar, missed you. Yeah, what happened to Ceetar? Someone should go see if he's still breathing.

Seven tweets on December 4 (Sunday, the night the Reyes story broke), then nothing.

Smoly smap.

[Edgy MD]

Judging from his December 5 blog entry, I fear he may be in jail.

[Benjamin Grimm]

When optimism dies, it dies hard.

[Vic Sage]

we sucked from 62-68, 74-83, 91-96, 2001-2005, and now since 2009. These suck cycles seem to run from 5-10 years, so I'd say the soonest we should get back to the post-season would be 2014, but if things continue to go wrong, maybe not for another decade. But with an extra WC team, however, maybe on the "sooner" rather than "later" end of that range. So I'll guess 2014, which is Ceetardian of me, but what the hell.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Holy crap the Mets broke Ceetar. Well, he was fun to have around.

[Vic Sage]

thankfully, Edgy has grown enough feathers to fill the "optimism gap".

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

Ceetar often strikes me as someone awfully pessimistic for someone who has an Optimistic Mets Fan Blog. He seems less optimistic than me at least.

[Ceetar]

Mets � Willets Point wrote: Ceetar often strikes me as someone awfully pessimistic for someone who has an Optimistic Mets Fan Blog. He seems less optimistic than me at least.

My intention was never to be the 'spin guy' or whatever, but to sorta combat what seemed like popular sentiments of "They're cheap!" "If he comes here he'll just suck or get hurt!" "The Mets are cursed!" "The Wilpons only care about the Dodgers". I wanted to talk about the actual team and not conspiracy theories.


Yeah, I'm not dead (getting better, I think I'll go for a walk..), just taking a step back emotionally from the team. I feel..betrayed. fairly or unfairly. He was exciting to watch. He was a staple of the team for pretty much my entire 'adult' life (I graduated college in May of 2003.) It's a big change and I need(ed) some time to wrap my head around it.

[Ceetar]

btw, is it just me or are all the profile-images breaking my threads?

[Edgy MD]

No, they broke.

Glad to see you're in one piece.

[Ceetar]

Edgy DC wrote: No, they broke. Glad to see you're in one piece.

Mean of me, but the Pujols news made me feel better. Misery loves company and all. Not sure what to do with my Pagan jersey though.

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

Ceetar wrote: Mets � Willets Point wrote: Ceetar often strikes me as someone awfully pessimistic for someone who has an Optimistic Mets Fan Blog. He seems less optimistic than me at least. My intention was never to be the 'spin guy' or whatever, but to sorta combat what seemed like popular sentiments of "They're cheap!" "If he comes here he'll just suck or get hurt!" "The Mets are cursed!" "The Wilpons only care about the Dodgers". I wanted to talk about the actual team and not conspiracy theories.

Fair enough. That's kinda where I stand too. I just never thought of you as the Pollyanna type that others seem to think you are.

[Ceetar]

Mets � Willets Point wrote: Mets � Willets Point wrote: Ceetar often strikes me as someone awfully pessimistic for someone who has an Optimistic Mets Fan Blog. He seems less optimistic than me at least. My intention was never to be the 'spin guy' or whatever, but to sorta combat what seemed like popular sentiments of "They're cheap!" "If he comes here he'll just suck or get hurt!" "The Mets are cursed!" "The Wilpons only care about the Dodgers". I wanted to talk about the actual team and not conspiracy theories. Fair enough. That's kinda where I stand too. I just never thought of you as the Pollyanna type that others seem to think you are.

I do have a tendency to exaggerate when pushed.

[Guest attgig]

grab a beer with a buddy, commiserate over the state of the mets, and keep on being your optimistic self. as annoying as it can be sometimes, othertimes, we do need that optimism...

[Ceetar]

attgig wrote: grab a beer with a buddy, commiserate over the state of the mets, and keep on being your optimistic self. as annoying as it can be sometimes, othertimes, we do need that optimism...

bah, buddy..I'm too anti-social for that. (okay, fine, I'm going to a beer bar fest in Manhattan on Saturday)

Anyway. Buerhle has been a pretty good pitcher despite peripherals for a while, but I see him being one of those guys that gets his last payday and ages really quickly.