IGT 4/26/2012 MIA @ NYM: Sweep Up Fish Entrails

[G-Fafif]

It's no 50th anniversary conference, but a three-game winning streak would be nice, too.

[Ceetar]

G-Fafif wrote: It's no 50th anniversary conference, but a three-game winning streak would be nice, too.

we'll know the true fans by the ones with the ear buds right? ;-)

[Edgy MD]

Our team, our time.

[Edgy MD]

1. Nieuwenhuis, cf
   
2. Tejada, ss
   
3. Murphy, 2b
   
4. Wright, 3b
   
5. Duda, rf
   
6. Davis, 1b
   
7. Thole, c
   
8. Valdespin, lf
   
9. Niese, sp

Terry really seems willing to ride Thole.

[TransMonk]

And would you cry if I told you that I lied?
And would you say goodbye or would you let it ride?
Good bye, hard life, don�t cry, would you let it ride?

[Benjamin Grimm]

Today: Showers likely, mainly after 4pm. Cloudy, with a high near 63. Southeast wind around 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

[Frayed Knot]

TransMonk wrote: And would you cry if I told you that I lied? And would you say goodbye or would you let it ride? Good bye, hard life, don�t cry, would you let it ride?

I was flipping channels last night after the game and stumbled across a station showing a somewhat recent (not sure exactly when) Bachman & Turner reunion concert. Only hung on it for a few moments and clicked off when the intro to 'Ain't Seen Nuthin Yet' began (never liked that one). What I was hoping for was a rendition of 'Let it Ride' which was always my favorite BTO song.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

you ain't seen nothin yet
buhbuhbuhbuhbabybee you ain't seen nuhnuhnuhuthin yet
here's somethin, here's somthin, you never wanna forget, baby
baby, youknowyouknowyouknowyouknow you ain't seen nah-nah-nah-nah-nuthin yet
you ain't been around

[TransMonk]

I still associate BTO with TCB and Willie Randolph walking on to the field at Shea after a Mets win in 2006.

I know they still play the song after a win at Citi, but I will always think of Willie during the opening chords of TCB.

I wish they played a different song now.

[Edgy MD]

And it's the forum's choice as well, as noted here.

[Frayed Knot]

In the brief few minutes I saw of the Bachman/Turner show, Randy Bachman introduced 'YASNY' as the song no one thought much about and only got included on the record as an afterthought ... "and then it sold ____ million copies and was #1 for ____ weeks".

[TransMonk]

My internet radio was feeding me a bunch of The Guess Who last year while I was running. I hadn't realized how much I enjoyed them and it prompted me to download a couple of albums. I'd take them over BTO.

I feel a Band Challenge may be coming on...

[TransMonk]

Miami Marlins
Jose Reyes SS
Emilio Bonifacio CF
Hanley Ramirez 3B
Austin Kearns LF
Omar Infante 2B
Giancarlo Stanton RF
Gaby Sanchez 1B
Brett Hayes C
Ricky Nolasco P

All 9 starters for the Mets are homegrown today.

[metirish]

Good article from Jason Fry

http://www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2012/04/26/in-which-i-finally-learn-to-hate-the-marlins/

[TransMonk]

Jason Fry wrote: The everything-on-black color scheme looks like what you�d get after a teen barfed up Kool-Aid and a rainbow of pills on a formal dress.

Hilarious!

[Fman99]

Edgy DC wrote: Terry really seems willing to ride Thole.

Riding the hole is great. Wait, what?

[Benjamin Grimm]

TransMonk wrote: All 9 starters for the Mets are homegrown today.

Nice! I hope to see this lineup starting in a World Series game some day.

[Guest sharpie]

Guess Who was much better than BTO. Not even close.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Twitter indicates first such lineup since Sept. 19, 1971.

Ted Martinez 2b
Harrelson ss
Milner lf
Kranepool 1b
Jorgenson cf
Singleton rf
Dyer c
Foli 3b
Koosman p

[Benjamin Grimm]

Early exit for Koosman that day. Was he hurt?

(And also... is he out of jail yet?)

[TransMonk]

Per wikwi: On September 3, 2009, he was sentenced to six months in prison, and was released from a Federal Prison Camp in Duluth, Minnesota on June 30, 2010.

[ashie62]

Mr Mojo Risin beat them all.

[Edgy MD]

Schwinnie at the ballpark on taxi squad.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Edgy DC wrote: Schwinnie at the ballpark on taxi squad.

I know this isn't how they do it, but I like the mental image of these dudes in cabs circling Citi, waiting for the call, stuck in a nerve-wracking mobile limbo for 24 hours like a young father-to-be in a weirdass hospital.

[Edgy MD]

[Benjamin Grimm]

SNY is using the same "Hand of Sean" font that the UMDB uses for the scorecards.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Marlins out in order in the first.

[Fman99]

1-2-3 topper for Niese.

Did I mention that I'm telecommuting today? Took a 30 minute nap after lunch and now I'm upstairs, 55" TV on, working, and I've got Gary and Keith and Mookie* to keep me company.

*Mookie is our family cat.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Nieuwenhuis triples (maybe) off Stanton's glove right at the wall.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Official scorer confirms that it's a triple.