ALCS -- Tigers vs Opponents -- IST

[Guest Kong76]

George just soiled himself in the after-life.

[Edgy MD]

What in the world are they planning to do this offseason? They've got more hateful dead wood than a Victorian mansion.

Their brand took such a tarnishing tonight. The Mets are a team made low by the owners investing all their money in Bernie Madoff. The Yankees are looking for all the world like a team made low by the owners investing all their money in the Yankees.

[MFS62]

If you've been waiting to listen to Mike Francessa lose it again tomorrow, take some time to listen to Steven A. Smith on ESPN radio (NY). He has been just as bad a moaner as Francessa, but maybe twice as loud. And he uses "we" when referring to the team.
It will be fun switching between the shows on my drive to work tomorrow to see who blows a gasket first.

Later

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Speaking of radio, I got in the car tonight just after it went to 2-0, and got to hear to both homers off of CC. Thanks to XM I could listen to the Tigers, Yankees and ESPN crews call the action, and I had the Detroit guys on for the homers, but after the second home run I was glued to the Bickersons on the Yankee 'cast. It was 6-0, the Yankees had yet to get a hit, and boy was it funereal. Funnier than the comedy channels, for sure.

[Frayed Knot]

MFS62 wrote: If you've been waiting to listen to Mike Francessa lose it again tomorrow, take some time to listen to Steven A. Smith on ESPN radio (NY). He has been just as bad a moaner as Francessa, but maybe twice as loud. And he uses "we" when referring to the team. It will be fun switching between the shows on my drive to work tomorrow to see who blows a gasket first. Later

It is NEVER a good time to listen to Steven A. Smith
If I needed the escape plans for the coming nuclear holocaust and his was the only station I could tune in I'd skip it and take my chances.


Besides, Francesa, when I heard him the other day anyway, wasn't moaning at all - and that was on the day following that horrid call at 2nd base that screwed them.
He spent his entire intro that day warning Yanqui fans against moaning telling them they had gotten enough breaks themselves over the years so crying about not getting them now wasn't an option.

[Guest themetfairy]

And there was much rejoicing

[MFS62]

Frayed Knot wrote: Besides, Francesa, when I heard him the other day anyway, wasn't moaning at all - and that was on the day following that horrid call at 2nd base that screwed them. quote] Since that time, he has been beating the Yankees like a rented mule. And screaming while doing it. A really fun listen. Later

G-Fafif Oct 18 2012 07:34 PM Re: ALCS -- Tigers vs Opponents -- IST

Congratulations to humanity and the Detroit Tigers.

themetfairy Oct 18 2012 08:02 PM Re: ALCS -- Tigers vs Opponents -- IST

Here's to the Winners!

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 18 2012 08:41 PM Re: ALCS -- Tigers vs Opponents -- IST

I'm gonna miss John and Suzyn, I really am. Caught almost the whole thing by radio driving today.

Frayed Knot Oct 19 2012 06:22 AM Re: ALCS -- Tigers vs Opponents -- IST

I always like to check the newspaper the morning after the Yanx get eliminated just to make sure I wasn't the victim of some elaborate prank. So let's see here ... Yup, it really happened! OK, you may all now carry on with your days.

Ceetar Oct 19 2012 06:54 AM Re: ALCS -- Tigers vs Opponents -- IST

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I'm gonna miss John and Suzyn, I really am. Caught almost the whole thing by radio driving today. I couldn't do it. I listened to the ESPN feed.

batmagadanleadoff Oct 19 2012 07:01 AM Re: ALCS -- Tigers vs Opponents -- IST

Frayed Knot wrote: I always like to check the newspaper the morning after the Yanx get eliminated just to make sure I wasn't the victim of some elaborate prank. So let's see here ... Yup, it really happened!

seawolf17 Oct 19 2012 07:31 AM Re: ALCS -- Tigers vs Opponents -- IST

That Post cover is pretty funny.

batmagadanleadoff Oct 19 2012 08:50 AM Re: ALCS -- Tigers vs Opponents -- IST

seawolf17 wrote: Nothing unusual here. This is how it should be. Two good baseball teams in a short series are in a crap-shoot. Thus, a team that makes the playoffs (I'm not counting the new one game WC qualifier as playoffs) has, essentially, a one in eight chance of winning the World series, whether it's the team with the best record in baseball or the wild card team with the worst record. That's how I see it. The Bobby Cox Braves get too much disrespect for supposedly not winning more WS', but they won about as many as they ought to have won.

Lefty Specialist Oct 19 2012 09:32 AM Re: ALCS -- Tigers vs Opponents -- IST

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I'm gonna miss John and Suzyn, I really am. Caught almost the whole thing by radio driving today. Caught the magical inning listening to the Yankee broadcast, and the schadenfreude was so thick you could cut it with a knife. Sterling knew it was over, and something drained out of his voice. It was like he was slogging through molasses. Defeated. Delicious. By the way, if you've ever heard the radio broadcast of the 10th inning of Game 6 in '86, the same thing happens to Bob Murphy's voice after the Sox tack on a run to make it 5-3. Bob's voice loses the spring in its step as he contemplates a long painful winter. (Spoiler alert: he gets it back and then some a few minutes later.)

Mets � Willets Point Oct 19 2012 09:37 AM Re: ALCS -- Tigers vs Opponents -- IST

TIGER, tiger, burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry? In what distant deeps or skies Burnt the fire of thine eyes? On what wings dare he aspire? What the hand dare seize the fire? And what shoulder and what art Could twist the sinews of thy heart? And when thy heart began to beat, What dread hand and what dread feet? What the hammer? what the chain? In what furnace was thy brain? What the anvil? What dread grasp Dare its deadly terrors clasp? When the stars threw down their spears, And water'd heaven with their tears, Did He smile His work to see? Did He who made the lamb make thee? Tiger, tiger, burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?

MFS62 Oct 19 2012 09:47 AM Re: ALCS -- Tigers vs Opponents -- IST

Lefty Specialist wrote: Caught the magical inning listening to the Yankee broadcast, and the schadenfreude was so thick you could cut it with a knife. Sterling knew it was over, and something drained out of his voice. It was like he was slogging through molasses. Defeated. Delicious. The same thing happened to Yankee Announcer Mel Allen during the last game of the 1963 World Series. Later

metirish Oct 19 2012 12:21 PM Re: ALCS -- Tigers vs Opponents -- IST

Vic Sage Oct 19 2012 12:42 PM Re: ALCS -- Tigers vs Opponents -- IST

What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry? What must've been going on with the English language in London during the late 18th century that William Blake thought those 2 lines rhymed?

metirish Oct 19 2012 12:48 PM Re: ALCS -- Tigers vs Opponents -- IST

Ah, the NY Post

Lefty Specialist Oct 19 2012 01:42 PM Re: ALCS -- Tigers vs Opponents -- IST

Well, if New Yorkers don't date the Yankees because they're losers, then where exactly does that leave the Mets? At home watching Flash Gordon re-runs? I live in New Jersey, so it's not an issue for me.

Edgy MD Oct 19 2012 05:40 PM Re: ALCS -- Tigers vs Opponents -- IST

Yeah, the News front cover and the Post front and back covers all leave me with a bad taste in my mouth. The Yankees losing in the playoffs doesn't make them beneath their fans, and it's the typical cheap pandering populism of the tabloids to suggest otherwise. Three and half million saps walked through the turnstiles and dated the team this season and I imagine as many or more will next season.

MFS62 Oct 19 2012 09:02 PM Re: ALCS -- Tigers vs Opponents -- IST

Lefty Specialist wrote: Well, if New Yorkers don't date the Yankees because they're losers, then where exactly does that leave the Mets? At home watching Flash Gordon re-runs? HEY! I watch Flash Gordon re-runs. When I played sports in high school, my nickname was Flash, not only for my running speed but because my friends knew I liked those old Flash Gordon serial films. When channel 13 showed them as part of fund raiser, I taped them. Later

batmagadanleadoff Oct 20 2012 08:57 AM Re: ALCS -- Tigers vs Opponents -- IST

Frayed Knot Oct 20 2012 09:45 AM Re: ALCS -- Tigers vs Opponents -- IST

Let me guess, those Curtis Granderson vision problems suddenly popped up between the end of his 43 HR season and the beginning of the playoffs, right? Baseball Prospectus did a wonderful skewering of the overly-simplistic Daily News 'Keep 'em or Dump 'em' poll essentially by just letting the results speak for themselves.

Mets � Willets Point Oct 20 2012 10:39 AM Re: ALCS -- Tigers vs Opponents -- IST

Whoah! Newsday is taking a measured, rational approach that's completely out of line with newspaper tabloid headline writing conventions.

Lefty Specialist Oct 20 2012 12:54 PM Re: ALCS -- Tigers vs Opponents -- IST

MFS62 wrote: HEY! I watch Flash Gordon re-runs. When I played sports in high school, my nickname was Flash, not only for my running speed but because my friends knew I liked those old Flash Gordon serial films. When channel 13 showed them as part of fund raiser, I taped them. Later I'm betting that George Steinbrenner was a Big Ming The Merciless fan.

G-Fafif Oct 22 2012 12:26 PM Re: ALCS -- Tigers vs Opponents -- IST

Every series thus far but ALCS goes the maximum. The MFYs are a blot on baseball's showcase month and should therefore be contracted. Though I suppose their having imploded will do for now.

metsguyinmichigan Oct 22 2012 06:23 PM Re: ALCS -- Tigers vs Opponents -- IST

G-Fafif wrote: Every series thus far but ALCS goes the maximum. The MFYs are a blot on baseball's showcase month and should therefore be contracted. Though I suppose their having imploded will do for now. Bad ass!

bmfc1 Oct 23 2012 06:23 AM Re: ALCS -- Tigers vs Opponents -- IST

"A good indication it's autumn: the Yankees are cleaning out their lockers."--David Letterman, 10/22/12

[G-Fafif]

Congratulations to humanity and the Detroit Tigers.

[Guest themetfairy]

Here's to the Winners!

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I'm gonna miss John and Suzyn, I really am. Caught almost the whole thing by radio driving today.

[Frayed Knot]

I always like to check the newspaper the morning after the Yanx get eliminated just to make sure I wasn't the victim of some elaborate prank.
So let's see here ... Yup, it really happened!

OK, you may all now carry on with your days.

[Ceetar]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I'm gonna miss John and Suzyn, I really am. Caught almost the whole thing by radio driving today.

I couldn't do it. I listened to the ESPN feed.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Frayed Knot wrote: I always like to check the newspaper the morning after the Yanx get eliminated just to make sure I wasn't the victim of some elaborate prank. So let's see here ... Yup, it really happened!

[seawolf17]

That Post cover is pretty funny.

[batmagadanleadoff]

seawolf17 wrote:

Nothing unusual here. This is how it should be. Two good baseball teams in a short series are in a crap-shoot. Thus, a team that makes the playoffs (I'm not counting the new one game WC qualifier as playoffs) has, essentially, a one in eight chance of winning the World series, whether it's the team with the best record in baseball or the wild card team with the worst record. That's how I see it. The Bobby Cox Braves get too much disrespect for supposedly not winning more WS', but they won about as many as they ought to have won.

[Lefty Specialist]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I'm gonna miss John and Suzyn, I really am. Caught almost the whole thing by radio driving today.

Caught the magical inning listening to the Yankee broadcast, and the schadenfreude was so thick you could cut it with a knife. Sterling knew it was over, and something drained out of his voice. It was like he was slogging through molasses. Defeated. Delicious.

By the way, if you've ever heard the radio broadcast of the 10th inning of Game 6 in '86, the same thing happens to Bob Murphy's voice after the Sox tack on a run to make it 5-3. Bob's voice loses the spring in its step as he contemplates a long painful winter. (Spoiler alert: he gets it back and then some a few minutes later.)

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

TIGER, tiger, burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

In what distant deeps or skies
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand dare seize the fire?

And what shoulder and what art
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And when thy heart began to beat,
What dread hand and what dread feet?

What the hammer? what the chain?
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? What dread grasp
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?

When the stars threw down their spears,
And water'd heaven with their tears,
Did He smile His work to see?
Did He who made the lamb make thee?

Tiger, tiger, burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?

[MFS62]

Lefty Specialist wrote: Caught the magical inning listening to the Yankee broadcast, and the schadenfreude was so thick you could cut it with a knife. Sterling knew it was over, and something drained out of his voice. It was like he was slogging through molasses. Defeated. Delicious.

The same thing happened to Yankee Announcer Mel Allen during the last game of the 1963 World Series.

Later

[metirish]

[Vic Sage]

What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

What must've been going on with the English language in London during the late 18th century that William Blake thought those 2 lines rhymed?

[metirish]

Ah, the NY Post

[Lefty Specialist]

Well, if New Yorkers don't date the Yankees because they're losers, then where exactly does that leave the Mets? At home watching Flash Gordon re-runs?

I live in New Jersey, so it's not an issue for me.

[Edgy MD]

Yeah, the News front cover and the Post front and back covers all leave me with a bad taste in my mouth.

The Yankees losing in the playoffs doesn't make them beneath their fans, and it's the typical cheap pandering populism of the tabloids to suggest otherwise. Three and half million saps walked through the turnstiles and dated the team this season and I imagine as many or more will next season.

[MFS62]

Lefty Specialist wrote: Well, if New Yorkers don't date the Yankees because they're losers, then where exactly does that leave the Mets? At home watching Flash Gordon re-runs?

HEY!
I watch Flash Gordon re-runs.
When I played sports in high school, my nickname was Flash, not only for my running speed but because my friends knew I liked those old Flash Gordon serial films. When channel 13 showed them as part of fund raiser, I taped them.

Later

[batmagadanleadoff]

[Frayed Knot]

Let me guess, those Curtis Granderson vision problems suddenly popped up between the end of his 43 HR season and the beginning of the playoffs, right?

Baseball Prospectus did a wonderful skewering of the overly-simplistic Daily News 'Keep 'em or Dump 'em' poll essentially by just letting the results speak for themselves.

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

Whoah! Newsday is taking a measured, rational approach that's completely out of line with newspaper tabloid headline writing conventions.

[Lefty Specialist]

MFS62 wrote: HEY! I watch Flash Gordon re-runs. When I played sports in high school, my nickname was Flash, not only for my running speed but because my friends knew I liked those old Flash Gordon serial films. When channel 13 showed them as part of fund raiser, I taped them. Later

I'm betting that George Steinbrenner was a Big Ming The Merciless fan.

[G-Fafif]

Every series thus far but ALCS goes the maximum. The MFYs are a blot on baseball's showcase month and should therefore be contracted.

Though I suppose their having imploded will do for now.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

G-Fafif wrote: Every series thus far but ALCS goes the maximum. The MFYs are a blot on baseball's showcase month and should therefore be contracted. Though I suppose their having imploded will do for now.

Bad ass!