IGT 8/8/14 NYM @ PHI: Our Long Nationals Nightmare Is Over

[G-Fafif]

Edgy MD wrote: It tastes like briney cognac, I believe. Go, go, CoCo. Goes in the Hall of Mets Milestones Achieved by 21st Century Mets Who Were Kinda Passing Through at the Right Time: Sheffield's 400th homer, Glavine's 300th win, Robby Alomar's 2500th hit...

500 for Sheffield.

[Edgy MD]

That's what I get for typing in the dark.

Good to have a FaFiF post.

[Ceetar]

why do i keep having to say this? If you're celebrating and laughing at how little Bartolo Colon cares about batting and how funny he looks doing it, you're basically saying "All-DH'

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Nothing goes down smoother at the end of the evening than a nice, tart Brignac.

LOL. Only saw the 8th and 9th tonite. Very few Met-Philly games this season have failed to remind me they are battles between the lilkely 4th and 5th place finishers.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Ceetar wrote: why do i keep having to say this? If you're celebrating and laughing at how little Bartolo Colon cares about batting and how funny he looks doing it, you're basically saying "All-DH'

That makes no sense at all. If you admit that one pitcher is pathetic at the plate, that means that no pitchers should bat, ever?

[Edgy MD]

Agreed.

I'm not celebrating and laughing at how little he cares. I don't believe he cares little at all. I think he cares, but he's not going to let his failure detract from what he does well.

I delight in the joy a guy takes in playing baseball, even being put in a position in which he is out of his depth. It humanizes the game. Specialization dehumanizes the game.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Exactly. Bartolo's funny-looking, yes. But he's not fun because he looks stupid-- he's fun because he seems to have a sense of humor and "ah, well" perspective about the whole, stupid-looking business.