I Look at It This Way

[Edgy MD]

The first win redeems the foggy Art Howe era. The second win clears the books on Willie the Winner. Win game three and the Age of Jerry Manuel never happened.

A fourth win and the accompanying championship would be, of course, all about Terry, securing his legend. His quirky, quirky legend.

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[Lefty Specialist]

I'm OK with that. Put them in the books!

[Guest d'Kong76]

That's what you're looking at??

[Guest d'Kong76]

I just mean, I ain't sittin' around thinking about Howe, Willie, and
Manuel a half hour before Game One of the Mets in the World Series.

[Edgy MD]

That's good, but I haven't gone an hour without thinking about them in.... gosh, it's been years.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Takes different strokes to move the world, yes it does...

[Guest cooby]

Whatchu talkin bout?

[Edgy MD]

Poor, poor, unredeemed Art Howe.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Not happy that Willie is up next... this thread suxx!

[Benjamin Grimm]

Edgy MD wrote: Poor, poor, unredeemed Art Howe.

Well, at least they battled.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Jerry is arguable. Willie, maybe. But if Art Howe requires redemption, it ain't this crew's job.

[Lefty Specialist]

Well, I'm guessing it's symbolic. Art's already been demonized by Philip Seymour Hoffman's portrayal in Moneyball. That's beyond our power to affect.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Screw managers of the past, Terry has a game to win in the present
and if that goes well the future is even brighter. Willie Randolf, bah.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Yeah, the premise of this thread doesn't make any sense to me either.

This postseason isn't about Art Howe or Wes Westrum or Steve Chilcott.

It's about, in no particular order:
* The players getting the rare and special experience of being on a prolonged championship run.
* We, the fans, experiencing everything that's wonderful and special about this month.
* Another notch in the franchise's belt. A flag to fly at Citi Field, and an eighth placard to add to the seven that already exist for 1969, 1973, 1986, 1988, 1999, 2000, and 2006.

[Edgy MD]

This postseason isn't about Art Howe or Wes Westrum or Steve Chilcott.

Of course it isn't. On the other hand, it's about for you whatever you want to put on it � baseball's achievements being merely symbolic and all.

I like historical redemption, so I made something up.

[Guest d'Kong76]

I'm not without my own mental health issues, but thankfully (to me)
thinking about Art Howe every hour on the hour for years and years
is not one of them! Especially when my present team is doing some-
thing rather special.