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metirish wrote: I was going to say that one reason why the 2005 W Sox were not so celebrated in the documentary is that they played in a terrible WS , then I remembered that the 2004 WS was just as bad. Have to disagree. '05 WS was tense as could be -- four great games. But it was a sweep, which will put a different spin on things. Game Two: Astros tie in top of ninth, White Sox win in bottom; Game Three: Fourteen-inning affair won by little-used Geoff Blum. Game Four: A 1-0 nailbiter. Throw in the 88 year void, the breaking of the Black Sox curse, a powder keg of a manager (who happens to be Latin, per another Burns theme) and the presence of Roger Clemens and it could have been a great story. Not that the Red Sox weren't essential to telling the story, but Burns overdetailed those two series and indulged his fetish with too much rehash footage of Sawx history. He also over did the 1996 Yankees, I thought.

Unusual night at Citi to the point of being surreal, but as I'm sure Fman can confirm, nothing beats a happy ending.

Gee 2.5 Igarashi 1.0 Duda 1.0 Thole 1.0

Tallest position player on the team. By the fifth inning they'll be using him as a lightning rod.

Play fast, fellas. 7 Jose Reyes SS 27 Jesus Feliciano RF 16 Angel Pagan CF 5 David Wright 3B 19 Mike Hessman 1B 21 Lucas Duda LF 13 Mike Nickeas C 11 Ruben Tejada 2B 35 Dillon Gee RHP

1994 Expos were celebrated/mourned, but their franchise's ultimate fate was treated as a footnote.

Regarding the flags, I wasn't handed one on my way in but found one lying under an unoccupied seat, checked with Charlie Daniels (who informed it's a flag, not a rag) and grabbed it. Found myself waving it as part of a Let's Go Mets chant at one point and thought it was a little inappropriate for such a purpose. But I'll never forget that when Piazza rounded the bases, and they skipped the usual musical accompaniment, the sound of those flags rustling as seemingly everybody was waving them in celebration. An incredible crossroads of baseball and America. I can see why Burns overlooked it entirely. Only other Metsian note from Bottom of the Tenth that I detected was an isolated shot of Endy's catch as part of a montage of "baseball is still great" plays. It was actually the last specific play shown before the wrapup, which lingered over Fenway Park while Doris Kearns Goodwin congratulated herself for existing. But no discussion of the catch itself or of many things, Metsian or not, that would have made this installment interesting -- but I did learn the Red Sox won a World Series in 2004.

A sign the Mets would be giving us the finger for the next six seasons.

Post 9/11 segments include nothing on Piazza's home run or anything Mets-related, save for a story from Keith Olbermann running into a cop near Ground Zero who was worrying about whether the Mets could catch the Braves. Ken Burns: myopia gone wild.

And now we're tied, 77-81, neither the Mets nor Marlins capable of being winners in 2010. Appropriate. Fish have four with the Bucs at Your Name Here this weekend. That doesn't sound helpful to the cause.

R.A. climbs to seventh with his final start, checking out at 2.86. May everybody else near him get bombed from here to Sunday.

Dickey 4.5 Reyes 1.0 Davis 0.5 Valdes 0.5 Pagan 0.5

Put it in the books! Then burning the fucking books.

First Rosebud reference of the night from Gary for Lorenzo Cain.

Versus nine dudes who basically resemble Gorman Thomas. Don't all Brewers?

Reyes SS Pagan CF Wright 3B Davis 1B Duda RF Evans LF Thole C Arias 2B Dickey P

Bottom of Tenth beginning with slow montage of Red Sox and Fenway through history. Who could have seen that coming?

Beltran MRI reveals inflammation, deemed not serious (by Mets, so grain of salt). He's been shut down, fifth Met who's season has ended in September. ATTRITION! Attrition!

Ojeda taking Niese to the woodshed. Didn't grow mentally, should've thrown inside, deserves to sit around all winter and think about this.

Box Wright 2.0 Duda 1.5 Reyes 1.5 Nickeas 1.0 Pagan 1.0 Carter 1.0 Igarashi 1.0 Valdes 1.0

SPLIT!

Braves held on, Mets maintain half-game lead heading into nightcap.

Much fudge.