Gwreck

Since we were on the road: You get up every morning From your 'larm clock's warning Take the 8:15 into the city There's a whistle up above And people pushin', people shovin' And the girls who try to look pretty And if your train's on time You can get to work by nine And start your slaving job to get your pay If you ever get annoyed Look at me I'm self-employed I love to work at nothing all day And I'll be Taking care of business (every day) Taking care of business (every way) I've been taking care of business (it's all mine) Taking care of business and working overtime Work out If it were easy as fishin' You could be a musician If you could make sounds loud or mellow Get a second-hand guitar Chances are you'll go far If you get in with the right bunch of fellows People see you having fun Just a-lying in the sun Tell them that you like it this way It's the work that we avoid And we're all self-employed We love to work at nothing all day And we be Taking care of business (every day) Taking care of business (every way) We be been taking care of business (it's all mine) Taking care of business and working overtime Mercy Whooooo All right [instrumental Interlude] Take good care of my business When I'm away, every day Whoooo You get up every morning From your 'larm clock's warning Take the 8:15 into the city There's a whistle up above And people pushin', people shovin' And the girls who try to look pretty And if your train's on time You can get to work by nine And start your slaving job to get your pay If you ever get annoyed Look at me I'm self-employed I love to work at nothing all day And I'll be Taking care of business (every day) Taking care of business (every way) I've been taking care of business (it's all mine) Taking care of business and working overtime [brief Instrumental Interlude] Takin' care of business, whoo Takin' care of business Takin' care of business Takin' care of business Takin' care of business (every day) Takin' care of business (every way) Takin' care of business (it's all mine) Takin' care of business And working overtime Whoooo Takin' care of business Takin' care of business Takin' care of business We be Takin' care of business We be Takin' care of business Takin' care of business Takin' care of business

Since nobody's mentioned it yet: PUT IT IN THE BOOKS!

Thom Brenneman: (following the Furcal walk) "Now, will this get the Dodger offense started? Not likely Thom, with Kenny Lofton batting in the 2 hole.

Thanks for not loafing on the ball-hitting-top-of-wall play, Cliff.

What did Brenneman say on Thursday night??

The Tiger win should lock in the 8:00 start for NLCS Game 1. Hopefully that game will be played at Shea.

Mets Reyes SS LoDuca C Beltran CF Delgado 1B Wright 3B Floyd LF Green RF Valentin 2B Trachsel P Dodgers Rafael Furcal SS Kenny Lofton CF Marlon Anderson LF Jeff Kent 2B JD Drew RF Russell Martin C Wilson Betemit 3B James Loney 1B Greg Maddux P

SteveJRogers wrote: looking at that vaunted 1998 roster, only Jeter and Mariano are No Doubt Hall Bound* *Though I'd except a Bernie, Pettitte, Posada or others will get some strong consideration late in their BBWAA run or on the Vets ballots. Actually, come to think of it, Tim Raines deserves some support as well, though more for his Expo days Not a chance for Posada. Pettitte if he gets to 300 wins, otherwise no. Bernie won't get it. See Rice, Jim. Dawson, Andre. etc.

Damon CF Capt'n Intagibles SS Abreu RF Mr. Personality 1B Matsui DH Dumbo C Cano 2B Slappy 3B Cabrera LF

Also inconvenient game times. Today's game will be the first game I'll have a chance to see.

Loved the sign.

What's the easiest job in the world? Weatherman, in Los Angeles, California. "...and now to John Smith, our weather guy. What's the weather going to be like John?" "Ummm...nice. Back to you." (Courtesy Lewis Black)

Glavine 3.5 Reyes 2 Chavez 2 Feliciano 1 Wagner 1 LoDuca .5

Cooby's post reminds me that Donald Trump was at the game and shown on the Diamondvision, which resulted in a rousing chorus of boos.

Johnny Dickshot wrote: That's one crafty lefty. Amazing how "tequila bottle" becomes "water glass," "hotel bar" becomes "hotel room" and "guy in bar" became "sink." Looks like you may have been at least partially right!

Updated: NLDS Game 1 Mets 6, Dodgers 5 Game 2 Mets 4, Dodgers 1 Game 3 Saturday October 7, 7:30 PM, FOX Game 4 Sunday, October 8 (if necessary), 4:00, ESPN / 7:30 PM, FOX * Game 5 Monday, October 9 (if necessary), 8:00 PM, FOX * Game moves to primetime slot if ALDS Game 5 (Tigers at Yankees) is not necessary. NLCS Game 1 Wednesday, October 11, Time TBA Game 2 Thursday, October 12, 8:00 PM Game 3 Saturday, October 14, 4:00 PM Game 4 Sunday, October 15, 7:30 PM Game 5 Monday, October 16, 8:00 PM (if necessary) Game 6 Wednesday, October 18, 4:00 PM/8:00 PM* (if necessary) Game 7 Thursday, October 19, 8:00 PM (if necessary) * 4:00 only if ALCS Game 7 is necessary. World Series Game 1 Saturday October 21, 7:30 PM Game 2 Sunday October 22, 7:30 PM Game 3 Tuesday, October 24, 8:00 PM Game 4 Wednesday, October 25, 8:00 PM Game 5 Thursday, October 26, 8:00 PM (if necessary) Game 6 Saturday, October 28, 7:30 PM (if necessary) Game 7 Sunday, October 29, 7:30 PM (if necessary)

dinosaur jesus wrote: Thom Brenneman claimed last night that the playoffs are much tougher than the regular season for pitchers like Glavine and Maddux (meaning pitchers who have to hit their spots to be effective) because the strike zone is narrower and because (though I might have misheard him on this part) it's a special playoff rule that the opposing manager is allowed to send monkeys out onto the field to distract control pitchers. That's funny. I wonder if anybody ever considered that ERAs might go up because, you know, the quality of the opposition was better?

Crowd was indeed not quite as into it as Wednesday. Still good, but not quite the same as that first-playoff-game-in-6-years crowd. The bus incident was funny. From my vantage point, I could see it coming and was waiting for somebody to realize that maybe that wasn't a good idea. Morons. The "Move the Bus" chant was one of the funniest things I've seen at Shea in a while. Does anyone know what the hell Grady was doing after the first pitch? They did play the Curly Shuffle, middle of the 6th inning. Great game for the Mets.

He wanted to go to the Yankees so he could "see some baseball this week." He's said in the past that he has "regular seats" at Yankee stadium. He subscribes to Yankee Magazine through the mail. Three strikes and you're out buddy.

I think it's very clear. Green and Valentin each get an assist. They threw the ball as part of the first putout. There was no assist on the second putout.

sharpie wrote: Granderson's the Manderson! Starting to sound like John Sterling here, dude.

Rotblatt wrote: ="Gwreck"]The play should be scored: Assist to Green Assist to Valentin Putouts (2) to LoDuca. That makes sense. So if we'd only gotten Kent out, would it be scored: Assist to Green Assist to Valentin Putout (1) to LoDuca? Exactly.

Yancy Street Gang wrote: I predict that either way, Game 4 is going to be a tension convention. I'd really like to see this series end in three games. Neither of the alternatives for Game 4 makes me feel warm or fuzzy. The Dodgers have their own troubles to worry about. They've announced Brad Penny as the game 4 starter. Other options include Aaron Sele, Billingsley, Tomko and Hendrickson.

The play should be scored: Assist to Green Assist to Valentin Putouts (2) to LoDuca.

At least they got that run in. 3-2.