stevejrogers

They do have a song that makes "Our Team, Our Time" sound like "Stairway To Heaven"

Valadius wrote: I'm late arriving to this thing. Looks like Pelfrey held the fort, huh? Yeah he was doing quite well out there but laboring several times. The Mets didn't help him much by leaving the bases full the first couple of innings though.

Either the Mets are trying to get this game over with quick, or Durbin is that good.

[Warner Wolf]COME ON! You gotta be kidding me! Thats the boo of the week. You mean after a month of spring training, these guys who are stronger than ever, bigger than ever, can't go the full nine and throw for 150+ pitches? Here is what Bob Gibson and Bob Feller told me at some function in 1985 when I asked them to give me a 20 second soundbyte...[/Warner Wolf] I think Warner Wolf (1050 Saturday mornings 7am to 10am and "updates" from 7-10 weekdays) is the last NYC media guy left on the "pitch count, most OVERATED baseball stat" side and he annoyed me off this morning talking about Perez yesterday, despite Perez being in midst of a meltdown. Wolf should have knocked the Mets for who they put in, not that they took Perez out! Whats even more hilarious is when he uses soundbites from his interviews with Gibson and Feller as "proof" that pitch counts are meaningless, rather than actual research on the subject matter, which shouldn't be hard to find. I swear Wolf actually sounds worse than callers to his station!

Hit 100 on the pitch count.

More tributes for Jackie planned this year Heh, I forget if it was in 1998 or 1988 but I remember some article where IIRC Don Newcombe was slightly irked that Robinson's debut was just getting the full treatment at the major milestone years (5th and 10th anniversaries) and essentially mentions in the media the other years. I guess wearing 42 for a day can get a yearly tribute thing accomplished!

Detroit trying to get on the board with a 4-2 5th inning lead in Bean Town Florida putting a hurting on the Nats, 10-2 in the 8th. Jacobs with his 4th homer. Atlanta leads 1 zip early in Colorado, and Yankees scoreless with the Royals in the 4th.

MetIrish, channeling SalaIraBretDoc! Pelf, showing why he is among Mets featured in the Citi Field diaorama on the Loge Level outside the Preview Center!

Very late but, ehem, THATS THE WAY UH HUH UH HUH I LIKE IT! Ooooo oooooo ooooo ooooooo oooooooooooooo!

Date 4/9 Opponent Phillies Number Removed 81 Remover Mr. Met, who actually made his live debut at Shea in 1964

Oh no, Everybody Clap Your Hands is back! UGH!

Never mind, got the info.

="batmagadanleadoff"]Has anyone else noticed that the Mets have now now gone seven straight games without wearing their black uniforms? Must be some record-breaking streak. I'm sorta new to the CPF so I don't know what the general mood is here concerning those unis - but I'll go on the record and write that to me, the black Mets shirts are an absolute embarrasment . I never imagined that a team's uniforms could diminish my ability to enjoy a game but yeah, that's what those hideous shirts do for me. Yeah it is a hated thing in these parts. The team just jumped on the latest trend that seems everyone has done, and it has looked awful for just about all of their now 10 years of wearing those things. There have been rumblings that they were planning on dialing it down, so while the black with blue brim caps are still the official road cap and occasional home cap, it has seemed the black is close to being ditched. Heh, shades of '06!

Looks like the Mets really are taking a cue from FaFiF! Or at the very least the Cards when they counted down to the end of Busch Stadium II So, here is the Official tracker of who lifts the number each game. Date 4/8 Opponent Phillies Number Removed Start of Countdown Remover Family of William A. Shea HOPEFULLY I'll be able to get this into a table format!

Bill Buckner returned to Fenway to throw out the first pitch. Guess 2 championships and 21 years heal some deep wounds.

="John Cougar Lunchbucket"]Wait a minute. Didn't the Phillies win the World Series in 1980? I agree they'd won with a different feel from the homegrowners who were a big part of their mid-70s run, but that happens. The MOVE bombing was in 84 or 85, as I recall it. What a shameful episode in city history that was. Anyway, sounds like that book is a little something of Bronx is Burning only the team doesn't win at the end. I think I'll check that book out. The book You Can't Lose Them All about the 1980 team touches upon it, but only briefly and doesn't really try to explain the reason for the culture of hating in terms of what was going on around Philly during those years. It was kind of depressing though that they mentioned that in 2000 they recreated the parade that the '80 Phillies did and a sparse crowd showed up (I forget the number, but it was less than what a stadium holds). I wonder where getting punked out in 3 straight after toppling the Mets (granted it wasn't like the '69 Mets blowing past the Cubs in September but still) for a "reverse of 1964" ranks in terms of bitterest Philly sport disappointments?

Nymr83 wrote: good job posting this a week later than the games in question and during a disgusting Mets loss. steve, this board is not your blog. Don't blame me, I thought this would help the karma.

Go Bannister!

Zvon wrote: ="SteveJRogers"]Hey Z, WHERE IS MR. CLEESE? Mr Cleese is reserved for when something starts, and we both wish it to continue. Hence, the word 'rally' is used in his graphical cameo appearance. I see no rally here. Game OVEH Ahh your father was a hamster and your mother wears combat boots!

Z, Next time when I say I want to see John Cleese slapping on his Met Rally Cap knight helmet thing, I WANT TO SEE JOHN CLEESE SLAPPING ON HIS MET RALLY CAP KNIGHT HELMET THING! =

Z, I want to see John Cleese!

Hey Z, WHERE IS MR. CLEESE?

RALLY CAP TIME

Schneider, Chavez and Reyes final hope for today.

Awww crud!