MFS62

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I'm less optimistic about this game. Its game #13. Triskaidekaphobic ? Later

How long are we going to have to wait for a hit THIS time, guys? Later

I wonder if the Red Sox still would accept Matt Harvey in that rumored trade for Mookie Betts. Later

Ty is showing how glad he is to be back in the organization. If the Mets are going to stay with 13 pitchers, Ty's ability to play both infield and outfield could earn him a promotion soon. (Yeah, I know. They'd have to find roster space on the 40 man, but Sandy could figure something out.) Later

Thomas Nido, time to step up and be a hero. Its that kind of year. Later

The guys on WFAN yesterday were saying it would probably take more than just Nimmo. But (of course) they didn't say who else might be included in that deal. Later

Ceetar wrote: I don't speak for all baseball fans, but I don't think holds are particularly noted by anyone. Except for middle inning pitchers, set up men, and their agents. Later

Edgy MD wrote: Edgy MD wrote: Lefty Specialist wrote: So who's the hero tonight? Mattingly. Mattingly. Mattingly managing a team in the NL East gives me a warm fuzzy feeling. Based on his successes before this year, he must have learned his NL managing skills from Joe Torre. He can deliver the gift basket to Jeter tomorrow morning. Later

Thanks for the hit, Mr. Frazier. Now I can exhale. Later

Edgy MD wrote: Was Miller the one who was publishing technical papers even as his career progressed, or am I thinking of someone else? You may be thinking of Jay Hook, who had an engineering degree. He wrote a paper explaining how a curve ball curved (fluid mechanics, Bernoulian Principle, etc) but it was said that he never could throw one. Anyhow, RIP, Larry. Later

And ESPN radio is saying that Oswalt was sent down to make room for Wheeler. Later

Oswalt sent back down to make room for Wheeler. I'm not sure if he has to appear in a game, but I think being on a major league roster for one day guarantees him one month of the major league minimum salary (which is over $350 grand). I'd be inconvenienced for one day for $50K, too. Later

I was going to update my annual Sound of Music Favorite Things parody. But, there aren't enough right now to fill out the lyrics. I'm worried about that. Later

Just smiling at the YLDB at work and not saying a word, because he knows. Later

The 1971 action shot would be good on the back page of the daily paper, but not on a year book. Unless that was a significant game or minute that I don't recall right now, it doesn't capture a season for me. Later

C'mon, Mets. Give Jeter a gift basket on Thursday morning. Later

Attention National League. Check your in-box. You just got sent a message. Later

1969 was the better year, but not the better cover. Later

Marcus Semien singled to left to break up the no-no in the top of the 7th. Ohtani IS human, after all. Later

After hitting home runs in three consecutive games, he is pitching in Anaheim against the A's today. Its in the bottom of the sixth. As Red Barber used to say, "There have been seven hits in the game and the Angels have all of them". Later

The production values of that video deserved better than that song. I always preferred Goody Two Shoes. I believe that was an homage to the ten inch platform shoes he needed to reach the door knob. (Channeling his best announcer's voice) And nowwww, back to tonight's game. Later

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: The Yanks loaded the bases on 2 walks and a misplayed sac bunt in the 12th, so had bases loaded, no out and Judge and Stanton due up. Judge 1-2-5 DP, Stanton (0-7) whiffed for the 5th time in the game to end it. Has anybody [crossout]wanted[/crossout] tried to revive Suzyn Waldman yet? Later

I'm very superstitious, and s***p is like a four letter word that should not be used before the game. I cringe when I hear sportscasters use the word. And the fact that it will be a Sunday night game on ESPN is making me antsier. I prefer they say something like "The Mets have won the first two games of the series" and let it go at that. On second thought, a true fan knows they won the first two games of the series. LGM! Later

Our car was in the shop and we had time to kill. So, against my wife's wishes, we went to see Tomb Raider. It was as good as I expected and she liked it better than she thought she would. Not only does it move at a fast pace (Of course it was. It was based on a video game) but many of the action scenes were real (and not CGI). I liked the attention to detail. For example, (mini spoiler) Lara is being washed down rapids toward a waterfall. She catches herself on the rusted out wreckage of a downed World War II plane. They could have used any plane. But someone actually built a mock-up of a plane that looked like a Mitsubishi G3M "Nell" bomber, a plane that would have been used in that area. In many World War II movies about air battles in the Pacific, American T-6 "Texan" trainers have been used instead of A6M "Zero" fighters. I'm a military airplane nut, and that was stunning. One minor thing irked me. When she travels to find her father, Lara enlists the aid of a local young ship captain whose father had disappeared with Lara's dad. He spoke English. The problem is it wasn't accented at all; no British accent, no Asian accent, no nothing. English, like he had been brought up in Omaha. Oh well, you can't think of everything. I gave it a 4 stars. It was a pleasant surprise, almost as pleasant as the mechanic of my wife's car sticking to his estimate. Later

This isn't a remake because it is a prequel to the Tomb Raider films (based on a series of video games) that starred Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft. This one stars Alecia Vikander who, like Angelina Jolie, has won an Academy Award. Lara is the daughter of an eccentric adventurer and business tycoon who vanished when she was a youngster. Now a young woman, Lara works as a bike courier, barely making the rent. She feels that if she signs the documents needed to finalize her inheritance of a huge empire, it will mean that she accepts the fact that her father is dead. Lara is driven to finally solve the puzzle of his mysterious disappearance. Going explicitly against his final wishes, she leaves everything she knows behind in search of her dad's last-known destination: a fabled tomb on a mythical island that might be somewhere off the coast of Japan. On that island is a buried Empress with a terrible power that could threaten all humanity if unleashed.