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  1. MFS62
    LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: A Misch appearance is probably the #1 or #2 indicator of a game's lameness, absent any other information about said game. The first time I heard something like that was when I heard Howard Cosell say (I paraphrase) "Looks like the Braves have given up on this game. Ron Piche is coming in to pitch." Later
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    He is the same age as my oldent daughter. Why couldn't she have met him while she was at Binghamton and he was at Cornell? Oh well... Anyhow, the guy has balls. He once told the President of Microsoft to step down. Wilpon is a small fish by comparison. I'd have preferred the team be sold to someone with hard assets, rather than a paper empire. But he seems stable enough, as long as he doesn't invest with a second coming of Bernie Madoff. Later
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    John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: McCann is kinda interesting: A social worker and part-time florist who went on to do that whole 800 flowers thing. Real NYer, also a Met fan I assume. When I was with NCR, we helped him build his first call center and start the 1-800-FLOWERS number. I later did some process improvement consulting for them. Jim attended those meetings and is a really nice guy. His brother, who really runs finance and operations, is a tough businessman. Since their headquarters is on Long Island, I'm guessing they're long time Mets fans, but in the many times we met, we never talked baseball. Later
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    He's going to have to improve his fielding. Last time I checked a box score for one of his games, I noticed that he already has 12 errors this year. Later
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    This wouldn't be the first time a New York baseball owner did something like this to use as a smoke screen during a Legal and/or financial investigation. Back in the 80's, I was in Tampa on business. The headlines down there were saying that one of Steinbrenner's companies was being investigated for major illegal dealings (Ship building? real estate? I don't recall which) with indictments being handed down shortly. I wondered how the New York press would handle that news. When I got back to New York, the headlines screamed "Steinbrenner Blasts Winfield" (for lackluster play). Funny how news of the legal stuff wasn't being mentioned. Later
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    It answered one question that had never been answered before, but had been danced-around: Omar did have full autonomy to make those moves (since Fred blames the "schmuck"). Later
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    Remember Hawk Harrelson's expression "duck snort" for a short hit? A duck can snort farther then most of those hits. Later
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    Its getting close to the last time that Harris has a chance to look good enough for some other team to want to acquire him. Later
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    bmfc1 wrote: Klapisch is the Charles Krauthammer of New York area sports columnists. Whether or not you agree with him, Krauthammer sometimes has something interesting to say. And, in contrast to Klapisch, usually writes it well. Later
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    The Second Spitter wrote: There's a cranky old bastard at my gym who always wears either a "Got Rings?" "Yankee universe" or "Ruth Gehrig Dimaggio Mantle" t-shirt. I rarely speak to him. Today he was wearing the "Got Rings?" shirt. Mets fans know how old they are without having to count. Later
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    Benjamin Grimm wrote: Did anyone else notice, after the game, Chip Hale's microphone picked up someone in the dugout yelling, "Fuck yeah!" ? (And what would be the "correct" way to punctuate the above sentence?) For one night, who gives a fuck? They beat the MFYs. Later
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    Ceetar wrote: GN -- The offense will be adding Pagan next week, A few days ago, I heard that Pridie has reached base at least once in every game he has started. Is that (still) true? Later
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    A fair analysis in the KTE. The only edge I would give the MFYs is Granderson's great voice. When I hear sound bytes of his interviews on the news, I marvel that some of the guys being paid to announce are still employed. Later
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    He's got the coolest scraggly red goatee since Bobcat Golthwaite. Later
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    Soupy, while reading that copious quantity of ca-ca, I'd be reaching for my wallet. Sounds like he's setting you up for a contribution of some kind (new unis?). Later
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    Fman99 wrote: I've said this many times. The road jersey should have the name of the city; the home jersey the name of the team. I agree with two exceptions. The teams that deserted us for California should be required to have their city names on both their home and away uniforms. Those team names "belong" here. Later
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    For a guy who hit more homers in the decade of the 60's then anyone else, I'm not sure if he even got more than a brief mention in the Ken Burns series. RIP, Harmon. Later
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    Ceetar wrote: get to the park at 5, don't leave until after midnight and I don't even get a win out of it? ugh.. I did get a couple of fried shrimp, a piece of pizza, a fried chicken sandwich, half a keith's burger, half a pastrami sandwich, a breaded hotdog bite and an eggplant sandwich though. That should have generated enough heartburn to at least keep you warm on a cold, rainy night. Later
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    With the recent emergence of Jose Bautista as a slugger, I'm waiting for the anti-Minaya articles that will point out that he was a throw-in in the deal for Kris Benson. Some of the so-called Mets writers like to rabble-rouse stuff like that. Yes, Omar selected some pretty good talent that, as you said, is just now developing. Later
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    Soup, don't you live in Connecticut? I'd be glad to go to the next game and yell at that dumb manager for 'ya. Later
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    Frayed Knot wrote: The only post-game quotes I heard were Posada claiming he needed the time to "clear his head".. I've heard him speak. I'm not sure whether to classify that as unnecessary or redundant. Later
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    G-Fafif wrote: R.A. Suckey has reappeared, dammit. I think he's been tipping his pitch. Later
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    bmfc1 wrote: Heyman today. What a jackass: SI_JonHeyman Jon Heyman If its true samuels swiped $2.3M in memorabilia from mets clubhouse, imagine damage he coulda done as clubbie for yankees He's right. I wonder what the players would give him for some of those hypodermic needles with their prints and DNA on them. Later
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    Wasn't that the Ed Sullivan Show in which, during his introduction of notables in the audience, he said "In the audience is Girl Scout Troop 412 from Paramus, New Jersey. Stand up, girls, and show us your cookies."? Later
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    Nymr83 wrote: Wright's been doing terrible hitting .240? but oh wait, if you are looking at more than just fantasy baseball stats, you'd see a .349 OBP entering play tonight and a BABIP 45 points lower than his career average... he's likely been as unlucky as he has been bad. And now he runs into Davis and injures him? Are we sure Wright isn't being secretly paid by evil forces to sabotage the Mets' season? Later
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