MFS62

Hall of Famer George Kell: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090325/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bba_obit_kell_12 This news stoped me in my tracks. The first "grown up" baseball glove I ever had was a George Kell model Rawlings (PM-5 I think). He was an all-star third baseman and in the year I first attended a major league game (1949), he beat out Ted Williams for the batting title. I'll miss him. Later

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Later. Sir. You will be hearing from my Attorneys shortly concerning this matter of Copyright infringement. Later

Folks, all of your barbs were more on the mark than Jeter's horrible throw in the ninth inning last night. What made the moment even better was the two headed monster of Miller/Morgan explanining how Jeter set his feet before he threw. Later

Jerry thinks the pop is in Murphy's bat, not his culture. He namesd him the #2 hitter. http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/2009/03/21/2009-03-21_jerry_manuel_plans_to_bat_daniel_murphy_-2.html Later

="seawolf17"] I'm an elderly white man, therefore I'm imherently qualified to make medical diagnoses. But, did you stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night? Later

="Kong76":zuiel3gu].. those boots ... look two sizes too big, or is that the latest look in hottiewear?[/quote:zuiel3gu] Nope, they're big for quick release. Later bmfc1 Mar 22 2009 12:31 PM Writer Jeff Pearlman on Amanda Bynes: http://jeffpearlman.com/index.php?s=amanda seawolf17 Mar 22 2009 12:44 PM Who's looking at her boots? MFS62 Mar 22 2009 12:59 PM Jerry thinks the pop is in Murphy's bat, not his culture. He namesd him the #2 hitter. http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/2009/03/21/2009-03-21_jerry_manuel_plans_to_bat_daniel_murphy_-2.html Later Kong76 Mar 22 2009 01:11 PM sea: Who's looking at her boots?<<< Lol, when I look at a picture I look at the whole picture. The need to re-dye, the you-can-do-me-now-I'm-packed-and-ready-to-stay-the-weekend bag, looks like she has two watches on, and the boots she stole from The Tin Man. OlerudOwned Mar 22 2009 01:17 PM Her shows on Nickelodeon were insipid, even for kids shows. Benjamin Grimm Mar 22 2009 01:27 PM ="OlerudOwned":2sy2hrv6]Her shows on Nickelodeon were insipid, even for kids shows.[/quote:2sy2hrv6] Yeah. I could tell they were grooming her to be the next Carol Burnett, but her talent wasn't equal to the task. Fman99 Mar 22 2009 02:15 PM ="seawolf17"]Who's looking at her boots? I was. Oh, wait, that said boots. Nevermind. PS I'd do everything to her. Ruined! metsmarathon Mar 22 2009 02:48 PM i dunno.. amanda bynes never really did anything for me... she's just too damned twig-like. metsguyinmichigan Mar 22 2009 02:49 PM Just got back from taking my son and his two buddies to see "Watchman." I'm agreeing with Murphy. GYC Mar 22 2009 09:11 PM This is making me develop a man crush on Murphy.

Edgy DC wrote: A whole bunch of runs this inning and the kharma turns around. Mets down 12-1. I'd guess that made decisions about the pitching staff a bit easier. Later

Here he is: http://minors.baseball-reference.com/players.cgi?pid=34026 Later

The 1939 version was on tv last night, so it got me thinking about posting this. These are the only two versions I've seen, and I liked the 1939 version much better. It starts off with saying that "Pasha" Gordon was in trouble in the Sudan, the story of which is the basis for the movie Khartoum. That's why the British Army is marshalling its forces - to try to come to his rescue. And Gunga Din is one of my most favorite movies - ever. Charge didn't really do it for me. But if you like to see British soldiers of that era valliantly dying, I do recommend Zulu. Later

I'm wondering when the Mets are going to give Evans some playing time in right field. He's hitting his way onto the opening day roster. Later

If you've seen both versions of The Four Feathers, which one do you think was better? The 2002 version had Heath Ledger. The 1939 version had Sir Ralph Richardson. Later

According to the baseball transactions page on Yahoo, the Mets released Rocky today. Later

You cannot stop Martin Prado. You can olny hope to contain him. Garcia couldn't. Later

duan wrote: weird trivia. I worked on the Hanson tour back in 1998. Was it you? Or was it Lady Caca? Later

Here's a story about the WBC, a soldier, and a Mets fan. http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=jp-perezteamusa031809&prov=yhoo&type=lgns Later

Just guessing here, but Nieve may be the only Met to hail from Carabobo, Venezuela. Later

I remember when Leon Hess said the reason he moved the Jets from Shea to the new place in New Jersey was because the bathrooms at Shea didn't work. The new ones will be flushed with pride. Later

="OlerudOwned":3kx0dulz]The new Yankees Stadium really does look like a beautiful post office.[/quote:3kx0dulz] Bingo! Later Vic Sage Mar 17 2009 09:12 AM IMO, his point was not that asymmetry = character. To the contrary, i think. His point was that the assymetry of old ballparks were not merely an affectation.... they were the necessary consequence of urban ballparks having to adapt to very different urban landscapes. That those ballparks were integrated and a part of their urban settings made them more individualized, personal experience for their fans, and thus lovingly embraced ("even the ugly ones"), which is a perfectly valid architectural theory. It is one of the uniquey identifying charms of baseball that its outfield dimensions are unlimited, just as the lack of a clock renders the game theoretically unlimited. But his criticism of Citifield is that its asymmetry does NOT equal character; that it is, instead, an affectation that isolates it in its environment, and has been borrowed, instead, from a history that is not its own. Regardless, the stadium is attractive, and I'm still happy to have better sightlines and better amenities. RealityChuck Mar 17 2009 09:13 AM ="Gwreck":2wuna5hi]The gratuitous editorializing in the final sentence undermines the writer's authority by delving too far off topic.[/quote:2wuna5hi] It's a review. That's the point of a review -- to give an opinion. Gwreck Mar 17 2009 09:18 AM The review works when he offers opinions on topics in which he has expertise. Hence my criticism of the way he ended. Edgy DC Mar 17 2009 10:18 AM ="Vic Sage":3h6as05y]IMO, his point was not that asymmetry = character. To the contrary, i think. His point was that the assymetry of old ballparks were not merely an affectation.... they were the necessary consequence of urban ballparks having to adapt to very different urban landscapes. That those ballparks were integrated and a part of their urban settings made them more individualized, personal experience for their fans, and thus lovingly embraced ("even the ugly ones"), which is a perfectly valid architectural theory. It is one of the uniquey identifying charms of baseball that its outfield dimensions are unlimited, just as the lack of a clock renders the game theoretically unlimited. But his criticism of Citifield is that its asymmetry does NOT equal character; that it is, instead, an affectation that isolates it in its environment, and has been borrowed, instead, from a history that is not its own. Regardless, the stadium is attractive, and I'm still happy to have better sightlines and better amenities.[/quote:3h6as05y] Well, if that's his point, I agree with him, but the first sentence of paragraph four seems to suggest that Shea's a-symmetry was some sort of lamentable artistic mission of architects, rather than the natural response to a new reality, the park was built in a huge swath of land cleared for parking. He certainly alludes to the new paradigm two paragraphs down, but he's already made his seeming indictment of Shea '64 on those terms.

Kong76 wrote: Nice long piece in the NY Times this morning on Wilmer ... http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/15/sports/baseball/15flores.html?_r=1&ref=sports Thanks. I just learned that my kid and my wife have the same birthday. Later

="Edgy DC":3qmphvjc]What does that mean?[/quote:3qmphvjc] It was meant to be funny, just like all the other posts in this thread referring to alpaca fucking. Its ok, I understand. I'll go back and edit my original post. Later LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 16 2009 09:16 PM Yanqui go home: Sojo just plugged in K-Rod in the 8th inning for the second game in a row. Edgy DC Mar 16 2009 09:50 PM Twenty pitches. No big whoop. Feliciano threw for the losers also. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 16 2009 10:34 PM 4 outings, 70-plus pitches in 6 days, for a max-effort thrower? I'm mildly annoyed.

="Edgy DC":36pyynka]Oh, right, that anti-Southern bigotry just keeps giving.[/quote:36pyynka] So does defending alpaca fuckers. Later Edgy DC Mar 13 2009 09:21 PM What does that mean? LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 13 2009 11:54 PM ="Gwreck"]Let me just say that Billy Wagner as our 7th inning guy (or lefty specialist, if you want) would be a thing of beauty. He can take all the time he needs, so long as he's ready for September 15th when the Mets have a 15 game lead and he can start tuning up for the playoffs. Dude... if we have a fifteen-game lead in September, I'm campaigning for Wags-as-beanball-specialist for those last two weeks. Bruised asses heal a lot of psychic scars. MFS62 Mar 14 2009 06:01 AM ="Edgy DC":3qmphvjc]What does that mean?[/quote:3qmphvjc] It was meant to be funny, just like all the other posts in this thread referring to alpaca fucking. Its ok, I understand. I'll go back and edit my original post. Later LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 16 2009 09:16 PM Yanqui go home: Sojo just plugged in K-Rod in the 8th inning for the second game in a row. Edgy DC Mar 16 2009 09:50 PM Twenty pitches. No big whoop. Feliciano threw for the losers also. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 16 2009 10:34 PM 4 outings, 70-plus pitches in 6 days, for a max-effort thrower? I'm mildly annoyed.

If you go on alpaca.com, it has a link for "alpacas for hire" (not joking) Maybe you CAN hire one for a night of fun. (sluts) EDIT: Insert your own non regional-specific comment about where they fuck wooly animals here. Later

G-Fafif wrote: After this episode of "The Freddy and the Tigers," it's Livan in the lead... But with 2 2/3 scoreless innings today, Parnell is moving up fast on the outside. That 96+ MPH heater is intriguing. Later

One guy's opinion about the new stadium. I can see how he feels about Mays and the Giants being left out. http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2009/03/13/2009-03-13_why_did_the_mets_build_a_shrine_to_the_d.html Later