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Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: There's so much going on in these cards, and I like that the league leader series eschews RBIs and so forth in favor of Singles and Base-Out Runs Saved. Seriously these need to go in a gallery. Or at least, I'd like a blown-up framed version for my "Man Cave" I dunno if Wifey Bucket would let me hang one in the bedroom. Hey! You're giving us too much credit for trying real hard to be trendy or something. We're not eschewing anything here at Typewriter Chewing Gum, a subsidiary of Plasticine Industries -- where anything goes! Nope. We're not eschewing anything at all! We're just looking for Mets at the top of the leader boards is all it is because the only leader cards we're producing for this Batman set are leader cards with Mets on them. Like the leader card below featuring the plain' old vanilla Home Run category. And have another checklist while you're here. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49569562478_545fcb1036_c.jpg> https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49569562513_823936e98f_c.jpg> It's a good thing you're into blown up Batman cards for your walls, although from your past posts that I've read over the years, it's even money if your wife lets you even store a blown up card in the broom closet. But still, it's a good thing you're into blown up cards because in our coming-soon McDonald's-Monopoly Batman game, we'll be giving away blown up versions of our Batman cards to some lucky winners. I hope your walls are big, like art museum big, because these blown up Batman cards are gonna be even bigger than the Tabloid Derby winners on display in Stockhlolm. So be on the lookout for Bat-opoly game pieces at a McDonald's near you or in specially marked packs of Batman cards. And look for more Batman cards coming your way. More of everything. Including Tommy Davis and the most overlooked 1969 Mets all-star. And the return of The Cereal Killer! And a challenger to the Kathy Kersh power-speed crown! Plus Thomas Wolfe, Timothy Leary, Roger Angell, Dick Cavett and Ringo Starr on our Fabulous Fourth Series - the Fab Fourth Series! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! And more special guest villains! And so much more!

It's Fonebone Friday over here at Typewriter Chewing Gum, a subsidiary of Plasticine Industries and the makers of the best Batman Mets cards in the whole wide world. And that could only mean one thing: more league leaders cards and more checklists. So here we go: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49582379757_4b3d7efd78_c.jpg> https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49565537832_e4a62b20bc_c.jpg> And coming soon: Tommy Davis and the most overlooked 1969 Mets all-star; a riff through the 4th series, the Fabulous 4th series; the Fab 4th series. Plus more You Look Familiar!(s) -- now in four flavors -- Space, Clarksville, Balloon and Silence. Plus a tribute to a Met who's no longer with us. And suddenly, Kathy Kersh's power-speed Batman Mets card crown isn't looking so safe because we've found a challenger to the Kersh crown. And the break-out star of the Batman Mets line of cards, appearing on about a dozen cards all by himself -- he goddamn wore out the staff last season. And much, much more. Did we tell youse about our new partnership agreement with the Golden Arches themselves and Milton-Bradley? Because coming soon -- McDonald's Batman Monopoly. Win prizes. Baseball cards. And money. Lotsa money. Plus a free trip to Stockholm where you can see the Tabloid Derby Winners up close. Collect game cards featuring prime Gotham City real estate. Spayed Stadium, the Batcave, Barbara Gordon's groovy singles pad with the secret hatch opening in her wall. Youse get the idea. Tune in next time. Same Bat-channel. What year is this? Because the Batman Mets cards have kept us so busy, we lost track of the goddamn year.

Excerpt: https://theathletic.com/1600725/2020/02/19/a-beer-nerds-guide-to-baseball-ranking-every-stadium-by-craft-beer-offerings/https://theathletic.com/1600725/2020/02/19/a-beer-nerds-guide-to-baseball-ranking-every-stadium-by-craft-beer-offerings/ 1. T-Mobile Park, Seattle Top beer: 10 Average beer: 10 Accessibility: 10 The craft beer scene in Seattle is in full bloom, and its ballpark has followed suit. Pacific Northwest labels Fremont Brewing, Reuben's Brews, Georgetown Brewing, Bale Breaker, Black Raven Brewing, Ecliptic Brewing, Ninkasi Brewing, and even the smaller pFriem Family Brewers all have beers available at the ballpark. There's a $6 (!) can deal every year, and one year it was a hazy IPA from Georgetown Brewing called Bodhizafa. Practically every food vendor has a craft tap, and there are cans in the aisles. And not only does this place run on craft beer, but it also has a stand behind home plate (section 129) that boasts hard-to-find cask, barrel-aged and specialty beers on a rotating basis. The list of rare beer releases at that stand last year was enough to excite even the most “hardcore of beer geeks” as Washington Beer Blog put it. Whether you want a cheap can of a crushable IPA, something hazy and local on tap, or something hard to find — you're not far from it in Seattle, which is the crown jewel of craft beer in baseball. 14. Citi Field, New York Top beer: 8 Average beer: 6 Accessibility: 5 There isn't an obvious enough plan here (no, this is not about the Mets). Yes, you can pregame at Mikkeller — a creative brewery that opened up shop outside the park but doesn't allow ins and outs with their beers — and you can find a couple of Mikkeller beers around the park. There's a Mikkeller ballpark-only beer dedicated to the 7 Line Army called United We Cheer. You can also find some really cool offerings from LIC Beer Project, Interboro and Brooklyn Brewery. There's some Six Point! 5 Boroughs, Montauk, Fifth Hammer … some great beer! Where is it? There's a stand behind Section 133, something in 304, maybe 416, the Foxwood's Club. “It's very random with like no rhyme or reason,” summed up former BeerGraphs writer Michael Donato. And that, by definition, makes it hard to find. If you define your ballpark by the best beer you can find, push Citi up to just outside the top 10. But accessibility counts, too. 28. Yankee Stadium, New York Top beer: 4 Average beer: 4 Accessibility: 2 You'll find some Bronx Brewing beer. And Blue Point — their toasted lager is around — is local. And that's it. It's not particularly easy to find, and it ignores all the beautiful beer being made in New York City. It's as if someone who knows nothing about local craft beer picked a brewery that was named after the borough the Yankees find themselves in, added another craft brewery that was owned by the conglomerate providing the rest of the beer in the stadium, wiped their hands and congratulated themselves on a job well done. Or, and maybe this is more likely, nobody there cares. Which is weird, because craft beer lovers drop serious coin on craft beer.

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Dear Typewriter Chewing Gum Co., What's on the back of your Checklist cards? Sincerely, Joe Fonebone All in due time. We'll be showing off that particular 4th series checklist back when we riff through the 4th series itself. Meanwhile, we hope you're buying packs of Batman Mets cards at a store near you. The more packs you buy, the likelier you are to pull a checklist. And look for these other coming attractions coming soon: the most overlooked 1969 Mets all-star although if we keep calling him the most overlooked 1969 Mets all-star, he'll end up being the most looked at 1969 Mets all-star. But if you gotta look at our all-star Batman Mets card to look at the most overlooked 1969 Mets all-star, well that's a win-win. And look for Tommy Davis, the 1967 one-year Met on his own Batman card. And more Mets, more "You Look Familiar" subset cards, more league leaders and more surprises. And Tommy Davis.

I read that piece about an hour ago. If Cohen's willing to offer more or less the same $2.6B he offered a few months ago, but this time around, with SNY included, and this time around, taking control of the Mets immediately, as soon as the money changes hands - take a hike, eff 'n Jeff as soon as you take Cohen's money - AND on top of that, Cohen doesn't expect anybody else to come close to this latest offer -------- then boy oh boy, did Cohen offer to over-pay a few months ago, Cohen's now realizing.

The Athletic ranks every baseball stadium by craft beer offerings. Citi Field is ranked #14. The Mariners get the top #1 ranking. Some guy named Michael Donato is quoted in the Mets section. Anybody here know him? The Yankees are ranked #28.... that's 14 × 2. So do the math.

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Dear Typewriter Card Co., I am a Batman Card collector but have been disappointed in the lack of "league leader" cards which we called "rooks," Team cards and Checklist cards. Will these be produced? Thank you. Joe Fonebone Hey Joe: Where you goin' with those letters of yours? We here at Typewriter Chewing Gum do not disappoint. We've got another league leader card for you. And a checklist! We produce checklists here at Typewriter Chewing Gum. You asked and we delivered. This checklist is for the Fourth Series. The Fabulous Fourth Series! It's Fab, sez we. The Fab Fourth! And we think youse are gonna love the fourth series! Because it's fabulous, did we say? Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Coming attractions here at Typewriter Chewing Gum include another all-star card (Latin-American test market, sorry folks!) all mashed-up with our Batman69 line for a look at the Mets most overlooked 1969 all-star. And coming soon, Tommy Davis stars on his own Batman card as we introduce a brand new subset -- which we're very excited about. Plus, we'll be going through the entire 4th series (the Fab Fourth series - card by card by card. This exciting presentation will include special guest commentary by Timothy Leary on mid-60s psychotropics, Tom Wolfe on 1966, with special emphasis on Batman, The Beatles and the New York Mets, and Roger Angell on the 1966 Mets and their future. And yes, Tommy Davis. Not J.D. Davis. Not Rajai Davis. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49558361611_3e0f767125_c.jpg> https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49563861613_161569d5c2_c.jpg>

I'll take Kevin McReynolds for the block at the 18 hole.

So if it's so fucking easy to steal signs because it's the "victims" fault, then why the fuckety fuck fuck fuck would the Astros need cameras and telescopes and satellites from Mars to steal signs? I suppose you think you have the right to rob my house, too If I forgot to lock my door. Great. Now I'm debating this with you, against all instincts. I deserve it.

OK. Then so maybe they didn't install special cameras. So then the cameras were already there. BFD! That's hardly the fucking point.

Frayed Knot wrote: Where does it say anywhere that there were cameras no one else had access to? So how would that work I wonder? ... Maybe the GM contacts his counterpart in advance of their visit with an offer to share: Hey pal, looking forward to your three game series at our place this weekend. Maybe we can grab a beer after one of the games. Anyway, just dropping this email to let you know that we'll be having a camera aimed at your catcher's crotch all series long. And not the regular local network cam but the zoom lens one for picking up details ... y'know, like the ones Manfred said we are strictly forbidden from using. But in the interest of fair play we'd like to extend access of it to your team as well. You'll have to route some lines to your own dugout since at the moment it's just routed to ours so you'd have to get here early enough on Friday to start with that. I won't be in until game time (daughter's soccer practice) but just ask for Sal in maintenance and he'll let you in. Oh, and don't let on to Verlander that we'll allowing you in on this, he gets a little prickly at times and we'd like to resign him soon. All the best. How long is this ridiculous absurd disagreement gonna go on for? The guy doesn't get that it's wrong for the home team to install cameras to steal signs which should be obvious to anyone after zero posts, let alone that it even has to be explained. After about 100 exchanges on this point, you might as well bang your head against the wall for all the convincing you think you're gonna do. He probably thinks it's OK for the visiting team to have to bat with baseballs made of iron, too.

Edgy MD wrote: I don't get the idea that Cohen should automatically be understood to represent "consideration for the fans." Or that he is, by definition, "better than the Wilpons." Management has demonstrated plenty of consideration for the fans. It's usually misguided and misunderstood, but it's there. I don't mean to be a wet blanket, but who is he that we should project these qualities onto him? Show me. Well, I can't find a quote that is specific to your points, but this is a good start for me - he's "dead stuck on the Mets" https://nypost.com/2019/12/20/steven-cohen-had-a-one-track-mind-for-owning-the-mets-reggie-jackson/https://nypost.com/2019/12/20/steven-cohen-had-a-one-track-mind-for-owning-the-mets-reggie-jackson/ Add that to the fact that he grew up on Long Island and rooted for the Mets as a kid (long before there were any financial considerations) means to me that he knows what it is, and means, to be a Mets fan. And I don't think he has lost that fan's perspective. That's my opinion and, I may be wrong. Now, show me where he wouldn't have those qualities. Later It's irrelevant, he's saying. He's saying, (I assume) even so, so what? So what? What? He's gonna be a great owner because he grew up on Long Island?

Or conversely, you could take some psychotropic drugs and then take a look at these cards to see how they look to you.

We here at Typewriter Chewing Gum, makers of the greatest Batman Mets cards on this planet also read The Athletic. And we've been digging that Joe Posnanski piece on ol' Tom Terrific, references to which, are circulating on this forum as we write this post. This got us in the mood to honor the greatest Mets ever so without further ado, it's another Latin-American market only all-star card from our quite substantial stash of unreleased Batman cards. Our all-star cards link up with our Batman69 line for this Tom Seaver in a mashup of subsets. Did we ever tell youse how much we like subsets? Because we do. And coming soon, a look at the most overlooked Mets 1969 all-star in another mashup of our all-star cards and our Batman69 cards. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49538502543_088eff89b7_c.jpg> And coming soon, Tommy Davis to be featured on a Batman Mets card. Wait, you must mean J.D. Davis, not Tommy Davis, right? Nope, we mean Tommy Davis. Not Rajai Davis? Tommy, not Rajai. Well how could this be, you wonder? Tommy's long retired, so he wouldn't be on a 2019 base card. He was on the Seattle Pilots in 1969, and was not a member of the Amazin' Miracle Mets. That rules out a Batman69 card. So how would Tommy Davis be featured on a 2019 Batman Mets card? You'll have to stay tuned in here. It's all part of our exciting new subset. We love subsets. Did we ever tell youse?

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/feb/11/mets-ban-their-minor-league-players-from-new-clubhouse-after-57m-upgradehttps://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/feb/11/mets-ban-their-minor-league-players-from-new-clubhouse-after-57m-upgrade This idea is so simultaneously stupid and mean, it's a near certainty that it was Jeff Wilpon's idea. Because stupid and mean is right in Jeff's wheelhouse.

BVW needs to shut up. Also, why didn't they make him an offer before he became a FA? https://twitter.com/timbhealey/status/1228357241130147841https://twitter.com/timbhealey/status/1228357241130147841 Tbis is bullshit disingenuous spin MetsSpeak for we couldn't afford Wheeler even though we play in the largest market on the planet so we'll continue to play our Michael Cuddyer games and hope that Wacha and Porcello replace Wheeler's numbers. Because when you play in baseball's toughest division where you could be a good team and still finish in fourth place, the thing to do is to let Wheeler walk and then sign Michael Wacha and then pray for David Wright to return and hit 45 HR's. Aren't you glad we still own the Mets? I'm working on a deal that'll have my son Jeff run the team for 20 years after both me and Jeff are dead. Details to follow. Now it's Wheeler's fault for two first place finishes in 31 seasons.

https://nypost.com/2020/02/13/zack-wheeler-heard-crickets-from-mets-before-phillies-signing/https://nypost.com/2020/02/13/zack-wheeler-heard-crickets-from-mets-before-phillies-signing/ Like the industry doesn't know what a laughing stock the Mets are.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I know this thread is just for fun, but I'd rather see a deep-pocketed billionaire buy the team than a bunch of celebrities who may be overextending themselves. We'd be left with the same situation we're in with the Wilpons, only less smarmy. Totally agree. This is exactly what I was thinking as I was reading this thread. I just kept it to myself because, like you also said, it's just for fun.

https://nypost.com/2020/02/11/carlos-beltran-was-relentless-godfather-in-astros-sign-stealing-scheme/https://nypost.com/2020/02/11/carlos-beltran-was-relentless-godfather-in-astros-sign-stealing-scheme/ Carlos Beltran was the ringleader of the Astros sign stealing scandal.

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Two first place finishes in 31 seasons and you think the Mets will be picking? That's even funnier than this moronic proposed format. They'll be pickees, not pickers, and that'll be thanks to the ridiculosity of MLB in now having eleventy three playoff teams. Expanding playoffs that are a total, total crap shoot in the first place. Oh, my!

Edgy MD wrote: Seemingly invented a new way of making outs.... With his glove, too.

And Susan Collins could host the playoff show so she can tell the voters that she's rooting for every team to win the World Series.

So then why haven't past foreign movies competed in the main best movie category, for the most part? New trend?

So I've been scouring the internet for an answer and coming up empty. How does Parasite win the Oscar for best movie? Isn't it a foreign movie? Why wasnt it placed in the foreign movie category?