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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Well, yeah. And people should be able to teleport. And livestock chickens should have, like, eight thighs and they should all be calorie free. I should be able to get drunk/sober/thin at will! Ironically, all those things will one day be possible.

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Ham it up with Muhammad Ali. Get Ed Sullivan to meet you in Miami to put on a TV show. Swim. Sun. Miami it up. Doesn't everybody have a day like this one every day? [fimg=666]https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR-5p0ChnuGodpVUoFfKzrW6RC0wjNBfZOJW5LZsr9EwbmuDMsLuA[/fimg]

[fimg=966:1n4c39ok]http://www.thevintagecameo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/tonyrome-suit.jpg[/fimg:1n4c39ok] Fontainebleau Frankie. [youtube:1n4c39ok]I2BBJJhx7PM[/youtube:1n4c39ok]

Getcher free programs here! The programs are free at Marlins Park. Spread out on tables at the entrances, fans are invited to take one or a couple, all on the house. [fimg=544:3lpc3iri]https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7726/17102421988_36bd9a2c7b_o.jpg[/fimg:3lpc3iri]

One of these teams owns MLB's best record. The other is on MLB's longest current winning streak. [fimg=844:3ejzqxfj]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Jackie_Gleason_Miami_Beach_1968.JPG[/fimg:3ejzqxfj] Miami Beach Kramden. Is the Honeymoon over?

cooby wrote: Didn't anyone else? I'm so done with you. Don't even ....

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Benjamin Grimm wrote: I really doubt that Murphy gets a qualifying offer. That's something like $15 million, isn't it? The last QO value was $15.3M, I think. The next one should increase by at least another million. Murph getting a QO is about as likely as Anthony Recker winning the MVP award. Unless there's some collusion where Murph secretly promises the Mets in advance that he'd reject the QO.

The Over 40 4-0 club Bartolo Colon Roger Clemens Phil Niekro Nolan Ryan [fimg=777]http://mlb.mlb.com/assets/images/1/5/0/77264150/cuts/052814_colon_battobase_76z7u4g1_7wti6l4c.gif[/fimg]

Ceetar wrote: Orosco Norosco. [fimg=888]http://giant.gfycat.com/MatureSelfreliantAtlasmoth.gif[/fimg]

Gwreck wrote: Jamie Moyer No-yer on Mo-yer [fimg=966]http://nesncom.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/bartolo-colon.gif?w=636&h=351[/fimg]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Jandy Rohnson No. But would you like to see Bartolo's only Met ribbie? [fimg=777]http://sportsgif.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Bartolo-Colon-RBI-GIF.gif[/fimg]

No to Spahnnie. Yes to Roid Ass. The Over 40 4-0 club Bartolo Colon Roger Clemens

Zvon wrote: Greg Maddux? No, I'm sorry. But watch Albert Pujols tug on Bartolo's jersey. [fimg=666]http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view7/4770203/albert-pujols-pranks-bartolo-colon-o.gif[/fimg]

4-0 and over 40. That's Bartolo's current W-L record and age. Who are the only three other 40 or older MLB pitchers to start a season 4-0? [fimg=977:2qplmaa2]http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view3/20140409/5014601/bartolo-colon-gut-o.gif[/fimg:2qplmaa2]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I have no idea if there will be a collapse this time around, but if there is, I'll kind of look forward to it. And deep inside, I think a lot of Mets fans will, too. It's easier when you already expect the worst. First that University of Virginia thing, and now this nonsense. Maybe it's time for The Rolling Stone to stop publishing. You tell 'em, Grimm.

More on the Amazins' in the National Press ... Rolling Stone Magazine does sports ... another Bartolo lede ... Colon is so unbelievable that he should be pitching for the Ruppert Mundys .... Extra! Extra! The New York Mets Go to 11: Meet Baseball's Best Team Winners of eleven straight, and headed for a battle in the Bronx, New York's 'other team' is in unfamiliar terrirory: Atop the MLB world By Michael Weinreb April 24, 2015 [fimg=633]http://assets.rollingstone.com/assets/2015/article/the-new-york-mets-go-to-11-meet-baseballs-best-team-20150424/193628/medium_rect/1429880899/720x405-470881694.jpg[/fimg] Believe it or not, there was a time in history when Bartolo Colon was not constructed like an overstuffed dirigible. He was just a 24-year-old pitching prospect with a slingshot of an arm back in 1997, one of several dynamic talents on a Cleveland Indians team seeking to erase years of ignominious history; and in the end, he and his teammates came up a few pitches short of breaking the curse. Eighteen years later, Colon is still here, a miracle of alchemy, a hurler tipping the scales at nearly 300 pounds, a pear-shaped 41-year-old savior seemingly conjured from the pages of Philip Roth's Great American Novel who might also be the key to the New York Mets finally swallowing and digesting three decades of heavy-duty comic futility (luckily, Bartolo is more than willing to provide comedy of a different sort). As I write this, the Mets have won 11 games in a row and head into this weekend's Subway Series with the Yankees as the best team in baseball, which is one of those clauses that immediately comes across as a Letterman punch line waiting to land, because the Mets are never the best team in their own city. The Mets are the team that gets caught up in bad trades and Ponzi schemes; the Mets are the team that has come to represent the overriding angst and neurosis of living in New York City. There is a dichotomy to baseball in New York that echoes the notion of New York itself: If, at any moment, you're feeling like you've made it here and that you truly can make it anywhere � if you're vibing with the broad arrogance of a Yankees fan � someone will come along and throw an elbow into your chin on a Sixth Avenue sidewalk. That elbow to the chin is what Mets fans have felt since 1986, when a collection of misfits and malcontents formed one of the most iconic teams in baseball history. Ever since they perpetuated the Red Sox' own curse for another 18 years, the Mets have suffered Bonilla fatigue and Madoff fatigue and everything in between; the Mets flounder, and the Mets lose their best toys (see: Harvey, Matt) to injury at the moment they seem poised to capture the attention of the city. All that has changed in the early days of this season. Harvey is back, and looks great; Colon has defied the laws of nature and a former ninth-round pick named Jacob deGrom might also be the real thing. And Mets fans are wary, of course, because Mets fans have learned to embrace wariness, the way one does when one enters a completely empty subway car, expecting to eventually be confronted by a smell that could suffocate a small canine. And sure, some of this angst is overblown, and is based on geography and tabloid energy and the sheer amount of writers per capita. But the Mets are the New York franchise (even more so than the Jets) that seem to capture what it means to live in a 200-square-foot studio apartment above a nightclub while working a job that pays $12 an hour. The Mets are the equivalent of traffic on the George Washington Bridge. And this is why I'm not sure how I feel about the Mets actually being good, for real; this is why I wonder if New York is better off when the Mets are a hot mess, if only to serve as a reminder that this city is not the be-all, end-all of modern human existence, that [it's] a place full of suffering and self-loathing. Now that Woody Allen is filming movies in far-flung locations (and sullying his own reputation), the Mets are the closest thing New York has to a true nebbish. And I sort of dig that. I have no idea if there will be a collapse this time around, but if there is, I'll kind of look forward to it. And deep inside, I think a lot of Mets fans will, too. It's easier when you already expect the worst. http://www.rollingstone.com/sports/news/the-new-york-mets-go-to-11-meet-baseballs-best-team-20150424

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: [fimg=644]https://thenypost.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/24-p1lcf.jpg[/fimg] Who's driving that train?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Ceetar wrote: Agree on his arm, but on the second throw yesterday you could sorta tell that he was thinking about backtracking, even took a step back before realizing he didn't have time to do that. So at least it's on his mind to do that. So often you see guys just stand there waiting for it. I'll go further, and say that-- generally-- at least half of his "great arm" is from body-positioning/anticipation; when that's not all in-line, the throws lack a little zest. The accuracy is pretty consistently dead-on, though (even on off-throws like the EY attempt). Agree. He's really good at charging the ball and getting extra momentum on his throws that way --- using his body.

Edgy MD wrote: Miami has pulled into a tie with the sinking Phils, and the tie is going to the Fish based on head-to-head play. San Diego has moved atop the Wild Card Standings, with Colorado right on their tail. This leaves the West looking like an ambiguous mishmash, with the leaders on a three-game skid and the last place Giants on a three-game run. But it allowed the Mets to knock the Braves out of the money for the time being. Hottish Cincinnati has passed DC and moved into a tie wtih Pittsburgh. The defending champs in San Francisco are starting to find their feet, pulling ahead of Philadelphia, which all may soon achieve. Brewrs got just their third win yesterday, and are drowing as much at the Mets are soaring. PlaceTeamWLPCTGBNGBSTRKGL10 WL10 LHEATDiv WDiv LPCTLg WLg LPCT1[fimg=25]http://www.kcmets.com/CPF/NYM.png[/fimg] New York133.813��W1110021133.813133.8132[fimg=25]http://www.kcmets.com/CPF/ATL.png[/fimg] Atlanta87.5334.54.5L337066.50066.5003[fimg=25]http://www.kcmets.com/CPF/WAS.png[/fimg] Washington79.4386.07.5L255355.50067.462T4[fimg=25]http://www.kcmets.com/CPF/MIA.png[/fimg] Miami511.3138.013.5W246649.30849.308T4[fimg=25]http://www.kcmets.com/CPF/PHI.png[/fimg] Philadephia511.3138.013.5L228049.30849.308 PlaceTeamWLPCTGBNGBSTRKGL10 WL10 LHEATLg WLg LPCTDIV[fimg=55]http://www.kcmets.com/CPF/NYM.png[/fimg] New York133.813+3.5+3.5W1110021133.813DIV[fimg=65]http://content.sportslogos.net/logos/7/187/thumbs/1036.gif[/fimg] St. Louis104.714+2.5+2.5W28210104.714 DIV[fimg=65]http://content.sportslogos.net/logos/7/188/thumbs/fgwf1xmvhsbeh3d4yyoe.gif[/fimg] Los Angeles96.600+0.5+0.5L373466.0001[fimg=65]http://content.sportslogos.net/logos/99/3071/thumbs/hinooehlb07wrotq26b2pvpey.gif[/fimg] San Diego107.588��L2644107.5882[fimg=65]http://content.sportslogos.net/logos/7/161/thumbs/jo4exfg01jgmyq3y4g9hfep00.gif[/fimg] Colorado97.563��W255797.5633[fimg=65]http://content.sportslogos.net/logos/7/177/thumbs/kwth8f1cfa2sch5xhjjfaof90.gif[/fimg] Arizona87.5330.50.5W155676.5384[fimg=65]http://content.sportslogos.net/logos/7/169/thumbs/4611.gif[/fimg] Chicago87.5330.50.5L255387.5335[fimg=65]http://content.sportslogos.net/logos/7/173/thumbs/301.gif[/fimg] Atlanta87.5330.50.5L337066.5006[fimg=65]http://content.sportslogos.net/logos/7/154/thumbs/3107.gif[/fimg] Cincinnati88.5001.02.5L146388.5007[fimg=65]http://content.sportslogos.net/logos/7/156/thumbs/uj6np8mdxk9be07trzcea485x.gif[/fimg] Pittsburgh88.5001.02.5W264876.0008[fimg=65]http://content.sportslogos.net/logos/7/168/thumbs/vc08sqk7qivrej0b9eg5.gif[/fimg] Washington79.4382.08.5L255367.4629[fimg=65]http://content.sportslogos.net/logos/7/179/thumbs/6873.gif[/fimg] San Francisco710.4122.512.0W3467710.41210[fimg=65]http://content.sportslogos.net/logos/7/150/thumbs/13oep73r6lmvxcqazzhvjfchv.gif[/fimg] Miami511.3134.024.0W246649.30811[fimg=65]http://content.sportslogos.net/logos/7/167/thumbs/fwllan0phwgpy5gxeb7e.gif[/fimg] Philadelphia511.3134.024.0L228049.30812[fimg=65]http://content.sportslogos.net/logos/7/171/thumbs/mnfvu6qfdkxuo9ne7dvc.gif[/fimg] Milwaukee313.1886.044.0W1283313.188

Am i trippin? The logos in batmag's post quoting Edgy look old skool to me, but in Edgy's original post, they appear contemporary. versus I don't see any difference. Standings, updated, 4/24/15, start of play:

Benjamin Grimm wrote: The Yankees have reached this particular goal. Maybe they can push to .525, or .550, or whatever. The goals of the Yankees are, of course, of no interest at all to me. See, this post I get, and agree with.

Most AB's, Mets career, without ever drawing a base on balls. 1. Shawon Dunston 93 2. Orlando Hernandez 83 3. Pedro Astacio 73 4. Bartolo Colon 68 5. Eric Hillman 65 6. Victor Zambrano 64 7. Chris Capuano 56 8. Bruce Berenyi 52 9. Rob Gardner 48 10. Brian Bohanon 47 t11. Joe Moock 40 t11. Mike Bruhert 40