A Boy Named Seo

"Meet the Mets" with a banjo and juice harp works. Huh. I like it.

Vin rules.

TransMonk wrote: Cole Hamels pulled after 3.2 IP: 11 H, 7 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HR 17.18 ERA I don't feel as bad about Perez's start now. COL leads 7-2 after 4 innings. Might be nothing, but I'd be kinda worried about Hamels with that tender elbow he had in ST. Meanwhile, Dick Hard-on blowing away Brewers hitters in Milwaukee. 5 IP with 9K's, but losing 2-1.

="John Cougar Lunchbucket":3h5uzsyq]It was also mentioned in the Snooze. Maybe I'm losing my edge but being forced to listen to the radio for an hour is stupid and unnecessary but probably not the worst thing in the world.[/quote:3h5uzsyq] That ain't the "Mets on TV" Johnny Dickshot who phoned, emailed, and faxed politicians into submission during the Dolan TV squabble. Spitzer turned to that chick because you made his job too stressful. Kong76 Apr 10 2009 12:10 PM JCL: Maybe I'm losing my edge but being forced to listen to the radio for an hour is stupid and unnecessary but probably not the worst thing in the world <<< Says John Cougar Prunejuicer. HahnSolo Apr 10 2009 01:00 PM Is tomorrow a Fox or Ch. 11 game? It would be really odd for SNY to be doing a pregame from 6:30-7 while the actual game is going on. Frayed Knot Apr 10 2009 01:40 PM ="A Boy Named Seo"]I still don't get why FOX "owns" airspace on regular season game, but think MLB should get the brunt of the noise for negotiating such a stupid deal w/ them. Simple answer is that they paid for it. MLB, as most sports (except for The Masters) do, lets TV dictate the terms and FOX is going to voluntarily give up the NYC market for their expensive game right after politicians start voluntarily giving up votes and campaign contributions. The Marlins, meanwhile, aren't televising that game locally at all so it's not like they care that SNY is blocked out for the first 55 minutes. G-Fafif Apr 10 2009 03:31 PM It's Miami at 6 PM. I wouldn't bet against a rain delay. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 10 2009 03:45 PM ="Frayed Knot"] The Marlins, meanwhile, aren't televising that game locally at all so it's not like they care that SNY is blocked out for the first 55 minutes. I remember reading this earlier in the week. Isn't their local contract to a regional FSN affiliate-- what gives for skipping a Saturday telecast? I remember Loria giving game broadcasts the same short shrift in Montreal-- no English-language radio deal for the last season under his control, eg.-- but that was on the way out the door, and "lack of fan interest" dovetailed neatly with his/MLB's joint screwjob. MFS62 Apr 10 2009 03:51 PM ="themetfairy":2ajltz9m]If they were so worried about having a concert, they could have scheduled a pre-game show. Sheesh....[/quote:2ajltz9m] There you go, trying to be logical again. Later Frayed Knot Apr 11 2009 06:37 AM ]Isn't their local contract to a regional FSN affiliate-- what gives for skipping a Saturday telecast? Answers = Yes and I don't know (I don't think there's a Heat conflict). But not all teams televise every game (we New Yorkers have long been a bit spoiled on this topic) and Saturday nights are traditionally the worst TV slot of the week. Maybe they think it boosts weekend attendance to shun TV every once in a while. btw, first pitch in now scheduled for 6:25 so, at most, TV will miss 2 innings (and, at the rate these early games have been played, maybe less than 1) bmfc1 Apr 11 2009 08:19 AM Locals cable channels (but not over-the-air channels) can show the local teams. However, the broadcasts cannot begin after 1 PM eastern and before 7 eastern as FOX has exclusive TV rights to baseball during those hours. EI and mlb.tv cannot show any game that starts during the above hours, even if it is on FOX but not available locally (so tonight's game isn't on the EI schedule). The rules differ for EI and mlb.tv for 1 starts (I don't know why). As a result, as a Mets fan in the DC area: if the Mets have a 1 PM Saturday game, it is on mlb.tv but not EI. If the game starts after 1 and before 7, it is not available in either venue. (One year, the Mets had a Saturday DH against SF. The second game started after the FOX game finished but before 7 so it wasn't available outside of NY and SF.) If the Mets are on a FOX game but it is not shown in DC, it is not available on EI or mlb.tv (as if I'm going to say "hey, the Mets aren't on but the Orioles are so at least I have baseball). The blackout rules are overlybroad and unfair. E.g., EI and mlb.tv subscribers in Las Vegas are blacked out from 6 different teams broadcasts. This has been talked about for years and Selig talks about fixing it but never does. Maybe with today's absurdity, something will be done (although I wish it happened to a MFY broadcast). Kong76 Apr 11 2009 08:30 AM FK: btw, first pitch in now scheduled for 6:25 <<< They're caving, they hear our footsteps. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 11 2009 12:11 PM ="Kong76"]FK: btw, first pitch in now scheduled for 6:25 <<< They're caving, they hear our footsteps. But... but... that means less vocal warm-up time for Flo Rida... and a subpar version of that "Shawty got low, low, low, low" song. Oh, most pyrrhic victory! Kong76 Apr 11 2009 12:57 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Apr 11 2009 06:20 PM Having trouble figuring out if there is something oddly familiar about you or if you're just familiarly odd :-) dgwphotography Apr 11 2009 01:37 PM Justice would be served if the game went 15 innings... Kong76 Apr 11 2009 06:22 PM Lol, apologies to LWFS, Flo Rida is actually performing tonight according to the booth. I need rest.

Hard to take anything posted on a site called "Sharapova's Thigh" with much sincerity, but this one forces it. Sad. ]Remembering The Best Friend I Ever Had Posted by Matt Clapp | 4/09/2009 07:44:00 PM | 30 comments � I had just moved to Manhattan Beach, California as a four-year-old kid and had no friends yet. I sat around playing with my He-Man and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles action figures by myself. A boy saw me playing in the yard with this stuff and approached me. He hated all these toys, he was all about sports, particularly baseball. We were nothing alike except for that we each lived in this neighborhood, each were the same age, and each were about to attend pre-school together. However, soon we were hanging out every single day, and he began to get me into sports. I reluctantly decided to play tee ball and be on his team, then the same with basketball, and then soccer. All of a sudden I became a sports nut, just like him. We were playing catch everyday, shooting hoops, and then watching all of these sports on television all the time. We became really good at these sports, practicing more than anybody else around and in the hopes that one day we could be professional athletes like the guys we absolutely idolized. He wanted to be the next Gary Carter and I wanted to be the next Ryne Sandberg. After five years there, my dad got a job that forced us to move to North Carolina. Henry and I were crushed. As devastated as I was to move to a new life, he was every bit as much as hurt to see me go. He made sure our friendship would never end. He'd call me all the time, asking if I was making some new friends, how baseball and basketball were going, talk about my Cubs and his Mets, etc. Three years later, we were forced to move because of my dad's job again, this time to Colorado. It became so difficult for me. I'd start to make new friends and then all of a sudden I have to start the process over again. New schools, new sports leagues, all of this stuff over and over. But there's Henry again, calling me all the time and giving me his support. He was excited because we were only a few states away this time. So he of course came to visit a bunch. It still was hard on us though. I remember one time we took him to his gate at the airport and he didn't want to get on his flight. He burst out crying and wanted to stay here with me, but he of course had to go back home to California. He always wanted to be there for my big moments. Twice I had a couple important baseball tournaments here in Colorado and we were looking for an extra player. I brought this up to Henry and sure enough he hops on a plane to come play on my team both times. Then in 2003 I wanted to go to Chicago to watch the Cubs in the playoffs. Henry wasn't a Cubs fan, but he knew how much they meant to me, and he wanted to be there to hopefully celebrate with me. So we got on separate flights from Denver and Los Angeles to Chicago. As I went to meet him at the baggage claim, he came down the escalator chatting away with sports columnist Michael Holley who I recognized right away from ESPN's Around the Horn. Holley tells me how Henry spent much of the flight talking about all of MY writing. This was the perfect example of how Henry was. Not only was he confidently speaking to a famous person like it was nothing, he was telling this person all about his friend instead of himself. I frequently got mad at myself for not attempting to hold up our friendship quite as much as Henry did. I've always been pretty shy and independent, whereas Henry was full of energy and the most outgoing person I've ever met in my life. He really took advantage of everyday of his life, a go-getter. It's just not right that it had to end so soon. This morning I found out Angels' incredibly talented rookie pitcher Nick Adenhart was killed in a car crash just a few hours after he pitched an outstanding game last night. It's absolutely terrible and my thoughts go out to his family and friends, but I couldn't help but worry that my best friend was also in that car after I heard there were others killed. Henry frequently told me how he's good friends with Nick and tries to be at Nick's side for every pitching outing in Anaheim. Like he was with me, he wanted to be there for Nick's big moment and be there to celebrate. Well they did, and it's so sad they won't get to do it again. Henry had just entered the world of being a sports agent and I have no doubt he was going to be one of the best. Full of confidence, a great personality, always smiling, and always trying to improve at what he was passionate about. There wasn't a more ideal job on the planet for him with his love of sports, his personality, and how much he supports the people around him. He'd do anything for his friends and in this case clients. I had hoped one day we'd be living together or at least near each other just like old times. I'd do my sports writing(which I would've never been interested in if not for Henry), he'd do his job, then after work we'd grab a beer and watch a baseball game together. I can't even begin to explain how much it saddens me that we'll never get that chance, and it hurts so much more so that we'll never even get to hang out again. There's so much more that I could say that I can't even think about right now as I write this with tears dripping down my face. I wouldn't be anything like I am today without Henry. He changed my life more than anybody. I've lost my best friend and the world's lost an unbelievably special young man that had such a bright future ahead. We'll miss you buddy, you have no idea. R.I.P. Henry Pearson.

Wow, I didn't even know about this. Agreed w/ NYMR about the Marlins being equally idiotic w/ the scheduling. But not wholly surprising that they don't give a shit about people not being able to see their product. I still don't get why FOX "owns" airspace on regular season game, but think MLB should get the brunt of the noise for negotiating such a stupid deal w/ them.

Good IGT, peeps. I taped the games both last night and the night before and didn't start them til about 8:30. The game w/ Pelfrey the night before felt like it was being played in drying cement and I was really hoping for a crisp, 2 hour and 20 minute game last night. A couple hours and 5 walks later, I was asleep on the couch like a baby. Ollie. I totally think his all or nothing work rate in the WBC & spring set him back tons, and am pretty optimistic that he'll get shit straightened out somewhat with a couple more outings. Hopefully. Maybe.

Wright 1.5 Delgado 1.5 Beltran 1.5 Church 1.5 Stokes 1.5 Murphy 1 Reyes 1 Feliciano .5

Delgado 3 Schneider 2 Beltran 1.25 Wright 1.25 Rodriguez .75 Church .50 Pelfrey .50 Reyes .25 Murphy .25 Parnell .25

I pumped Green a little extra because of that extra 1/3 where he relieved Johan, and stranded the only inherited runner (tying run) the pen saw yesterday.

Santana 3.5 Murphy 2 Green 1 Putz .75 Rodriguez .75 Church .75 Reyes .5 Castillo .5 Delgado .25

Frayed Knot wrote: That was a combined hitless pen, no? Yes. 3 1/3, 0 H, 1 BB, 2K, and Green stranded the only inherited runner.

Good start, '09. At this point last year, I'd be drunk and probably crying. On that chart from a couple of seasons ago, this one was for sure a "shoulda" and felt like it was gonna get away a couple times. Right on.

Finish him!

Frankie's got exploding junk (that's what she said). 2 up, 2 down.

Frayed Knot wrote: Gotta figure Reed for Murphy for bottom 9 Yup, good call.

Veruca Saltalamacchia just pops one in Texas. 9-1 Rangers. Yikes.

OK, #75, let's see what you got, son.

OlerudOwned wrote: Stick to just one strike zone, blue. Yah, Murph & Castillo both got the same treatment. Getting a ball called on on what shoulda been strike 3, and then strike 3 called on the next pitch as a make-up, when that pitch was a ball for each of 'em. And Wright gets picked off as I type. Not the best game on the paths for that young man.

Murphy totally peeks back at the catcher during his warm-up swings.

Good inning, JJ. I wouldn't mind scoring 8 here and giving Rodriguez the day off.

Boom. 93 on the fastball to K Votto. Nevermind me, people.

His splitter looks like a change to me, and it looks pretty good. Gun showing him top out around 88. Gary was saying he doesn't think that's right, but they had Johan in the 90's.

Fman99 wrote: Topdot with the early lead for "overaired annoying advertising that I will memorize and then curse at." Totally.