metirish

Fuck you D fucking W, hey asshole why not just stay in FLA and fuck off to Hojo's house and hide , wanker.

Mets win the first game of a series on the road for the first time since July 20th......jeez from Gary

Mendoza Line wrote: Mickey Rourke did a fine acting job, and Marisa Tomei was OK as the stripper with a heart of gold, but the movie followed a pretty standard formula...washed up guy had it all, loses it all, gets on the road to recovery. If it's a happy ending, he overcomes incredible odds to get it all back and gets the woman in the process. If it's a tragedy, he almost gets it all back, but just barely misses. . perfect summation for me...just watched this tonight. Liked it but wasn't blown away..not that I expected to be.

Wright promptly sucks what little magic was there away with him , the golden sombrero for Wright tonight as he strikes out again

A little Mets magic and the Mets tskd the lead

I am the Egbert I am the Eggman I am the The Walrus coo-coo-ka-joog Nightcrawler love it...

I first read this as Jack Egbert, RIP Course I had idea who it was that died. I just can't see a guy named Egbert making in the show.

Um , the teacher is a prick....doing that to a 9 year old is a bit much.

I would fire Johnson because of the way he tinkered with Wright , CF might have something to do with things but I think whatever Hojo did really messed things up. Yet David is going to Johnson's house for more of-season work on his game. Then again I would fire the whole coaching staff.

Nice...I think that might be the first time I have seen Stokes without his cap. remember years ago Edgy had a video of Stricklands wedding , IIRC it was them dancing to "Beautiful Day".....good times

I was thinking pre Willie but point taken and point taken on walking bottom of the order hitters....

It's that underlying attitude from coaching that gets me the most. Here's Manuel/Warthen showing no confidence in one of the best in the game to get a singular hitter out. Johan Santana should intentionally walk no one, with the possible exception of a runner on third with 1 out with the score tied or up by one..late in the game. good one , it's one of the things that drives me nuts abotu the game in general. I want to see that great pitcher go after that great hitter and not be told to walk him intentionally. I remember when Bonds was in his pomp the Mets always it seemed pitched to him , loved that.

Dunn would have been huge......probably would have done a hammy or something though. I wish I could see into the future and see what the makeup of the team and coaching staff will be next season.(all I would need is 2 minutes and 17 seconds) Wright and Francoeur are heading to Hojo's house in FLA for some hitting instruction during the off-season , a bit presumptuous by HoJo ? I can't imagine the coaching staff will return intact , it's just the way things go usually.

Looks real too....very funny

That's well written . At my last Shea game the alst week of the season I was seated behind homeplate but up in the second to last row of seats. There were two guys there with the radio and socre cards who would now and then walk up and down the steps and every now and then break into shouting ...I imagined that they probably went to every game, they had that look as described in the article. I remember too that they stood apart from each other and shouted their conversation , they seemed to know every score in every game that was going on , it was quite funny to listen in.

As much as the last two seasons were the absolute worst in the way they ended this alternative is a lot worse , for me anyway.

The guy's an asshole , great manager but a complete bollox. I remember him throwing a conniption fit when Scott Strickland was traded to the Mets , he seemed to imply that Minaya gave the Mets a player for next to nothing...

I thought of you today when I saw that the Knicks will sign Nate for one year.....

NY Times article on Murphy Murphy nearing a Mets record

IIRC his wife never did move to Japan , stills lives in Stamford and would commute once a month to see Bobby ...I think that was int he Bobby V documentry .

Maybe he wants to be near home for a while and Bristol CT would fit that bill.

Fred Wilpon may have offered a vote of confidence to Omar Minaya, but the GM's inner circle quietly is being dismantled. Hardly bodes well for ones future

Bobby Valentine close to making return to TV, nears deal with ESPN It appears that BOBBY Valentine won't be unemployed for long. Television industry and baseball sources say Valentine, completing his final season as manager of the Chiba Lotte Marines of Japan's Pacific League, is on the verge of signing a lucrative multi-year deal with ESPN. Valentine, no doubt carrying his bag of disguises, will likely make his debut at the network working in its "Baseball Tonight" studio during next month's playoffs. "It's a done deal," one source said. "And it should be announced soon." This would mark Valentine's second tour of duty in Bristol. In 2003, he replaced Buck Showalter in ESPN's "Baseball Tonight" studio. Valentine, who took over the Mets during the 1996 season and managed them through 2002, also once worked as an analyst on NBC's Saturday afternoon "Game of the Week." Valentine, who pulled no punches in front of the camera, has already proven he has TV chops (sources said "The Baseball Network" also showed interest in him), but still wants to manage. If he comes to ESPN, it may be under circumstances similar to those in 2003. That's when ESPN put a "protection" clause in Bobby V.'s contact. Back then, ESPN suits set a precedent for hiring a manager-in-waiting. As part of the three-year offer negotiated with Valentine, network executives insisted that Valentine pay a monetary penalty if he bolted for a manager's job. Valentine, 59, stayed at ESPN for one season before heading to Japan. He managed the Marines (this was his second stint with the club) for six seasons, guiding them to a championship in 2005, their first title since 1974. Ownership said it could not afford to re-sign him at the end of this season, which sparked fan protests and a petition signed by 120,000 loyalists who wanted to the Marines to keep Valentine as manager. Valentine has one other ESPN connection. In 2008, he was featured in an ESPN documentary titled "The Zen of Bobby V." I'll tune in for that...can't remember the last time I tuned in to Baseball Tonight