Frayed Knot

Amazing how a normal sized guy like Haggerty (listed: 5' 11" / 175) looks almost frail thin up at bat after all those behemoths he has for teammates. Remind me not to take any ABs during a televised game, OK?

If you're going to pull him (and they apparently are) do it in the middle of an inning and let him get an ovation.

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: I think we got this one So you're saying it's safe for me to return to my Gilmore Girls marathon?

Even Carter's curly locks were phony.

Edgy MD wrote: [David] Crosby is the most interesting, because he admits he was an asshole ... There's a separate documentary just on Crosby and apparently he doesn't come off any better in that one. I've known for a while that he and Graham Nash were no longer on speaking terms but apparently Nash was one of the last to jump on that wagon. Now, not only is everyone who once talked to Crosby no longer talking to him but it sounds as if there are people who have never met David Crosby who have gone ahead and preemptively announced that they're no longer on speaking terms with him either. I once heard DC quoted as saying he was 'put on this earth to sing harmonies'. That very well may be accurate and I don't mean to downplay his contributions to several important groups of collaborating musicians, but that doesn't automatically make you both Lennon & McCartney. One example I heard was that he's bitter about somehow being the only one of CSN(and sometimes Y) not to have had a Top-40 hit, as if that was all someone else's fault. Dude, maybe it was your songwriting.

=Centerfield post_id=22911 time=1569444736 user_id=65] I know. I'm just saying. It's funny to have two brothers on such opposite extremes. But then again, my brother and I are like that too. He's funny looking and I'm dashing.

Frayed Knot wrote: I'm generally not a numbers guy (couldn't tell you 3/4 of the uni numbers of the CURRENT players) but even I can't imagine them issuing #5 in the future and retirement soon beats the limbo situations of these quasi-retired numbers (24, 8). ...That'll give me both more time to evaluate his career and to look up his number. This is funny. If only there was a website run by a close relative who is a numbers guy where you could look up that number... Well it's not like I don't know where to find numbers, it's just that they've never been all that important to me and so I rarely retain them. I mean, I've seen Jacob deGrom pitch a thousand times but, sitting here, I realize I have no clue what number he wears. In the helmet sports (NFL, NHL) it's more necessary, but I never needed to know uni numbers in order to distinguish Backman from Strawberry. Give me that day's starting lineup and I'll probably miss six of the nine ... and that's on a good day.

=kcmets post_id=22892 time=1569434827 user_id=53] [mom] loved McReynolds too, called him her second favorite Kevin.

Kooz -- his qualifications are as good as anyone not already honored. But while them getting around to this 40 years and 20-some issuances of #36 later doesn't PROVE that it's being done mostly for pr purposes and that this represents merely the first of a slew of questionable choices ... it sure smells like it to me Keith -- based on my loose standards of being at least worthy of HoF consideration and a majority of your career as a NYM, Keith maybe hits the first and misses out on the second (43% of PA) I'm also wary of considering the announcing stint as a reason to push him over the top. Carter -- 19 years in MLB, five as a Met, two of them any good. No. Reggie as a Yanqui was a similar choice and he was a horrible choice that the club should be, but isn't remotely, embarrassed about. Beltran -- Saying he played more games as a NYM than anywhere else, while technically true, still means less than 1/3 of his ML time (based on PA) came in blue and orange (and black). Signed a BIG seven year FA deal: 1st was essentially the worst of his career, three of the seven were terrific, but two were significantly injury-shortened (~600 PA combined) and the final one shortened by the mid-season trade. Not close to enough IMO even before you throw in the idea that he was only partially popular (however unfair much of the 'anti' feeling was). And, no, what 'Hat' he wears if and when he goes into Cooperstown should have NOTHING to do with a Yea or Nay vote. Alfonzo -- He was a real good player out of the box and was a GREAT player for two seasons before it all went away at age 26. He was done as a Met at 28 and as a ML'er at 32. I need more than that. Reyes -- Had he not left via FA-gency and then had ANY good seasons in his 30s then we could have had a discussion. But he did and then he didn't. Straw -- Pretty similar story arc to Reyes but with more off-field (AND on-field) issues and he continues to lob the occasional grenade the club's way to this day. Dwight - I'd put him in before Straw and I still vote No here. Plus he'd be like even money at best when it comes to the odds of even showing up for the honor. Franco -- a better than average specialist with longevity. That and NYC roots aren't nearly enough. Mays -- He's a baseball icon, a NYC icon, but not a NYM icon regardless of what the old lady owner thought. Wright -- I'm going to change my 'None' vote to this. I'm generally not a numbers guy (couldn't tell you 3/4 of the uni numbers of the CURRENT players) but even I can't imagine them issuing #5 in the future and retirement soon beats the limbo situations of these quasi-retired numbers (24, 8). deGrom -- We'll talk in five years. That'll give me both more time to evaluate his career and to look up his number.

Saw it a while back, probably shortly after its initial release. Probably more notable for JK Simmons' Oscar performance -- and he was a badass -- than as a great film. Kind of liked the concept of the war of wills between student and teacher but, yeah, the execution of it was at times a bit tough to buy. And the backstory of the dummer's personal life and how no one around him could fathom his drive and level of devotion to his craft was, IIRC, just sort of eh.

=Centerfield post_id=22740 time=1569362044 user_id=65] Mets win every game. Everyone else loses every game. Mets win the first WC and the second WC gets cancelled because no playoff team should lose their last five games.

Math just got a lot simpler: Step 1 -- Sweep the remaining two with the Marlins Step 2 -- Sweep the Braves' collective asses over the weekend Step 3 -- Have the Brewers lose the next two in Cincinnati and then the three after that in Denver ... at which point we'll meet the Brews for a play-in game on Monday for the right to play the Nationals on Tuesday which would be for the right to meet the Dodgers in Round 1 starting on Thursday. See how easy that all is?

We're alive, WE'RE ALIVE!!! [FIMG=300]https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/halloweenhorrornights/images/8/8f/Frankenstein.jpeg/revision/latest?cb=20181216210955[/FIMG]

GKR mocked the infield being SO far in on Ramos, but they don't get that out without it.

LIFT the ball Wilson

Bye Bye Berti

Edgy MD wrote: Anybubby want to hazard a guess as to the benefits of pinch-running Rajai Davis for J.D. Davis before the Confortoboom? I figured it was because you were going to defensively sub him in in LF anyway ... but it didn't work out that way.

Koosman: #taxevasion Darryl: #drugabuse Dwight: #drugabuse Keith: #cocaine Piazza: #steroids

Edgy MD wrote: Hey, our team can get uncontested stolen bases too! Yeah, but we've got a in-game quota of one per. No such ceiling going the other way.

After becoming much LESS of a HR-dependent team this season, since Sunday, 13 straight runs (and 13 of 14 overall) have scored via HRs [sunday] - Cano 1-RBI 2B; Conforto 3R-HR; JD Davis solo-HR; Nimmo solo-HR [Monday] - Rosario Grand Slam [Tuesday] - Conforto 2R-HR; Conforto 2R-HR The bad news about that is that they only have seven ABs in the last 27 innings that have produced runs.

Yeah, I should have included both Kranepool & Mays in the poll but neither occurred to me as I was in the process of creating. I wouldn't vote for either, but some fans would.

Cue the guy from the 'Holy Grail': I'm not dead yet

Until the Conforto smash, I had the feeling that it had been a week since a Met put the ball in play.

I voted, and I voted 'None' I could, and likely will, ultimately support Wright, just not ready to commit to it now.

Reds, down 4-2 to Brewers, have runners on 2nd & 3rd w/2 outs in bottom 9. ... and Kyle Farmer K's to end the game. Gotta win tonight ... and every night.