Edgy MD

Without dividing on the great BILLY JOEL: HERO OR VILLAIN?* question, I think we can all agree that "Piano Man" is a massive downer of a baby boomer-era song about people using the bar (and its resident cabaret artist) to cope with failed lives, stagnant careers, lost decades, failed dreams, and dead romances. There's a place for such a song, but it's not the sort of theme that lights you up for a late-inning comeback. "Sweet Caroline" certainly doesn't make me feel like a loser. If we want to work with Billy Joel, can you at least pick and attempted rocker like "You May Be Right"? Hopefully that'll have the added bonus of keeping Fielder poop out of Segundo's ear. *I witnessed a drunken fistfight over this question in 1987.

Greeenies taste better than assholes. Trust me on this.

I think it's high time your boss yielded the big chair to you.

TransMonk wrote: I'm way ahead o' you. Ramones/Run DMC/Beastie Boys. Gravitate toward the outer boroughs, not toward the Island. Missed that...sorry. Perfectly OK. On the other hand, Johnny Ramone lived and died a Yankee fan, forsaking his birthright, while Adam Horowitz gets us right back to what this thread was made for: [fimg=300]http://www.brooklynvegan.com/img/music/adrock/deathbyaudio/18.jpg[/fimg] [fimg=300]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/05/07/article-0-12ED4348000005DC-20_468x661.jpg[/fimg] [fimg=300]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3uFczgy-mkQ/T6VdGcHZs4I/AAAAAAAABT8/2c9jvRNJ_dM/s1600/Beastie.Boys-band-1986.jpg[/fimg] [fimg=300]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CMT_zquWoAAc3kb.jpg:large[/fimg] [fimg=300]https://90feetofperfection.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/beastie-boys-mets-cap.jpg?w=497[/fimg] [fimg=300]http://www.corbisimages.com/images/Corbis-OUT044605.jpg?size=67&uid=85d9c775-1a27-40b7-b452-a14c348d2934[/fimg]

TransMonk wrote: You guys are ALL wrong. Especially Billy Joel. [youtube]3HUGeA2lur4[/youtube] I'm way ahead o' you. Edgy MD wrote: Ramones/Run DMC/Beastie Boys. Gravitate toward the outer boroughs, not toward the Island. And yeah, there's never a bad reason to go to the Beatles. But that's a good one.

Got him a date with Betty Buckley. [youtube:r241dim5]28-Y4tc6nCo[/youtube:r241dim5]

Ramones/Run DMC/Beastie Boys. Gravitate toward the outer boroughs, not toward the Island. And yeah, there's never a bad reason to go to the Beatles. But that's a good one.

Well, as great as it is, and particularly great as a broadcast opener, "MtM" doesn't really line up with the seventh-inning stretch. You've already met the Mets at that point. Either you've brought your kiddies and your wife, or you haven't.

Yeah, I didn't want to be a crank, but that community singalong of "Piano Man" just didn't sit right.

WE ARE BASEBALL Baseball was, is and will be excellence on and off the field. Baseball was, is and will be teamwork. Baseball was, is and will be community. Baseball was, is and will be family. One big family. The Ripken Family. This will radiate through everything we do on the field. And I thought Phil Jackson got away with obscuritanism-as-guru philosophy bullshit.

THE RIPKEN WAY MISSION STATEMENT Inspire through remarkable experiences - The Ripken Way. VISION Elevate every player's potential - on the field, and in life. THE RIPKEN WAY The Ripken Way is about perseverance, integrity and the unwavering commitment to be, and do our best. The Ripken Way shapes every experience with our brand - we celebrate the customer, we keep it simple, we make it fun and we align every experience with our purpose to forge the future of baseball. CORE PILLARS Keep it Simple: Simplicity empowers the message. Explain the Why: Purpose drives the human spirit (us). Celebrate the Individual: Fuel their willpower to succeed. Have Fun: Joy shatters the limits of what we can achieve- the game is supposed to be fun. VALUES Family Passion Integrity Innovation Teamwork Community Perseverance Commitment to Excellence WE ARE BASEBALL Baseball was, is and will be excellence on and off the field. Baseball was, is and will be teamwork. Baseball was, is and will be community. Baseball was, is and will be family. One big family. The Ripken Family. This will radiate through everything we do on the field. THE RIPKEN EXPERIENCE We challenge ourselves to create breakthrough experiences aimed to empower each athlete with The Ripken Way. The goal is to leave every kid, every parent and every coach better than when we first met. The Ripken Experience is about inviting everyone to be a part of the Ripken Family. WHAT'S NEXT We respect baseball's past but ask ourselves every day what's next. We innovate how kids train for, think of and play baseball. That's the Ripken Way. INTERESTED IN PLAYING BASEBALL THE RIPKEN WAY? CLICK AROUND THIS SITE AND LEARN ABOUT ALL THAT RIPKEN BASEBALL HAS TO OFFER.

Keith : Us :: Cocaine : Keith

I'm thinking that, back in LA, with Greinke back out on the mound, perhaps with Utley in the lineup, the Dodgers will look around them and think, "You know, we totally don't deserve to be here." And in that moment of doubt, they'll lay down and let the world run over them. That could happen, right?

The fact that a part of him will always be as juvenile as a 25-year-old ballplayer would certainly help him transition back into the locker room smoothly, and allow him to forward some of his more colorful and less tenable opinions without them becoming part of the public record. But no, he's not likely to put the uniform back on. But he's strangely intellectually restless. Had he gone to college, he'd be switching majors and exploding labs, talking back to teachers, getting way ahead with independent reading but blowing off the assigned reading, getting low grades despite being the star of the class. It's probably good that he only works two-thirds of the time, because if he was clocking in every day, I'm certain he'd go on a reckless rant just to blow up his job out of boredom. I'm torn between seeing this as characteristic of his innate personality or a vestige of his addiction. It's fascinating to watch like a high-wire act, but some nights, you know we're always an arm's length from something ugly, and I fear that Gary and Ron worship him too much to keep a lid on him.

seawolf17 wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Doodoo, we need you. This. And it's an entirely separate issue from this thread. But on this topic, just about any team in baseball would take the Braves' run, despite "only" one WS title. Perhaps � certainly that's a good route to big money � but right now, we're shooting for the title. The idea is to find a way to win both the divisions and the championships. I'd also invite you to read the post as a plea against travel days.

I look at the challenge in front of the Mets and can't help thinking of the Braves Syndrome. The Braves had a team that dominated the regular season for something like 15 years, but walked away with only one World Series title. One theory was that, while investing in pitching depth is a great way to build a team that comes in first year after year, it's a relatively poor allocation of resources in the post-season, becoming an advantage that's neutralized in the post-season, as travel days, time off between series, and a manager's willingness to ride his stars harder with everything on the line allows the team with the lesser pitching depth to truncate their staff. While an otherwise modestly good hitting team may need 8-9 good pitchers to get through the regular season to the playoffs, in theory, a similar team could navigate the early rounds of the playoffs with 6-7 good pitchers. And if you really wanna get tough, you can ram through the World Series with 4-5 good pitchers. The 2001 Diamondbacks rode Schilling and Johnson and sunk the Yankees ship despite their closer throwing snake eyes, which should have been poison. Two elite pitchers and a whole lot of bats may not make the Dodgers the better team � in fact, I'm certain it doesn't � but it's as good a formula as any for getting through a five-game series three days off beforehand and two travel days in the middle. I'm not rooting for a 2-1 game. The Mets are going to have to bop their way home.

I guess what it really had a swing at speaking to is the why? When things really start to suck, and they could suck more tomorrow, and there's a good chance that nobody is aware of your existence or what you're trying to do with the days you have left to you... why go on? Ridley Scott, at 78, and living in the wake of the suicide of his younger brother and fellow filmmaker, might have been in a meaningful position to take a crack at that one, as big as it is.

Oh, crap. Two days to wait on death row.

I was hoping he used all (or most of) his bullets in the eighth.

Let's Go! [youtube:29zkfm7v]ViiYYzw01Y0[/youtube:29zkfm7v]

Muff likes it 1-1.

Let's make it happen here.

Mr. Tying Run almost took his table there.

Paging Mr. Tying run. Mr. Tying Run? Your table is ready.

Hernandez, I'm tired of saying this. Change your number.