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Seaver could put that story to a dignified rest by bringing Brock a Coke on the field before the game. Maybe Brock will be his catcher. how awesome to have somebody to play catch with every day. I'm glad to hear he's still somewhat engaged in the game. I've gotten the notion that if he wasn't on the Mets payroll, he'd be completely detached from it.

Wikipedia wrote: Until prior to the 1994�1995 school year, the university's nickname was the St. John's Redmen, which referenced the red uniforms worn by its teams in competition. The name was interpreted as a Native American reference in the 1960s, and the university did have a mascot (adorned in Native American dress), which eventually led to the team's name change to the Red Storm. The change happened at a time when there was mounting pressure on colleges and universities to adopt names more sensitive to Native American culture. The Redmen name still remains popular among fans, however, as does "Johnnies". On September 18, 2009 the new mascot, which was voted on by students, was revealed; Johnny Thunderbird.

That's the problem with gunzzz. Once you pull one out, whether you mean to follow through on your threat or not, you only have to make one tiny mistake. A person overwhelmed by rage or fear has to make dozens and dozens of bad decisions to kill someone with their hands. If they have a knife, a dozen bad decisions will do the trick. With an automatic or semi-automatic handgun, a momentary --- even passing --- lapse of judgment and you're a murderer.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: I thought they ought to have just ditched the mascot and associated Indian imagery and reinvented their legend so that Redmen would stand for athletes wearing red. Wasn't that more-or-less the original connotation? I wanted SJU to officialize their unofficial nickname of the Johnnies. That would have been lo-frills awesome.

Or adopting Teddy Ruspin's image as a logo.

That's some scary stuff.

So, you would have been supportive of Fred Wilpon and the Mets had it gone forward, even if a PR nightmare ensued?

You know, the French trappers and settlers called the Eriechronon group of Native Americans the Nation du Chat, or Catpeople. THAT would be a great name change. Comes with it's own theme song and everything.

Actually, I really miss those trips. And it sure was a lot easier on the team to be in the same time zone for ten days. AL teams would similarly do an Anaheim/Oakland/Seattle trip. Usually, one of the two annual West Coast swings would include a stopover in Houston or Chicago on the way home and so add up the team's longest road trip of the year. Part of the reason I have hope for the second half is that they can put a lot of that shart behind them, and spend most of the rest of the season in the Eastern Time Zone, but I imagine the schedule will be getting better for a lot of teams, and they still have one more wicked swing. Tuesday, Aug 6, vs COL 7:10 pm Wednesday, Aug 7, vs COL 7:10 pm Thursday, Aug 8, vs COL 12:10 pm Friday, Aug 9, @ ARI, 9:40 pm Saturday, Aug 10, @ ARI, 8:10 pm Sunday, Aug 11, @ ARI, 4:10 pm Monday, Aug 12, @ LAD, 10:10 pm Tuesday, Aug 13, @ LAD, 10:10 pm Wednesday, Aug 14, @ LAD, 10:10 pm Thursday, Aug 15, @ SDP, 10:10 pm Friday, Aug 16, @ SDP, 10:10 pm Saturday, Aug 17, @ SDP, 8:40 pm Sunday, Aug 18, @ SDP, 4:10 pm Monday, Aug 19, @ MIN, 2:10 pm Tuesday, Aug 20, vs. ATL, 7:10 pm Wednesday, Aug 21, vs. ATL, 1:10 pm That's 16 games in 16 days against six opponents in five cities in four time zones, including a one-day barnstorm.

I think we can safely assume that the team has tried and will try to have a makegood. And really, it's an oversight, but I'm sure that's exactly the mistake I'd make. I mean, we're expected to go around acting as if having teams built around offensive caricatures is OK. So it's a little morally confusing to suddenly be told "No, this is the day it's not OK. This is the day we're supposed to care." Oh, OK. Shit, I really had the ball rolling. For the record, The name Braves = not the greatest thing, but OK The screaming warrior in their logo = kind of a caricature but not really bad The tomahawk chop = a pathetic festival of bad taste and crass insensitivity The name Indians = kinda dumb, and easily correctible The grinning idiot logo of the Indians = highly offensive The name Redskins = shameful The Celtics logo (a malicious Fenian? a sleazy clubhouse politician?) = pretty dumb The Notre Dame logo (brawling Leprechaun) = very stupid and embarassing if you give it any thought The name Fighting Irish = pretty stupid and counterproductive too The name Fighting Illini = OK The name Seminoles = OK

I don't think the takeaway is to understand that the Mets are pleading for sympathhy. But rather to know that the toll on their bodies and minds can put them at a competitive disadvantage,

Hey, save some o' that damning for the offense! If a thirty-year metaphor can be used to describe a two-plus-month tenure, he was like a post-industrial city in a perpetual state of coming around, but you kind of felt was never gonna quite arrive, and his redemption was always going to be in a state of catch-as-catch-can.

If you could prosecute for stupidity women who trade on their charms with sugar daddy husbands and companions, and are surprised when the deal sours, well, there wouldn't be enough room in the jails. The sexy, sexy jails.

Pretty much exactly where and how I bailed out. Glad we didn't trade Byrd yesterday, anyhow.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: This piece reports that Anna Benson was also packing syringes when she broke into her former marital residence. http://www.amny.com/urbanite-1.812039/anna-benson-armed-to-the-teeth-reports-1.5656370 I think that piece is inaccurate, and that the syringes were rather among the items seized during the investigation, not necessarily what she was carrying.

I'm not sure I'm going to be able to slay habukkuk zzzzzz zzzzzzzzz

Byrd gets around on lefties.

Zvon wrote: There has to be a logical reason why the Giants have a security guy in each corner of the outfield. That's ridiculous. I'm not sure what you're referring to, but Howie Rose just wondered out loud why there are some uniformed San Francisco PD members poking around the area underneath the press box.

No erratta that frame. Let's go Mets.

This is going to totally throw a shadow over Cougar Night.

Here I am.

I would guess it was more asking than dictating. That's me.

Yeah, we usually wait until a player becomes property of another team or retires, but the tide does not wait for the fish.

Mets charter landed next to the Asiana wreckage. Dillon Gee tweeted a photo from his window.

Yes, I remember you stating that not trading Scott Hairston was somehow an indicator of how the Wilpons used the club as a vehicle for their passive investments. It's like it can be made to fit every anti-Mets or anti-Wilpon argument. But it can't and it doesn't. It's just a thing.