Edgy MD

Dickey 5.98 Murphy 1.61 Byrdak 1.02 Turner 0.99 Wright 0.21 Baxter 0.12 Francisco 0.04 Torres 0.02

I was torn between three stars and thee and a half. I went for the latter because it had genial good will and because it wasn't Secretariat. But I have half a mind to dock it back down to three for it's shameless and continued references to Target stores as some sort of cornerstone of American life.

Love is good, but that sort of act has a short life expectancy at the top of a club.

I think I miscalculated and metsguy was closest to correct as of that post. I may be more correct today, though. Will recalc tomorrow.

Grieving widower (Matt Damon) tries to turn things around for his emotionally crippled kids and himself by buying a new home with a deed that includes a rider that the homeowner take over stewardship of a private zoo on the property. He and his 14-year-old son each meet a pretty girl, his seven-year-old daughter gets to play with peacocks and peahens, and healing ensues, but not very easily. Cameron Crowe takes a Disney subject with a strangely frank title (so over-the-top in it's frankness that it probably helped kill the film at the box office), and ends up producing something that's not quite a Crowe film, but not quite a Disney thingie. And that's cool, but while it includes the virtues of each, it's kind of held down by the shortcomings of each. (This isn't actually a Disney film, but the spirit was never far away.) Generally not without heart and commitment and stuff. Crowe reportedly got Damon to play the lead by visiting him on the set of True Grit and leaving him a copy of Local Hero along with the script (and Peter Riegert sneaks into a scene). So yeah, it's got some of the Local Hero flava, with a successful but detached guy throwing himself into a new and risky scenario that leads to his rebirth and reconnection. Could have been written better. It's no Local Hero, but it's no Elizabethtown either.

That's Guys? in 25 years, maybe.

What's far less obvious to me is (1) is the guy on the left really supposed to be Gary Cohen? and (2) who's the guy on the right? (realize I must sound terribly ignorant for asking, but I rarely get an SNY TV feed here at home).

I understand the "still in the league" comment from one point of view, though, snotty as it sounds. Pretty goofy that we haven't played at Nationals park yet. We played them at Big Citi in the second series of the season before things had gotten established and don't roll into DC until 6/5.

Omar Quintanilla: .280 / .345 / .493 // .839.

Dickey making a bid to start the All Star Game.

Dickey outdoing Johan so far. WOW.

Murphy with one of those two-out hits we can't trust to put the Mets on the board first.

Who's the alien with Keith and RJ?

It really is to the core. A genial Disney gloss can't really hide how massively condescending it all is.

PosterWLPctGames offFman9912339.75929Willets Point10260.6308Edgy DC9765.5993Current Met Pace9468.578--metsguyinmichigan8775.5377Ceetar8577.5259John Cougar Lunchbucket8478.51910metsmarathon8280.50612Ashie628280.50612themetfairy8181.50013Transmonk7884.48116MFS627884.48116bfmc17785.47517Benjamin Grimm7686.46918LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr7686.46918HahnSolo7587.46319G-Fafif7488.45720metirish7488.45720Vic Sage7290.44422The Second Spitter7092.43224Nymr837092.43224Chad Ochoseis6993.42625Gwreck6399.38931

Well, not explictly, but a few of us predicted a decidedly winning season.

... but they happen from time to time. [list:2j896390][*:2j896390]Triple steal. (Vanderbilt pulled this off today.) [/*:m:2j896390] [*:2j896390]Runner tagging on a foul out to the catcher. (I've seen Reyes try this but never succeed.) [/*:m:2j896390] [*:2j896390]Liner off an infielder's glove flaring into the outfield and being caught by an outfielder. [/*:m:2j896390] [*:2j896390]Bunt double. [/*:m:2j896390] [*:2j896390]Round-the-horn triple play (never saw one live, anyhow). [/*:m:2j896390] [*:2j896390]Stealing around the bases. (Cobb and Wagner used to do this on occasion --- stealing second, third, and home consecutively --- on perhaps some occasions doing it after reaching on a bunt, no less.) I feel confident this is one I may never see.[/*:m:2j896390][/list:u:2j896390]

Any word back on Cedeno's condition. Because we're possibly in the same place we were in at the top of this thread: [*:1wregs5o]Turner[/*:m:1wregs5o] [*:1wregs5o]Rottino?[/*:m:1wregs5o] [*:1wregs5o]Wright?[/*:m:1wregs5o] [*:1wregs5o]Hairston?[/*:m:1wregs5o] [*:1wregs5o]Murphy?[/*:m:1wregs5o] [*:1wregs5o]Teufel?[/*:m:1wregs5o][/list:o:1wregs5o]

Next up on Forgettable Family Friendly Fare: We Bought a Fucking Zoo!

Santana 2.99 Rottino 1.93 Hairston 1.62 Nickeas 1.60 Davis 0.91 Turner 0.39 Torres 0.25 Nieuwenhuis 0.18 Murphy 0.13

Yeah, and definite credit to Sandy and Terry and his teammates for working with him and supporting him, giving the fans a cue. I can certainly hope that the support would be the same if his name was Ike Diaz, but...

Let's be honest. This thread saved our season.

Woman inherits a horse farm in decline. Defies the doubters. Raises a champion.

That was awesome.

The sweet and sexy old 4-4-3 doubleplay pulled off by Murphy.