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Frayed Knot wrote: Lays it on a bit thick perhaps but I think the gist of the article is on: a later-round pick who also got a late start at his position yet built a very nice and lengthy career out of it. I think he'll fall short of HoF but he'll get some support. It was also Posada, according to many views, whose more in-your-face personality kept that clubhouse in line many of those years even as his BFF Derek and his non-confrontational style got much of the credit for it. I do have to say that I have much more grudging respect for Posada than I ever did Mr. Intangibles...

I believe it was mentioned that Backman would most likely manage AAA next year...

I still can't help but hate the Cardinals... I'm rooting for Milwaukee...

I'm only hoping for a good series. I can sit back and just enjoy baseball for the sake of baseball...

I say this a lot, and I'll say this again: What Vic said.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: One of the commenters raises an interesting question. Who's calling the perpetual Mets-Marlins-at-Moist-Shark-Stadium game (with Pelf starting, natch) in your Metsian purgatory: Hagin or Fran X? Who's worse? They're calling it together, with Steve LaMarr...

Vic Sage wrote: I disagree with you on what has meaning. I also disagree that putting winning a batting average title above honor is good. You put "honor" in quotes, so we apparently disagree on what is honorable. this. exactly this. I lose respect for guys who play for individual accomplishments and solely to pad their stats. and that's exactly what he did. He wasn't resting up for the playoffs, or ducking out early cuz he's hurt. he himself said he would have stayed in if he had not gotten a hit that first AB. so this was SOLELY about attaining a personal accomplishment that has nothing to do with the team or the franchise. The notion that this is somehow good for the mets, or for me as a fan, is laughable. I want a guy who wants to win every single day, regardless of standings, and wants a chance to hit every AB that he is able to do so. And if he wins a HR title, or batting title, or cy young, or whatever, as a consequence, then that's great. good for him, and good for the team, and good for me for rooting him on. But if he is actually strategizing about how NOT to play so he can meet some statistical goal, actually abstaining from the competition since he's ahead now, well then i'm not impressed, i'm not rooting for him, and i'm certainly not taking any pleasure from it as a fan of the franchise. have other guys done it too? yeah, of course. but not all of them. and i've never liked it no matter who did it. what kind of hypocrite would i be if i were to applaud it now? I wanted to stay in the game, well, then you SHOULD HAVE, since it was your decision to come out. I do that for the team, No, you did this for yourself, so you can go into free agency with a batting title. for the fans, too... really? you didn't do this for me, Jose. They have to feel happy about it if I win the batting title. not this way we don't. One thing I do all the time is give 100 percent on the field. yeah, except when you decide not to go out on the field. And to all of those who keep saying "chill out", not a big deal, everybody does it... those are standard rationalizations for inappropriate behavior. Why doesn't anything mean anything anymore? what the fuck? chill out? why don't you heat up? If you don't care, you don't care, but stop telling the rest of us "no big deal" simply cuz YOU don't care. Thank you.

Just on principle, I want Braun to go 3 for 3 tonight...

I hope he stays, I fear he's out of here. So, I have no idea...

bmfc1 wrote: I voted with my heart as I hope that he will be non-tendered the second the season ends. I never want to see him pitch for the Mets again. I know that there are logical reasons for keeping him but I don't care. Same here.

There's always the wet dream scenario, where Jose gets his 3,000th, and then two batters later, David get his 3,000th with a homer that drives him in....

RealityChuck wrote: Excellent film. Did you recognize the actor who played the bodyguard? Hint: Serenity Double hint: Chuck...

I kept looking for "Trading Places" - not included...

Ashie62 wrote: Is that for real? Your lack of faith disturbs me..

sharpie wrote: I would've too. He came in second twice, in 1987 when he hit .353 to Wade Boggs' .363 and in 1993 when he hit .332 to John Olerud's .363. The way to beat Paul Molitor in a batting race was to bat .363. Looking up his numbers, I found it more than a little strange that after his .353 in 1987, his next 5 highest averages came at 34 and older...

Benjamin Grimm wrote: dgwphotography wrote: Ray Charles' version of America the Beautiful should trump both "God Bless America" and The National Anthem... Absolutely. I love the version where he sings the second third verses before the first. I just can't seem to find it online...

G-Fafif wrote: Ceetar wrote: Or hell, embrace the regional nature of it and play New York, New York. As was done 9/21/2001, led by Liza Minnelli herself (whose version I always liked better than Sinatra's). The original is usually the best... Ray Charles' version of America the Beautiful should trump both "God Bless America" and The National Anthem...

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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Edgy DC wrote: Oh, man. Don't turn off Marilyn McCoo. Even in those atrocious pants, she had this funky sexy way of being flirtatious no matter what she was talking about, throwing her shoulders, hips, and chin into goofy canned gabbing about baseball that she probably didn't even understand. It was mesmerizing. Marilyn McCoo and Lynda Carter were the first ones that made me realize I liked girls. It was a picture of Raquel Welch in a white bikini in the Daily News that did it for me.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Benjamin Grimm wrote: I really enjoyed it. Got a special kick out of the quick glimpse of the Original Human Torch. I was the only person in my theater who let out an excited "Hey!" My daughter and I completely missed this...

Willets Point wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: The Twin Towers had a month left to stand but I never gave 'em much thought. That was the last time I saw them with my own eyes. dgwphotography wrote: Then there were Edgy's orange pants... That was a later meetup. Edgy wore shorts on Aug. 9, 2001 because it was freakin' hot. Although for some reason Mark Johnson wore a long-sleeve shirt under his jersey. I actually went to the Brooklyn Cyclones game that night for a two-ballpark doubleheader. That's right - the orange pants were from the day of the blue tarp lounge...

Then there were Edgy's orange pants...

Ceetar wrote: from the mouths of babes... My 13-year old, after Wright's homer: Have you noticed that Wright always homers when they're already ahead, and not when they're behind? stop letting him listen to WFAN. Her, and she doesn't listen to WFAN

from the mouths of babes... My 13-year old, after Wright's homer: Have you noticed that Wright always homers when they're already ahead, and not when they're behind?

George Stone (some pain just don't go away) Seriously, my first, knee-jerk reaction is Niese.