[fimg=666:3gkc88x1]http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/may-31-1971-sports-illustrated-cover-baseball-oakland-athletics-vida-picture-id86252855[/fimg:3gkc88x1] That is one powerfully ugly uniform.
I went this year for the Piazza induction. I'll go for the next Met induction. Which may be a problem because I'm not seeing anything coming up until I'm kinda old.
Benjamin Grimm wrote: And I have a feeling that this particular poll is going to end up rather lopsided. Arguably the best moment of the season up against the worst. No more clear-cut decision than this one.
I did like the way that they tied down the 'flaw in the Death Star' loose end. (Spoiler alert! There's a flaw in the Death Star, in case you've been asleep for the last 39 years!) But likeable characters and an enjoyable movie. The CGI characters were a little distracting but not so much that it ruined anything.
G-Fafif wrote: WtF is Don Florence? Sometimes I think I imagined him, as nobody else seems to remember he was a pretty tidy bullpen lefty during the mini-revival of late '95. Never understood why he was let go and didn't resurface. Damn cheap Wilpons.
d'Kong76 wrote: On quick look, the former Met I am closest in age (within 23 days) with is Randall K. Myers. Most famous MLB'r (also within 23 days) is W. Roger Clemens. YUCK! I'm spot on with Clemens, unfortunately. Day and year.
It's kind of a stupid thing and they can still do it in a number of ways, like Superhero Underoos, etc., without being drag queens. But those Rockford Peaches dresses must have cost a fortune.
Edgy MD wrote: And Ruben Tejada returns to New York. Or, at least, to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, signing a minor league dealio with the Yankees. Stays there a few years, mebbe they'll retire his number.