metsmarathon

in no particular order, save the first, and with many a presumed oversight: better off dead heat terminator 2 die hard star trek iv raiders of the lost ark back to the future true lies down to you disney's aladdin

HahnSolo wrote: The ongoing suckage of Delgado is a real downer. And Easley ends the inning. Is there any reason--at all--for a pitcher to give David Wright anything to hit? said pitcher may be a met fan. said pitcher may have david wright on his fantasy team, or is facing an opponent who has himself. said pitcher may be stuipd, or self-hating - whichever.

george clooney and renee zellweger and john krazynski play some old school football in this sporting comedy. overall i liked the movie. clooney and zellweger had terrific chemistry, and jim from the office pulled off the football bit fairly well. the sports scenes looked authentic enough when they needed to, and silly enough when called for, that you could imagine that this is what football used to look like when footballers might've looked like you and me. i also like the period attire and the overall look, and wonder if people ever really did talk like that, because it would be cool if we still did. in total, i think i'm giving it a 1st and goal.

for san francisco, what about... ?

Santana 3.4 Wright 2.7 Church 1.4 Wagner 1.2 Feliciano 0.7 Schneider 0.6

Figueroa 3.7 Sosa 1.8 Smith 1.4 Easley 1.2 Sanchez 1.0 Reyes 0.9

6 hours? sheesh, who do they think they are, the yankees and red sox?

its more fun not to, though.

i like the lights and the scoreboard animations and all that. 'whoop, there it is' when a met hits a home run, i think we can surely do without. maybe if they were able to keep current with the noisemakers instead of falling into tired cliches, it wouldn't be so bad... well, as far as celebretory songs anyways. the rest of the 'tell the fans when to cheer and how or else they won't' could go away, or be supplanted with more creative ideas. i dislike when they take something the fans do naturally, and turn it into a cheering-cue, like the jose-josejosejose-jose-jose thing.

i liked everyone in 42, myself, but edgy's idea up there is super. he should have a blog or something.

i've always believed that mood affects outcome. specifically that a positive mood is more likely to yield a positive outcome than is a negative mood (within the realm of that which can be influenced by you). flipping a coin happily is unlikely to yield a greater occurrence of the chosen side than flipping that same coin angrily; the same, i believe, cannot be said of shooting free throws. in a positive mood, challenges present opportunities; in a negative mood, obstacles. as a fan, you have the ability to influence the game. it is a small influence, indeed, but it is still a potential influence. either by booing or by cheering, fans can alter the atmosphere of a game, turning it into either a positive or a negative. that characteristic of the atmosphere can influence the way the players play the game, as is alluded to often enough. players pressing, or playing loosely. trying too hard, or going with the flow. i believe that this atmosphere can affect the outcome of plays in subtle ways. take, for instance, a ground ball to the shortstop. if the crowd has been unrelenting and unforgiving of a lack of performance by the home team, the batter may think 'fuck, i'm going to get thrown out, and they're gonna grill me' and, presupposing the outcome to be negative, perhaps the player doesn't hustle, or slows up as the play is made. if the crowd has been encouraging and supportive, the player may think 'maybe he'll boot it. maybe i can get him to rush and throw it away' and the player runs ever so slightly harder to first, perhaps fulfilling that prophecy. the player reactions, despite their being 'professionals' and paid to play a game' are all natural human responses to the environment. positive environments bringing about a greater likelihood of positive responses to the environment, and a greater likelihood of turning challenges into opportunities which are increasingly taken advantage of, as opposed to negative environments brining about greater likelihood of negative responses to the environment, and a greater likelihood of turning challenges into obstacles which are increasingly stumbled over. given all that philosophical mumbo jumbo, booing the home team is dumb, as it is unlikely to make the team perform better, and is more likely to make the team perform worse. i want my team seeing opportunities, not obstacles. won't you please help them? feel free to boo from home, though. i'm not nuts enough to think that the negative energy you create in your tv room, basement, or the local bar, is going to have any impact on the game - you can't influence it if you're not there.

Wright 3.8 Pelfrey 3.1 Reyes 1.2 Church 0.9 Castillo 0.5 Sanchez 0.5

met fans are very prescient.

is shea stadium even a public place? i mean, if they sold central park's naming rights to deutsche bank, then, sure, i think there'd be a point to the argument. it being a public place. but shea stadium is not public. i have to pay to gain entry, and that pay goes to a company (tho it is somewhat subsidezed by public funds via tax breaks etc). the death of mom-n-pop stores has little to do with the spread of corporate logos across our sporting arenae. mom-n-pop stores are dying because they cannot compete with the volume, and accompanying lower prices, that the superstores can provide. and as far s the encroachment of commercialism into our daily life, has the man never seen a photo of an old-time ballpark?

rafael belliard, career OPS+ 46

adjusted ops... Rank Player (age) Adjusted OPS+ Bats 1. Babe Ruth+* 207 L 2. Ted Williams+* 191 L 3. Barry Bonds* (43) 182 L 4. Lou Gehrig+* 179 L 5. Rogers Hornsby+ 175 R 6. Mickey Mantle+# 172 B 7. Dan Brouthers+* 170 L Joe Jackson* 170 L 9. Albert Pujols (28) 168 R 10. Ty Cobb+* 167 L 11. Jimmie Foxx+ 163 R 12. Pete Browning 162 R Mark McGwire 162 R 14. Dave Orr 161 R 15. Stan Musial+* 159 L 16. Hank Greenberg+ 158 R Johnny Mize+* 158 L Tris Speaker+* 158 L 19. Frank Thomas (40) 157 R 20. Dick Allen 156 R berkman doesn't show up 'til 41, tied with arod and giambi, and a few others.

also, OPS+ would be more useful as well, as it accounts for park and league effects.

no. save arod, everyone else on that list had the decline phase of their career drag down their career average. if you were to compare berkman to the rest of the folks on that list at the same age and/or plate appearances, then you'd have something far more comparable.

Schneider 2.9 Church 2.1 Castillo 1.4 Easley 1.3 Wright 1.2 Beltran 1.1

Wright 3.2 Muniz 3.2 Pagan 1.6 Beltran 0.9 Delgado 0.7 Schneider 0.4

Figueroa 4.4 Wagner 1.5 Heilman 1.3 Smith 1.0 Pagan 0.9 Delgado 0.9

delgado gets an owie to load the bases... and pagan fails to capitalize by flying out to left.

seawolf17 wrote: Mike Pelfrey just loses all credibility as Gary outs him as a "Saved By The Bell" fan. there's nothing wrong with that show...

either i was at that game, or it happens all the time...

Pagan 3.2 Maine 1.9 Schoeneweis 1.4 Feliciano 1.3 Church 1.1 Reyes 1.1