Fman99

PLEASE STOP LETTING HIM PITCH. PLEASE. Or, let him try another hitter. Sure. Fine.

metirish wrote: I want Heilman.......NOW Yeesh. In other news, Putz gives up his second hit. He stinks and they keep trotting him out there. Stokes? Takahashi?

Putz gives up a screamer. 5-4 Mets. Uh, boo.

Enough with these fucking sprinkles, Verizon. Keep it moving.

Putz coming in, one out, runner on 3rd. I don't like it.

Any CPF'ers in Pittsburgh? I am seriously considering taking a half day on Wednesday and driving Fboy and I out there for the series finale. It's only a five hour trip from the Cuse and he can sleep on the way home... Plus it looks like plenty of good seats available.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: You're f*ckin' out, Ramon Vazquez. I'm gonna need a bigger scotch tumbler. Tonight's toxin of choice is Beefeater & diet 7up. Pirates going to washed-out starter Tom Gorzellany out of the pen. This guy stinks like Wayne Hagin.

metirish wrote: Pirates fan forum where they actually tell you to go the the Penguins forum to talk NHL Finals http://www.thebuccosforum.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?board=gdt I can't even fathom what it would be like to be a hardcore Pirates fan.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: I'm not sure why, but Wayne Hagin has an almost-irrational fondness for Freddy Sanchez (lifetime .303 avg, .339 obp and less pop than, say, Cristian Guzman) as a hitter. He's referred to him on several occasions-- including a few times during the home Pirates series-- as "one of the better hitters in this league." I know why. It's because Wayne Hagin stinks.

Hopefully the umpires don't Dicus on any calls this week.

This guy's a ballplayer.

="Triple Dee":1in1g7qv]="Zvon":1in1g7qv]This is great news to me. Myers was a major proponant of the Phils starting rotation..[/quote:1in1g7qv] It's also potentially great news for Brett's wife.[/quote:1in1g7qv] She's probably taunting him from the top of the stairs right now. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 01 2009 10:52 AM ="Triple Dee":80t0516k]="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":80t0516k] Naw. Bastardo's been killing it in the minors..[/quote:80t0516k] Gee, you've really gotta love that WHIP.[/quote:80t0516k] F'real. And the K/9 rate keeps climbing, and the walk rate keeps dropping... he's actually starting on Tuesday. That said, I think the Phils would move him in the right offer-- the WS seems to have only underscored for them the fact that THIS is their window... they're pretty obviously in fishing mode, and-- if the anonymous leakage in a couple of different spots (Stark and a few of the ESPN guys, e.g.) is any indication, they're willing to move the young guys this time around.

I like it. If Castro was going to seize an opportunity to play 5x a week and hit he'd have done it by now. Of course if they had traded Schneider that'd have been the best. But I prefer to say goodbye to Ramon than Omir, given recent circumstances.

="Kong76":qtrzt010]* FMan99: Pete Rose is a retard. That's why other retards always have Pete Rose's haircut. <<< I don't recall this post, but it's got me teary eyed in laughter.[/quote:qtrzt010] I've been trying to get Bullet of Cool recognition for two years now. Awesome. Rockin' Doc May 31 2009 08:26 PM Congrats. I'm still trying. metsguyinmichigan May 31 2009 09:37 PM Great posts. Or, should I say... bad asses! A Boy Named Seo May 31 2009 10:46 PM I missed LeiterWagner's pubic/facial hair one, too. This is like the Cliff's Notes of Awesome for a guy like me who misses more days here than I'd like to. Triple Dee Jun 01 2009 04:28 AM Congrats, guys. Makes me glad to be back! LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 01 2009 11:50 AM Especially-- but not exclusively-- in the IGTs, Swanny's had one hell of a month. Also, my nasal passages thank Fman for the soda-rinsing the Pete Rose line just gave 'em. Centerfield Jun 01 2009 12:40 PM What's not fair is that Frayed Knot is gracious enough not to include any of his quotes. And the rest of us are too dumb to remember anything beyond the thread we just opened. So let's congratulate FK for the dozens he's had but we've forgotten. (All I can come up with is the title of the hip surgery thread off the top of my head) Edgy DC Jun 01 2009 12:53 PM ]The baby in the sun is not creepy. And it's from Teletubbies. Being from Teletubbies makes it the definition of creepy. --- Frayed Knot, speaking a timeless universal truth. Frayed Knot Jun 01 2009 01:54 PM ="Centerfield"]What's not fair is that Frayed Knot is gracious enough not to include any of his quotes. Why do you think I don't want this to be a one-man project? Well lots of reasons really, we'll just make that one of them. ] And the rest of us are too dumb to remember anything beyond the thread we just opened. So when you stumble across a good one cut-n-paste it to a Word file and collect them for a few weeks. You think I have all this stuff in my memory or something? Willets Point Jun 01 2009 07:53 PM ] * Mendoza Line (on Scrabble addictions): Yeah. It starts innocently enough, with a couple of random games against some people on a Met fan forum. Next thing you know, you're sitting in a Bowery doorway holding a dog-eared third edition of the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary that you picked up from a trash can in Washington Square Park during your last qat bender, muttering something incoherent to random passers-by about a diabolical worldwide conspiracy to "wordify" ZA and QI. I neglected to give props at the time, but this is one of the more hillarious things I've ever read on the Crane Pool. cooby Jun 01 2009 07:59 PM Swan: 4 Bullets of Cool...he has re-arrived! Ashie62 Jun 01 2009 08:03 PM * Ben Grimm (in response to the statement that �there was at least one DiMaggio brother who never played at all�): You mean Gummo? Love it..Congrats to all Swan Swan H Jun 01 2009 08:12 PM Grimm's Gummo line and Kong on Stevie Jeets were my faves on that list, and all that stuff was excellent. However, this was my favorite from the month (sorry, Edgy) ="John Cougar Lunchbucket":3sonppbb]="Edgy DC":3sonppbb]A friend, a woman, nearly perfect in every manner. Engaged to a textbook douchebag that's going to make her miserable. How do these things come to pass?[/quote:3sonppbb] Have you asked your wife? Ka-POW!![/quote:3sonppbb] Edgy DC Jun 01 2009 08:30 PM Yes, that was some yeoman's straight man work by me there. Swan Swan H Jun 01 2009 08:42 PM George Burns would have been proud. Edgy DC Jun 01 2009 08:58 PM It's actually not the first time he so blammoed me. Check out my engagement thread sometime. Centerfield Jun 05 2009 09:51 AM One thing about FMan's post is that it isn't even his best retard line. He made some crack about retards eating pennies that had me dying. I forget which post it was in. (Edgy will find it in 4.7 seconds) Yes, I feel awful about laughing. But he is really funny. Kong76 Jun 05 2009 10:57 AM For those who have been posting forever, you'll know that I used to speak up against retard humor. I just don't want anyone I'm thinking I'm retarded and forgot that I used be vocally against the use of retard humor. I'm more childish than I was ten years ago on many fronts. Retards is one of 'em. Edgy DC Jun 05 2009 01:19 PM Yeah, that's it. Make me Fman's abettor: http://cranepoolforum.net/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?p=273740&sid=869f64e8c9ac1b36ee254d1f46eaa203 Centerfield Jun 05 2009 01:56 PM No, for real, how do you do that? Edgy DC Jun 05 2009 07:16 PM The Google. Duh. John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 05 2009 07:23 PM My favorite line this year belongs to LWFS on Sheffield: ]I like to imagine his clubhouse persona as ... "Fred Sanford with wrist strength". themetfairy Jun 09 2009 06:45 PM ]If you want to bring some excitement to your next corporate outing ... don't ask Bud Selig to do the honors. I swear the guy could dampen a parade of Hooters girls without even trying. FK - 6/9/09 LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 12 2009 03:09 PM 6/12-- Preach on, FK: ="Frayed Knot":24011cg9]The new $1.5 billion HR palace in the Bronx that they built next door to the old one they haven�t gotten around to taking down yet and on top of the parkland they may or may not get around to replacing depending on how they feel and fuck you Mr. Assemblyman but it�s none of your damn businiess when or if we replace it or how we arrived at the value of the land you handed us. [/quote:24011cg9] 6/12-- On the first, potentially misty Subway Series game of 2009 (sometimes, timing is everything): ="Metirish":24011cg9]Does the forecast call for a soft rain tonight? [/quote:24011cg9] LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 13 2009 05:29 PM I am a sucker for comedic inversion... and I promise you, sir, I will steal this one at some point. 6/12: ="EdgyDC"]I find that concentrating and focusing my mind on sex can keep me from exploding during a baseball game. Willets Point Jun 14 2009 07:40 PM Got a big giggle when I read this: ="Frayed Knot":2tfrsfpe]Round 2: Tesla vs Edison GO!!![/quote:2tfrsfpe] Edgy DC Jun 14 2009 08:40 PM ="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr"]I am a sucker for comedic inversion... and I promise you, sir, I will steal this one at some point. 6/12: ="EdgyDC"]I find that concentrating and focusing my mind on sex can keep me from exploding during a baseball game. Only use it when it's true. metirish Jun 22 2009 07:40 AM From Swanie in the Met Loving Big Shot Thread ] Fox News Channel gave out thunderstix yesterday. This is the most perfect product placement ever, as both the sponsor and the product serve only to produce useless, annoying noise. Fman99 Jun 22 2009 07:46 PM From LWFS in an IGT in response to a creepy-sun-baby-induced-GIDP by Albert PooHoles: ] Nobody puts Creepy Sun Baby in a corner. Killer. Ashie62 Jun 22 2009 08:05 PM ="Fman99"]From LWFS in an IGT in response to a creepy-sun-baby-induced-GIDP by Albert PooHoles: ] Nobody puts Creepy Sun Baby in a corner. Killer. Seconded..baby! Swan Swan H Jun 23 2009 08:15 PM Mendoza Line, after sending Metsmarathon get well wishes for his leg injury: If the CPF injury rate keeps up like this, we're going to have to call in subs from a Buffalo Bisons board. Kong76 Jun 25 2009 06:51 PM In the dead thread about Farrah and Jackson ... Mendoza Line: "Not a good day to be a '70s pop culture icon. Somewhere, Henry Winkler is crossing the street very, very carefully." Made me laugh loudly. soupcan Jun 25 2009 07:51 PM I went with 'Horshack' on my facebook page. Rockin' Doc Jun 27 2009 06:02 PM 6/27 IGT - After LWFS stated that he hoped A.J. Burnett got on base tonight because he thought Burnett looked like he would pull a Wang on the bases; Swan Swan H - "As opposed to David Cone, who did it in the bullpen." Ashie62 Jun 27 2009 07:27 PM ="Swan Swan H"]Mendoza Line, after sending Metsmarathon get well wishes for his leg injury: If the CPF injury rate keeps up like this, we're going to have to call in subs from a Buffalo Bisons board. I broke my schaphoid bone in my wrist Tuesday and am casted beyond my elbow...12 weeks themetfairy Jun 27 2009 07:30 PM Ouch! Feel better Ashie! Swan Swan H Jun 27 2009 09:28 PM ="Rockin' Doc":gv63zjya]6/27 IGT - After LWFS stated that he hoped A.J. Burnett got on base tonight because he thought Burnett looked like he would pull a Wang on the bases; Swan Swan H - "As opposed to David Cone, who did it in the bullpen."[/quote:gv63zjya] Once LWFS set that one on the tee it was just a matter of who was going to get there first. Rockin' Doc Jun 27 2009 09:45 PM Yeah, he did hang you a curve there, but when you got your pitch you made the most of the opportunity and hammered it. metirish Jun 28 2009 05:55 PM DocTee wondering about the appropriate response to the news of Billy May's death ] I wonder if there will be a moment of screaming instead of a moment of silence. I'm still laughing Ashie62 Jun 30 2009 06:34 AM Bejamin Grimm responding to Edgy in the World of Pain thread that Delgado was watching BP pitches go by but not swinging to work on his timing At least he's ready to be intentionally walked. Too funny! Edgy DC Jun 30 2009 07:34 AM I like waiting until the end of the month to review the bullets. But I had only stored one this month. "Iasseen better umps." --- LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr on a night of blown calls by umpire Dan Iassogna, June 11, 2009 Farmer Ted Jun 30 2009 09:55 AM I love this quote. "The best things in life are free or $19.95" --Billy Mays Farmer Ted Jul 01 2009 02:34 PM From the Headless, Obese and Sexy thread in the non-baseball forum: Being so large, I might get a neck down shot posted on the internet. I better iron a nice crease in my jeans so I look good? --Kong Iced coffee just came out of my nose on that one, bastard. Edgy DC Jul 01 2009 02:39 PM I know. He's hot It's Jim Duquette place, he's flippin' burgers there now. --- Kong76 on the rumored presence of an establishment named "Duke's" on the Citifield concourse. Farmer Ted Jul 01 2009 02:46 PM Kong's on a roll. Centerfield Jul 02 2009 07:23 AM Greg, on rumors of a team meeting based on the fact that the clubhouse remained closed longer than usual. Given the way they've been playing, they probably accidentally locked themselves in. HahnSolo Jul 05 2009 05:56 AM Any posts in the thread about my wife get a bullet of cool from me. But I did notice this one from FMan in the trades thread that floors me each time I read it: Elijah Dukes sent down by the Nats to their local AAA affiliate here in Syracuse, to make room for Morgan to play. In other news, my home insurance premiums just doubled.

Woke up from my nap just in time to see the final pitch of the game. A good ending!

="TheOldMole":361v2rc4]I think I was the only person in the world who liked the Dragnet TV series with Ed O'Neill playing Joe Friday.[/quote:361v2rc4] My wife and I enjoyed the first season of it. Then they messed with it in the 2nd year and soon after it was canceled. bmfc1 Jul 21 2009 11:44 AM Goodbye Emil Brown NYPost_MetsThe #Mets released outfielder Emil Brown at AAA Buffalo today and promoted infielder Josh Peterson from AA Binghamton. http://buffalo.bisons.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090721&content_id=5974914&vkey=pr_t422&fext=.jsp&sid=t422

="Farmer Ted":16qr3xqg]He always seemed to be the butt of the bubble-gum-bubble-on-your-hat gag.[/quote:16qr3xqg] Ha! First thing I thought of too. Gwreck May 29 2009 10:26 PM At the time of his departure, only David and Jose had been Mets longer than Ramon. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 29 2009 10:40 PM ="Gwreck":xnabd5g4]At the time of his departure, only David and Jose had been Mets longer than Ramon.[/quote:xnabd5g4] Carlos Uno tips his hat to your careful wording (he'd rather people forget about his 2005 as well). I always thought I'd be more annoyed when management finally ushered him out the door. Omir's proving to be quite the Castro roofie. Edgy DC May 29 2009 10:46 PM It's an illusion, but the back of Pedro Feliciano's card would suggest he has a tenure going back to 2002. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/felicpe01.shtml Benjamin Grimm May 30 2009 04:50 AM April 2005. My first time at Shea in almost five years, and the first visit ever for my son, who was 8 at the time. Mets vs. Marlins, Pedro vs. Leiter. Castro won the game with a walk-off single. I think that's still the last walk-off win that I've seen in person. OlerudOwned May 30 2009 06:48 AM Blastro! metirish May 30 2009 06:51 AM it still surprises me that Castro was with the Mets since 2005, was a good backup when healthy and could have been more than that. Benjamin Grimm May 30 2009 07:13 AM Castro is currently in 15th place in the Schaefer Mets Player of the Century competition, one of only 16 players to have accumulated more than 100 points: +-----------------+---------------------+ | Wright | 534.75 | | Beltran | 486.22 | | Reyes | 447.82 | | Delgado | 321.46 | | Glavine | 261.27 | | Martinez | 230.85 | | Hernandez | 186.87 | | Maine | 180.74 | | Floyd | 174.86 | | Santana | 161.82 | | Heilman | 154.70 | | Perez | 153.55 | | Pelfrey | 126.61 | | Lo Duca | 122.69 | | Castro | 106.39 | | Wagner | 100.56 | | Chavez | 87.25 | | Piazza | 83.40 | | Feliciano | 80.84 | | Green | 75.90 | +-----------------+---------------------+ Triple Dee May 30 2009 07:19 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 30 2009 07:25 AM I don't want to be the type of guy who writes negative things in an appreciation thread, but I'm going to be that type of guy -- It seemed Castro was most productive as a spot starting catcher or pinch hitting. When he played for a prolonged periods, it appeared he lacked the stamina (whether mental or physical). (And I don't have an ounce of data to back-up my claims). On the positive side, he was probably underrated in terms of his defemse John Cougar Lunchbucket May 30 2009 07:25 AM I was at this game. As I recall the shot was off UUU Very good hitter for a backup catcher but like a lot of bench guys, I think the Mets probably over-committed to him and it was time to move on. It was especially frustrating to see him miss large stretches of two consecutive seasons. I don't think Santos will ever be the offensive force Castro was at his best but I'd put even money on him having the better next three months and that's what matters to the Mets now. Benjamin Grimm May 30 2009 07:28 AM I agree with that. I'm in favor of riding Santos for as long as we can. He may fizzle out in the next week or two, but he may not. Might as well take advantage of a cheap, youngish, productive player. G-Fafif May 30 2009 07:55 AM Ramon nearly brought the Mets back to life in the bottom of the first on 9/30/07 with a deep bases-loaded fly to left off Dontrelle Willis that I swore was going out. The grand slam would have made that do-or-die game 7-5 and history might have changed. But Citi Field, I'm convinced, altered the wind currents at Shea and it dropped into Cody Ross' glove and it was 7-1 and the Collapse was just a matter of innings from complete. G-Fafif May 30 2009 08:08 AM ="Benjamin Grimm":pje1ao89]April 2005. My first time at Shea in almost five years, and the first visit ever for my son, who was 8 at the time. Mets vs. Marlins, Pedro vs. Leiter. Castro won the game with a walk-off single.[/quote:pje1ao89] Underrated as a milestone game in Mets history by my reckoning. Ironic or fitting or a little sad -- whichever -- that Ramon is traded on the night his successor has just that kind of moment to push him out the door. John Cougar Lunchbucket May 30 2009 08:41 AM Mets by the Numbers is reporting that Castro leaves as the third-leading home-run hitter and run-driver-inner of all Met 11s. ]Home runs by guys who wore 11 1. Wayne Garrett 55 2. Tim Teufel 36 3. Ramon Castro 33 4 (tie). Duke Snider, Lenny Randle 7 6. Gene Woodling 5 7. Dick Schofeild 4 8 (tie). Ed Bouchee, Roy McMillan, Kelvin Chapman 3 metirish May 30 2009 08:48 AM If he stayed on the field he probably would have been first. soupcan May 30 2009 10:02 AM Big-ass head. Edgy DC May 30 2009 10:14 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 30 2009 10:42 AM Mostly an infielder's number, huh? Better to have a big-ass head than to be a big ass-head. soupcan May 30 2009 10:14 AM ="Edgy DC":2qsynsu1]Better to have a big-ass head than to be a big ass-head.[/quote:2qsynsu1] True dat. Elster88 May 30 2009 10:51 AM The first thing I think of is the almost grand slam in the last game of 2007. From my seat in the mezzanine it looked like it was gone off the bat. The second thing I think of is a gatorade cup upside down on top of his hat with a giant bubble gum bubble stuck on top, courtesy of the young prankster David. So long Blastro, I enjoyed your work. Kong76 May 30 2009 11:01 AM Three years from now at a cranepool function ... KC: We had that other Castro too, Ramon, remember him? JQP: Yeah, had that big head. KC: Big caboose too, seemed like he was always hurt. JQP: He had some big hits for the Mets, won games, I liked him. KC: He was ok, when he wasn't on the DL. I'm going to remember him most as the guy that got traded the night Sweet Caroline was finally ditched at Citi Field. * JQP: Oh snap. To Castro! KC: Ramon! * Hopeful thinking.

Oh I nailed it. Castro swapped for bullpen help.

Am I the only one who hears the first name "Emil" and immediately thinks of Emil Muzz from the 1987 remake Dragnet, an underrated shitty comedy classic?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: ="Swan Swan H"]Carlin sez Heyman sez the Mets and White Sox in talks regarding a 'RH Catcher.' Who they got that we want? Betemit? Podsednik? Linebrink? More to the point, considering the source... who's a Boras client? Podsednik has nothing left. At this point the Mets will trade Castro and eat a fat piece of that 2.5 mil they owe him in exchange for another live bullpen arm, or 5th starter candidate, methinks. Redding's recent suck-a-torium has got to factor into their thoughts.

I don't see how the Mets can possibly send Santos down the way he's hit in big spots the last week. Options or not, that's just some dumb shit. Of course, dumb shit is in Omar's wheelhouse.

AWESOME!

Wow, Tatis looked pissed.

Sheff with the leadoff single. Time for young Mr. Wright to redeem himself.