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HOLY FUCKING SHIT IT'S INSURANCE RUNS! I am semi-erect.

WOW. Double fuck up by Atlanta on that one. Heads up baserunning by Murph to get to 2nd on that one. Now let's make em pay, (IBB to Beltran, based loaded no outs for Delgado).

I like it. You want these guys to be cheesed off when they fuck up easy plays.

Phew. Too bad we left 50 men on base tonight. It should be 5-1 or 7-1 or something. Instead of the nail biter. Insurance run anyone?

Ruh roh. Now 2-1 after an RBI double by some moe. Need another out here Bobby.

Nats bullpen barfs on yet another late inning lead in a matinee today against Houston. Those guys suck.

Frayed Knot wrote: The Ankiel film was pretty scary-looking. Just watched it. That guy was eating some wall.

Maine 2.5 Parnell 1 Rodriguez 1 Beltran 2.25 Wright 1.5 Reyes .5 Delgado .5 Murphy .5 Cora .25

My Ron Darling sponsorship is up for renewal... except they jacked the price from $20 to $30. I think I'll try to find some other Met(s) to sponsor and continue to pimp the pool.

OlerudOwned wrote: Into the books we go. Frankie Rodriguez is a lot of fun to watch out that. Entertaining motion and electric stuff. Seriously. I love watching pitches break that hard from right to left like that. Filthy, in all the best connotations of that word.

Wow. A comeback win. I don't even know what that means! Good times in Hot Lanta.

And yet I am encouraged by that last Reyes hit and his running of the bases tonight. On to Frankie. Let's put this thing to bed.

J.J. Putz blows dead bears.

Luis and Carlos, I missed you. Help yourself to some hits.

I miss Phil Hartman.

="HahnSolo":nlw7nh48]Does Tee ball count? The littlest Solo embarks on his first year of tee ball. I am one of the coaches for the 5-year old Mets. Sadly, despite being the Mets, we got black shirts, socks, and caps. We've had about a dozen "how old is that kid?" questions for my little guy. He is about a full head taller than some of the kids and is one of the few who can hit it to the outfield.[/quote:nlw7nh48] Fboy had the choice of playing as a four year old this year. I thought he'd have done fine, he kills the ball (from both sides of the plate) in the backyard. But come sign-up day he told me he didn't want to play in a league, just in the yard with me and Fwife instead. Now two of his classmates in day care are playing and I think maybe he is a bit regretful. Oh well, he will have another chance next year. I suspect that another year to gain in maturity will help him anyway. He gets REAL angry when he doesn't win. themetfairy May 04 2009 10:22 AM T-Ball certainly counts. It all starts with T-Ball soupcan May 04 2009 10:29 AM ="themetfairy":2wljm4ma]T-Ball certainly counts. It all starts with T-Ball [/quote:2wljm4ma] Agreed - T-Ball counts. We've been there, we know! metfairy - is MK going to continue with Babe Ruth next year? themetfairy May 04 2009 11:33 AM soup - we're not sure. There's a lot on Activity Island right now, including Boy Scouts and his trombone studies (he has definite plans to be a part of the marching band in high school). He's a good ballplayer, but not the most talented. His biggest asset is that he knows the game so well, but he's often frustrated by the gap between his ability and what he wants to do. If he wants to go into Babe Ruth, we'll let him. But we're not pushing it. If he doesn't play, I see him umpiring - that would keep him involved in the game, and also give him a way to earn some money once he turns 14. What about your Pirate? Is he continuing on? John Cougar Lunchbucket May 04 2009 11:54 AM Baseball or trombone, gotta practice if ya wanna to be among the greats. Just ask me, I turned out to be neither. soupcan May 04 2009 11:58 AM He wants to keep playing. He's not a big kid though, and next year they would go to major league size fields. I think that might be an issue for him unless he has a growth spurt this summer. He already umpires and he really enjoys it. I'm surprised at how decisive he is as an ump. Its like I'm watching a completely different kid. He takes no crap from anybody and is loud, clear and quick when making calls. The money don't hurt either. $30 for calling balls and strikes and $20 for the base ump. Pretty good scratch for a 12 year-old. themetfairy May 04 2009 01:04 PM Our township makes you wait until 14 to ump. But I think the kid would be great at it. He does practice the trombone, and takes private lessons. He also made a regional band this past winter. Benjamin Grimm May 04 2009 01:40 PM I'm managing a softball team of seven- and eight-year-old girls. Last year, in t-ball, I was an assistant coach, but the manager was a shlub who didn't know what he was doing, so I made all the decisions. We've played two games so far, and unofficially won them both. (We're not supposed to keep score, but I've been doing so secretly.) The girls seem to be having fun, the parents have been nice, and I'm having a good time too. My daughter wants to be the first female major leaguer, but her teammate Amanda has extraordinary (for her age, anyway) talent and outstanding (again, for her age) instincts. If any of my group of girls is going to crack the gender line, it will be Amanda. John Cougar Lunchbucket May 04 2009 01:48 PM Ultimate7-And-8-Year-OldGirlsSoftballDatabase.com seawolf17 May 04 2009 02:12 PM ="John Cougar Lunchbucket":554gygwb]Ultimate7-And-8-Year-OldGirlsSoftballDatabase.com[/quote:554gygwb] I just sponsored Amanda's page. HahnSolo May 04 2009 02:24 PM CapriSun Player(s) of the Game. themetfairy Jun 06 2009 07:24 PM Tonight was the final game of my son's Little League career. Before the night there was a slim possibility that the team could still advance to the next round of the playoffs. That would have required them to win tonight by a margin of four runs or more, and then to get some help from the other teams playing tomorrow night's game. But all contingencies are moot. The Liberty Tax Services Mets won tonight by a score of 3-1. MK caught all six innings and had an RBI in the game. So it's over. But at least they went out on a good note. Let's Go Mets!

I think what the Mets need is to "win games" by "scoring runs" after the "6th inning."

="cooby":ylmtp718]="SteveJRogers":ylmtp718] Can Strawberry just go away, please I mean how many chances at living the clean and narrow is this piece of shit going to have? Guarantee he is back in some sort of trouble in less than three years.[/quote:ylmtp718] As many chances as it takes, just like any other human being deserves to have.[/quote:ylmtp718] Amen to that. The guy's got a substance abuse problem. It's not like he's out killing people. I root for him now just as I did as a kid. HahnSolo May 04 2009 06:49 AM The first mistake was switching to "Huckabee". soupcan May 04 2009 07:08 AM I've got no beef with Straw. While he was a player on the team I rooted for, the guy showed up, played and produced. It was after he left the Mets that all of issues came to light and affected the other teams that he went on to play for. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 04 2009 09:11 AM Rogers, Rogers, Rogers... you gotta relax, son. Wanna go in the back, shoot some pool, blow some lines? SteveJRogers May 04 2009 10:01 AM Fine I understand, but it just is mind numbing after the 1,545th time hearing the same stuff and then hearing about a relaspe or another incident with both him and Gooden. Maybe I'm just too bitter about "what might have been" with both of them. themetfairy May 04 2009 10:25 AM I'm sympathetic to the "what might have been" bitterness. But it's a huge jump from that to calling a human being a "piece of shit." Especially one who has been gracious to my son on a couple of occasions. I hope that he's finally gotten his act together. G-Fafif May 04 2009 11:53 AM There is also the option of tuning him out as he makes the rounds. Ignoring somebody instead of calling him names is a lost art. Nymr83 May 04 2009 12:03 PM was he simultaneously on 50 channels? was he even on two channels? just watch something else if you dont want to see the straw. i probably would have changed the channel myself. Kong76 May 04 2009 04:39 PM sea: Dude, that's what the library is for <<< Collector/Completionist of Mets cards, books, publications -- it's like a sickness. seawolf17 May 04 2009 06:37 PM ="Kong76"]sea: Dude, that's what the library is for <<< Collector/Completionist of Mets cards, books, publications -- it's like a sickness. Ah. I stop at cards. Frayed Knot May 04 2009 08:11 PM ..Got this one? The 1986 "book" by Darryl and Dan Castellano, complete with a forward by Keith Hernandez. 79 pages of pure literature (about 2/3 of it photos) that must have taken upwards of two days to "write".

="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":25pp1ahd]="Benjamin Grimm":25pp1ahd]="Fman99":25pp1ahd]I detest the Phillies and their fans. It took going to a Mets-Phils tilt at Shea in '07 just to see how obnoxious they were.[/quote:25pp1ahd] I was at a Mets-Phillies game in 2007 too. I'm not going to go back. It was such an ugly atmosphere I don't want to go there with my kids. (Carlos Gomez, I remember, injured himself and the fans were whooping and hollering with joy.)[/quote:25pp1ahd] There's a difference between actual Phils fans-- a loyal, pretty well-informed group-- and college kids/dropouts who need somewhere to drink between Flyer season and Eagle season (steadily increasing in number since 2004 or so, roughly coincident with the rise of Utley and Hamels and Howard). I went to yesterday's game via public transport sporting the usual complement of regalia (away Santana jersey, trad blue-and-orange hat), and ended up having a nice little chat with two Phils-cap-wearing strangers comparing the relative bench strengths of the '69 Mets and the '08 Phils. Thanks to a train delay, I got inside the game in the bottom of the first. I asked a group of twentysomethings in red if they knew how the Phils' runs scored, and got called a "New Jork (think bad imitation of a Hispanic accent) queer" by a leering dude in a "World Phucking Champions" tee for my trouble. There are some in every fanbase... the ugly ones are just as bad when they're wearing blue and orange camo.[/quote:25pp1ahd] I will admit, there were more thugs in Met gear that day in '07 than I've ever been around in any other Mets game. In addition to the brutes in red. People are animals. metsguyinmichigan May 03 2009 03:18 PM ="Fman99":1ib6d02i]People are animals.[/quote:1ib6d02i] But, if you pretend to be one of them by wearing the home cap when they're playing the Diamondbacks, they let you pose with their heroes and buy pulled pork. Or so I've heard. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 03 2009 04:08 PM ="metsguyinmichigan":ers845mm]="Fman99":ers845mm]People are animals.[/quote:ers845mm] But, if you pretend to be one of them by wearing the home cap when they're playing the Diamondbacks, they let you pose with their heroes and buy pulled pork. Or so I've heard. [/quote:ers845mm] I actually sought out Luzinski twice-- once pre-game, once in-game-- to see if he'd take a picture with a guy in a Johan jersey. Swing-and-miss both times. Perhaps he had a derby party at the Murray house to attend. metsguyinmichigan May 03 2009 05:45 PM ="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr"]="metsguyinmichigan"]="Fman99"]People are animals. But, if you pretend to be one of them by wearing the home cap when they're playing the Diamondbacks, they let you pose with their heroes and buy pulled pork. Or so I've heard. I actually sought out Luzinski twice-- once pre-game, once in-game-- to see if he'd take a picture with a guy in a Johan jersey. Swing-and-miss both times. Perhaps he had a derby party at the Murray house to attend. Totally. And here's proof: I tried taking a photo of the race off the telvision, and I'm like, "Bull! Down in front!" And the thing is, he wasn't even a good houseguest. I'm like, "Greg, not for nothing, but I took a lot of heat from by friends this week for hanging with you. And all you bring to the party is a bag of chips that you got at the gas station on the way here? Not cool, Bull. We were hoping for some pulled pork." And he was like, "Whatever. Where are the julips?" And he made fun of my daughter's hat. My wife said I can't invite him next year. Frayed Knot May 03 2009 06:06 PM ="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":19k9poyd]="Benjamin Grimm":19k9poyd]="Fman99":19k9poyd]I detest the Phillies and their fans. It took going to a Mets-Phils tilt at Shea in '07 just to see how obnoxious they were.[/quote:19k9poyd] I was at a Mets-Phillies game in 2007 too. I'm not going to go back. It was such an ugly atmosphere I don't want to go there with my kids. (Carlos Gomez, I remember, injured himself and the fans were whooping and hollering with joy.)[/quote:19k9poyd] There's a difference between actual Phils fans-- a loyal, pretty well-informed group-- and college kids/dropouts who need somewhere to drink between Flyer season and Eagle season (steadily increasing in number since 2004 or so, roughly coincident with the rise of Utley and Hamels and Howard). I went to yesterday's game via public transport sporting the usual complement of regalia (away Santana jersey, trad blue-and-orange hat), and ended up having a nice little chat with two Phils-cap-wearing strangers comparing the relative bench strengths of the '69 Mets and the '08 Phils. Thanks to a train delay, I got inside the game in the bottom of the first. I asked a group of twentysomethings in red if they knew how the Phils' runs scored, and got called a "New Jork (think bad imitation of a Hispanic accent) queer" by a leering dude in a "World Phucking Champions" tee for my trouble. There are some in every fanbase... the ugly ones are just as bad when they're wearing blue and orange camo.[/quote:19k9poyd] I think the sports media in Philly tends to drive a lot of that kind of stuff. Even the worst of WFAN sounds like 'Masterpiece Theatre' compared to most of WIP. Encouraging callers whose sole point is to say 'Cowboys Suck' seems to be considered standard programming on some shows. I've always thought of Philly as more a football & hockey town as compared to baseball & hoops so maybe the macho attitude of those two sports help give the city its rep. The anti-Met thing I think it more just an extension of an overall anti-NYC bias that exists in a lot of places - just even moreso when your city is only 100 miles down the road. Perhaps the attitudes in Philly - like Boston in many ways - were formed way back by people who never got over NYC supplanting their towns as the dominant city on the eastern seaboard all those years ago. Kong76 May 03 2009 06:09 PM This was really funny ... seawolf17 May 03 2009 06:10 PM I've always loved Greg Luzinski -- my coach in baseball camp one year called me "Bull" because my power, speed, and remarkable ability to strike out reminded him of Luzinski.

I detest the Phillies and their fans. It took going to a Mets-Phils tilt at Shea in '07 just to see how obnoxious they were.

Takahashi 1.5 Putz 1 Parnell .5 Murphy 1 Castro 1 Castillo 1 Wright .5 Cora 1

Well that sucked. Just handing over the game and all. Uh, boo.

Pelfrey 3 Feliciano .5 Putz 1 Rodriguez 1 Murphy 1.5 Reyes .5 Wright .5 Beltran 1 Tatis .5 Santos .5

Put it in the books!