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="metirish":3odchlqx]="bmfc1":3odchlqx]It's a shame that over 200 Phillies fans are bussing in for the game which means 200 people won't care about the ceremony. OTOH, about 200 of the shirts should end up on ebay (if Phillies fans can figure out how to use ebay). http://www.philliesnation.com/archives/2009/08/road-trip-to-citifield-this-saturday/[/quote:3odchlqx] this could have been a great weekend of ball , who wasn't expecting this series to be a tussle for NL East supremacy . I'm sure the philly fans will at least respect the 69 Mets.[/quote:3odchlqx] Uh..I signed up for Philliesnation only so as to to email Chase Utley a don't get well message. I was emailed about the trip. They have good seats and plan to raise hell Edgy DC Aug 20 2009 09:19 AM This is as good a time as any to plug this baby. It's due in October, and it might have a better chance out there in fall if the 2009 team actually were good enough to be playing then and making folks feel nostalgic for 1969. It might well have been better released at the beginning of the season and it might have been if certain perfectionist authors had gotten their chapters in on time. Jerks. Vic Sage Aug 20 2009 01:38 PM i don't think i'm comfortable knowing that when i take my daughter to the game on saturday, they're going to give us shirts with a "69" on it. I see years of therapy... though i could probably be charged with child abuse for turning her into a mets fan to begin with. Edgy DC Aug 20 2009 01:58 PM Buy her the book. She can read it on the way to counselling sessions. metirish Aug 22 2009 04:52 PM Howie's eyes are creeping me out, he looks different. Did he have work done? Fman99 Aug 22 2009 04:55 PM Woo boy, Joy Murphy. I'm going to refrain from saying mean things about Mets of yore and their kin. Fman99 Aug 22 2009 04:57 PM Donn Clendenon's wife still looks good. RIP Donn, Tug, etc No show on big shot country music douche Tim, other less famous sons do make the trip. bmfc1 Aug 22 2009 05:01 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 22 2009 05:04 PM Tim McGraw seems like a good guy. He has a charitable foundation in his father's name. Maybe he's on tour. (He's not on tour. Maybe Faith Hill is keeping him busy.) bmfc1 Aug 22 2009 05:01 PM Where is Shamsky? He lives in NY. Fman99 Aug 22 2009 05:02 PM DId anyone ever give Joe Pignatano the nickname "Joe Pig"? Fman99 Aug 22 2009 05:02 PM Yogi in a Mets jersey, the Steinbrenners are all somewhere pooing themselves. Fman99 Aug 22 2009 05:07 PM So far these guys look pretty healthy, not too obese or beat up. metirish Aug 22 2009 05:16 PM ="Fman99":rgwzafes]So far these guys look pretty healthy, not too obese or beat up.[/quote:rgwzafes] I'm watching and thinking wow all these guys look great. A wonderful ceremony and several goose bump moments Kong76 Aug 22 2009 05:16 PM Wow, Nolan Ryan showed up! metirish Aug 22 2009 05:20 PM ="Kong76":1i5etl25]Wow, Nolan Ryan showed up![/quote:1i5etl25] a great moment Ashie62 Aug 22 2009 05:21 PM Wow!! I feel OLD OK Seaver goes 2 Koos 2 Ryan 2 McAndrew & Gentry 1 bmfc1 Aug 22 2009 05:23 PM Great ceremony. It would be nice if the '09 Mets could capture that magic for one night and win this game. Ashie62 Aug 22 2009 05:25 PM In response the 2009 Mets will lose 38 of their last 49 bmfc1 Aug 22 2009 05:42 PM From [u:1cq3dsfh]Esquire[/u:1cq3dsfh], on Tim McGraw's origins: The founding legend of Tim McGraw is one of the great contemporary American stories: He is born in Delhi, Louisiana, on May 1, 1967, and spends his childhood as Timmy Smith, believing Horace Smith to be his biological father. When he's eleven, he finds his birth certificate in a closet. It says his name is Samuel Timothy McGraw. He confronts his mom, Betty, who has recently divorced Horace. She fesses up. Tim's real daddy is Tug McGraw, the famous big-league pitcher--formerly a Met, now a Phillie--who's as famous for his party-guy persona as he is for his screwball. (Tug once told a reporter, "Ninety percent of the money I've earned in baseball I've invested in women, cars, parties, and booze. The other 10 percent I wasted.") Betty contacts Tug and arranges a meeting in Houston, the closest city with a National League team. Tug is friendly to Tim but refuses to acknowledge that he's the boy's father. Tim goes home and changes his name to Tim McGraw anyway. About a year later, another meeting is arranged, also in Houston. But this time, Tug goes out of his way to be an asshole. He lets Tim come down to the dugout but blows off Betty's invitation to see them later. Tim goes home and changes his name back to Tim Smith. More than five years pass, during which Tim sends letters and leaves messages. Tug answers none of the letters; he returns none of the calls. Tim's a teenager now, and he's pissed. In his senior year of high school, he decides he wants to go to college and that, goddammit, his rich father ought to help pay for it. So for the first time ever, Betty asks Tug for money. Tug agrees, on the condition that they sign a contract stipulating that a) neither Tim nor Betty can ever contact him again, and Tim can't ever use the name McGraw. Tim counters, saying he'll accept those terms only if Tug grants him one last meeting. When Tug shows up in Houston with his lawyer, he takes one look at this six-foot-tall, seventeen-year-old kid and realizes, at long last, that Tim is his son. Tug can't do it. He tears up the contract. And the healing begins. Read more: http://www.esquire.com/ESQ0206TIMMCGRAW_100_1?click=main_sr#ixzz0OxTrloOm Ashie62 Aug 22 2009 05:46 PM ="bmfc1":287r8cjk]Tim McGraw seems like a good guy. He has a charitable foundation in his father's name. Maybe he's on tour. (He's not on tour. Maybe Faith Hill is keeping him busy.)[/quote:287r8cjk] Tim & Tim were not on speaking terms for many years bmfc1 Aug 22 2009 05:56 PM Despite the way Tug treated Tim, when Tug was diagnosed w/brain cancer, Tim was there for him. He paid for his treatment and flew his family in when the end was near. Tug moved onto Tim's property so he didn't have to die in a hospital. I'm not a big fan of Tim's music, but I have great admiration for Tim, and his wife Faith Hill, for the way they treated Tug. seawolf17 Aug 22 2009 06:19 PM ="Fman99":1j9gs7gb]DId anyone ever give Joe Pignatano the nickname "Joe Pig"?[/quote:1j9gs7gb] I believe he was known as "J-Pig" in the parlance of the day. ="Fman99":1j9gs7gb]Yogi in a Mets jersey, the Steinbrenners are all somewhere pooing themselves.[/quote:1j9gs7gb] Probably why they Yankees gave up two touchdowns today. I'm pissed I missed this whole thing -- forgot to set the DVR. Ashie62 Aug 22 2009 06:28 PM I fucked up my recorder also..shit..well, SNY will show it often About Tug...Beloved Met for sure, but at a Met game at Jarry park in the dark ages he was nas-tee... The good part was pitchers warmed on the 1B lines and Seaver was starting (Sciatica year 1975 or 6) and a got a pitching coaches view of the warm-up. Kong76 Aug 22 2009 07:18 PM The game is/was worth recording too, the interviews are more interesting than the action on the field -- and Ralph in the middle of it. metirish Aug 22 2009 07:21 PM ="Kong76":36ol95xc]The game is/was worth recording too, the interviews are more interesting than the action on the field.[/quote:36ol95xc] Gentry was brilliant.... Cohen - " Gary is was great to talk to you and for you to be part of this great night" Gentry - " Ah guys it's great to meet you guys and shoot the shhhh , talk things up" hilatious Kong76 Aug 22 2009 07:36 PM That was Grote, but yeah I caught the shoot the shhh and laughed. metirish Aug 22 2009 07:43 PM Grote of course , nice chat with Garrett from KB Kong76 Aug 22 2009 07:46 PM Kevin interviews people well ... I hope he doesn't end up in another team's booth down the road any time soon. Our booth is kind of full. metirish Aug 22 2009 07:50 PM Kevin knows his Mets and it shows . Ron Taylor was a tough interview, he seemed a little lit up though. Ashie62 Aug 22 2009 08:23 PM ="metirish":12yrn8lo]Kevin knows his Mets and it shows . Ron Taylor was a tough interview, he seemed a little lit up though.[/quote:12yrn8lo] I think they all have been lit up ala Casey Stengal..just don't fall off Ron's seat A Boy Named Seo Aug 22 2009 10:53 PM If gfafif was in black jersey and blue cap, I think I might've spied him during the ceremony. G-Fafif Aug 23 2009 03:56 AM ="A Boy Named Seo"]If gfafif was in black jersey and blue cap, I think I might've spied him during the ceremony. That wasn't me, but I did wear a Mets tie Saturday. Great, great, great piece on Saturday night by my favorite (FAFIF company excluded) daily blogger here. metirish Aug 23 2009 08:58 AM ="G-Fafif"]="A Boy Named Seo"]If gfafif was in black jersey and blue cap, I think I might've spied him during the ceremony. That wasn't me, but I did wear a Mets tie Saturday. Great, great, great piece on Saturday night by my favorite (FAFIF company excluded) daily blogger here. Excellent read , on SNY Gary as soon as they cut to him mentioned that Boswell had been omitted . Not good obviously. Edgy DC Aug 23 2009 11:28 AM No shortage of cheap shots in the top half, though --- big contracts to injured players, Oliver Perez, Jeff Wilpon. Easy. Mark Healey Aug 24 2009 09:11 AM I went to the game for the specific reason of interviewing the 1969 guys. Spent a great 30-35 minutes with the group in a formal PC a few hours before the game...got the chance to chat with one or two afterwards, and was fully prepared to go home after watching the ceremonies. I wnr down to the field to watch the ceremonies, and never heard Ken Boswell's name. Went back up to the press box, asked around, confirmed he wasn't mentioned and went to work. "oversight", my ass. I wrote this story Saturday night: http://baseballdigest.com/featured/2009/history-lesson-needed-again/ Edgy DC Aug 24 2009 09:20 AM Mark's got a mysterious source close to Boswell. seawolf17 Aug 24 2009 09:43 AM I thought that story was a Ron Hunt story, not Boswell. But I might be getting my old second basemen confused. Mark Healey Aug 24 2009 09:58 AM ="Edgy DC":11y10te3]Mark's got a mysterious source close to Boswell.[/quote:11y10te3] Nah, just someone who preferred to remain anonymous Ashie62 Aug 24 2009 09:58 AM ="Edgy DC":enz20si3]Mark's got a mysterious source close to Boswell.[/quote:enz20si3] Wouldn't a Mets employed fact-checker be responsible for not omitting Boswell whether he planned to appear or not? Mark Healey Aug 24 2009 10:00 AM ="seawolf17":2l6csejw]I thought that story was a Ron Hunt story, not Boswell. But I might be getting my old second basemen confused.[/quote:2l6csejw] Hunt wanted Shea seats: http://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/ex-met-hunt-gets-seats-courtesy-of-bayville-s-peluso-1.1235413 Mark Healey Aug 24 2009 10:01 AM ="Ashie62":yk1774wh]="Edgy DC":yk1774wh]Mark's got a mysterious source close to Boswell.[/quote:yk1774wh] Wouldn't a Mets employed fact-checker be responsible for not omitting Boswell whether he planned to appear or not?[/quote:yk1774wh] Maybe the Mets need a resident historian? Ya think? seawolf17 Aug 24 2009 10:23 AM ="Mark Healey":356tv05p]="seawolf17":356tv05p]I thought that story was a Ron Hunt story, not Boswell. But I might be getting my old second basemen confused.[/quote:356tv05p] Hunt wanted Shea seats: http://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/ex-met-hunt-gets-seats-courtesy-of-bayville-s-peluso-1.1235413[/quote:356tv05p] Knew I hadn't completely lost my mind. Maybe they just hate old second basemen; someone get Roberto Alomar to call and ask for tickets. ="Mark Healey":356tv05p]Maybe the Mets need a resident historian? Ya think?[/quote:356tv05p] That made me laugh.

Castillo 2 Sheffield 2 Francouer 2 Santos 2 Tatis 2

Pagan 0.5 Castillo 1

This team bears a striking resemblance to the Indians in the motion picture "Major League" but without the talent

Cy Parnell...get em kid!

How about the wives?

I was in the loge behind home and the way Finley came down I half expected him to pull the ball out of his glove Not bloody likely!

Creepy Sun Baby Rules**

="dgwphotography":12wnma8w]="Ashie62":12wnma8w]="dgwphotography":12wnma8w]uh - 1992, anyone?[/quote:12wnma8w] In my humble opinion, no[/quote:12wnma8w][/quote:12wnma8w] I'm curious - why do you think this year is worse than 1992?[/quot] probably my expections. Yes, that was the worst team money could buy..It's close..I really expected a World Series this year, not daily torture. To each his own.. Ashie62 Aug 18 2009 06:37 PM Creepy Sun Baby Rules** John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 18 2009 06:37 PM boom boom boom Kong76 Aug 18 2009 06:38 PM This has gotten silly quick. John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 18 2009 06:39 PM ="Ashie62":32rdjt20]="dgwphotography":32rdjt20]="Ashie62":32rdjt20]="dgwphotography":32rdjt20]uh - 1992, anyone?[/quote:32rdjt20] In my humble opinion, no[/quote:32rdjt20] I'm curious - why do you think this year is worse than 1992?[/quot] probably my expections. Yes, that was the worst team money could buy..It's close..I really expected a World Series this year, not daily torture. To each his own..[/quote:32rdjt20][/quote:32rdjt20] To each his own but anyone expecting any team to win a world series any year is begging for daily torture. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 18 2009 06:40 PM So... has Cox been burning his pen? John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 18 2009 06:42 PM C'mon Muffy, cash in these 2. Kong76 Aug 18 2009 06:44 PM Murphy, rally killer. (ok, so I'm greedy after plating 13) John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 18 2009 06:44 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 18 2009 06:47 PM How about that inning? A. Pagan singled to pitcher - L. Castillo singled to shallow right, A. Pagan to third - G. Sheffield doubled to deep center, A. Pagan and L. Castillo scored - D. Murphy grounded out to second, G. Sheffield to third - J. Francoeur doubled to deep center, G. Sheffield scored - F. Tatis singled to shallow left, J. Francoeur scored - O. Santos singled to shallow right center, F. Tatis to third - A. Hernandez singled to shallow right, F. Tatis scored, O. Santos to second - O. Perez singled to shallow right, O. Santos to third, A. Hernandez to second - A. Pagan grounded into fielder's choice, O. Santos scored, A. Hernandez to third, O. Perez out at second - A. Pagan stole second - L. Castillo singled to shallow right, A. Hernandez and A. Pagan scored - K. Medlen relieved D. Lowe - G. Sheffield doubled to left, L. Castillo to third - D. Murphy struck out swinging Frayed Knot Aug 18 2009 06:45 PM Bench Murphy!! LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 18 2009 06:46 PM Damn. A home run would have topped our record for most runs in an inning against the Yokels. bmfc1 Aug 18 2009 06:46 PM Bravo! Let's see if Ollie can hold the lead. metirish Aug 18 2009 06:47 PM ="John Cougar Lunchbucket"]How about that inning? Most unexpected and damn it was fun...... Nymr83 Aug 18 2009 06:58 PM see what happens when i turn it off? i'm watching "operation repo" where they just repossesed a car from a bunch of guys running around in the woods playing dungeons and dragons with costumes! LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 18 2009 06:59 PM Nice job settling-- or, rather, of not completely and immediately imploding-- by Ollie. themetfairy Aug 18 2009 07:02 PM Gary was right to be worrying about the weather. It's pouring here in Central NJ. PiggiesTomatoes Aug 18 2009 07:03 PM Fell asleep in the middle of the third. Did I miss anything? Just when you want to stick a fork in these fuckers, they put together an inning like that. A fucking mazing. Oh, yeah. Trade Murphy! ;-) Kong76 Aug 18 2009 07:11 PM I never thought of this before. Bases loaded, a pop up to a vet player at third and infield fly rule is called and he catches it. Batter is automatically out, of course. Has anyone ever seen someone let it drop, fake boot it, or something else to see if he could get some young player off base enough to get another out or get some of the guys on base running or thinking about running out of not knowing the rules to heart? metsguyinmichigan Aug 18 2009 07:22 PM Hang on, guys!!!!! Frayed Knot Aug 18 2009 07:23 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 18 2009 07:44 PM I did it in a softball game (and, yes, it worked). I've seen IFR pops not caught in MLB (dropped or windblown) but I don't think ever intentionally and never saw a runner fooled by it. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 18 2009 07:30 PM Never seen it actually work, myself. Now, Elmer? That works fine. Kong76 Aug 18 2009 07:30 PM Frayed Knot, wily vet. Frayed Knot Aug 18 2009 07:35 PM That's using your head Jeff! PiggiesTomatoes Aug 18 2009 07:35 PM Francoeur takes one for the team. Thanks Frenchy! LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 18 2009 07:36 PM AN! LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 18 2009 07:37 PM DY! LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 18 2009 07:37 PM GREEN! Frayed Knot Aug 18 2009 07:38 PM ="Kong76":121v2d6d]Frayed Knot, wily vet.[/quote:121v2d6d] The other one we used to do was watch when a batter didn't run following a pop up with only runner on 1st. Then we'd intentionally let the ball drop and get the DP while the batter was walking back to the bench assuming he was going to be out on the catch. Man did that piss people off! They'd be so embarrassed they'd try to claim it was illegal but a smart ump wasn't buying it. Nymr83 Aug 18 2009 07:42 PM no the best is when someone doesnt run out a grounder because htey think they're out... then you ROLL the ball to 1st base for the force. Fman99 Aug 18 2009 07:43 PM Highly enjoyable ballgame tonight. This is why I keep tuning in, day after day. PiggiesTomatoes Aug 18 2009 07:50 PM Six quick outs, guys. No rain delay, please. Edgy DC Aug 18 2009 07:52 PM Boone Logan: born to be a Brave. themetfairy Aug 18 2009 08:04 PM The game ends and the skies open! LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 18 2009 08:06 PM Now get inside, you beautiful, star-crossed bitches! G-Fafif Aug 18 2009 08:48 PM ="John Cougar Lunchbucket"]Sometimes I wanna get you down Sometimes I wanna get you Lowe Gwreck Aug 18 2009 09:25 PM Glad to see we finally gave Derek F. Lowe the pounding he so richly deserved. Best inning since the Floyd/Beltran grand slams in Chicago a few summers ago? Church didn't get much of a hand or anything, although that partly may have been due to Diaz having just hit a 3 run bomb. Fun moment on the 7 train when a tourist couple from the British isles asks "why were they booing that one guy, Jones, so much?

I hate the WBC but I don't see an injury connection

="dgwphotography":c3gi1wct]uh - 1992, anyone?[/quote:c3gi1wct] In my humble opinion, no Kong76 Aug 18 2009 06:17 PM mm: i'm starting to think that citifield was built atop an old indian burial ground <<< The ghosts of the chop shops are not to be messed with. dgwphotography Aug 18 2009 06:21 PM ="Ashie62":33wotjbg]="dgwphotography":33wotjbg]uh - 1992, anyone?[/quote:33wotjbg] In my humble opinion, no[/quote:33wotjbg] I'm curious - why do you think this year is worse than 1992? John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 18 2009 06:26 PM Sometimes I wanna get you down Sometimes I wanna get you Lowe LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 18 2009 06:27 PM Well, hey, Atlanta... YOU BEEN FRENCHED. Kong76 Aug 18 2009 06:28 PM Don't blink, all tied up. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 18 2009 06:31 PM LOWE-DOWN, RUN-FREAKING BONANZA! Kong76 Aug 18 2009 06:33 PM So in an alternate universe would a pitcher like Lowe who got hot and bothered after taking one off a glove finger and coughed up a nice lead afterward while pitching for a crappy team like the Mets ... er, I forgot where I was going with that. Sorry. John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 18 2009 06:36 PM Aw heck. I love these guys again. Ashie62 Aug 18 2009 06:36 PM ="dgwphotography":12wnma8w]="Ashie62":12wnma8w]="dgwphotography":12wnma8w]uh - 1992, anyone?[/quote:12wnma8w] In my humble opinion, no[/quote:12wnma8w][/quote:12wnma8w] I'm curious - why do you think this year is worse than 1992?[/quot] probably my expections. Yes, that was the worst team money could buy..It's close..I really expected a World Series this year, not daily torture. To each his own.. Ashie62 Aug 18 2009 06:37 PM Creepy Sun Baby Rules** John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 18 2009 06:37 PM boom boom boom Kong76 Aug 18 2009 06:38 PM This has gotten silly quick. John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 18 2009 06:39 PM ="Ashie62":32rdjt20]="dgwphotography":32rdjt20]="Ashie62":32rdjt20]="dgwphotography":32rdjt20]uh - 1992, anyone?[/quote:32rdjt20] In my humble opinion, no[/quote:32rdjt20] I'm curious - why do you think this year is worse than 1992?[/quot] probably my expections. Yes, that was the worst team money could buy..It's close..I really expected a World Series this year, not daily torture. To each his own..[/quote:32rdjt20][/quote:32rdjt20] To each his own but anyone expecting any team to win a world series any year is begging for daily torture. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 18 2009 06:40 PM So... has Cox been burning his pen? John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 18 2009 06:42 PM C'mon Muffy, cash in these 2. Kong76 Aug 18 2009 06:44 PM Murphy, rally killer. (ok, so I'm greedy after plating 13) John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 18 2009 06:44 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 18 2009 06:47 PM How about that inning? A. Pagan singled to pitcher - L. Castillo singled to shallow right, A. Pagan to third - G. Sheffield doubled to deep center, A. Pagan and L. Castillo scored - D. Murphy grounded out to second, G. Sheffield to third - J. Francoeur doubled to deep center, G. Sheffield scored - F. Tatis singled to shallow left, J. Francoeur scored - O. Santos singled to shallow right center, F. Tatis to third - A. Hernandez singled to shallow right, F. Tatis scored, O. Santos to second - O. Perez singled to shallow right, O. Santos to third, A. Hernandez to second - A. Pagan grounded into fielder's choice, O. Santos scored, A. Hernandez to third, O. Perez out at second - A. Pagan stole second - L. Castillo singled to shallow right, A. Hernandez and A. Pagan scored - K. Medlen relieved D. Lowe - G. Sheffield doubled to left, L. Castillo to third - D. Murphy struck out swinging Frayed Knot Aug 18 2009 06:45 PM Bench Murphy!! LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 18 2009 06:46 PM Damn. A home run would have topped our record for most runs in an inning against the Yokels. bmfc1 Aug 18 2009 06:46 PM Bravo! Let's see if Ollie can hold the lead. metirish Aug 18 2009 06:47 PM ="John Cougar Lunchbucket"]How about that inning? Most unexpected and damn it was fun...... Nymr83 Aug 18 2009 06:58 PM see what happens when i turn it off? i'm watching "operation repo" where they just repossesed a car from a bunch of guys running around in the woods playing dungeons and dragons with costumes! LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 18 2009 06:59 PM Nice job settling-- or, rather, of not completely and immediately imploding-- by Ollie. themetfairy Aug 18 2009 07:02 PM Gary was right to be worrying about the weather. It's pouring here in Central NJ. PiggiesTomatoes Aug 18 2009 07:03 PM Fell asleep in the middle of the third. Did I miss anything? Just when you want to stick a fork in these fuckers, they put together an inning like that. A fucking mazing. Oh, yeah. Trade Murphy! ;-) Kong76 Aug 18 2009 07:11 PM I never thought of this before. Bases loaded, a pop up to a vet player at third and infield fly rule is called and he catches it. Batter is automatically out, of course. Has anyone ever seen someone let it drop, fake boot it, or something else to see if he could get some young player off base enough to get another out or get some of the guys on base running or thinking about running out of not knowing the rules to heart? metsguyinmichigan Aug 18 2009 07:22 PM Hang on, guys!!!!! Frayed Knot Aug 18 2009 07:23 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 18 2009 07:44 PM I did it in a softball game (and, yes, it worked). I've seen IFR pops not caught in MLB (dropped or windblown) but I don't think ever intentionally and never saw a runner fooled by it. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 18 2009 07:30 PM Never seen it actually work, myself. Now, Elmer? That works fine. Kong76 Aug 18 2009 07:30 PM Frayed Knot, wily vet. Frayed Knot Aug 18 2009 07:35 PM That's using your head Jeff! PiggiesTomatoes Aug 18 2009 07:35 PM Francoeur takes one for the team. Thanks Frenchy! LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 18 2009 07:36 PM AN! LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 18 2009 07:37 PM DY! LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 18 2009 07:37 PM GREEN! Frayed Knot Aug 18 2009 07:38 PM ="Kong76":121v2d6d]Frayed Knot, wily vet.[/quote:121v2d6d] The other one we used to do was watch when a batter didn't run following a pop up with only runner on 1st. Then we'd intentionally let the ball drop and get the DP while the batter was walking back to the bench assuming he was going to be out on the catch. Man did that piss people off! They'd be so embarrassed they'd try to claim it was illegal but a smart ump wasn't buying it. Nymr83 Aug 18 2009 07:42 PM no the best is when someone doesnt run out a grounder because htey think they're out... then you ROLL the ball to 1st base for the force. Fman99 Aug 18 2009 07:43 PM Highly enjoyable ballgame tonight. This is why I keep tuning in, day after day. PiggiesTomatoes Aug 18 2009 07:50 PM Six quick outs, guys. No rain delay, please. Edgy DC Aug 18 2009 07:52 PM Boone Logan: born to be a Brave. themetfairy Aug 18 2009 08:04 PM The game ends and the skies open! LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 18 2009 08:06 PM Now get inside, you beautiful, star-crossed bitches! G-Fafif Aug 18 2009 08:48 PM ="John Cougar Lunchbucket"]Sometimes I wanna get you down Sometimes I wanna get you Lowe Gwreck Aug 18 2009 09:25 PM Glad to see we finally gave Derek F. Lowe the pounding he so richly deserved. Best inning since the Floyd/Beltran grand slams in Chicago a few summers ago? Church didn't get much of a hand or anything, although that partly may have been due to Diaz having just hit a 3 run bomb. Fun moment on the 7 train when a tourist couple from the British isles asks "why were they booing that one guy, Jones, so much?

Can Matz get injured doing this interview?

In 44 years of watching the Mets, pound for pound, this is the worst team in Mets history bar none

="Nymr83"]]It's Lowe v. Ollie, otherwise known as "Omar's choice." Looks like a wrong choice so far. Would not have made any difference either way

Yikes..I can't believe that losing Anderson Hernandez would be another death blow

I;m surprised Lucas Duda is not on the list

Cut Cora some slack..a torn thumb tendon. I don't see how he could play at all. and then we find out 2 tendons. He may not have been the best but he walked the walk and had to play with an injury that not even strong pain meds can make bearable.

Dillon Gee

It took the crowd at Shea a few seconds to realize Finley didn't catch it. Then pandemonium, Gary Glitter part 2 and confettei To note..It was cold..in the 3rd inning I heard the crowd cheering loudly and it was Keith walking in field level, dressed to the nines with a knockout on his arm, waving to the crowd before sitting down..Got goosebumps.

Goodbye Cora..you served us well

="Edgy DC":1ucgvr99]="bmfc1":1ucgvr99]Mike Piazza was the greatest position player in Mets history.[/quote:1ucgvr99] Our rankings suggest Strawberry accomplished more.[/quote:1ucgvr99] I guess "great" is subjective to one degree or another My "great" would be Straw..someone younger, maybe Piazza, younger still Wright? A Boy Named Seo Aug 17 2009 01:12 AM ="G-Fafif":23zwqnu6]Watching Bobby Parnell in 39 immediately takes me back to watching Gary Gentry in 39 (skipping everybody in between). It feels good to watch one young hard-throwing righty morph into another young hard-throwing righty of similar build in the mind. Now and again I'll see 12 on Francoeur and for a brief instant be transported back, for better or worse, to Dunston, to Kent, to Boswell. I get a kick out of that. It's the connective tissue of team history and fan memory at work. But I absolutely cannot imagine watching anyone ever again wearing 31 and not thinking anything but "how did they not retire that for Mike Piazza?" Seeing it on Mike obliterated every image of Franco, of Berenyi, of Parker, you name them. For almost eight seasons, I looked at 31 and saw nobody else. Some guys and some numbers just belong together into Met eternity.[/quote:23zwqnu6] Well put. I know most won't care about this, but when the great Patrick Viera left Arsenal, they gave his #4 to the young kid Cesc Fabregas, and when Thierry Henry, the greatest scorer in team history, was sold to Barcelona, Theo Walcott took it over. No mothbolling. No retirement. But a lineage. JCL's said as much on MBTN. Love Mike, but that's what I'm for. Fman99 Aug 17 2009 06:32 AM ="A Boy Named Seo":3bdsfh1x]="G-Fafif":3bdsfh1x]Watching Bobby Parnell in 39 immediately takes me back to watching Gary Gentry in 39 (skipping everybody in between). It feels good to watch one young hard-throwing righty morph into another young hard-throwing righty of similar build in the mind. Now and again I'll see 12 on Francoeur and for a brief instant be transported back, for better or worse, to Dunston, to Kent, to Boswell. I get a kick out of that. It's the connective tissue of team history and fan memory at work. But I absolutely cannot imagine watching anyone ever again wearing 31 and not thinking anything but "how did they not retire that for Mike Piazza?" Seeing it on Mike obliterated every image of Franco, of Berenyi, of Parker, you name them. For almost eight seasons, I looked at 31 and saw nobody else. Some guys and some numbers just belong together into Met eternity.[/quote:3bdsfh1x] Well put. I know most won't care about this, but when the great Patrick Viera left Arsenal, they gave his #4 to the young kid Cesc Fabregas, and when Thierry Henry, the greatest scorer in team history, was sold to Barcelona, Theo Walcott took it over. No mothbolling. No retirement. But a lineage. JCL's said as much on MBTN. Love Mike, but that's what I'm for.[/quote:3bdsfh1x] ABNS:soccer::SJR:Yankees metirish Aug 17 2009 08:40 AM I think one big difference with soccer is that there is no real history of retiring player numbers , maybe because until recently numbers went with the standard 1 to 11 for the starting team. Certain numbers carry a certain history and legend with them....number 7 at Man Utd ....Best , Robson , Cantona and Ronaldo......Viera to Fabregas could be seen as " this is the successor" to Viera......

Castillo 2 Francouer 1 Murphy 1 Pelfrey 4 Stokes 0.5 Sheffield 0.5

="Gwreck":k1jjhcyz]Melvin Mora's the only player from that team who's still an active MLB player. (I guess Glendon Rusch -- 1 appearance for the Mets in '99) also counts.[/quote:k1jjhcyz] Octavio Dotel is with the White Sox My favorite Mets season is 1999. Was at Grandslam single game where Dotel & Kenny Rogers were key. The Pratt walkoff was the only pro game where I saw confetti thrown..The good old days for sure Edgy DC Aug 16 2009 07:02 PM I'm sure Vance Wilson, batterin Texas League pitching, considers himself active. Frayed Knot Aug 16 2009 07:06 PM I thought that year contained one of our better Rankings discussions - or at least one of the better preserved ones http://cranepoolforum.net/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=745 Fman99 Aug 18 2009 06:16 AM My wife (girlfriend at the time) moved in with me Memorial Day weekend, 1999. I think that summer and fall, following that team, was what turned her from a Yankees fan to a Mets fan. Man, they were a fun bunch to watch. Edgy DC Aug 18 2009 06:19 AM If the Mets won't organize a celebraton, I think a private faction should. Fman99 Aug 18 2009 06:22 AM ="Edgy DC":nhafyj5n]If the Mets won't organize a celebraton, I think a private faction should.[/quote:nhafyj5n] Of course there will be a Mets-sponsored celebration -- of the 60th anniversary of the 1949 NL champion Brooklyn Dodgers! They're going to bring back Campy, Hodges, Jackie Robinson, Reese, Snyder, Furillo, Newcombe, Roe, all your favorites! Oh, wait, they've all been dead since the 1970's and no one here cares. My bad. Benjamin Grimm Aug 18 2009 06:28 AM Duke Snider is alive at the present time. SteveJRogers Aug 18 2009 07:02 AM So is Don Newcombe. And Preacher Roe died this past year. And not to sound even more like an annoying twat, but only Gil and Jackie passed in the decade of the 1970s of the group you mentioned! metirish Aug 18 2009 07:19 AM Re: 1999 - Tenth Anniversary ="Valadius":deknkwgk]I don't know if anyone has remarked on this yet, but we are also celebrating the 10th anniversary of the 1999 Mets this year - the first Mets team I followed that went to the post-season, and in my judgment a far superior team to the 2000 Mets. The greatest defensive infield in Mets history, Piazza at the height of his powers, Al Leiter, Rickey being Rickey, Roger Cedeno, Benny Agbayani, Orel Hershiser, Armando Benitez - this was an Amazin' team to watch, and in my view deserves a lot more credit.[/quote:deknkwgk] Great thread Val.....this team was definitely the team that turned me towards unconditional love for the Mets..... What a bunch they were Benjamin Grimm Aug 18 2009 07:23 AM I was already an ancient fan by then, but the 90's was a miserable decade for the Mets, and 1999 brought back the fun for the first time in a long time. Their playoff run, even though it ended poorly, made me feel like a kid again. The Todd Pratt homer has been my most enduring memory of that season. Ashie62 Aug 18 2009 03:41 PM It took the crowd at Shea a few seconds to realize Finley didn't catch it. Then pandemonium, Gary Glitter part 2 and confettei To note..It was cold..in the 3rd inning I heard the crowd cheering loudly and it was Keith walking in field level, dressed to the nines with a knockout on his arm, waving to the crowd before sitting down..Got goosebumps. Frayed Knot Aug 18 2009 04:17 PM ="Ashie62":1vw05w83]It took the crowd at Shea a few seconds to realize Finley didn't catch it.[/quote:1vw05w83] Not me. I was high up in one of the last sections in RF. I don't want to say were were high but we looked down on birds flying and down on the top of the RF foulpole. The infield was practically a rumor from up there but it gave those in that section a perfect top-down and on-line view of the RCF fence, an angle that was lined up so well that visually it was as if there was no wall at all. So when Finley jumped and missed, our section could see the ball bouncing around in that waste area beneath the scoreboard with workers scurrying after it. We knew before the rest of the stadium that it was a HR. We knew before Gary Cohen did that it was a HR (he paused for several seconds before calling it). We knew before Pratt did that it was a HR (I had time to celebrate w/JCL and still turn back and see TP still stationary between 1st & 2nd) Hell, we knew before Finley did. Farmer Ted Aug 18 2009 04:21 PM Was in the mezz halfway down the rightfield line. I thought Finley had it. It was the peeps in the LF upper deck that started going crazy when I knew. G-Fafif Aug 18 2009 05:25 PM I'm occasionally haunted by the notion that Finley could have gotten a glove on it, deflected it, picked it up and, because he stopped to watch, thrown Pratt out at second. What a moment. Frayed Knot Aug 18 2009 05:41 PM Pratt was just getting a jump on the Mets practicing their non-running for the following post-season. Ashie62 Aug 18 2009 06:39 PM I was in the loge behind home and the way Finley came down I half expected him to pull the ball out of his glove Not bloody likely! Frayed Knot Aug 18 2009 06:47 PM Face it, Finley comes down with that ball at least 8 times out of 10. Just not THAT day. John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 18 2009 06:51 PM I was more shocked that Finley didn't catch it than Pratt hit it... and Pratt hitting it was pretty shocking too. I can recall being out of breath, trying to shout... "it went off his glove! It went off his glove!!" but like no noise coming out. Of course the real whizz-bang of that afternoon was Mora, in for Rickey, throwing out Bell at home in the 8th. Frayed Knot Aug 18 2009 07:04 PM Yeah, we were somewhat lucky even to be in a position to win that game. I also remember a questionable double-switch by Bucky Showalter that came back to bite him when it cost the Snakes a Matt Williams AB at a crucial time later on.