seawolf17

I really enjoyed Armageddon, and I was a big ol' Transformers guy in the old days. So I've got no reason not to expect to dig this one.

Ah! The Princess Bride! How did I forget that? That knocks Bill & Ted off my list.

Ladies and gentlemen, the Steve Rogers Show.

Dear Mr. Chavez, When you signed your contract this off-season, I questioned the sanity of Omar Minaya, and made several statements to the effect that you were "not worthy of a major league roster spot." Please accept my humblest apologies and best wishes for your continued success. Sincerely, Seawolf

Oh. My. God. I haven't been this excited about a movie since, well, never. A Michael Bay-directed live-action Transformers. Hells yeah.

I think I'm the only active baseball card collector here in the Pool, but my active collecting is of things I like, not things that necessarily have any value. I'm now working on amassing Kevin McReynolds, Keith Hernandez, and Pete Harnisch collections -- my two favorite players as a kid and the one guy from my high school who made it to the big time -- and none of those are really of any value other than to me. Everyone's points are correct; the market is very different today then it was many years ago. It got too crazy too quickly in the early 90s, and the people who grew up on it lost a lot of interest. It became more about the big dollar than the enjoyment of ripping open wax packs. Now Topps and Upper Deck sell packs for upwards of $200. Swing through your local card shop some day; you'll be astonished at prices. Hell, they're not even available in every store the way they used to be; I used to get a 35-cent pack of cards every time my mom took me to the drugstore, or the supermarket, or the stationery store, or wherever. Obviously, times change, but you can see why kids would rather play video games sometimes. Admittedly, though, I still dig it. I'm active on a card trading board, The Bench, which I'm using to finish off the things I need. And I started last year completing just the Topps base sets. I also just started a Mets card project for MiniWolf, collecting nine cards from each Topps set since 1962. It's something I can use to talk about Mets history with him, and something we can build every year as the new sets come out. (What nine do we put in this year?) (In case some of you have old Metsies you're looking to donate to a nice home, the cards I need can be found here.)

Ooh, we caught the AMW episode about that Jeffs guy a few weeks ago. Freaky.

In no particular order, my Top Ten: Clue Airplane The Three Amigos Field of Dreams Forget Paris This Is Spinal Tap Spaceballs PCU Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut

What Scarlet said. And newspapers wonder why I don't subscribe.

Maine 6 Valentin 4

I forgot; I would also appoint myself first-base coach for life. What a cool job.

I enjoy the Astros. My wife thinks Lance Berkman looks like me, and I've been a Craig Biggio fan ever since he coached at the baseball camp I went to as a kid.

Go-TAY!

You can go back further than that. Remember, he was a Phillie phirst; but he doesn't appear until the 1983 Topps Traded set. http://imagehost.vendio.com/bin/imageserver.x/00000000/metscape/24034.JPGhttp://imagehost.vendio.com/bin/imageserver.x/00000000/metscape/24035.JPG Bad scan, but I LOVE the back of his '06 Topps card, because the print is reeeeeeeeeeeally small. (Which means the print on his '07 is going to be even smaller, and considering he's signed for '07 already, I'm really looking forward to his '08.)

MFS62 wrote: Speaking of the Royals, what ever happened to Justin Huber? Later Currently mashing the ball in Omaha, I believe. Hard to believe they can't find a spot for him up there.

First, I'd get rid of the alternate jerseys and crap. Blue hat, pinstriped uni. The end. Second, I'd announce that we're naming the new ballpark Bob Murphy Stadium. Third, I'd drag Jose Lima up from Norfolk, whack him around for dishonoring the uniform number, then retire Keith Hernandez's 17.

Curt Schilling: Say, Tom, you ever check out any of the Mets internet boards? They're a lot of fun. Tom Glavine: Nah, never thought to. Curt: Oh, you gotta check it out. Look; here's the Crane Pool Forum. Looks Met-related. Tom: "Wifey Watch"? What the... Curt: Ouch.

="OlerudOwned"]="Edgy DC"]This is my friend Pat. Stand Pat. Strange Pat.

I've been thinking about this game this morning. I think I'd be more excited to attend a 26-inning game than a no-hitter. I'm not sure.

Actually, I take that back in case I just jinxed him.

Boy, Feliciano has been good this year.

But then he can't get a save, Edgy. And isn't that really what it's all about?

photo credit: iubitul 2006

Was that a bases-loaded bunt? Is Arroyo drunk, or did the ESPN GameCast just not call that one correctly?

I hate intentional walks. They're fascist.