Vic Sage

that's what Han Solo said to Leia as he was being lowered into the carbonite freezing tank.

Ceetar, put down the kool-aid... first of all, the Mets repped the stadium with alot of "there isn't a bad seat in the stadium" nonsense. That led me (and many others) to believe that purchasing the tix i could afford (i.e., the upper LF corner) would still afford me unobstructed views. I don't think purchasers of such tix were "nit-picking" or whining when they showed up to find that they couldn't see a medium fly to LF or deep flies to Cf or the power alleys. They sacrificed sight-lines for "intimacy" and ended up with neither... at least for those of us upstairs. And the notion that they left stuff undone out of a rush to get ready for opening day is laughable. If they had actually planned for a Mets HoF, they could easily have put a banner on the space allocated for it saying "coming soon!", or other place-holder info. But there was no such space allocated. They were caught with their pants down, and reacted badly at first (besides D.Howard's reaction, remember the to-do when Doc Gooden signed the wall in one of the restaurants? You'd have thought he defaced the Mona Lisa). Yes, the fact that they finally came around on building a Mets stadium instead of a Dodger retcon is better than if they dug in their heels. But lets not pretend it was anything but a reaction to intense public outrage by their customers that finally brought them around. They get no brownie points from me.

Edgy DC wrote: Edgy DC wrote: Damn, it's bloody out there today. Don't answer the door, Hessman. Hessman? You're cut too. (sorry left him off the list by accident) Yet Pridie persists. Don't worry... Pridie goeth before the Spring.

okay, this is my last revision: 30) Wright 29) Santana 28) Beltran 27) Castillo 26) Feliciano 25) Pagan 24) Murphy 23) F-Rod 22) Francouer 21) Tatis 20) Pelfrey 19) Sheffield 18) Santos 17) Delgado 16) Maine 15) L.Hernandez 14) Stokes 13) Figueroa 12) Church 11) Reyes 10) Green 09) Parnell 08) Misch 07) Nieve 06) Redding 05) Takahashi 04) Sullivan 03) Thole 02) Niese 01) Schneider

well, he didnt get old, but he did get older, and his heart did die well before it attacked him. Just look at the movies he made as he aged... you don't take a pseudonym of Edmund Dantes because you're proud of your work. viewtopic.php?f=11&t=12236&start=0

If he's healthy, and they're going to carry him, who gets taken off the 40-man roster to make room for him?

i'd like to see Catalanotto beat out Andy Hernandez for 25th guy on the roster. he's a LHed "professional hitter" with multi-position experience. Hernandez gives you very little besides a good glove at 2b, and an adequate glove at SS.

In fact, the last time I was intoxicated was before it was legal when... 1929?

is that OUR old compatriot, Bill metsiac? Whatever happened to Bill?

me neither. how about wed nite, 3/24 (any time after 7pm)?

Hail to the chief, baby... I'm in.

The Mets aren't a national disgrace. Too true. They're more of a local disgrace. Regional, at best.

Either that or, as mentioned, you're going to have to find somewhere to move the giant fruit. yeah, i hate it when Harvey Fierstein sits right in front of me.

wild horses could not drag me into a theater showing this movie.

Didn't Conti write the theme to ROCKY?

i'm going to be in the Tampa/St Pete area this friday thru Monday (2/12-2/15). Is there anything to see of ST, do you think? Or will i just be standing and watching pitchers warm up for a few hours?

now if they do the same thing in LF, Left CF, Right CF and RF, they'll on the right road. Short fences make great catches, and more HRs.

i agree with all the moves Sherman suggests, and have suggested most of them myself (as have many of us here). These aren't likely to be expensive moves, and would likely put us around last year's budget (at least it would if they hadn't thrown bad money around to backups Cora and GMJ). That they're budget-cutting, after just opening a new stadium and creating their own network, can only be attributed to either losses in their other businesses (i.e., Madoff) or because they think we won't notice, or they're just huge cock-sucking assholes intent on driving fans over a cliff.

[u:1ho6dj95]SP[/u:1ho6dj95] Pedro Martinez Jarrod Washburn* John Smoltz Todd Wellemeyer Dustin Moseley DL: Chien-Ming Wang [u:1ho6dj95]RP[/u:1ho6dj95] Mike McDougal - closer Braden Looper Ron Mahay* Joe Beimel* Will Ohman* Joaquin Benoit C - Rod Barajas 1B - Russ Branyan 2B - Ramon Martinez SS - Felipe Lopez 3B - Hank Blalock LF - Johnny Damon CF - Endy Chavez RF - Johnny Gomes DH - Carlos Delgado ut - Joe Crede, Aaron Boone Of- Rocco Baldelli Of- Jermaine Dye C2 - Jose Molina Lopez Damon Blalock Delgado Branyon Gomes Barajas Martinez Chavez This team would suck

worse? heck no. Even Baseball Prospectus has the Mets improving by a whole 9 games in 2010! (projecting 79-83, 4th place), so we might almost be a .500 team at this point.

43 features got Oscar nominations today. I've seen about 6 of them. Nominations by Picture: Best Picture - Avatar (9) -Best picture -Directing -Film editing -Original score -Sound editing -Sound mixing -Visual effects -Art direction -Cinematography The Hurt Locker(9) - Best picture - Directing - Original screenplay - Best Actor (Jeremy Renner) - Cinematography - Film editing - Original score - Sound editing - Sound mixing Inglourious Basterds(8) - Best picture - Original screenplay - Directing - Best Supporting Actor (Christoph Waltz) - Film editing - Cinematography - Sound editing - Sound mixing Up in the Air (6) - Best picture - Directing - Adapted screenplay - Best Actor (George Clooney) - Best Supporting Actress (Vera Farmiga) - Best Supporting Actress (Anna Kendrick) Precious(6) - Best picture - Adapted screenplay - Directing - Best Actress (Gabourey Sidibe) - Best Supporting Actress (Mo�Nique) - Film editing Up (5) - Best picture - Best animated feature film - Original screenplay - Original score - Sound editing District 9(4) - Best picture - Adapted screenplay - Film editing - Visual effects An Education (3) - Best picture - Adapted screenplay - Best Actress (Carey Mulligan) A Serious Man(2) - Best picture - Original screenplay The Blind Side(2) - Best picture - Best Actress (Sandra Bullock) Best Animated Feature - Up (5) - Best picture - Best animated feature film - Original screenplay - Original score - Sound editing The Princess and the Frog(3) - Best animated feature film - Original song, �Almost There� - Original song, �Down in New Orleans� Fantastic Mr. Fox(2) - Best animated feature film - Original score Coraline (1) -Best animated feature film The Secret of Kells (1) - Best animated feature film Best Foreign Film - The White Ribbon (2) - Best foreign language film (Germany) - Cinematography El Secreto de Sus Ojos(1) - Best foreign language film (Argentina) Ajami (1) - Best foreign language film (Israel) Un Proph�te (1) - Best foreign language film (France) The Milk of Sorrow(1) - Best foreign language film (Peru) Best Documentary Feature - Burma VJ(1) - Documentary feature The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers(1) -Documentary feature Which Way Home(1) - Documentary feature The Cove (1) - Documentary feature Food, Inc.,(1) - Documentary feature technical / Miscellaneous - Nine(4) - Best Supporting Actress (Pen�lope Cruz) - Art direction - Costume design - Original song, �Take It All� Star Trek (4) - Makeup - Sound editing - Sound mixing - Visual effects Crazy Heart(3) - Best Actor (Jeff Bridges) - Best Supporting Actress (Maggie Gyllenhaal) - Original song, �The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)� The Young Victoria(3) - Art direction - Costume design - Makeup The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus(2) - Art direction - Costume design Invictus(2) - Best Actor (Morgan Freeman) - Best Supporting Actor (Matt Damon) The Last Station(2) - Best Supporting actor (Christopher Plummer) - Best Actress (Helen Mirren) The Messenger (2) - Best Supporting Actor (Woody Harrelson) - Original screenplay Sherlock Holmes (2) - Art direction - Original score Bright Star(1) - Costume design Coco before Chanel(1) - Costume design Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince(1) - Cinematography Il Divo(1) - Makeup In the Loop(1) - Adapted screenplay Julie & Julia(1) - Best Actress (Meryl Streep) The Lovely Bones(1) Best Supporting Actor (Stanley Tucci) Paris 36(1) - Original song, �Loin de Paname� A Single Man (1) - Best Actor (Colin Firth) Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (1) - Sound mixing

I've got to hand it to you... your lack of perspective on almost every issue is at least consistent.

i love me some 2 boots... do you mean the one at Grand Central? i am a bayou beast, baby!

this is what i'm saying...