="Yancy Street Gang"]Edgy, you may get bitten by your own precedent here. We're all going to have to find images of Kathleen Hanley and ask you to identify which one is the one who turned her cheek. I hope it's this one: She's got nice cheeks. The other one I found is a nun and I hope Edgy wasn't trying to kiss a nun! On an unrelated note, Yancy & I are no longer the Franco twins!!!
Johnny Dickshot wrote: I download the "enhanced vertical scorecard" from baseball-scorecards.com. You mean this? Got to add it to permanent links if so.
To follow up on FK, I think Beane likes getting the compensation draft picks so he can draft a bunch of sabermetrically-pleasing ballplayers out of college. That's the impression I got from Moneyball at least.
Yes the Phillies were the only team with a winning record against the Mets winning 10 of 18 games. I guessed that helped them nab 2nd place in the NL East.
soupcan wrote: ="metirish"]... I will jump through the telly and rip his head apart.. Someone tell irish we call it a 'TV' in the States. No it's charming for him to use his own lingo.
Is he a Guardian Angel? They were pretty tough back in the day. OE: Yes, he actually founded the Guardian Angels. I wouldn't mess with him. Even if you could take him on he's got backup.
Who: Me Where: Miller Park, Milwaukee, WI When: Fri. May 12 & Sat. May 13 Probable pitchers: Jose Lima v. Dave Bush (5/12) Jeremi Gonzalez vs. Ben Hendrickson (5/13) Egad, these could be an ugly couple of games!
seawolf17 wrote: Then why even talk about it? Let's just close up shop, shut down the Pool, and go be monks. Would we have to root for the Padres then?
Rockin' Doc wrote: I'm starting to feel like the old Boston Braves fans when the cry was "Spahn and Sain and pray for rain." I was thinking the same thing in the shower this morning and trying to come up with a rhyme. The best I could do was "Martinez and Glavine, the rest ain't worth havin'". Kind of harsh I know. Maybe "Pedro and Tom and hope for new arms from the farm."?
You guys are a couple of cut-ups. Can we please just talk about baseball without all this doom & gloom shit here? By the way I had no idea what Elster's orignial post was about and now it's avi'ed so I guess I'll never know.
Finally finished The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (read some other books in-between). I don't know when I'll begin to understand all that happened.Lots of loose ends.I'll have to sit in the bottom of a well and think it over.
Actually I was just curious if Triple Happiness was rooted in Braves hating or actual standings. I like tradition too & the Braves losses counting toward Triple Happiness until their divisional crown is usurped sounds good to me. Personally one day I'd like to see a strong 3-way rivalry between the Mets, Phillies and Nationals but I won't hold my breath. I voted curmudgeon just to be a curmudgeon.
With the Braves 8 games behind in third place and the Phillies lapping at our heels are we still content to be happy with Mets win, Braves loss, Yankees loss?
Frayed Knot wrote: I surprised none of them abused Leiber on the length of the HR he gave up to Balco-boy last night. Holy Shit that thing went a long way!! Maybe they'll get to that after the commercial break.
cooby wrote: And why does his name sound so familiar? I kept thinking yesterday that there is something about him that I should remember... Maybe because its so similar to Anderson Hernandez?
Gotta go with Bret on this one. The Glavine signing was a poor deal for the Mets. He's only getting older now. Glavine's success of late has been nice but for me far from convincing that he's suddenly, magically regained his form from his Braves days. It would be nice for Glavine to leave the Mets on a high note (assuming his 2006 continues as well as it's been so far) rather than risk seein him revert to 2003-2005 Glavine in 2007.