Willets Point

The SBS Princess has spoken.

metsmarathon wrote: man. used to be you could call someone a fag and not be accused of a hate crime. i'm not complaining necessarily, but we're running out of insults. We'll always have assclown and caustic fucktard.

Rule 34 - If it exists, there is porn of it. No exceptions.

themetfairy wrote: themetfairy wrote: Oh Old Man with Brooms - I have missed the sight of your beautiful visage! Now we need the Shepard Fairey version. I'm not messing with an iconic image such as this one! It's been messed with before. I found it in an old thread. You don't want to know how far back I had to go back to find it.

themetfairy wrote: Oh Old Man with Brooms - I have missed the sight of your beautiful visage! Now we need the Shepard Fairey version.

Centerfield wrote: Are they the King? No, I'm the fucking King. lZKiYgcgBAY

Willets Point wrote: I expect the only game I'll attend this season is June 2nd. Officially purchased tickets. If anyone is playing hooky from work for a day game, let me know so I can say hello.

Yes, that's the President's Trophy. I guess it goes beyond just giving the award but somehow giving prestige to go with the award as well.

Edgy DC wrote: Amazing that the freshness of the Lane Meyer theme lasted longer than his Mets career did. That's basically my memory of him, that for some bizarre reason every time I heard his name I thought of Better off Dead and the Japanese guy who learned English from Howard Cossell.

Edgy DC wrote: Which all suggests that the Brits got it right --- crowning the football team with the best record in league play as champion and then going home. I've been thinking about this myself as I watch more European football. The team that wins the most over the course of a long season have proven that they are the best team and deservedly should be the league champion. In North American sports, teams like the 2001 Mariners and the 2007 Patriots are afterthoughts despite their unprecedented success in the regular season because they failed to win their respective championship series and game. The Buffalo Bills of 1990-1993 are considered losers, even a laughingstock, despite 4 consecutive Super Bowl appearances. American sports leagues really need to do more to honor regular season champions. On the other hand, in a European football league one club can (and does) run away with the league leaving the rest of the clubs with nothing much to play for as the season goes on. Even if 2 or more teams are close at the top of the standings toward the end of the season it will only be due to serendipity if they face one another in the final game to decide the championship. I like that American sports have the drama of the best teams facing one another at the end of the season to decide the winner. Of course, European football clubs do have something to play for even if the best club in their league runs away with the title. Several of the top clubs - as many as 6 from the same league - are rewarded with a chance to play in a continental competition against clubs from other European leagues. Now in North America there aren't as many countries as in Europe and there aren't any leagues of similar quality in any of the major 4 sports that could contend in continental-wide tournament. So in a sense the playoffs for MLB, NFL, NBA, & NHL are our Championship Leagues. Considering this I think that North American sports leagues should give an award to the teams with the best regular season record that would be considered an honor equivalent to winning the post-season tournament. In baseball, this would mean that the team with the best regular season record would win the Pennant rather than the team that qualifies for the World Series. (Retrospectively, the Mets would lose their 1973 & 2000 pennants, but gain pennants for 1988 & 2006 so it's all square). I still think that too many teams qualify for the postseason tournaments (especially in the NHL & NBA) but I think shifting the perspective to allow for rewarding the teams with the best overall records as well as the post season tournament would be a good thing for American sports.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I'm drawing a blank... what is PotS? They're in the cabinet with the PanS.

Does everyone wear 42 tonight? I like Jackie Robinson and all but I'm finding that "tradition" a bit tedious.

G-Fafif wrote: BOB KNEPPER ON IF MIKE SCOTT WAS SCUFFING THE BASEBALL IN THE SERIES: �Everybody said everybody knew it. � I think you�d have to ask Mike to get the low-down, but I would say yeah he was.� Dang, that's the first time I've seen an admission from a teammate.

Marvin Gaye rules. The Nationals should honor this son of DC with a Marvin Gaye Ballpark Singalong.

Bobby Valentine's Sports Gallery Cafe 225 Main Street Stamford, CT 06901

JOSE, JOSE, JOSE!

Edgy DC wrote: Get ripped off by a hedge fund manager. Be forced to sell to a hedge fund manager. The world is a funny place. It seems to be the prevailing philosophy in the House of Representatives too.

BIFL.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Ashie62 wrote: Citifield is still sitting on an Indian burial ground. Huh! I thought it was sitting on the Shea Stadium parking lot! The Mets were 2-1 against the Indians at Shea with a composite score of 14-13. A good job, but I wouldn't say that they really buried the Indians.

Gwreck wrote: The practical effect is that fans can no longer see the Mets starters take BP -- only the Mets subs and opposing team will be hitting by the time fans are allowed in. It's to build the batters' confidence. No one wants to be booed while they're whiffing in BP.

TransMonk wrote: Izzy in the bullpen sporting #45. I dunno, is he?

Apparently apocalyptic things are happening in Boston. Despite the baserunning efforts of Ortiz and Gonzalez, the Rays are up 9-2.