Zvon

seawolf17 wrote:We laff, and we laff, and we laff... and we try to figure out how to split up only ten Schaefer points.lol.Ill drink to that Duan.So there must be a good story behind you being a Met fan,huh?

ScarletKnight41 wrote:Nice choice.Glenn was a Met killer in those days. Had to pay like 7 bucks for the signature( Dykstras was more like 30 bucks) at this lil tini card show.He was kinda like an asshole when he signed.1st, he wanted me to give him the original for nuthin.I said hellno.I said write down your address and Ill mail you a copy. He did write his address on a piece of paper but wouldnt write his name with it, cuz he said that would be a free autograph. Ha! Dork.I threw the address away when i got home.

so,.......what do ya do around here during a laffer?

OlerudOwned wrote:Reyes adds a 2-run homer, 5-0 in the secondreverse translated:REYEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!

duan wrote:just to explain Zvon, I live in Dublin, Ireland so that's why I'm asking you guys!im just bein a dick.Sorry.Dont ever take anything i say with anything but good humor unless I say Im not joking.Hey, maybe you can help me with my family genology.My dads been workin on it for years and hes in contact with some people over there who help.

CASTROOOOOOOOOOO

if I was the ump, Id make hernandez take his earrings off. :wink:

ScarletKnight41 wrote:Well, that's great.Which non-Mets signed for you?Glenn Wilson, lmao.Like i said, I wasnt too successful.The best way was the card show, but many times Id get the date of the show and not have the actual drawing completed. Dykstra signed his before it was colored, when it was just a pencil sketch. And you get that certificate of Authenticity from the shows.The baseball portrait signed thing was just another project i started and never finished.Plenty of drawings tho.The only ones I have scanned are Cal Ripkin, Eddie Murray, Johnny Bench, and the signed Dykstra. Dykstras is all color and a tribute to his 86 playoff homer.

duan wrote:can anyone tell me how long the rain delay in cleveland's going to be?that's what's due to to be on NASN but right now i'm just seeing filler!what do i look like?, the weatherman?Here:http://intellicast.com/Local/USLocalWide.asp?loc=kcle&seg=LocalWeather&prodgrp=RadarImagery&product=RegionalRadar&prodnav=none&pid=none

so many abrieviations I must learn. :oops:

="cooby"]Guess everybody's at the game getting interviewed for the big HBO Production.0-0 bottom of first, Pedro has 2 K'slol.whoops.Then this belongs here.____________________________________________________time to make the Nats cry again

="DocTee"]2. 1962 New York Mets (40-120, .250) At least the expansion Amazin's were lovable. That affection certainly wasn't due to their play on the field. The Mets were 9� games out after playing their first nine games and ended the season by hitting into a triple play. The likes of catcher Choo-Choo Coleman and first baseman Marvelous Marv Throneberry inspired manager Casey Stengel to wonder, "Can't anybody here play this game?" No. 1 pitcher Roger Craig finished 10-24 as the Mets were mathematically eliminated from the pennant race on Aug. 7. Sadly, there was no wild card to shoot for.Ya had to love the 62 Mets. Cuz it didnt matter what they did. NL baseball was back in NY again. Thats all that mattered.________

ScarletKnight41 wrote:LOL - great story!So, which drawings have you had signed?Mets?Only Lenny Dykstra.Ill post it someday.I did many drawings, wasnt to successful in getting them signed :cry:

ScarletKnight41 wrote:Post the story NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!lol.k.But the story has little to do with Gooden. Ill try to make it quick.I was doing baseball portrait art during the 80s, and tried to get players to sign the original. So I took the drawing to shea with my bros and me sometime in '88. I had it rolled up in a cardboard tube for protection.(also in the tube was another drawing that I did get signed, of a Phil named Glenn Wilson) The only time i was able to get close to Gooden was after the game, by the bullpen, when he came out to his car. But I wasnt prepared, or id have had the drawing out of the tube so he could see it. well, it wasnt and my brothers and i were yellin 'hey doc, can you sign this!" and im waving the tube at him. he probly thought it was a pipe bomb or something, I dunno. But he kept walkin and ignored us and I rushed to get the drawing out and unroll it and i did, but i dont know if he ever saw it. he had to drive out past us but i dont remember any of those details. I only remember i missed that chance(all other drawings i had signed by payin the fee at card shows).So, anyways, my bros and i did what we usually did while waiting for the parkin lot to empty out. we got out the frisbee and started tossing it around. I put the tube on the back bumper of the car. We tossed the bee for around 20 minutes and then jumped in the car, and took off.About 15 minutes out of the stadium, heading to NJ, I felt what i can only describe as dread as i suddenly remembered the drawings were left on the car bumper. So we turned around and went back. We looked and looked and looked around where we were parked, but couldnt find the tube. So I thought maybe it ended up being picked up by maintenance, so I went to this trailor they had and asked, nothin. Then i searched the dumpsters myself. We were looking for over an hour, and across the lot, way far away from where we were parked, one of my brothers was yellin he found it. It was squished up against a curb. Flat as a pancake. Looked like it was run more than once. But we found it, and both drawings were in there.If you look closely you can see i greyed out the area behind Doc digitally, to hide the creases that still exist in the drawing.whew.....thats the short version of the story,lol.

I told ya i was a big fan. I even draw Mets.Tried to get Gooden to sign this. Ends up being a long story, but he didnt.Its ones those Met stories Ill post someday.

heres some pics from this game.

ScarletKnight41 wrote:It's that you just hit the 41st post, otherwise known as the Sacred Seaver Post.hahaha.I love it. :lol: :lol: :lol: I have 3 brothers who are huge Met fans too.Ive got to tell them about this place.

I dont get to keep the framed Seaver pic? *Sob*what a rip. :cry:

hey! im stretchin the place out.Im sure theres a note somewhere here as to why this has happened,lol.

Nymr83 wrote:if Traschel wasn't exaggerating when he said it takes him 30 minutes to warm up i think the bullpen has to be out of the question.What I get from what Trachsel is saying is that he's a starter, he intends to be a starter, and wouldnt be happy in any other role. I suppose a manager has to take this into consideration these days.

ScarletKnight41 wrote:Hopefully any newbies will take it in the spirit in which it's intended.I did. :) And it explains alot.I knew something was up when I was no longer the huge batboy.It would be kool if at some point, like 1 gazillion posts or something, you got to pick your favorite and keep it, and that player is removed from the pool.

]a modified six-man rotation - in which Trachsel and Zambrano could be strategically slotted around other starters' schedules - also would seem to make sense, especially considering the Mets (62-59) have only one off-day in the next three weeksthis is interesting info. Only one off day during this run?Yikes. Ill be very surprised if they go to set a 6 man rotation.But a flexible one, thats an entertaining concept.You have to keep in mind that a starting pitcher should throw every 5th day or so to stay effective. But they could have sideline throwing fill that gap if they juggle Tashy and Zambi. Its a novel idea, and a lil scary to try. For the next 3 weeks, it could just work.Theres got to be a way to take full advantage of the cards we are holding.For me it comes back to Trachsels arm is fresh and he always goes deep into games.

Yancy Street Gang wrote:sheeeeit. 8O that woke me up.Dont need that cup0coffee now.

I have Met memories alright. I dont do interviews tho. :wink: Ill post some crazy stories you guys wont even believe.Ill start with my 1st ever Met memory.Not sure what year, late 60s, but Art Shamsky was chasin a foul pop in right, ran right into the box seat railing between 1st base and right field, and was carted off the field on a stretcher. I heard the next day he broke some ribs, if I remember right. If anyone can research the date of that game and incident, that was my 1st Met game. My dad took me. Im bettin it was '68.

Frayed Knot wrote:I think that about the time Sept 1st rolls around we're going to have about a 15 man pen.lmao :lol: wish we could. :wink: