Zvon

Centerfield wrote: I don't know. Feeling good after the sweep, but I got a bad feeling about Hef pitching in that launching pad. Prove me wrong! It's a launching pad for us too.

I never thought I'd be removing Wright from my wallpaper(*sob). Okay, I'm over it. He'll be back next month. Lagares gets his spot and I'm calling on him to pick up the slack. He's big. Q makes way for Wilma. Wheeler gets smaller and bumps Parnell. Hawkins will represent the pen. Mejia gets a big spot because I like what I'm seeing. He could be big. Mets 2013 Wallpaper for August. https://picasaweb.google.com/102387599896928448637/WALLPAPERS#5910235744537367938

ROCKY ROBS ROBBY! Nice but don't trump circus catch. TY for playing Consolation prize:

metsguyinmichigan wrote: We're missing the easy answer. The 1993 team was disastrous because the team tampered with the classic uniform design. You can add stripes -- or take them away --and mess with the basic jersey color. But adding the tail under Mets was a karmic disaster that sent the whole team into a death spiral. Have we ever identified the responsible party? Who signed off on this? I second this emotion!

Benjamin Grimm wrote: metsguyinmichigan wrote: That's a great video, with the added bonus of a Nancy Seaver sighting. She should have her own card! Sweet. Is going full name on Tommie over the top? Looking for color photos of the Mets "whooping it up". This is almost right out of that vid. There has to be better color pics of the clubhouse celebration. Loads of B&W ones out there.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Those are great pics. On Rons catch don't forget he was moving. Fast. Even if that leg skimmed first, he was diving. It can be considered full extension IMO. Picked it off an inch off the grass. Its one of the ultimate diving catches ever. Maybe the best ever in the game up to that point. Gloves in those days were not as good or as large. We see full extension diving catches all the time now. Ironic that a guy who was considered a real shitty fielder made that play. Now Agee's 2nd catch in right center has been called a diving catch but it really wasn't. Its a lunging grab. The wind or spin was taking it away from him and he had to go down with it and lunge under the ball with a long stride. His momentum took him to the grass and he slid along his chest.

Don't watch it again. Erase the fact this movie was ever made from your memory.It started well with the 1930's Popeye cartoon intro with the sliding doors. He's my favorite Popeye, the one that always said stuff under his breath. And thats the way Williams played him, which was great. But not for two hours. It would have made a great SNL short skit. Shelly Duval played Olive Oil so well that she gets on your nerves pretty quick. Two hours in a room with Olive Oil? Not good. The story had to make use of the Popeye/Olive/Bluto relationship somehow. The way they did left alot to be desired. I forgot Sweet Pea was in it. Kid took up some screen time. Made me nervous when he was hanging from hooks and being left on a hammock and stuff like that. He just was abandoned behind Popeye and Olive while they were chatting by who for all I know was the sea hag. The script and plot simply sucked. Harrys songs were nice melodies for the most part, but sung by the characters (supposedly live on film) pretty badly. Pappy sang a song about how he hated raising children that was just barf awful. Nilsson sang many depressing songs in his life but his voice made them beautiful. He couldn't save that one even if he sang it. The anthem and the song Olive sings were well done. The rest garbage. Not one laugh. In review: 1. Should have been a short SNL skit 2. The story & script was blah 3. Probably should not have been a musical 4. Why could it be depressing? a. Two hours shot b. Money was spent making it c. Songs are bleak d. Back then money was spent to see it. e. It was just so disappointing. It could have been great. The ingredients were there. I read that the set they built for the movie in Malta is still there and now a tourist attraction called Popeyes Village. I'd like to check that out some day. Sleep in a hammock.

Edgy MD wrote: For some reason, Swoboda's catch was long known as "Swoboda's Circus Catch." Other diving catches have gotten that appellation, but it seemed pretty fixed on his. I call it the Greatest Catch in World Series History. Cleon made a nifty catch in the Series that would long be remembered if it wasn't the fourth best outfield catch they had. I think I have a pic of Cleons shoestringer. Yo, "Swoboda's Circus Catch" is perfect. That probably what Topps would have called it. Thats the thing I'm trying to do here. What would Topps have done then if they did it. I have never personally seen what I feel would be a circus catch. You'd have to do cartwheels and land spot on with your arms up in victory to get that call from me. And a hoop would be involved. Ive seen circus misses.

You guys can help me pick what Swobodas catch card says. All I got is "SWOBODA'S AMAZIN' CATCH!". I think thats kinda cliche. They all have "!"s on em. I'll have to look see if the real cards did.

So this is the exact opposite from my goal to use the best pic of the catch, cuz the first one is the best photo, no doubt. Another image that I don't think I saw until the 90's. The one below I first saw in the 2000's. And there are more out there taken a second or two off. I think batmags is right. I should just use em all. There are no rules.

Edgy MD wrote: Could change that last word to "buggery" and keep everything else the same. lol. Well. I idolized Agee for what I thought was years, but it really only was one good really solid year because along comes Brooks in the 70 series and does what he does. Agee was nudged over as Brooks became my idol in '71. In the outfield, I was still Agee. I also picked 20 as my uni number one year in CYO in Tommies honor. And five the next season, for Brooks. K, Im babbling. So, I knew there would be a real kool WS card and I was hoping it would capture one of Brook's catches. When I got it I had a super wow factor because it was the oddest view you could ever imagine. It showed nothing of what a great play it was. Just some guy sticking his ass up in the sand. But I loved it. I had never seen the picture before. So for catch two I was leaning towards doing a card that was a personal tribute to the Brooks card. Gimme a min. I'll post it.

Edgy MD wrote: Because he was found to be slower than the last day of school. That slow? Oy. That logjam at first is becoming a joke. What we want is Ike the way we thought he would be. And shit, we'd take last years Ike at this point. We have to figure out that first base situation. Flores there? If he really rakes hes gonna have to go somewhere. There's our weakest link. While looking at baseball cards I happened to notice some pics of Young playing second. So thats also been creeping in to my peripheral visions.

It would have to be: Not sure I'm going with that pic. Anyone remember the Brooks Robinson '71 WS card for his catch off Bench (from the '70 series)?

Murphy 1 Byrd 1 Flores 0.6 Recker 0.8 Gee 5.2 Aardsma 0.4 Hawkins 1

Happy B'Day MK!

I was looking over where Flores played most of his games in the minors the other day. Why was he moved from short never to go back?

Nice. GJ Hawkman.

Sparky didn't see this coming? Tulo? Or is this walk by design? lol. guess not. Collins pulls Rice.

Well, I guess he's no Harvey. I kid. Cause great job Gee!

Lags trying to make things happen but Muffy can't cash him in. Lagares got as big a jump as one could ever get.

You're becoming useless Q. Oh, and nice try.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Zvon wrote: Lets just move Wright to first and get it over with. Wilma gets third. Why would you prefer Flores at third and Wright at first to the other way around? I'm not really serious. At least for 2014. But the thought of Wright going to first has creeped into my thinking this past week.

...this won't be the first time I've been told I'm insane.

Lets just move Wright to first and get it over with. Wilma gets third. Young second. Go get Cho Cho. Get a SS. Bingo bango:114 win season in 2014.