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John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Lookie here Lagares CF Muffy Wright Duda 1B Byrd RF Buck C Nieuwenhuis LF Quintanilla SS Gee P Wow. Moving Duda to first earlier than I would have thought. I didn't think they'd do that until they totally gave up on Ike. Now this is interesting.

Thnx big H. Two thumps up ^^

Just to clarify my opinion. A come from behind (in one swing) walk-off homer is a big deal. It stands way above things like walk-off singles, or even a tied game walk-off kaboom. Emotionally its a mood swing that even the players must experience, maybe even more so. On the other hand, I can't think of any time a player should showboat around the bases (this includes bat tossing) in the middle of a game, regardless of the importance of the home run. Even sticking up your hand with a #1 finger is a bit much IMO, unless the homer literally put the guys team in first place. There are game ending celebrations, and should be. For players, anything within the game (batting wise) should only be celebrated on the path from home to the dugout (example:w/3rd base coach:hi 5 / the guy(s) you drove or the on deck guy:hi-5, handshake or whatevr). And in the dugout they can get more animated if they wish to.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: The more I read this forum, the more I think I'm out of touch with just about everyone here. 'Cause I agree with Costas, and it's not a Mets thing. A team practically buried in last place, and one of the worst in a 30 team league -- a National laughingstock --wins one game in the longest schedule in organized team sports and celebrates like they're the 1980 US Olympic Hockey team after beating the Russians. And everyone's inured to this because it's become routine. Where's the limit to this? The NFL had choreographed ballets when some wide receiver, his team down by three TD's, caught a first down pass -- until the league put a stop to that by enforcing unsportsmanlike conduct penalties. It's not my world anymore. I agree about all that over celebration business. But it's what they do these days. I don't know if it's reflected in baseball video games, or the other way around. It's todays stylin'. This has been going on for years now. If this is how players want to or are told/taught is proper to celebrate then how do you put that cat back in the bag? I just have come to accept it as the way it is these days. Having said that, Costas is a baffoon to use this walkoff as an example. The way it looked to me they celebrated just the right amount, given todays standards and the circumstances.

Get voting folks! I was going to vote a bunch just now and they cut me off with a limit. Im kinda pissed about that. I voted a shit load of times in one visit to the webpage last week. Well, I added 10 more votes. Takes a minute. Come on, Wright deserves to be the #1 third baseman!

dinosaur jesus wrote: I love the glove.

Byrd 2 Duda 0.5 Buck 0.5 Nieuwenhuis 4 Hefner 1 Torres 1 Aardsma 0.5 Parnell 0.5

Running into some real nice pictures.

dinosaur jesus wrote: Bobby Parnell looks like the villain in a Hercules movie. Or G.I.Joe during the "lifelike" hair and beard phase.

Big thnx to Metsgifs for the .gif images.

Do I watch this whole game on replay, or just that last inning again? If below is the only highlight I think I'll just watch that last inning.

Edgy MD wrote: That wasn't a thoroughly shitty game, though. It was an 84% shitty offense. and a 53% shitty defense. The pitching was only 13% shitty. Gotta at least remind yourself that the pitching has been good. I only saw 6% of the game and 100% good shit. From now on I'm only tuning in for innings like that.

dinosaur jesus wrote: Can one inning, one swing, make up for a thoroughly shitty game? I guess it can. Can it make up for a thoroughly shitty year? Probably not, but that was fun. One day at a time with this team. And they just made my day. Fathers day, no less.

AWESOME! METS WIN![/bigpurple]

Can Newy do-ey?

Edgy MD wrote: Those sliders away have been death for Buck. And a fastball brings life.

I got here just in time for the big tease, didn't I. Or is this a comeback brewing. I forget what they look like.

I am not prepared for Met Kabooms! Gimme a sec.

I'll suffer the 9th with youz.

Valdespin 0.5 Murphy 1 Wright 1 Lagares 1 Nieuwenhuis 1 Niese 1.5 Hawkins 1 Burke 0.5

I do appreciate the tease. It's........something. Mets lose again to the Cubs. The CUBS. The Mets are 15 games under .500? Come on, we are better than this.

Oh joy. Now this is a proper tease. Tying run at the plate.

If I could see on TV that the ball hit nothing but leather how can that 2nd base ump not see it? He was pretty close looking right at the play. Tweety Byrd trying to get something started in the 9th.

WTF!? What a mess the Mets, Cubs, and umps made outta that play. And I do think Lags caught that on the fly. Thought so in real time. Jeezloufreakinwheese