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Edgy DC wrote: It's got a no-nonsense earthiness to it (nothing mystical about 8), and when rendered in block letters it has the working-class stockiness of a catcher. I'm guessing you were just being funny here, but isn't the pitcher the only player regularly photographed from behind. The catcher is probably photographed from behind only as much as any of the other players, which is when he's at bat. You rarely get a shot from behind home plate during games, and when you do the umpire gets in the way.

One more guess before bed, which I'm sure is wrong because I think he only dipped down to 7th in the order in the late 80's....the Kid for 8.

If Edgy's guess was null and void, I'll take Daryl Boston at 6.

Johnny Dickshot wrote: Can you believe though that in 1,300+ games, he never batted third even once? Yes.

7 = Todd Pratt?

KC wrote: 2 for Elster? Guessing the number of games doesn't sound like fun but rather a wrench. How many Mets wore 2??? I'm just sayin, before I cheat and go you know where. Elster spent the majority of his Metly career as 21. 2 = Sasser? Can't be.

Detroit, Minny, and Oaktown? That can't be right. Can it?

G-Fafif wrote: An old Mets game is better than a new anything else game. Let's not go crazy here.

martin wrote: ="Elster88"]]besides, nobody with any brains applies silly cartoonish stereotypes to individuals. I take it you've never read a single story about Derek Jeter or Alex Rodriguez in the NY Daily News. i do not know what you mean. who is applying a stereotype to these guys? Not too quick on the uptake today, huh?

]besides, nobody with any brains applies silly cartoonish stereotypes to individuals. I take it you've never read a single story about Derek Jeter or Alex Rodriguez in the NY Daily News.

Willie deserves his cake.

soupcan wrote: Saw this last night - I gave it an 8. DeCaprio finally wins me over after years of trying and scores of movie roles. The guy can act! Who knew? He proved it a long time ago in What's Eating Gilbert Grape.

I always thought Fightin Irish meant the football team...so that it was the Notre Dame Irish, and they fought hard to win games. I don't see where the insult is.

Hey god bless him either way. I loved watching him pitch in the blue and orange. But if he retires his salary comes off the books.

There are no absolutes. Everyone can be considered for the right price. If we could get Mussina to sign a 1 year, 2 million dollar deal, who here would say no? (Actually some people still would, based on the seeing 5 people from the other thread who refuse to [u:490962fb86]negotiate[/u:490962fb86] with a 40-40 club guy who plays the two positions we need.)

I saw this movie about a year ago, didn't think there would be a response if I started a thread. 4 stars.

metsmarathon wrote: taking responsibility for your bad actions is worthy of commendation. The phrase "taking responsibility" is by far one of the most ill-used phrases in thew world. Mota didn't really take responsibility for anything. Saying "I admit what I did was wrong" after being caught out means nothing. He didn't take responsibility, it was already on him. The phrase taking responsibility is meant more for someone who steps up and takes the blame when he didn't have to. As in, if a committee of people is blamed for something, and the most/only guilty party shoulders more/all of the blame when it could've been spread around. That's taking responsibility. Or if somebody gets hurt through some accident that was a result of your short-sightedness...where you can get away without anyone knowing...and you step forward and pay his bills or drive him to the hospital or whatever. That's taking responsbility. When you are known to be at fault, you can't "take responsibility." You're already responsible. What Mota did is not taking responsibilty. It's stating something we already knew by virtue of the test he failed. Edit: To clarify, I'm not going to condemn him any MORE for saying "I knowingly took illegal substances and did something stupid." But it doesn't remove one iota of blame/fault that I place on him.

metirish wrote: ] why does nobody seem to like sports teams named after their race/religion/nationality? if a college teams decided to call themselves the jews i'd wear their jersey and love it. we need a sports team. You think any of those players or most of the fans know anything about Ireland, I doubt it....and the stupid fool that gets dressed up as a supposed leprechaun is especially insulting to me, ND is not Glasgow Celtic, at least they can say they have a true Irish fan base and that they don't pander to silly sterotypes. Do the Boston Celtics also bother you?

]While Mike and Mike agreed that taking performance enhancing drugs should be punished, they lauded Mota for acting like a man, admitting it and apologizing for it. Also- Michael Kay has reportedly said that Mota is now his favorite player for the same reasons. Can someone please provide a link to that sound byte, too? Fucking ridiculous that a person is lauded for telling the truth...especially when it's something that everyone already knows. But then all 3 Mikes are idiots.

HahnSolo wrote:Looks like he was in the tunnel and someone said, you should have a Met hat...put this on.I guess they gave him the jersey too?

I wonder how much the Nintendo guy is worth.

Irish for someone who hates those guys you sure listen to them a lot.

cooby wrote: I guess I'm just not following your thoughts there. Don't bother trying. There isn't much there.

SteveJRogers wrote: I don't think so, unless you do some real hard core channel surfing and get the Japanese version of ESPN! Probably just daily highlights on SportsCenter or the local sports casts. Sure SNY will have coverage of the Metly activities So basically you have no idea whatsoever one way or the other, and you're just pulling guesses out of your ass? Thanks for the help.

That story just confused the hell out of me.