soupcan

He posts from a land down under...

The video is very cool.... MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP)�A Vermont Air National Guard pilot who took part in a flyover of Fenway Park during opening day ceremonies has been grounded for making an improper maneuver near the park, a Guard spokesman said Thursday. The F-16 pilot flew under and over the other three F-16s in the formation at about 1,200 feet over Boston on Tuesday afternoon because he was going too fast and was late joining the formation, Guard spokesman Lt. Col. Lloyd Goodrow said. �It is a legitimate maneuver. It is normally done at 5,000 feet or above,� Goodrow said. �The crowd loved it, but it was not a planned maneuver.� Goodrow would not release the name of the pilot. People at Fenway Park or watching the Boston Red Sox�s opening day ceremonies on television saw three planes flying wing tip to wing tip when the fourth plane approached from behind and then appeared to curve around the other aircraft. Goodrow said it was not an acrobatic stunt. �At no time was the public in danger,� Goodrow said. �Our pilot is a very skilled pilot. He maintained full control of the airplane.� Red Sox spokesman John Blake said Thursday the team hadn�t heard any complaints about the maneuver. �I think we were made aware of it today by the Green Mountain Boys,� Blake said Thursday. �Nobody here has had a lot of time to find out what happened.� Goodrow said Guard officials saw the maneuver on television. �We all said, �Wow, that�s not right.� All the aviators knew what was going on,� Goodrow said. �They said, �That was a bit unusual.�� The pilot was suspended after he landed back at the Burlington International Airport in South Burlington. �The pilot has been grounded, not as a punishment but so we can provide remedial training in tactics and procedures so this situation does not happen again,� Goodrow said. �He might have made other choices to rejoin the formation.� There was no word on how long the pilot would remain grounded.

Do I recall correctly that the Mets were the igniters of the Brewers demise last season? I think the Brew Crew were red hot coming into Shea and then had a horrific road trip starting with their stop in Queens and they never recovered.

Frayed Knot wrote: I don't know that I was so anti-Dontrelle prior to that Tiger trade as that I was against describing him as a "must get" or whatever trade terms were being thrown around at the time. I had said that I thought he was a stud. You responded that he was less and less of a 'stud' and pointed out why. You were right.

At the time of that trade I really wanted D-Train for the Mets. Frayed Knot correctly pointed out why I would not. But he's young and physically he's fine. No reason he shouldn't be able to return to 20 game-winning form though, is there?

] Jimmy Rollins: If he's hurt, they're dead. Suggestion: Don't come back until the ankle's OK. Duh. ]Chase Utley: He remains an offensive machine, but now we know why he's named Chase. It's what he does after ground balls bound away. Suggestion: left field when Pat Burrell departs. Tough crowd. Chase Utley scares me more than other player on that team. Criticizing his defense? Geez. ]Pat Burrell: There is nothing to complain about here except his speed, which approximates Jackie Gleason's. Amazingly, this Travis Lee disciple even showed some emotion last week, pumping his fist after a double. Suggestion: Smile. I think the Mets contained The Bat pretty well this series. ]Geoff Jenkins: He seems like a good pickup, though his arm looks weaker than Charlie Manuel's grammar. Suggestion: Shave. Not funny. ]Pedro Feliz: Seems like the tools are there, but, frankly, if he doesn't get his act together soon, Philly fans are going to make him feel more like Pedro Triste. Suggestion: Learn to hit a breaking ball. Wow, was this written before or after last night's homerun? ]Eric Bruntlett: He apparently got infield tutoring from Roberto Duran. Suggestion: Play deep. Cheap shot. ]Jamie Moyer: With just a little help from umpires, this mound Methuselah can still get hitters out. Suggestion: Try the early-bird special at the Melrose Diner. Not funny.

Maine 2 Pagan 2 Church 1.75 Reyes 1.5 Feliciano 1.25 Schoeneweis .5 Smith .5 Wagner .5

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Reyes was out, bullpen was terrific. Agree - he was out.

What's the deal with the Tiggers? Are they just not hitting? Not pitching? Defense? The whole shebang? I'd be so bummed out as a Tiger fan with a start like that. Can you imagine if the Mets were 1-8? Hooo-boy.

Check StevieJeets 'Official Countdown' thread.

Doesn't Koosman look so much older than the other two?

AG/DC wrote: I'm dropping that much money, it should be to buy, not to rent. I'd damn well sleep in the thing. Now how cool would that be? Having an apartment inside the stadium?

FYI -

I guess Western Metal Supply couldn't come up with upwards of $20 million per.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: (I love what they did with that old building in San Diego's stadium.) I took a tour of Petco a year or so back. They told us that that because of how the building codes are in San Diego, that the stadium is officially classified and listed as an addition to that building (Western Metal Supply I think is the name on it) as opposed to the stadium being classified as it's own separate structure or the building being incorporated into the stadium. Pretty cool, no?

Triple Dee wrote: ="soupcan"]Mark me down as a hater. A hater and an evildoer. Whatever works.

Okay - how about your 'Project Runway' posts then?

SteveJRogers wrote: Not to mention across the Whitestone you are right in the middle of Corona, Bayside, and Jackson Heights (there's a hold up in the Bronx...sorry can't resist), and of course just down Roosevelt Ave and Northern Blvd. is downtown Flushing. Um, across the Whitestone is the Bronx.

metirish wrote: A few home runs have died out there because of the super structure , Easley for one is certain he hit a homer the other night , it does take getting used to , I like it. Why would that be? I'm no meteorologist but I would think it would help homeruns not hinder them. It seems that the structure would stop wind blowing into the stadium not out of it. What do you like about it?

Har-har-har-de-har-har. I'll edit if you want, but doesn't that add numbers to the body of the post?

Hey, e.e. marathon - glass houses, pal.

Is what I'm trying to say.

Good, bad, whatever. Its just shockingly different.

Mark me down as a hater.

Why do you think I married my wife in the first place?