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sharpie wrote: Kaz Matsui has a bulging disc and is on the minor league DL. Wow. Talk about snakebit. This guy needs to get back to Japan. And fast.

I had one and listened to WFAN during mine. Fell asleep.

I agree with Scarlet and disagree with Elster. For a Met fan from the late '70s-early 80's Doc Gooden represented a bright, winning future for our franchise. He was our generation's Seaver. Our sure-fire Hall of Famer. Yankee fans had no answer to Doc. Especially after 1985 when he not only matched Guidry's '78 but bettered it. We invested so much in Dwight Gooden as fans that when he disappointed us we were devastated. There are a lot of us that were Doc's biggest fans and now we are his biggest detractors. If he had hurt his arm or there were some other reason for his demise I would have been much more accepting. But he did it to himself. While I was cheering him and giving him my unconditional support as a fan he was not reciprocating. He was not giving it his all as a player. I felt betrayed. Straw was different for the reasons already stated. While here, even though he abused himself he still was able to deliver on his potential. Once he left I didn't care what he did. I wished he would've stayed and at the time my position was that they should've opened up the vault for him. Would it have made a difference in his performance here? Would he have collapsed as a Met instead of a Dodger? Would his remaining a Met have reversed that downward spiral? If it hadn't would I feel the same about Straw as I do Gooden? Don't know. I do know that by abusing himself as a Met, Gooden abused not only the support of his fans but their dreams for who he was going to be. Is it his fault? Should a kid in his early 20s be held accountable for something as intangible as that? Maybe, maybe not. Its not for me to decide but that's how I feel.

C'mon Willets - I'm heading into enemy territory tomorrow night. I need to know my enemy before I infiltrate their stronghold.

Dwight Gooden. Sigh. He broke my heart as a fan.

I'm going with 'blood clot/aneuryism' for $400 Alex.

'Thank You for Smoking' was funny & clever and well-written. It was a wee bit too long and did NOT contain a Katie Holmes nude scene. Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

'Thank You for Smoking' it is. Thanks for the input.

Johnny Dickshot wrote: naked holmes, for sure. Aniston's a dog. Yeah, that's what I'm thinking...

Mrs. soupcan and I are going to the movies tonight but can't decide what to see. What would you see tonight?

Elster88 wrote: Some ball parks make a bacon-cheeseburger made with two Krispy Kremes replacing the buns. I haven't tried one yet. Which you can tell because I'm still alive. Now THAT'S disgusting.

Yancy Street Gang wrote: I enjoy a Dunkin Donut. The name Krispy Kreme turns me off, and not only because of the awful spelling. Cream isn't supposed to be crispy. If it is, something's dreadfully wrong. Close your eyes and eat one. Once you go Kremey your life will be dreamy.

Dunkin' Donuts coffee does blow chunks. Starbucks is better by far. I have an espresso machine and I usually buy my beans at Oren's in Grand Central (I recommend the 'Beowulf Blend'). In a pinch I'll grab a bag of Italian dark roast beans from Starbucks. One time I had no beanage and was flipping out. There's a Dunkin' right up the street from me so I ran there and grabbed a bag o' beans. Dis-gust-ing. And if their coffee wasn't so bad, Krispy Kreme's got it all over them on the donut side. Are they selling the Mets New York quarters in Connecticut and are they actually legal tender?

Elster88 wrote: ="ScarletKnight41"]He got to second on the groundout also. I can't describe the play, but it was a wild one. If anyone has a good description for us poor bastids at work, could you get it down? I can't find one on the web. I was listening on the radio. Reyes didn't stop at second he went all the way to third on the groundout. To third. On the groundout. Pretty awesome huh?

Nuxhall was 15 when he debuted, no?

I watched the NLCS Game 6 all by myself in my basement apartment. All 900 hours of it. I must have sat or stood in every square inch of my living room over the course of that game. Since it was a basement apartment it had a low ceiling with those hung asbestos tiles. When the Mets finally won, I jumped up with my arms raised and rained down at least 5-6 of those tiles and a crapload of asbestos dust all over me. Years from now when I'm lying in a hospice bed, slowly dying of cancer I'll think of how I might have initially contracted the disease and I will smile.

What Yancy said. Plus - who gives a crap anyway?

I don't have any problem with the singles once Jose gets on and steals second.

Dude - the arm spinning lady with the stupid hat and christmas ornament Met earrings. Of course she's gonna win. Besides they had to throw her a bone after she got eminent-domained out of her front row seats. Dumbass Tunis35.

SteveJRogers wrote: I think this guy won http://www.farrockaway.com/metsnumberonefan.html That guy could certainly be 'shortest, bestest Mets fan'. What is he - like 4 feet?

Willets Point wrote: Pete Rose in Vegas. Why am I not surprised? I know, right? What sort of surprised me though was that Joe Montana was signing at the table next to Rose. But I guess cash is cash.

While I was in Vegas this past weekend Pete Rose was there siging autographs. They were selling B&W photos of the famous Pete & Bud fight. Rose was signing them 'He won the game, I won the fight - Pete Rose'

How are the pennants arranged on the trophy? Any method to the madness? Alphabetical? Year entered the league? Number of champeenships?

I saw the Ducks play the Bridgeport Bluefish last night in a battle for first place in the independent Atlantic League's Northern Division at Harbor Yard in Bridgeport. Pat Mahomes pitched 6+ innings of pretty ineffective ball for the Ducks as they held off the Bluefish 11-6 to end the 'Fishes 7 game win streak and move into first place by 1/2 game. Juan Gonzales (former purveyor of those poorly selling Juan signs) was the Ducks DH and went 1-4 with a single, an RBI and a run scored. I thought he looked old and slow. The star of the game for the Ducks was former Seatlle career minor leaguer Bucky Jacobsen who had 2 solo homeruns included in his 4 for 6 night. Former major-leaguer Deivi Cruz went 1-4 for the Bluefish

I would use it as a weenie roaster for vienna suasages.