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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Through the years, you've always let me down... ...It took him 3 years to realize he plays for the orioles That's funny.

'No Black' Roger didn't get the memo.

And let me just add that Darling was talking specifically about Rodriguez having difficulty with the throw. It was a great call and I don't even think the other guys acknowledged it when it happened.

Apologies if this was already brought up. Did anybody notice Darling predicting that Henry Rodriguez would throw away Tejada's bunt? Crap like this always impresses me. Literally two pitches before Ruben laid it down, Darling said something like 'pitchers that throw hard have difficulties making the athletic plays like that of a ball hit back to them or a bunt'. Couldn't believe it when it unfolded after he said that. An inning or so prior he also wondered aloud if the Mets could pull off a double play in a big situation, the moment before they did exactly that.

I believe that I was the first person in history to recommend the bologna sandwich from Blue Smoke at Citifield. Well, it was either me or LWFS, but I'm taking credit.

Tell me that the uniforms don't look 1,000% better now that all that nasty black is gone. Go ahead. Tell me. You can't.

Someone said to me this morning that they have a hard time finding sympathy for an 8-yr. old boy getting sexually 'abused' by a 13 year-old girl. As callous as that sounds, I think we all know what he meant and unfortunately though, that's probably going to be the reaction from a lot of muy macho types in response to Dickey's story. Two things about that: - I think the vast, vast majority of 8 year-old boys would be incredibly uncomfortable in that situation and if you come across someone who says that they wouldn't have, then I'd say to them that they have a very unrealistic memory of their own psyche at that age. - If you still can't make them understand, ask them what their response would be if it were their own 8 year-old son that was the victim.

Sael of the City of Houston On Monday February 17, 1840 at the regular City Council meeting a resolution was passed authorizing Mayor Charles Bigelow "to procure a seal to be styled, the seal for the City of Houston, Texas." Dr. Francis Moore, Jr. was a state senator and former mayor of Houston. It was he who had the original seal designed. The top half of the seal bore the words, "City of Houston." The bottom half was originally empty. Dr. Moore was paid $50 for the seal, and "his honor the Mayor, caused the word 'Texas' to be cut on said seal." The center of the seal bears "The Lone Star, symbol of the newborn nation of the west...... the 'Noble locomotive', heralding Houston's spirit of progress; the humble plow, symbol of the agricultural empire of Texas, from which Houston would draw her wealth - by the iron rails." The Houston Locomotives? The Houston Engineers? The Houston Conductors? The Houston Cabooses? Help me out here...

metirish wrote: Sandomir has become one of my favorite writers out there. Not only do I like Sandomir, I love what he writes about.

Mets � Willets Point wrote: That's awesome. Stealing and putting it on my FB page right now. Thank you!

Good, Fine. Me too.

Pistols at dawn on Tuesday it is.

Monday? Tuesday? Sooner? Later?

I'm in touch with about 100 of my fraternity brothers from Syracuse via an email group. Recently we were discussing the Bernie Fine situation and one of the guys who is an educator added the below email. I thought it would be apropos to post here. First, I'd like to commend Scott for raising this topic. It is and will remain among the most emotionally charged issues of our time and there were many reasons for NOT bringing it up. One in 6 boys are sexually abused by age 18, according to research, so I would assume it affects many of us directly or indirectly. I am <> disappointed with Boeheim's initial comments about the victims being liars. To make those statements in the media has prevented other victims of Bernie Fine to NOT come forward. This compromises the investigation. It is irresponsible. It does seem that third time's a charm, ie JB's comments after the Florida game. He's finally getting the picture of how devastating child sex abuse is to the development of the victim boys and the adult men they become. A good resource for learning more is http://www.malesurvivor.org/ Moving forward, and in the interest of being balanced men, I'm issuing this challenge to you: When a child, boy or girl, is in your presence and the topic of Sandusky/Penn State or Fine/SU comes up on TV or news or discussion, look for an opportunity to tell the child that you understand how difficult it is to keep a secret, that you would want a child to trust you enough to tell you they have been sexually abused if it happened to them, and that you would believe them, and that you would help. In short, you understand, you believe, you will help. It seems simple but to the child it is not. Something that may be more helpful than a wisecrack with your kid is this book by Norman Friedman titled "Inoculating Your Children Against Sexual Abuse. Here is the Google Books link: http://books.google.com/books/about/Inoculating_Your_Children_Against_Sexual.html?id=l3U5fSzBNQwC I've read the Sandusky grand jury report and listened to the Fine victims and one thing is clear and undisputable: Both men groomed their victims, both men abused their power, both men had access and opportunity. This is what children need to understand. Very few children are abused by strangers. It's the uncle, the older cousin, the older friend, the father, the step father, the scout master, the parish priest, the coach, the employer, the neighbor, the teacher. Scott asked how I feel about it: I feel sucker punched. I didn't expect this to come from my own camp. I am needing Boeheim to give me some hope that "the program" wasn't put above the children.

Ceetar wrote: Regardless, I imagine similar documents at big companies pitching to investors have the same stuff. Fail to see how it's embarrassing. Really? One of the minor perks is discounted merchandise, although the availability of team-branded dust- pans was uncertain.

TheOldMole wrote: Soupy -- got mine -- ready when you are. I've got it - just need to fine-tune it. I'll try and throw it up this afternoon.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I'm not either, but maybe Doodoo instead? or Muffy? Who knows. It's not as though Alderson & DePodesta are gonna get robbed blind by anyone, it's only a matter of how it turns out. I couldn't say the same about Omar, and I think that's why he stopped making trades after a while, even when we needed them. Excellent, excellent analysis.

Cue dramatic music...!

Ceetar's is a riot.

Duuuude...I'm a 4 seed with a bye! How cool is that?

Yeah...I'm totally on board with this. I loved Reyes. And maybe it was a good business decision to not pay him all that money for all those years but still...fuck them. Sports is just sucking a bit fat juicy one for me right now. Only time I get any joy from sporting events these days are maybe the 45 minutes of a Syracuse basketball game when I'm not thinking about, or the broadcasters aren't talking about Bernie Fine, and watching my son and daughter play soccer and basketball. That's it.

Chantel Kendall Yeesh. No thank you. Jordana Lenz This one's a joke right? She looks Rachel Dratch fromn SNL doing a skit making fun of this girl.

The blonde one with the classy tattoo snaking around her thigh and most likely ending with an arrow pointing to her crotch is a man. I'd swear to it.

Ding dong the Black is dead! Thanks be to the Almighty! I haven't bought an 'official' hat in years but I do like that 50th anniversary patch on the back of the new one. Might have to pick one of those up. Is it just the all-black hats that are 86'd (see what I did there?) or did the black hats w/ blue brims get dumped too? Miami Marlins - I do like that much more than Florida Marlins but damn those those unis and hats are fug-ly. Now all we need to do is change the Colorado Rockies and Arizona Diamondbacks to the Denver Bears and Phoenix Rattlers and we'll be all set. I like what the Astros are doing, but thankfully the Mets unis didn't really vary all that much (or actually maybe they did) for them to really do that. OE: I do need to read more and post less. it's the black/blue hat that's gone and the solid black remains. Ridonculous. And...getting rid of the herringbone stitch and bringing back the tackle twill? Awesome. Seems like Charlie Samuels uniform changes are almost all gone. Nice job.

I remember cooby giving me the stealth invite. Gotta say - I did feel like a cool kid when I got it.