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Beginning of end for Gnats (Knats?).Mets are a .500 club until further notice.
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Disappointed? Really?Not me. Pedro works for the Mets, his pitches should be thrown solely for the purpose of helping the Mets win.
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Thought it was a 4 game set, no?
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Just wait til their ice cream melts, they'll figure it out.
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Une, deux, trois pour Monsieur Looper.Finis!Mets Win.
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That's what I thunk.Beltran scores on Brando's sac fly.5-3 Mets.
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Just tuned in.Why does Livan get a standing O after giving up 4 runs in less than 8 innings?Simple naivete of DC fans or something else?
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I'm just funnin' with you dude.
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metirish wrote:I really want this team to go on a 8/9/10 game win streak, that would be cool...Great idea! Let's have a bake sale!
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You'd be surprised how much sexuality comes into your home through the media. It's freakin' everywhere.And again I'm not sure its a bad thing. It could be the greatest thing in the world for kids to have exposure to these issues at a young age.It could truly lead to a more tolerant society if people are growing up with these idealogies all around them since they were young.I'm not so concerned that exposure to alternative lifestyles would act as a 'recruiting device' as I am of the belief that being hetrerosexual or homosexual is not something you can choose, I'm more concerned about experimentation and a general confusion as to what a child believes he i/she is or 'should' be.
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Of course, but the book says its geared to Kindergarten through 3rd grade.Mine fall into that category. I think it's too young an age for this subject. I could be wrong I just don't know and it's my not knowing that is scary. As a parent you think that any mistake or error in judgement you make with your kids could very well scar them.I suppose just introducing the idea that men can like each other and be with each other as can women, is not a bad thing and since I haven't read the book I shouldn't make assumptions about its content.To sum up: Parenting is hard.
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The book and who its target audience is begs a question -Does a parent give that book to their child assuming that the kid will gain a better understanding of people and develop a greater sense of tolerance and acceptance? And if the child happens to be gay it will show them that it is 'okay'? That would of course be a wonderful thing.What happens though if the message the child gleans is one that teaches the kid that the very normal amorous feelings a developing adolescent heterosexual child can have for his/her same sex friends are fine and should be pursued?It's not such a simple issue for a parent and I think a children's book that attempts to address the question trivializes the complexities of the issue and does a disservice to those people who have struggled to be respected as openly gay men and women.All this being said I really don't know my ass from my elbow about any of it but I do have three kids and desperately want them to grow up happy healthy, respectful, tolerant, secure individuals.OE: a nip and a tuck.
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Two reasons my head is spinning:1) That there is a children's book about gay penguins2) That Seawolf had that link in his back pocket ready to fire at will.
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="metsmarathon"][url=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0689878451/103-3276842-6108638?v=glance]"And Tango Makes Three"[/url]a touching childrens story about a pair of gay penguins, who build a nest but cannot fill it with an egg, and the kindly zookeeper who helps them in their quest to build a family, introducing shell-bound, and titular, "Tango" to their life. a briskly entertaining read that teaches us understanding and apreciation of alternative aviary lifestyles, and also that "Wasabi" is an awesome name for a penguin.Gay penguins? Are you fucking kidding me?
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To be fair I'm just getting that sense from the masses, not KC in particular.If I'm wrong and I just can't sense the friendly sarcastic banter I apologize for mistakenly lighting a fuse.
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What did I miss?When did Bret go from Stodgy Old Forum Curmudgeon to 'Pool-bic enemy #1?
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1. How many times, in an average week, do you visit the UMDB?At least 10.2. What usually prompts you to visit?Curiosity about a specific Met.3. Which features do you find most useful?I like the season logs. Having a vague memory of a game in the late 70's and being able to easily find it and read the boxscore is just amazin'!4. Which features are you aware of that you don't find particularly useful? Oddly I don't care much for the 'Mets Only' stats. I like to see a players entire career, and then if I want to see how they performed for a particular team, I'll break it down myself.Thanks!Thank YOU. I love your site Yancy.
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Bret Sabermetric wrote:Not to be needlessly provocative or anything (what Dickshot refers to as my "caustic fucktard" mode), but if the Mets had the Nats' w/l record and run differential and first place, don't you think the only one around here voting for "melt" would be me? Don't you think you'd be finding a way to explain the record by "guts" or "brains" or "backbone" or "managerial genius" or "desire" or "will-to-win" or "intangibles" or "savvy" or "chemistry' or "cahnfidence" or some other bullshit, and be real mad at anyone who suggested the common sense approach you're rightly applying to the Nats' success?You don't? Then, never mind.I don't, but I'll still address your query. If it were the Mets winning the way the Nats are I'd be so insecure about the ways they were winning that I would certainly doubt their ability to keep it up. Would I be hopeful? Yes absolutely, but unless my team is as deep as Mayor Bloomberg's pockets in an election year I never get overcahnfident in their ability to sustain success.
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Battle of the Logos, Round One, Brooklyn vs. Baltimore '54
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Trolley Dodgers.Classic. -
Connecticut Post: Coney Looking to Catch on with Mets
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The Hartford Courant.Now THAT's a Conneciticut paper! -
Connecticut Post: Coney Looking to Catch on with Mets
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Edgy DC wrote:First of all, who or what is The Connecticut Post? Nothing worth reading, that's what. -
Some side effects of steroid use are dramatic mood swings.Not that I'm assuming or anything.
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Who said steroids?
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="Elster88"]A journeyman catcher in the minors can't afford a new hand. A journeyman backup might not be able to either.Boo-hoo-hoo. Nobody's forcing these guys to play baseball for a livingYou like your hands Crash? Here's a coal miner's helmet. Whats that? Black lung? Never heard of it?
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Oh cry me a river.For the money they make they can buy new hands.
