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Looks like it should be fine from 6:00 on.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: You go to a Yankee game, you drink out of a Yankee cup. It happens. I'm not sure which grates on me more-- dudes referring to women as "pieces" or the same guys calling women "smoke shows." 'Smoke Show'? Never have I heard that phrase. No idea how that could possibly refer to a good-looking chick. Anyone care to enlighten me?

I just don't get the blister thing. How does a guy thats been pitching since he was what - 10 years old - get a blister on his pitching hand? You'd figure there'd be permanent callouses, no? I've been using writing implements since I was a toddler and there's a freaking callous on the side of my middle finger that won't go away. Even if their hands get all baby-soft in the off-season from no work, they've been in spring training for TWO MONTHS! I don't get it.

My soccer-playin' daughter's been dealing with blisters for a month and we've tried everything. Just ordered a can of this. Keith Hernandez swears by it!

He's 29! Who signs a 29 year-old if not for the publiciity?

'The Orchid' strikes again!

29 and going to the instructional league. Yeah, good luck pal, you're the next (baseball-playing) Michael Jordan.

Wasn't that a part of the plan with him when they got him? I jus hope these guys can hold it together until Reyes and Cespedes can join Bruce in the lineup.

Sweetie - they're noise mufflers not headphones. They're protecting the kids ears, not hurting them,

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: soupcan wrote: Johnny Lunches - Did you hear all that Uni talk? Interesting stuff. Did you already know about 'Stitches' in Whitestone? I went out there and met those guys, interviewed them and shot em for the book. They gave me leftover box of front-panel uni numbers from the orange spring-training jerseys of 03. 3s 4s and 5s only. Nice. Is the place cool? Interesting stuff to see or just a like a storefront?

Johnny Lunches - Did you hear all that Uni talk? Interesting stuff. Did you already know about 'Stitches' in Whitestone?

Zvon wrote: Holy shit. Just seeing this now. Gotta E my bros. And I gotta F my sis.....oh, wait.

Verizon trivia question: Who has the Mets all-time record for home runs against the Yankees. I'm going with Beltran. I'll guess Wright

Edgy MD wrote: Oh, faithless can o' soup. I'm upset, wanted Lucroy too. I'll be okay, give me a day.

For Bastardo. Garbage for garbage.

'FIDEL-LIGHTFUL!' Did it for me. Awesome.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Now looks like they might get Bruce and Lucroy Ooh, me likey.

Oh BFD. Give 'em another one.

Possible medical issue holding up finalization of trade. Stay tuned...

I don't think it's necessary.

That entire ninth inning was seat-of-your-pants! Good times, I like baseball!

Edgy MD wrote: Absolutely not. Okay then.

Edgy MD wrote: I remember the old MoFo, where the folks most abusive to the Mets poorer players were the ones most nostalgic for the poorer players of days gone by (*cough* Doug Flynn *cough*). Folks love to demand it both ways. You coughing at me pal? I was like 11-12 when Flynn was a Met. I was a good glove no-hit infielder just like him so I identified. With Straw & Doc I was in my 20's and looking for more. They both raised my expectations and when I went all in and they didn't deliver due to their own issues, I took it personally.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: How many ultimately mediocre players on every other team in the majors have similar accomplishments and don't have their numbers retired? Quite a fucking few I'm thinking. batmagadanleadoff wrote: I disagree with this many ways over. First of all, every ML'er is, at best, mediocre at the end of their careers. Even Willie Mays. Otherwise, they'd still be playing. Mike Piazza would still be backstopping for the Mets, catching Tom Seaver's 96 MPH fastballs. So to characterize Strawberry based on his end of career mediocrity, to imply that Straw was a mediocrity is wholly unfair to Straw and a distortion. But I'm not going to retire a number based on a few good years either. Do the Mets want to be the Yankees who will soon start having to use the Greek alphabet for their players because they've retired every single number for every single player who had a few good years for them? batmagadanleadoff wrote: Straw was a superstar and, I think, an underrated superstar, playing in an era when having to hit half your games in Shea Stadium was still murder on a batter's stats. I'll tell you something ... I secretly chafe a little bit every time I have to read that David Wright is the Mets best home grown hitter because I don't really believe it. Wright isn't the hitter that Straw was, and in fact, if you compare Wright's first eight years to Straw's first and only eight Mets seasons, (they were both 21 in their debut seasons, btw, making for a convenient comparison) Straw comes out on top overall, even though Wright had the best singular season. If Wright is the better Mets hitter than Straw, it's only because Wright outlasted Straw as a Met and took many more PA's, which enabled Wright to pass Straw in the career totals categories. For me its not about whether Straw was this or that or better than this guy or that guy. I like what the Red Sox do. I may be mistaken but I believe they have a system for retiring numbers. A player must be in the Hall of Fame and had to have played at least 10 years for them. THAT's a guy whose number should be retired. batmagadanleadoff wrote: Also, I don't think it'd be unprecedented if a player like Straw were to have his number retired. He's certainly more deserving of that honor, by like orders of magnitude, than say Gary Carter, who seems to have the most support among Mets fans for that kind of treatment. Lesser players than Straw have had their numbers retired. Not that that means anything, because we're now delving into a discussion in which rules and standards don't really apply and ownership can retire whatever numbers they feel like retiring. You're right, it wouldnt be unprecedented but again do the Mets want to be the Padres who retired Randy Jones and Steve Garvey? The freaking Dodgers haven't even retired Garvey's #6. I'd like a retired number in Queens to be a real honor. Right now I think it is. Casey Stengel, Gil Hodges, Tom Seaver and Piazza. 3 Hall of Famers and one guy who's value to the team is without question.

cooby wrote: They should retire both numbers Didn't you say in the Piazza thread that you were opposed to number retiring?