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Doesn't it seem like the Yankees always have some kind of issue with rain-delayed / late start games every year? There's always some contoversy with them and then probably later today they'll come out and make an announcement that all tickets for last night's game can be exchanged, blah...blah...blah. I'd be pissed if I had a tcket to that game last night. I think it's bullshit that they started it at almost 9:30 on a cold, rainy Monday night. What time did the game end - 1:00?

Beltran - 3 Maine - 2.5 Wright - 2 Parnell - 1 Rodriguez - 1 Delgado - .25 Reyes - .25

Beltran - 2.5 Pelfrey - 2.5 Church - 1 Wright - 1 Santos - 1 Cora - 0.5 Feliciano - 0.5 Putz - 0.5 Rodriguez - 0.5

This is from today's New York Post: ]The personal highlight reel by Beltran was in keeping with his season, which has been off the charts. Not only does he lead the NL with a .400 average, but Beltran extended his hitting streak to 15 games. "My whole career I've been a pull hitter, and now letting the ball get deep has helped me to use the whole field," Beltran said. "Once you do that, you've got a lot of opportunities to help the team." What does Beltran mean here? Letting the ball go deeper in terms of the front and back of home plate/strike zone? So a pull hitter hits the ball towards the front of the plate/strike zone and if one is going to go opposite field then its not so much the swing but where the ball is hit within the zone? Interesting stuff.

="Fman99":945ailio]I miss Phil Hartman.[/quote:945ailio] Word. metirish May 04 2009 03:06 PM ="soupcan":3k2i4g3f]="Fman99":3k2i4g3f]I miss Phil Hartman.[/quote:3k2i4g3f] Word.[/quote:3k2i4g3f] Me too G-Fafif May 04 2009 03:17 PM Took me a while...heart...Hartman. The only baseball connection I could make was his recurring reporting on Weekend Update that unfortunately George Steinbrenner was still alive. Heart...Hartman -- now I get it. And yes, word. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 04 2009 03:48 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 05 2009 12:52 PM ="G-Fafif":22bu8wau]Took me a while...heart...Hartman. The only baseball connection I could make was his recurring reporting on Weekend Update that unfortunately George Steinbrenner was still alive. Heart...Hartman -- now I get it. And yes, word.[/quote:22bu8wau] That, and the SNL skit involving PH in which he plays the Managing Editor of "Sassy." Various hot male actors of the time-- Jason Priestley, Christian Slater, etc.-- are brought up, and his reaction is always some variation on calling them "sassy." What is "sassy"? The SNL players never explain. Really, it's the same with edge/heart/mojo/swagger, as regards American team sports. It's been said (and I'm paraphrasing, obviously) that G-d is what humans call the unknowable. In a kinda-sorta related way-- if an infinitely-hackier milieu-- it seems to be the name that sportswriters give to those vagaries of chance which, say, deliver St. Louis a World Series championship over more talented Mets and Tigers squads. Why did the Cards win? They hung tough, they hit when it counted... they had pluck, edge, love for the game. It's like luck, but with more of a narrative forced on it. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 05 2009 12:39 PM So... Beltran. Two homers. In key spots, both. This count as edge? soupcan May 05 2009 12:47 PM I don't know. I guess so. This kind of crap always bothers me though - did Beltran just gut it out and focus more and just decide 'damn it, I'm taking control of this game!' or did Vasquez just run out of gas and start to make bad pitches? The Braves took an early lead and then stopped hitting (sound familiar?). So did the Mets overcome or did the Braves choke? batmagadanleadoff May 05 2009 12:50 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 05 2009 12:52 PM Maybe all that happened is that Beltran hit two HR's: two HR's that (by the way) wouldn't have cleared the outfield wall at Citi Field. John Cougar Lunchbucket May 05 2009 12:52 PM It's obvious Beltran is hot and he got some pitches and didn;t miss 'em. What was a tiny bit more encouraging was seeing Wright hammer one and even Reyes get a solid hit and a few swipes. Anyone remember Reyes? holychicken May 05 2009 01:41 PM ="John Cougar Lunchbucket":1musvx31]Anyone remember Reyes?[/quote:1musvx31] Sorry, too busy hating on Wright to think about hating on Reyes right now. However, I reserve the right to remember and hate Reyes once Wright gets and stays out of his funk. Ashie62 May 05 2009 02:23 PM Can we sign Frankens' Stuart Smalley" as morale officer

He wants to keep playing. He's not a big kid though, and next year they would go to major league size fields. I think that might be an issue for him unless he has a growth spurt this summer. He already umpires and he really enjoys it. I'm surprised at how decisive he is as an ump. Its like I'm watching a completely different kid. He takes no crap from anybody and is loud, clear and quick when making calls. The money don't hurt either. $30 for calling balls and strikes and $20 for the base ump. Pretty good scratch for a 12 year-old.

="themetfairy":2wljm4ma]T-Ball certainly counts. It all starts with T-Ball [/quote:2wljm4ma] Agreed - T-Ball counts. We've been there, we know! metfairy - is MK going to continue with Babe Ruth next year? themetfairy May 04 2009 11:33 AM soup - we're not sure. There's a lot on Activity Island right now, including Boy Scouts and his trombone studies (he has definite plans to be a part of the marching band in high school). He's a good ballplayer, but not the most talented. His biggest asset is that he knows the game so well, but he's often frustrated by the gap between his ability and what he wants to do. If he wants to go into Babe Ruth, we'll let him. But we're not pushing it. If he doesn't play, I see him umpiring - that would keep him involved in the game, and also give him a way to earn some money once he turns 14. What about your Pirate? Is he continuing on? John Cougar Lunchbucket May 04 2009 11:54 AM Baseball or trombone, gotta practice if ya wanna to be among the greats. Just ask me, I turned out to be neither. soupcan May 04 2009 11:58 AM He wants to keep playing. He's not a big kid though, and next year they would go to major league size fields. I think that might be an issue for him unless he has a growth spurt this summer. He already umpires and he really enjoys it. I'm surprised at how decisive he is as an ump. Its like I'm watching a completely different kid. He takes no crap from anybody and is loud, clear and quick when making calls. The money don't hurt either. $30 for calling balls and strikes and $20 for the base ump. Pretty good scratch for a 12 year-old. themetfairy May 04 2009 01:04 PM Our township makes you wait until 14 to ump. But I think the kid would be great at it. He does practice the trombone, and takes private lessons. He also made a regional band this past winter. Benjamin Grimm May 04 2009 01:40 PM I'm managing a softball team of seven- and eight-year-old girls. Last year, in t-ball, I was an assistant coach, but the manager was a shlub who didn't know what he was doing, so I made all the decisions. We've played two games so far, and unofficially won them both. (We're not supposed to keep score, but I've been doing so secretly.) The girls seem to be having fun, the parents have been nice, and I'm having a good time too. My daughter wants to be the first female major leaguer, but her teammate Amanda has extraordinary (for her age, anyway) talent and outstanding (again, for her age) instincts. If any of my group of girls is going to crack the gender line, it will be Amanda. John Cougar Lunchbucket May 04 2009 01:48 PM Ultimate7-And-8-Year-OldGirlsSoftballDatabase.com seawolf17 May 04 2009 02:12 PM ="John Cougar Lunchbucket":554gygwb]Ultimate7-And-8-Year-OldGirlsSoftballDatabase.com[/quote:554gygwb] I just sponsored Amanda's page. HahnSolo May 04 2009 02:24 PM CapriSun Player(s) of the Game. themetfairy Jun 06 2009 07:24 PM Tonight was the final game of my son's Little League career. Before the night there was a slim possibility that the team could still advance to the next round of the playoffs. That would have required them to win tonight by a margin of four runs or more, and then to get some help from the other teams playing tomorrow night's game. But all contingencies are moot. The Liberty Tax Services Mets won tonight by a score of 3-1. MK caught all six innings and had an RBI in the game. So it's over. But at least they went out on a good note. Let's Go Mets!

The Marauders always makes me think of Bugs Bunny. Follow this line of reasoning: -'Marauders' makes me think of a'The Manassa Mauler' which was Jack Dempsey's nickname. -To me though, 'Manassa Mauler' sounds more like a wrestler than a boxer. -When I imagine a wrestler who would look like a mauler from a place called Manassa, I get an image in my head of 'The Crusher' from an old Bugs Bunny cartoon... So whenever I see the Marauders playing a LL game I always say under my breath 'Theeeeeee Crush-ah!'

Shit - whatever it takes at this point. Just win, baby.

I've got no beef with Straw. While he was a player on the team I rooted for, the guy showed up, played and produced. It was after he left the Mets that all of issues came to light and affected the other teams that he went on to play for.

="themetfairy":zpq9b6ee]Our township has eight majors teams, and the draft is a big deal. Every coach automatically gets his own kid, but how that kid is ranked is often a point of contention; some guys don't want their kids to play for certain coaches; and all sorts of other squabbles take place each year.[/quote:zpq9b6ee] Sounds the same as my town. We have 10 Majors teams, broken up into a 'National' and 'American' league. There are 6 teams named after MLB teams (Red Sox, Yankees, Cubs Astros, Mets. Pirates) and 4 teams with names that I have no idea where they came from (Maruders, Jaguars, Commandos, Raiders). If a 'Majors' team is short a player for a particular game they can call a kid up from the 'Minors' (one level and one age group below) or even from 'AAA' (two levels and two age groups below). However whatever kid is called up must also be playing on a team in the same 'League' (National or American) as the team that calls him up. My son's team ran into a problem last year and thats when I found out about that rule which I think is kind of stupid. Met Hunter May 03 2009 09:25 PM ="Edgy DC":zyeceuae]I'm not entirely certain, but I'm pretty sure that I coached Billy Koch one year.[/quote:zyeceuae] I bought my living room furniture from Billy's dad a few years back. I think it was Levitz in Carle Place. Very large man. Edgy DC May 03 2009 09:34 PM Mar(a)uders: The kids' dads are football fans and think the more violent the name, the better. Jaguars: The kids' dads drive expensive cars. Raiders: The kids' dads are mobbed up. Commandos: The kids' dads don't wear underwear. soupcan May 04 2009 07:50 AM The Marauders always makes me think of Bugs Bunny. Follow this line of reasoning: -'Marauders' makes me think of a'The Manassa Mauler' which was Jack Dempsey's nickname. -To me though, 'Manassa Mauler' sounds more like a wrestler than a boxer. -When I imagine a wrestler who would look like a mauler from a place called Manassa, I get an image in my head of 'The Crusher' from an old Bugs Bunny cartoon... So whenever I see the Marauders playing a LL game I always say under my breath 'Theeeeeee Crush-ah!' DocTee May 04 2009 08:40 AM Did Valadius just hack into Soup's account? Vic Sage May 04 2009 08:46 AM my 8-year old son plays on the Wolves. He seems to be having fun, despite a dearth of talent, inherited from his old man. My 11-year old girl hasn't been able to play so far this season, due to a broken thumb, but she's almost ready, and chomping at the bit. She has slightly more talent, but more importantly, a passion for the game. My son's passions are known only to him. He started playing soccer this season, and seems to have more aptitude for that. We'll see. And "parental involvement" is a double-edged sword. Its important to be there and supportive, but "intrusive and overbearing" is always just a hair's breath away. Mr. Zero May 04 2009 09:08 AM Some of this year's sponsors: Cupcake Corral Creative Organizing Kids Docs Extreme Personal Training Moods in Hair Advanced Dental Yankees Royal Cadillac Hummers HahnSolo May 04 2009 09:25 AM Does Tee ball count? The littlest Solo embarks on his first year of tee ball. I am one of the coaches for the 5-year old Mets. Sadly, despite being the Mets, we got black shirts, socks, and caps. We've had about a dozen "how old is that kid?" questions for my little guy. He is about a full head taller than some of the kids and is one of the few who can hit it to the outfield. Fman99 May 04 2009 09:28 AM ="HahnSolo":nlw7nh48]Does Tee ball count? The littlest Solo embarks on his first year of tee ball. I am one of the coaches for the 5-year old Mets. Sadly, despite being the Mets, we got black shirts, socks, and caps. We've had about a dozen "how old is that kid?" questions for my little guy. He is about a full head taller than some of the kids and is one of the few who can hit it to the outfield.[/quote:nlw7nh48] Fboy had the choice of playing as a four year old this year. I thought he'd have done fine, he kills the ball (from both sides of the plate) in the backyard. But come sign-up day he told me he didn't want to play in a league, just in the yard with me and Fwife instead. Now two of his classmates in day care are playing and I think maybe he is a bit regretful. Oh well, he will have another chance next year. I suspect that another year to gain in maturity will help him anyway. He gets REAL angry when he doesn't win. themetfairy May 04 2009 10:22 AM T-Ball certainly counts. It all starts with T-Ball soupcan May 04 2009 10:29 AM ="themetfairy":2wljm4ma]T-Ball certainly counts. It all starts with T-Ball [/quote:2wljm4ma] Agreed - T-Ball counts. We've been there, we know! metfairy - is MK going to continue with Babe Ruth next year? themetfairy May 04 2009 11:33 AM soup - we're not sure. There's a lot on Activity Island right now, including Boy Scouts and his trombone studies (he has definite plans to be a part of the marching band in high school). He's a good ballplayer, but not the most talented. His biggest asset is that he knows the game so well, but he's often frustrated by the gap between his ability and what he wants to do. If he wants to go into Babe Ruth, we'll let him. But we're not pushing it. If he doesn't play, I see him umpiring - that would keep him involved in the game, and also give him a way to earn some money once he turns 14. What about your Pirate? Is he continuing on? John Cougar Lunchbucket May 04 2009 11:54 AM Baseball or trombone, gotta practice if ya wanna to be among the greats. Just ask me, I turned out to be neither. soupcan May 04 2009 11:58 AM He wants to keep playing. He's not a big kid though, and next year they would go to major league size fields. I think that might be an issue for him unless he has a growth spurt this summer. He already umpires and he really enjoys it. I'm surprised at how decisive he is as an ump. Its like I'm watching a completely different kid. He takes no crap from anybody and is loud, clear and quick when making calls. The money don't hurt either. $30 for calling balls and strikes and $20 for the base ump. Pretty good scratch for a 12 year-old. themetfairy May 04 2009 01:04 PM Our township makes you wait until 14 to ump. But I think the kid would be great at it. He does practice the trombone, and takes private lessons. He also made a regional band this past winter. Benjamin Grimm May 04 2009 01:40 PM I'm managing a softball team of seven- and eight-year-old girls. Last year, in t-ball, I was an assistant coach, but the manager was a shlub who didn't know what he was doing, so I made all the decisions. We've played two games so far, and unofficially won them both. (We're not supposed to keep score, but I've been doing so secretly.) The girls seem to be having fun, the parents have been nice, and I'm having a good time too. My daughter wants to be the first female major leaguer, but her teammate Amanda has extraordinary (for her age, anyway) talent and outstanding (again, for her age) instincts. If any of my group of girls is going to crack the gender line, it will be Amanda. John Cougar Lunchbucket May 04 2009 01:48 PM Ultimate7-And-8-Year-OldGirlsSoftballDatabase.com seawolf17 May 04 2009 02:12 PM ="John Cougar Lunchbucket":554gygwb]Ultimate7-And-8-Year-OldGirlsSoftballDatabase.com[/quote:554gygwb] I just sponsored Amanda's page. HahnSolo May 04 2009 02:24 PM CapriSun Player(s) of the Game. themetfairy Jun 06 2009 07:24 PM Tonight was the final game of my son's Little League career. Before the night there was a slim possibility that the team could still advance to the next round of the playoffs. That would have required them to win tonight by a margin of four runs or more, and then to get some help from the other teams playing tomorrow night's game. But all contingencies are moot. The Liberty Tax Services Mets won tonight by a score of 3-1. MK caught all six innings and had an RBI in the game. So it's over. But at least they went out on a good note. Let's Go Mets!

My oldest who is also in his last year of LL eligibility, is on the Athletic Shoe Factory Pirates. My 8 year-old daughter decided she wanted to play LL with the boys this year rather than softball with the girls. At her level (second grade) its cute, but not nearly as competitive or entertaining as the my eldest boy�s, which is the same level that MK plays. As metfairy can tell you, their level is fun to watch. The boys really know what they are doing, errors have dropped considerably and you can really see which boys might have the kind of talent to possibly keep playing through high school. In short, its a good game to watch. In second grade, the coaches/dads are still pitching and catching. For me at her games its sort of a 'been there, done that' mindset. I just kind of stand on the sidelines and support her rather than get into it like some of the other dads. For most of the dads at the second grade game though, they are watching their eldest boys play baseball. So some of them really get into it. So I go to her game last week and am acting the casual observer. This one kid comes up, and hits a ball through the infield, he runs to first, turns and heads to second. Turns second and heads to third. At this point the ball is coming back into the infield. The kid hits third and starts going home. An infielder gets the relay from the outfielder and throws to the catcher (a coach, remember...), the catcher gets the ball, the runner stops in between third and home and starts running back to third. The coach/catcher then runs the kid down and catches him before he gets back to third and tags him out! I was stunned. The third base coach, who just happened to be the runner's dad, asked the coach what he was doing, the coach goes 'he turned the corner, he gave me no choice!. Amazing, huh?

metirish wrote: 2) you couldn't hit spuds to ducks... Somebody help me out here.

="soupcan":1bg314wg]My third prediction for this young season is that the band box-like confines of Citizens Bank Park will be the cure for what's ailing the Mets. They will rock the park (and the Park) tonight while Pelfrey coaxes groundball out after groundball out from the Phillies.[/quote:1bg314wg] HA! LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 01 2009 08:51 PM Use your power well and wisely, Soup... 'cause it's kinda freakin' me out.

Fman99 wrote: Ryan "Nostrils" Howard up. My son calls him 'Dog Nose'.

WORSE! String him up!

I've made two not so difficult predictions this year that have come true - I said that the Mets would not win the third game against Nats rookie Jordan Zimmerman and I predicted that the Met bats would come to life and John Maine would pitch well against the Marlins. Both were stated on the pages of this forum (you could look 'em up). My third prediction for this young season is that the band box-like confines of Citizens Bank Park will be the cure for what's ailing the Mets. They will rock the park (and the Park) tonight while Pelfrey coaxes groundball out after groundball out from the Phillies.

Dude...?

'Douchecraft' - I like it.

I think its a craptastic column as well, but what did he write that's not true?

Rodriguez hangs out shirtless in Central Park in 2006. Are these the infamous "Bitch Tits"?

="HahnSolo":25t8z99n]="Nymr83":25t8z99n]="metsguyinmichigan":25t8z99n]I thought 15 percent was a decent tip.[/quote:25t8z99n] not when you make 25 million a year it isnt.[/quote:25t8z99n] I will cut him some slack here. Just because some bimbo brings you buffalo wings and beer, you have to tip what...? 50%, 60%? Why should he tip more than Joe Schlabotnik at the next table for the same service?[/quote:25t8z99n] Because he can. Because its a good investment in his image. And 50%-60% of a bill at Hooters is like shoeshine money to him. Part of the reason he is so famous is because of how much money he makes, ergo - lotsa people know how much money he makes and rightly or wrongly he gets scrutinized for his genorisity or lack thereof. You may bemoan the double-standard, but now his cheap ass is being called out. Ask him if the money he saved at Hooters by not over-tipping was worth the ridicule he's gonna get now. soupcan Apr 30 2009 09:36 AM Rodriguez hangs out shirtless in Central Park in 2006. Are these the infamous "Bitch Tits"? LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 30 2009 10:21 AM ="metsguyinmichigan":41qd8d37]I thought 15 percent was a decent tip.[/quote:41qd8d37] Kinda sorta. 'Round these parts, it's bare minimum, for "not bad" service. If service has been good at all, 20 and up is customary these days. (Like my grandpa always said, if you don't have money to tip, you don't have money to eat out.) HahnSolo Apr 30 2009 10:27 AM A cynic consumer might say in reply: if you can't pay your servers a decent wage, then don't open a restaurant. The percentage thing never made sense to me. Do the same job at a Denny's or at the Four Seasons, but at one your tip might be $5 while at the other it's $50? But we're veering off course here: the tipping off of pitches seems like it should be getting far more attention here. batmagadanleadoff Apr 30 2009 10:29 AM I'd grow bitch tits for $25M a year. metsguyinmichigan Apr 30 2009 10:30 AM Did ARod tipp off 15 percent of the batters or more? bmfc1 Apr 30 2009 10:33 AM ="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":3qj28dvx]="metsguyinmichigan":3qj28dvx]I thought 15 percent was a decent tip.[/quote:3qj28dvx] (Like my grandpa always said, if you don't have money to tip, you don't have money to eat out.)[/quote:3qj28dvx] I like that very much. Your Grandpa sounds like a wise man. metirish May 01 2009 06:36 AM Hilarious ] Roberts also details Rodriguez's obsession with teammate Derek Jeter. Players who accompanied A-Rod to clubs said his favorite pickup line was "Who's hotter, me or Derek Jeter?" Edgy DC May 01 2009 07:19 AM Shit. The bastard stole my line. cooby May 05 2009 08:30 PM No question, Edgy, it's you!

Anybody see it? Is it a homah?

Oof. DWright is killing us.