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[jennifer6973]

(God Forgive Me)  Let's Go Mets (tonight anyway)

 

Now I'm running out of the room screaming like a banshee.

[ebk57]

6 hours ago, jennifer6973 said:

(God Forgive Me)  Let's Go Mets (tonight anyway)

 

Now I'm running out of the room screaming like a banshee.

 

It's like I don't even know you anymore.

Okay, I really don't know you at all, but still...   :-)

[jennifer6973]

LOL

 

I put that out there, neither team scored until the eighth inning.  Maybe they will tire each other out and split the series.

[rallymantis]

Christ.

Bullpen giving up four in the 8th.  *That's* a little thing I call, "Barfing without stopping".

[Bort]

We have some guys in from Scotland at work right now. Taking them to an Astros game tonight. They've never seen a baseball game AT ALL so this should be interesting. 

[Moose135]

19 hours ago, jennifer6973 said:

(God Forgive Me)  Let's Go Mets (tonight anyway)

 

Now I'm running out of the room screaming like a banshee.

I read your posts, and I wonder why does someone with 69 and 73 in her user name hate on the Mets so much? Those were some big years for the Metropolitans.

[cleo]

rallymantis I'm not a Royals fan, but I love the whole rallymantis thing. I was watching one of their games a couple days ago and Salvador Perez got a run, came in, and kissed the aquarium. They have certainly been doing well. 

[jennifer6973]

2 hours ago, Moose135 said:

I read your posts, and I wonder why does someone with 69 and 73 in her user name hate on the Mets so much? Those were some big years for the Metropolitans.

It's 6 - 9 -73

Date of birth, but I'm a Nats/Orioles/Reds fan so I just dislike all NY teams. (and in case of the NYY, the deceased owner is the primary cause of dislike)

[Moose135]

Ah, I see!  At least we agree on the Yankees...

[mojoween]

Pfft.

It would be nice if the Yankees bats woke back up for cod's sack.

On an unrelated note I was listening to an interview with Gary Sanchez and not looking at the TV and I would have sworn that A-Rod started a new career as an interpreter.  Sanchez's interpreter sounds EXACTLY like A-Rod does when he speaks Spanish.  It's uncanny.

Also boo Orioles.  BOOOOOO.

Edited August 31, 2016 by mojoween

[prican58]

Yanks trade AAA OF and International League MVP Ben Gamel to Seattle for 2 minor league pitchers. Happy for Gamel because he is a good ballplayer and a hard worker. Yanks have so many outfielders in the ranks that I figured this would happen. Good luck to him. 

mojoween, I'm falling hard for these new Yankees.

  http://web.yesnetwork.com/media/video.jsp?content_id=1118232483&topic_id=5869378&c_id=yesnetwork

Edited August 31, 2016 by prican58

[Lantern7]

Bartolo's up with the bases loaded and nobody out. This is not a drill . . .

Damn. 5-2-3 double play. That sucked.

[King of Birds]

Was today's schedule the shortest one all year?  Seems like it. Plus, the Padres/ Braves game ended before noon Pacific so it was over before I even looked up the games.

Looking forward to seeing this Yoan Moncada kid for the Sox, see if he's ready for the MLB or just being rushed to be the Red Sox answer to Gary Sanchez.

[smittykins]

By rights, Quick Pitch should have been 15 minutes long.

[jennifer6973]

@King of Birds

I think it's tied with Opening Weekend Sunday when there were 4 games before Opening Day

[King of Birds]

Yeah, but that's when they schedule and are thinking "there might be snow outs in the east and Minnesota, Denver" etc.  Yesterday was like the day after the All-Star game.  And we all know how painful that can be.

Edited September 2, 2016 by King of Birds

[xaxat]

So Papelbon was so anxious to sign with a winner (after deciding to leave a winner) that he didn't sign with anyone?

Now that's a motivated player!

[Lantern7]

I'm hoping for a rainout on Sunday night for the Mets' sakes. Their game with the Nats got "flexed" by ESPN to 8, and then they have to fly out to Cincinnati to play a 1 p.m. game (noon central). I don't know how they can rest at all with that schedule.

[jennifer6973]

Spoiler

 

ESPN basically screwed both teams with the Sunday night game.  The Nats have a 4 pm game on Monday.

 

And I prefer the Mets to be more tired so my Reds can beat them.  (The Reds were my first NL team so I like to see them do well)

[xaxat]

It could be worse. Earlier this season the Pirates played a Wednesday night game, flew to Colorado for an afternoon makeup game, flew back to Pittsburgh for a weekend series ending Sunday night and then had to fly to NY for a day game on Monday.

[Lantern7]

Reminds me of the Mets' October in 1999. They beat the Pirates at Shea to clinch a tie for the wild card, flew out to Cincinnati to await the Reds' results, beat the Reds in a one-game playoff the following day, then flew to Phoenix to face the Diamondbacks in the NLDS the day after that. Three days, three cities, three wins.

[jennifer6973]

I just think ESPN likes to screw with the teams at all cost, that is the only explanation for me anyway.

 

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Did someone tell the Mets fans the Subway was closing at 10:15 or something, they are leaving a most excellent game.

 

Oh and the Yankees are losing also.  This day is awesome.

Edited September 3, 2016 by jennifer6973

[Morrigan2575]

Yanks need these games if they have any hope of that WildCard.

[King of Birds]

Look, I get it. We're all human. You miss a pitch, sometimes, when you're an ump. But these knuckleheads need a baseball bat to the noggin'.

What's better for replay, than to correct this kind of blatant umpire stupidity? It was a fucking swing. I've read enough biographies of baseball players/ umps and others to know that umps will say "Ooops I missed that one." Look at the 3rd base umps face at :24 in the clip. That's a total "hey, I was thinking about what's for dinner instead of baseball" face if I've ever seen one.

[mojoween]

So much for leapfrogging the O's.  Jesus.

[jennifer6973]

Ooh the Marlins lost, the Reds won, the Yankees lost so overall good day even though the Mets are looking like winners tonight.  Can't have everything perfect.

[ebk57]

I have an extra ticket for tomorrow's O's/Yankees game.  If anyone is around (and there are no suckers on StubHub)...

[King of Birds]

1 hour ago, mojoween said:

So much for leapfrogging the O's.  Jesus.

ebk57 must've sold her soul to the Devil. Don't you think? And now inviting strangers from the internet along to the SWEEP tomorrow.

[ebk57]

49 minutes ago, King of Birds said:

ebk57 must've sold her soul to the Devil. Don't you think? And now inviting strangers from the internet along to the SWEEP tomorrow.

Some sucker - I mean some wonderful baseball fan - bought the ticket.  So I don't have to acknowledge the stranger next to me.

As for the first part, no comment.

[voiceover]

*bumbled into this thread while looking for the nfl thread*

Edited September 4, 2016 by voiceover
Gimme a break, I had a stroke in April

[mojoween]

Wait a minute.  Did I hear Michael and Kenny correctly?  The Orioles actually got all butthurt about the A's not expanding their roster and therefore lost to the Red Sox, because the O's are battling the Sox for playoff position?

That always amuses me at the end of the year. Like, eyes on your own paper.  The A's don't need to do anything except what's in the best interest of their club, which is 24 games out.  Might as well let the AAA guys stay put.

[King of Birds]

Plus, Oakland's AAA team in Nashville has the best record in the PCL. Playoffs start on Tuesday.

[mojoween]

"Mark Trumbo has shown in right field that he's a great power hitter."  Bwah!

Dellin Betances in the high five line makes me think of Amaury Nolasco's character in "Benchwarmers."

Edited September 4, 2016 by mojoween

[rcc]

Anyone know what's happened to Joe Castiglione on the Red Sox radio feed? He hasn't been in the booth for any games in Oakland.

[ebk57]

So, the weather was spectacular today!  And dinner was fabulous...

[Lantern7]

I though the weather from Hurricane Hermine would create problems and/or solutions for the Mets. As always, they're never that lucky.

[Moose135]

Yeah, but two out of three against the Nats ( that makes 11 wins in their last 15) makes up for any late night travel - and they are only going to Cincinnati, it's not like they are going to the West Coast.

[mojoween]

I totally want to have Brett Gardner's babies right now.

...TMI?

[King of Birds]

On 9/4/2016 at 2:10 PM, rcc said:

Anyone know what's happened to Joe Castiglione on the Red Sox radio feed? He hasn't been in the booth for any games in Oakland.

Not sure if you found this out since you posted a few days ago - Joe was sick before the radio team left for the west coast. Rob Bradford's been filling in.

16 minutes ago, mojoween said:

I totally want to have Brett Gardner's babies right now.

...TMI?

Hm, I don't know what happened tonight - I mean, thanks for beating Toronto- but don't you want Headley's babies?

[mojoween]

Brett made a fantastic leaping grab at the wall to get the third out after Toronto chewed Betances up and spit him out.

[King of Birds]

What will you name the twins you'll inevitably have with Brett?

[mojoween]

A-Rod and Mookie, of course.

[King of Birds]

^^  If only I could go back in time and rescind my question.  Also, #1 in this article is for you and your Yankee brethren. Is Holder 'dreamy'?

September! Sox and Toronto tied for first. Orioles one game back. Yankees 4.5 back. After today, they get Thursday off ... then ...
~  3x at Toronto / 3x home vs Orioles / 4x home vs Yankees / 4x at Orioles /  3x at Rays / 3x at Yankees
It'll be quite a month.

[mojoween]

Ha!  He actually is not dreamy IMO anyways.

Also I LOVE the Yankees no fur policy.  Love love love it.

[attica]

15 hours ago, mojoween said:

I totally want to have Brett Gardner's babies right now.

How would you know? They're all small with not-much hair...

Reminds me of that Yankees Road Trip reality show season where the fan/cast member got herself knocked up by a (married) relief pitcher. 

[xaxat]

55 minutes ago, attica said:

Reminds me of that Yankees Road Trip reality show season where the fan/cast member got herself knocked up by a (married) relief pitcher. 

I remember that show! One of the roadies hooked up with a player?

[attica]

Second season, iirc. The dark-haired one. As I remember the goss at the time, she hooked up with one player, that ended, and then she cried on the shoulder of the reliever (rhymes with Mott Smockter), who was very pious-family-values, cheered her up and knocked her up. She kept the kid, but he went back to the missus.

(I'm purposely not using names to thwart search engines and google alerts.) 

[King of Birds]

After Betances got beat up, and the loss of the others, the Yankees could really use that Mott Smockter guy nowadays.

Thank you, I'm here all week.

[mojoween]

Start spreadin' the news...

Although, if this is helping the Red Sox that is NOT cool.

[mojoween]

Breaking news!  The Mets have fallen victim to a publicity stunt!

Alternatively, they signed Tim Tebow.  Tomato, tomahto.