ProudMary June 1 Share June 1 42 minutes ago, Lantern7 said: @mojoween & @ProudMary . . . no matter what happens tonight, at least the Yankees will still be playing. Knicks fans will have to wait several months for their next meaningful game. I'm not thrilled with the Yankees next opponents coming into the Bronx either! Cleveland always plays the Yanks hard. As for the Knicks: I was an insane Knicks fan when I was a teenager in their glory years. Back before athletes had personal shoe endorsements, one of my friends and I used to wear a combo of blue and orange shoelaces in our sneakers, just as Walt Frazier did back then. I have so many great memories of that team. Going to the Garden with my Dad to see them occasionally was heaven for me. (Side note: I worked in midtown in the '80s. One afternoon during lunch hour, I was walking on East 49th St., and Dave DeBusschere, who was my very favorite Knick, was walking right toward me! I just had this huge smile on my face. Dave said "Hi" and smiled back at me. I was too stunned to speak. I'd had seen many other celebrities on the streets of Manhattan, and didn't even flinch, but that day was very special.) Then, in 1977, seemingly out of nowhere, with new Coach Willis Reed at the helm, the Knicks traded Walt Frazier to Cleveland. I was SO angry. How could they do that to Clyde? To take one of the Princes of Manhattan (Joe Nameth, the other) and send him to Cleveland?!? I never forgave them. I stopped watching basketball, period. Anyway, I've considered the Knicks cursed since they traded Clyde. No championships since 1973? Fine by me! 3 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2463-mlb-thread/page/395/#findComment-8676139
shoregirl June 2 Share June 2 (edited) 4 hours ago, Lantern7 said: Makes sense. My first thought was that Lenny Dykstra died. He did hit the first postseason walk-off home run in team history. I don't think Mets (or the Phillies) are going to where a patch for Lenny Dykstra when he passed. Everytime there an article about him it's never for a good reason and I just hope they use a picture of him in a Mets uniform instead of a Phillies one. Edited June 2 by shoregirl 3 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2463-mlb-thread/page/395/#findComment-8676371
mojoween June 2 Share June 2 I’m not a Knicks fan but I was rooting for them because Indiana/Oklahoma City to this casual fan is boring as heck. Pacers are going to get steamrolled anyways. Yesterday was the first time the Yankees and Knicks lost by 15+ on the same day and I could have gone the rest of my life without knowing that. 3 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2463-mlb-thread/page/395/#findComment-8676385
Jane Tuesday June 2 Share June 2 4 hours ago, Lantern7 said: Makes sense. My first thought was that Lenny Dykstra died. He did hit the first postseason walk-off home run in team history. The first team I saw wearing them was the Cardinals. I about had a heart attack. 😆 In all seriousness, credit to MLB for the work they do to raise money and awareness for ALS. What an awful disease. 3 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2463-mlb-thread/page/395/#findComment-8676433
mojoween June 2 Share June 2 Oh noooooo 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2463-mlb-thread/page/395/#findComment-8676697
Lantern7 June 2 Share June 2 2 hours ago, shoregirl said: I don't think Mets (or the Phillies) are going to where a patch for Lenny Dykstra when he passed. Everytime there an article about him it's never for a good reason and I just hope they use a picture of him in a Mets uniform instead of a Phillies one. That was the player I associated #4 with when it comes to the Mets. Later this season, the team will be retiring #5 in honor of David Wright. To me, that’ll always be manager Davey Johnson. 6 hours ago, Lantern7 said: Prediction: Dodgers win, 21-4. All four Yankees runs come from Judge solo shots. 😈😈😈😈 Crap. I was off by four. 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️ Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2463-mlb-thread/page/395/#findComment-8676712
ProudMary June 2 Share June 2 No, no, no, no, NO. I just watched Boone's post-game presser. The body language when he talked about Weaver's hammy has me 🤯 Here's the Boone video. (4:00) The Weaver comments start at 3:10. 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2463-mlb-thread/page/395/#findComment-8676737
ProudMary June 3 Share June 3 I just knew this was going to be bad. 😥 I sure hope Devin Williams can handle the 9th. 3 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2463-mlb-thread/page/395/#findComment-8677548
ProudMary June 3 Share June 3 AL and NL Players of the month announced. Seriously, as a baseball fan, what a time to be alive to be able to witness these two! Also, Relievers of the month: Pitchers of the Month. 3 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2463-mlb-thread/page/395/#findComment-8678018
smittykins June 3 Author Share June 3 Good news: Jazz Chisholm activated from IL Bad news: Luke Weaver placed on IL 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2463-mlb-thread/page/395/#findComment-8678035
ProudMary June 3 Share June 3 27 minutes ago, smittykins said: Good news: Jazz Chisholm activated from IL Bad news: Luke Weaver placed on IL I certainly don't know which reaction emoji to hit for that! I'm glad Jazz is back. Fernando Cruz is off the IL and back in the bullpen, too. 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2463-mlb-thread/page/395/#findComment-8678050
mojoween June 5 Share June 5 Get an inning of Rick Pitino and Knicks talk while listening to the radio broadcast in the car, get home and turn on Prime … and Pitino is in the YES booth. That’s about enough of that I can handle kthanx. 2 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2463-mlb-thread/page/395/#findComment-8678744
mojoween June 5 Share June 5 Ugh. Fuck Rob Manfred. 2 1 1 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2463-mlb-thread/page/395/#findComment-8678762
ProudMary June 5 Share June 5 12 minutes ago, mojoween said: Ugh. Fuck Rob Manfred. Yup, agreed. 3 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2463-mlb-thread/page/395/#findComment-8678768
Jane Tuesday June 5 Share June 5 I don't know what Manfred has done now, but yes. Fuck that guy. 5 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2463-mlb-thread/page/395/#findComment-8678802
Lantern7 June 5 Share June 5 From ESPN.com: MLB took President Trump's support of Pete Rose into account Lighter note: the Rockies completed a sweep on Miami. Does that mean the Marlins have to be contracted? They're twelve games better than Colorado and there are three teams between them at the bottom of the standings . . . but losing three games in a row to an opponent that lowly calls for -- at minimum -- flagellation. 2 4 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2463-mlb-thread/page/395/#findComment-8678807
Salacious Kitty June 5 Share June 5 2 hours ago, mojoween said: Ugh. Fuck Rob Manfred. I just heard. Disgusting. 3 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2463-mlb-thread/page/395/#findComment-8678815
Lantern7 June 5 Share June 5 Seriously, why should the commissioner of MLB — or any major sports league — kowtow to Trump? How badly does Manfred need him? What would the loss of revenue be like if Manfred ignored Trump, if not tell him to stuff his opinion? 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2463-mlb-thread/page/395/#findComment-8678840
ebk57 June 5 Share June 5 In much better news - 5 in a row for the Os!!! We're so back! I'm sure the World Series is definitely in sight!!!!! Don't worry - I'm laughing. 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2463-mlb-thread/page/395/#findComment-8678850
bosawks June 5 Share June 5 8 hours ago, Lantern7 said: From ESPN.com: MLB took President Trump's support of Pete Rose into account 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2463-mlb-thread/page/395/#findComment-8678920
ProudMary June 5 Share June 5 (edited) 12 hours ago, Lantern7 said: Seriously, why should the commissioner of MLB — or any major sports league — kowtow to Trump? How badly does Manfred need him? What would the loss of revenue be like if Manfred ignored Trump, if not tell him to stuff his opinion? Treading softly here at the intersection of baseball and the political, but MLB is the only major sports league over which the federal government actually does hold power because of its antitrust exemption. I was thinking back twenty years ago when Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa were subpoenaed to testify before Congress about PED usage, but a quick search shows that the exemption was mildly raised as recently as 2021. I guess if DJT wanted to, he could have Congress stir the MLB pot about something unrelated to the Rose issue. I didn't remember the 2021 incident, but here's a link, and a refresher for us on the history of how baseball got the exemption historically. MLB’s Antitrust Exemption Explained as Revocation Bill Looms https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb-antitrust-exemption-explained-revocation-171307791.html Edited to add: I despise Rob Manfred. I thought MLB had hit rock bottom with Bud Selig at the helm, but it seems there's a sub-basement. 😞 Edited June 5 by ProudMary 4 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2463-mlb-thread/page/395/#findComment-8679043
baldryanr June 5 Share June 5 Regardless of how you feel about Trump, there is no question that there are plenty of people who really, really love the man and would boycott baseball (or almost anything else, for that matter) if he told them to. 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2463-mlb-thread/page/395/#findComment-8679299
ebk57 June 5 Share June 5 1 hour ago, baldryanr said: Regardless of how you feel about Trump, there is no question that there are plenty of people who really, really love the man and would boycott baseball (or almost anything else, for that matter) if he told them to. It would be their loss. Unlike the Os, who will never lose again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 4 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2463-mlb-thread/page/395/#findComment-8679361
mojoween June 5 Share June 5 It’s very nice of the Yankees to celebrate Yogi Berra’s 100th birthday a few weeks late on the 81st anniversary of D-Day, but holy hell the bobblehead looks nothing like him. Also it was amusing, when Pitino was in the booth yesterday, when he mentioned that he liked watching Yogi when he (Rick) was little. I can’t picture what Little Ricky would have looked like. 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2463-mlb-thread/page/395/#findComment-8679405
mojoween June 6 Share June 6 Marge Schott - real classy broad. Michael Kay told Paul O’Neill that he heard a story that Marge was so mad that the Reds swept the WS and she didn’t get a cut of the money that she wouldn’t pay for them to have a celebration after the sweep. Paul and Chris Sabo took their wives out to dinner at a diner and other members of the team had hamburgers in the hotel. Paul said if she were still alive he would have denied the story but it’s true. Racist cheapskate, but at least she liked dogs. 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2463-mlb-thread/page/395/#findComment-8679430
ProudMary June 6 Share June 6 One down, one to go. 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2463-mlb-thread/page/395/#findComment-8679468
smittykins June 6 Author Share June 6 10 hours ago, mojoween said: Marge Schott - real classy broad. Michael Kay told Paul O’Neill that he heard a story that Marge was so mad that the Reds swept the WS and she didn’t get a cut of the money that she wouldn’t pay for them to have a celebration after the sweep. Paul and Chris Sabo took their wives out to dinner at a diner and other members of the team had hamburgers in the hotel. Paul said if she were still alive he would have denied the story but it’s true. Racist cheapskate, but at least she liked dogs. David Wells said as much in his autobiography, Perfect I’m Not. (Not this incident specifically, but Schott’s general cheapness.) 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2463-mlb-thread/page/395/#findComment-8679598
Lantern7 Saturday at 01:23 AM Share Saturday at 01:23 AM (edited) Here are the current rosters for the Mets’ Alumni Game, scheduled for early September: I feel so old. Yeah, players from the turn of the century would have to be retired, but I would’ve thought there would be a few from earlier. I guess Syndergaard is done. That’s a shame given his career. Also, I thought Matt Harvey had eternal beef with the Mets. Edited Saturday at 01:24 AM by Lantern7 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2463-mlb-thread/page/395/#findComment-8680151
ProudMary Saturday at 01:44 AM Share Saturday at 01:44 AM @Lantern7 Is this going to be an actual game? If so, I would love to see this. There's a lot of great players on that list. I like so many of the players and several of them played for both NY teams. I wonder if SNY will put it on their YouTube channel the next day. 🤔 🤞 The Yankees don't play a game on Old Timers Day anymore, and I hate it. 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2463-mlb-thread/page/395/#findComment-8680171
ProudMary Saturday at 01:52 AM Share Saturday at 01:52 AM (edited) Also, are the Mets doing some type of 25th anniversary tribute for the 2000 NL Pennant winning team? There's at least ten players listed from that team! Edited Saturday at 01:53 AM by ProudMary Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2463-mlb-thread/page/395/#findComment-8680182
Lantern7 Saturday at 03:59 AM Share Saturday at 03:59 AM (edited) I’m thinking tonight’s game will be an episode of Mets Classic. Bottom of the eighth. Tie game, 2-2. Rockies have the bases loaded. None out. Batter hits a line drive to third base. Bret Baty snares it, tags the runner. Unassisted double play. One strikeout later, Mets are out of the inning. Top of the ninth. Mets have runners on the corners, two out. Francisco Lindor comes in to pinch-hit. He’s dealing with a broken toe. He hits a double down the right field line. Two runs score, including Pete Alonso coming in from first, called safe despite getting beaten by the throw. Call stands, Mets go up 4-2, that’s how the game ends. Also, Colorado’s winning streak ends at three. Edited Saturday at 08:09 PM by Lantern7 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2463-mlb-thread/page/395/#findComment-8680237
mojoween Saturday at 07:42 PM Share Saturday at 07:42 PM They are actually hitting each other. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2463-mlb-thread/page/395/#findComment-8680537
ebk57 Saturday at 07:48 PM Share Saturday at 07:48 PM 4 minutes ago, mojoween said: They are actually hitting each other. I believe (and I can't verify that right now) that this is the game that Cal sorta injured himself in and if the Os hadn't had the next day off, the streak would have been over. I think. I'll look it up later. 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2463-mlb-thread/page/395/#findComment-8680540
Lantern7 Saturday at 08:10 PM Share Saturday at 08:10 PM 19 minutes ago, ebk57 said: I believe (and I can't verify that right now) that this is the game that Cal sorta injured himself in and if the Os hadn't had the next day off, the streak would have been over. I think. I'll look it up later. Wow. Mariners got thisclose to becoming the most hated team in baseball. 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2463-mlb-thread/page/395/#findComment-8680553
ebk57 Saturday at 10:33 PM Share Saturday at 10:33 PM (edited) So, I actually bothered to click on the tweet and read the thread, and yes, that was the game. Cal twisted his ankle in the fight and almost ended the streak. Which would mean I wouldn't have had to buy tickets to the 30th anniversary of that game (yes, I was there!) this coming September. But, since he had the next day off, I had to buy tickets...😄 Edited Saturday at 10:34 PM by ebk57 3 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2463-mlb-thread/page/395/#findComment-8680628
ProudMary Saturday at 10:38 PM Share Saturday at 10:38 PM 3 minutes ago, ebk57 said: So, I actually bothered to click on the tweet and read the thread, and yes, that was the game. Cal twisted his ankle in the fight and almost ended the streak. Which would mean I wouldn't have had to buy tickets to the 30th anniversary of that game (yes, I was there!) this coming September. But, since he had the next day off, I had to buy tickets...😄 Very, very cool! 😎 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2463-mlb-thread/page/395/#findComment-8680634
ebk57 Saturday at 10:49 PM Share Saturday at 10:49 PM 9 minutes ago, ProudMary said: Very, very cool! 😎 It was fun! I happened to luck out and the game was in my season tickets package. But just in case it had rained, I also bought tickets to the next games in Cleveland. So that was a fun trip. Then, the next year on the same date, Eddie Murray hit his 500th home run (after an hour rain delay) and I was also there for that. Also fun! Not the rain, but the rest of it. 2 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2463-mlb-thread/page/395/#findComment-8680643
mojoween Sunday at 01:19 PM Share Sunday at 01:19 PM 30 years ago this September you say? But I watched that game live (on TV) and surely I’m not old enough for that? 😉 1 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2463-mlb-thread/page/395/#findComment-8680903
ProudMary Sunday at 11:28 PM Share Sunday at 11:28 PM Welcome to the Bronx, Hunter Dobbins! Keep talking that trash. 😅 Seriously, did no one on the Red Sox staff have the talk with this kid about avoiding bulletin board material? Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2463-mlb-thread/page/395/#findComment-8681124
mojoween Yest. at 10:59 AM Share Yest. at 10:59 AM The Yankees will have an Old-Timers Day game this year, and turns out they didn’t last year because Derek Jeter is a big baby. 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2463-mlb-thread/page/395/#findComment-8683112
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