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ProudMary

ProudMary

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!

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A's fans were still able to make their fury at the Astros known when the teams played in Oakland last night. They may not be physically allowed in the stadium, so they did the next best thing:

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I read that Houck said he was "bummed" that he would missing a start. Hmmm, if only there was something he could have done to make sure he could play in every park. 

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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.

 

 

 

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Jane Tuesday

Jane Tuesday

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. 

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Lantern7

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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. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

Lantern7

Lantern7

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.

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ProudMary

ProudMary

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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. 😞

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mojoween

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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.

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mojoween

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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.

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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.)

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Lantern7

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Here are the current rosters for the Mets’ Alumni Game, scheduled for early September:

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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.

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ProudMary

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@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.

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Lantern7

Lantern7

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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.

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ebk57

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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...😄

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ProudMary

ProudMary

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! 😎

ebk57

ebk57

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. 

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