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33 minutes ago, Lantern7 said:

Where can I get the Spanish and radio calls of Bartolo's shot? I like Gary Cohen's jubilation (with Ron Darling laughing), but I want stuff for comparison purposes.

This story includes a clip (I can't figure out a link to the video itself) that includes the Mets TV, radio, Spanish, and Padres calls of the play:

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/177146798/bartolo-colon-home-run-mets-terry-collins

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Thanks, Moose135. Gotta love Howie Rose on the radio call: "Repeating: Home run! Barolo Colon!" The clip also made Around The Horn and Pardon The Interruption. Didn't like Mike Wilbon taking exception to Bart's slow trot around the bases. Tony Kornheiser said it would've been a single had the ball hit the wall. I guess he didn't see Bart hit a double last season.

9 hours ago, mojoween said:

I don't know how I feel about Aroldis Chapman.  Thank goodness for all of the dingers so his appearance was just a formality and wasn't essential to the victory.  I mean, he is a bad guy, right?

I'd rather see the Yankees try to deal Chapman for a bat.  He's going to be a free agent after this year, and you know he'll want more than the $11 million he's getting now.  I'd rather the Yankees just let it ride with Andrew Miller.  He's been ridiculous since coming to the Yankees, and this season ridiculous is a big understatement.

3 hours ago, DXD526 said:

During a break in last night's Mets/Dodgers game in LA, the stadium organist started playing Depeche Mode's "Break the Silence"! My ears did a double-take! 

Is a real organist these days or is it a tape?  Whenever I hear the organ music at the Nats games at first I'm enjoying it & then I realize--it's a daggone tape.

7 hours ago, annzeepark914 said:

Is a real organist these days or is it a tape?  Whenever I hear the organ music at the Nats games at first I'm enjoying it & then I realize--it's a daggone tape.

 

He's real!  And spectacular...

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/at-nationals-park-in-washington-van-hoose-hits-all-the-right-notes/2015/04/30/5625b458-ecea-11e4-a55f-38924fca94f9_story.html

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17 hours ago, ebk57 said:

Oh Lawdy...shades of the great Seinfeld show.  And how did I miss this article in the Washington Post?  So glad to know we have a real deal organist playing those jaunty tunes. Go Nats!!!

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6 hours ago, annzeepark914 said:

Oh Lawdy...shades of the great Seinfeld show.  And how did I miss this article in the Washington Post?  So glad to know we have a real deal organist playing those jaunty tunes. Go Nats!!!

One season we had a mini flex plan in section 409.  You can see the box where he sits and plays.  I believe it's just under the press box/broadcast booths.  Which are practically in another zip code.  I'm surprised they all don't get vertigo all the way up there!

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The Giants were a great adversary (a four pitch walk too - LOL).  Your team has such interesting looking men.  13 f***ing innings, 4.5 f***ing hours.  It started at 3:45 PM EST where we live, and ended at 8:10 PM?  It felt like I was watching it all day and I was - from the office to home!

San Francisco looks so beautiful.  Such a weird ballpark to me, but so beautiful.  I'm so jealous of the Blue Jays fans that live out there!

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2 hours ago, Ms Blue Jay said:

The Giants were a great adversary (a four pitch walk too - LOL).  Your team has such interesting looking men.  13 f***ing innings, 4.5 f***ing hours.  It started at 3:45 PM EST where we live, and ended at 8:10 PM?  It felt like I was watching it all day and I was - from the office to home!

San Francisco looks so beautiful.  Such a weird ballpark to me, but so beautiful.  I'm so jealous of the Blue Jays fans that live out there!

I do love our men... a bunch of misfits that fit together really well. And yes, while I may be biased, I do think we really do have a lovely ballpark - there's really no bad seats. I gotta say, the blue jays fans are the loudest opposing team fans we've had at our ballpark, at least this season. that's a hard thing to do! Good luck to both our teams this season :)

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6 hours ago, King of Birds said:

Jackie Bradley Jr is out of his mind crazy good! I have loved watching the games this week.

I've enjoyed watching Jackie play since his college days (where he was on a back to back College World Series championship team with South Carolina) and knew he struggled early in his big league career so I'm thrilled he's doing so well these days.

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8 hours ago, Lantern7 said:

Holy crap. Noah's homered twice tonight. I just tuned in and found this out.

ETA: I'm so old, I remember hearing Walt Terrel's two homers against the Cubs at Wrigley. Sad, right? Oh, and Bart Ruth takes the hill tomorrow. I wonder how many Mets fans will invade the bleachers at Dodger Stadium.

I think Bartolo started a little competition amongst the pitching staff!

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Pirates is sort of a rejected name already. Back in the 1800's the franchise was named the Alleghenys. But after engaging in some contract shenanigans with a player on another team they earned the reputation in the league of being "piratical" in their business practices. 

The nickname stuck with the fans and what started out as an insult became their new name.

What's the most likely scenario?

David Ortiz gets elected to the Hall of Fame but none of the previous PED users (Bonds, Clemens etc.) does.

David Ortiz get elected and the stigma on previous PED users is removed and they also get elected.

No PED users get elected, including Ortiz.

(If I understand the process correctly, Bonds and Clemens will be in their next to last season of regular eligibility when Ortiz comes up.)

As a Yankee fan I couldn't care less about Papi. I cannot wait for next season when I never have to see him again. 

Re HOF drug use, I can only say that Mike Piazza (whom I love) was always suspected but was never proven to have used PED's. So if Ortiz gets in I can't bitch. Still, I don't understand how Twins let him go but really you can never tell about a player ie Jose Quintana who was a Yankee farmhand in single A, I think, when he was part of a trade. It's hard to predict.

Hope Tanaka is on fire today. 

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