SinceThe70s

Completely agree on Evan's trajectory. I probably mentioned this but over the summer I sat directly behind him at a Mets game. When I texted my friends they wanted me to slap him upside the head - which I was perfectly positioned to do, lol. On a humorous note I have a couple of Met fan friends who are highly reactionary and lean towards negativity. The group text this morning had some moments. One take was that it was Juan Soto's negative effect on the clubhouse that made Diaz want to leave. I had some fun with that one.

3rd quarter duds was definitely a narrative/reality a few years back. But if memory serves we were still winning games on the regular. JMO, but some folks expect 4 quarters of domination 17 games a year and ignore the fact that even during the drought years we often had better teams on the ropes....until the 4th quarter.

I didn't get to listen to WFAN today, but agreed that Evan has become a whiny maggot. He has an encyclopedic memory but that's his only redeeming quality. I think his downfall started when they paired him with Carton and to @Another Fan's point the drive time slot became very Barstoolish. Back in the Mike and the Mad Dog days I could tune in and hear actual sports talk and opinions. Nowadays it's just a lot of faux outrage over who said or who did what. It starts in the morning with Gio - great impersonations but no other redeeming qualities. The only good thing about the return of Carton (I was glad when he left) is it bumps Sal Licata and Brandon Tierney out of the afternoon slot. Addition by subtraction.

What concerns me about Pete is Bor-ass. His modus operandi is to let things drag out as long as possible which means there might not be a good backup plan OR we end up overpaying.

I knew something was up when I started getting a ton of text messages this morning. I'm also very disappointed to see him go both from a baseball standpoint (he and Williams could've been lockdown) and also it's the end of an era. I'm going to miss the trumpets and I'm gonna ralph if I hear them in LA. I wonder if Stearns knew the writing was on the wall and that's why he got Williams signed so quickly.

My son and I weren't wearing any Bills gear for the first half. At halftime he put on his drought-era Bills Santa hat and I put on a Bills hat. I think my Bills hat didn't contribute and we can chalk this up to a pre-Christmas miracle.

Easy yes for me. Came across this one recently.

Too bad it's not the Manningcast, that could be entertaining.

Responses in this thread have been savage - once again TBD slaying it!

If the Steelers move on from Tomlin I don't think he'd be in the class of ex-coaches who have to settle for a coordinator position.

Definitely a good signing. It'll be a great signing if they bring Diaz back. It's a shame that Helsley was a complete bust as a Met - I expect both he and Devin Williams will have bounce back seasons.

Similar story except that when I left the bar it was 0-0, when I got home it was 0-7 and then we went on the 26-0 run.

What do you think Lamar is?

Not Sabre related but every hockey fan can appreciate this. Palmieri blew out his ACL and is out 6-8 months but got an assist as he was hobbling towards the bench.

Job security doesn't appear to be something he's been concerned about the past 15 years.