SinceThe70s

Elementary school, probably <= 4th grade, not sure. I was a walker. And that meant I walked home without parents. Came up to the crossing guard as she had just gotten a group of kids across the street (I remember thinking she had the face of a bird). I should've waited, but kind of like blowing through a late yellow traffic light decided I could make it across if I ran. I remember hitting the deck when I saw the car and the tire stopping inches short of my leg.

Unless I'm mistaken our coach won and theirs lost...and we made the playoffs. Admittedly, I prefer Reich's aggressiveness. But I also prefer wins over losses or ties. No guarantee either way at the point the decisions have to be made.

I was talking to a father of my sons teammate Saturday morning who was at the game Friday night sitting 4 rows up from the on deck circle who said the same. A different father was headed to the game Saturday night after our sons game today. Both father and son are huge Mets fans, looking forward to hearing about their night. Nice send-off for #5. Didn't seem over-blown. Would have been nice for him to get a hit, the pitch he fouled out on was one he would've smoked to right back in the day.

Is it possible for me to follow your posts and yours only on this site? I can tell from the tenor of your posts that I should ignore all others until you have spoken.

They just mentioned on the Mets broadcast that Scherzer will only start on Sunday if the game has any meaning to the Rockies, otherwise they'll shut him down. Thumbs up. If he does pitch, I hope he pitches the game of his life...but he still won't deserve the 2018 Cy.

Anyone remember Vin Scelsa and the Ramones attacks?

That dudes head is shinier than your helmet.

I've probably posted this before, but when Braden Looper was a Met he retaliated for a Met getting hit. When asked after the game whether he thought either hit batter was intentional he said something like "Sometimes things happen in a game....and then sometimes other things happen.". It was the perfect response.

I wonder if CC knew it would cost him a half mill or he was just in the moment. I for one have no problem with throwing at a batter...but the head is off limits. Sounds like CC did it right. I don't remember who or when (probably the following year) but someone on the Mets plunked Utley. And he calmly dropped his bat and took first. Case closed. Oh God, Estes missing behind Clemens was freaking embarassing. But then didn't Estes go deep on Clemens?

I was listening to Jon Heyman on local radio today and he said the same thing.

My comments might not have come off that way, but I totally agree.

As much as I like and agree with the "one game at a time" mentality, it also lends itself to the wild emotional swings we see way too much. Myself included. I always liked taking the temperature every 4 games. Honestly, before last week I had us pegged at 0-4. So I guess where I'm at is look forward 1 game, but look back 4 or more.

The curse of the expanded September roster. Brew Crew only gave up 4 runs but needed 9 pitchers to do it. They should expand the roster in September but make teams name a 25 man roster for each game. Teams would sit 4 starting pitchers every night but it would still be a step in the right direction.

Check out the sea lions that took over pier 39 years ago. The Alcatraz tour is really good, but if you go don't be late for the boat you want to take back. I watched a couple show up about 5 seconds after they closed the gate on a half empty boat and they got denied. I wouldn't go out of my way, but the light show on the Oakland Bay Bridge is pretty cool if you're in that area.

I think he deserves it too. There are a Stat: DeGrom/Scherzer/Nola WHIP: .95/.917/.983 SO: 251/290/210 IP: 202/213.2/199 Games: 30/32/31 Innings per start: 6.73/6.68/6.42 ERA: 1.78/2.57/2.44 Record: 9-9/17-7/16-5 A lot of people seem to be writing off Nola's chances, I guess based on WHIP and strikeouts. To his credit he pitches in a bandbox. Scherzer will probably get to 300 strikeouts and that will be hard to ignore, but it really comes down to ERA vs. win-loss record. DeGrom is so far ahead on ERA that he gets my vote.

Cool watching him play this live, but when the band kicks in the sound quality suffers so posting live and studio.

I could care less about Tyrod or Baker or Darnold or the Browns D or... On this evening I give thanks to the Browns for breaking their losing streak against the J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS JETS!!!!

Which inquiring minds? I was pretty young, remember the bad name, but not the songs so I googled. Remembered more than one, ergo not one hit wonders. Or Badfish. Pretty sure it's thanks to you posting the Badfish video in another thread that I came across a live version that I like:

Next up on memory lane... When Gsellman came in tonight he used the Nationals bullpen car and came out to a standing O by the home crowd. The cars are similar to to the Mets baseball bullpen cars from the 70's, but none of the relievers have been using them, thus the standing O. Got me reminiscing. The Yankees had pinstriped Toyotas to bring in the pitchers. The car would come in from CF and ride the warning track and then follow the dirt perimeter in foul territory. When it made the turn by the foul pole it would get pummeled by beers, sodas, hot dogs, pop corn, etc.. I used to tune in just for the pitching changes, it was a nightly occurrence. What I don't remember is they did it to Yankees too:

Saw the Mets take a 3-0 lead and then flipped over to Jets-Browns. Flipped back to Mets to check the score in time to catch a clip I had never seen before. The 1969 Mets on the Ed Sullivan show singing "You Gotta Have Heart" from the Broadway show "Damn Yankees". Best part is they didn't use the nickames like Bud Harrelson, Duffy Dyer and J.C. Martin. For the record I was going on 6 when they won the WS and only have a vague recollection of seeing something good happen for the Mets in the WS on the black and white and then going into the backyard to play because it was too nice to be inside.

Not as bad as the exploding sperm whales:

Textbook PI.

10 pages in 4 hours debating whether the duo who broke the drought are the worst since Polian? Time will tell, but that time is not now.