SinceThe70s

You either need to buy more beer in advance - or running out of beer is your excuse to bust out the bourbon. Either way, I endorse your plan for Sunday! Go Bills.

@Gugny @ExWNYer @Another Fan A lot to catch up on, I'll try to be brief. I have no interest in revisiting the past. The ship sailed on Terry and Beltran for different reasons but I see nothing good coming from bringing either back. The Collins clip that @Another Fan posted was great - would like to see some of that out of Buck instead of the 'I know better than you' scowl. I'm interested in why folks think Stearns is the savior. I'm not for or against the guy. I get that he grew up a Mets fan, I love the fact that we wanted him and got him, but he's been with the Brewers for awhile and unless I'm mistaken the Brewers have won one post season series since he was hired in 2015. And now he's in charge of a big market team where those types of results would not make him exalted. As for Buck, the interesting thing I heard about Stearns is that he inherited Craig Counsell as manager. Not sure if that means anything or not. I can't lobby to keep Buck but at the same time I'm not sure who I'd want to replace him so I'm fine with playing wait and see.

True, but the flipside is that if the Jets lose I may not be able to turn off NYC sports radio.

Nice deep cut. I saw The Ramones more than any other band. Always a fun, high energy show. Subterranean Jungle was a freaking great album, albeit more on the pop side compared to their first few. This song pretty much defined me and my friends around the time it came out:

Four Falls of Buffalo

I am happy to be stuck with you

Did you miss the season ender for us last year?

As someone who has worked for two companies whose business model and long term viability were both seriously challenged - and watching upper managements strategy for addressing said challenges - I love this quote as it was 100% accurate. Things got better in one of the companies when the ineffective/broken deck chairs were thrown overboard.

I feel like the Bills have had the swagger the past few years - just without the mouth.

100% on Matz not being mentally strong. When the going got tough he got soft. Matz was a big deal for me cuz he was a local boy. And if you didn't know there was an epic game between him and Stroman as high-schoolers. I was oblivious to it when it went down but it was a cool story when Stroman came to the Mets and they became teammates.

A few years ago I had my Bills hat on at the butcher and the guy behind the counter asked me who would be better: Sam or Josh (I live in Jet/Giant country). I went with Josh - even though by many accounts Sam projected to be better. Now when I walk in with my Bills hat on my head is held a little higher. Looking forward to the day when folks see my Bills gear and don't think of the 4 straight.

I generally agree with this - except the bolded. I expect the Bills to be a formidable/competitive team week in and week out. Injuries and unforeseen circumstances notwithstanding (see last season) I don't expect to go into any game thinking we'll be lucky/fortunate to come out with a W. LOL - my Mets/Bills coffee mugs are in the midst of the transition. Same with the hats

This tattoo that I outgrew, I never thought it through before like you I wish somehow I knew to listen to my missing voice of reason What would it take? don't make me beg I'm falling on my knees Could you stick around to tighten loose ends for me It's not too difficult to tighten loose ends

I just noticed that they batted Dominguez third tonight. That surprised me.

@ExWNYer @Gugny @Another Fan Mauricio trivia.....answers further down: 1) He had two hits in his Mets/MLB debut. Who is the last Met to do that? 2) He went 3 for 4 in his first Mets/MLB at bats? Who is the last Met to do that? 3) He went 4 for 5 in his first Mets/MLB at bats? Who is the last Met to do that? 1) Steven Matz 2) Luis Guillorme 3) Jake DeGrom

I wasn't a follower, but some great tunes for sure. My lasting memory will be going to an aquarium when my kids were young on the other side of the Delaware from Philadelphia and there was a parking lot next door filled with RV's. Found out later it was for a Jimmy Buffet concert. He brought a lot of joy to a lot of people and that's a life well led in my book.

@ExWNYer @Gugny @Another Fan In his first at bat Mauricio purportedly hit the hardest ball a Met has hit all year. I saw the at bat (RFer was frozen) and watched him get stranded at third. Looks like a big dude - surprised he projected as a SS let alone 2B.

Now I'm not a man with a grasp on reality Kerouac is wack and I'm down with Dostoevsky Sugar's got my back plus Baretta. 380's One of which I dropped as the man tried to bait me Come on, find yourself

A recent one in my workplace is 'lean into'. Another pet peeve of mine is the overuse of acronyms. Here's a line from someone's recent meeting notes: "KM to send BS B2O BPS options document". The best part is that BS is someone's initials - and BS is referred to as BHS further up in the notes. Also, B20 should have been S2O. WTF?

I'm looking forward to seeing Mauricio too. He better not get the Vientos treatment (bring him up and sit him down). Unless there's an off-season trade Mets will have some interesting decisions next spring wrt Mauricio, Baty and Vientos. Based on this past year Baty seemed to hold most favored nation status with the Mets brass. Probably helped his cause when he got sent down to Triple A and tore it up. I think they're comfortable moving McNeil around and tbh I am too so that will help. But I'm not wild about playing the younger guys out of position, in particular Baty in LF.

@ExWNYer @Gugny @Another Fan Anyone happen to catch the game tonight? Great (albeit meaningless) win. Fun watch from the 7th on. DJ Stewart making a strong case to replace Vogelbach.

So the bull called shotgun? Any word on who/what got stuck in the back seat?

I'm getting feelings I'm hiding too well (Bury the heart-shaped shell) Something broke inside my stomach I let the pieces lie just where they fell (Being with you is hell) Hair blown in an open car Summer dress slips down her arm

Wake up You're gonna wake up to nothin' Break up The break up is comin' And when your heart is hollow Another pill to swallow

WRT Verlander - where we disagree is the underachieving. In my eyes he got swept up in the two years of overpaid-ness and lack of availability of DeGrom/Scherzer. For sure he started his Mets stint on the DL and had a slow start, but he was pitching well when we cut the cord. LMFAO at the Buck low-talker comments -spot on. And like you and @Another Fan I'm not on the fire Buck band-wagon, but if they have someone in mind to replace him I'm all ears