SinceThe70s

LOL - that reminded me of a fond Yankee memory from my youth. Yankees used to bring in opposing relief pitchers in a pin-striped Datsun that would drive along the warning track and then down the third base line. It got pummeled with beer nightly, especially when it made the turn by the foul pole. I always thought that was hysterical. Of course back then it was paper beer cups and the pitcher was inside a car so it seemed pretty harmless to me.

As unusual as it is for Arenado to make a throwing error it's a good example of why putting the ball in play is better than striking out. That's obvious to most baseball fans but apparently less obvious to the modern day hitter.

Fun start, 12-5 with Jake on the shelf. There's a lot to like about this team, but concerns as well. Biggest concern for me is the closer. Not sure I can trust him to close out a post season series - or who would be a better/available option. As an aside, Buck's scowl every time a Met gets HBP has become a thing in my household. Good times.

Bad look for the bleacher creatures today throwing stuff at players, on the warning track and hitting an ump: https://nypost.com/2022/04/23/guardians-rip-yankees-fans-after-altercation-worst-fan-base/ But I can't give a pass to the Cleveland outfielder who confronted a fan. Doesn't justify the fan reaction, but that never ends well. Good look for Judge and Stanton leaving the celebration to try to calm things down.

Gone Good riddance I'm gone Gone in a wasted way Wasted my way I'm gone

Congrats on 20. Always look forward to your point of view and appreciate your posting style.

RIP to another NHL legend. Lafleur was one of the last 10 helmetless players in the NHL.

The statue is great! I got the same picture you've seen a ton of times! I try not to think about what I pay when I got to games, lol. I would definitely go to more if it wasn't so expensive. It was me, wifey and my youngest son. Freaking $30 to park! When I go with a friend who is an ex-cop he has a line on free parking. My wife used to get free tix from work once a year that came with parking so that was a big help. Neither of those were in play last night. Dropped around $275-$300 total. The good news was that tix were only $44 and we had really good seats for that price (section 325).

@Gugny @Another Fan First game of the year tonight, unfortunately a 5-2 loss. Some comments: I had no idea Buck didn't manage until after the game. I wonder if Marte would have run if Buck was there - I thought it was an exceedingly dumb steal attempt. Escobar at DH/Davis at 3B was an odd choice. Canha looked slow in LF to me. Props to Bassitt for gutting through 6 innings after a rough start. Looked like he was headed to an early shower. Wilmer Flores got an opposite field hit in the first - anyone remember him ever doing that for the Mets? Reid-Foley threw two strong innings.

I think yellow for the division (i.e. - AFC East) means correct conference but wrong division.

Has anyone posted the football player version? https://www.weddlegame.com/

In elementary school you would usually find me playing kickball during recess. Pretty sure there was no no recess after that, but in high school you could do what you wanted during lunch period. When I was in 11th or 12th grade me and my marginally athletic friends would play ultimate frisbee against guys from the JV football team. They were more athletic but the extra year or two we had on them helped and the games were competitive.

I didn't see this, but the Mets exploited a loophole in the appeal process yesterday. They were willing to trade an out for a run, but our old friend Ollie made a couple of mistakes when he stepped off the mound and Davis broke for second and they didn't have to sacrifice the out. https://nypost.com/2022/04/17/mets-use-loophole-to-end-appeal-play-vs-diamondbacks/

I'm taking my son to a game next week and part of the motivation is to see the statue!

Yes, the longer you play the more you learn what 2 and 3 letter words are acceptable. I couldn't use qi in a coherent sentence other than something like 'I couldn't use qi in a coherent sentence' It's where the game lost me. I prefer the current set of 'ordle' games that focus on words that folks actually know and use.

I'm a big fan of word games and played Words With Friends for a short while. The premise was great. Where that game lost me was the obscure/ridiculous words (qi could be devastating) and the ability to try any combination of letters until you got lucky enough to come up with a 'real word' - which you had no idea was actually a real word. I still don't know what qi refers to - nor do I care.

RIP to another legendary athlete. MIke Bossy's letter to himself from 2017: https://www.theplayerstribune.com/articles/letter-to-my-younger-self-mike-bossy

100% agreed. I like the blue cheese for the carrot sticks. Always disappointed when wings are served with celery instead of carrots or ranch instead of blue cheese. Any combo except carrot and blue cheese will end up in the same place as the bones - in the garbage.

I like it. For the life of me I don't understand the vitriol. It's an innocuous Xmas song. Like most Xmas songs I look forward to hearing it every December, but not a song I have any use for any other month.

As I recall, it was Hershisher's dominance (I think he had a 50+ inning scoreless streak in season), a few soul crushing moments from Gibson and an at best average player named Hatcher (Mickey?) having the post season of his life.

We have something in common. Both of our teams got buzz-sawed in 1988 by the Dodgers. Mets looked like they were back to '86 form and had crushed the Dodgers all year. A's were easily the best team in the AL. A's/Mets would have been the matchup of the two best teams but the Dodgers had other plans. Not to pour salt in old wounds but the Gibson HR against Eck was stunning. Gibson got the Mets on a ridiculous catch in the rain in LF when he was stumbling and falling down. And for your Gibson/Eck we had a stunning Scioscia/Gooden HR in the 9th - it flipped the series. As much as you and I were tortured that was a great run by the Dodgers and why I love sports

1969 Mets - sort of. I have a vague recollection of watching the Mets score on a black and white TV and then going outside to play. I was aware that they won the WS that year, but that's my only memory. Islanders dynasty. But I think most of the games were on cable stations we didn't have so not a lot of memories - except for riding Ranger fans mercilessly. 1986 Mets. Remind me again why I love watching sports and getting disappointed on an annual basis. The good news is the Islanders have been competitive the past few years, the Mets finally have an owner with deep pockets and most of all: Josh and the current Bills regime gives me a lot of hope!

As an out of market fan I was shocked at how much vitriol there was in the Flutie/Johnson debate.