SinceThe70s

@Another Fan @Gugny Missed the posts earlier this year. Happy New Year! Catching up: I love the Buck hire too. But this season will be all about the health of Jake and Scherzer. It's gonna be a boom or bust year. Dropped in this evening to share an article about Old Timers Day: https://nypost.com/2022/02/08/mets-old-timers-day-roster-might-be-missing-lenny-dykstra/ "Mike Piazza announced on Twitter his intention to attend" " The team released a preliminary list of attendees Tuesday that included 92-year-old Frank Thomas, Ron Swoboda, Jon Matlack, Felix Millan, Mookie Wilson, Howard Johnson, Bob Ojeda, Robin Ventura, Turk Wendell, Endy Chavez, Cliff Floyd and Daniel Murphy." "The list of invitees includes Yoenis Cespedes..." I hope Frank Thomas makes it. He's before my time, but unless I'm mistaken he was the Mets single season HR leader (I'm gonna guess 34) when I was growing up so I knew the name. On a side note, the other night I was flipping channels and came across a replay of the 1971 All Star game. That's right around the time my love of baseball was starting to take root. First matchup I saw when I tuned in was Jim Palmer pitching to Johnny Bench. Best part was watching with my son. Other legends included Clemente, Stargell, Frank Howard, Marichal, Brooks Robinson, Carew, Bobby Bonds (my son did a wait, what?),Torre (wait, what? moment part 2),Yaz, Brock,... Broadcasters kept mentioning Seaver but he never made it into the game. Brought back a lot of fond memories. Good times.

Now as I begin To wash you off my skin I'm gonna peel you away 'Cause you're not right within

Growing up it probably looked something like: 1) Frosted Flakes 2) Fruit Loops 3) Cocoa Crispies 4) Apple Jacks 5) Lucky Charms Honorable Mention: Corn Pops - damn, I forgot about them until they were mentioned above Nowadays: 1) Corn Flakes 2) Rice Crispies 3) Cheerios 4) Trader Joe Toasted Oatmeal Flakes 5) Whatever wifey bought for the kids (i.e. - none of my growing up cereals)

Vixen in my dreams, with great surprise to me Never thought I'd see your face The way it used to be Oh darlin', oh darlin' I'm never gonna leave you I never gonna leave Holdin' on, ten years gone

Only time I saw The Who was 1982 at the Carrier Dome - in the topmost row - they billed it as their farewell tour, lol. Ironically the only other show I saw at the Carrier Dome was Rush a year or two later. And we were second row center. My view was better for Rush.

I cherish the day I won't go astray I won't be afraid You won't catch me running

Well you can kick me in the knee With your ski or your boot Well that's cool On your head all root This is something that I will always cherish Here to state the fact that Skiers Must Perish

I want to say a little something that's long overdue The disrespect to women has got to be through To all the mothers and the sisters and the wives and friends I want to offer my love and respect to the end

Dead on your feet, you won't get far If you keep on sticking your hand In the medicine jar.

I'm in love with my car Got a feel for my automobile

They say I won't last too long on Broadway I'll catch a Greyhound bus for home, they all say But they're dead wrong, I know they are 'Cause I can play this here guitar And I won't quit 'til I'm a star on Broadway

Dad I need to tell ya Sometimes it's hard to show you how I feel And dad I'm gonna tell ya I wish that all our differences weren't real

Not breaking any new ground here, just Joe being Joe

Stairway to the stars! I think I'll write, "good health to you"

'Cause I'll rip the mic, rip the stage, rip the system I was born to rage against 'em Fist in ya face in the place and I'll drop the style clearly Know your enemy

Massive killer orb hovering around Looking for a spot to blast the good guys on the ground before they know What hit them from above

Well, I heard some people talkin' just the other day And they said you were gonna put me on a shelf

Now he's too old to rock and roll But he's too young to die

They say that life's a carousel Spinning fast, you've got to ride it well The world is full of kings and queens Who blind your eyes and steal your dreams It's heaven and hell

Herbie pushed Tony from the Boys' Club roof Tony thought that his rage was just some goof But Herbie sure gave Tony some, some bitchen proof Hey, Herbie said, Tony, can you fly? But Tony couldn't fly, Tony died

I'm on the run, I'm prison bound The hand of fate is heavy now

Whiskey man, don't you play that hand too long.

Back to the front You will do what I say when I say Back to the front You will die when I say you must die Back to the front You coward You servant You blind man

Oh, won't you take me home tonight Oh, down beside your red fire light Oh, and you give it all you got Fat-bottomed girls you make the rocking world go round

I'm torn on this one: It was inconsequential to the actual play and not a big deal to me - I didn't even know about it until a day or two after. But by rule it was a penalty - and might have made a difference if added to the PAT for Butker who had already spotted us a few points. The kicker for me is that I read somewhere (probably this site) that the taunting rule was put into effect in part due to similar back and forth between Hill and Antoine Winfield Jr last year in a regular season game and the SB. If that's true it's just another example of an NFL rule that only matter sometimes.