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I still have confidence in the team and thinking they can win the division. Thing is the Braves are just a very good team as well. Defending World Series champs. I have a feeling that final Sunday game against the Phillies will pay dividends when they came back in extra innings and won. I looked it up and the 1999 and 2006 Mets won 97 games. This team has won 97 games already

Naahh. You've had a very sheltered work career if you've never been exposed to a co worker/manager acting like this. It's not like he directed his anger at another person either If it's a recurring weekly theme with him then I might start to question a little though

I saw your thread title and thought this was where you were going with it before I opened

I might be in the minority but I liked the OP post. I think if you always feel like and underdog and see the sports teams you root for as an extension of your personality.... it can be easier to relate to the drought Bills versus the dominant Bills. I'm not complaining, I'm just saying My suggestion is to root for the Sabres this year. 11 years without the playoffs but signs of hope there

https://en.uncyclopedia.co/wiki/Neurotypical_syndrome Everyone should accommodate to us lol

As I said in the OP kids or really anyone having knowledge of this stuff is a good thing. Despite imo still very sadly the stigma it may carry. Like today at work I got talked too about how to handle a social situation at work better. Prior that could even have got me in crisis mode where I’ve punched myself repeatedly in the chest at times among other issues like that. But with the knowledge it’s something for me to size up and see what I could do better. And be heard as well to express my point of view 1st athlete I am aware of to be open about his experiences https://www.fox26houston.com/news/former-nfl-player-joe-barksdale-autism-diagnosis.amp

So that's what I get for saying last week here I have full confidence in this team 😅. Not the end of the world for the team imo. I'll chalk the poor weekend up to a combination of these three things: -Baseball is designed so good teams win 2 out of 3 games and bad teams win 1 out of 3 games. Doing the math it would probably compute the Nationals would win 1 out of 3 games. -A natural letdown/taking the foot of the pedal after the impressive series with the Dodgers -I haven't followed the Nationals this year but it's obvious based on their record it's been a long year for them. So I'll say they tried extra hard this weekend. It was their World Series That being said I still do have full confidence in the team. However, this is an important week ahead for the team. The Pirates and Marlins are teams they should beat. Anything 3-3 or less in these games and it won't be a joking matter anymore

all the best

I thought his quote was meant to be humorous. But yes in general it does truly suck big donkey balls to not feel heard/understood

I started watching the series Community and it's implied the one character has Asperger's. I forgot his name. The ass burger gag came up in it in the 1st episode

Interesting, years back I got the social anxiety diagnosis as well when I first saw a doctor. It wasn't until I was advised to have a thorough screening done for autism is when it was picked up. I had to get interviewed as well as my parents. I had to fill out multiple questionnaires as well. The whole thing was unpleasant but necessary. That's why I indicated it's better to have a through check done at a specialist in the original post

Short answer is communication and anxiety issues have always plagued me. I can’t go backwards but at least I have an understanding of why some of that happened. And things I know to work on going forward. Ex: interpersonal skills If you got officially diagnosed was it recently? Just that the Asperger’s diagnosis went away. It’s just now called autism spectrum disorder where it’s all lumped into one diagnosis

Or autism spectrum disorder as it’s now called. As more time passes I’m a little more comfortable talking about it. Will try and not make this too much a LAMP post but thanks to all here who have listened to me through the years…. you know who you are Ill leave it as while I’m often nostalgic for a lot of stuff in the past, this condition was never really properly understood when I was a kid. Could have saved me lots of grief but that is what that is. If you have a child who displays symptoms my advise is still pay whatever money it is to get the best and most thorough evaluations done. It could go unnoticed otherwise

I did not but the whole thing sounded very cool. First one I believe since 1994 I was in Cincinnati not that long ago. Looking for something to do for a few hours the Reds have a museum by their stadium. I did not expect a lot at all but was very impressed by it. Would recommend to all baseball fans. But yeah point is it’s real good to see the team embracing it’s history more and more. Like other clubs seem to do

Catching up on reading these posts. Good call on splitting the series Gugs. I'm pretty much as cynical as it comes to the Mets in more ways than one. I still question whether Cohen will be a good owner. But the team imo certainly earned the right to give them the benefit of the doubt to still win the division. I have full confidence the team will pull it out. Besides as you said the September schedule doesn't seem that hard. Maybe this little stretch can be a wake up call. My only little concern right now is Lindor in the big spot. But perhaps I'm just disappointed at Tuesday's finish

Yeah the OP mentioned CJ Spiller in 2012 and I agree. But I have a story about that season and how I thought he would be the long term RB answer. Right after the Giants won the SuperBowl through work I got a Victor Cruz Super Bowl jersey. Being I wasn't a Giants fan it was something per say I'd appreciate. So I had a Giants fan as a friend and I made a deal with him if he bought me a Bills jersey I'd give him the Cruz jersey. So yeah being I thought CJ would be in Buffalo for years afterward producing constant 1,000 yrd rushing seasons I picked him. Moral of the story: if you're into buying jerseys make sure its someone whose already accomplished a lot

Didn't Thurman make a comment on Four Falls when he got drafted by the Bills he thought one of the perks of playing in Buffalo was Knicks tickets 😅🤣 A Knicks fan here from 90-91 season to 97-98 season. 90-91 is when I started watching basketball and 97-98 is when I started high school. Toward the end of that run is when I started to kinda understand what the real world was in life and sports. That along with other factors kinda diminished my interest in basketball over the years. It might be work a check out. But as of the moment not feeling it. Not so much because the team didn't win or cause of Spike Lee but yeah I still think fondly of those players. Don't know how much I need to know about their lives. Social media/sports media in general since then made sports jump the shark to me since that time.

I think it's perfectly fine more often not to root for more than one team in a sport. Example of reasons: You move to a new city You discover a new city you really love and want to see its sports teams do well There's players on the team you have followed since college and before On the team you root for there are guys with horrible character On the team you love management is inept and doesn't care about the fans I mean its not like cheating on your partner. That being said jumping on a teams bandwagon is weak as hell. example: "Warriors fans"

I remember thinking Tyrod throw the ball quite a bit while watching him! That being said he worked hard with what he had to work with. Was brought onto the team as an afterthought in 2015 but made the Pro Bowl a year later I think. I know the Pro Bowl is a joke but it's still something for his resume. 5 years later overall my view of him is positive

I went through a period I was interested in tennis. This was probably the best match I ever watched. 1996 US Open. Sampras was rated number #1 but was pushed to his limits by Alex Correjta. 5th set, 6-6 tiebreaker he started throwing up on the court but still managed to get the win. I was rooting for Alex watching this just because he was the underdog but appreciate Pete's effort to pull it out.

I remember reading Kosar's Learning to Scramble book years back. He addressed Martin and Incognito in it. Pretty much he felt in any other walk or aspect of life his full sympathy would be with Martin. But in the NFL it's kind of its own beast and he thought Richie was just trying to "toughen him" up so to speak. I think there's something too that. I don't actually think Richie disliked him per say. That's just him expressing himself in his way. Not that I particularly like the Richie approach just sayin'.

why should that matter

Well I know there's many but I'll limit this question so you can only pick one season. While I can't argue with anyone that would choose last season with the way it ended but for me personally it'd be 2012. Even during the drought years, I would find something going into each year to be optimistic about. I mean Jauron's teams won 7 games so even those years I felt some kind of hope. But 2012 was the king of disappointment for me as a fan. I figured a solid 10-6/11-5 season where the team finally broke the drought. My reasoning: It sounded as if Fitz struggled the 2nd half of 2011 because he was playing with broken ribs. It actually made me like him more he still played. I figured with the offseason to heel Fitz Magic would be back in full force. Freddie returning from injury. Stevie Johnson being benched the last game in 2011. But he took less money I believe to resign with the Bills in 2012. Which showed to me he was maturing and loved Buffalo. The addition of Mario Williams which I still read from time to time on this site it was like the longest thread or something like that. But that felt huge at the time a player of his magnitude wanting to play in Buffalo. That as well as firing the defense coordinator the year before. It looked like they were trying to address those issues. Plus all the guys on the team were likable and it looked as if Gailey built a culture where guys wanted to play in Buffalo. Needless to say I was in a strictly sports meaning devastated with how that year turned out. Enough so it took me a while to embrace Josh and McDermott's process. It's not that I didn't like what I saw progressing it's that well trust was an issue. But yeah perhaps now that I'm older I could have saw that 2012 team lacked depth. I'm still very very reluctant to call Bills Super Bowl favorites but I'm very confident in saying the team has as good a chance to win as any. Go Bills

Since you seem to follow the farm system, how is it overall? The Reds imo are actually a scrappy team that got off to a bad start. Marlins aaah. Reason I ask is the new owner doesn't seem the type to play. Only up 2 games in the division, he's gonna spend the $$$ and perhaps trade some of the farm system as chips for more summer additions to the lineup. Tbh, I would have no idea if that's a good idea or not. @Gugny@SinceThe70s Actually you both as well would probably know the state of the farm system more so than I.