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  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,035 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Lead now at 2 1/2 games and counting!! >>



    you can't count as high as 3 - you dropped out of the 1st grade. image
  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    L E T S G O M E T S !!!!!



    Steve
    Good for you.
  • nam812nam812 Posts: 10,580 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,035 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If the Phillies don't get in, "Everybody" will be rooting for the Cubs to win anyway, and they do look tough to stop right now. Even most New Yorkers will be rooting for the Cubs as last time there was a poll, it was determined there were less than 10 Mets fans in all of New York.
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,696 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If the Phillies don't get in,

    Already it sounds like Steve's waving the white flag, LOL!! I thought you weren't even worried?? What happened to the tortoise and the hare??? image


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  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,696 ✭✭✭✭✭
    SteveK,

    Mets.com will be selling off seats from Shea Stadium on their web site this Monday...you might want to add an upper deck seat to your living room arrangement!


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  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    Yeah the Cubs need a goat first.


    Steve
    Good for you.
  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,035 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Mets fans getting ready for another season of their team's September swoon? It's already begun.
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,696 ✭✭✭✭✭
    SteveK, I must admit I feel a bit sorry for you having to have Kevin as a fellow fan. You have my sympathies, LOL!!


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  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    Mets fans getting ready for another season of their team's September swoon? It's already begun.


    yeah winning 7 or 8 of the last 10 games is a swoon. (eye roll)

    You are sounding more like Kevin with each post.


    Steve
    Good for you.
  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,035 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ahhh....Good to see Mets fans getting a little ornery and mean...that tells me they're losing. LOL
  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,035 ✭✭✭✭✭
    National League

    National League East
    Team W L Pct. GB Home Road East Cent. West L10 Strk
    N.Y. Mets 72 59 .550 - 40-25 32-34 29-20 14-18 20-15 7-3 L 2
    Philadelphia (32) 71 59 .546 ½ 37-28 34-31 27-22 21-14 19-12 7-3 W 3
    Florida (27) 67 64 .511 5 35-31 32-33 27-21 15-17 20-16 4-6 W 1
    Atlanta (17) 57 74 .435 15 34-31 23-43 20-27 12-26 17-14 2-8 L 1
    Washington (6) 46 85 .351 26 23-39 23-46 17-30 15-25 6-20 2-8 L 2


    Mets are swooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooning
  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    lol yeah they just won 7 out of the last 10 games some swoon.

    I'll take that all day long.



    Steve
    Good for you.
  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,035 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Mets couldn't hold, what was it about a 7 game lead around this time last year - those mercenaries surely aren't going to hold on to a small lead - they've got no heart, no character, and no desire to win a championship.
  • 1420sports1420sports Posts: 3,473 ✭✭✭
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  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,035 ✭✭✭✭✭
    National League East
    Team W L Pct. GB Home Road East Cent. West L10 Strk
    Philadelphia 73 59 .553 - 39-28 34-31 28-22 21-14 20-12 8-2 W 5
    N.Y. Mets (30) 73 60 .549 ½ 41-25 32-35 29-21 15-18 20-15 6-4 L 1
    Florida (25) 67 65 .508 6 35-31 32-34 27-22 15-17 20-16 4-6 L 1
    Atlanta (16) 58 74 .439 15 35-31 23-43 21-27 12-26 17-14 3-7 W 1
    Washington (5) 47 85 .356 26 24-39 23-46 17-30 15-25 7-20 3-7 W 1


    Goodbye!
  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,035 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Mets 2008 season

    RIP
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,696 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Mets 2008 season

    RIP


    You were saying?? image

    Steve, I thought you understood the chickens and the egg...looks like I'll have to crack open the ol' Fables book again, I see, LOL!!


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  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,696 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Lead now bak at 2 games.

    Hey SteveK, what happened to Mets season RIP after that extra inning loss, hmmm? image

    Mets are tough and gritty this season...Steve's "mercenary" argument looks weaker by the day, LOL!!



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  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,696 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Sillies foldin' like a cheap tent, I tell ya!!

    National League
    East W L Pct GB Home Road East Cent West Streak L10
    New York Mets 75 60 .556 -- 41-25 34-35 31-21 15-18 20-15 Won 2 7-3
    Philadelphia Phillies 73 62 .541 2.0 39-29 34-33 28-23 21-16 20-12 Lost 3 6-4
    Florida Marlins 68 67 .504 7.0 35-32 33-35 28-24 15-17 20-16 Lost 2 4-6
    Atlanta Braves 59 76 .437 16.0 36-32 23-44 22-29 12-26 17-14 Lost 1 3-7
    Washington Nationals 50 85 .370 25.0 27-39 23-46 18-30 15-25 9-20 Won 4 6-4


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  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,035 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Jerry Grote was an incompetent catcher who couldn't even tie his own shoelaces.image
  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,035 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The '69 Mets were all on horse steroids. image
  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,035 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Gil Hodges and J. Edgar Hoover were an item. image
  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,035 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm driving up to Shea right now - I'm gonna spray Phillies grafitti all over it.
  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,035 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm sure you know i'm just kiddin' around with the "comments"

    Besides...The Phillies won, and the Pets lost - I'm in a good mood again. LOL
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,696 ✭✭✭✭✭
    So you're not driving to Shea then?? I had box seats reserved for us right behind the plate! Oh, well, LOL!


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  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,035 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>So you're not driving to Shea then?? I had box seats reserved for us right behind the plate! Oh, well, LOL! >>



    No, I wasn't kidding about that one. image
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,696 ✭✭✭✭✭
    And the lead extends to two games.

    Only a matter of time now.

    SteveK, you can still come out to Shea to see some October baseball!

    It's too quiet here without Kevin, though. I'd like to ridicule him, too...


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  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,035 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>And the lead extends to two games.

    Only a matter of time now.

    SteveK, you can still come out to Shea to see some October baseball!

    It's too quiet here without Kevin, though. I'd like to ridicule him, too... >>

  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,035 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>And the lead extends to two games.

    Only a matter of time now.

    SteveK, you can still come out to Shea to see some October baseball!

    It's too quiet here without Kevin, though. I'd like to ridicule him, too... >>




    I haven't been to Shea since 1964. I still have the program and the yearbook - wish I would've kept the ticket as well but of course my Dad bought the tickets and didn't save them. If I'm remembering right, Hawk Taylor hit two home runs that day which in any game is memorable when you're there, but especially for the Mets which lacked offense then.
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,696 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I haven't been to Shea since 1964.

    As I'm sure you know, that was also the year Shea opened. The bathrooms may not be as nice as you remember them, LOL!



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  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,035 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I haven't been to Shea since 1964.

    As I'm sure you know, that was also the year Shea opened. The bathrooms may not be as nice as you remember them, LOL! >>




    I had been to Yankee Stadium and Shea was like a paradise compared to that place - wider seats, more room in the aisles, better view of the game, and of course being brand new certainly helped.
  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,035 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Shea Stadium, Attendance: 18,004
    Saturday, June 20, 1964
    Time of Game: 3:10
    Phillies
    3
    36-23
    Lost 1
    1st 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    Phillies 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 8 1
    Mets 0 0 3 0 0 1 3 0 X 7 16 0

    W: J Fisher (5-5), L: D Green (1-1), S: A Jackson (1) Mets
    7
    20-45
    Won 1
    10th, 19 GB
    BATTING
    Philadelphia Phillies AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS Pit PO A Details
    T Taylor 2B 4 0 1 1 1 0 .236 .607 0 4 3
    J Briggs CF 3 0 1 0 0 0 .350 .835 0 1 0 SH
    J Baldschun P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .400 0 0
    J Callison RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .300 .847 0 0 0
    D Allen 3B 4 0 1 0 0 2 .295 .886 0 1 2
    J Herrnstein LF 3 1 1 0 0 0 .276 .760 0 1 0 HBP,GDP
    R Sievers 1B 3 1 1 2 1 0 .169 .603 0 6 1 HR
    C Dalrymple C 3 0 0 0 0 0 .217 .555 0 8 0
    G Triandos PH-C 1 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .689 0 2 0
    B Wine SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 .189 .519 0 1 3
    C Rojas PH-SS 3 1 2 0 0 0 .354 .919 0 0 1 2B
    D Bennett P 1 0 1 0 0 0 .200 .511 0 0 1
    W Covington PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .255 .736 0 0 0
    D Green P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0
    E Roebuck P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0
    D Cater PH-CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 .306 .786 0 0 0
    Totals 33 3 8 3 2 3 24 11

    BATTING
    2B: C Rojas (8, off J Fisher).
    HR: R Sievers (4, off J Fisher; 6th inn, 1 on, 2 outs to LF).
    SH: J Briggs (1, off J Fisher).
    HBP: J Herrnstein (2, by J Fisher).
    TB: R Sievers 4; C Rojas 3; J Herrnstein; D Bennett; D Allen; T Taylor; J Briggs.
    GIDP: J Herrnstein (4).
    RBI: R Sievers 2 (14); T Taylor (12).
    2-out RBI: R Sievers 2; T Taylor.
    Team LOB: 7.
    With RISP: 1 for 5.
    FIELDING
    DP: 2. C Rojas-T Taylor-R Sievers; D Allen-T Taylor.
    E: D Allen (6).
    New York Mets AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS Pit PO A Details
    J Hickman RF-CF 2 0 1 0 3 0 .239 .666 0 2 0 IW
    E Kranepool 1B 5 0 2 1 0 2 .260 .718 0 8 0
    R Hunt 2B 5 0 2 0 0 0 .333 .841 0 3 5 GDP
    J Christopher LF-RF 4 2 2 2 1 1 .297 .835 0 2 0 2·HR
    C Smith SS 3 1 1 0 1 1 .232 .664 0 5 2 2B,SH
    R Kanehl CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 .264 .619 0 4 0 GDP
    D Smith LF 2 1 1 0 0 1 .226 .562 0 0 0 SB
    C Cannizzaro C 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 .671 1 0
    H Taylor C 5 2 4 4 0 1 .250 .638 0 2 0 2·HR
    A Samuel 3B 4 1 3 0 0 0 .178 .435 0 0 1 2B
    J Fisher P 2 0 0 0 0 2 .132 .329 0 0 2 SH
    A Jackson P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .065 .162 0 0 0
    Totals 36 7 16 7 5 9 27 10

    BATTING
    2B: A Samuel (4, off J Baldschun); C Smith (8, off D Bennett).
    HR: H Taylor 2 (2, off J Baldschun, off D Bennett; 3rd inn, 1 on, 2 outs to LF; 7th inn, 1 on, 1 out); J Christopher 2 (7, off J Baldschun, off D Bennett; 3rd inn, 0 on, 1 out to LF; 7th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to RF).
    SH: C Smith (2, off J Baldschun); J Fisher (1, off D Bennett).
    IBB: J Hickman (4, by D Bennett).
    TB: H Taylor 10; J Christopher 8; A Samuel 4; C Smith 2; R Hunt 2; E Kranepool 2; D Smith; J Hickman.
    GIDP: R Kanehl (1); R Hunt (13).
    RBI: H Taylor 4 (11); J Christopher 2 (27); E Kranepool (15).
    2-out RBI: H Taylor 2; E Kranepool.
    Team LOB: 12.
    With RISP: 3 for 14.
    FIELDING
    DP: 1. C Smith-E Kranepool.
    BASERUNNING
    SB: D Smith (6, 2nd base off J Baldschun/C Dalrymple).
    PITCHING
    Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF Pit-Str Ct·Sw·Lk GB·FB·LD· ? GmSc IR-IS LevI WPA
    D Bennett 4 7 3 3 1 3 2 3.09 20 - · · 7· 1· 1· 7 38 - 1.10 -0.17
    D Green, L (1-1) 1.2 4 1 1 2 2 0 4.30 9 - · · 2· 0· 0· 3 0-0 1.54 -0.16
    E Roebuck 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.42 1 - · · 0· 1· 0· 0 2-0 1.77 0.04
    J Baldschun 2 5 3 3 2 4 2 3.31 13 - · · 2· 0· 0· 5 0-0 0.29 -0.17
    Totals 8 16 7 7 5 9 4 43 - · · 11· 2· 1·15 2-0
    New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF Pit-Str Ct·Sw·Lk GB·FB·LD· ? GmSc IR-IS LevI WPA
    J Fisher, W (5-5) 6.2 7 3 3 1 2 1 3.83 29 - · · 7· 7· 4· 7 49 - 1.06 -0.08
    A Jackson, S (1) 2.1 1 0 0 1 1 0 4.42 8 - · · 3· 2· 0· 1 2-0 0.76 0.13
    Totals 9 8 3 3 2 3 1 37 - · · 10· 9· 4· 8 2-0
    Balks: None.
    WP: None.
    IBB: D Bennett (4; J Hickman).
    HBP: J Fisher (6; J Herrnstein).


    I thought maybe I remembered it wrong because I looked up Hawk Taylor and he had only 16 career HR's - LOL. But there it is...he hit two that day.

    But one thing I do remember quite well...I'll give you one guess what happened the next day...a history making event at Shea, and just our luck we decided to go to the Saturday game instead of on Sunday for some reason.
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,696 ✭✭✭✭✭
    thought maybe I remembered it wrong because I looked up Hawk Taylor and he had only 16 career HR's - LOL. But there it is...he hit two that day.

    But one thing I do remember quite well...I'll give you one guess what happened the next day...a history making event at Shea, and just our luck we decided to go to the Saturday game instead of on Sunday for some reason.


    Jim Bunning's No Hitter, LOL!!


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  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,035 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i> thought maybe I remembered it wrong because I looked up Hawk Taylor and he had only 16 career HR's - LOL. But there it is...he hit two that day.

    But one thing I do remember quite well...I'll give you one guess what happened the next day...a history making event at Shea, and just our luck we decided to go to the Saturday game instead of on Sunday for some reason.


    Jim Bunning's No Hitter, LOL!! >>




    Come on now...a little better than that...It was a Perfect Game. image

    Frankly, if I had any brains I would just lie and say I was there when Bunning pitched his Perfect Game, like so many sports fans do.....What is it like "500,000" fans say they were there at Belmont when Secretariat won the Triple Crown? LOL
  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    Hello



    Steve
    Good for you.
  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,035 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It ain't over 'til it's over.
  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,035 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>It ain't over 'til it's over. >>




    But admittedly, the "trends" do not look so good right now.
  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,035 ✭✭✭✭✭
    But remember - these mercenaries collapsed last season and they can do it again.
  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    What a game today! 6 run first inning, Ollie sharp as ever wins his 10th game.

    3 game set with the Sillies could wrap it up.


    lol


    BAM

    Steve
    Good for you.
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,696 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I just want to know what happened to Stalin...he's posting over "on the other side" veryu politely and professionally and signing his name Kevin instead of BAM...

    I can't get over how well the Mets have played since Randolph got the ax...this might be one of the biggest turnarounds a team has experienced after getting rid of their manager. Randolph truly was THAT bad..


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  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    BIG 3 game series begins tonight.


    LETS GO METS!!

    Steve
    Good for you.
  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,035 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Mets suck.
  • JackWESQJackWESQ Posts: 2,133 ✭✭✭
    The perfect response to anything I say would be "yeah, and where are your Giants" and I would have no response. That said, the Mets are reeling ... a 1-0 loss to the Washington Nationals.

    /s/ JackWESQ
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  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,035 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    N.Y. Mets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
    Washington « 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 x 1 7 0

    Clutch hitting by the Pets tonight against those powerhouse Nationals. Yep, Jerry's right...the Mercenary Mets won't choke in the stretch.....


    .......ah Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!.........
  • nam812nam812 Posts: 10,580 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Every time I check my calendar I see 2008, but im not so sure anymore.
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,696 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Geez, this can't happen again, can it?

    At least the Eagles lost..


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  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,035 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Geez, this can't happen again, can it? >>



    Can and will.
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,696 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Guess you missed the second part of my post Steve:

    AT LEAST THE EAGLES LOST.

    Ok, I feel better now. image


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