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3 hours ago, DrW said:
Here in West Texas the grocery stores have employees (mostly kids or retirees) that will push your cart (here called a "basket") to your car, load your groceries and take the cart back. On my first visit from Rochester to Lubbock I was of course not familiar with this arrangement, and I started to fight with the basket kid for my grocery cart. I "won" and was able to get the cart myself to my car, and unloaded the groceries. However, the kid had followed me and offered to take the cart back to the store. I accepted.
Here on Long Island (Lawn Guyland for the uninformed) we don't get that courtesy from grocery employees. I imagine if we did it would go similar to this:
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28 minutes ago, ExWNYer said:
And Diaz promptly comes in and gives up 4 runs to put them in a 7-6 deficit heading to the 9th. I was pissed that they brought him yesterday with a 5-0 lead and he needed 26 pitches to get 3 outs. And today he comes in with traffic on the bases (1st & 3rd) which I absolutely HATE. It's well documented how I feel about him coming in when it's not a "clean" inning. They had it and gave it away and the Braves had exhausted all of their big guns for Game 2.
And then Lindor hits a 2-run HR in the top of the 9th, Diaz comes back for the bottom or the 9th and hangs on with a runner on 2nd! METS WIN, 8-7!!!!!
POSTSEASON 2024! WOW!
Unbelievable! I didn't see any of it, but you can thank me anyway. I've been at my sons college since last week - he broke his collarbone and had surgery on Friday - we rented an airbnb for his recovery an on Friday night watched his school (Va Tech) lose in excruciating fashion, on Saturday we watched my other sons school lose which will make it very difficult to get a bowl bid and then last night, well enough said! That rental property was a house of horrors sports-watching wise. Had we stayed an extra day the Mets would surely have lost.
Now let's knock the Braves out!!!!!
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6 hours ago, ExWNYer said:
The Mets and D-bags won on Sunday, the Braves lost. Peterson was clutch and light out. It now comes down to the Mets needing to win one of the two games in Atlanta on Monday to get into the playoffs. Let's get that first one so we don't have to sweat the nightcap. Oddly, it might have been better for the Mets had Atlanta won. They probably wouldn't have gone all out against the Mets because they would have been in already. Let's get pay back on these scumbags for 2022. LGM!
I'm pretty sure that whoever wins game 1 is in the playoffs. Game 2 probables are Severino and Sale. I'll be surprised if both start.
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57 minutes ago, Another Fan said:
Tonight. Uggh
Diamondbacks and Mets faltering when it matters most. I think for the Mets it comes down to winning 2 of 3. Anything less and they are cooked.
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35 minutes ago, Another Fan said:
Who has the tie breaker? Maybe last night was just a bad night? I didn't catch the game but heard the umpire was terrible.
On another note I saw last night the White Sox broke the 62 Mets loss record
I'm kind of puzzled what exactly it takes to win in the MLB in 2024. Spending money helps but isn't the end all be all.
In a way hate to say it but the 1998 Yankees are like what most teams strive to be before the game turned into an analytic freak show..... that team didn't have an all star on it but was very very solid with fundamentals. And ironically Buck laid the foundation for it
Mets win the tie-breaker against the D'backs - so if we get one more win than them today or tomorrow we're in. If we go even with the D'Backs today and tomorrow a split on Monday gets us in. If none of that happens we can still get in by sweeping the Braves
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1 hour ago, ExWNYer said:
@SinceThe70s @Gugny @Another Fan
Well, Manaea sh!t the bed tonight in a game that meant absolutely nothing to the Brewers. The pitching names change but the results remain the same. When will this organization finally field a staff that can win when it matters? And, of course, Atlanta won and the Mets' two game lead has completely evaporated. We just can't have nice things. <sigh>
It's going to come down to the Mets needing to win two on Monday. Yikes.
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I thought by now we'd have more clarity but Helene had other plans. Tuesdays loss didn't inspire confidence that we'd exorcise our Atlanta demons and there's a chance we can clinch a spot before Monday, but that's BS. It's gonna come down to winning either one or two against the boogeyman on Monday.
Let's Go Mets!!!
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7 minutes ago, ghostwriter said:
Simon, Simon, Simon.. You’re making a judgement based off of abstract terms.
There is no greater expression of how good a QB is other than how many rings he has on his fingers. Brady has 7, Montana has 4 and Mahomes has 3.
Where’s the hardware?
So in your world Trent Dilfer > Josh Allen?
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7 hours ago, XXXtraAnchovies said:
Canadian thrashers, moshers, head bangers and rockers
Loved that Exciter album!!
Also liked the first Dwarfs album back when it came out, but didn't follow them any further.
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1 hour ago, ExWNYer said:
Well boys, the Amazins are on a roll! How sweet was that to beat Wheeler? Diaz was the Diaz of old for that six out save. Great stuff. This team has been without their catalyst, Francisco Lindor, for the last seven games, yet they keep finding ways to win. Luisangel Acuna looks and plays eerily like his older brother. We got a steal in that trade and he looks like our cornerstone 2B for years to come. He has stepped in for Lindor at SS and plays like a seasoned vet. And what did I tell you about Iglesias, @SinceThe70s? He has been better than McNeil, IMO. Sparkplug with a GREAT glove and a good stick. The type of 'glue guy' needed for a deep run. Tyrone Taylor is another bench player giving them phenomenal D and good at bats. I know the Mets were in the WS in 2015 but I have not felt this special vibe with a team since the '86 Mets. I hope they can finish off these last six games with a flourish. I don't think anyone wants to face them in the postseason right now. If they take two out of three from the Braves, they are in the playoffs. It doesn't look like they'll catch the Padres for the first WC but they own the tiebreaker over the D-bags and have a very good shot at the #2 WC. Severino (Tuesday), Peterson (Wednesday), & Manaea (Thursday) are tasked with getting it done in Atlanta. Hard to believe but I have way more faith in those three than I did with any of deGrom, Scherzer, & Bassitt in 2022. It's payback time. LFGM!!!
Also, I never commented at the time back when everyone was talking about whether or not Mendoza would be the right guy to lead this organization into the future, but I liked the hire at the time and have liked it ever since. I have been higher on him than most (all?) of you. I think he does a great job of using analytics and managing 'old school' with his gut. The vast majority of his decisions have been right, IMO. He just seems to have a great feel for the game. This year has been more than I ever expected and a very pleasant surprise. Getting to the playoffs would be the icing on the cake but the way that this team has played since early June, just wanting to get to the postseason seems like selling ourselves short. Let's go, fellas. Why not us?
And...LET'S GO BILLS!!! KILL THOSE JAGS!!!
LOL, I was thinking about my Iglesias comments over the weekend. I definitely expected him to tail off (law of averages), glad to be wrong!
I like Mendoza too, but was definitely in wait-and-see mode. It was a big feather in his cap when he weathered the awful start to the season and kept the clubhouse together. And he's never been afraid to trust his gut. It backfired spectacularly with Ottavino on Friday, but I understood his thought process, On the flip side, getting two out of Diaz last night paid the hoped for dividends - I have to admit I wasn't sure about Diaz going two after going an inning plus the night before.
Good times!
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1 minute ago, gonzo1105 said:
I didn't read the article either. I could care less what a QB from 50-60 years ago pining for attention thinks about today's game.
Got it, glad you took the time for this reply and your original post about something you could care less about.
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7 games left, magic number is 6. I would've signed up for this in spring training.
I was at the game on Friday - Good Lord was that bad. One of the few times that I left the stadium early. Ottavino went a third of an inning. His only out came when Castellanos had an automatic out due to the clock.
Regardless, excellent bounceback win today = how you guys feeling? I expect we'll lose tomorrow night (Wheeler/Megill) and go into our house of horrors one up. Need to exorcise our Braves demons and win 2 of 3. Am I confident? No, not really - but looking forward to being proved wrong.
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1 hour ago, gonzo1105 said:
Except Fran you lost every superbowl you played for.
I didn't read the article (no access), was Tarkenton claiming he was more accomplished than Mahomes?
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5 minutes ago, Gugny said:
Prick gets into Canton and he still says this crap? Douche.
I didn't read the article (no access) so I have no context besides the one quote from OP. Was that quote in line with other quotes from the article?
Personally I think you got set off when someone compared him to Flutie 😜
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2 hours ago, Don Otreply said:
Fran was fun to watch, his style was odd looking compared to all the pocket passers back then, most QBs back then were not athletic in that way, Minnesota, like us lost four championships, but not as wonderfully as we did, we did it best, 😁👍
Good synopsis, matches my memory. Someone else made a Flutie comparison whcih resonated with me. I don't remember Tarkenton scrambling for yards as much as I remember him scrambling for his life and trying to get the pass off.
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6 hours ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:
I was talking to a buddy today, and we were lamenting how as kids we loved baseball, but now no longer follow it.
i was a die-hard Mets fan (would probably watch just about every game on TV), and knew everything about the Mets and MLB.
in 2002, when they threw dumb money at Mo Vaughn, decided to try to outspend the Yankees, and fired my beloved Bobby V, I basically quit following them (and baseball) cold turkey.
Anyone else doing something similar?
As a Mets fan who just got home after witnessing a God-awful loss a part of me envies you.
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Off topic since it's a 2025 show in my area but Zakk Sabbath looks savage.
I saw a half hour instrumental set by Zakk Wylde a few years ago a third of which was devoted to a crushing/shredding version of N.I.B. Checked out the Zakk Sabbath setlist from June and it's right up my alley with some deeper tracks in favor of Paranoid or Iron Man.
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1 hour ago, TBBills Fan said:
Can I get $50 and a pack of smokes?
Some strange every once in a while
I need pot and mushrooms too.
That's it
I like the way you think.
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This is a clear indication that Josh has become a game manager.
Good times.
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4 minutes ago, Just Jack said:
Way back, I think it was late 1990's, I was heading home from a Bills game, on Rt 104 somewhere between Rochester and Oswego, going a "little" faster than the speed limit, when I see a state Trooper pull out ahead of me. Sure enough, as I pass him, he turns around, comes after me. I pull over and do what shall now be known as a Reverse Tyreek. I turn off the car, roll down my window, and be polite. He asks me if I knew why he pulled me over, I admit I was going a little fast, asks me where I was coming from, I answer Buffalo, was there to see the game and my sister. He asks me where she lived. I tell him Elma. He starts laughing. Turns out he grew up in Elma. Tells me to go slower and have a nice day.
Reverse Tyreek deserves more than an emoji.
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26 minutes ago, Bad Things said:
That one reminds me of a time when I was living in Colorado during the 1990's.
I was chatting up this pretty young thing at a bar, when she mentioned that she was visiting from Nantucket. I said, "really? I have an old high school friend of mine that lives there."
We come to find out that this was his ex-girlfriend! Jim broke up with her just a month earlier.
<Did not get laid>
Which jogs my memory of the time me and friends were enjoying apres libations at Vail Colorado when my friend recognized that we had graduated from the same high school as the singer/guitarist.
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Great story, thanks for sharing!
There have been a few mind-boggling crossed paths n my life but one stands out.
Around 10 -15 years ago we took a family trip to Alaska with my wife, her two brothers, their parents and all of our kids. Checking out of our hotel in Valdez (aka the middle of nowhere) my BIL struck up a conversation with a guy behind him also waiting to check out. They didn't know each other but as it turns out the guy had lived a block away from where my wifes family grew up. The timing of the encounter is stupefying to me.
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13 minutes ago, newcam2012 said:
They have every right to be there. It's a public street and they have every right to observe so long as they don't interfere or break the law.
Only thing I question here is whether they had the right to park their car on a public street. Seems doubtful but I don't know the area.
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RIP Ed Kranepool. He was on every Mets roster from the inaugura season in 1962 until he retired in 1979.
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RIP Pete Rose
in Off the Wall
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Two Pete memories:
I'll never forget watching Pete take out Bud Harrelson and the ensuing melee in the 1973 playoffs.
I was at the game when Pete tied Tommy Holmes NL hitting streak record. Mets starter Pat Zachry had gotten him out twice and was p!ssed. Coming off the field I noticed him fall into the dugout - he tried to kick something, slipped and was out for an extended period.
Great player, not a fan of the man. RIP.