SinceThe70s

Raise your hand if you thought the Rojas at bat would be the compelling one and the Ohtani at bat would be a one swing nothing. It's emblematic of why I love the game

One of my favorite lines ever came from (at the time) Mets relief pitcher Braden Looper after a game where he hit a guy and the benches emptied. When asked after the game whether he was throwing at the guy in retaliation for a Met getting HBP earlier he said "Sometimes in a game things happen. And then sometimes other things happen".

The guy on the Blue Jays threw his hand out to try to get HBP. Wroblewski obliged on the next pitch. And then the Blue Jay was upset he got hit. Good times.

In game interviews detract from the broadcast.

Bichette is on third. Two more hits and he scores.

I've noticed this too. I'm on the fence on rigged vs. poor officiating but more and more I wonder if it's because I don't want rigged to be true. As soon as I'm convinced it's true I'll walk away from something that I've enjoyed since...well you know.

I took a deep dive into The Mighty Mighty Bosstones lately and found some gems: Great song and lyrics This one goes in a bunch of different directions in a short period of time - all of which I like Classic ska song

A defensive swing for a double to the wall. Wow.

The number of young pitchers coming in and dominating from the jump lately is impressive with Skenes being the poster child. Hunter Greene, Schlittler, Yesavage,...even my Mets had Nolan McLean this year. These young pitchers are coming in looking poised and not overwhelmed than in the past.

I love a good troll thread. At it's height Spags/Howard was my favorite. Another I remember was when we were looking for a QB and there was a thread about a French QB playing in a European league that was touted as a can't miss by the OP. Good times.

@itaos Care to elaborate on your thumbs down? I'm always interested in dissenting opinions.

Hyping young players is nothing new or surprising. You do it yourself and I appreciate your insight on up and coming players. But you are WAY too fixated on Volpe for some reason. And for the record, neither Lin or Tommy Cutlets were ever hyped before they had the small measures of success they had, they were both just fun stories for starving fan bases. And your assertion that Skattebo sucks speaks more to your bias than anything else imo. From what I saw he was a productive player.

When a team is capable of backing it up this is the best philosophy imo.

Mantle? Do you really think folks were saying he was the next Mantle? And was Mantle even Eye-talian?

Your fixation on "NY things" is palpable. Equating Volpe to Mantle is a figment of your imagination.

And so are you.

Including you - unless you intentionally butchered his name. For the record it was Jeremy Lin and Linsanity.

Went to a Jets/Bills game years ago and my bud bought a Mangold jersey. As much as I hate the Jets always thought that was a great purchase.

I'm always looking for ways to not like guys that play for the Jets, but this guy never gave me a reason. Complete opposite actually. Way too early, sad to hear.

Every few years this song pops up and I like it as much as the last time I heard it. Lyrics are biting. "3:15, I'm running. From a fourth grade lynch mob" "Good Lord, I've birthed a coward"

Lyric thread jogged my memory

I'm still alive and well still alive and well Every now and then I know it's kinda hard to tell But I'm still alive and well

That was the year before my freshman year when I first listened to Genesis - my roommate was a big fan. Liked that Gabriel solo album from the jump.