SinceThe70s

One of my favorite stats: if you take away all of Gretzky's goals he is still the all-time points leader in the NHL.

Nice(?) memory of the Francouer triple play, I forgot all about that. London got treated to an entertaining game today, I thought for sure we were gonna blow it. Here's another happy ending for the Mets from '86. Mets were up 6-5 when this play happened:

The context was a bunch of (young) guys partying on a smaller boat and being oblivious to anyone else not doing the same. Tour guide was funny, probably just his shtick, but since we locked into the Chicago river was wondering if it was a thing - and who better to ask than you.

Never seen a night so clear Half moon hanging like a chandelier Man, that moon got nothing on me Let that woman knock me to my knees Hanging on by a thread How could I be so misled Oh she drive me outta my head ---- Side note and shout to @DD4Bills - nice call on Baked Ziti Nights by the Scorps (good luck not hearing it that way going forward 😀)

Serious question @ExiledInIllinois - is 'bro boat' in your lexicon? Or was that some made up sh!t by a tour guide on a boat tour I took in your neck of the woods a few years back?

Most go with championship teams, I'd be more interested in the high talent teams that fell flat. Like the Eagles a few years back. Unfortunately if you don't win for the most part you're forgotten. Some teams I haven't seen mentioned: 70's A's before free agency, Torre/Mariano Rivera's Crankee teams, the Braves with Maddux/Chipper, Madden/Stabler's Raiders, Cooper/Stamkos's Lightning, Mario's Penguins. Deep talent on all of those teams. EDIT: throw in the Big Red Machine who probably surpass every team I mentioned

Where are the Marlins? Has any other franchise ever gutted their team after a championship? Throw in the God-awful stadium remake a few years back and the awesome reign of Derek Jeter as part owner and CEO (hey, we should trade our best player to the Crankees!) and they'd be high up on my list.

I'll use either on occasion, but neither on a regular basis and both as terms of endearment when I do. I doubt I'd use either if I actually had a brother. On the other hand, I've never called anyone (including my sister) Sis. But I will on occasion say something like 'you got that right sister!" to my wife.

Army/Navy World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party (this one could be replaced by just about any rivalry game between two rabid college fan bases).

I forgot about Strawberry's number retirement - turned on the game just before they unveiled the number. They mentioned his apology during the broadcast and I'd like to hear it. Ultimately in spite of 1986 I feel like Gooden and Strawberry could/should have given us more. And I have mixed emotions on the number retirements. In general I'd prefer if it was a more exclusive group.

Love the Umphreys mash-ups!

LOL - until now I thought Effigy was a Gov't Mule song

@Gugny @Another Fan @ExWNYer Another interesting day in Met-land. They send Narvaez packing. Hard to keep a catcher who can't hit or throw a runner out, but I think they are eating another 8 mill. The money Steve is paying for guys that don't play for the Mets has to be staggering. Narvaez was notable this year for finally getting credit for a caught stealing on a play he had no part in AND having his first Citi Field hit coming in late May as a walk-off. After sending Baty down it looks like Vientos may actually get a legit shot in the majors. Naturally he alligator arms a foul pop up. but he had a great day at the plate. I don't have high hopes for him but I hope he makes the most of the opportunity. Looks like Reed Garret's deal with the devil ran out. A nice story about the Mets calling up a 34 year old: https://nypost.com/2024/05/31/sports/mets-jose-iglesias-longed-for-mlb-return-wont-take-it-for-granted/

I'm a life-long Long Islander. Dad was from Chicago, Mom from Boston so there was no allegiance to Jets or Giants. At the time neither of those teams were very good or had much in the way of star power - Namath was on his last legs. Every year I was a fan of a different team until Dad took me aside and explained that being a fan of the Super Bowl winner wasn't really being a fan. I chose the Bills mostly because of O.J. but also the N.Y. connection.

Nice to see Lindor lead on the field (4-4) after apparently leading in the players-only post game meeting yesterday. Also nice to see Pete come off the bench with a pinch hit double and score the tying run instead of heading to IL for two weeks. Lots of baseball left for sure. A couple more wins and I'll get my positive vibes back. That would be nice.

Maybe I have rose-colored glasses but I think the team has shown heart. Saw a stat a week or two ago that had them something like (don't quote me) 12-24 in the first two games of a series and 12-6 in the third (aka - getaway day). Unfortunately while they've displayed heart, they haven't matched it with competence. Lindor is exhibit A. I don't put the .190 average he was carrying in the 3-hole on the manager. WRT Diaz, tipping pitches has been my first suspicion for any pitcher that goes bad for years, I gotta give more thought to the injury possibility going forward. Either way it's guesswork on my part.

Well I certainly didn't know or even think Diaz was hurt. Was his velocity down? My go-to was questioningwhether he was tipping his pitches. I'm also not on board with piling on the manager - yet. I could not care less that a 31 year old journeyman reliever got DFA'd after first getting ejected and then being called into the managers office and then spouting off to the press anyway.

Holy crap, just when you thought it couldn't get worse. Diaz goes on the 15 day IL before the game, Pete gets hit by a pitch and exits the game and their journeyman reliever gets ejected, throws his glove into the stands, calls the Mets the worst #$&%@ team in MLB and gets DFA'd. Did I miss anything? Oh yeah, we lost 10-3.

Yeah, it looks to me like the joy/passion has left Pete's game. His HR totals are still on track, but he just looks lifeless compared to the old #LFGM Pete. Maybe he knows he's gone, maybe waiting on the contract is an albatross, maybe the losing has worn him down. 100% agree on Lindor's slow starts. It's every freaking year and combined with our top starters consistently missing the first few months every season it puts us in a early hole. I knew this was going to be a reset year, but I honestly thought they'd be better than this. They are only 6 games from a WC spot but I'd be deluding myself if I was optimistic. I'll look forward to getting Alvarez back and who knows, maybe even Senga, but this looks like a lost year already and like you I'll be interested to see what the trade deadline looks like.

@Gugny @Another Fan @ExWNYer Hoo boy, this season has gone off the rails. I was at the double-header yesterday and man was it ugly. Mets managed 7 hits over 19 innings and their 2 runs came from one swing of the bat. Throw in some shoddy fielding, a wasted quality start by Megill that included Ohtani going 0-5, another clutch performance by Freddie Freeloader and it made for some frustrating baseball. To make matters worse, there was a large contingent of Dodgers fans in attendance.

I've only been to three games at Orchard Park (all wins!). After the first we went to the Big Tree Inn and at one point Bruce Smith squeezed by me in the crowded bar. JFC, he was an absolute wall of a man.

Whoa dude...there's like a stoner thread? Far out.

That's awesome that you met up with another poster for the Cleveland game! As for Citifield, the chop shops are all gone! Right now it's a large construction zone - they're (not Cohen as far as I know) building a soccer stadium. Cohen has big plans, no idea if they'll come to fruition: https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/new-york-mets-owner-steve-cohen-announces-8b-plan-to-develop-area-around-citi-field-in-queens/4840197/ I get the appeal of a pre-game destination but for the Mets and Flushing it feels forced to me. They had a bar attached to the stadium that they closed down - I assume due to lack of interest, I don't know anyone who ever went there. I suppose if they build up a nice area fans that arrive by mass transit may go earlier, I just hope it doesn't come at the expense of enjoying a beer in an open air lot before I head in.

A few of my favorite lines: It's not going to get any greener! It only turns one shade of green! The gas pedal is the long skinny one on the right!