I hope this decreases Mets hijacks.

This is a fantastic website. And its awesome your a Mets fan. I can't belive the way Bannister is pitching right now...I think his arm is about to fall off.

I linked you to my site, www.americanlegends.blogspot.com and I was hoping you might do the same for me.

Otherwise LETS GO METS!

Take care,
Mark

Well, this is a great moment. Let's go Mets.

I hope this decreases Mets hijacks.

Harrumph. Ultimately, all things are about the Mets, so no discussion turning to the Mets can truly be a "hijack." Can it?

Can it?

Sigh.

We'll try to be better. :-)

Harrumph. Ultimately, all things are about the Mets, so no discussion turning to the Mets can truly be a "hijack." Can it?

Let's discuss Zambia and see how that's about the Mets, smart guy.

You know, Zambia was named after Victor Zambrano's ancestors?

David Wright could blow it up simply by pointing his bat at the country's picture on a map.

When David Wright does a pushup, he isn’t lifting himself up, he’s pushing the Earth down.

Did you guys check Benitez' appearance for the Giants tonight?

Congrats...It's about time this Mets thingee got off the ground!

Met quickie...

When I was about 10-years old, one of my druncles took me to Shea...and after the game he pushed me into a train heading the wrong way and let me fend for myself.

I got lost, I got pissed, and I got hatred for Shea after that (Steinblower saw to my recovery tho).

BTW...me uncle got his soon after that by a bunch of local thugs (he owed moola) when they slide some chunks of hot-ice down the back of his shirt and crushed them with baseball bats.

BTW...me uncle got his soon after that by a bunch of local thugs (he owed moola) when they slide some chunks of hot-ice down the back of his shirt and crushed them with baseball bats.

I'd say rough justice, pretty much, for what he did to you. Poor fella.

Hey, Repoz, do you have keys to all the team blogs?

You SHOULD.

I still think it should be Count the Hijacks™.

Good luck with it, CTD.

congrats Mets on gettting your own blog.

Blog-Warming gift

BTW...me uncle got his soon after that by a bunch of local thugs (he owed moola) when they slide some chunks of hot-ice down the back of his shirt and crushed them with baseball bats.

Could you be related to my wife?

I don't know if anyone remembers this little run in August 1983, but I regarded it then as a major turning point for the franchise.

103 1983-07-31 NYM PIT W 7-6 (12 Inn) 38-65 +
104 NYM PIT W 1-0 (12 Inn) 39-65 ++
105 1983-08-02 NYM MON W 5-2 40-65 +++
106 1983-08-03 NYM MON W 2-1 41-65 ++++
107 1983-08-04 NYM MON L 1-2 41-66 -
108 1983-08-05 NYM @CHC W 9-4 42-66 +
109 1983-08-06 NYM @CHC W 4-1 43-66 ++
110 1983-08-07 NYM @CHC W 6-4 (10 Inn) 44-66 +++
111 1983-08-08 NYM @MON W 6-5 (10 Inn) 45-66 ++++
112 1983-08-09 NYM @MON L 3-7 45-67 -
113 1983-08-10 NYM @MON L 3-5 45-68 --
114 1983-08-12 NYM CHC W 2-0 46-68 +
115 1983-08-13 NYM CHC W 5-1 47-68 ++
116 1983-08-14 NYM CHC W 5-2 48-68 +++
117 1983-08-15 NYM @PIT L 2-4 48-69 -
118 1983-08-16 NYM @PIT L 1-3 48-70 --
119 1983-08-17 NYM @LAD L 1-4 48-71 ---
120 1983-08-19 NYM @SFG W 7-6 (10 Inn) 49-71 +
121 1983-08-20 NYM @SFG W 7-2 50-71 ++
122 1983-08-21 NYM @SFG W 4-3 51-71 +++
123 1983-08-22 NYM @SDP L 3-4 51-72 -
124 1983-08-23 NYM @SDP W 8-3 52-72 +

One day, all the other clubs will fold, and then we'll never have to talk about anything other than the Mets. Until that time, we'll never have anything else to talk about other than the Mets.

Repoz, pass me whatever your druncle was having.

what's with the title?

Why not Meet the Mets? Or M-E-T-S Mets Mets Mets! Or Baseball, the Wright Way. Or something else equally stupid?

Yay Mets blog. You guys are having a great year and it's a fun team to watch.

You know, Zambia was named after Victor Zambrano's ancestors?

pwn3d

This is great, even if the name sucks.

I think there should be some sort of poll by the Mets regulars to decide the name because this one is terrible.

This thing is a good idea.

I'm looking all over for a video of Cliff Floyd's collision with Todd Hundley, can anyone help me?

Huzzah! Huzzah!

For name of the thread, how about "Not Mama, Not Papa, But Metsies, Metsies, Metsies!" (channeling Casey Stengel :-D)

Excellent stuff.

I came to BTF to hijack the Dugout, but I may as well ask here instead.

After seeingly being careful to avoid losing draft picks in the 2004/05 off-season, Omar gave them all up last winter.

Now, according to John Sickels the 2006 draft is a very weak crop. Is it giving Omar too much credit to assume that this is related, and there's that much method behind his work?

what's with the title?

My original assumption is that when Szymborski was pestering Dial for a name, Dial said "It's Mets...Just Mets" and Dan decided to get cute. Maybe not.

That said, Dial, remember which blog was first.

Mets suck!!! (Hahaha, the run fairy strikes again)

What's a Met?

Now, according to John Sickels the 2006 draft is a very weak crop. Is it giving Omar too much credit to assume that this is related, and there's that much method behind his work?

It's probably not related.

-- MWE

Cool -- a Mets blog.

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=198308230SDN

Box score from 1983 turnaround....

I remember listening to this one on the radio in the 1971 Pontiac Catalina.

I caught a classic game on SNY the other night. When the Mets clinched in 1986. I hope they show more of these. It was awesome.

Thansk for the well-wishes.

Also, if you have something you'd like to see discussed, drop John Murphy or me a line. John also has publisher writes, whether he knows it or not.

Question: Is Keith Hernandez always so annoying? I seem to have recollections of him being marginally tolerable in the booth. Admittedly, I prefer Seaver, but Hernandez was an OK #2 option. But between his out and out misogynism and ra-ra cheering tonight, I needed to mute the audio.

es, the corporate name of the franchise holder is Metropoltan Baseball Club,

I doubt it. :-)

Question: Is Keith Hernandez always so annoying? I seem to have recollections of him being marginally tolerable in the booth. Admittedly, I prefer Seaver, but Hernandez was an OK #2 option. But between his out and out misogynism and ra-ra cheering tonight, I needed to mute the audio.

hater.

It's funny that Dial remembers being a Met fan as putting up with a lot of losing seasons. When I moved to NY in 1988 they were the kings of the town. Yankees were definitely second fiddle. Anyway congrats to all Met fans on the blog. Now where's the A's blog?

John also has publisher writes, whether he knows it or not

No, I did not know that, Chris. Thanks!

Terrific.

I caught a classic game on SNY the other night. When the Mets clinched in 1986. I hope they show more of these. It was awesome.

I'd much rather they showed random crappy Met games from the 70s. Those are the Mets I grew up with.

The majesty of the Doug Flynn/Frank Taveras double play combo.

Those teams were good for only one thing -- making my appreciation for the 80's teams that were actually good all the more sweet.

Those teams were good for only one thing -- making my appreciation for the 80's teams that were actually good all the more sweet.

Ain't that the truth!

I'd much rather they showed random crappy Met games from the 70s. Those are the Mets I grew up with.

You are a truly, truly sick individual. Blech.

Especially post-June 15, 1977. Doug Flynn could only be on the Mets after that date, and those games are torture for that reason alone.

glad i didn't become Mets-aware until 86.

I'm semi-serious about this. While it's nice to be able to see some of the important games again, I'd enjoy another series where they showed games that the audience wouldn't necessarily know the result of first if at all possible. Just random old games.

They have 21 hours a day to kill on that channel, they may as well.

I'm semi-serious about this. While it's nice to be able to see some of the important games again, I'd enjoy another series where they showed games that the audience wouldn't necessarily know the result of first if at all possible. Just random old games.

I would probably watch these too. When I was kid a traded a Reggie Jackson baseball card for a Steve Henderson and thought it was a great deal. I am also curious to see if John Stearns is as good as I remember --he was a perennial all-star.

I'd kill to see Jon Matlack pitch.

Plus "Met Classics" is something the Yes network would do. For SNY I propose a miniseries instead called "Yankee Classics" where they show only the subway series games where the Yankees lose.

Well, think of that...our own BTF blog!

You are a real boy, Pinnocchio...

Awesome, my one stop shop for misery come October