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In any case, good luck!!!
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Rage, you magnificent Mets. Don't let the season die tonight!
Just like these feelings I have for you
And nothing's forever not even five minutes
When you're headed for the finish line
You know, I'm trying to remember the last time everyone was so absolutely <u>certain</u> one team was going to win a post-season series. Let me see . . . when was that again . . . . Hmmmmm.... Oh yes. I know.
Just about a week or so ago. Yankees were going to crush the puttytats. Yup. That was it. Best line-up ever, wasn't that what I was hearing? Poor Kenny Rogers was going to wet his pants.
How'd those Yankees do in the ALCS?
Somehow, I suspect the NL Champs will show up in Detroit Saturday night.
I think that would be a good idea unless they're planning to forfeit Game 1.
I'm looking for a 16-inning marathon tonight, in which neither starter makes it out of the 2nd inning. Who's with me?
Wagner's making us sweat. Bad pitch selection last night was the culprit. But it was a good idea to get him an inning in the non-save situation, since he hadn't pitched since Game 2 on the 13th. He needed to get the work, I think.
If Rogers and Robertson show up the way they've been playing up until now, forget it, it's over. But that's no foregone conclusion.
I agree. When he came out to pitch in Game 2 and Sandman was playing Shea was going nuts. It was still loud last night but there was a lot of apprehension. Throw ####### fastballs!!!
Make some, damnit! Desperate times call for desperate measures. This is no time to let a hole in the Mets' marketing strategy get in your way. Homemade is always the best anyhow.
Get some Mets' decals or something, or a Mets' patch, or if necessary just cut out some glossy Mets' logos from an old yearbook. Slap them on a few diapers -- sew them on or tape them on or glue them on -- whatever it takes! If you do not have an ample supply of Mets' diapers by game-time, you will have utterly failed in your duty as a Mets' fan, and corrective action will be taken.
HIS CHILD SHOULD BE TAKEN AWAY!!!!
I love this team.
Base, where'd you go to high school? I went to Mepham, senior year during the hazing scandal.
And, once again, WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Game 7 :)
Calhoun, Class of 1994.
LET'S GO METS!!
the plums
that were in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold
sorry, cards fans. they were pretty delicious.
However it comes out, it will be interesting to see who starts Game 1 in Detroit.
What's the over/under on pitchers used by the Mets tonight. I set the line at 5.5.
402. strong silence Posted: October 13, 2006 at 11:48 PM (#2211024)
This is on track for 7 games. My prediction that the Mets will win in 7 appears realistic.
And 7 games is great because I AM A BASEBALL FAN!
Mets because of its rookie manager and cast-off SP?
Cards because of its pathetic offense?
Kenny Rogers says tell that to the Yankees.
Because the Mets don't have Juan Encarnacion and Scott Spiezio in the middle on their lineup?
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
-- Acts 4:12
10. greenback44 Posted: October 13, 2006 at 12:35 PM (#2209753)
Tony LaRussa has managed teams through 21 post-season series, up to and including the 2006 NLDS. He's 11-10. His teams have had 11 ps series in which they won the first two games, and of course they've won all 11. In series where they didn't win both of the first two games, his teams are 0-10.
It's the talent isn't it? His great teams dominate but teams that are evenly matched or worse lose. That is intuitive. Or is it luck/random variation?
Wagner entices Rolen to ground out to the pitcher with runners on 2nd and 3rd in the top of the ninth to end the game with the Mets winning 6-1.
Wierd it was so damn vivid.
Orel Fricking Hershiser happened, that's what.
I'm going over. I think we use 6.
Because his little soul patch thing is quite the hot seller in St Louis.
It's all about product placement.
Push.
Perez 3.1
Oliver 2.1
Bradford .1
Mota 1
Heilman 1
Wagner 1
(Wagner's the .5. Have you seen how small he is? Yoda could look him in the eye.)
Perez does it tonight. "The worst Game 7 starter ever," says Neyer.
But Reyes is a star and so fun to watch. He reminds me of Ichiro!
That's the other Game Seven - the one a week on Sunday.
My prediction: Julio Franco, pinch-hit, walk-off home run.
Hate to be an annoying loser, but there's no way a Met could hit a walkoff in Detroit.
You underestimate Julio Franco.
Ah, but there is. Franco hits the homer, which curls just barely inside the foul pole. It is first ruled a foul ball by the umpire down the line, but Randolph pleads his case and gets him to ask for help. The first base ump (it's an opposite field shot, of course -- this is Julio Franco, after all) immediately tells him it was fair, and they get the call right.
The fans, outraged over the Mets taking the lead in the top of the 9th when the Tigers were one out away from the title, start throwing debris on the field. Some even storm the turf, and are removed and arrested. The Mets walk off for their own safety. They wait, and wait, but order cannot be restored. The game is called at that point, and the Mets are awarded the championship. The first road walk-off victory in baseball history.
Voila.
I meant for tonight. WS: Tigers in five, six if the Cards get there.
19/10/1781 - Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown at 2 PM; Revolutionary War ends. (Source: History News Network)
A much better pitcher than Rob Neyer says,
Acknowledging, yes, that he's lacking control
His fastballs can lurch and his curveballs can roll
But gentlemen, Ollie Perez is left-handed!
And ungodly heat to his left-arm was granted.
If you think that Edmonds is hitting this feller,
Then buy Brooklyn Bridge and let me be the seller.
Rolen can't lift his bat much past his waist
And here's the first high-fastball pitcher he's faced.
Christopher Duncan cannot hit a lefty,
Meaning that Pujols is all that is left, he
and Eckstein, perhaps, but that's 2 against 9,
Mets fans, I'm sure that your team will be fine.
Worse than Hal Gregg?
Let's Go! Mets go!
(And Matt, if you look at the timestamp on this post, yes, I just got back to my dorm room a few minutes before that.)
Bus was delayed at Philly by an hour. So we got to Harrisburg an hour later than we were supposed to. The bus that went from Harrisburg to State College that we had to change to left before we got there. So I had to wait for the next bus to State College. Which left at 3:20. So I was in ####### Harrisburg for about 3 and a half hours today.
I am disappointed Jim Rome used "Cousin Oliver" to refer to O Perez today. I thought I had invented the ref, but it was just too obvious for someone else not to stumble upon it.
My lean is to the Mets. I don't root for either team, so in such a situation I want the better club to win, for the chance to see better baseball in the World Series. The Mets are the better club.
Anyway, So ain't starting but at least he ain't departing.
Taguchi's OPS is 3.750 in the postseason! Pujols who?
I guess you didn't see post 1 ... :)
I'm pumped. First pitch in a half hour, or close to it.
Isn't that poem like Emily Dickinson's -- no real title, so the first line stands in as the title? Then I guess it depends on what publication is being referenced; "The Red Wheelbarrow" originally appeared in the book Spring & All (maybe the best poetry book of the century, in America anyway, in my opinion) without a title, just in between big blocks of insane quasi-theoretical prose. It wasn't a 'set alone' poem with proper title until the later, selected Williams.
The pure products of America go for the Cardinals.
Oh, come on Base. The obvious choice is Katzenbach v. McClung. Think about it.
Maybe you'll meet soon.
Maybe you'll meet soon.
2 weeks ago, I'd have said better them than Jeter, Giambi, A-Rod, Big Hurt, Zito, Harden, Swisher, or Morneau, Mauer, Santana. They've won 7 games since then. Big sh%t.
This has to be Wright's game. We need him to step up big time today.
Maybe you'll meet soon.
I hope so.
No Tigers' trash talking, Rob. They're there. We're not. What gives us any place to talk?
The use of Miss Sarajevo in the opening was also awesome.
Know the feeling, dude.
Good to see NY rocking the Klassic Metz look. Worked last night.
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