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John Cougar Lunchbucket May 23 2010 09:36 PM

The thread where we predict the back page headline for tomorrow's Snooze and Post. BOMB BAY Jason's 2 HRs Power Mets to Subway Series Win

metsguyinmichigan May 23 2010 09:41 PM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

DE-FENCE Bombers cry foul over denied dinger, demand Citi fence be 'corrected'

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 23 2010 09:41 PM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

NICE SAVE Mets, Manuel sweat out Subway Series win behind Johan, 2 Bay HRs

Rockin' Doc May 23 2010 09:50 PM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

In a Game of Aces: Santana > Sabathia!

Nymr83 May 23 2010 10:03 PM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

From the Snooze: Subway Mugging: umps steal game from yanks* From the Post: Oh BAY-BY: Jason saves Jerry's job. *who we of course receive no money from and do not kiss ass too at all

Willets Point May 23 2010 10:12 PM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

JETER'S HEROICS RALLY YANKS IN 9TH INNING Mets win 6-4

G-Fafif May 23 2010 10:38 PM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

UMPIRE STATE OF MIND Girardi talks Blue streak after call goes off rails

metirish May 24 2010 03:55 AM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 24 2010 04:47 AM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

metirish May 24 2010 04:48 AM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

I thought they would have worked in a reference to "Lost" , like, show a picture of Hurley and Girardi...

metsguyinmichigan May 24 2010 05:52 AM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

I'd forgotten that ARod is the designated Yankees whipping boy.

Frayed Knot May 24 2010 07:56 AM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Frankie wins showdown of Rods - Alex truly embarrassed. Cameron & Kate both text phone numbers to Francisco.

Edgy DC May 24 2010 07:59 AM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

Way to use the same short for Francisco, tabloids. Is that actually from last night or is it a file photo? Is it possible two different photogoraphers got the same shot?

soupcan May 24 2010 08:17 AM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

Its not the same shot, look at Frankie's right arm.

Edgy DC May 24 2010 08:19 AM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

Yup. A moment apart from the virtually same angle.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 24 2010 08:20 AM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

Yeah I at first suspected they were the same shot but my Snooze hard copy has a credit for Cory Sipken/Daily News Anyway, I'm kinda disappointed this became a "Mets Hold On" story and not a "Bay Kicked Sabathia's Fat Ass" story, but that's baseball, Suzyn.

Edgy DC May 24 2010 08:31 AM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

Any idea what's the Mets record for reaching in consecutive plate appearances?

Nymr83 May 24 2010 08:49 AM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

Edgy DC wrote: Any idea what's the Mets record for reaching in consecutive plate appearances? I think Olerud holds it but I don't know the number

TransMonk May 24 2010 08:57 AM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

Nymr83 wrote: Any idea what's the Mets record for reaching in consecutive plate appearances? I think Olerud holds it but I don't know the number 15 times in 1998 http://www.allbusiness.com/sports-recre ... 604-1.html

Edgy DC May 24 2010 09:04 AM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

Wow. Did it in September on the road while fiighting for a playoff spot. Started against a first-place team, and continued against a last-place one. http://www.baseball-reference.com/playe ... &year=1998

Ashie62 May 24 2010 10:03 AM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

Steve Politi in the Ledger defending Manuel and getting on Minaya.. "Some of this mess is no one’s fault. This season might be different with a healthy Carlos Beltran in the lineup, or if Wright wasn’t striking out like a washed up Dave Kingman" Another jackass piling on the Mets

G-Fafif May 25 2010 07:09 AM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

Incidentally, earlier editions of Snooze and Pest each had variations on BAY CITI on the back page, with one helpfully adding ROLLERS. Nobody remains more immersed, 30+ years after the fact, in '70s Top 40 than yours truly, and even I had to stop and think about that for a few seconds.

Edgy DC May 25 2010 07:39 AM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

The funny thing is Kingman never actually washed up. While he was certainly bad during his second Mets tenure, it's hard to attribute that to aging, as he had a strong finish to his career as the Oakland DH.

MFS62 May 25 2010 07:45 AM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

Edgy DC wrote: The funny thing is Kingman never actually washed up. While he was certainly bad during his second Mets tenure, it's hard to attribute that to aging, as he had a strong finish to his career as the Oakland DH. You don't stop Bluto when he's on a roll. Later

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 25 2010 09:03 AM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

G-Fafif wrote: Incidentally, earlier editions of Snooze and Pest each had variations on BAY CITI on the back page, with one helpfully adding ROLLERS. Nobody remains more immersed, 30+ years after the fact, in '70s Top 40 than yours truly, and even I had to stop and think about that for a few seconds. Wouldn't this have been more apropos on his 4-for-4 S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y night?

soupcan May 25 2010 10:13 AM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

Steve Politi wrote: "...or if Wright wasn’t striking out like a washed up Dave Kingman" Wright is on pace to finish with 121 RBI. If that's washed up I'll take a team full of them please.

batmagadanleadoff May 25 2010 10:03 PM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: The thread where we predict the back page headline for tomorrow's Snooze and Post. BOMB BAY Jason's 2 HRs Power Mets to Subway Series Win So what's it gonna be tomorrow? KNUCKLE SANDWICH, I'm guessing.

Ashie62 May 25 2010 10:08 PM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

All I know is Batmags I.G.T.'s are en fuego

metsguyinmichigan May 26 2010 04:36 AM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

News went with "Trickey Dickey"

MFS62 May 26 2010 07:50 AM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

I'm guessing the Post will have "Jeter Needed the Rest, So He Made It Rain". Later

Ceetar May 26 2010 07:54 AM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

MFS62 wrote: I'm guessing the Post will have "Jeter Needed the Rest, So He Made It Rain". Later I was assuming some knock on the Twins playing baseball outside.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 26 2010 09:19 PM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

TAKA-SQUASHI Amazin's Blank Phils Behind Hisanori, Jose

Nymr83 May 26 2010 09:37 PM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

SAYANORA CHARLIE! Mets take series from Phils behind Takahashi's 6 shutout innings

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 26 2010 10:53 PM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

HISA-NO-RUNS! Taka shuts down Phils, Reyes continues heating up as Mets continue to not fail for now

Nymr83 May 26 2010 11:03 PM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: ...as Mets continue to not fail for now No, thats the title for someone's column!

metirish May 27 2010 03:53 AM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

metsguyinmichigan May 27 2010 04:17 AM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

I'd say the Post wins that round.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 27 2010 05:05 AM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

Really, I like the Snooze today.

metirish May 27 2010 05:22 AM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

That picture of Reyes is great, his eyes look crazy.

Willets Point May 27 2010 05:33 AM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

I'm amazed that the Mets trumped the Yankees winning two games given the Yankeephilia of the NY sports media.

MFS62 May 27 2010 08:23 AM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

Uh, not for nuthin', but I remember when the World War II war movies used "Zips" as a derogatory term for Japanese (So was "Nips"). I realize he meant two games in which he gave up no runs, but somebody should eat a lot of sushi for that headline. Later

soupcan May 27 2010 08:34 AM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

Short for 'Zipperhead' right?

MFS62 May 27 2010 09:31 AM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

soupcan wrote: Short for 'Zipperhead' right? Actually, I believe it was because the principal Japanese fighter plane the Allies faced was code named the "Zero". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A6M_Zero and Zip is another way to say zero. Later, it became a word used for all Japanese. Later

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 27 2010 09:45 AM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

Willets Point wrote: I'm amazed that the Mets trumped the Yankees winning two games given the Yankeephilia of the NY sports media. It led the late local sports news, too. Win or lose, it does seem like the Mets are the more compelling baseball drama right now.

Edgy DC May 27 2010 10:00 AM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

Well, the Mets won the crosstown series and are now playing, beating, and shutting out the first-place two-time-pennant-defending division rivals. The Yanks lost the crosstown series and are playing the Twins --- interesting to New York Sports editors only when (a) local teams are taking their best players away from them, and (b) when David Wells is pitching a perfect game against them.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 27 2010 10:16 AM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

The Mets are also doing their Dew at home. But I'd argue that while the Yanks (as always) are winning the fluff-piece/dollarstore-hagiography war, the Mets have been drawing more tabloidy/back-page attention in general. The onfield ups and downs have been pretty extreme this year, making for damn good hacky copy; the off-field leitmotif of Minaya/Manuel's Last Stand (along with the Citifield-is-empty story some amateur sociologists favor) trumps anything drama-wise that the Yankees have to offer, unless Cashman suddenly and publicly decides he's Kim Ng in a white man's body.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 27 2010 11:13 AM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

The MFYs will find themselves on the back page again if Minnesota could ever beat them and continue their struggles (the MFYs scored 4 runs over 2 away games and won both, WTF Twins) and/or when more Pettitte/A-Rod doping juice is revealed and you know it will be.

Ceetar May 27 2010 11:40 AM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: The MFYs will find themselves on the back page again if Minnesota could ever beat them and continue their struggles (the MFYs scored 4 runs over 2 away games and won both, WTF Twins) and/or when more Pettitte/A-Rod doping juice is revealed and you know it will be. What about the Jeter/Rivera doping juice? Speaking of doping juice, (and I'm not dignifying it with a post/link) Murray Chase is hurt that the media didn't lambast Piazza when he was in Citi Field this past weekend about his "so evident if it was a murder charge he'd be convicted" steroid use.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 27 2010 11:47 AM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

Well, I don't go for the goosechase myself but if Piazza wasn't juiced then juice didn't exist.

Edgy DC May 27 2010 11:53 AM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

Note to self: don't select Murray Chass for my homicide jury.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 27 2010 12:09 PM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

Ceetar wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: The MFYs will find themselves on the back page again if Minnesota could ever beat them and continue their struggles (the MFYs scored 4 runs over 2 away games and won both, WTF Twins) and/or when more Pettitte/A-Rod doping juice is revealed and you know it will be. What about the Jeter/Rivera doping juice? Speaking of doping juice, (and I'm not dignifying it with a post/link) Murray Chase is hurt that the media didn't lambast Piazza when he was in Citi Field this past weekend about his "so evident if it was a murder charge he'd be convicted" steroid use. "WHY DID THE PRESS LET THAT GREASY JACKANAPE SNEAK INTO TOWN WITHOUT ASKING HIM QUESTIONS THAT I SO CLEARLY RAISED WITH THE CLEARLY-OUTLINED RUMORS ON MY NON-BLOG? YOU'LL HAVE TO ASK THOSE REPORTERS YOURSELVES, IF YOU CAN PIN 'EM DOWN... BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO PIN DOWN EELS. AND THEY'RE AN EELY, NEW-AGE BUNCH! WHO BLOGS! YOU CAN'T TRUST A BLOGGER, AND YOU CAN'T PIN DOWN AN EEL!" THAT'S NOT THE WAY WE USED TO DO IT! IN MY DAY, WE DIDN'T LET PUBLIC FIGURES GO WITH A FREE PASS WHEN WE FOUND OUT SOMETHING INCRIMINATIN' ABOUT 'EM! NO, WE'D BLACKMAIL 'EM! HELL, F. D. R. WAS INTO OVER HALF OF THE DC POLITICAL BEAT REPORTERS FOR A GRAND APIECE OVER POLIO... AND THE TIME HE KILLED A HINDOO PROSTITUTE IN THE BLUE ROOM! IT WAS THE JOURNALISTICALLY RIGHT THING TO DO, AND WE LIKED IT! CREDIT MY WILD ASSUMPTIONS IN YOUR WORK! STOP PAYING ATTENTION TO NUMBERS, AND PAY ATTENTION TO ME! READ MY NON-BLOG!"

Rockin' Doc May 27 2010 10:19 PM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

Phillies 0 for New York

G-Fafif May 27 2010 10:58 PM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

Bad, nebulous back page possibility: PHIL 'ER NOPE! Less bad but not great: GOOSED! Dark horse: CANYON OF ZEROES

batmagadanleadoff May 28 2010 12:50 AM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

GROUND ZERO! Mets, behind three DP's, blank Phils for 3d straight game!

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 28 2010 04:56 AM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

Man, I came up with one just before I went to bed and now I can't remember it. Canyon of Zeroes is pretty awesome though.

Willets Point May 28 2010 05:55 AM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

Mets slacking off. Scored 8 runs on Tuesday, but only 8 runs combined in last two games.

metirish May 28 2010 06:25 AM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 28 2010 06:34 AM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

stuck with the lousy 'racing final' edition featuring Javy Vasquez and his latest failure to become a tru mfy

metirish May 28 2010 06:36 AM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: stuck with the lousy 'racing final' edition featuring Javy Vasquez and his latest failure to become a tru mfy Does it also say "BLANK YOU"....'cos it could....

soupcan May 28 2010 07:10 AM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

'BLANKS FOR COMING' is pretty good.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 28 2010 07:13 AM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

Philadelphia Daily News, also a tab, runs the same pic as the post with the headline ASWEEP AT THE PLATE [url]http://www.philly.com/dailynews/

Willets Point May 28 2010 07:23 AM Re: Tomorrow's News Today

I think that's my favorite one.

metirish May 28 2010 07:23 AM Re: Tomorrow's News Today