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A Decade of Cranepooling

Frayed Knot Nov 01 2011 06:43 AM

Well, close enough anyway as there was no official launch date for the CPF. But it was around this time of year in 2001 when things got going so a while back I sort of retroactively assigned November 1st 2001 as the CPF's official birthday. So today makes it ten years ... give or take. The original genesis of this place actually came about several months earlier but strictly as a temporary refuge from what was becoming an increasingly idiotic level of dialog on a previous (and still existing in a somewhat altered form) site. The idea was that those in the know (I wasn’t one of them - but then I never got to sit at the cool kids’ lunch table either) would repair to the nascent CPF to bemoan the idiocy and/or plot strategy for dealing with the escalating ‘dumbth’ in the fan forum section of the ‘Mets Online’ site before going back and fighting it out. What eventually happened - right as the 9/11-delayed World Series was going on - is that it started to occur to folks that they should just stay and talk their baseball at this new place since most of the ones they were interested in talking to were here anyway. The traffic (such as it was) began to pick up right around this date -- http://thecranepoolforum.yuku.com/topic ... nVfAK7s2XY -- and the place was off and running. Some historians trace the real beginning to the time when I (LF) showed up a week later -- http://thecranepoolforum.yuku.com/topic ... nVfZq7s2XY -- but opinions vary on that subject. The next step was to figure out how to handle the new and, as yet, still secret place. Should it stay only for the small group already there or be thrown open to the public? The initial compromise reached was that invitations would be sent out secretly to those over at the old joint who the CPF insiders felt would add to, rather than detract from, the new digs. This sort of slow-growth policy was a bit sneaky perhaps but it did manage to steer a middle ground between staying as a totally inbred crew with maybe a dozen members and inviting an invasion from the same dopes we were trying to avoid. As I recall one objection was initially enough to shelve a potential member’s invitation so, at least at the very beginning, a nomination needed to be unanimous for an invite to be extended. What happened, of course, was word eventually leaked out and one of the more viscous board wars in the history of the internet ensued, particularly after the discovery of the thread where we were discussing whom to invite and posts like “no way do I want THAT asshole here” became a matter of public record (I can’t find that thread and I suspect it eventually got vaporized) There was even a third board involved for a time (remember GSS folks?) and there was enough shit being slung around here to fill several Congressional committees Damn that was fun while it lasted! So happy tenth Poolers, whether you were here during the inception or are one of those “newbies” who have joined since.

seawolf17 Nov 01 2011 06:46 AM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

It's funny that even though I've been around since 2005 and am even a sometime contributor as a moderator around here, I still see myself as a "newbie." We need to reach out to some of our lost souls and get them back.

metirish Nov 01 2011 06:55 AM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

Great summary LF, sorry FK......my profile says I showed up in 2004 but I think I may have been a year or so earlier in a different version of this board....I never got to see the Mets Online board.....looking at that thread I remember Willets old toaster avatar.... What's a man to do? Educate them all at once? Bait and switch on them? Confuse them with sarcasm? Flame them back to deadball era? I'm at a loss. My only alternative is working harder at my real job. Edgy could have wrote that yesterday :) according to the old board I joined 07/27/02.......I remember sporting an Irish flag avatar and sig and getting polite requests to remove it.

Ceetar Nov 01 2011 07:12 AM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

I've been here since 1969! I don't know why my profile says that, nor when I actually started. I did a brief search and couldn't seem to isolate what my first posts were. it was probably sometime 2007-2008.

TransMonk Nov 01 2011 07:16 AM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

Ah, I remember the MOFO Wars...good times. I'm glad I got to come sit at the cool kids' table. This has been, without a doubt, my most visited internet site over the past 10 years. Thanks!

Gwreck Nov 01 2011 09:13 AM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

I remember the old Metsonline.net site well although I didn't participate or read the message boards there. I recall reading CPF for a long time before ever posting. I think I finally registered when the switch was made from EZBoard to this place.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 01 2011 10:00 AM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

10 pretty shitty years of baseball we've endured. 01: Frustrating and ultimately sharply disappointing and unnerving year. 02: Steve Phillips Frankenstein year leads to Valentine firing 03: Howe Era begins, Phillips fired, team sucks cock but Reyes debuts 04: Duquette Era kneecapped from the start, Kazmir trade, Wilpons self-destruct, Wright arrives 05: Omar begins era of showy free agent deals, march toward respectability. In many ways, the best year of the CPF era. 06: Omar completes near powerhouse, but team struggles with injuries and slumps late, falls short of winnable WS 07: Slump continues all year, intensifies in historic collapse 08: Willie gets whacked, 2nd collapse, Omar & Jerry pointlessly re-upped 09: New stadium opens as a monument to management's dismissiveness of fan base and ignorance of relevant history, Bernazard bizarreness, team sucks 10: Jerry lame-ducks the team to new lows, Omar deservedly fired, management discovers fan-friendliness only as a means to shield coming financial disaster 11: Financial woes -- not baseball woes! -- necessitate radical changes and birth of long-term financial and operational turnaround.

Benjamin Grimm Nov 01 2011 10:05 AM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

It's worse than you think! You actually listed eleven pretty shitty years endured. I can't be convinced, however, that 2006 was a bad year. Bad ending, yes, but not a bad year.

G-Fafif Nov 01 2011 10:10 AM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: 10 pretty shitty years of baseball we've endured. Commemorative patch: managers' and GMs' bodies piling up under a bus hemorrhaging money...while Daniel Murphy stands on third with nobody out...all set against a Domino's logo.

themetfairy Nov 01 2011 10:17 AM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

Ten years - wow! Happy Anniversary Poolers!

batmagadanleadoff Nov 01 2011 10:17 AM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

Ceetar wrote: I've been here since 1969! I don't know why my profile says that, nor when I actually started. I did a brief search and couldn't seem to isolate what my first posts were. it was probably sometime 2007-2008. You started posting in 2009, I believe. I joined around opening day, 2008, and you definitely weren't here before me. Vince Coleman Firecracker came on board a few weeks or months after me. Me and VCF are the only regulars, or semi-regulars from the class of '08. You and Leiter started posting in '09. Lefty Specialist came on in '10, I believe. That's five regular or semi-regulars in the last four seasons. Slow growth rate.

batmagadanleadoff Nov 01 2011 10:21 AM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Slow growth rate. Or maybe no growth rate at all. I can name a few members who stopped posting over the last four seasons: Swan Swan, Zvon, now Willets. There's probably a few others I'm omitting.

soupcan Nov 01 2011 10:27 AM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

I remember cooby giving me the stealth invite. Gotta say - I did feel like a cool kid when I got it.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 01 2011 10:30 AM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

I was definitely inclined to not hang out here and make the old place safe again for intelligent discussion but the "Big Reveal" made everyone choose sides.

Edgy MD Nov 01 2011 10:31 AM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

I'm a fan of 2001, sucky as it was to sink under the weight of Armando. Bobby did some heroic work guiding that team back into contention. And it's not surprising that he couldn't produce an encore. What's only passingly referred to as the "Frankenstein year" is the team succumbing to (misplaced, to my thinking) fan outrage througtout the offensively disappointing Summer of 2001, overlooking the autumnal comeback, and doing this desperate rebuild, bringing in Mo Vaughn, Roberto Alomar, Jeremy Burntiz and Beta-Roger Cedeño. With the money left over for pitching, Astacio-D'Amico-Estes provided one year blurs, trying to carry the failed offensive overhaul the first half, but ultimately collapsing in the second. I got to see some cars blow up in the lot, though.

Edgy MD Nov 01 2011 10:33 AM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

And for cripe's sake, feel free to celebrate the anniversary with not-so-secret invites to your friends and bloggers and fellow worshipers and seatmates and guys hanging off the end of the bar and stuff.

Benjamin Grimm Nov 01 2011 10:34 AM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

Question for those of you who've joined in the last few years: How'd you find us?

batmagadanleadoff Nov 01 2011 10:37 AM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Question for those of you who've joined in the last few years: How'd you find us? I think I found this place from one of the side links on JCL's MBTN site. I'm still not sure if I should thank Lunchie or hate him.

batmagadanleadoff Nov 01 2011 10:39 AM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Question for those of you who've joined in the last few years: How'd you find us? I think I found this place from one of the side links on JCL's MBTN site. I'm still not sure if I should thank Lunchie or hate him. You guys might hate Lunchie for that one, also.

metirish Nov 01 2011 11:01 AM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

batmagadanleadoff wrote: I joined around opening day, 2008, and you definitely weren't here before me. With this user name you mean?, as a poster you have been around forever right?

batmagadanleadoff Nov 01 2011 11:09 AM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

metirish wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: I joined around opening day, 2008, and you definitely weren't here before me. With this user name you mean?, as a poster you have been around forever right? Forever's a long time. But no, I never used another handle here and never posted before 2008.

Ceetar Nov 01 2011 11:23 AM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Question for those of you who've joined in the last few years: How'd you find us? Faith and Fear link. I distinctly remember trying to register and failing and giving up a couple of times. I 'officially' registered successfully and then maybe posted once or twice and forgot for a couple of months too. I tweeted some of the "vote for best" links. no one bit. I think I linked in a blog post recently as well.

Centerfield Nov 01 2011 11:31 AM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

To think we still have things to say to each other after 10 years.

metirish Nov 01 2011 11:38 AM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

batmagadanleadoff wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: I joined around opening day, 2008, and you definitely weren't here before me. With this user name you mean?, as a poster you have been around forever right? Forever's a long time. But no, I never used another handle here and never posted before 2008. my whole world just got turned upside down this is not you iramets/Bret Sabermetric...Salamander Q/dog c/Demeter Vs. Phoebus...Doc G/R Kivest viewtopic.php?f=7&t=307&start=100

Gwreck Nov 01 2011 11:38 AM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

G-Fafif wrote: Commemorative patch: managers' and GMs' bodies piling up under a bus hemorrhaging money...while Daniel Murphy stands on third with nobody out...all set against a Domino's logo. Fair and accurate but still...ouch.

batmagadanleadoff Nov 01 2011 11:50 AM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

metirish wrote: metirish wrote: I joined around opening day, 2008, and you definitely weren't here before me. With this user name you mean?, as a poster you have been around forever right? Forever's a long time. But no, I never used another handle here and never posted before 2008. my whole world just got turned upside down this is not you iramets/Bret Sabermetric...Salamander Q/dog c/Demeter Vs. Phoebus...Doc G/R Kivest viewtopic.php?f=7&t=307&start=100 Not me. So does this change your ... ummm.. perception of me?

metirish Nov 01 2011 11:55 AM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Nov 01 2011 11:57 AM

Well,no it doesn't, I've never had a beef with you. Why did I think that was you, been accused though right?

Benjamin Grimm Nov 01 2011 11:56 AM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

There are numerous similarities. You're not the only one who has made that mistake.

Lefty Specialist Nov 01 2011 01:56 PM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Question for those of you who've joined in the last few years: How'd you find us? A tip from someone inviting me over from another even more secret, dark and incestuous Met board.

attgig Nov 01 2011 02:12 PM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

I honestly can't remember how i found this place. but I'm glad I did. I was posting a lot in mofo, but just got frustrated by the idiocy in there. so, then I went the way of the blog, but I got frustrated by metsblog.com and the inability to comment in there. then went back to mofo, to see if folks got a little more intelligent, but remembered why i left there in the first place... and somehow...I got here. glad I found my way here, however way I found myself... never did get no invite... but you got me all curious... was I someone's unwanted asshole?

Benjamin Grimm Nov 01 2011 02:24 PM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

No, that was someone else.

Edgy MD Nov 01 2011 02:53 PM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

"was I someone's unwanted asshole?" would be a great sig line. It's important to have at least one asshole, I've always said.

Ceetar Nov 01 2011 02:57 PM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

Edgy DC wrote: "was I someone's unwanted asshole?" would be a great sig line. It's important to have at least one asshole, I've always said. do you go around saying this a lot?

metsguyinmichigan Nov 01 2011 03:01 PM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Question for those of you who've joined in the last few years: How'd you find us? G-FAFIF interviewed me for a "meet the blogger" post. And now it's hard to remember a non-Pool life! Good people post here.

dgwphotography Nov 01 2011 03:05 PM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

Frayed Knot wrote: There was even a third board involved for a time (remember GSS folks?) I lose IQ points just thinking of that place...

G-Fafif Nov 01 2011 04:36 PM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

Caught myself lurking when I discovered JCL was kindly talking up the then-new FAFIF. Then I asked myself, "Why am I lurking?"

Edgy MD Nov 01 2011 05:20 PM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

metsguyinmichigan wrote: Question for those of you who've joined in the last few years: How'd you find us? G-FAFIF interviewed me for a "meet the blogger" post. And now it's hard to remember a non-Pool life! Good people post here. We should do more of these. Pay it forward, man.

Farmer Ted Nov 01 2011 06:12 PM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

I still hat all yous guys.

Edgy MD Nov 01 2011 06:27 PM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

The NL East in the Greater Crane Pool Era. Tot. Avg Post- Seas. Team W L PCT GB NGB W L PCT GB NGB Divs. WCs Pens. Chps. Philadelphia 898 721 .555 -- -- 89.8 72.1 .555 -- -- 5 0 2 1 Atlanta 889 729 .549 8.5 8.5 88.9 72.9 .549 0.9 0.9 4 1 0 0 Florida 808 808 .500 88.5 168.5 80.8 80.8 .500 8.9 16.9 0 1 1 1 New York 795 820 .492 101.0 206.0 79.5 82.0 .492 10.1 20.6 1 0 0 0 Montreal/Washington 725 893 .448 172.5 492.0 72.5 89.3 .448 17.3 49.2 0 0 0 0 Interesting that, after five straight division championships, Philadelphia is only just barely ahead of Atlanta over the 10 years from 2002-2011.

Ceetar Nov 01 2011 06:29 PM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

I don't think the Mets are making up 101 games next year. I'll settle for 6.

TransMonk Nov 01 2011 06:34 PM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

Those archives are hilarious. There is a thread (if you search for "more nominations") that should or should not have been deleted. It is even brought up in the thread that it should be deleted. I'm glad it is preserved as a testament to the beginning of the Pool. The best quote IMO from the thread comes from Willets who said, "I have this nervous feeling that somewhere in cyberspace there's a third, even more exclusive forum where people gather to guffaw about the Crane Pool forumites..." Priceless. Going back and looking at those colors and pictures and fonts...it really made me want a cigarette. I used to chain smoke while reading the Pool.

Ashie62 Nov 01 2011 06:47 PM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

I don't know how..2005 But Cleon11 and Grote15 might..

themetfairy Nov 01 2011 07:15 PM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

Farmer Ted wrote: I still hat all yous guys. Back atcha!

metsmarathon Nov 01 2011 07:56 PM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

i still think y'all sent teh wrong dope an invite. i mean, here y'all were setting up a message board for intelligent mets fans, and i can neither depress a shift key nor spell "teh" with fewer than three tries.

Benjamin Grimm Nov 01 2011 08:02 PM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

You were invited because of your little robot friend.

metsmarathon Nov 01 2011 08:08 PM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

jeez, i'm sorry i made you wait six years. that must've been simply unbearable.

Frayed Knot Nov 01 2011 09:22 PM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

Grimm showed up a few months later just to yell at us .... and then hung around for 9+ years.

Fman99 Nov 02 2011 12:54 AM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

I read about this place in a G-FAFIF column as well. And it was during a time when I needed to be able to commiserate with other Mets fans who were depressed. Joined: 16 Oct 2007 07:54 am And then the cock jokes started.

seawolf17 Nov 02 2011 07:53 AM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

I've tried recruiting -- even got folks to register, including Darren from The 7 Line -- but they haven't followed up.

Benjamin Grimm Nov 02 2011 07:58 AM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

To be fair, we've made it very difficult for them to follow up. And solving that is still on our to-do list!

Ceetar Nov 02 2011 08:09 AM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

Benjamin Grimm wrote: To be fair, we've made it very difficult for them to follow up. And solving that is still on our to-do list! clicking on register on the login page doesn't do anything. clicking register on the top leads to a question about Mr. Wright, which when answered does not lead to registration or anything helpful. so yeah.. At this point, wouldn't it be a good placeholder to make both those links direct to a page/post taht says "please email "*some guy** with the username you want"?

A Boy Named Seo Nov 02 2011 09:18 AM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

CPF: "What's Mr. Wright's name?" Me: "David" CPF: "GOOD!" How the hell do you sign up here?

Benjamin Grimm Nov 02 2011 09:33 AM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

Bizarre, ain't it? I thought I had left this thing in better condition than that! I'll have to take a fresh look. Last time I tried it, answering the Mr. Wright question correctly got you registered, but unable to post. Now, well, it's simply a way to make you feel good about your ability to answer a basic question. Not that that's without value, but it falls quite a bit short of the mark. Sheesh.

Vic Sage Nov 02 2011 09:37 AM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

Edgy DC wrote: "was I someone's unwanted asshole?" would be a great sig line. It's important to have at least one asshole, I've always said. thus explaining my original invite, back in the halcyon days of our founding. i still have some of THE BARD'S poetry from my battles with his MOFOian foes, like Paulie Cee and Newman. I will see if he'll look up from his mead long enough to permit a reprint or 2.

Vic Sage Nov 02 2011 09:49 AM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Nov 02 2011 10:09 AM

in celebration of our anniversary, The Bard offers these poetical blasts from our MOFO past: He called himself Newman And like the albumen You can find in the white of an egg, He was snotty and runny, And smelled kinda funny, An anus you could fill with a keg. There once was a poster named Ambla As well-liked as a member of NAMBLA With nary a friend, He stood alone till the end, With the nerves of a riverboat gambla There once was a lady, Ms. Met As in love as a lady could get She wanted Mike’s booty And so thought it her duty To dream of his butt, soaking wet! YGB was his tag and posting his bag as he jousted with Metfans illogical He fought with Ms. Met Her goat he did get She found his attitude rude, pedagogical They swashed and they buckled as the Forum all chuckled at their badinage, crude and rhetorical Ms. Met called for peace hoped the fighting would cease trumpeting truce that was truly historical And so all waited reply YGB's taunting to fly would it be something mean, allegorical? Or would he just be a "gentlemen", he Creating peace that was not metaphorical There once was a flamer named Winston who clearly had not gone to Princeton both foul and moronic his posts were a tonic composed of the feces he rinsed in Like Orwell's Winston of Yore from his book, "1984" He’ll be tied to a chair, not to go anywhere, so the rats could eat his faceful of gore or how about a haiku? locked in a basement made his view of the world quite subterranean Paulie Cee spouted bile in order to rile up those whom he deemed as Inferior But his mewling, instead stayed inside his head so the only one reamed was Interior Paulie carried Vendetta Like a Baretta To shoot at all those he abhorred He acted the prankster But was merely a gangster And on us derision he poured His many disguises He employed to get rises Out of those whose oxen he’d gored And when he finally started shooting Some fools started rooting But most folks just walked away, bored. There once was a guy, Paulie Cee Whose persona comprised a plurality he preached his religion with nary a smidgeon of intellect, or even morality haikus for Paulie: Negativity that dwells inside his spirit shouts, obscuring thought Politics aside… Fascist Fundamentalists? Not my cup of tea.

A Boy Named Seo Nov 02 2011 09:52 AM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

Now Joelmon!

Vic Sage Nov 02 2011 10:07 AM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

i think Bucket was the bard of Joelmon free verse.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 02 2011 10:11 AM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

ah yeah. For background Joelmon was a poster who was very angry at the Mets for failing to sign A-Rod; really angry at Met fans whom he thought would join his side if they only paid more attention; and really really angry at me for making fun of him. He never realized it was his awful writing style I was making fun of, not his ideas, necessarily. We Miss You, Dave That's like going to your old boss Who fired you And doesn't want you at his picnic, And you don't go, And the employees are like "So, why is dave not here?" * * * SMART LOGIC But I tell that here and get chewed out, It's called LOGIC, He made a SMART business decision, But it HURT our team. Anybody that disagreed with me has YELLED at me More than documented otherwise * * * Ode To A Run-On Sentence Because if they feel they can compete like they did in the 2000 offseasn when they saw the @#%$ crush their spirits and did NOTHING to improve with a full hearted 'win at all costs' attitude that the @#%$ had, then what makes us think fred, who admitted he cannot profit til postseason, would BLOW more $ for a team that shows 'they can compete' the way they are? * * * Challenge Me, Idiots And to any idiot that asks why he's not a met, you tell me how one legally joins a team without permission when 4th day into free agency they do a press conference to lock you out, when it takes WEEKS to iron out a deal Wake up and give me something, let's see QUOTES Challenge me * * * On Courage If they get destroyed, it shatters that myth and can cost them $ in ticket sales If they fight strong, they can sit back and not invest as much. * * * She Sang A Sad, Angry Song F you You idiots never knew guys like me When i went to shea in the early 90's Mid 90's And my grandma SANG at shea And I knew of 'gen k' 2 years before Some of you 'fans' knew of them I support our farm You never met me * * * Who Can You Trust? Don't believe me. Why not get Sele? What was our excuse? He was told to be an innings guy, Find the quote where sp said "He is here due to his natural ability to help us win a ring" * * * Life And How To Live It don't address problems and solve them with a plan, and come to terms with failure. Insult hall of famers, ignore your farm, don't have a plan, deny your problems, panic, and make quick fixes and believe! * * * Now I Get It It's BS or if it IS true, they have not confirmed it Except for the invisible newspapers this clown listens to Who is likely doing this due to the philly board Why would I say that? SAME POST * * * So This Is Christmas oy, vey Fans were jumping up and down like it was x-mas, sorry kiddies, mommy only got you underwear, no Nintendo or new bike for you * * * Tied With Atlanta And if it's $, you can't ask for Giambi, he'll cost what arod would have asked for, only texas offered $250m, the OWNER admitted it, it was 2x atl's deal, which they would have had with a no trade clause, but they don't offer those to any atlanta based franchise tied with atlanta Seriously, their GM and atl fans said so $126m/7 years was the deal How do you know? They NEVER talked $ * * * It Was Reported More Than Once Hey, i don't make this up It was reported more than once, Wilpon isn't stupid enough To let sp spend more on a season Where, even though the fans might believe, mgmt isn't stupid, like sp said, they cannot profit til postseason, so just put a freeze on spending And reload next year. * * * Of That And They And Me If that were available and they said no, which would clear salary for giambi (Heh) and give us a stud young left handed hitter, my god, if we say no to that (Not a real deal) I'd shoot myself * * * To A Picklehead I have fun Kiss my ass if you don't like how I talk or write you picklehead, I care less. Now email me you dick * * * This Is A Business this is a business. Any player would say that, And they do. * * * GREAT LOGIC GO AHEAD, GOOD LUCK, I'm SURE he'd say "GREAT IDEA, I care about winning more than making $ on my investment Where I poured in MILLIONS to PROFIT (Business, get it?) And owe $1/3 Billion To make more over time with a cash cow stadium I still CANNOT afford but DESIRE, I paid this $ JUST to win, not profit, GREAT LOGIC * * * I Talked About It I showed one article fans ignored and goofed on, I talked about lupica, talked about espn confirming it, talked about the owner admitting arod didn't consider texas til the end, even arod in his conference said that

Edgy MD Nov 02 2011 10:19 AM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

Now email me you dick In theory, this should fall flat someday. Still makes me cry.

Giant Squidlike Creature Nov 02 2011 06:55 PM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

Giant Squidlike Creature arrived in the 2001-2002 offseason when the Mets could have signed Squid for a song. Squid returned the following offseason but was still shown no respect. So Squid became the forum archivist. Squid is versatile like that.

Fman99 Nov 02 2011 07:33 PM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

This whole place is like some inbred Kentucky family that hasn't strayed outside of its own gene pool for 150 years. Like the Peacock family from that X-Files classic episode "Home," if you will. I'm fine with that. "Normies" give me the heebie jeebies anyway.

SteveJRogers Nov 02 2011 07:35 PM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

Giant Squidlike Creature wrote: Giant Squidlike Creature arrived in the 2001-2002 offseason when the Mets could have signed Squid for a song. Squid returned the following offseason but was still shown no respect. So Squid became the forum archivist. Squid is versatile like that. So is Squid still annoyed that it didn't get the call for the Watchmen movie? And does this mean the person behind the Squid might be returning?

Rockin' Doc Nov 02 2011 10:10 PM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

I got an invite a few months after the CPF first got started. I was quite fortunate to have accompanied the cool girl to the CPF ball, as coobie and I joined almost simultaneously.

Valadius Nov 03 2011 08:05 AM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

I showed up in 2005 I think after visiting the UMDB, but I can't exactly remember the circumstances.

metirish Nov 03 2011 08:09 AM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

Valadius wrote: I showed up in 2005 I think after visiting the UMDB, but I can't exactly remember the circumstances. I'll take a wild guess and say you came to enlighten us on the joys of the machinations of nicknames.

Centerfield Nov 03 2011 12:55 PM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

Giant Squidlike Creature wrote: Giant Squidlike Creature arrived in the 2001-2002 offseason when the Mets could have signed Squid for a song. Squid returned the following offseason but was still shown no respect. So Squid became the forum archivist. Squid is versatile like that. Wait a second, I always though GSLC was Willets. And Willets quit. Is Willets back? Has GSLC declared his independence? Or was I just wrong?

attgig Nov 03 2011 02:37 PM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

Edgy DC wrote: "was I someone's unwanted asshole?" would be a great sig line. It's important to have at least one asshole, I've always said. hmm, both my profile pic and sig are as a result of someone else's suggestions... keep em comin! :)

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Nov 03 2011 04:13 PM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

I don't even know Joelmon, and that stuff kills me. Came via the links on MBTN/FAFIF one winter during the late Omarian Era. Lurked for quite a bit before giving in, mostly lingering on FA threads and the old Song Parody showdowns.

seawolf17 Nov 03 2011 04:19 PM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

Centerfield wrote: Giant Squidlike Creature wrote: Giant Squidlike Creature arrived in the 2001-2002 offseason when the Mets could have signed Squid for a song. Squid returned the following offseason but was still shown no respect. So Squid became the forum archivist. Squid is versatile like that. Wait a second, I always though GSLC was Willets. And Willets quit. Is Willets back? Has GSLC declared his independence? Or was I just wrong? No, I think Squid is BGrimm.

metirish Nov 03 2011 05:20 PM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

I was certain it was Willets , course for a long while I thought Willets was African American.

Frayed Knot Nov 03 2011 05:23 PM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

I thought GSLC was a squid

Edgy MD Nov 03 2011 06:22 PM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

I've been under the hood a half hour. Damned if I can think of what went wrong. Sucks.

Ashie62 Nov 03 2011 08:21 PM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

Long live m.e.t.b.o.t.

HahnSolo Nov 04 2011 06:47 AM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

I lurked Fall '04 into the '05 season before joining. I am pretty sure I came here via Sons of Sam Horn, where I spent a lot of time lurking in the 04 postseason. Someone here posted a good luck from the enemy of your enemy message, and I followed the link back.

Benjamin Grimm Nov 04 2011 07:17 AM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

A Boy Named Seo wrote: CPF: "What's Mr. Wright's name?" Me: "David" CPF: "GOOD!" How the hell do you sign up here? I don't know where that "GOOD" thing came from. Actually, I do. It was a temporary step while I was testing the new method of registering. What I don't know is why that version was live rather than the final version, which has been restored. Try it again, if you like. It should work a little bit better now. I do have to wonder how many people may have been perplexed by that "GOOD!"

Edgy MD Nov 04 2011 07:25 AM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

Great work. I registered and created a new profile, but was unable to post. I suppose a registrant still needs to be placed in an approved users group, but that should no longer be necessary now that we have the registrant answer a question and decipher a cryptogram.

Benjamin Grimm Nov 04 2011 07:27 AM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

Yes, that's what I was thinking.

Frayed Knot Nov 04 2011 07:38 AM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

HahnSolo wrote: I lurked Fall '04 into the '05 season before joining. I am pretty sure I came here via Sons of Sam Horn, where I spent a lot of time lurking in the 04 postseason. Someone here posted a good luck from the enemy of your enemy message, and I followed the link back. I remember that thread (I'm amazed looking through the archives at how much of the content of these threads I actually remember) it was at the end of the epic 2004 ALCS, (our in-Series thread led to a message over at SOSH) Be cool to find that one - although that was near the tail-end of the EZ-Board days which makes it a lot tougher.

Ceetar Nov 04 2011 07:40 AM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

Edgy DC wrote: Great work. I registered and created a new profile, but was unable to post. I suppose a registrant still needs to be placed in an approved users group, but that should no longer be necessary now that we have the registrant answer a question and decipher a cryptogram. I've linked and retweeted a couple of times, but who knows how many people obviously didn't make it through. If registration is actually automated now, we'll see who starts trickling in.

seawolf17 Nov 04 2011 07:46 AM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

Frayed Knot wrote: Be cool to find that one - although that was near the tail-end of the EZ-Board days which makes it a lot tougher. Up until a few months ago, I had my bookmark here labeled "CPF III" because we kept changing homes.

Edgy MD Nov 04 2011 07:52 AM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

So now I have to get under the hood and find out where to restore universal posting privileges.

Benjamin Grimm Nov 04 2011 08:31 AM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

seawolf17 wrote: Centerfield wrote: Giant Squidlike Creature wrote: Giant Squidlike Creature arrived in the 2001-2002 offseason when the Mets could have signed Squid for a song. Squid returned the following offseason but was still shown no respect. So Squid became the forum archivist. Squid is versatile like that. Wait a second, I always though GSLC was Willets. And Willets quit. Is Willets back? Has GSLC declared his independence? Or was I just wrong? No, I think Squid is BGrimm. Nope, I'm not the Squid. I've taken over the archiving duties, but not the Squid persona.

MFS62 Nov 06 2011 09:04 AM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

I was invited here by someone who doesn't post here any more. On the other board (and, before you ask me again, it was NOT whatever MOFO was) where we "met", his screen name was Ghost of Throneberry. I think here it may have been Piggy's Tomatoes, but I'm not sure. Later

Frayed Knot Nov 06 2011 01:40 PM Re: A Decade of Cranepooling

'Piggies' still posts here. Not as often as some (maybe he like has a life or something) but definitely still active.