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| Edgy DC Apr 10 2006 10:56 AM |
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Lifted from the Big O posting in another thread:
Observations * The pythagorean gods smile not well on the Fish. * Atlanta's RC/RA. Yikes on both counts. * We're the only ones to play in the division so far, and we've already done serious damage. Monday's games N.Y. Mets 3, Washington 2 (WP: Glavine 1-0; LP: Hernandez 0-1) St. Louis 13, Philadelphia 5 (WP: Carpenter 1-0; LP: Lieber 0-1) Atlanta 11, L.A. Dodgers 10 (WP: Villarreal 1-0; LP: Lowe 0-1) Houston 1, Florida 0 (WP: Oswalt 1-0; LP: Johnson 0-1) Tuesday's games Florida 11, Houston 2 (WP: Mitre 1-0; LP: Pettitte 0-1) L.A. Dodgers 5, Atlanta 4 (WP: Penny 1-0; LP: Smoltz 0-1) Wednesday's games St. Louis 4, Philadelphia 3 (WP: Thompson 1-0; LP: Gordon 0-1) Washington 9, N.Y. Mets 5 (WP: Cordero 1-0; LP: Julio 0-1 Houston 6, Florida 5 (WP: Rodriguez 1-0; LP: Moehler 0-1) Atlanta 9, L.A. Dodgers 8 (WP: Villarreal 2-0; LP: Osoria 0-1) Thursday's games St. Louis 4, Philadelphia 2 (WP: Marquis 1-0; LP: Lidle 0-1) San Francisco 6, Atlanta 4 (WP: Fassero 1-0; LP: Sosa 0-1) N.Y. Mets 10, Washington 5 (WP: P. Martinez 1-0; LP: Ortiz 0-1) Friday's games L.A. Dodgers 5, Philadelphia 3 (WP: Tomko 1-0; LP: Floyd (0-1) N.Y. Mets 9, Florida 3 (WP: Trachsel 1-0; LP: Vargas 0-1 Houston 6, Washington 1 (WP: Backe 1-0; LP: Armas 0-1) Atlanta 14, San Francisco 6 (WP: Remlinger 1-0; LP: Walker 0-1) Saturday's games Florida at N.Y. Mets, ppd., rain L.A. Dodgers at Philadelphia, ppd., rain San Francisco 12, Atlanta 6 (WP: Wright 1-0; LP: Hudson 0-1) Washington 12, Houston 8 (WP: Hernandez 1-1; LP: Qualls 0-1) Sunday's games Philadelphia 6, L.A. Dodgers 3 (WP: Gordon 1-1; LP: Hamulack 0-1) N.Y. Mets 3, Florida 2 (WP: Wagner 1-0; LP: C. Martinez 0-1) Houston 7, Washington 3 (WP: Pettitte 1-1; LP: Drese 0-1) San Francisco 6, Atlanta 5 (WP: Worrell 1-0; LP: Reitsma 0-1) L.A. Dodgers 6, Philadelphia 2 (WP: Penny 2-0; LP: Lieber 0-2) Today's games Washington (Patterson 0-0) at Houston (Rodriguez 1-0) Philadelphia (Myers 0-0) at Atlanta (Thomson 0-0) Tuesday's games N.Y. Mets (Bannister 0-0) at Washington (Ortiz 0-1) San Diego (Williams 0-0) at Florida (Mitre 1-0) Wednesday's games San Diego (Young 0-0) at Florida (Moehler 0-1) N.Y. Mets (P. Martinez 1-0) at Washington (Armas 0-1) Philadelphia (Lidle 0-1) at Atlanta (Sosa 0-1) Thursday's games N.Y. Mets (Zambrano 0-0) at Washington (Hernandez 1-1) San Diego (Brazelton 0-1) at Florida (Vargas 0-1) Philadelphia (Floyd 0-1) at Atlanta (Hudson 0-1) Next series Milwaukee (Capuano 1-0, Sheets 0-0) at N.Y. Mets (Glavine 1-0, TBA) San Diego (Peavy, Williams) at Atlanta (Smoltz, Thomson) Washington (Drese, Ortiz) at Florida (Willis, Mitre) Philadelphia (TBA, Myers) at Colorado (TBA, Cook) All projected Mets starters courtesy of Marty Noble at MLB.com. I might rather have Pedro go against Livan, even though it would mean an extra day's rest.
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| Edgy DC Apr 10 2006 10:58 AM |
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I'll add my favorite standings stat --- net games back:
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| sharpie Apr 10 2006 11:00 AM |
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Philly has played 6 games at home and won only one of them.
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| Yancy Street Gang Apr 10 2006 11:01 AM |
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And the Mets' magic number is 155.
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| TheOldMole Apr 10 2006 11:29 AM |
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Bizarre run numbers for the Braves.
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| The Big O Apr 16 2006 05:25 AM Re: Standings 2006 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Apr 17 2006 08:18 AM |
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Through the first two weeks.
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| Yancy Street Gang Apr 16 2006 07:30 AM |
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Sunday morning, April 16:
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| The Big O Apr 17 2006 09:13 AM |
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Observations * Perfect on the road? Say it ain't sample size. * The top 3 teams in the East maintained or improved from last week (Philly a salty 4-2); the bottom two didn't. * Every team in the AL East is .500 or above, and all but 1 team in the NL Central is; the AL West is the memorial 2005 NL West divison, with the top team at .500 and the rest below. * Unsurprisingly, the Mets' runs allowed number is lowest in the majors. Nipping on the heels: Detroit (!) 47, St. Lou 48, Bosox 49. * Atlanta no longer leading the RS/RAs, overtaken in runs scored by 1 by that team; a minor implosion released a deluge of runs in Pittsburgh (90), with KC (82), the Nats (tied @ 78) and the D-Rays (77) in the mix. * With an RS minus RA of 27, the Mets actually fell behind that team by 1 in the good differential; those schmucks are 500, though. The Tigers (18), Rox (15), St. Louis (14), Astros (14) follow. Poor poor K.C. (37) outdoes the field in the negative differential, with the Nats (24) and Bucs (21) among the other strugglers. Monday's games Atlanta 5, Philadelphia 3 WP: Villarreal (3-0); LP: Franklin (0-1); Sv: Reitsma (3) Houston 5, Washington 4 WP: Qualls (1-1); LP: Stanton (0-1) Tuesday's games N.Y. Mets 7, Washington 1 WP: Bannister (1-0); LP: Ortiz (0-2) San Diego 9, FLorida 3 WP: Williams (1-0); LP: Mitre (1-1) Wednesday's games San Diego 7, Florida 2 WP: Young (1-0); LP: Moehler (0-2) N.Y. Mets 3, Washington 1 WP: Martinez (2-0); LP: Armas (0-2); Sv: Wagner (2) Philadelphia 7, Atlanta 5 WP: Lidle (1-1); LP: Sosa (0-2); Sv: Gordon (1) Thursday's games N.Y. Mets 13, Washington 4 WP: Zambrano (1-0); LP: Hernandez (1-2) Florida 9, San Diego 2 WP: Vargas (1-1); Brazleton (0-2) Philadelphia 7, Atlanta 6 WP: Floyd (1-1); LP: Davies (0-1); Sv: Gordon (2) Friday's games N.Y. Mets 4, Milwaukee 3 WP: Glavine (2-0); LP: Capuano (1-2); Sv: Wagner (3) Atlanta 5, San Diego 4 WP: Villarreal (4-0); LP: Lindebrink (0-1); Sv: Reitsma (4) Florida 5, Washington 3 WP: Willis (1-0); LP: Drese (0-2); Sv: Borowski (1) Philadelphia 10, Colorado 8 WP: Madson (1-0); LP: Day (1-1) Saturday's games Milwaukee 8, N.Y. Mets 2 WP: Ohka (1-1); LP: Trachsel (1-1) Washington 2, Florida 1 WP: Patterson (1-0); LP: Olsen (0-1); Sv: Cordero (1) Atlanta 2, San Diego 0 WP: Smoltz (1-1); LP: Peavy (1-2) Colorado 10, Philadelphia 6 WP: King (1-1); LP: Lieber (0-3) Sunday's games San Diego 4, Atlanta 3 WP: Linebrink (1-1); LP: Remlinger (1-1); Sv: Hoffman (1) Washington at Florida WP: Majewski (1-0); LP: Herges (0-1); Sv: Cordero (2) N.Y. Mets 9, Milwaukee 3 WP: Bannister (2-0); LP: Sheets (0-1) Philadelphia 1, Colorado 0 WP: Myers (1-0); LP: Cook (1-2); SV: Gordon (4) Next series Florida (Moehler, Vargas, Willis) at Cincinnati (Claussen, Milton, Harang) Atlanta (Sosa, Davies, Hudson) at N.Y. Mets (Martinez, Zambrano, Glavine) Washington (Armas, Hernandez, Traber) at Philadelphia (Lidle, Floyd, Madson)
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| The Big O Apr 24 2006 01:55 AM |
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Observations * The NL East averages the lowest runs scored (83.6) and runs allowed (87.6) in beisbol. The AL East (101.2 / 96.4) averages the highest. * Mets still own the fewest runs allowed in baseball. * Last week was the 'worst' of the season so far, at 3-4. Nobody else in the N.L.E. went better than 1 game over .500 (3-2), however. * Mets own 3rd in RS - RA difference at 29, behind Chisox (34) and the MFY (35). * Philly is nearly the worst in the negative differential (25), with the Pirates (27) and KC (44!) outdoing them. Monday's games Cincinnati 9, Florida 1 N.Y. Mets 4, Atlanta 3 Tuesday's games Washington 10, Philadelphia 3 Florida 12, Cincinnati 6 Atlanta 7, N.Y. Mets 1 Wednesday's games Cincinnati 9, Florida 8 Atlanta 2, N.Y. Mets 1 Philadelphia 7, Washington 6 Thursday's games Washington 10, Philadelphia 4 N.Y. Mets 7, San Diego 2 Friday's games Washington 7, Atlanta 3 Florida 4, Philadelphia 3 San Diego 2, N.Y. Mets 1 Saturday's games Atlanta at Washington, ppd. Florida at Philadelphia, ppd. N.Y. Mets 8, San Diego 1 Sunday's games Philadelphia 4, Florida 2 San Diego 7, N.Y. Mets 4 Atlanta 3, Washington 1 Next series N.Y. Mets [Glavine (2-1, 1.38), Trachsel (1-1, 3.71), Bannister (2-0, 2.35)] at San Francisco (10-8) [Matt Cain (0-2, 6.75), Jamey Wright (2-0, 2.91), Jason Schmidt (0-2, 5.33)] Florida (Vargas, Willis, Olsen) at Chicago Cubs (10-7) (Zambrano, Marshall, Guzman) Cincinnati (12-7) (Ramirez, Williams, Arroyo) at Washington (Hernandez, Traber, Patterson) Atlanta (Davies, Hudson, Sosa) at Milwaukee (9-10) (Capuano, Ohka, Sheets) Colorado (10-8) (Asencio, Jennings, Francis) at Philadelphia (Floyd, Madson, Lieber)
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| Centerfield Apr 27 2006 10:33 AM |
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At 14-7, the Mets have opened up a 4.5 game lead in the East. Good stuff.
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| Gwreck Apr 27 2006 10:55 AM |
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No, I don't think so. Their starting pitching just isn't that good, even if Arroyo is way outperforming his potential.
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| Nymr83 Apr 27 2006 11:34 AM |
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They can score though, the bullpen is solid enough, and they get to beat up on Pittsburgh and maybe the Cubs decimated team. They also play Houston and St. Louis alot so they should get handed their asses plenty of times.
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| Edgy DC Apr 27 2006 11:41 AM |
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There's been a lot of troubling stuff, but I've seen worse west-coast swings.
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| Edgy DC Apr 27 2006 04:18 PM |
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Keep in mind that the Reds are coming off a sweep of the Nationals --- unowned and hapless --- capped by a one-hitter featuring eight innings from Bronson Arroyo. No disrespect to Braidless Bronson, but the Nats helped the Mets look pretty good also.
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| Willets Point Apr 27 2006 04:20 PM |
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...and have 12 more games to help make the Mets look good.
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| The Big O May 01 2006 07:44 AM |
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Observations * We're holding at .667. Same winning percentage as last week at this time, due to our 4-2 over last week. On the road. In the Pacific time zone. And in Georgia. Yeah. * 3 of our 5 divisional opponents had 1-win weeks (ATL 1-5, WAS 1-6, FLA 1-5). Sucks to be them. * The NL East averages the lowest runs scored (109) and runs allowed (115.6) in beisbol. The AL East (130.6 / 129) averages the highest. * Mets have allowed 2nd fewest total runs in baseball. (Detroit? What?) * Mets increased their RS - RA difference to 31, putting us 5th behind MFY (53), Detroit (50), Chisox (44) and Cards (32). * The AL Central is hella stratified -- KC is at -56, Minny at -51. We face the NL negative leader in the Bucs (-37) next. * Badness: Pedro and Glavine miss the Braves this weekend. Ulp. Monday's games Chicago 6, Florida 3 Cincinnati 4, Washington 2 Philadelphia 6, Colorado 5 Milwaukee 3, Atlanta 2 San Francisco 6, Mets 2 Tuesday's games Cincinnati 6, Washington 5 Colorado 7, Philadelphia 6 Milwaukee 4, Atlanta 2 Chicago 3, Florida 1 Mets 4, San Francisco 1 Wednesday's games Milwaukee 5, Atlanta 4 Cincinnati 5, Washington 0 Florida 7, Chicago 5 Mets 9, San Francisco 7 Philadelphia 9, Colorado 5 Thursday's games Colorado 6, Philadelphia 3 St. Louis 6, Washington 2 Friday's games Pittsburgh 3, Philadelphia 1 Mets 5, Atlanta 2 Colorado 3, Florida 2 Washington 8, St. Louis 3 Saturday's games St. Louis 2, Washington 1 Colorado 8, Florida 7 Mets 1, Atlanta 0 Pittsburgh 3, Philadelphia 2 Sunday's games Atlanta 8, N.Y. Mets 5 Colorado 3, Florida 1 Philadelphia 5, Pittsburgh 1 St. Louis 9, Washington 2 Next series Washington 8-17 [(Ortiz 0-3, 6.75; O'Connor 0-1, 0.00)] at New York 16-8 [(Zambrano 1-2, 9.64; Maine 0-0, 0.00)] Pittsburgh 7-19 [(Snell 1-2, 5.79; Maholm 1-3, 5.86)] at New York 16-8 [(Martinez 5-0, 2.94; Glavine 3-2, 2.29)] Colorado 15-10 (Jennings, Cook) at Atlanta (Hudson, Sosa) Atlanta (Smoltz, Thomson) at Philadelphia (Myers, Lidle) Philadelphia (Madson, Lieber) at Florida (Willis, Olsen) Atlanta (Smoltz, Thomson) at Philadelphia (Myers, Lidle) Philadelphia (Madson, Lieber) at Florida (Willis, Olsen) Florida (Moehler, Vargas) at Washington (Armas, Hernandez) Washington (Oritz, O'Connor) at New York (Zambrano, Maine) Florida (Moehler, Vargas) at Washington (Armas, Hernandez)
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| Willets Point May 01 2006 09:26 AM |
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After the Mets historic 10-2 start they do their best 2005 Mets impression and go .500 in their next 12 games.
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| Yancy Street Gang May 05 2006 09:11 AM |
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The magic number this morning is 130.
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| Yancy Street Gang May 06 2006 12:50 PM |
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The magic number prior to today's action is 129.
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| Elster88 May 06 2006 09:53 PM |
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Dangerous game that you're playing Yancy. And that statement is coming from a decidedly non-supserstitious person.
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| Yancy Street Gang May 07 2006 07:02 AM |
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I guess I'm even less superstitious than you are.
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| The Big O May 08 2006 08:32 AM |
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* Yesterday aside, we've won 5 of 7, 10 of 15 and, uh, 20 of 30. Had another 4-game winning streak (first since SF-ATL in late April). * Somebody's due for a statistical correction. Monday's games Atlanta 2, Colorado 0 Philadelphia 8, Florida 5 Mets 2, Washington 1 Tuesday's games Philadelphia 7, Florida 5 Washington 6, Mets 2 Atlanta 5, Colorado 4 Wednesday's games Florida 6, Washington 5 Philadelphia 5, Atlanta 4 Mets 4, Pittsburgh 3 (12 innings) Thursday's games Florida 11, Washington 3 Philadelphia 6, Atlanta 3 Mets 6, Pittsburgh 0 Friday's games Washington 6, Pittsburgh 0 Philadelphia 8, San Francisco 3 Mets 8, Atlanta 7 St. Louis 7, Florida 2 Saturday's games Mets 6, Atlanta 5 St. Louis 7, Florida 6 Pittsburgh 5, Washington 4 Philadelphia 4, San Francisco 1 Sunday's games Washington 5, Pittsburgh 4 St. Louis 9, Florida 1 Atlanta 13, Mets 3 Philadelphia 9, San Francisco 5 Next series Mets (21-10) [Martinez (5-0, 2.72), Glavine (4-2, 1.94), Trachsel (2-2, 4.96)] at Philadelphia (17-14) [Myers (2-1, 3.11), Lidle (3-3, 4.17), Floyd (3-2, 6.16)] Atlanta (13-18) (Thomson, Davies, Hudson) at Florida (8-21) (Moehler, Johnson, Mitre) Washington (11-21) (Armas, Hernandez, Day) at Cincinnati (21-11) (Claussen, Harang, Arroyo)
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| Yancy Street Gang May 10 2006 10:38 PM |
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After holding steady for a couple of days, there's movement in the magic number.
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| The Big O May 15 2006 11:07 AM |
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* In the vein of Willets' previous comment, the Mets are playing .500 ball since the hot start. After going 10-2 out of the blocks, we're 13-12. (Of course, you won't hear me complaining if we come out of this next week at 4-3 or even 3-4). * The Mets are in the top tier of MLB in RS-RA differential, 6th behind St. Lou, MFY, Inter Toronto, Chisox and Detroit. The negative award goes to the Cubbies, Bucs, D-Dogs, Royales and Gothams. * The Braves quietly had a substantive uptick this week, feasting on the Nats and Fish to the tune of a 4-2 mark. * Somebody's still due for a statistical correction. Without the Mets, those guys would be on a 14-game winning streak. Yikes. (Other team to win 9 of their last 10: The Padres.) * Wash. & Fla. have only 3 home wins apiece -- next fewest is 7. * Fish finally got over that elusive 10-win hurdle. Monday's games Siesta Tuesday's games Philadelphia 5, Mets 4 Atlanta 10, Florida 2 Washington 7, Cincinnati 1 Wednesday's games Mets 13, Philadelphia 4 Florida 11, Atlanta 3 Cincinnati 9, Washington 6 Thursday's games Philadelphia 2, Mets 0 Atlanta 9, Florida 1 Cincinnati 5, Washington 4 Friday's games Pittsburgh 12, Florida 1 Philadelphia 8, Cincinnati 4 Atlanta 6, Washington 2 Milwaukee 9, Mets 6 Saturday's games Philadelphia 2, Cincinnati 0 Mets 9, Milwaukee 8 Atlanta 8, Washington 5 Florida 4, Pittsburgh 3 Sunday's games Washington 8, Atlanta 1 Philadelphia 2, Cincinnati 1 Florida 8, Pittsburgh 2 Milwaukee 6, Mets 5 Next series Mets (23-14) [Glavine (5-2, 2.19), Glavine (4-2, 1.94), Trachsel (2-3, 4.91), Bannister (2-0, 2.89) / Lima (0-2, 9.31)] at St. Louis (24-14) [Suppan (4-2, 4.58), Mulder (4-1, 4.27), Marquis (4-4, 5.33)] Philadelphia (22-15) (Lidle, Floyd, Hamels) at Milwaukee (19-19) (Capuano, Bush, Eveland) Florida (11-24) (Johnson, Willis, Nolasco, Olsen) at Atlanta (17-20) (Davies, Hudson, Smoltz, Sosa) Washington (13-25) (Hernandez, Day, Ortiz) at Chicago (15-22) (Zambrano, Marshall, Wood) Weekend series -- (mostly) interleague! MFY (21-14) (Johnson, Mussina, Chacon) at Mets (23-14) (Gonzalez?, Martinez, Glavine) Boston (21-14) (Clement, Beckett, Schilling) at Philadelphia (22-15) (Lieber, Myers, Lidle) Atlanta (17-20) (Thomson, Davies, Hudson) at Arizona (20-17) (Vargas, Batista, Webb) Florida (11-24) (Moehler, Johnson, Willis) at Tampa Bay (15-23) (Fossum, Waechter, Kazmir) Baltimore (18-20) (Benson, Cabrera, Lopez) at Washington (13-25) (O'Connor, Armas Jr., Hernandez) Oh yeah, in honor of Yancy ... the magic number is 125.
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| Centerfield May 18 2006 08:57 PM |
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Despite our hiccup in St. Loo, we still find ourselves in first place, 2 ahead of the Phading Phils and 3.5 ahead of the surging Braves. After tripping us up, the Cards now have the best record in the NL, but the Mets remain the only other team playing .600 baseball.
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| soupcan May 18 2006 09:46 PM |
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Its cuz they started out so hot we all were expecting '86 all over again.
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| Bret Sabermetric May 18 2006 09:51 PM |
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Izzy looked pretty good last night, Soupy. Did seeing him make you feel all gooshy inside?
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| Yancy Street Gang May 19 2006 07:57 AM |
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Phillies get swept by the Brewers as the Mets take one of three from the Cardinals.
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| Frayed Knot May 19 2006 04:09 PM |
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Quick review before inter-league starts and begins to mess up all the math.
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| smg58 May 19 2006 06:30 PM |
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The NL West is really that good? I can believe the East being that bad (the Marlins and the Nats are doormats). I guess the West doesn't have anybody doing badly right now.
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| Frayed Knot May 19 2006 06:40 PM |
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No single team in the NLWest is all that good, but every team is hanging
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| Willets Point May 19 2006 07:04 PM |
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Aren't the Cubs always missing Wood and Prior?
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| The Big O May 22 2006 12:53 PM |
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4 of their last 4 6 of their last 7 10 of their last 13 13 of their last 17 15 of their last 20 I hate the Braves. * NYM Pythagorean record: 28-21. * Philly is phreefalling -- 2-4 last week after 1-6 the previous. * If you needed any additional proof that the Cubs are just terrible, they were swept by the Marlins, who were swept by the D-Rays the week before. * We have the same RA number as the Snakes (tied for 2nd in the NL [3rd in MLB] behind StL [Detroit]). Lez fix that. Monday's game Houston 10, Washington 3 Florida 9, Cubs 1 Atlanta 3, San Diego 1 Tuesday's games Washington 4, Houston 1 Florida 5, Cubs 4 Mets 9, Philadelphia 8 (16 innings) San Diego 2, Atlanta 1 Wednesday's games Florida 9, Cubs 3 Washington 5, Houston 1 Mets 5, Philadelphia 4 Atlanta 10, San Diego 6 Thursday's games Washington 8, Houston 5 Philadelphia 5, Mets 3 Friday's games Atlanta 6, Cubs 5 Washington 10, Dodgers 4 Milwaukee 6, Philly 5 Florida 5, Mets 1 Saturday's games Atlanta 2, Cubs 1 Dodgers 3, Washington 1 Mets 7, Florida 4 Milwaukee 9, Philadelphia 6 Sunday's games Washington 10, Dodgers 4 Mets 7, Florida 3 Philadelphia 6, Milwaukee 2 Atlanta 13, Cubs 12 Next series Arizona 29-20 [Vargas (5-2, 4.93), Batista (4-2, 4.60), Webb (8-0, 2.18)] at N.Y. Mets 30-19 [Trachsel (2-4, 4.99), Soler (0-0, 3.00), Martinez (5-1, 2.79)] Washington 21-30 (O'Connor, Armas, Hernandez) at Philadelphia 25-24 (Lieber, Myers, Lidle) L.A. Dodgers 28-22 (Penny, Sele, Tomko) at Atlanta 27-23 (Thomson, Sosa, Hudson) San Francisco 26-24 (Morris, Lowry, Schmidt) at Florida 15-33 (Olsen, Moehler, Johnson) Weekend series San Francisco 26-24 [Cain (3-5, 5.07), Morris (3-5, 5.49), Lowry (1-2, 3.62)] at N.Y. Mets 30-19 [Glavine (8-2, 2.59), Hernandez (3-4, 6.04), Trachsel (2-4, 4.99)] Arizona 29-20 (Cruz, Gonzalez, Vargas, Batista) at Atlanta 27-23 (Ramirez, Smoltz, Thomson, Sosa) Philadelphia 25-24 (Floyd, Madson, Lieber, Myers) at L.A. Dodgers 28-22 (Lowe, Seo, Penny, Sele) Washington 21-30 (Hill, Ortiz, O'Connor) at Milwaukee 26-24 (Eveland, Davis, de la Rosa) Florida 15-33 (Willis, Nolasco, Olsen) at Colorado 26-24 (Fogg, Kim, Jennings) Yancy would say ... the magic number is 110. Edit: Hey, edit isn't the same as post reply. Oh well. Lost the week of May 15 to cyberhistory.
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| Elster88 May 29 2006 03:58 PM |
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The Braves have played 18 games at home and 32 on the road. I think that is the lowest home/away ratio in baseball.
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| Yancy Street Gang May 30 2006 09:44 AM |
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The magic number is now 108.
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| Yancy Street Gang Jun 02 2006 08:39 AM |
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A few days later, and the magic number is now 105.
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| Yancy Street Gang Jun 04 2006 10:10 AM |
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On Saturday, the Mets win one, the Braves lose two, and the Phillies lose one.
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| Elster88 Jun 08 2006 12:09 AM |
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Thanks to a 7 game win streak by the Reds, right now the Mets would not qualify for the wildcard.
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| Frayed Knot Jun 08 2006 12:22 AM |
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Nor would we have to.
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| Elster88 Jun 08 2006 02:01 AM |
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Really?
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| Gwreck Jun 08 2006 04:20 AM |
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I think the point was that we're in first place. Also, I'm not sure what the "not qualifying for the WC" comment was about. At the close of business on 6/7, the Mets had the best record in the National league, 1/2 game better than co-division leaders StL and CIN, 1.5 games ahead of ARZ.
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| Elster88 Jun 08 2006 08:55 AM |
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Thanks for the helpful info, all, but I realize that the Mets are in first and would make the playoffs if the season ended today regardless of wildcard standings. This is not new to me.
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| Yancy Street Gang Jun 08 2006 09:58 AM |
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Playoffs haven't seemed easy to me at all this season.
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| Elster88 Jun 08 2006 03:59 PM |
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What's the quick and easy way to calculate magic number?
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| Yancy Street Gang Jun 08 2006 04:06 PM |
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Determine the maximum number of wins that the second place team can get. (162 - the number of games that the team has lost.)
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| Yancy Street Gang Jun 08 2006 04:09 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jun 08 2006 04:29 PM |
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NY Mets 35 23
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| Elster88 Jun 08 2006 04:10 PM |
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Thanks. Double digits would be nice.
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| Yancy Street Gang Jun 08 2006 04:27 PM |
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I guess so, yes.
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| Yancy Street Gang Jun 08 2006 04:28 PM |
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Magic number over Atlanta is currently 97.
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| Elster88 Jun 09 2006 02:24 AM |
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The only team in the AL West with a record over .500....Texas.
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| Elster88 Jun 09 2006 02:25 AM |
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99
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| Elster88 Jun 10 2006 01:18 AM Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Jun 12 2006 09:33 AM |
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| Yancy Street Gang Jun 10 2006 09:42 AM |
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After Friday's action, the magic number is 97.
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| Edgy DC Jun 10 2006 09:45 AM |
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Atlanta fighting with the Nats for third. Excellent.
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| Elster88 Jun 10 2006 11:42 AM |
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Whenever I add that chart, it stretches out my window so that other posts run off the screen so I need the horizontal scroll bar to view them. How do I avoid that?
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| Elster88 Jun 11 2006 09:07 PM |
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Is 6 and half up the high-water mark for the year? Or was it seven?
Anybody? Bueller?
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| Yancy Street Gang Jun 12 2006 09:18 AM |
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Since the last magic number update, the Mets have won twice, and the Phillies lost once. The magic number is now 94.
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| Yancy Street Gang Jun 13 2006 11:14 PM |
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The Mets beat the Phillies tonight. The lead is up to 7½ games.
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| Frayed Knot Jun 13 2006 11:20 PM |
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I hate you
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| Elster88 Jun 14 2006 09:09 AM |
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Keeping a daily count of magic number makes for a really, really, ugly and uninteresting thread.
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| Yancy Street Gang Jun 14 2006 09:13 AM |
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Years from now, this thread will be fascinating.
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| Elster88 Jun 14 2006 09:17 AM |
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Nah.
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| Johnny Dickshot Jun 14 2006 09:27 AM |
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Seems to me choosing to criticize a guy who's doing the math for the rest of us over the option of simply ignoring what doesn't float your boat is a helluva lot more tiresome, ugly and uninteresting.
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| Elster88 Jun 14 2006 09:30 AM |
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Wow. Funny how you want me to ignore many posts that are tiresome and ugly to me, but that you didn't want to ignore my single ugly, tiresome post.
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| Yancy Street Gang Jun 14 2006 09:38 AM |
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No games have been played yet this morning.
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| Elster88 Jun 14 2006 09:53 AM |
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As Yancy is pointing out to me, bitching and complaining usually doesn't work around here anyway.
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| ScarletKnight41 Jun 14 2006 10:20 AM |
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FWIW, despite my fears of attracting the attention of the baseball gods, I kind of like the countdown.
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| Yancy Street Gang Jun 14 2006 10:28 AM |
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Five weeks ago (on the first page of this thread) the magic number was 130. That's quite a drop; it shows we're making progress towards the big goal.
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| Centerfield Jun 14 2006 10:56 AM |
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For what it's worth, this thread, as the title suggests, is a good way to keep track of standings throughout the year. The magic number part is just and added bonus (or drawback depending on your point of view).
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| Nymr83 Jun 14 2006 11:10 PM |
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+8.5 games over Philly. Lets Go Mets!
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| TransMonk Jun 14 2006 11:36 PM |
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Tonight's win coupled with Detroit's loss gives the Mets the best winning percentage in baseball. Detroit has played 2 more games than the Mets and have one more win and one more loss.
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| Yancy Street Gang Jun 15 2006 09:28 AM |
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WARNING: Those of you who are bored by magic numbers may want to avert your eyes.
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| Elster88 Jun 15 2006 09:32 AM |
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I thought I had explained myself, but apparently not.
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| Yancy Street Gang Jun 15 2006 09:36 AM |
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You'll be hearing from Matt Murdock.
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| Elster88 Jun 15 2006 09:37 AM |
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BTW, I'm not angry or trying to pick a fight or anything.
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| Yancy Street Gang Jun 15 2006 04:38 PM |
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| Edgy DC Jun 15 2006 04:39 PM |
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Ho
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| Elster88 Jun 15 2006 04:41 PM |
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Do it. Post them.
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| Yancy Street Gang Jun 15 2006 04:46 PM |
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You're getting Magic Number Fever, aren't you?
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| Elster88 Jun 15 2006 04:48 PM |
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Nope. Standings fever. If I had magic number fever I would've opened the Magic Number Thread.
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| Edgy DC Jun 15 2006 11:35 PM Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Jun 16 2006 09:14 AM |
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| Frayed Knot Jun 15 2006 11:51 PM |
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Florida suddenly only 2 games out of 3rd place with a nearly even RS/RA ratio.
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| SteveJRogers Jun 15 2006 11:57 PM |
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Doesn't look like the Fish will be the easy push over everyone thought they'd be. Then again, maybe that was the Yankee Biased media making ready made excuses if their boy Giradi failed, as well as ready made praise if Giradi was able to pull of a 75-80 win year
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| Yancy Street Gang Jun 16 2006 08:27 AM |
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Adam Rubin, today in the Daily News:
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| smg58 Jun 16 2006 08:41 AM |
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Even if the Mets do stumble a bit, I really don't see who in the NL East can make a run at them. We've seen how good the Phillies are. Atlanta can play a little better than they've been doing, but I see no eveidence that they can play a lot better.
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| Edgy DC Jun 16 2006 09:16 AM |
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Gentlemen, here's to evil.
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| Yancy Street Gang Jun 19 2006 09:51 AM |
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Since our last update, the Phillies have lost twice and the Mets have won once.
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| Elster88 Jun 19 2006 10:55 AM |
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Oakland has won ten games in a row.
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Unexpected and unheralded divisional storyline: The Florida Marlins of Miami/Dade County. Since the official May 21 low-water mark of 11-31 (following 7 straight losses to the craptastic Braves and surging D-Rays), they're a blazing 18-6, posting sweeps of the Braves and Blue Jays (aggregate score: 28-12) at home last week to extend an 8-game winning streak. A road sweep in the Rockies, series win in San Diego, and a home sweep of the hapless Cubs all have contributed to the streak. They've only dropped two series, in Flushing and at Alexander Graham Park, over the span where they pulled nearly even in RS/RA. We'll root for Bawlmer to filet the Fish like they did us, and for the Mystique and Aura to overwhelm 'em later this week. Sundries * NYM Pythagorean record: 40-28. * Officially #1 in the NL in RS-RA difference, #2 in runs scored to the somewhat-surprising Dodgers, and #3 in runs allowed to the Pads and the Cards. * The NL East is the run-scoringest division, on average, in the league. We trail all 3 AL divisions in this respect. Series starting today Cincinnati (Arroyo, Ramirez, Mays, Milton) at N.Y. Mets (Duque, Trax, Alay, Pedro) (4 games) Washington (Armas, Hernandez, Hill) at Boston (Snyder, Wakefield, Lester) MFY (Eunuch, Mussina, Wright) at Philadelphia (Myers, Lidle, Hamels) Starting tomorrow Florida (Willis, Nolasco, Olsen) at Baltimore (Cabrera, Bedard, Benson) Toronto (Towers, Lilly, Burnett) at Atlanta (Sosa, Hudson, Ramirez) Friday's Washington (Patterson, Ortiz, Armas) at Baltimore (Lopez, Loewen, Cabrera) Philadelphia (Madson, Myers, Lidle) at Boston (Beckett, Schilling, Wakefield) Florida (Moehler, Johnson, Willis) at MFY (Chacon, Wang, Unit) Mets (Glavine, Duque, Traxel) at Toronto (Halladay, Taubenheim, Towers) Atlanta (Smoltz, Thomson, Sosa) at Tampa Bay (Kazmir, McClung, Hendrickson)
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| Willets Point Jun 19 2006 12:05 PM |
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This means we've got Soler, Martinez, Glavine for the Red Sox. I have tix for Games #1 & 3 so I miss Pedro but get to see Glavine who seems to start (and lose) every game I've attended the last 3 years.
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| Elster88 Jun 19 2006 12:09 PM |
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I wish I could be at Pedro's start. Probably will be something to see.
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| Elster88 Jun 19 2006 12:11 PM |
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Some of us will.
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| holychicken Jun 19 2006 12:16 PM |
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woot!
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| Frayed Knot Jun 19 2006 01:14 PM |
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AL teams whomped the NL this weekend to the tune of 29-13, (including a
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| Edgy DC Jun 19 2006 08:30 PM |
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Hi, we're the Braves.
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| Nymr83 Jun 19 2006 09:08 PM |
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Hi, we're the Braves. We've won the NL East every year that we have been in the NL East. What have you won so far?
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| Elster88 Jun 19 2006 09:13 PM |
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Psst....everyone knows that. Don't rain on the parade.
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| Yancy Street Gang Jun 21 2006 09:44 AM |
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Magic Number Watch:
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| Iubitul Jun 21 2006 09:50 AM |
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*twitch* *twitch* *twitch*
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| Elster88 Jun 21 2006 09:50 AM |
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The Marlins have won nine in a row.
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| Elster88 Jun 21 2006 09:51 AM |
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There's a long discussion on posting magic numbers in this thread.
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| Iubitul Jun 21 2006 09:58 AM |
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Really? I hadn't noticed (sc=incalculable) The Mets haven't won anything yet, and there is still too much baseball to be played - The baseball Gods have plenty of time to come back and bite us all in the ass.
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| Yancy Street Gang Jun 21 2006 10:07 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jun 21 2006 10:09 AM |
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The baseball gods can kiss my rocky orange butt!
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| Iubitul Jun 21 2006 10:08 AM |
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If I had a rocky orange butt, I would probably feel the same way...
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| Elster88 Jun 21 2006 12:02 PM |
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Before the Mets came to town, Arizona was 34-25 and leading second-place Los Angeles by 1.5 games.
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| Centerfield Jun 21 2006 12:13 PM |
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I think the DBacks slide started one series earlier against the Phillies. I'd be happy of the DBacks fell out of it. Quite frankly, after all the talking we did about how the Mets thrive in Arizona, I was scared that we would have to go back there in October and not score a run.
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| Yancy Street Gang Jun 23 2006 06:15 AM |
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The magic number is now 81.
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| Elster88 Jun 23 2006 09:04 AM |
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81 is a landmark. Halfway to a title.
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| Elster88 Jun 23 2006 12:34 PM |
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Minnesota has won 9 of 10 to climb to one game over .500. Their problem is that they are 11 games back of Detroit and 10.5 games back of wildcard-leader Chicago.
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| Yancy Street Gang Jun 25 2006 07:33 PM |
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| SteveJRogers Jun 25 2006 07:58 PM |
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Hey there Kimosabe!
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| Frayed Knot Jun 25 2006 11:02 PM |
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An oddity to this season is that, for the first time in a long time, Braves games are of little interest.
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| SteveJRogers Jun 25 2006 11:07 PM |
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NO NO NO! It doesn't matter, the MFY are none of our concern. Only time they matter is if we play them in October. Thats IT. Our main concern is locking up this division AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!, which each and every single Phillie, National, Marlin and even Brave loss will help accomplish. Combined with our wins, that makes it 2 steps closer instead of the hard way, one step at a time! In other words, NO ROOTING FOR THE BRAVES! Hell even if they've been eliminated, the margin still looks better in the long run
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| Frayed Knot Jun 25 2006 11:13 PM |
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I'm CAHNFIDENT that the Braves are far enough behind that I can tempt fate and fuck with the BB-Gods by rooting for them for 3 days.
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| SteveJRogers Jun 25 2006 11:31 PM |
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Okay, but don't come crying if there is a 15th straight Divisional championship celebration this Fall with Larry saying "Yeah, it was that sweep of the Yankees that turned this entire season AROUND! GREATEST. COMEBACK. EVER."
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| Elster88 Jun 26 2006 08:52 AM |
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You may get it. Detroit is showing no signs of slowing down. I thought after the Yanqs took 3 of 4 from them that they would come back to earth. Guess not.
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| Frayed Knot Jun 26 2006 09:57 AM Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Jun 26 2006 10:04 AM |
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I pronounced the Tigers to be a bunch of paper Tigers after watching them lose 7 of 10 to the Skanks, BSox & CSox but they're proving me wrong.
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| Elster88 Jun 26 2006 09:59 AM |
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I wish Toronto would win the AL East for a change of pace. I'm sick of Boston, too.
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| Yancy Street Gang Jun 26 2006 10:00 AM |
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When the Braves play the Yankees this year, I'm a tomahawk-chopping fool. Chipper, Andruw, Smoltzie, they're all my boys.
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| Willets Point Jun 26 2006 11:21 AM |
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Boston haven't won the AL East since 1995. I think its their turn.
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| MFS62 Jun 26 2006 11:30 AM |
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Boston HAVEN"T won....?
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| Willets Point Jun 26 2006 11:46 AM |
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Do you have contrary evidence that the Red Sox have won the AL East championship anytime in the last decade? It seems to me its been Yankees every year but 1997 when it was the Orioles. Perhaps you've forgotten about the wild card. I want the Red Sox to win the division. I want the Yankees to go home.
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| Elster88 Jun 26 2006 11:53 AM |
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What I meant was I'm sick of seeing them in the playoffs. Obviously, no?
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| Yancy Street Gang Jun 26 2006 12:00 PM |
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It really doesn't matter much to me who's in the AL playoffs as long as the Yankees are excluded.
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| MFS62 Jun 26 2006 12:02 PM |
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Wasn't commenting on your baseball knowledge. I just found it funny that you used the plural "haven't" with the singular "Boston" like they do when describing soccer sides. That's all. Later
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| Yancy Street Gang Jun 26 2006 12:06 PM |
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I recently learned that whoever wins championships is a matter of opinion.
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| SteveJRogers Jun 26 2006 01:02 PM |
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True, but usually teams get eliminated one at a time. Braves are NEXT!
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| MFS62 Jun 26 2006 01:09 PM |
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Some of Randy Johnson's career numbers against Atlanta:
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| SteveJRogers Jun 26 2006 01:15 PM |
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The number to eliminate the Braves is 72. I want it to be in the 60s by the weekend allright
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| SteveJRogers Jun 26 2006 01:30 PM |
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Put it this way. The Yankees are rendered meaningless. It doesn't matter if we get swept this coming weekend. We lose the season series 2-4, eh no big deal. Leave season series bragging rights for when we are in the midst of a shit storm of a year where we are struggling to reach .500. In fact, the series means more for the MFY than it does to us. Period.
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| Gwreck Jun 26 2006 01:35 PM |
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I've got no serious objection to Steve's point that we root for the Braves to lose when they play the MFYs. No problem. This, however, gives me serious pause. The games against the Yankees are meaningless? It doesn't matter if we get swept? I realize it matters more to those of us living in New York than those elsewhere --- but beating the MFYs always matters. Once we have an advantage in the overall series, maybe. Bragging rights do matter.
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| Yancy Street Gang Jun 26 2006 01:39 PM |
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Rooting for the Yankees to beat the Braves shows a serious lack of perspective.
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| Johnny Dickshot Jun 26 2006 01:40 PM |
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I'm with YSG on this. I like to see the MFYs humiliated and as long as we TCB, I'm comfortable maintaining the current spread. If a Braves sweep undermines the Mets race to the division title, you can whack me with a broom 3 times.
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| metirish Jun 26 2006 01:43 PM |
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No way no how can I ever root for the yankees, I just can't...I remember the 2001 WS when the whole world apparently was rooting for the MFY' because of 9/11, I got such a hard time in the office because I wouldn't root for them....it was like.." how could you not shout for them"?....I csan still see Gonzo's reaction when he got that hit...
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| Elster88 Jun 26 2006 01:46 PM |
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I normally am strongly on the side of root against the NL East at all costs. But at this point it's a little silly. We're 15.5 up on the Braves.
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| TransMonk Jun 26 2006 01:47 PM |
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Interleague play is stupid, I always lose interest during this week of the year. It makes me sick that the Mets play the Yankees as many times per year as they play the Cardinals and Dodgers. I could not care less how the Mets fare against the Yankees because they really are the most meaningless games.
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| Elster88 Jun 26 2006 01:50 PM |
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The Yankee games are the most fun to attend in person for the entire season, excluding any pennant races.
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| Willets Point Jun 26 2006 01:51 PM |
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Boston in this sense is a collective noun - a team of 25 men or a city of 600,000. It's not a single thing, hence the plural verb.
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| Elster88 Jun 26 2006 01:52 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jun 26 2006 01:53 PM |
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I've never seen that usage outside of the World Cup. I don't think it's commonly used.
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| SteveJRogers Jun 26 2006 01:53 PM |
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Just another three games right now. The reason I'm really using that tact is that this series really does means more to the Yankees then it does for the Mets, I know I'll be happy with a Met win of the series, but I'm really talking about no pressure being on the Mets this series. In other words, if we get swept I'm just going to go "Oh well, hope it doesn't lead to a stupid pre-ASG Break tail spin" as we head into the Pittsburgh-Florida homestand
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| Yancy Street Gang Jun 26 2006 01:54 PM |
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That's true in British English, but not American English.
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| Elster88 Jun 26 2006 01:55 PM |
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I brought this up like 10 times in the World Cup thread and no one said a word.
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| MFS62 Jun 26 2006 02:01 PM |
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I understood your usage. It just struck me how different that is compared to the way we usually see that written in the papers. We usually see Red Sox (for some reason considered a plural, although the name of a single team) associated with a plural verb. To follow up on Elster's examples, I've almost exclusively seen: The Red Sox have only won one championship or Boston has only won one championship. Your usage jumped off the page as being different. Doesn't mean I said it was wrong. Later
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| SteveJRogers Jun 26 2006 02:01 PM |
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Okay, as I said before, don't cry if Larry is saying that the season was turned around thanks to the Yankee sweep starting the Greatest. Comeback. Ever. when the Braves are celebrating Division Championship # 15
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| Yancy Street Gang Jun 26 2006 02:04 PM |
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Ugh. You should learn how to enjoy being in first place. Savor it. Don't waste time worrying about the last place team.
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| Yancy Street Gang Jun 26 2006 02:05 PM |
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I, for one, haven't been reading the World Cup thread.
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| SteveJRogers Jun 26 2006 02:19 PM |
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Actually its more about seeing the reign officially come to an end, then start picking off the rest of the division untill the second place team (and it better not be a surging Braves team) is finally eliminated
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| seawolf17 Jun 26 2006 02:35 PM |
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What's the World Cup?
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| ABG Jun 26 2006 02:48 PM |
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I get a lot more happiness from seeing our division lead over each team grow then from seeing the Yankees lose. I don't care if we're up 25 with three games left and the Phillies are playing the Yankees with a chance to keep them out of the playoffs--I'll still root for the Yankees.
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| Johnny Dickshot Jun 26 2006 02:55 PM |
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Jeez, I already said you beat me with a broom. I can take it.
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| Yancy Street Gang Jun 26 2006 09:58 PM |
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| Elster88 Jun 28 2006 09:10 AM |
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The Cards are on an 8 game losing streak.
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| Elster88 Jul 03 2006 12:41 AM |
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Since June 8th, the Twinkies have gone 19-2. Over that time span, they have gained 1.5 games on the first place team in their division.
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| The Big O Jul 10 2006 02:41 AM |
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Amazin' punching bags: --by most wins: ARI 6-1, WAS 6-2, PHI 6-3 --by fewest losses: ARI 6-1, PIT 5-1, LAD 2-1 --by Win%: ARI .857 (6-1) [IL: --by most wins: NYY 3-3 --by fewest losses: TOR 2-1 --by Win%: TOR .667 (2-1)] Taking some Amazin' lumps: --by fewest wins: STL 1-2 --by most losses: ATL 5-4 --by Win%: STL .333 (1-2; only NL team to whom we're under .500) [IL: --by fewest wins: BOS 0-3 --by most losses: BOS 0-3, NYY 3-3 --by Win%: BOS .000 (0-3)] Amazin' apathy (.500 vs.): CIN 2-2, MIL 3-3, SD 2-2, SF 3-3 [IL: MFY 3-3] Out-of-division mooks We haven't seen 'em yet: CHC, HOU, COL One more series to go: CIN (away), SD (home), STL (home), LAD (home), PIT (away) We're done with 'em for the year: MIL, SF, ARI, the AL
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| Elster88 Jul 10 2006 08:43 AM |
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In-division Mooks: 
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| Yancy Street Gang Jul 13 2006 08:40 PM |
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As the All-Star break comes to an end, the magic number is 63.
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| Nymr83 Jul 13 2006 09:07 PM |
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thats a nice number.
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| Yancy Street Gang Jul 15 2006 10:21 AM |
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The magic number is now 61.
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| Iubitul Jul 15 2006 10:34 AM |
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and look who is back in second place...
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| ScarletKnight41 Jul 15 2006 11:24 AM |
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Where are the Nationals? Did they just drop out of the division in disgust?
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| Nymr83 Jul 15 2006 11:32 AM |
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let me know when they are A) over .500 or B) within 5-6 games, until then i don't care what place they are in.
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| Yancy Street Gang Jul 16 2006 10:21 PM |
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The magic number is 60.
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| Zvon Jul 16 2006 10:22 PM |
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| SteveJRogers Jul 16 2006 11:32 PM |
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| Yancy Street Gang Jul 19 2006 11:45 AM |
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The magic number is 58.
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| Yancy Street Gang Jul 20 2006 08:07 PM |
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The magic number is 56.
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| Yancy Street Gang Jul 22 2006 08:03 AM |
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The magic number is 55.
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| OlerudOwned Jul 22 2006 12:49 PM |
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| Elster88 Jul 22 2006 12:58 PM |
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Is this the first time we hit 21 over .500 this year?
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| Nymr83 Jul 22 2006 01:03 PM |
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i believe so, i think we were 20 over after the 8 game winning winning streak and that we have just pulled over .500 (16-15) for the first time since then
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| TransMonk Jul 22 2006 01:53 PM |
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Great album. OE...20+ for the first time this year. Gary was comenting last night on how elusive it's been. Ron said it's something you try to do before the AS Break.
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| Elster88 Jul 22 2006 02:08 PM |
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Actually I think we are only 20 over now. The standings on 3 different sites say 58-38. The 59-38 record I'm only seeing in the box score in the Schaefer thread for yesterday's game.
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| TransMonk Jul 22 2006 02:20 PM |
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Right, sorry...that's what I meant. Last night's win marked the first time to 20 over.
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| Yancy Street Gang Jul 22 2006 08:23 PM |
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The magic number is 54.
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| Edgy DC Jul 22 2006 11:23 PM |
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Sure, Ron. We'll get right on that.
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| Yancy Street Gang Jul 24 2006 02:57 PM |
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Despite losing yesterday, the magic number dropped by one because the Phillies lost to Atlanta. Both teams are now tied in the loss column and are playing each other again tonight. Since they both can't lose, the Mets will have to win tonight's game to further reduce the magic number.
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| metirish Jul 24 2006 03:00 PM |
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I had that game on last night, I swear Joe Morgan is a riot, Miller was talking about Chipper who hit something like .500 for June, crazy stuff....Morgan said the reason is that he was not missing the ball..simple as that really.....and when Miller talked about Morgans sister who died last week Joe said the good news is that he has two more left......it just sounded so weird...
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| SteveJRogers Jul 25 2006 11:23 PM |
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We are pretty much assured of being in first on August First. Last time that could be said...
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| SteveJRogers Jul 25 2006 11:26 PM |
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Interestingly enough, 2000 marked our last September 1st date of being in first place, a half game in front of the Braves
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| Willets Point Jul 25 2006 11:37 PM |
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I remember that well. What a day it was. Then the Mets took a swan dive into the shitter.
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| SteveJRogers Jul 26 2006 12:20 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jul 26 2006 08:01 AM |
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OE: D'OH!
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| Yancy Street Gang Jul 26 2006 07:02 AM |
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Check your math.
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| Yancy Street Gang Jul 26 2006 03:38 PM |
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NOW the magic number is 51.
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| Edgy DC Jul 26 2006 03:57 PM |
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Look at that home run.
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| SteveJRogers Jul 26 2006 04:19 PM |
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Okay, NOW cue the X-Files music
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| Willets Point Jul 26 2006 04:20 PM |
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Keep it all together at least until September, I say.
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| SteveJRogers Jul 26 2006 04:22 PM |
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When should I even think about posting the 25 Man Postseason Roster thread? Course the main 25 Man Roster Thread could be a good spot for that discussion
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| SteveJRogers Jul 26 2006 04:24 PM |
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Also its win #60 on the year. 21 more to clinch an over .500 record!
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| Yancy Street Gang Jul 26 2006 04:25 PM |
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All-purpose means all-purpose, doesn't it?
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| Willets Point Jul 26 2006 04:28 PM |
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Actually, in September I want the magic number in glowing numbers on the top of the page, not in a seperate thread.
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| Willets Point Jul 26 2006 04:28 PM |
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Unless the Mets have had a collossall collapse and find themselves behind the Braves.
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| SteveJRogers Jul 26 2006 04:29 PM |
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Course we could go on a huge August win streak, Braves crap all kinds of crap in August (ditto everyonelse) and we could have the earliest clinch date ever in a normal schedule!
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| Yancy Street Gang Jul 26 2006 04:32 PM |
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This from the guy who was pushing the panic button only yesterday.
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| Willets Point Jul 26 2006 04:38 PM |
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The Mets would have to win 25 or so games between now and Aug. 31st for that to happen.
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| Yancy Street Gang Jul 26 2006 04:40 PM |
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And the Braves and the Phillies and the Marlins would have to all lose about 25 games during that same time span.
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| OlerudOwned Jul 26 2006 04:42 PM |
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I don't see your point... SC=Yup
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| SteveJRogers Jul 26 2006 05:42 PM |
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Hey I'm kidding about the wrapping up before September hits. The Braves do have me worried a bit, just in the "I've seen this before" kind of way, and posting Bobby Thomson's HR is a reminder of how any damn thing is possible Though a nice 2 out of three or sweep and a front line starter on Monday should have me kicking back and getting ready for Eli vs Big Brother Peyton on September 10th, and feeling very happy about that situation for the first time in a LONG time
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| SteveJRogers Jul 26 2006 05:44 PM |
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I think the nervousness also comes from too many hours spent listening to sports radio, and reading nervous nellies on the Internet Met Community as well. Like I said a year ago, seems like the Ya Gotta Believe/Amazin' Miracle Mets attitude of the Met fans died sometime with the advent of dialouge sports radio and the internet
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| Centerfield Jul 26 2006 05:49 PM |
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I don't know about meds, but one thing that could help your psyche is to stop listening to sports radio.
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| Elster88 Jul 26 2006 05:54 PM |
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Stop blaming the radio and newspapers for your own paranoias.
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| SteveJRogers Jul 26 2006 05:57 PM |
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I think thats right
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| Yancy Street Gang Jul 26 2006 06:15 PM |
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If you're picking up stuff from zany web sites and stupid radio stations, you don't need to bring it here. We try to be free of that kind of nonsense.
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| SteveJRogers Jul 26 2006 08:50 PM |
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Actually quick look at the schedule shows that we have a good shot of whitling the respective elimination numbers of NL East teams down over the next couple of weeks.
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| Elster88 Jul 26 2006 08:55 PM |
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Can't wait. See you all there on 8/8.
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| ScarletKnight41 Jul 26 2006 09:22 PM |
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We'll be there - it's how we're celebrating MK's birthday :)
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| SteveJRogers Jul 26 2006 09:45 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jul 26 2006 10:11 PM |
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Next game I'm going to is on the 19th for the 86 celebration. Hopefully pictures up by the 20th Don't know about September, but October should be a good month The Mikey games should be fun. Hell, wouldn't be something if the Mets brought Fonzie back up that series! Wonder what Olerud and Ventura are doing these days. Seriously, I haven't heard much from either since they retired
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| ScarletKnight41 Jul 26 2006 10:11 PM |
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psst - the 20th anniversary celebration is 8/19.
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| SteveJRogers Jul 26 2006 10:12 PM |
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Right, D'OH! changed
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| SteveJRogers Jul 27 2006 04:36 PM |
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50!
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| Yancy Street Gang Jul 27 2006 04:59 PM |
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That won't be possible. If the Mets sweep the Braves, the Marlins or Phillies (who are playing each other) will move into second place.
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| Yancy Street Gang Jul 29 2006 08:19 AM |
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For the first time in a while, perhaps all season, we're magic numbering against the Florida Marlins, who have the second fewest losses in the division.
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| ScarletKnight41 Jul 29 2006 04:42 PM |
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| SteveJRogers Jul 29 2006 09:49 PM |
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Florida loses which means, 47
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| ScarletKnight41 Jul 29 2006 10:06 PM |
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| Centerfield Jul 30 2006 09:04 AM |
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I guess it makes sense that the lefty is a Glavine fan.
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| ScarletKnight41 Jul 30 2006 09:12 AM |
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Plus the shirt was a freebie.
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| ScarletKnight41 Jul 30 2006 04:44 PM |
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The Mets win, and Florida loses -
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| SteveJRogers Jul 30 2006 04:49 PM |
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AHHHHH, DH in Florida
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| SteveJRogers Jul 30 2006 04:54 PM |
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Strange conveluence of things there. From FSU on a Tim McGraw thing a picture of Tug McGraw! Just chuckle worthy I guess
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| Yancy Street Gang Jul 30 2006 07:47 PM |
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It looks like my work in this thread is done.
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| Edgy DC Jul 30 2006 08:06 PM |
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Fight it.
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| Yancy Street Gang Jul 30 2006 08:09 PM |
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Nah. I don't think I'll be rushing to post the magic number before Steve does. That's a fool's game. He's like Valadius in that regard.
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| Willets Point Jul 30 2006 08:42 PM |
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I think Scarlett Knight was the winner today actually.
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| ScarletKnight41 Jul 30 2006 08:43 PM |
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I just wanted to post Tug for 45.
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| SteveJRogers Jul 30 2006 08:55 PM |
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I'm heading to bed actually, maybe lack of sleep has me more irratable and irrational on internet message boards Should the number drop to 44 tonight, in honor of the sweep I think the image imbedded in this link would work fine i9.photobucket.com/albums/a80/SteveJRogers/100_0088.jpg
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| Iubitul Jul 30 2006 09:07 PM |
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The magic number went down - we're all winners
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| Willets Point Jul 30 2006 09:07 PM |
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Who are we rooting for to lower the magic # anyhow? I get confused when Philly plays Florida.
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| Iubitul Jul 30 2006 09:11 PM |
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Actually, I think we should just count down with Mets uniform numbers. You know, if it hits 44, post Jay Payton. 43 could be a picture of Terry Leach, and so on...
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| SteveJRogers Jul 30 2006 09:11 PM |
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Next week is really going to be dicey. We play Florida (who I THINK is whom we are rooting against) and Philly plays the Cards, chances of both teams losing two or three is very good and this weekend we play the Phillies and Florida plays the Dodgers. Can't anyone here claim this here 2nd place?
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| Nymr83 Jul 30 2006 09:13 PM |
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or everyone could just post all the silly pictures they want....
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| SteveJRogers Jul 30 2006 09:13 PM |
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Why don't we take a hint and defer to the guy who has put so much work into the thread?
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| Yancy Street Gang Jul 30 2006 10:09 PM |
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Whoever (other than the Mets) has the fewest losses in the NL East.
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| SteveJRogers Jul 30 2006 10:18 PM |
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9-2 Philly in the 9th
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| Elster88 Jul 31 2006 08:54 AM |
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Now you're blaming lack of sleep?
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| SteveJRogers Jul 31 2006 08:56 AM |
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Suggesting, I've been cranky and irritable and down right asshole-ish in RL lately
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| Yancy Street Gang Jul 31 2006 09:23 AM |
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I guess my work here isn't done after all.
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| SteveJRogers Jul 31 2006 09:35 AM |
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OAK-LA-HOMA where the wind comes rolling through the plains...
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| ScarletKnight41 Jul 31 2006 09:37 AM |
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OK - hopefully someone will be able to repost Tug soon. Sorry about that.
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| ScarletKnight41 Jul 31 2006 09:40 AM |
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BTW, in 1986 the Daily News published a collection of its Mets columns for the season. They started their countdown on August 8th, and the magic number on that date was 41.
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| SteveJRogers Jul 31 2006 09:41 AM |
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How Metly appropriate!
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| Yancy Street Gang Jul 31 2006 09:49 AM |
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I have a feeling we'll beat that this year. Of course, the Mets started their season earlier in 2006 than they did 20 years ago. On July 30, 1986 the Mets played their 98th game of the season.
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| SteveJRogers Jul 31 2006 09:52 AM |
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Wheres Vern Hoschiet!
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| mlbaseballtalk Jul 31 2006 10:22 PM |
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Apparantly no one noticed Phillies lost which knocks the number (according to MLB's standings anyway to 45
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| Edgy DC Aug 01 2006 04:03 PM |
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Though I'm looking at it as Philadelphia and (to a lesser extent) Washington have dealt themselves out, with Atlanta and Florida staying in to make a last push.
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| Johnny Dickshot Aug 01 2006 04:05 PM |
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Washington hasn't dealt itself out! They shitcanned Mike Stanton, added Austin Kearns, and kept Soriano. They''re the 2nd half sleeper!
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| Edgy DC Aug 01 2006 04:08 PM |
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Well, they cut bait on their stupid little prize bullpen, but yeah, you're right. The parts they got back have a good chance to pay immediate dividends.
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| SteveJRogers Aug 01 2006 05:32 PM |
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Right now Philly is your 2nd place team playing St Louie this week while we do some fileting of the 3rd (by a half a game) Fish
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| Edgy DC Aug 01 2006 05:34 PM |
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Steve? You've reconsidered?
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| seawolf17 Aug 01 2006 05:35 PM |
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When you're in first place, those intradivisional games between the other teams suck. I want all those teams to lose.
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| Elster88 Aug 03 2006 08:59 AM |
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All right, let's have it.
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| Yancy Street Gang Aug 03 2006 09:37 AM |
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The magic number is 44.
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| SteveJRogers Aug 03 2006 10:08 AM |
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Nice, I was hoping you'd give a double doseage of a Fantasticly Foursome though
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| soupcan Aug 03 2006 10:35 AM |
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| Yancy Street Gang Aug 05 2006 09:39 AM |
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Magic number's been stuck for a few days. Hopefully it will be reduced a little today.
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| Iubitul Aug 05 2006 09:43 AM |
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| Iubitul Aug 05 2006 03:40 PM |
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| Rockin' Doc Aug 05 2006 04:00 PM |
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Great to again see some activity in this thread.
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| Willets Point Aug 05 2006 04:07 PM |
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| EAST | W | L | PCT | GB | HOME | ROAD | RS | RA | STRK | L10 |
| NY Mets | 65 | 44 | .596 | - | 31-22 | 34-22 | 585 | 498 | Won 1 | 6-4 |
| Philadelphia | 53 | 56 | .486 | 12 | 27-31 | 26-25 | 563 | 569 | Lost 1 | 7-3 |
| Florida | 51 | 58 | .468 | 14 | 27-26 | 24-32 | 509 | 521 | Lost 1 | 5-5 |
| Atlanta | 50 | 58 | .463 | 14.5 | 22-28 | 28-30 | 562 | 552 | Lost 2 | 3-7 |
| Washington | 49 | 60 | .450 | 16 | 26-24 | 23-36 | 508 | 565 | Won 1 | 6-4 |
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| SteveJRogers Aug 05 2006 05:58 PM |
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Sadly unless there is a 2nd series in a row lost by the Mets, we will not see Mr. Seaver in this thread.
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| Iubitul Aug 05 2006 06:10 PM |
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I'd much rather see the magic number go down by two tomorrow...
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| Elster88 Aug 05 2006 06:16 PM |
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Oh for crying out loud.
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| Rockin' Doc Aug 05 2006 06:28 PM |
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Elster88 - "Oh for crying out loud."
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| Yancy Street Gang Aug 05 2006 07:56 PM |
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The magic number is 42.
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| SteveJRogers Aug 05 2006 07:56 PM |
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I thought "Ah well.." gave away my jocularity on the subject
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| ScarletKnight41 Aug 06 2006 11:12 PM |
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| Yancy Street Gang Aug 07 2006 06:02 AM |
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The magic number is 40.
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| SteveJRogers Aug 07 2006 08:17 AM |
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Hello Love! Lets start counting them down Kemosabe!
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| Edgy DC Aug 07 2006 09:11 AM |
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Speaking of which, that Lundy character hasn't posted for two weeks.
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| Elster88 Aug 07 2006 10:55 AM |
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I'm sorry to interrupt the Magic Number Thread with talk of the standings, but Philly still has a shot at the playoffs. 3 out of the loss column in the wildcard hunt.
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| Willets Point Aug 07 2006 10:56 AM |
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I hope the Phillies take the wildcard. And then lose to the Mets in the NLCS.
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| Yancy Street Gang Aug 08 2006 10:49 PM |
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Mets win, Phillies lose to Atlanta.
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| ScarletKnight41 Aug 09 2006 09:53 PM |
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| Yancy Street Gang Aug 09 2006 10:25 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 10 2006 03:16 PM |
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The magic number is 37.
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| Yancy Street Gang Aug 10 2006 03:15 PM |
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The magic number is 36.
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| ScarletKnight41 Aug 10 2006 03:17 PM |
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| ScarletKnight41 Aug 10 2006 03:19 PM |
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BTW, on the radio today Howie Rose mentioned the Magic Number status several times.
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| Yancy Street Gang Aug 10 2006 03:29 PM |
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And pretty soon my state-by-state magic number countdown will finally reach a state that's east of the Mississippi River.
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| ScarletKnight41 Aug 10 2006 03:40 PM |
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Damn - I was just there last week....
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| Willets Point Aug 10 2006 03:56 PM |
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Sure, I'll bring the beer, you bring the weed, and maybe Edgy will bring some babes.
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| Yancy Street Gang Aug 10 2006 04:43 PM |
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Maybe he can invite Sonia Lo Duca. I hear she's going to be single soon.
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| TransMonk Aug 10 2006 05:15 PM |
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With the sweep of the Pads, it's the first time to 25 games over .500 and a seson high 14 games up in the division, I believe.
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| Yancy Street Gang Aug 11 2006 06:04 AM |
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Meanwhile, the three-game sweep has knocked the Padres out of first place. They're in second, tied with Arizona, a half game behind the Dodgers.
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| ScarletKnight41 Aug 12 2006 09:56 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 13 2006 09:14 AM |
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| Willets Point Aug 12 2006 09:57 PM |
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Thief!
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| ScarletKnight41 Aug 12 2006 09:59 PM |
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Bandwith or Idea?
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| Edgy DC Aug 12 2006 10:05 PM |
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Oooh, bandwidth.
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| ScarletKnight41 Aug 12 2006 10:14 PM |
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| Yancy Street Gang Aug 13 2006 07:48 AM |
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The magic number is 34.
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| ScarletKnight41 Aug 13 2006 04:08 PM |
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| Yancy Street Gang Aug 13 2006 09:05 PM |
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The magic number is 32.
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| SteveJRogers Aug 13 2006 10:17 PM |
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| cooby Aug 16 2006 11:29 AM |
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My dad has a theory that the Mets are letting the Phillies beat up on them so that they will win the Wild Card, get swelled heads doing so, and the Mets can pound them in the playoffs.
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| Yancy Street Gang Aug 16 2006 11:34 AM |
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In that scenario, the Phillies would more likely be pounded out of the playoffs by their first-round opponent, probably the Cardinals.
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| cooby Aug 16 2006 11:37 AM |
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Doesn't the wild card play the winner of their own division?
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| Elster88 Aug 16 2006 11:41 AM |
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Nope. Almost exactly the opposite, IIRC.
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| cooby Aug 16 2006 11:42 AM |
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Well, can anyone remember whom the Mets played in 2000? I know I can't.
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| MFS62 Aug 16 2006 11:43 AM |
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If this were to be a repeat of 2000, when the Mets biggest threat (Atlanta) was knocked off for them in the NL playoffs, I wouldn't be too upset. I'd rather that happen than one of the years in the late 80's when the Mets won all but one game against LA during the regular season, then lost to them in the playoffs.
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| Yancy Street Gang Aug 16 2006 11:47 AM |
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In 2000, the Mets played the Giants, Cardinals, then Yankees.
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| ScarletKnight41 Aug 17 2006 04:32 PM |
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| Yancy Street Gang Aug 17 2006 05:00 PM |
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Ooh! The magic number has dropped!
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| Yancy Street Gang Aug 17 2006 05:01 PM |
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The magic number is 30.
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| Yancy Street Gang Aug 17 2006 05:04 PM |
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| ScarletKnight41 Aug 17 2006 05:04 PM |
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It had been a few days since it dropped last.
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| Elster88 Aug 17 2006 05:31 PM |
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As expected when you lose to the second place team.
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| SteveJRogers Aug 17 2006 10:32 PM |
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Hmmm, I would have gone with this #30 though 
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| ScarletKnight41 Aug 18 2006 09:59 PM |
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| SteveJRogers Aug 18 2006 10:02 PM |
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Nice and he gets todays win as well!
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| ScarletKnight41 Aug 18 2006 10:17 PM |
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| SteveJRogers Aug 18 2006 10:20 PM |
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Awww, I'd thought you'd keep the hurler thing going with Bobby "Fresno" Jones
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| ScarletKnight41 Aug 18 2006 10:25 PM |
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I would have if lubitul had a picture with a clearer number posted. But I was on the fence, and decided to lower The Hammer.
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| SteveJRogers Aug 18 2006 10:26 PM |
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But glad to see the late and neglected John Milner get some love
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| Yancy Street Gang Aug 19 2006 09:16 AM |
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The magic number is 28, and is back on the other side of the Mississippi River. Come back to us, magic number!
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| ScarletKnight41 Aug 20 2006 01:15 AM |
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| Yancy Street Gang Aug 20 2006 09:24 AM |
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The magic number is 27.
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| SteveJRogers Aug 20 2006 09:31 AM |
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Soon we'll be down to the 13 Original Colonies!
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| Yancy Street Gang Aug 20 2006 03:47 PM |
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If the Nationals come back and beat the Phillies today, the magic number will drop again, but for now, the magic number is 26.
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| ScarletKnight41 Aug 20 2006 03:47 PM |
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| SteveJRogers Aug 20 2006 04:03 PM |
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Speaking of the Nats their tragic number for the division is now under 20 and sitting on 19.
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| SteveJRogers Aug 20 2006 05:01 PM |
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Incredibly (or maybe not considering it is the Phils bullpen) the Nats mounted a comeback and trail by one in the bottom of the 8th!
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| SteveJRogers Aug 20 2006 05:10 PM |
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Phillies tacked on a run, but here is noted MFY victim Arthur Rhodes to close the game in the Top of the Ninth
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| Edgy DC Aug 20 2006 05:19 PM |
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| Johnny Dickshot Aug 20 2006 05:42 PM |
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That's a great shot of Kingman, isn't it? I believe Walter Ioss of SI should get the photo credit.
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| Edgy DC Aug 20 2006 05:49 PM |
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I think the world is divided among peeps who are too many steps ahead, those too many steps behind, and the rare folks who are in the moment.
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| SteveJRogers Aug 21 2006 09:20 PM |
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Bad off day for the Mets. Yanks cripple Sox, Braves win (yeah they aren't so much with the mattering but it leaves them alive for one more day) and the Phils are up 4-0 against the Cubs in the 4th
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| ScarletKnight41 Aug 21 2006 09:39 PM |
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5-0 Phillies. They're playing a nice game against the Cubs tonight.
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| SteveJRogers Aug 21 2006 09:46 PM |
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Yup. Though I do enjoy lowering magic numbers without doing a single thing more than a good baseball game! =;)
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| ScarletKnight41 Aug 22 2006 09:55 PM |
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The magic number is 25, which was worn by CPF contributor Frank Thomas in 1962 -
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| Yancy Street Gang Aug 23 2006 06:40 AM |
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Now I know why Bill Clinton was at the game. He wanted to see the magic number arrive in Arkansas. As Scarlett said, the magic number is 25.
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| Yancy Street Gang Aug 23 2006 08:26 AM |
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Meanwhile, the Kansas City Royals are on the verge of becoming the first team to be eliminated from contention for a division title. Their tragic number is 1. The next time the Tigers win or the Royals lose, the Royals' chances of winning the AL Central will be officially ended.
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| ScarletKnight41 Aug 23 2006 10:34 PM |
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| SteveJRogers Aug 23 2006 10:37 PM |
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Willie Howard Mays. Great shot from old Jarry Park
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| Yancy Street Gang Aug 23 2006 10:52 PM |
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This is fitting on a day the Mets beat the Cardinals:
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| Yancy Street Gang Aug 24 2006 07:23 PM |
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Phillies lost this afternoon, so even before Thursday night's game against St. Louis, the magic number has dropped to 23.
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| SteveJRogers Aug 24 2006 07:27 PM |
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Hey wheres John? 
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| Yancy Street Gang Aug 24 2006 07:30 PM |
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Who's that smiling guy? I think a smile from John Maine is as rare as one from Kevin McReynolds.
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| ScarletKnight41 Aug 24 2006 07:34 PM |
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| ScarletKnight41 Aug 24 2006 10:15 PM |
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| seawolf17 Aug 24 2006 10:20 PM |
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| Edgy DC Aug 24 2006 10:22 PM |
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| Yancy Street Gang Aug 24 2006 10:26 PM |
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It didn't stay in Maine for long. The magic number is now 22.
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| SteveJRogers Aug 24 2006 11:14 PM |
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| Frayed Knot Aug 25 2006 10:23 AM |
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Our 'Playoff Odds' - as reported by the folks at [u:0681152677]Baseball Prospectus[/u:0681152677] - sits at 99.99945%
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| SteveJRogers Aug 25 2006 12:14 PM |
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Can't believe we forgot two WS MVPs
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| Willets Point Aug 25 2006 01:02 PM |
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I think it would be great to have the magic number updated in big red print on the top of the page if the admins are up to it.
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| ScarletKnight41 Aug 26 2006 09:39 PM |
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The magic number is now 20, which is sported by the Met who drove in the go ahead runs tonight -
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| TransMonk Aug 26 2006 10:17 PM |
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With Detroit's loss tonight, the Mets are now tied for the least losses in all of baseball and are just a game back from being tied for best record.
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| Yancy Street Gang Aug 27 2006 08:58 AM |
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The magic number is 20.
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| SteveJRogers Aug 27 2006 11:19 PM |
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Still stuck on you
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| seawolf17 Aug 28 2006 02:45 PM |
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Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyylllllllll..........
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| ScarletKnight41 Aug 28 2006 02:47 PM |
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| Yancy Street Gang Aug 28 2006 03:04 PM |
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The magic number is 18.
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| SteveJRogers Aug 28 2006 03:37 PM |
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Never mind, wrong state...
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| Yancy Street Gang Aug 28 2006 03:40 PM |
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Susanna's beau actually came from Alabama.
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| Rotblatt Aug 28 2006 03:56 PM |
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| Lundy Aug 28 2006 04:09 PM |
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Wow, I used to live in that congressional district...
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| ScarletKnight41 Aug 30 2006 12:27 AM |
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| Yancy Street Gang Aug 30 2006 07:53 AM |
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The magic number is 17.
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| Johnny Dickshot Aug 30 2006 08:58 AM |
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Boy, that C on Mex's jersey looked stupid.
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| SteveJRogers Aug 30 2006 12:06 PM |
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Hence why the MFY have never saw fit to afix a C to any of their captain's jerseys! Despite the cottage industry it could create considering Yankee Captains usually are the most popular players (Jeter, Mattingly, Munson)
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| soupcan Aug 30 2006 12:13 PM |
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| Edgy DC Aug 30 2006 12:17 PM |
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Uni Watch, I think, has written more on this, but there's very little precedent for baseball captains wearing regalia to indicate thier status. Carter didn't, which made Keith look even sillier.
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| metirish Aug 30 2006 12:22 PM |
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They should just wear an armband like they do in soccer.
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| Willets Point Aug 30 2006 12:34 PM |
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They should wear a cap with a gold button on top.
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| seawolf17 Aug 30 2006 12:34 PM |
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| Yancy Street Gang Aug 30 2006 12:42 PM |
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This is the kind of hat a team captain should wear: 
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| Willets Point Aug 30 2006 12:47 PM |
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No that's for the team Cap'n.
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| soupcan Aug 30 2006 01:19 PM |
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| Yancy Street Gang Aug 30 2006 01:39 PM |
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And the best part is, Keith doesn't look silly at all in that hat.
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| seawolf17 Aug 30 2006 01:47 PM |
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The Rejuvenator!
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| ScarletKnight41 Aug 30 2006 11:43 PM |
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| SteveJRogers Aug 30 2006 11:45 PM |
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The Doctor Is In!
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| Yancy Street Gang Aug 31 2006 09:26 AM |
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The magic number is 16.
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| Willets Point Aug 31 2006 09:28 AM |
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Magic #11 will be special in that sense.
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| Centerfield Aug 31 2006 09:31 AM |
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Isn't soupcan our captain? I think he should have to wear that hat.
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| soupcan Aug 31 2006 09:40 AM |
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No, no, no - I respectfully resigned that position some time ago. And if I hadn't - the wearing of that hat would've made me do it anyway.
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| Willets Point Aug 31 2006 10:49 AM |
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Resigned? I thought you were forced out due to the scandal.
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| soupcan Aug 31 2006 10:55 AM |
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Semantics.
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| ScarletKnight41 Aug 31 2006 10:31 PM |
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| Yancy Street Gang Sep 01 2006 07:29 AM |
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Mets lose, but Phillies lose too.
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| SteveJRogers Sep 01 2006 08:01 AM |
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I said blue moon of Kentucky, keep on a-shinin'
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| MFS62 Sep 01 2006 10:27 AM |
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Oh, I'm Melvin Rose of Texas And my friends all call me Tex When I lived in old New Mexico They used to call me Mex When I lived in old Kentucky They called me Old Kentuck I was born in old Shamokin Which is why they call me Melvin.....Rose Later
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| Yancy Street Gang Sep 01 2006 06:18 PM |
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Phillies and Braves rained out today. Doubleheader tomorrow.
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| Farmer Ted Sep 01 2006 06:40 PM |
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The Teds/Sponges are betting on a Sept. 17th clincher in Pittsburgh. We'll be in the upper deck for that game. Section 314, Row P. Lovely views of the downtown. Stop on by.
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| Yancy Street Gang Sep 01 2006 07:17 PM |
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That's the 20th anniversary of another NL East clincher.
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| ScarletKnight41 Sep 01 2006 11:12 PM |
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| SteveJRogers Sep 01 2006 11:15 PM |
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| ScarletKnight41 Sep 01 2006 11:22 PM |
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To put this in proper perspective - the Mets have 30 games to play. The Phillies could win EVERY game between now and the end of the season, and so long as the Mets play .500 ball they still win the division.
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| ScarletKnight41 Sep 02 2006 09:25 AM |
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I hadn't realized that the Phillies and Braves were already scheduled to play a doubleheader today. And that's going to be interesting - I don't know that they'll be able to start the first game at 1:05, get it completed, and clear out the fans so that those with tickets for the 7:05 start can enter the stadium. It will be interesting.
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| Yancy Street Gang Sep 02 2006 10:10 AM |
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The magic number is 14.
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| Gwreck Sep 02 2006 10:30 AM |
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That's pretty standard scheduling when separate-admission doubleheaders are required.
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| ScarletKnight41 Sep 02 2006 10:46 AM |
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True. But in most of those cases the make-up day's weather isn't worse than the weather that initially caused the make-up to be necessary.
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| SteveJRogers Sep 02 2006 11:57 AM |
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And thats all folks for the non-original states! 13 original colonies, aka your Northeast Corridor are next!
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| SteveJRogers Sep 02 2006 11:58 AM |
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| Yancy Street Gang Sep 02 2006 11:59 AM |
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I'm rooting for the Braves to kick the snot out of the Phillies this weekend and put a crimp in their wild card hopes.
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| SteveJRogers Sep 02 2006 12:05 PM |
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BTW, the inn that served as the exterior of The Strafftord is on the web: [url]http://www.wayburyinn.com/[/url]
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| SteveJRogers Sep 02 2006 12:06 PM |
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Amen to that. Considering the way the Phils handled us recently, I'd hate to face them in an NLCS matchup
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| Gwreck Sep 02 2006 05:29 PM |
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Atlanta 4, Philadelphia 3 (Game 1)
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| SteveJRogers Sep 02 2006 06:37 PM |
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Pair of closers
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| Gwreck Sep 02 2006 10:43 PM |
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9/2/06 - Mets 4, Astros 2
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| ScarletKnight41 Sep 03 2006 12:21 AM |
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| Yancy Street Gang Sep 03 2006 07:15 AM |
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The magic number is 12.
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| SteveJRogers Sep 03 2006 08:03 PM |
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| Yancy Street Gang Sep 03 2006 08:22 PM |
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Phillies lose the nightcap of their doubleheader.
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| SteveJRogers Sep 03 2006 08:34 PM |
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Ehem: Some folks like to get away, take a holiday from the neighborhood Hop a flight to Miami Beach or Hollywood. Me, I'm taking a Greyhound on the Hudson River Line Cause I'm in a new york state of mind. I seen all the movie stars in their fancy cars and their limousines, Been high in the Rockies under the Evergreens, But I know what I'm needing and I don't want to waste more time I'm in a New York State of Mind. It was so easy living day by day Out of touch with the rhythm and the blues, But now I need a little give and take, The New York Times, The Daily News... Woah ohh whoah It comes down to reality and its fine with me cause I've let it slide, Dont care if its Chinatown or Riverside, I don't have any reasons, Ive left them all behind I'm in a New York State of Mind. It was so easy living day by day Out of touch with the rhythm and the blues, But now I need a little give and take, The New York Post, Newsday to... Yeah yeah, yeah It comes down to reality and its fine with me cause I've let it slide, Dont care if its Bensonhorst or Bayside, I don't have any reasons, Ive left them all behind I'm in a New York State of Mind. I'm just taking a Grey....Hound On the Hudson Riv-ah lineeeeee Cause I'm in.... I'm in a Neeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwww Yoooooooooooorrrrrrk! State of..... MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNDDDDDDDDDDDDDD! Yeah yea, yeah
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| SteveJRogers Sep 03 2006 08:41 PM |
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Marlins are a half game back of the Phils, but even in the loss column, which means that they currently share the tragic number, for the division, of 11
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| ScarletKnight41 Sep 03 2006 10:49 PM |
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| ScarletKnight41 Sep 04 2006 06:06 PM |
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We're on our own to reduce the magic number today. Chase Utley's extra innings homer gave the Phillies a win over Houston.
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| Vic Sage Sep 05 2006 04:03 PM |
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Nigel Tufnel: The numbers all go to eleven. Look, right across the board, eleven, eleven, eleven and...
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| metirish Sep 05 2006 04:30 PM |
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That's still funny even in text.....this claims to be a pic of said amp,you can see #11
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| ScarletKnight41 Sep 05 2006 07:59 PM |
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With the Mets and Philly both rained out tonight, we're stuck on 11 for another day.
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| ScarletKnight41 Sep 06 2006 03:38 PM |
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| Yancy Street Gang Sep 06 2006 03:40 PM |
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The magic number is 10.
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| Rotblatt Sep 06 2006 03:57 PM |
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| Gwreck Sep 06 2006 04:02 PM |
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With our win in the first game, the Washington Nationals have been eliminated from potentially winning the division.
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| ScarletKnight41 Sep 06 2006 06:45 PM |
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| SteveJRogers Sep 06 2006 06:46 PM |
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Number Nine Number Nine Number Nine Number Nine Number Nine
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| SteveJRogers Sep 06 2006 06:48 PM |
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Hmmm, I would have gone with Gregg Jefferies or 1969's J.C. Martin though. Jim Hickman and Todd Hundley would have been top choices as well
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| ScarletKnight41 Sep 06 2006 06:50 PM |
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Zeile has always been a family favorite.
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| Yancy Street Gang Sep 06 2006 06:52 PM |
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The magic number is 9.
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| Gwreck Sep 06 2006 07:41 PM |
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The Mets need to go 14-10 or better the rest of the way to reach 100 wins.
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| Yancy Street Gang Sep 06 2006 08:17 PM |
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Seems doable.
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| Willets Point Sep 06 2006 09:11 PM |
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And then add another 11 wins to those 100.
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| SteveJRogers Sep 06 2006 09:19 PM |
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Now those are the most important wins of the fall!
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| ScarletKnight41 Sep 06 2006 10:15 PM |
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| SteveJRogers Sep 06 2006 10:17 PM |
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| SteveJRogers Sep 06 2006 10:18 PM |
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No 8 this year. Currently issued to someone who's secondary job is apparantly Roving Catching Instructor. Despite the fact that he is doing a darn good job in Pt. St Lucie as the skipper!
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| Yancy Street Gang Sep 07 2006 01:26 PM |
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Oops, I forgot to do this this morning. My apologies to all you state-by-state countdown fans. (All zero of you!)
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| Willets Point Sep 07 2006 01:30 PM |
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You can count me as a state-by-state countdown fan!
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| Johnny Dickshot Sep 07 2006 02:22 PM |
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I like seeing the states too.
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| sharpie Sep 07 2006 02:37 PM |
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I like the states, too. Countdown to Delaware!
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| MFS62 Sep 07 2006 02:38 PM |
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No, the idea is to count down to Colony. I like 'em too. LAter
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| HahnSolo Sep 07 2006 04:34 PM |
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Look in the background of that Carter photo. Jim Leyland looks worse then than he does now.
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| seawolf17 Sep 07 2006 07:09 PM |
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Forget that, look at the size of the videocamera the guy has all the way on the left side of the frame! How did his arm not break holding that thing?
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| ScarletKnight41 Sep 07 2006 09:53 PM |
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| Willets Point Sep 07 2006 09:53 PM |
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| seawolf17 Sep 07 2006 10:25 PM |
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The Mets have a 17-game lead in the division. Wow.
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| Gwreck Sep 07 2006 10:31 PM |
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For 100 Wins, the Mets need to go: 13-10 or better.
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| Yancy Street Gang Sep 07 2006 10:37 PM |
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The magic number is 7.
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| Gwreck Sep 07 2006 10:42 PM |
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| SteveJRogers Sep 07 2006 10:48 PM |
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| SteveJRogers Sep 07 2006 10:51 PM |
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Of course who could forget this Magic Met Moment
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| TransMonk Sep 09 2006 03:37 PM |
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Mets magic number for the division: 6
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| ScarletKnight41 Sep 09 2006 03:38 PM |
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| Willets Point Sep 09 2006 03:39 PM |
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| Yancy Street Gang Sep 09 2006 07:49 PM |
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The magic number is 6.
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| SteveJRogers Sep 09 2006 09:51 PM |
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Have no clue if they are still using this, but I remember this as Massachusetts' jingle for their tourism campaign:
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| Willets Point Sep 09 2006 09:57 PM |
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| ScarletKnight41 Sep 09 2006 10:01 PM |
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| SteveJRogers Sep 09 2006 10:07 PM |
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| Valadius Sep 09 2006 11:30 PM |
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The guy in the background on the right in the third picture looks very perplexed by what he's holding.
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| SteveJRogers Sep 10 2006 12:06 AM |
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Could be an event staffer for whatever thing The Glider was in route to or from (photo was taken from an Ed Randall thing for his charity)
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| Edgy DC Sep 10 2006 12:09 AM |
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"Oh, shit, this guy isn't Willie Mays."
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| SteveJRogers Sep 10 2006 12:17 AM |
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"Ya call THIS poetry Ed?"
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| OlerudOwned Sep 10 2006 12:26 AM |
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| Yancy Street Gang Sep 10 2006 07:00 AM |
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The magic number is 5.
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| SteveJRogers Sep 10 2006 10:20 AM |
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I'm going to pretend thats Fairfield University's Bellermine Hall in that I! Looks like the back courtyard alittle
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| ScarletKnight41 Sep 10 2006 03:32 PM |
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Even without doing anything, the Mets' magic number drops as a result of Philadelphia's loss in Florida -
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| OlerudOwned Sep 10 2006 03:40 PM |
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| SteveJRogers Sep 10 2006 04:41 PM |
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The Other #4 World Series Met performers
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| Willets Point Sep 10 2006 06:50 PM |
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I can't believe the Mets may have the division clinched as early as Tuesday. Holy Freakin' Shit!
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| Yancy Street Gang Sep 10 2006 09:45 PM |
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The magic number is 4.
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| SteveJRogers Sep 10 2006 10:10 PM |
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I wonder if there was a rime and reason for the order of State Hood among the 13?
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| SteveJRogers Sep 10 2006 10:31 PM |
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Posting some nifty facts about Statehood dates in the Stuff You Didn't Know Thread over in NBF...
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| Gwreck Sep 10 2006 10:47 PM |
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Short version: Yes. A combination of both.
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| Gwreck Sep 10 2006 10:53 PM |
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For 100 Wins, the Mets need to go: 12-8 (or better).
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| Gwreck Sep 13 2006 12:56 AM |
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With the doubleheader tomorrow, the Mets can clinch the division with a win and 2 Atlanta wins over Philadelphia.
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| Gwreck Sep 13 2006 12:58 AM |
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For 100 Wins, the Mets need to go: 11-7 (or better).
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| ScarletKnight41 Sep 13 2006 07:14 AM |
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| MFS62 Sep 13 2006 08:49 AM |
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I can just hear Bobby Cox telling his team,"C'mon guys. We have to win two for the Mets." Later
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| Yancy Street Gang Sep 13 2006 08:53 AM |
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The magic number is 3.
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| metsmarathon Sep 13 2006 09:08 AM |
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the magic number just doesn't appreciate the great state of new jersey.
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| OlerudOwned Sep 13 2006 03:33 PM |
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| ScarletKnight41 Sep 13 2006 04:08 PM |
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Three is a magic number,
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| ScarletKnight41 Sep 13 2006 10:34 PM |
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| TransMonk Sep 13 2006 10:37 PM |
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90 wins...do I hear 100?
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| Yancy Street Gang Sep 13 2006 10:38 PM |
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The magic number is 2.
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| SteveJRogers Sep 13 2006 10:41 PM |
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| metirish Sep 13 2006 10:43 PM |
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| Zvon Sep 13 2006 10:55 PM |
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| soupcan Sep 13 2006 11:18 PM |
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| HahnSolo Sep 14 2006 09:08 AM |
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| cooby Sep 14 2006 09:09 AM |
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Was that (on the p revious page) a chocolate covered pretzel?
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| soupcan Sep 14 2006 09:22 AM |
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Yes. Like everybody, I eat them two at a time.
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| MFS62 Sep 14 2006 09:42 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 14 2006 01:28 PM |
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Not everybody, soupy. Based on one of his posts in the "answer/ ask" thread, I'd say that Valadius and I don't like chocolate. Later
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| cooby Sep 14 2006 09:43 AM |
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he who?
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| Rockin' Doc Sep 14 2006 01:20 PM |
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That's one nasty looking chocolate pretzel. I've scooped more appetizing looking crap out of my yard.
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| Yancy Street Gang Sep 14 2006 01:24 PM |
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I missed this one, I guess because it posted to the bottom of the page. It's obviously a turd, not a pretzel. Remember, this was posted in response to the magic number dropping to two. (Actually, I could have italicized dropping just as easily!) I know turds when I see them. I have a 16-year-old cat who's developed an aversion to her litter box.
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| SteveJRogers Sep 14 2006 01:28 PM |
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I haven't had one of those since seeing something in the movie Mallrats featuring it!
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| cooby Sep 14 2006 01:37 PM |
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Usually I can read soupcan's mind, but not this time...
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| cooby Sep 14 2006 01:38 PM |
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Oh wait, #2. Told you I can read his mind.
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| Yancy Street Gang Sep 14 2006 01:42 PM |
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The easiest kind of soup to read is alphabet soup.
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| cooby Sep 14 2006 01:43 PM |
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Your cat eats poptarts?
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| Yancy Street Gang Sep 14 2006 01:57 PM |
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No, but the magic number does.
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| cooby Sep 14 2006 02:03 PM |
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I really feel dense today.
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| soupcan Sep 14 2006 02:44 PM |
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Just wait til you see what I post for #1.
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| cooby Sep 14 2006 02:46 PM |
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We're all ears
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| soupcan Sep 14 2006 02:56 PM |
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Let's just say it resembles a '1'.
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| cooby Sep 14 2006 02:58 PM |
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WHat if they skip right over 1?
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| soupcan Sep 14 2006 03:00 PM |
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Then you will be poorer for it.
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| OlerudOwned Sep 14 2006 04:00 PM |
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| Yancy Street Gang Sep 14 2006 04:11 PM |
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"Thing" seems to be backing away from the camera.
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| ScarletKnight41 Sep 14 2006 04:17 PM |
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Two Step -
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| cooby Sep 14 2006 08:05 PM |
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| Gwreck Sep 14 2006 09:10 PM |
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That sure looks like a Yankees jersey in that picture.
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| ScarletKnight41 Sep 14 2006 10:02 PM |
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| Gwreck Sep 14 2006 10:03 PM |
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| Yancy Street Gang Sep 14 2006 10:05 PM |
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The magic number is 1.
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| metirish Sep 14 2006 10:07 PM |
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| SteveJRogers Sep 14 2006 10:11 PM |
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| Valadius Sep 14 2006 10:12 PM |
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One is the loneliest number...
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| cooby Sep 14 2006 10:21 PM |
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YES!!
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| Willets Point Sep 14 2006 10:59 PM |
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VALJEAN
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| SteveJRogers Sep 15 2006 07:22 AM |
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| soupcan Sep 15 2006 09:52 AM |
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| cooby Sep 15 2006 09:55 AM |
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Nuts, I thought it was going to be a pickle.
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| Mr. Zero Sep 15 2006 09:56 AM |
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I've everthing I need to keep me satisfied
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| MFS62 Sep 15 2006 10:06 AM |
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How can anyone who calls himself Mr. Zero have one for a lucky number? Later
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| Mr. Zero Sep 15 2006 10:13 AM |
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trudat.
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| Willets Point Sep 15 2006 12:00 PM |
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Whomever starts the IGT tonight needs to include "Sweet Child Of Mine" for good karma.
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| OlerudOwned Sep 16 2006 02:13 PM |
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I feel like the lack of clinching yesterday was partially because I didn't get this posted.
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| Elster88 Sep 16 2006 07:58 PM |
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| Yancy Street Gang Sep 17 2006 09:33 AM |
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Not a good sign: The magic number has put down a deposit on a two-bedroom condo in Dover.
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| Willets Point Sep 17 2006 09:52 AM |
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I think Magic Number fears irrelevancy. I mean no one wants to be a zero and have no one talking about you anymore. Magic is just trying to hang on to it's last shred of glory. Can anyone talk to Magic and let it know just how happy it would make so many thousands of people if it were reduced to nothing?
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| SteveJRogers Sep 17 2006 02:55 PM |
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The Magic Number may be trying to fanagle its way back to Shea on Monday.
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| Yancy Street Gang Sep 18 2006 03:12 PM |
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It was way back on May 5 that I first calculated and posted the magic number on page one of this thread. At that point, the magic number was a robust 130.
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| Willets Point Sep 18 2006 03:25 PM |
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At the very least, Magic Number 1 should realize that fish and houseguests stink after three days.
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| Valadius Sep 18 2006 03:42 PM |
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Let's call on a bunch of folks who can get rid of pesky magic/supernatural/alien entities:
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| cooby Sep 18 2006 05:27 PM |
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You can all relax. I put on the lucky Bernie shirt.
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| Willets Point Sep 18 2006 05:30 PM |
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We're Doomed! 
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| cooby Sep 18 2006 05:44 PM |
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I'm also going to have to put on my lucky black velvet Steelers pants, so I am going to look quite dashing
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| ScarletKnight41 Sep 18 2006 09:40 PM |
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| Frayed Knot Sep 18 2006 09:49 PM |
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| SteveJRogers Sep 18 2006 10:04 PM |
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| Willets Point Sep 18 2006 10:46 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 19 2006 12:45 AM |
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Magic number to clinch best record in baseball:
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| Gwreck Sep 19 2006 12:20 AM |
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For 100 Wins, the Mets need to go: 9-4 (or better).
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| Yancy Street Gang Sep 19 2006 09:54 AM |
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Best record in the National League is more significant; it would guarantee home field advantage in the NLCS.
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| TransMonk Sep 19 2006 10:07 AM |
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The NL magic number is 3.
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| Willets Point Sep 19 2006 12:20 PM |
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Well this one would take care of the other, but we can knock of NL first if you like.
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