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dgwphotography Jul 29 2005 05:00 AM

Wow. Just Wow. http://mets2005.myblogsite.com/blog/_ar ... 86923.html Best Met-related read this morning

Elster88 Aug 17 2005 08:29 AM

BUMP HALF BUMP Couple of nice postings. I'm now regularly reading this blog. I found this passage very funny: But regarding Gerald Williams. I mean, what does it take? Remember the scene in "The Man With Two Brains" in which Steve Martin asks his wdow's spirit for guidance about whether he should marry Kathleen Turner? The house practically collapses in a hurricane of shattering objects and spectral screams, during which Steve stands there oblivious, saying, "A sign...anything..." C'mon, Omar -- does the scoreboard have to start gushing blood like some crazed recreation of "The Shining" before you take this man off the roster? [url]http://mets2005.myblogsite.com/blog

Elster88 Aug 17 2005 08:31 AM

Though I do disagree somewhat. Ice has performed about as well as can be hoped with the bat. I'm not sure who else would have performed better in Carlos' absence. Yeah he didn't catch that triple, but he didn't give up the home run that followed, or force the rest of the Mets to refuse to hit that day.

Elster88 Aug 17 2005 08:33 AM

2. David Wright doing a beautiful job turning an 0-2 hole into a walk -- he reminds me of Alfonzo the way he can work out of bad counts -- followed by Clifford hitting a no-doubter. I was going to post this in the IGT yesterday but forgot. I was thinking at the time that this could be even more helpful in that it would give Looper the day off, but that didn't work out. Speaking of which, why were there two guys warming up with no outs in the ninth and a 6-2 lead? I thought warming up used energy and caused arms to tire and stuff.

Elster88 Aug 17 2005 08:38 AM

I also highly recommend this one from Tuesday: [url]http://mets2005.myblogsite.com/blog/_archives/2005/8/16/1141154.html

Edgy MD Aug 17 2005 08:53 AM

I'm starting to understand that Greg is "Faith" and Jace is "Fear."

TheOldMole Aug 17 2005 10:19 AM

Always a good read.

G-Fafif Aug 17 2005 11:14 AM

Edgy DC wrote: I'm starting to understand that Greg is "Faith" and Jace is "Fear." As often as not, it's the other way around. Some days it's hard to tell.

ScarletKnight41 Aug 19 2005 04:15 PM

Damn Greg, This is beautiful!

G-Fafif Aug 19 2005 09:15 PM

ScarletKnight41 wrote: Damn Greg, This is beautiful! Thank you, Honorable Knight. Stay tuned and we'll eventually get to the present.

Johnny Dickshot Aug 19 2005 10:26 PM

Sakes that was good. I don;t recall 70, but maybe 72 or 73. I played a game reading the boxscores on the Times sports page. I realized if there was a number, but not zero, in each of the 4 columns -- AB R H BI -- it correlated pretty strongly with the chance that player was listed under HR in the agate below. I still catch myself doing that when I look at box scores.

ScarletKnight41 Aug 24 2005 03:42 PM

So I show this to MK. He reads it, laughs, and says, "I understand that." I'm scared and impressed with his level of comprehending Met fandom at age 9.

ScarletKnight41 Aug 27 2005 02:03 PM

Great Column I love the SCTV references

Zvon Aug 27 2005 02:21 PM

I also highly recommend this one from Tuesday: [url]http://mets2005.myblogsite.com/blog/_archives/2005/8/16/1141154.html this is classic! :lol: Great piece.

Elster88 Aug 30 2005 10:41 AM

I enjoyed and agreed with today's posting [url]http://mets2005.myblogsite.com/blog/_archives/2005/8/30 though there is something ironic about reacting to another's overreaction. _____________________________ This post was made under the posting designation 170) Barry Lyons

Bret Sabermetric Aug 30 2005 11:01 AM

If you're going to accept Wise Willie Smart Baseball's every remark as being intentionally and cryptically deceptive, then do so. But you can't claim in retrospect that the things that worked out just as he said were straightforward and sincere but the stuff that turned out 180 degrees from what he said were gnomic smokescreens. Actually, you can, but that just marks you as a hopeless delusionary.

Edgy MD Aug 30 2005 11:12 AM

Perspective on invective from Gotham Baseball.

Elster88 Aug 30 2005 11:14 AM

Bret Sabermetric wrote: If you're going to accept Wise Willie Smart Baseball's every remark as being intentionally and cryptically deceptive, then do so. But you can't claim in retrospect that the things that worked out just as he said were straightforward and sincere but the stuff that turned out 180 degrees from what he said were gnomic smokescreens. Actually, you can, but that just marks you as a hopeless delusionary. I'm assuming here that you mean the ambiguous "you". _____________________________ This post was made under the posting designation 169) Joe McEwing

Elster88 Aug 30 2005 11:15 AM

Edgy DC wrote: Perspective on invective from Gotham Baseball. Should I change the name of the thread? This thread can probably handle multiple blogs. It's a tough little thread. _____________________________ This post was made under the posting designation 169) Joe McEwing

Edgy MD Aug 30 2005 11:23 AM

She's your baby. You name her.

Elster88 Aug 30 2005 11:53 AM

Oops. It's actually luibitul's. Weird, I thought it was mine, too. _____________________________ This post was made under the posting designation 169) Joe McEwing

ScarletKnight41 Sep 02 2005 12:09 PM

I'm serious. I don't wanna do this. I don't even like baseball. I feel your pain, Greg.

ScarletKnight41 Sep 03 2005 06:51 AM

North Haverbrook Pretty Much Sums The Place Up - LOL I've been there (I've been to every MLB park, as well as several former MLB parks), and you're not missing much, Greg. The place is functional enough, but not a great place to watch a baseball game.

G-Fafif Sep 03 2005 01:07 PM

ScarletKnight41 wrote: North Haverbrook Pretty Much Sums The Place Up - LOL I've been there (I've been to every MLB park, as well as several former MLB parks), and you're not missing much, Greg. The place is functional enough, but not a great place to watch a baseball game. I haven't been avoiding it, per se. Just haven't gone out of my way to see it. If the Marlins and Devil Rays had come along earlier, no doubt their parks would be on the list, as I went to school in Florida in the '80s. But those two teams along with the Twins and the Mariners are the only four for whom I've never seen a home game. Seattle we're kind of saving for last. We have no short- or long-term plans to visit Minneapolis, Miami or St. Pete (where I caught my first foul ball during spring training) but sooner or later I'll feel compelled to get to them even if they're all North Haverbrook.

G-Fafif Sep 03 2005 01:07 PM

ScarletKnight41 wrote: North Haverbrook Pretty Much Sums The Place Up - LOL I've been there (I've been to every MLB park, as well as several former MLB parks), and you're not missing much, Greg. The place is functional enough, but not a great place to watch a baseball game. I haven't been avoiding it, per se. Just haven't gone out of my way to see it. If the Marlins and Devil Rays had come along earlier, no doubt their parks would be on the list, as I went to school in Florida in the '80s. But those two teams along with the Twins and the Mariners are the only four for whom I've never seen a home game. Seattle we're kind of saving for last. We have no short- or long-term plans to visit Minneapolis, Miami or St. Pete (where I caught my first foul ball during spring training) but sooner or later I'll feel compelled to get to them even if they're all North Haverbrook.

ScarletKnight41 Sep 05 2005 03:39 PM

We did Minneapolis, Milwaukee and Detroit as a driving trip with the kids in 2002. It was fun, although that much driving with three kids was rather nuts. We took along a portable tv/vcr, and had them watch the entire Ken Burns Baseball documentary on that trip Meanwhile, MK got a big laugh out of this one today (he even told it to his grandmother during Labor Day lunch) - Things Victor Diaz Will Never Be 1. A Gold Glove winner 2. A Gold Glove candidate 3. Allowed to look at a Gold Glove

ScarletKnight41 Sep 09 2005 09:45 AM

Wow! Not only is Greg's reflection on 1985 large enough to require two separate posts, but it's an amazin' recap of an amazin' season. Here is Part 1 Here is The Exciting Conclusion Plus he gives us a shout-out in his Meaningless Games in September post.

ScarletKnight41 Sep 16 2005 06:18 AM

This week's flashback is 1990. A lost season for me - my daughter was born in September 1989, which began a few years when baseball was on the back burner. The descriptions and accounts of my lost season are appreciated.

ScarletKnight41 Sep 20 2005 06:38 AM

I Hate Other Sports Big Yup© Don't get me wrong. I like football. In November, where it belongs. Get it the fuck out of September. October, too. Even if the Mets aren't in the post-season, baseball deserves October, not so much for the playoffs and the World Series but so we can spend a month mourning and reflecting on what he have just witnessed.

Edgy MD Sep 20 2005 07:13 AM

But no, it starts ramming itself down our throats in late July and by September, it's jumped offsides and into the valuable media space that should by rights be maintained 24/7/365 by baseball. Well, the "365" is kind of a contradiction. But Go, Greg, Go. I hate the NFL 24/7/365. Well, I guess I liked it when that Jets receiver decided to use his visiibility to call attention to molested children, but I hate so very much about the NFL, the list would just go on.

willpie Sep 20 2005 09:51 AM

Edgy DC wrote: But no, it starts ramming itself down our throats in late July and by September, it's jumped offsides and into the valuable media space that should by rights be maintained 24/7/365 by baseball. Well, the "365" is kind of a contradiction. But Go, Greg, Go. I hate the NFL 24/7/365. Well, I guess I liked it when that Jets receiver decided to use his visiibility to call attention to molested children, but I hate so very much about the NFL, the list would just go on. I've always found 24/7/365 (i.e. hours a day/days a week/days a year) to be on awkward construction anyway. I mean, 24/7/52 (i.e. hours a day/days a week/weeks a year) seems more consistent to me. And anyway, doesn't 24/7 already mean "all the time"?

G-Fafif Sep 20 2005 12:28 PM

willpie wrote: I've always found 24/7/365 (i.e. hours a day/days a week/days a year) to be on awkward construction anyway. I mean, 24/7/52 (i.e. hours a day/days a week/weeks a year) seems more consistent to me. And anyway, doesn't 24/7 already mean "all the time"? Let's see...seven days in a week, 52 weeks in a year...364 days. That leaves one day that if not specified may trickle into foul, non-baseball territory. And ya can't be too careful.

ScarletKnight41 Sep 23 2005 08:29 PM

Today Greg parties like it's 1995 Part 1 The Exciting Conclusion Among other things, Greg recounts meeting Jace in person after meeting him through AOL first. This was five years before I started meeting Internet friends in person at Mets games (in our household we call them axe murderer friends, or axies. Let me explain - when I told friends of ours how we would be meeting Internet friends in person at Bank One Ballpark, they were aghast. "How could you meet people in person you only know from tthe Internet? What if they're axe murderers?" To which we replied, "That's ok - they wouldn't be bringing their axes to a baseball stadium." Ever since that time, we have referred to our Internet friends as our axe murderer friends. Kase was actually the first axie I met at a baseball game. I think I brought 3-year-old MK along with me for protection at the time - LOL).

G-Fafif Sep 24 2005 01:22 PM

Today Greg parties like it's 1995 Part 1 The Exciting Conclusion Among other things, Greg recounts meeting Jace in person after meeting him through AOL first. This was five years before I started meeting Internet friends in person at Mets games (in our household we call them axe murderer friends, or axies... I have to admit, years after the fact, that I held those same perceptions and reservations in principle, based on whatever scattered reports of such meetings I had absorbed. But Jason was not an axe murderer nor have the other dozen and some people I have come to meet this way (if they were actively axe-murdering on the particular day I met them, I guess I wouldn't be posting right now). I imagine there's still some reason to fear the unknown, but I don't even think about axe murderers, et al when I make let's-meet plans with cybersouls. But all I'm after is a ballgame. Perhaps our forebears felt the same way about making the acquaintance of people by telephonic device. The Greg-Jason big (or blog) bang was covered in detail on its tenth anniversary: My perspective: [url]http://mets2005.myblogsite.com/blog/_archives/2005/6/17/949407.html His perspective: [url]http://mets2005.myblogsite.com/blog/_archives/2005/6/17/950681.html

d'Kong76 Sep 24 2005 01:55 PM

I've met 25-30 people in the seven years or so that I've been doing Mets internet stuff (not including the first annual Mofo picnic) and the only in- cident I had was a little red headed kid kicking me in the chin. Other than that - all good. I've known most of my non-internet friends my whole life. The Mets online thing has introduced me to doctors, teachers, lawyers, writers, executives, entrepreneurs, and generally much more educated people than I (or that I would meet) had it not been for being online Mets fans. I'm babbling - but like I said, it's all been good.

ScarletKnight41 Sep 24 2005 02:01 PM

Greg - this comment to your entry sums things up well I resent the implication that I am not a knife-wielding stalker. I simply have not yet revealed myself. Kase - I don't know who kicked you, but it wasn't my kid. IIRC he was too happy to show off the MLB Showdown game that he won at Fenway that day.

MFS62 Sep 24 2005 02:02 PM

Kase, You're a big guy. How did a "little" kid kick you in the chin? Sounds like there's a story there..... Later

Rockin' Doc Sep 24 2005 02:11 PM

My experiences with meeting other Mets fans in person after first "meeting" them in cyberspace have all been positive. I have come to the conclusion that Mets fans are not just highly discriminating baseball fans with fine taste in teams, but genuinely good people. I look forward to the next opportunity for a road trip to tailgate with the fine denizens of this forum.

d'Kong76 Sep 24 2005 02:25 PM

>>>I don't know who kicked you, but it wasn't my kid.<<< You turned away. I never brought it up because he's been nice to me ever since he found out I know Mr. Met.

ScarletKnight41 Sep 24 2005 09:26 PM

The full story of this meeting was kind of funny. It was in July 2000, when the Mets were in Boston. We were there with the kids, and our friend Neil (who lives in Swampscott) and Neil's son. From the MOFO, Kase and I made plans to try to say hi at the Saturday game, but we were both too paranoid to give our seat numbers to each other (just the rows). I'm not even sure that D-Dad knew about my posting life at the time (if he did, it wasn't in any detail). At one point I took the kids to meet Wally, the Green Monster, and that's where they had the wheel of luck (the older two kids won baseball cards, while MK won a set of MLB Showdown). I get back to the seats, when Neil tells me that some bald guy in a Mets jersey came over to say hi. Later on, I see a bald guy with a Mets jersey, so I strike up a conversation. Of course, it isn't Kase. I go to the row where Kase is supposed to be sitting, but I can't find him. Eventually, KB comes over, finds me, and I follow her back with MK in tow. Like somehow a guy with an axe wouldn't hurt me if I had a 3-year-old protecting me.... So, thanks to KB, Kase and I finally do meet in the late innings that day. The rest, as they say, is history ;)

ScarletKnight41 Sep 25 2005 04:06 PM

BTW, this column has a passage that sums up the bandwagoning MFY mentality wonderfully - The Mets were playing the Reds. Although the staff was tense over our impending sale, most everybody came, including our new art director Robert. He was a quiet guy from the Bronx, coming along because everybody else was going. Hadn't said much about baseball before the twinighter. He sat, watched the early innings and then leaned over to me to ask a question. "Hey Greg, do the Mets play the Reds in the second game of the doubleheader, too?" He wasn't kidding. He didn't know. That's no crime, except that in short order, Robert from the Bronx would let everyone know that he was a Yankees fan, baby. Come 1996, he would be very vocal about his favorite team winning its sport's world championship. But late in the 1995 season, he was clueless about that very same sport. One wonders how much of that was going around.

ScarletKnight41 Sep 29 2005 09:08 AM

Piazza's Last Stand is a lovely and appropriate farewell to a true Mets great. Nice work Greg!

Elster88 Sep 29 2005 09:26 AM

Everyone is assuming he is leaving the Mets next year. _____________________________ This post had the designation 144) Elliot Maddox

Willets Point Sep 29 2005 09:32 AM

"Dwight Gooden pitched for a team in the American League whose name escapes me. " The Cleveland Indians, duh!

G-Fafif Sep 29 2005 12:22 PM

Willets Point wrote: "Dwight Gooden pitched for a team in the American League whose name escapes me. " The Cleveland Indians, duh! [Sound of palm slapping forehead.] Of course! The Indians. What could have I been thinking?

ScarletKnight41 Sep 30 2005 06:51 PM

I'm making my way through Greg's three-part 2000 flashback, and I wanted to comment that I'm amused how he referred to Jace as a "non-axe murderer." I'd like to think that came from last week's discussion

G-Fafif Oct 01 2005 03:05 PM

ScarletKnight41 wrote: I'm making my way through Greg's three-part 2000 flashback, and I wanted to comment that I'm amused how he referred to Jace as a "non-axe murderer." I'd like to think that came from last week's discussion Anybody who wades through three parts deserves a shoutout.

ScarletKnight41 Oct 01 2005 03:14 PM

Well, thanks. I feel honored :)

Johnny Dickshot Oct 07 2005 06:07 AM

[url]http://mets2005.myblogsite.com/blog/_archives/2005/10/7/1285371.html Great stuff!

Johnny Dickshot Oct 07 2005 08:31 AM

Holy hell. I missed the 2000 writeup and spent the last 45 minutes reading it. 1) OH SHIT! TIMO DIDN'T RUN! IF HE HAD, THERE'D BE NO RELAY! 2) We're screwed. We're gonna lose the World Series to the Yankees This is precisely the series of thoughts I had, followed immediately by: 3) Be careful, JD, your right foot is periously close to the edge of this bar stool. I drank way too much beer generally in 2000 and on this night, especially, trying to cool off the anxiety and the hot wings. Timo's goof was basically the first and last thing that mattered that entire series and I knew it right then. I stayed till the end of the game but from that point recall mainly noise, humidity and doom until I got outside onto 44th street, some young Yankee-fan looking guy on a bicycle saw a Mets hat atop what must have been a defeated and exhausted expression, said 'Hah-hah' and rode away as if I were going to go chase him. That was the worst loss in Met history. I don't think any other comes close.

Elster88 Oct 07 2005 09:23 AM

How do I find the 2000 write-up?

Edgy MD Oct 07 2005 09:42 AM

2000 In three-part harmony.

Elster88 Oct 07 2005 10:49 AM

This says it all about the Yankees for me: I hated their fans more than I disliked any individual player or manager or owner. I have only actively hated two Yankees in my lifetime: O'Neill and Clemens. I can't cry about Steinbrenner when the Mets have the third-highest payroll. But I hate the team because of the fans. (except silver, of course).

ScarletKnight41 Oct 10 2005 08:55 AM

Excellent ALDS reading. The leader of this notorious band of thugs, Angels, is this man: Joe. Joe is as lugubrious as he is discomfiting. He can't hurt you with a bat or a ball or even a glove. His method for murder is an endless series of whiny complaints. He will try to make you believe that only his notorious band of thugs is inconvenienced by rain, that only his notorious band of thugs has to travel from one end of the continent to the other, that only his notorious band of thugs finds the starting time to be a disadvantage. Your mission, Angels, will be to drown Joe out with very loud bats and very accurate strikes.

ScarletKnight41 Oct 13 2005 09:16 AM

Greg Opines On The Stupidity Of Two Playoff Games Being Played Simultaneously Great column, as always. Here are my thoughts about it - 1) I'm in total agreement that the games shouldn't go head to head, and that 4:00 games should be scheduled instead. I have a kid who loves baseball, and it would be nice for him to be able to watch some of the championship games to the end; 2) It's times like this when I love having picture-in-picture on my television. That option was worth every penny.

ScarletKnight41 Oct 21 2005 07:36 AM

Greg - would you please pass these thoughts along to Jason about today's column 1. Nice column. An interesting way to look back at who joined the team this year. 2. I have two boys who would gladly teach him how to play MLB Showdown. In fact, the little guy (the one you met) routinely collects Showdown cards. 3. He should come over and join the Pool. The water's fine, and we talk about the Mets all year long!

Willets Point Oct 21 2005 08:44 AM

the two World Series rosters Shouldn't there be four World Series rosters?

G-Fafif Oct 22 2005 03:26 AM

Willets Point wrote: the two World Series rosters Shouldn't there be four World Series rosters? I believe he meant the World Series rosters from the championship years though I seem to recall in the wake of 2000 seeing a special section devoted to those National League champions, but only the WS roster. He excluded Rey O for being on the DL and Derek Bell for going down in the LDS. He's a stickler for his own rules. Greg - would you please pass these thoughts along to Jason about today's column 1. Nice column. An interesting way to look back at who joined the team this year. 2. I have two boys who would gladly teach him how to play MLB Showdown. In fact, the little guy (the one you met) routinely collects Showdown cards. 3. He should come over and join the Pool. The water's fine, and we talk about the Mets all year long! SK, I'll pass along your appraisal, your offer and your invite. Truth be told, I don't think I named The Holy Books. I merely equated viewing them with facing Mecca. Or Metta.

ScarletKnight41 Oct 22 2005 06:49 AM

Greg - when in 2001 were you at Pac Bell and Oakland? We were there late June/early July that year.

G-Fafif Oct 22 2005 03:09 PM

ScarletKnight41 wrote: Greg - when in 2001 were you at Pac Bell and Oakland? We were there late June/early July that year. July 5 at the Coliseum (Angels beat the A's), July 6 at Pac Bell (Giants beat the Brewers). It was very hot for the first one, very cold for the second one.

ScarletKnight41 Oct 22 2005 03:16 PM

We just missed each other. We saw two games at Pac Bell in late June/early July, and two in Oakland in early July. We were at the July 3 fireworks night in Oakland, and flew home the next day.

ScarletKnight41 Oct 24 2005 01:16 PM

I see that Jason registered :) Welcome Abordick!

Jace-FAFIF Oct 25 2005 10:44 AM

Indeedy, here I am. Hello all! Yep, the Holy Books only have separate rosters for the World Series teams that won. Though Topps did put out a great Subway Series set in 2000 that used the fonts/look of NYC subway signs. I sold the Yankees on eBay. I was sure Greg came up with the Holy Books name, but I trust his memory, which is a pretty phenomenal instrument. I'm always a bit disappointed to realize he merely has a great memory and is not, in fact, omniscient and therefore can't tell me where the hell my keys are this time. This is the last week of baseball before we plunge into the ice. It hasn't even snowed yet and I'm already desperate for spring.

Edgy MD Oct 25 2005 10:52 AM

Thanks for checking in, Jason.

dgwphotography Oct 30 2005 06:34 AM

http://mets2005.myblogsite.com/blog/_ar ... 28853.html Late December: Repeatedly write out likely 25-man roster after dog-and-cat trade nets middle reliever, utility infielder or fifth outfielder. Early January: Sight of green field while channel-surfing leads to accidental viewing of 15 seconds of Horace Clarke Yankeeography. Shudder, take hot shower. Mid-January: Actual free-agent signing/big trade coincides with freak warm spell and weather above 55 degrees. Mets all over back pages and WFAN, crocuses briefly appear. Run around for a day in shorts and Met gear. Euphoria quickly quashed by disappearance of Mets news, death of crocuses, horrendous blizzard. ROFL - great stuff.

mlbaseballtalk Oct 30 2005 07:14 AM

G-Fafif wrote: Truth be told, I don't think I named The Holy Books. I merely equated viewing them with facing Mecca. Or Metta. No time to go through the blogs, and I think I know but can you tell me what The Holy Books that you are reffering to are? Thanks Steve

MFS62 Oct 30 2005 09:12 AM

Welcome, Jason. Now that you are an official member, you must pay your rookie dues: Up ya' go on that table in the middle of the room and sing your school fight song. And we mean LOUD, for all to hear, y'hear? Later

ScarletKnight41 Oct 30 2005 09:37 AM

Jason - I think it's a very good thing that you've joined the Pool. We'll be able to help you get through the dark months.

G-Fafif Oct 30 2005 03:53 PM

mlbaseballtalk wrote: Truth be told, I don't think I named The Holy Books. I merely equated viewing them with facing Mecca. Or Metta. No time to go through the blogs, and I think I know but can you tell me what The Holy Books that you are reffering to are? Thanks Steve There's ALWAYS time to go through this blog. But as a public service, here's the entry you need: http://mets2005.myblogsite.com/blog/_ar ... 13863.html

Jace-FAFIF Oct 31 2005 01:37 PM

Welcome, Jason. Now that you are an official member, you must pay your rookie dues: Up ya' go on that table in the middle of the room and sing your school fight song. And we mean LOUD, for all to hear, y'hear? Um, OK. Though I'm gonna get soundly mocked for it.... Bulldog! Bulldog! Bow wow wow, Eli Yale! Bulldog! Bulldog! Bow wow wow, our team can never fail. When the sons of Eli break through the line, that is the sign we hail... (etc.) Easiest fight song in the world. Dumbest song Cole Porter ever wrote. In an effort to save my reputation (or convincingly ruin it further), I'll offer that Emily and I have taught our son "Meet the Mets" with the other verse, bridge, etc.

ScarletKnight41 Oct 31 2005 01:58 PM

You're not pretending to be an Eli, are you Jason? That kind of thing has happened around here before....

Willets Point Oct 31 2005 03:27 PM

Should I have referred to Ron Darling as an Eli instead of a Yalie in my song parody?

G-Fafif Oct 31 2005 03:49 PM

ScarletKnight41 wrote: You're not pretending to be an Eli, are you Jason? That kind of thing has happened around here before.... He's legit. Although I have to admit that all this time I thought his last name was Hartdke.

ScarletKnight41 Oct 31 2005 05:03 PM

And you're SURE he's not an axe murderer? ;)

old original jb Oct 31 2005 08:46 PM An obscure Connecticut ritual.

Jace: Proper introductions. BK, '87. And you?

Jace-FAFIF Nov 02 2005 05:57 AM

PC '91. We just missed each other.

old original jb Nov 02 2005 10:00 AM P is for the P in Pierson College... (By way of explanation)

Jace is not pretending, Scarlet. Unless he's some kind of expert on college trivia, he's the real thing. And a young whippersnapper to boot. (Well, I'd like to think that someone only four years younger than me could still be a young whippersnapper.) The odd little ritual in which we just engaged (virtually) is to identify our residential college and year of graduation. BK stands for Berkeley College (not the one in California, not the Yale Divinity school, and not Burger King) and PC stands for Pierson College. When I started medical school, a classmate and I were at a meeting with a faculty member named Terry who was at the time about 40 years old. When I discovered that the classmate was also an "Eli", I immediately said "Berkeley '87" to which he replied "Trumbull, '85". The faculty member looked puzled for a moment before saying "Terry. 40. What the hell are you guys talking about?" Welcome to the Pool, Jace.

Edgy MD Nov 16 2005 07:27 AM

Greg, who decided to illustrate your column with an Ortizzle tee shirt?

G-Fafif Nov 16 2005 02:41 PM

Edgy DC wrote: Greg, who decided to illustrate your column with an Ortizzle tee shirt? Dunno. I had no idea I wrote for Sports Fan Magazine either until you pointed it out to me.

Edgy MD Nov 16 2005 02:44 PM

Glad I could help. Call your agent.

G-Fafif Nov 16 2005 03:08 PM

Gotham shares content with NY Sports Day. NY Sports Day shares content with Sports Fan Magazine. And they told two friends. And so on. And so on. Ah, the Web...

ScarletKnight41 Nov 27 2005 09:09 AM

Brilliant Therefore, I wasn't surprised when Frank, a hugely funny person in real life but our resident curmudgeon on team matters (if he were drowning and Jeff Wilpon threw him a life preserver, he'd ignore it so he could add "he let a man drown" to his list of Jeff Wilpon misdeeds), Love it!

Elster88 Dec 05 2005 12:16 PM

A few days late, but enough to make me look at the calendar and count the days until spring training. I only pasted the beginning: Giving Thanks by Jason on November 24, 2005 01:11PM (EST) Hope everybody is getting ready to settle down to plates of turkey, ham, turkey substitute, or whatever you and yours have on tap. (Save some of the orange-and-blue cranberry sauce for us.) On this day of heads bowed, football watched, drunken uncles ignored, mischief at the kids' table and other forms of familial togetherness, I'd like to give thanks for a few things... ...Carlos Delgado taking aim at a 10th year of 30 home runs. ...Mike Jacobs for long home runs, a level swing and soft hands. Best of luck, Jakey. ...the idea that Carlos Beltran can finally exhale and just be Carlos Beltran. ...Jose Reyes' helmet heading for right-center as he heads (again) for third. ...David Wright eyeing his bat like a knight inspecting his broadsword. Heroism awaits.

Elster88 Dec 05 2005 12:41 PM

I haven't been to FAFIF in a while, and it just made me laugh out loud again. An interesting project from Jason, going into the levels of "Met Hell", a list of players who fans in general were wary of (in the first circle of Met hell) to those who were universally disliked. The line that made me laugh out loud was from Juan Samuel's entry: The Second Circle of Met Hell Juan Samuel -- It's painful to even remember. This was the period where having two centerfielders (Mookie and Lenny) was somehow a problem, so the solution was to get rid of both and import a second baseman to play the position, an experiment that was such a flaming disaster that the Mets insisted on repeating it with the likes of Keith Miller and Howard Johnson, until finally we were all so shell-shocked that we wanted to cheer when some hapless Met broke back on a drive to center without falling down. Edit: Wow, you'd think I had bought some advertising space on their site the way I pimp it in this thread.

G-Fafif Dec 05 2005 01:10 PM

Elster88 wrote: Wow, you'd think I had bought some advertising space on their site the way I pimp it in this thread. We prefer to think of it as our Urban Businessperson's Platinum Package. It's the same one Scarlet purchased. Thanks to all FAFIF Ho's for your patronage.

ScarletKnight41 Dec 05 2005 01:12 PM

LOL

ScarletKnight41 Dec 06 2005 03:14 PM

My thoughts about Greg's take on the current Ring of Hell - I remember that Rich Rodriguez game. It was the day of my daughter's tae kwon do black belt test. D-Dad and I were watching the test, but we had our Motorola device that updated game scores that season (it was right before you could get that information on cell phones). We were very happy when the score was 8-2, and increasingly uneasy to see the score continuing to change in the 8th inning. The only information we could get was the score, but we both knew that it was Rodriguez pitching. At one point, when the Diamondbacks suddenly scored a bunch of runs, I actually yelled something out. Luckily, it was at a point in the tae kwon do test that was pretty noisy, so it didn't disturb anyone. It was an ulcer-provoking game, even when followed from afar. Sorry to hear about Mike Bacsik. He's one of those guys we like for the sole reason that he was nice to MK -

Edgy MD Dec 06 2005 03:23 PM

I don't like Hell. Really, can you blame Sisk?

metsmarathon Dec 06 2005 04:11 PM

edgy, that's the whole point behind it. i wonder if the following each earn their own circles... tony fernandez bobby bonilla vince coleman and i've always found myself hating mike maddux.

ScarletKnight41 Dec 23 2005 06:28 AM

Greg's Holiday Carol Fabulous stuff!

seawolf17 Dec 23 2005 06:32 AM

Greg, that was outstanding!

TheOldMole Dec 23 2005 11:08 AM

Greg...loved it.

G-Fafif Dec 23 2005 03:30 PM

Thanks all!

ScarletKnight41 Dec 26 2005 06:19 PM

Greg Relives the End of the Season

ScarletKnight41 Jan 03 2006 07:44 AM

We Have Passed the Baseball Equinox MK was very happy to hear that news, btw :)

ScarletKnight41 Jan 22 2006 02:21 PM

Jason Will Miss Anna Benson I agree - she's definitely an original.

ScarletKnight41 Jan 24 2006 06:41 AM

So I take a little break from Bar Mitzvah planning and go web surfing, and this is what I find! ;)

ScarletKnight41 Jan 30 2006 03:34 PM

There's a new URL for FAFIF - http://faithandfear.blogharbor.com/

G-Fafif Jan 30 2006 05:41 PM

Thanks Scarlet. As I just posted on our blog, if any of you have a link or bookmark to us from before December 2005, we'd greatly appreciate it if you'd change it to what Scarlet said. http://faithandfear.blogharbor.com Our host compelled us to make the change two months ago and gave us an unspecified transition period in which the old one would seamlessly bring up the new one. That transition period ended today without warning. Much appreciation for your inconvenience.

ScarletKnight41 Feb 15 2006 08:32 PM

What a great mental image Tomorrow marks the one-year anniversary of the birth of Faith and Fear in Flushing, coinciding conveniently with the reportage of pitcher, catchers and various uniformed authority figures to right where they belong, on a baseball field; David Wright, apparently, arrived on October 3 and has been presumably playing catch with a wall ever since. Happy Anniversary to Greg and Jace (um, er, I mean Happy Anniversary to FAFIF )!

G-Fafif Feb 16 2006 08:09 AM

ScarletKnight41 wrote: Happy Anniversary to Greg and Jace (um, er, I mean Happy Anniversary to FAFIF )! Muchas gracias. Year Two is off and running.

G-Fafif Feb 16 2006 08:10 AM

ScarletKnight41 wrote: Happy Anniversary to Greg and Jace (um, er, I mean Happy Anniversary to FAFIF )! Muchas gracias. Year Two is off and running.

Elster88 Apr 10 2006 09:13 AM

Does anyone know if there is a new address or something? The address in Greg's sig line gives me a 404: Forbidden message, and the link I put in the thread below this one doesn't work either.

ScarletKnight41 Apr 10 2006 09:24 AM

Here is the current address - [url]http://faithandfear.blogharbor.com/

ScarletKnight41 May 08 2006 08:56 AM

The Department of Lost Wins MK has been quoting this column for days - just classic!

ScarletKnight41 Jun 03 2006 08:45 AM

Brilliant. Simply brilliant!

ScarletKnight41 Sep 19 2006 06:46 AM