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by Benjamin Grimm
Sun May 19, 2024 9:55 am
Forum: The Baseball Forum
Topic: Who's your new closer?
Replies: 17
Views: 107

Re: Who's your new closer?

Maybe it should be Raley. Since he can't pitch, he can't give up any three-run homers.
by Benjamin Grimm
Sat May 18, 2024 8:41 pm
Forum: The Baseball Forum
Topic: IGT 05/18 - Mets at Marlins - First Pitch 4:10 PM
Replies: 86
Views: 292

Re: IGT 05/18 - Mets at Marlins - First Pitch 4:10 PM

It's 2019 again for Edwin Diaz.
by Benjamin Grimm
Sat May 18, 2024 11:00 am
Forum: The Non-Baseball Forum
Topic: GUESS WORDS. SOLVE DAILY. CLAIM PRIZE. Wordling in 2024
Replies: 1376
Views: 45294

Re: GUESS WORDS. SOLVE DAILY. CLAIM PRIZE. Wordling in 2024

Thank you! I won a couple of these early on, plus one of the "exhibition" rounds before we got the spreadsheet, so I thought this would be easy. But we have a lot of strong competitors.
by Benjamin Grimm
Fri May 17, 2024 2:54 pm
Forum: The Non-Baseball Forum
Topic: Politics Are Still Loco: 2024
Replies: 221
Views: 5690

Re: Politics Are Still Loco: 2024

I'm not sure there's any such thing as "presidential" anymore.
by Benjamin Grimm
Fri May 17, 2024 1:59 pm
Forum: The Non-Baseball Forum
Topic: Guess who died in 2024
Replies: 141
Views: 5129

Re: Guess who died in 2024

G-Fafif wrote: Fri May 17, 2024 1:19 pm Dabney Coleman, brilliant at playing unlikable leading men (indelibly so on Buffalo Bill), 92.
9 to 5 as well, right?

The last time I saw him was on Boardwalk Empire.
by Benjamin Grimm
Fri May 17, 2024 10:53 am
Forum: The Non-Baseball Forum
Topic: Headin' Out: Vacations 2024
Replies: 18
Views: 251

Re: Headin' Out: Vacations 2024

Sounds like a great trip! Say hello to Mons Meg for me!
by Benjamin Grimm
Fri May 17, 2024 9:17 am
Forum: The Baseball Forum
Topic: Schaefer year TWENTY!
Replies: 17
Views: 252

Re: Schaefer year TWENTY!

http://potg.ultimatemets.com/images/warning.gif Cast your votes now! Voting for all games played through May 16, the home-and-away series against the Phillies, will close on Friday, May 24. If there are any games that you haven't yet voted for, and intend to, please try to do so over the next week.
by Benjamin Grimm
Fri May 17, 2024 9:10 am
Forum: The Baseball Forum
Topic: Are the Mets Just Bad
Replies: 34
Views: 327

Re: Are the Mets Just Bad

Stearns has said that it takes 45 games to evaluate a team. We're almost there.
by Benjamin Grimm
Fri May 17, 2024 9:04 am
Forum: The Baseball Forum
Topic: National League East Vote
Replies: 30
Views: 577

Re: National League East Vote

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Fri May 17, 2024 8:09 am Also, Cohen could have just the same meant that the Mets can't be buyers until the trade deadline nears.
That occurred to me too.
by Benjamin Grimm
Wed May 15, 2024 2:57 pm
Forum: The Non-Baseball Forum
Topic: Rock Reconsidered
Replies: 10
Views: 108

Re: Rock Reconsidered

That's a common enough path. Jerry Seinfeld and Ray Romano did the same thing. And so did Burns and Allen and Jack Benny.
by Benjamin Grimm
Wed May 15, 2024 9:38 am
Forum: The Non-Baseball Forum
Topic: Rock Reconsidered
Replies: 10
Views: 108

Re: Rock Reconsidered

Paul Reiser?
by Benjamin Grimm
Tue May 14, 2024 2:50 pm
Forum: The Baseball Forum
Topic: 5/14/24 - The 'Why is this a Day Game?' IGT
Replies: 67
Views: 355

Re: 5/14/24 - The 'Why is this a Day Game?' IGT

Mr. Met looks weird without a cap.
by Benjamin Grimm
Mon May 13, 2024 12:03 pm
Forum: The Baseball Forum
Topic: Re: IGT, ATL@NYM 2024-05-12: Mama Told Me Not to Come
Replies: 64
Views: 236

Re: IGT, ATL@NYM 2024-05-12: Mama Told Me Not to Come

http://potg.ultimatemets.com/images/schaefer48.jpg Cast your vote! This is brilliant. Did you do those letters yourself? Impressive! Thank you! It's been a few years now. I'm not sure where I got the lettering from. Maybe there's a Toulouse-Lautrec font somewhere that I found? I do remember deformi...
by Benjamin Grimm
Fri May 10, 2024 7:17 pm
Forum: The Baseball Forum
Topic: TROMP 45!!
Replies: 9
Views: 58

Re: TROMP 45!!

Reggie Cleveland?
by Benjamin Grimm
Fri May 10, 2024 3:33 pm
Forum: The Baseball Forum
Topic: IGT 05/10/24 -- ATL @ NYM
Replies: 60
Views: 224

Re: IGT 05/10/24 -- ATL @ NYM

bmfc1 wrote: Wed May 08, 2024 6:36 pm While you wait for the game, be sure to listen to the latest episode of "National League Town" as G-Fafif and I discuss my trip to "The Lou".
I don't want to sound judgy, but why would anyone want to listen to a podcast about your bathroom activities?
by Benjamin Grimm
Fri May 10, 2024 3:31 pm
Forum: The Baseball Forum
Topic: Baseball Passings 2024
Replies: 52
Views: 1358

Re: Baseball Passings 2024

Tragically, the former Little League World Series hero and No. 9 overall draft pick collapsed while coaching his son’s little league game.
How horrible.
by Benjamin Grimm
Fri May 10, 2024 3:12 pm
Forum: The Baseball Forum
Topic: My Old School
Replies: 33
Views: 232

Re: My Old School

I was wondering what was notable about Alabama, but it just clicked with me that it's the first state alphabetically. I assume this quiz was intended to keep going all the way through to Wyoming.

And it would have happened too, if not for that meddling Lance Johnson.
by Benjamin Grimm
Fri May 10, 2024 3:10 pm
Forum: The Baseball Forum
Topic: My Old School
Replies: 33
Views: 232

Re: My Old School

Somehow, it's all Lance Johnson's fault.