But bottom line is that if Manfred hadn't watered down the playoffs without complementing with expansion, the Mets wouldn't seriously be thinking they were in it. That's true and I totally agree. But the playoffs are watered down, and baseball now is, I think, a shitshow. But in this shitshow, the ...

National obviously, though I don't harbor much disdain for American. They're the same really.

The Mets are a mediocre team still, in general. More things have gone right than wrong, so they're slightly better than mediocre perhaps now, but on average, they're not really better than the Padres, Diamondbacks, or Braves. That doesn't mean they can't beat them, or things can't go more right for ...

Nice of Olney to finally notice, 4 years in, that Lindor is awesome.

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Short Center starts at UMass Amherst next week. Now I know that's been his nickname here for a long time. But, be honest, is he still shorter than you? Ha. No, he passed me a while ago! Wait. Does that mean I'm Short Center now? conventional wisdom is you have to move off center as you get older.

can you really not paste pictures here either? yikes. https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/savant-player/david-peterson-656849?stats=statcast-r-pitching-mlb Peterson's rankings are poor. He's got a good sinker, but they hit it hard. He's been lucky in that most of the ones they hit hard are good sinkers,...

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You know what modern baseball is missing? flagging mid starting pitchers struggling to get through the order a third time.

I can't wait until Buck Showalter sees his pitcher at 99 pitches against Juan Soto in the 5th and has him throw one in the dirt so he can pull him.

Answering two of my own questions: My dream rail trip is also the Orient Express. I've never knowingly used AI. But somebody sure has ben using it on me, tracking my purchases and preferences. It seems like every time I scratch my butt, I get emails and Facebook pop-ups about butt scratching. Later...

whippoorwill wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 9:06 pm we could have a how do you like your sausage thread.

oh let me count the ways..

Do you save your books after having read them? Or do you gift them or otherwise discard them? Have big bookshelves, which have been in vogue ever since the covid lockdown? Some of youse here are very prolific book readers and read about a book a week year in, year out and would need a lot of booksh...

MFS62 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 10, 2024 5:20 pm

whippoorwill wrote: ↑Sat Aug 10, 2024 5:10 pm
Have you been swimming this summer?

No, can't go swimming any more - just up to my knees.

What is your drink for staying cool in the summer?

Later

pool water.

how good does pool water taste?

Or, better yet, just cease and desist already with the nonsense. Nonsense invites more nonsense and then it escalates to worse... We're in our 60's, not middle school. pretty sure he was talking to you. The policy applies to everyone. can I bundle it with my car insurance and meet Flo?

kcmets wrote: ↑Thu Aug 08, 2024 6:00 pm

Edgy MD wrote: ↑Thu Aug 08, 2024 5:38 pmGot ill will for another poster? Please take it to the Red Light Forum.

Or, better yet, just cease and desist already with the nonsense.
Nonsense invites more nonsense and then it escalates to worse...

We're in our 60's, not middle school.

pretty sure he was talking to you.

kcmets wrote: ↑Thu Aug 08, 2024 3:51 pm And if anyone reads a line by line fact check of everything The Now
White Jesus (formerly The Orange Jesus) said today in the form of text
or a link please post it here because by my count it was 97.691% lies.

so he was extra truthful today then. odd.

I'm certain that whatever I happen to know about anyone here is stuff that you yourself also know. I go to games with posters that I like and get along with. Why would I ever go to a game with you? Why are you in denial about how you've treated me since like my first post? Do you wanna go to a game...

batmagadanleadoff wrote: ↑Thu Aug 08, 2024 2:58 pm

He's very bad with satire or sarcasm. And he doesn't get jokes. So he gets defensive and then all hell breaks loose.

BTDT

oh I thought maybe he voted for bush and was embarrassed or something.

might be true, if Hillary was elected we had a better chance at avoid/minimizing/managing Covid a lot better Worldwide. or were we talking about 2000? Lots of war and maybe even 9/11 (thanks Steve Cohen's lawyer?) doesn't happen if Bush doesn't steal the election. I mean really. What the fuck is yo...

He wasn't talking about COVID, he was talking about millions who died in conflicts that wouldn't have happened if he was president. Tell me who you are, or stop challenging everything I say. I thought they were his words, not yours. sorry I don't take anything after "trump said" as anythi...

Trump giving a news conference appearance now.... millions dead, none of them would have died if the election wasn't stolen. might be true, if Hillary was elected we had a better chance at avoid/minimizing/managing Covid a lot better Worldwide. or were we talking about 2000? Lots of war and maybe e...

kcmets wrote: ↑Thu Aug 08, 2024 2:15 pm Trump giving a news conference appearance now.... millions dead,
none of them would have died if the election wasn't stolen.

might be true, if Hillary was elected we had a better chance at avoid/minimizing/managing Covid a lot better Worldwide.

Edgy MD wrote: ↑Wed Aug 07, 2024 5:30 pm I don't think the evidence suggests that anybody was intent on doing any such thing.

Hang tight, let me just scroll back to my texts with Max Scherzer. There are a lot of them you understand. Keeps asking me to send him some NY pizza.

Someone who actually worked a real job is so refreshing. Much like AOC. They just feel like real people.