THE OFFICIAL NEW YORK METS THREAD

Gary Carter

shoulda never taken out niese. horrible move by collins.

i truly believe this franchise is jinxed and it all started with bum knees beltran starring at the curveball in game 7 of the 06 nlcs. i often wonder what woulda happen with this franchise had beltran gotten that winning run in that game and they go onto the world series and win it.

Wobbie

metsfan wrote:

i often wonder what woulda happen with this franchise had beltran gotten that winning run in that game and they go onto the world series and win it.

and I often wonder what it would be like to have bill gates' money :?

rhinomagic

metsfan wrote:

shoulda never taken out niese. horrible move by collins.

i truly believe this franchise is jinxed and it all started with bum knees beltran starring at the curveball in game 7 of the 06 nlcs. i often wonder what woulda happen with this franchise had beltran gotten that winning run in that game and they go onto the world series and win it.

I sometimes think about those pitches freezing Delgado & Beltran. Wainwright straight-up owned them in the 9th. It seems a bit other-worldly, all these years later. How could they have stood in that batters' box and just watched? Certainly, I'm biased, but I have trouble imagining the Mets wouldn't have beaten the Tigers in 5 games (just like the Cards did). But they never got there, so we'll never know.

The curse on the franchise isn't 5 years old, it's 50 years old. The Mets are doomed for eternity, and--God help us--we've gone all-in w/ them. Think about it: they don't win unless really strange, once-in-a-lifetime things happen to them over and over again. And even then, it may not be enough.

In '69, it took a black cat and a huge collapse from the Cubs to get the Mets into the postseason. Then, it took a shoe polish trick and some flawed umpiring to get them the World Series victory. In '86, they had to outlast that cheater Mike Scott in the NLCS. Wild pitches and Buckner's bad ankles gave them Game 6 of the World Series. In '88, Hershiser was bullet-proof and almost won the pennant by himself. In '99, Rogers walks the series-winning run home one game after Ventura wins one w/a grand slam that only counted for one run. In 2000, the Mets crushed the Giants and the Cardinals but couldn't do a damn thing w/ the Yankees. And then there's the '06 NLCS where they left the bats on their shoulders in the most important situation of any game, basically throwing a fat middle finger @Endy Chavez's catch to keep them in it.

Fluky, weird-ass, disappointing things are the norm with the Amazins. After 26 seasons, I've come to accept it as their fate. I'm not going anywhere, but at some point in the past 5 seasons I resigned myself to it and don't get too upset anymore.

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Gary Carter

i have a love/hate relationship with reyes and yet i'm starting to want this to resign him. one minute he does something really great but next minute he does something stupid. perfect example was last night.

xavier mcdaniel

pretty interesting piece on the difference in Reyes this year as opposed to previous years:

http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/mets/2 ... ow-im-calm

The Fixer

anyone see the documentary about the 86 mets? what channel did that air on?

Gary Carter

which documentary bout the 86 mets? a few have been made.

Gary Carter

it's really ashame the team is doing well and this thread is dead

The Juggler

thanks for beating the braves

xavier mcdaniel

The Fixer wrote:

anyone see the documentary about the 86 mets? what channel did that air on?

if you're talking about the one that aired on MSG network, that was unwatchable. i saw the first episode in March and my three problems were this:

1 - commercials every five minutes
2 - no interviews with anyone involved players/broadcasters/writers
3 - no footage

It was like sitting and listening to celeb Met fans do a reading of the "Bad Guys Won", which on the other hand is a tremendous book.

conman

metsfan wrote:

it's really ashame the team is doing well and this thread is dead

i was just wondering why this thread hasn't been more popular

xavier mcdaniel

rough way to lose that game, but even brutal official scoring on that jordan shaffer play.

The Fixer

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

The Fixer wrote:

anyone see the documentary about the 86 mets? what channel did that air on?

if you're talking about the one that aired on MSG network, that was unwatchable. i saw the first episode in March and my three problems were this:

1 - commercials every five minutes
2 - no interviews with anyone involved players/broadcasters/writers
3 - no footage

It was like sitting and listening to celeb Met fans do a reading of the "Bad Guys Won", which on the other hand is a tremendous book.

haha. I think that was the one. guess I won't be trying to find it.

The Juggler

a balk off....the mets are funny

Johnny Abruzzo

The Juggler wrote:

a balk off....the mets are funny

Apparently everyone on the field knew it was a balk. I'll never understand that rule.

Not as good as the unassisted triple play, but pretty good.

I was at a Yanks v Phils game at the Vet that we lost on a balk in the 13th inning - I was so pissed. I guess bad teams do stupid shit like that. That was Top 13th - I don't remember any balk offs before this one.

The Juggler

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

The Juggler wrote:

a balk off....the mets are funny

Apparently everyone on the field knew it was a balk. I'll never understand that rule.

Not as good as the unassisted triple play, but pretty good.

I was at a Yanks v Phils game at the Vet that we lost on a balk in the 13th inning - I was so pissed. I guess bad teams do stupid shit like that. That was Top 13th - I don't remember any balk offs before this one.

the list keeps getting longer
http://www.aolnews.com/2009/08/23/eric- ... f-mets-lo/
Eric Bruntlett's Unassisted Triple Play Adds to List of Mets' Lowlights

rhinomagic

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

It was like sitting and listening to celeb Met fans do a reading of the "The Bad Guys Won", which on the other hand is a tremendous book.

Indeed.

A very good read for any Mets fan.

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Cliffy6745

This is a fantastic read.

http://www.tedquarters.net/2011/06/15/what-we-carry/

Gary Carter

mike francesa just reported eddie c(oleman) reported that sandy asked to talk contract negotiation with reyes's agent and was told no wait till after the season.

The Juggler

metsfan wrote:

mike francesa just reported eddie c(oleman) reported that sandy asked to talk contract negotiation with reyes's agent and was told no wait till after the season.

...doh!