Carson V Trump ?

I still say Rubio gets the nomination....... As soon as Jeb, Cruz, Huckabee and Kasich drip out, those 4,5 & 7 or 8% are going to Rubio. not Carson or Trump......his support will rise to high 20's low 30's......then the real debating will start........but alas......I have been colossally wrong in the past....lol.


Mets now 0-5 in World Series game 1's.......I say they win the next 4......just like 1969.

Mets still waiting for 1st no hitter

My hatred for yohan Santana is well known, I refuse to acknowledge the umo aided 1 hitter he through against the cardinals...... But now.....after all these years of befuddled looks from my fellow Met Fans, I feel vindicated.

Let's revisit why I turned on this carlis imposter.

Let's flash back to the opening week of the Season in 2009......an optimistic Mets team only 2 years removed from the beltran fiasco, and coming off the heals of consecutive September collapses ; were in Miami to take on the hated marlins........Santana was pitching in the 2nd inning when a fly ball was hit into the April sunshine of left field......."our" rookie left fielder....(.a kid who never played the outfield before the prior season in double A.....the Mets asked him to switch to cover for an injured player.... He happily obliged).......struggled with the sun....broke back first....then awkwardly came in and misplayed the ball off the heal of his glove. 1 run scored on that play and another later in  that inning and the Mets lost 2-1.

Santana..... A multi million dollar veteran could have reacted in many ways......he could o talked about the need to score more runs, he could have said its a long season and we  are all in this together.....he could have said that kid is still learning and his bat will win some games for us , but instead he threw the kid under the bus.....said his 2nd inning error cost us the game and every game is crucial. And last year we missed the playoffs by 1 game and blah blah blah.......... A divisise force in the locker room..... Driving a wedge between teammates...... A true ...me first scumbag......and that's was the day I began to hate Santana ( although I still like his music )......that's why I was infuriated when he threw that asterisk one hitter........David Wright said the inability to hit and NOT the error in the second inning cost the Mets the game...... He said the kid is a helluva player, learning left field as he goes and he will win us a bunch of games with his bat, fire and intensity...... That's why be is CAPTAIN....


That left fielder by the way.......by now you should have guessed....... Daniel Thomas Murphy.

Harvey

if he has a soul...if he is really a human being and not just a scott boras robot.....last night might have been THE turning point in the career of Matt Harvey.......for 7 2/3 innings he was shown what it is like to perform and WIN in the NY spotlight....in particular; the NY MET spotlight.......our championship seasons are rare compared to some other local teams, but when we win....there is no better atmosphere than Flushing Queens........in the bronx there is an expectation to win, and relief when you finally do....which is pretty arrogant for a team that has 1 world  series in 15 years....but in flushing there is unbridled enthusiasm for every step along the way.....there is a subtle expectation of impending doom , even in 86 when we had the best record in baseball; the post season was an excruciating high wire act where we were constantly on the brink of elimination......and so it continues today........always hopeful ....but always fearful......it brings out raw emotion from a rabid fan base...the cheers begin a year or two before we even make the playoffs, with diehards sitting in the brutal August Sun watching the triple A callups perform and the dream begins...ever hopeful.....and if you wear a Met uniform and perform on the big stage, you are appreciated and never forgotten........if Harvey still wants to leave via free agency, i suspect he is a robot......BUT.....if he stays, i suspect last night was a big part of the decision......in a season of side show distractions and an ugly "me first" attitude, the fans roared his name all night.......you might get that in Kansas City....but who wants it.........when you get that in NEW YORK, the world notices.....it's why 30 years later we still hold Darryl, Doc, Hernandez and Carter in high regard.....it's why 30 years later we still talk about where we were for the Buckner play and the Astro game and we remember every crazy detail...and those old enough recall the Buddy Harrelson v Pete Rose fight like it was last weekend and not 42 years.......as Casey coined....We're Just the Amazin Mets.

Cards vs Cubs

Is the media this stupid  ? Or do they just not give a shit ?
Evey talking head from Boston to Boise is marveling at the fact that the Cubs and Cardinals have NEVER met in the playoffs before this year ? Over a hundred years in the league together......wow.

Maybe, just maybe because for the first 70 odd years there were NO divisions.... And they were both on the National League..... No playoffs unless you end tied for first..... Something that only happened once or twice between the Dodgers & Giants....     Then in 1969 they added an east vs west NLCS............but the Cubs and Cards were both in the East......same rare probability..... Then in 95 they went to 3 divisions and 1 wild card.......but a division winner couldn't play a wild card from their own division in the first round........so they would both have to qualify for postseason and then win their first round series to meet.

It's only been the past 3 years in this bastardized extended double wil card nonsense that they could meet before the LCS.


Add in the fact that the Cubs have sucked 98% of the past 107 years and it's really no surprise at all........hell....for all their history the Yanks and Redsox only finished tied for first once; in 1978..........and did not meet for a playoff round until 1999.

Can anyone believe that the Astros and Rangers have never met in the postseason either ?

Happy note......Nice win Metsies..... Stay focused......gotta close it out tonite.

Utley the filthadelphian

Here's my problem with MLB and the NFL.
You have successfully killed the spontaneity and flow of the game with replay reviews, and still you seldom get it right.

The fact that they could review the Utley play to find irrefutable evidence that the tip of tejadas toe came off the bag a split second before the ball was in his glove, to further arbitrarily decide that this was not a "neighborhood" play and he was not entitled to sweeping near the bag while turning two ( a rule that was put in to protect shortstops) and after all that nobody thought to call Utley OUT for interference is ludicrous.

And so Joe Torre reviews the play and decides to suspend Utley.......save your fucking suspension....... Make him suit up at citifield and face the wrath........ Did Torre also say that the Umps blew the call ?.......if it wasn't interference, then why the suspension ? ?   It can't be both.

The Quest

And so it began last night in Chicago...... The Broadway Blueshirts took the first step towards the 2016 Stanley Cup......and although Pope Francis got to raise a cup at MSG before queen Henrietta...... I think this squad.....is THE SQUAD..... To win the next Rangers Stanley Cup.......time  will tell of course.

And they'll know we are Christians

By the bullet holes in our skulls apparently........ Shhh......the media is not talking about that......don't want to offend radical Islam........ I am almost too angry and disgusted to type......remember Dylan Ruff ? 6 hours after his rampage and before he was apprehended, we knew his name, his motive, we saw Facebook pictures of him with the Rebel FLAG ( funny, no obligatory pics of him in a cap & gown like all the miscreant recipients of police gunfire)....,..and yet here we are on day 2 of the Oregon shooting and we know the gunman was 20 years old......his name was probably kept secret until Hilary's friends could scrub his Facebook page........ And the POS POTUS rushed to National TV to make this ALL ABOUT gun control....... And every media outlet airs his clip over and over and over............ I wonder when they will get around to mentioning that the shooter asked his victims their religion first.....and then shot Christians in the head......and others in the leg.........shhhh.......Joaquin is coming......... All you need to know about Oregon is that guns are bad.....

Zadroga Act

Shame on Congress..... This should not be a political football..... Work it out and renew this act..... Not even sure if it covers civilians who were caught in the smoke that day.... Ot just first responders...But if it does I may need it someday.