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:tu x 2

:xxx

:r

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Well well well...we finally win a close one against a quality pitcher...against Jiminez. :tu :tu

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Which brings them to 56-56...7 Sticks in the KCC box. :)

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In true Mets fashion...lead them all the way until the 8th and then piss it away...with a Grand Slam no less!! :td :td

And who stole David Wright and Carlos Beltran bodies??? These two are like 6 for their last 80. :td :td

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I would like to offer congrats to K-Rod for being arrested tonight. Seem's he beat up his father-in-law after the game.

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Glad to hear he could beat somebody...in the family room at Citifield no less. Stay classy K-Rod. :td :td :td

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Mets win in another shutout!! Santana look great...and we even scored him a few runs. :tu :tu

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Mac....a MUST read...:D


Only the Mets
Posted on: August 12, 2010 12:07 pm
Edited on: August 12, 2010 12:16 pm

Only the Mets, right?

Only the Mets could have a player arrested in the clubhouse, after a fight with his father-in-law -- in the team's family room, in front of his teammates' wives and children!

Only the Mets could have their manager tell reporters that he'd definitely use Francisco Rodriguez to close today's game against the Rockies -- if Rodriguez gets back from court in time -- after his morning arraignment! Of course, about an hour after Manuel said that, the Mets announced that Rodriguez has been placed on the restricted list for two days, meaning he can't pitch, they won't pay him and they have a couple more days to figure out what to do next.

No, it's not funny when a family dispute gets so heated that someone (Rodriguez's father-in-law, in this case) needs treatment at a hospital. But it sure is Mets-like.

Is there any team in baseball that has embarrassed itself more over the last four years?

I'm sure I'm missing something, but here's the list:

1. The collapse. On Sept. 12, 2007, the Mets held a seven-game lead over the Phillies with just 17 games to play. They went 5-12 the rest of the way, and the Phillies won the division by one game.

2. The concussion. After outfielder Ryan Church suffered his second concussion in three months, the Mets allowed him to fly with the team from Atlanta to Colorado. The Mets later admitted this was a bad idea.

3. The firing. After going back and forth on whether to dump manager Willie Randolph, the Mets had Randolph fly to California with the team in June 2008. Then, two hours after the first game of the trip, the Mets announced that they had fired Randolph -- at 3:12 a.m. New York time.

3. The collapse, part II. In September 2008, the Mets didn't lead by seven games, but they did lead the division by half a game on Sept. 19, and led the wild-card race by 2 1/2 games the next day. They lost six of their last nine games, lost the division to the Phillies and lost the wild card to the Brewers on the final day of the season -- in the final game ever at Shea Stadium. Oh, and the Mets scheduled their Shea Goodbye ceremony for after the final game, when there was nothing to celebrate.

4. The press conference. First there were the stories about assistant general manager Tony Bernazard allegedly taking his shirt off and challenging Mets minor leaguers to a fight. And there were stories about Bernazard allegedly fighting with Rodriguez on a team flight. Then, when the Mets fired Bernazard, they somehow made things worse and more embarrassing. On live television -- on Mets-owned SNY -- Minaya accused New York Daily News reporter Adam Rubin of campaigning for a job with the team. To make things even more complicated, and more embarrassing, Rubin worked part-time for SNY, and in fact it was an appearance on SNY before the press conference that reportedly set Minaya off.

5. The surgery. This January, the Mets picked a fight with their most talented player, complaining publicly about the timing of center fielder Carlos Beltran's knee surgery. The Mets claimed they didn't know Beltran was having surgery. Beltran's agent, Scott Boras, said he had told them.

6. The Maine problem. Convinced that starter John Maine had a physical problem that was causing him to lose velocity, Manuel and pitching coach Dan Warthen made the decision to remove Maine from a start in Washington after just five pitches. Warthen later told reporters that Maine is "a habitual liar in a lot of ways as far as his own health." Maine had an angry exchange with Warthen on the Mets' flight home that night. He never pitched in another game for the Mets, and recently had season-ending shoulder surgery.

7. The bullpen fight. During a game against the Yankees that same week, Rodriguez and bullpen coach Randy Niemann got in what The New York Times described as "a heated confrontation" in the bullpen, in view of fans. Niemann later took responsibility.

8. The arrest. According to Kevin Burkhardt of SNY, Rodriguez went directly to the family room after Wednesday night's 6-2 Mets loss to the Rockies. While there, he apparently got into an argument with his wife, and when his father-in-law stepped in, the confrontation got physical. Rodriguez's father-in-law was taken to a local hospital. Rodriguez was arrested.

There's more. Those are just the highlights. Or the lowlights.

Only the Mets.

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The past two years in a nutshell!! Gotta love Minaya and his crew. :td :td

And I thought the circus didn't come to town until September?? Guess it never left. :r :r

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Seems to me it goes back more than 4 years. Remember the '80s, when the team didn't know whether to play the line or snort it, or the story about David Cone flogging his dolphin in the bullpen? :r

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Ahhhhh...how could we forget! :r

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Woo Hooo...another shutout, Mets win 1-0. RA Dickey has been a blessing for us in an otherwise shitty year. :tu :tu

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58-57, 9 games out of first, but with a shot, actually... enough of a shot to make the last few weeks of the season be just....miserable.

look at all the fun the Orioles are having...Shitcanned the manager, hired ol whassis face, and poof...having fun, winning games, but not a shot in hell of the playoffs...just, winning games, being entertaining.

Oh, 8 sticks in the KCC bucket, for those that are playing.

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Lovely series against the Phillies. 10 sticks now in the Kelmac Comfort Crusade box. 10. maybe that's a bit much... I dunno. I just hope it helps when the time comes.

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Ughhhhh another damn loss!! :td :td

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KRod done for the season!! Torn ligament in his pitching hand.
I wonder how that happened.:rolleyes:

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Imagine that? And the hits just keep on coming. :td :td

Need to suspend him the rest of the season WITHOUT pay!!

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Beats me. And I mean that literally. :D

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Mac....so as to not rub salt in the wound...I'm not gonna say it...:tu

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WUSS:td:r

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Mac already knows I think that the Mets are dysfunctional...it's where good players go to die...that K-Rod is a tool...Minaya and Manuel suck..."choke = Mets"...that "underachiever" is an "understatement"...etc. etc. etc.....so why should I say it?...He's in enough pain as it is....



Best part is they're in the NL East....
:r


Sorry brother....with all their issues its not even fun rooting against them...more like pity the faithful!!

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There's no reason to pile on Keith:r

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:r:r....:=:

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Definitely a huge Mets fan! I agree the past couple of seasons have been rough, but we still have hope for the post season. It would be great to see other prospects to join Santana, so maybe late minor pickups would be good! GO METS!!!

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Do you think the Mets will void the rest of his contract?

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Certainly think they should, but I doubt it....union will have a BIG say in that....

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I agree...while it SHOULD be done, don't see the Players Union allowing it. :td :td He should pay the Mets back. :tu

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what's he getting...$11-12 mil a year?

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They can cancel the rest of the money owed to him this year. A move that the union will surely grieve. Next year they are on the hook for 12 or so mil. If he finishes 55 games next year win or lose an 18mil option for 4th year becomes automatic.

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There is nothing the union can do about it. It is in the players contracts. Do you remember Aaron Boone with the Yankees in 2003. He hit's the walk off HR against the Red Sox to send the Yankees to the World Series. That December he is playing basketball and tears up his knee. He violated his contract and the Yankees voided the rest of the contract. Then they traded for A-Roid a month later.

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Boone was playing basketball...something along the lines that he wasn't supposed to be doing (skydiving, riding a motorcycle, etc) according to his contract. Not sure if beating up your father in law in the Citi Field family room was in K-Rods contract. :r :r His ass needs to be GONE...and take Minaya and Manuel with him.

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When Kevin Brown punched the clubhouse wall, he was only fined and placed on DL
Same thing with AJ earlier this year minus the DL

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Hmmmmm.....maybe its the water in NYC?!? :D

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Iverson? Vick? Those names ring any bells? :r

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Hey...those are my Virginia boys!!! :su

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Maybe its Mac!?! :r:r

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Wasn't me!! :r :r :r

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Hopefully he gets some jail time like the common folk would get.

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Another loss...way to go!!! :tu :tu #$%&*, !@#$ , @$%#&!!!!

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What's tonight got in store for the Mets?? It's like a soap opera. :r :r

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And your Mets are the Susan Lucci of MLB, I suppose? :D

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Another loss...:td:td

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Hey...we finally score more than 3 runs and win!!! :tu :tu

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Two in a row...WOO HOO!!! Wait, it was against the Pirates, that doesn't count. :r :r

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Spoke too soon...pissed another one away today. :td :td

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See, It's this wanton torture of the agony twisted souls of the Mets Loyal fans that is so much like an old Alfred Hitchcock Movie...Maybe even Steven King.

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Or maybe Marx Brothers infield, Ritz Brothers outfield, and Three Stooges bullpen. :r

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Laugh it up guys!! :r :r

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Oh no, that would be too easy. It's actually horrifying. 62-62, Eight games out of First place, and if I may say so, subtly improving their game...still in the hunt, still capable of pulling out another miracle...but still....just toying with your soul...existing right at Mediocrity, just good enough to keep you from becoming a Yankees fan...winning just enough to allow you to feed your inner masochist without being too obvious.

62-62. be comforted that the official Kelmac comfort Crusade count is at 13 now...13 Maduro coated lovelies set aside just for you, to help assuage the pain this season is bringing you...from each of the BOTLs that understand what you are going through...