New York Mets-2018

[quote="sjc88" post=282581]Beast, thankfully Marv was a little before my time but like many here, grew up on Bob Murphy, Ralph Kiner and Lindsay Nelson. Ralph Kiner loved to tell that story. It was funny every time he told it.[/quote]

For certain, for me too. The great thing about long time Met fans is that the best fans have a really good historical sense of the Mets entire history. The crew of Kiner/Murphy/Nelson(who departed way before the first two) were phenomenal, which really helped when the teams were far less.

Kiner's stories were terrific. Kiner's corner example: Kiner was interviewing Clarence "Choo Choo" Coleman, a journeyman light hitting catcher on the Mets roster in the mid 60s. Coleman never bothered to learn any of his teammates names, calling everyone "Bub". In Kiner's interview, Coleman was giving painfully short answers, often one word. Running out of questions, Kiner asked him, "Choo Choo, do you have a wife?" One word answer - Yes. Kiner, trying to get more of a conversation, then asked Coleman "What's she like?" Coleman then asnwered, "Me."

Fortunately the Mets have always had pretty good announcers. McCarver was great for a while, until he began to sound condescending. Hernandez/Darling/Cohen are fantastic, and have great chemistry together. Even on radio, Howie Rose, who is a diehard Mets fan who grew up in Queens, is also really great to listen to.
 
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Gary Cohen like Howie Rose is a Queens kid as well. It's hard to believe that there are now some younger people that never heard of (or never listened to) Bob Murphy and Lindsay Nelson. Ralph Kiner because of his longevity kept the stories alive and I always enjoyed listening to him (foibles and all). He was a link to the history, of not only baseball as a whole, but the early Mets. My favorite Ralph story was McCarver asking him about dating Liz Taylor and he starts out (unknowingly?) with "First let me say, she was easy"....LOL
 
[quote="sjc88" post=282658]Gary Cohen like Howie Rose is a Queens kid as well. It's hard to believe that there are now some younger people that never heard of (or never listened to) Bob Murphy and Lindsay Nelson. Ralph Kiner because of his longevity kept the stories alive and I always enjoyed listening to him (foibles and all). He was a link to the history, of not only baseball as a whole, but the early Mets. My favorite Ralph story was McCarver asking him about dating Liz Taylor and he starts out (unknowingly?) with "First let me say, she was easy"....LOL[/quote]

Liz Taylor certainly sits at the top of the list, but word was Ralph did very well with the Hollywood set in general.
 
[quote="Beast of the East" post=282584][quote="sjc88" post=282581]Beast, thankfully Marv was a little before my time but like many here, grew up on Bob Murphy, Ralph Kiner and Lindsay Nelson. Ralph Kiner loved to tell that story. It was funny every time he told it.[/quote]

For certain, for me too. The great thing about long time Met fans is that the best fans have a really good historical sense of the Mets entire history. The crew of Kiner/Murphy/Nelson(who departed way before the first two) were phenomenal, which really helped when the teams were far less.

Kiner's stories were terrific. Kiner's corner example: Kiner was interviewing Clarence "Choo Choo" Coleman, a journeyman light hitting catcher on the Mets roster in the mid 60s. Coleman never bothered to learn any of his teammates names, calling everyone "Bub". In Kiner's interview, Coleman was giving painfully short answers, often one word. Running out of questions, Kiner asked him, "Choo Choo, do you have a wife?" One word answer - Yes. Kiner, trying to get more of a conversation, then asked Coleman "What's she like?" Coleman then asnwered, "Me."

Fortunately the Mets have always had pretty good announcers. McCarver was great for a while, until he began to sound condescending. Hernandez/Darling/Cohen are fantastic, and have great chemistry together. Even on radio, Howie Rose, who is a diehard Mets fan who grew up in Queens, is also really great to listen to.[/quote]

Beast, we have had and probably will continue to have our "sparring sessions" but no sarcasm, nothing between the lines, I really enjoy your Met anecdotes. As another lifelong Met fan from the start, they bring back a lot of great memories. Thanks...........
 
Another comeback win last night with "struggling" Yo tying the game yet again.
Only April. Lots of time to implode. But so far, a pretty gutty team.
 
[quote="Logen" post=282666][quote="Beast of the East" post=282584][quote="sjc88" post=282581]Beast, thankfully Marv was a little before my time but like many here, grew up on Bob Murphy, Ralph Kiner and Lindsay Nelson. Ralph Kiner loved to tell that story. It was funny every time he told it.[/quote]

For certain, for me too. The great thing about long time Met fans is that the best fans have a really good historical sense of the Mets entire history. The crew of Kiner/Murphy/Nelson(who departed way before the first two) were phenomenal, which really helped when the teams were far less.

Kiner's stories were terrific. Kiner's corner example: Kiner was interviewing Clarence "Choo Choo" Coleman, a journeyman light hitting catcher on the Mets roster in the mid 60s. Coleman never bothered to learn any of his teammates names, calling everyone "Bub". In Kiner's interview, Coleman was giving painfully short answers, often one word. Running out of questions, Kiner asked him, "Choo Choo, do you have a wife?" One word answer - Yes. Kiner, trying to get more of a conversation, then asked Coleman "What's she like?" Coleman then asnwered, "Me."

Fortunately the Mets have always had pretty good announcers. McCarver was great for a while, until he began to sound condescending. Hernandez/Darling/Cohen are fantastic, and have great chemistry together. Even on radio, Howie Rose, who is a diehard Mets fan who grew up in Queens, is also really great to listen to.[/quote]

Beast, we have had and probably will continue to have our "sparring sessions" but no sarcasm, nothing between the lines, I really enjoy your Met anecdotes. As another lifelong Met fan from the start, they bring back a lot of great memories. Thanks...........[/quote]

I really appreciate that. I know you are a good guy and passionate fan, and I usually only comment directly to you when I disagree. I would suspect that there is a lot of overlap that we agree on, and would get along just fine in person.

But again, I appreciate the time you've taken to write just now. +1 to you for that.
 
Cabrera out with a sore right hamstring. Hoping this isn’t a lingering problem as he has had a terrific start to the season. Flores is a good replacement but this could really thin our bench.
 
[quote="MainMan" post=282700]Another comeback win last night with "struggling" Yo tying the game yet again.
Only April. Lots of time to implode. But so far, a pretty gutty team.[/quote]

This tweet has not aged well.
 
[quote="Beast of the East" post=282790]All of a sudden, pitching staff doesn't look formidable. deGrom, Noah are studs, but everyone else is shaky.[/quote]

Unfortunately, team starting to look shaky. They haven’t lost yet today (bottom 12) but you don’t win many big league games when you give up three runs, all aided by very shoddy fielding. Two outfield balls that just should have been caught and an error at shortstop. Not over yet though.
 
[quote="mjmaherjr" post=282830]rough loss[/quote]

To say the least. Leads in the 8th and 10th, another walk coming around in the 13th. Getting closer to same old Mets time. Losing is one thing, obviously you can’t stay as hot as they were but the way you lose matters.
 
Sloppy defense. On other side of coin, is it time to convince Bruce to take over at first & get Nimmo in the lineup regularly? Gonzalez came up with Lou Gehrig I believe.
 
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Lagares comes in for defense in the ninth and goes back on the ball like he was Giancarlo Stanton and Familia gets charged with a blown save.
 
I agree Lagares played that poorly. It was a rocket though. He might have played it better if he let it hit off the wall and might have prevented tie run from scoring. Poor defensive game all around. The Rosario error let them tie game earlier. At some point our GM may want to consider acquiring a catcher that can hit better than .100. That also started to show yesterday.
 
When the showed him and announced he entered the game you could see he was having an issue with the sun. Did not get a good jump on the ball. Back end of the bullpen becoming a problem.
 
[quote="Paultzman" post=282834]Sloppy defense. On other side of coin, is it time to convince Bruce to take over at first & get Nimmo in the lineup regularly? Gonzalez came up with Lou Gehrig I believe.[/quote]




I'm not giving up on Gonzalez just yet, too good of a hitter. However, it's probably time to look for another catcher. Got to be someone better then Loboton and Nido., like Ramos who use to kill Met pitching and will at least make contact . Still a threat at the plate.
 
[quote="SJUNC" post=282904]When the showed him and announced he entered the game you could see he wa


s having an issue with the sun. Did not get a good jump on the ball. Back end of the bullpen becoming a problem.[/quote]





You are right. Usually he plays shallow and would not have caught up with Martinez drive. Have to believe the sun affected him since he was deep and should have caught up with the ball.
 
[quote="sjc88" post=282903]I agree Lagares played that poorly. It was a rocket though. He might have played it better if he let it hit off the wall and might have prevented tie run from scoring. Poor defensive game all around. The Rosario error let them tie game earlier. At some point our GM may want to consider acquiring a catcher that can hit better than .100. That also started to show yesterday.[/quote]



Anyone else get the feeling Rosario likes to backhand the ball instead of getting his body in front. Is it me or is he overhyped as a defensive player?
 
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