The Mets learned in the second inning tonight that they would have to wait until at least tomorrow before clinching the National League East. As soon as the giant teal scoreboard in left-centerfield showed the Game 1 final from Turner Field-- PHI 6, ATL 5 -- the champagne could be packed away for Pittsburgh.
Not that the Mets seemed overly concerned about clinching before the game anyway. Instead of watching the first game of the Phillies-Braves doubleheader, which began at 4:35 p.m., the players had the White Sox-Angels game on one big-screen TV and the movie "Red Dragon" on the other.
Manager Willie Randolph did have a cigar ready, however, sitting upright on his desk. The stogie, an Opus X Forbidden, was a gift from assistant trainer Mike Herbst. Still, cigars have been bad luck for Randolph. When Mike Piazza presented Randolph with a cigar last season, meant to commemorate his first victory as manager, the Mets opened the season 0-5.
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did you hear willie the dumb on the fan.my god the man is a moron.he just agreed with everything russo said.stupid
If Willie is a moron than Bob is nothing more than ameba. (Bob, that is a one cell organism)
Game 1 NL playoffs: Pedro Martinez will get the start.
It is time to bring back Pedro's little midget friend, Nelson De La Rosa. We can disguise De La Rosa as the rosin bag on the mound
and Pedro can rub that little lucky charms before every pitch.
this is bob i did not write the last post
whatever bob, everyone knows you are racist AND stupid
LETS GO METS!
FINALLY, WE WILL DO THIS RIGHT!
FIRST TIME SINCE 1988, A DIVISION.
NO OREL HERSHISER AGAINST US. (yes!)
KEVIN MCREYNOLDS IS RETIRED.(thank you!)
AND MIKE SCIOCSA IS NOT IN THE PLAYOFFS TO SMACK A HOME RUN OFF OF DWIGHT GOODEN WHO IS IN JAIL FOR COKE .(huh?)
SEE... THE ODDS ARE WITH US MY BROTHERS....
UNITE AS ONE.(feels good)
THIS IS BIG. MAYBE THE LAST GO AROUND FOR SOME OF US.
THANK YOU FRED WILPON.
LETS ROCK THE HOUSE.
Perhaps, I can add a few words...
Bob may be-- gender challenged,
but he is not a racist.
He has no scruples to speak of,
but he is the man that "mooned" Bill Buckner --
as Mookie's ball rolled past. (true story)
Basically we owe him the 1986 World Series.
For this I give thanks.
Bob is a hero,
they will build a statue of him mooning
Bill Buckner one day.
The children will plant flowers.
Thank you Fred Wilpon????All Met fans should thank George and the Yankees for forcing loose bucks Freddy to compete.
i bet pedro blows his arm out today
Dr Z and Bob - you are both Yankee fans blogging here pretending to be rooting for METS. I can read right through your words. I welcome the chance to see you in October and watch you watch us celebrate @ Shea. Yea, you heard me right.
YOU POOR THING,SOUNDS LIKE YOU SNAPPED YOUR GARTER.I'AM AFRAID,AFTER WATCHING DL PEDRO PITCH TONIGHT , THERE WILL BE NO CELEBRATION AT SHEA IN OCTOBER UNLESS YOUR TALKING ABOUT HALLOWEEN.
Ah Halloween or as I like to call it "hide the wheenie" It's the only day of the year I get to wear my blonde wig, orange lipstick with matching fishnets and quilted puff dress.
Lets not start the fake postings . If you ever go inside to "talk back" their stuff is stupid and almost unreadable and very very boring also non-creative. That is a shame for them. And for what it is worth, I only wear the fishnets on weekends (don't tell my wife please)because they are comfortable.