May 28
“Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.” Casey Stengel
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198 comments
fongy2
5/28/2009-4:14pm at 4:14 pm (UTC -4)
Case,wherever you’re gettin’ these
Stengel quotes from–
They’re priceless!
CaseStreet
5/28/2009-4:16pm at 4:16 pm (UTC -4)
baseball almanac
metsfan4decades
5/28/2009-4:24pm at 4:24 pm (UTC -4)
Damn. I just read an biography of Casey’s life. That book was filled with all kinds of Casey stories and Stengelese. Just sent it back to the online library I belong to so don’t have it anymore.
He really was one smart baseball man – regardless of some who regarded him as some sort of clown. I think he only got that tag after agreeing to manage the hapless 1962 Mets….
fongy2
5/28/2009-4:25pm at 4:25 pm (UTC -4)
Yeah, earlier
version of Zip
Zimmer.
rustyjr
5/28/2009-4:17pm at 4:17 pm (UTC -4)
I was thinking more of the slap chop thing linguine fettucinni string bikini LOL – still u will love my nuts
fongy2
5/28/2009-4:22pm at 4:22 pm (UTC -4)
Rusty, wheres this day in
Mets history?
And b/t/w,I know i’m like a junkie BUT I cant help myself
checkin’in on mattsblog.
He keeps mentioning his email
BUT I’ve never rec’d a response to any of mine from
him. Plus, the lock-out continuuuues! What a tool.
(and a cheap,made in China one
at that!)
rustyjr
5/28/2009-4:28pm at 4:28 pm (UTC -4)
It starts tomorrow as a post
fongy2
5/28/2009-4:31pm at 4:31 pm (UTC -4)
Looking foward
to it! Just about every one
you posted brought back
memories.
Kinda sick how
much of my life
somehow involved
Met related
Memories.
rustyjr
5/28/2009-4:39pm at 4:39 pm (UTC -4)
Join the club
fongy2
5/28/2009-4:41pm at 4:41 pm (UTC -4)
How do you mean?
rustyjr
5/28/2009-4:47pm at 4:47 pm (UTC -4)
Mets memories btw anyone see dr alan land ?
CaseStreet
5/28/2009-4:19pm at 4:19 pm (UTC -4)
good night all
fongy2
5/28/2009-4:23pm at 4:23 pm (UTC -4)
Good night??
where the heck are you??
rustyjr
5/28/2009-4:31pm at 4:31 pm (UTC -4)
Case is on the uk LOL
sabermetrician
5/28/2009-4:20pm at 4:20 pm (UTC -4)
Have you guys seen the ‘Todays Braves Girl’ on the BravesBaseballBlog? Wowser. We need a ‘Today’s Mets’ Girl’.
DNDJohan aka kistics
5/28/2009-4:24pm at 4:24 pm (UTC -4)
yeah! Mets should have someone like that roaming around the Citifield!
GravediggerHebner
5/28/2009-4:20pm at 4:20 pm (UTC -4)
When I saw “Falco” as a link, I was thinking what the hell does the Der Kommissar guy have to do with the Braves?
fongy2
5/28/2009-4:24pm at 4:24 pm (UTC -4)
Well TBS was a superstation
25 years ago.
wannybackstra
5/28/2009-4:30pm at 4:30 pm (UTC -4)
I thought it was another photo of Edie Falco in her nurse costume.
wannybackstra
5/28/2009-4:31pm at 4:31 pm (UTC -4)
I should add that Edie looks rather MILF like in that nurse outfit.
fongy2
5/28/2009-4:33pm at 4:33 pm (UTC -4)
Pretty sick dude.
Especially
since THATS
EXACTLY what
I thought!
kingman26
5/28/2009-4:39pm at 4:39 pm (UTC -4)
OK, maybe I am NOT the oldest guy on here!!
LOL!!
fongy2
5/28/2009-4:44pm at 4:44 pm (UTC -4)
Dude,you see Rachel
Welsh lately?
Still steamin’!
18to80 Blind,Cripple or Crazy!
If they can’t walk,wheel them in!
rustyjr
5/28/2009-4:45pm at 4:45 pm (UTC -4)
Linda church ( me likey!!!)
kingman26
5/28/2009-4:53pm at 4:53 pm (UTC -4)
OK, I will admit one thing–I saw Sophia Loren in Caesars Palace in Las Vegas in the 1990s, and she had to be nearly 60, and I was maybe 50 feet away, and she looked amazing!
And Raquel Welch sure did still look good when she guested on Seinfeld.
To paraphrase what Ophelia said to Winthorp in Trading Places, “Comes from a life of avoiding hard work!”
sabermetrician
5/28/2009-4:50pm at 4:50 pm (UTC -4)
Kingman, I might have you beat.
GravediggerHebner
5/28/2009-4:53pm at 4:53 pm (UTC -4)
Kingman and I are the same age. You can’t be older than us and be a sabermetrician, that would be like a 90 year old American that uses the litres and kilometres.
kingman26
5/28/2009-4:54pm at 4:54 pm (UTC -4)
LOL! I am a youthful 42….and I do live by the wisdom once spouted by I think Phils announcer Larry Anderson, who I think once said “You are only young once, but you can be immature forever.”
rustyjr
5/28/2009-4:22pm at 4:22 pm (UTC -4)
LOL where’s tons the mets girl when u need here? Also zoe but I don’t know her allegance to matt
GravediggerHebner
5/28/2009-4:25pm at 4:25 pm (UTC -4)
http://media.photobucket.com/image/drunk%20braves%20fan/ECKoolAid/spring_quiz.jpg
sabermetrician
5/28/2009-4:26pm at 4:26 pm (UTC -4)
(E) is now on the Rangers and he hasn’t been the same since he got off roids.
rustyjr
5/28/2009-4:30pm at 4:30 pm (UTC -4)
LOL that’s too funny – but andru jones always reminded me of the gammorean guard from return of the Jedi LOL
DNDJohan aka kistics
5/28/2009-5:12pm at 5:12 pm (UTC -4)
Is that Dice-K in Brave’s hat?
GravediggerHebner
5/28/2009-4:32pm at 4:32 pm (UTC -4)
I’m partial to this one of Smoltz:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bGsTDqSw4Cs/SWztvGSCCJI/AAAAAAAAAhk/WdswZ1XfnuU/s320/John+Smoltz.jpg
sabermetrician
5/28/2009-4:35pm at 4:35 pm (UTC -4)
He kind of looks like he is contemplating murdering Theo.
fongy2
5/28/2009-4:35pm at 4:35 pm (UTC -4)
I just want to see him come
back w/a big second half
including beating the yankees
a couple times.
GravediggerHebner
5/28/2009-4:34pm at 4:34 pm (UTC -4)
Braves’ Girls like big guns:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1OMiSrEJXnY/RsYimYfBMNI/AAAAAAAADcs/ZMInBgIWUdw/s400/braves+chick.jpg
metsfan4decades
5/28/2009-4:37pm at 4:37 pm (UTC -4)
Oh, you guys are so bad – LOL.
Come on. Being female, I know NY Met girls can beat the pants off of Braves Girls.
Just have to find them.
GravediggerHebner
5/28/2009-4:38pm at 4:38 pm (UTC -4)
I like the way you phrased that 8)
metsgirl31
5/28/2009-4:39pm at 4:39 pm (UTC -4)
We’re right here….
rustyjr
5/28/2009-4:44pm at 4:44 pm (UTC -4)
Long time no see metsgirl31
metsgirl31
5/28/2009-4:48pm at 4:48 pm (UTC -4)
Hi…I was over on the other site always reading comments but always felt too intimidated to comment but this site has a better vibe.
There's Always '10
5/28/2009-4:53pm at 4:53 pm (UTC -4)
yea, this site is like metsblog on “E”. and not even E-7, murph.
GravediggerHebner
5/28/2009-4:55pm at 4:55 pm (UTC -4)
He’s known as E-3 these days.
There's Always '10
5/28/2009-4:57pm at 4:57 pm (UTC -4)
Something tells me this isn’t his last stop. He’s going to be one of those fantasy players with (1B,2B,OF,Util) next to his name. Let’s just make it easy on ourselves and call him Murph-E.
DNDJohan aka kistics
5/28/2009-5:14pm at 5:14 pm (UTC -4)
You are a female? A die-hard Mets girl on Mets blog… that’s hot! I wish my wife would do that too and she’d be perfect! (Not that she’s not perfect now….)
metsfan4decades
5/28/2009-9:26pm at 9:26 pm (UTC -4)
What a guy. Nicely done on the comment about your wife. I’ll bet she’s lucky to have you.
Yup, die hard Met fan forever. Saw my first game at Shea in 1968. Credit my Dad who is a life long Yankee hater, long time Brooklyn Dodger fan and Met fan since 1962.
LGM !!
metsfan4decades
5/28/2009-4:35pm at 4:35 pm (UTC -4)
Ha! Love the pic of Cerrano.
Speaking of funny, the chuckle of the day yesterday, definitely belongs to Zambrano. What a rant. And the funniest part was Lou P. telling the media that Zambrano needed to tone it down. Really Lou? Isn’t that a bit like the pot calling the kettle black? hahahahahaha.
GravediggerHebner
5/28/2009-4:40pm at 4:40 pm (UTC -4)
She speaks Frenchy:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2069/2217234280_398bd96dcf_o.jpg
DNDJohan aka kistics
5/28/2009-5:23pm at 5:23 pm (UTC -4)
I don’t get it…
DNDJohan aka kistics
5/28/2009-5:27pm at 5:27 pm (UTC -4)
OHHHH is that Francouer? (spell?)
GravediggerHebner
5/28/2009-5:36pm at 5:36 pm (UTC -4)
Yup.
GravediggerHebner
5/28/2009-4:43pm at 4:43 pm (UTC -4)
Nascar fan. Braves fan?
http://www.collegeuniv.com/blog/TTWB/TTWB-RacingFans.jpg
kingman26
5/28/2009-5:36pm at 5:36 pm (UTC -4)
Oh. My. Lord.
rustyjr
5/28/2009-4:43pm at 4:43 pm (UTC -4)
Btw did anyone see matts new motto ” the grand central station of mets info” – give me a fcuking break !
There's Always '10
5/28/2009-4:45pm at 4:45 pm (UTC -4)
Speaking of copyright infringement, I think French Connection U.K. might be coming after you.
fongy2
5/28/2009-4:46pm at 4:46 pm (UTC -4)
Yeah, full of lost tourists
and at any time big brother
can check your bag and decline
entry!
rustyjr
5/28/2009-4:53pm at 4:53 pm (UTC -4)
Lmfao great analogy
There's Always '10
5/28/2009-4:44pm at 4:44 pm (UTC -4)
Matt-bashing comment of the afternoon:
Is it me, or does Matt shop at the same store as Jon Miller? Miller shops at the “everything yellow except for the shirt collar store” and Matt shops at the blue shirt, kakhi pants store.
QnsNative718
5/28/2009-4:47pm at 4:47 pm (UTC -4)
Matt also follows the madatory “sleeve rollup” policy.
fongy2
5/28/2009-4:49pm at 4:49 pm (UTC -4)
With those arms he
should roll them down.
Zinggg!!!
There's Always '10
5/28/2009-4:51pm at 4:51 pm (UTC -4)
Two tickets to the, um, spaghetti show.
QnsNative718
5/28/2009-4:57pm at 4:57 pm (UTC -4)
lol, nice, guys.
There's Always '10
5/28/2009-4:58pm at 4:58 pm (UTC -4)
I was also reading on Mattsblog about a game tonight. Who is playing? St. Lucie vs. Fort Myers?
There's Always '10
5/28/2009-4:47pm at 4:47 pm (UTC -4)
There’s about as many Braves fans here as any given weekend at “The Ted”
QnsNative718
5/28/2009-4:48pm at 4:48 pm (UTC -4)
Or at a ’90s playoff game.
fongy2
5/28/2009-4:50pm at 4:50 pm (UTC -4)
Good ones! Both!
stickguy
5/28/2009-4:49pm at 4:49 pm (UTC -4)
hello people. The dog was tired of hearing my Met comments.
fongy2
5/28/2009-4:50pm at 4:50 pm (UTC -4)
Welcome!
rustyjr
5/28/2009-5:49pm at 5:49 pm (UTC -4)
Hail stickguy !!!
GravediggerHebner
5/28/2009-4:51pm at 4:51 pm (UTC -4)
Yay! Stickguy, welcome!
There's Always '10
5/28/2009-4:52pm at 4:52 pm (UTC -4)
look who decides to join the bandwagon!
sabermetrician
5/28/2009-4:54pm at 4:54 pm (UTC -4)
Stickguy! It’s about time. We have almost all of the cool people here now. We need gina and VCarver still, but we’re not too far off.
QnsNative718
5/28/2009-4:55pm at 4:55 pm (UTC -4)
Welcome!!!
dirtysanchez
5/28/2009-5:57pm at 5:57 pm (UTC -4)
HEY stick..glad you can make it bro
trs86
5/28/2009-6:05pm at 6:05 pm (UTC -4)
The Stick has arrived. Welcome.
mrose
5/28/2009-4:57pm at 4:57 pm (UTC -4)
we now have an mlb scoreboard on the left
GravediggerHebner
5/28/2009-5:03pm at 5:03 pm (UTC -4)
Nice. Accurate standings and schedules, open comment sections with reply buttons. What will the hot orange ball that moves across the sky give to us next?
jonnyballgame
5/28/2009-5:11pm at 5:11 pm (UTC -4)
nice Mrose, now this is officially the only place I need to be during the game
GravediggerHebner
5/28/2009-4:58pm at 4:58 pm (UTC -4)
OK this is my last one.
Step one in the evolution of a Braves fan:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d8bF7KBsmHI/SBaZ1JSS-oI/AAAAAAAAB4g/aAQ7P90DRss/s400/Drunk_Baby.jpg
DNDJohan aka kistics
5/28/2009-5:24pm at 5:24 pm (UTC -4)
It looks like they are skipping Redding on Sat and going to Maine. Why is that? Maybe they feel Maine is a better match with Josh Johnson
wannybackstra
5/28/2009-5:27pm at 5:27 pm (UTC -4)
The way Johnson pitches against the Mets, I don’t have faith in any one other than Johan against him.
DNDJohan aka kistics
5/28/2009-5:29pm at 5:29 pm (UTC -4)
I think Maine would be okay against the Marlin’s offense. It’s just a matter of Mets offense getting to Johnson. I’d be happy with tied game into 6th or 7th and it’s the battle of Bullpen.
mrose
5/28/2009-5:31pm at 5:31 pm (UTC -4)
Maine usually has great starts against the fish
DNDJohan aka kistics
5/28/2009-5:31pm at 5:31 pm (UTC -4)
I think Marlins this weekend is no give-me. Injured Mets offense versus Josh Johnson and Volstad… That’s going to be a tough task. I’m assuming that Redding may go on Sunday or it maybe Livan on Sunday…
mrose
5/28/2009-5:33pm at 5:33 pm (UTC -4)
MC has put the comments section back supposedly…and he gave a bit of a small tongue lashing to some of us
GravediggerHebner
5/28/2009-5:36pm at 5:36 pm (UTC -4)
Some of “us?”
mrose
5/28/2009-5:37pm at 5:37 pm (UTC -4)
well talked about how he deleted some people on purpose..then said to read his comments policy, so curiously, i did… i did nothing wrong according to his policy
kingman26
5/28/2009-5:41pm at 5:41 pm (UTC -4)
Yeah, same here. He is utterly full of it.
The other day, he deleted comments from pretty much all of us over here…My comments which were deleted said “Test.”
I am done with that site, unless the fine proprietors here want to promote THIS place over there….
rustyjr
5/28/2009-5:51pm at 5:51 pm (UTC -4)
Agreed – it’s a shell of what it used to
Be
GravediggerHebner
5/28/2009-5:41pm at 5:41 pm (UTC -4)
Well I would hope that anyone that was deleted was deleted on purpose. In my 2 1/2 years of participating it seemed that periodically the comments section policy would be referred to in a thread, usually in my opinion after a particularly nasty flame war between posters who not only completely got off topic but basically degenerated into just calling each other every name they could slip through the censors. I was not aware that that had occurred recently, but I should add that since the first day you pointed out “ish” to me I left and have never been back.
mrose
5/28/2009-5:43pm at 5:43 pm (UTC -4)
“For now, all new-user comments will immediately go in to moderation, much like is done on Deadspin, and other highly-trafficked blogs. There, comments will be reviewed before determining whether the new user will be allowed to join the MetsBlog community.”
ugh
“for more fan interaction, log onto metsblog”
what a crock
rustyjr
5/28/2009-5:52pm at 5:52 pm (UTC -4)
Safe to say I wouldn’t be welcomed back LOL
mrose
5/28/2009-5:44pm at 5:44 pm (UTC -4)
i just wish there was a way to rescue the other good commenters..but without just flat out saying “COME HERE!”
i keep looking for names with a website attached that i can click on.
wannybackstra
5/28/2009-5:55pm at 5:55 pm (UTC -4)
i just tried to log in but couldn’t. strange… i had nothing to do with promoting this site over on Mattsblog.com (yet) and have hardly even visited since the comments section went down.
the only interaction I had with mattsblog was an email I sent to matt following his announcement that he would be putting up a special comments section. of course, he did not respond.
kingman26
5/28/2009-6:01pm at 6:01 pm (UTC -4)
Wanny–did you try to re-register with a different name/email address? I think he deleted ALL old info.
If you did and cannot get on, my guess would be it is because he has seen you over here and banned your IP…pretty sure he did that to me.
wannybackstra
5/28/2009-6:12pm at 6:12 pm (UTC -4)
I’m in and I tried to extend a less than obvious invitation to Sylar but I am awaiting moderation and will likely soon be whacked.
mrose
5/28/2009-5:48pm at 5:48 pm (UTC -4)
like right now, prismo is there…we need to snatch him up
rustyjr
5/28/2009-5:54pm at 5:54 pm (UTC -4)
Yeah also dominicanboy and gipper also gotta find points guy and kickedinthemetsticles
GravediggerHebner
5/28/2009-5:54pm at 5:54 pm (UTC -4)
Yeah, he could be the Real Dirty Met eorologist.
mrose
5/28/2009-5:56pm at 5:56 pm (UTC -4)
see but there in lies the problem…how do we get them?
GravediggerHebner
5/28/2009-5:55pm at 5:55 pm (UTC -4)
Forgive my ignorance, but just how did all these old friends find us in the last two days?
mrose
5/28/2009-5:56pm at 5:56 pm (UTC -4)
one post was made on some sort of mlb message board… trs did a very fair post on metsblog basically saying that if matt kept having problems people could come here…
and it hink thats it..someone else mentioned a facebook group?
saltygary
5/28/2009-6:29pm at 6:29 pm (UTC -4)
There’s only 4 people in the antil Cerrone group, but if your on facebook it’s funny to join. I just posted a link to this site.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=logo#/group.php?gid=76525832421
GravediggerHebner
5/28/2009-5:57pm at 5:57 pm (UTC -4)
I don’t know what the hell I would be doing if I hadn’t happened to have been logged in the moment you posted the “ish” link, because I rarely read through old threads. I would have been adrift at sea.
mrose
5/28/2009-5:59pm at 5:59 pm (UTC -4)
exactly..anyone got a blogspot account? maybe see if we can get in touch with http://toastedjoe.blogspot.com/ and see if he’ll add us to the blogroll..he has a nice readership
dirtysanchez
5/28/2009-6:09pm at 6:09 pm (UTC -4)
lol that might compromise his relationship with matt ;p
rustyjr
5/28/2009-6:00pm at 6:00 pm (UTC -4)
Kong found
Me on myspace
kingman26
5/28/2009-6:04pm at 6:04 pm (UTC -4)
Glad I did!
GravediggerHebner
5/28/2009-6:05pm at 6:05 pm (UTC -4)
Yeah, glad you did. IMO first positive contribution to society for myspace.
rustyjr
5/28/2009-6:19pm at 6:19 pm (UTC -4)
LOL
kingman26
5/28/2009-6:03pm at 6:03 pm (UTC -4)
Sylar is over there now…he is definitely a fine troll/idiot fighter!
dirtysanchez
5/28/2009-6:04pm at 6:04 pm (UTC -4)
prismo is in my fantasy baseball league..i emailed him just now(and the league ;p)
GravediggerHebner
5/28/2009-6:06pm at 6:06 pm (UTC -4)
Well done.
rustyjr
5/28/2009-5:58pm at 5:58 pm (UTC -4)
I read matts comment section post – damn he’s turned into napoleon – he seems very full of himself and touting how ” traffic” hasn’t decreased
wannybackstra
5/28/2009-6:04pm at 6:04 pm (UTC -4)
I think Matt’s referring his readers to the Mattsblog.com traffic stats is a pretty clear indication that he has some concern.
Why, other than for the sake of promoting himself as usual, would he refer his readers to the site stats and try to justify his lack of a comments section?
dirtysanchez
5/28/2009-6:08pm at 6:08 pm (UTC -4)
lol yea i think we are getting to him….
what gets me wanny is it SOOO did not need to get this far….yet he still is unwilling to grow up. I dont get it wanny..how could you be soo childish and a grown man.
wannybackstra
5/28/2009-6:13pm at 6:13 pm (UTC -4)
It’s easy for me! But for a guy trying to run a business that relies, in part, on loyal readership it just doesn’t make any sense.
kingman26
5/28/2009-6:09pm at 6:09 pm (UTC -4)
Personally, I think that is targeted over here. I mean, look at who is here…..Most of Matt’s most loyal, frequent, and in many cases other than my own, most intelligent and best posters.
He HAS to know what is going on, and my guess is that he is both banning as many of us as he can, not mentioning us on his sidebar of every other Mets site, and letting us know he can do just fine without us.
dirtysanchez
5/28/2009-6:11pm at 6:11 pm (UTC -4)
agreed king..i know real tried to make peace with matt and wanted him to just add him to his blog roll and he refused. Its just a slap in the face imo to all of us who did NOTHING wrong….i mean he says he misses the feedback…we gave him feedback and it was nothing negative…we just asked for the comments to have a different format. I really cant believe how he is acting and i am so disappointed in him…like for real. I thought he was a better man than that…i guess i was wrong.
kingman26
5/28/2009-6:17pm at 6:17 pm (UTC -4)
Completely agreed…this whole entire thing started when he changed the comments again and again, and the most recent time, half the thread would often be people just basically begging him to put the “reply” button back, or to just simply address the issue, and he utterly refused.
I firmly and totally believe at this point that while folks who posted a lot were hugely important to him 2–4 years ago, they mean zero now. He has major corporate sponsorship and is promoted every day on SNY, so he can blow us off, be as sloppy as he wants, have Nichols write posts with two sentences and six mistakes, and STILL get massive hits.
It is a shame, but now that it is his job, and he is obviously secure (for now) he could care less about the folks who, 2–4 years ago, made up a significant percentage of his readership and site hits.
dirtysanchez
5/28/2009-6:22pm at 6:22 pm (UTC -4)
agreed. He gets paid for hits not comments so im sure the fact that we offered a comment section while he shut his down caused him to loose a bit of traffic. Why else would he mention that traffic has not been lost. It just boggles my mind king…we get banished for a simple request yet he wants us to give him feedback. Again i thought matt was a better man than that but i guess i was wrong
oleosmirf
5/28/2009-7:09pm at 7:09 pm (UTC -4)
the problem is Metsblog.com is now first and foremost a business. having people like us disagreeing or questioning him is bad for business…
GravediggerHebner
5/28/2009-6:11pm at 6:11 pm (UTC -4)
He certainly can. And with frequent television commercials promoting the site, I doubt there will be more than a temporary drop in “traffic.”
What cracks me up is the commercial says “for the latest stats…”
dirtysanchez
5/28/2009-6:13pm at 6:13 pm (UTC -4)
what cracks me up is “i miss the feedback”
kingman26
5/28/2009-6:05pm at 6:05 pm (UTC -4)
Ceetar is over there–wasn’t he over here earlier?? His comment got posted just now….
dirtysanchez
5/28/2009-6:08pm at 6:08 pm (UTC -4)
guess he is in matts “50″
GravediggerHebner
5/28/2009-6:09pm at 6:09 pm (UTC -4)
He wants as wide an audience as possible for his pro-Willie, anti-Jerry posts. Unless/until we can provide him with some huge page view numbers, he’ll keep his wings spread. Doesn’t he have some position of importance with hotfoot? I thought I remember him coming into threads to promote during game chats there.
trs86
5/28/2009-6:14pm at 6:14 pm (UTC -4)
Why is it that although we did not start this as a competiion at all, it pisses me off that so many are over there singing his praises for just turning the damn comment section back on?
GravediggerHebner
5/28/2009-6:17pm at 6:17 pm (UTC -4)
Allow me a moment of amateur analysis: because while a large part of you simply wants to have an open community of people able to freely discuss and reply on topics of their choosing within a framework of Met (and NL East) fandom, a small part of you wants to destroy him.
kingman26
5/28/2009-6:20pm at 6:20 pm (UTC -4)
Oh, I want this place to succeed first and foremost; it is fun, and already seriously more professional and interesting than Metsblog.
But after giving Cerrone countless hits for years, and being utterly blown off and banned for nothing, I definitely want to see his site lose readership. Destroy is a harsh word, but I definitely would love to see his smug and totally mediocre attitude take a huge fall.
GravediggerHebner
5/28/2009-6:25pm at 6:25 pm (UTC -4)
I hear you and to a large extent I agree with you but try to imagine the tornado around him. If that story about it being started as a “college project” is true, I would tend to doubt that corporate sponsorship and flagship network partnership were even on the radar at the beginning. I would guess that it blew up beyond wildest imagination and that it’s like a bucking bronco that is out of control and he is just trying to hang on.
trs86
5/28/2009-6:30pm at 6:30 pm (UTC -4)
I know what you mean, all I did was post over there for 4 damn years.
kingman26
5/28/2009-6:25pm at 6:25 pm (UTC -4)
For example, maybe Rusty would like to meet me at the next MetsBlog meet and greet, and we can be very polite, and give handbills to every single person promoting this site??
GravediggerHebner
5/28/2009-6:27pm at 6:27 pm (UTC -4)
In that vein, when I go to Mets games afterward when I return to the parking lot there is often something stuffed under my windshield wiper or into my drivers side window. Usually I at least look at them before throwing them away. I wonder if there is any merit in going to Citi parking lots and putting fliers on cars.
trs86
5/28/2009-6:31pm at 6:31 pm (UTC -4)
Now THATS a great idea.
GravediggerHebner
5/28/2009-6:33pm at 6:33 pm (UTC -4)
I’m much closer than you are geographically, but I am still 80 miles away and have no tickets to future games currently, so I’m likely just an idea man on this concept.
wannybackstra
5/28/2009-6:32pm at 6:32 pm (UTC -4)
the danger in overpromoting the site is that you attract the same types of clowns that mattsblog.com has in its comment section.
GravediggerHebner
5/28/2009-6:34pm at 6:34 pm (UTC -4)
Very good point. This place did basically quadruple in one 24 hour period, and in a good way, without that stuff.
rustyjr
5/28/2009-6:35pm at 6:35 pm (UTC -4)
Sure !! I’ll make f-metsblog jersey or the I was banned from metsblog and all I got was this lousy t-shirt shirt
dirtysanchez
5/28/2009-6:17pm at 6:17 pm (UTC -4)
because they have no where else to turn and they are at matts mercy to turn on/off the comment section…
wannybackstra
5/28/2009-6:19pm at 6:19 pm (UTC -4)
how is everyone able to post there while I am awaiting moderation?
kingman26
5/28/2009-6:20pm at 6:20 pm (UTC -4)
Probably because he banned your IP address.
wannybackstra
5/28/2009-6:21pm at 6:21 pm (UTC -4)
And I don’t see what is so different about his comments section that required weeks’ worth of effort to rebuild.
kingman26
5/28/2009-6:27pm at 6:27 pm (UTC -4)
Nothing; he is a big fat liar. He is doing two things:
A) Seeing if the anti-Mets Blog comments complainign about the site continue
and more importantly
B) Testing to see if his hits go down without comments.
Guys, sorry but I am out for the night—please carry on!
Viva La Resistance, as QnsNative might say!
saltygary
5/28/2009-6:33pm at 6:33 pm (UTC -4)
I can’t. My ID got deleted. I re-added it but it doesn’t work. I rarely ever commented on the site and never had anything bad to say. I complained about the comments section but wasn’t a jerk about it. I wouldn’t be surprised if someone made there way over here to cross reference names to block them.
jonnyballgame
5/28/2009-6:26pm at 6:26 pm (UTC -4)
banned ip…. just change your mac address and it will change your ip address. there is free software that does it with one click. Then just restart your computer. restart your router and modem and register for Metsblog with a new email and name.
jonnyballgame
5/28/2009-6:27pm at 6:27 pm (UTC -4)
that is if you really want to post on that board.
dentulous
5/28/2009-6:35pm at 6:35 pm (UTC -4)
pls, of course he lost hits, thats why he put back comments and the reply function. Gimme a break, he is full of crap.
mrose
5/28/2009-6:41pm at 6:41 pm (UTC -4)
yup and the “overwhelmingly positive response to what i’m doing” really?? thats such BS..how many “WHY AREN’T THE COMMENTS ON? emails did he get?
saltygary
5/28/2009-6:42pm at 6:42 pm (UTC -4)
You don’t say “interestingly I didn’t loose any hits” when you didn’t lose hits. I feel like he is getting into a pissing match with a bunch of us that just want to have a better environment to talk baseball.
mrose
5/28/2009-6:44pm at 6:44 pm (UTC -4)
on the other hand, if someone does some sort of kamakazi mission to tell people about our blog, 1 of 2 things happen
a) he banned the words nleastchatter.com
b) he shiuts comments down
dirtysanchez
5/28/2009-6:47pm at 6:47 pm (UTC -4)
well if B happens thats better for us..
wannybackstra
5/28/2009-6:47pm at 6:47 pm (UTC -4)
There’s no reason for him to discuss his Web site hits with his readers. He might as well have said “I could care less what any of you say or think as long as you keep coming to my crappy site. And now, Watch: Me Twittering from Promenade Mens Room, Stall 2.”
jonnyballgame
5/28/2009-6:50pm at 6:50 pm (UTC -4)
All I know is that Matt is responsible for the level of chaos that board produced. His posts were designed to create fan reaction in a negative way. Thus creating a comment section that was negative. Like I said before. He used us, to get traffic, get a good job, then dumped his most faithful followers.
rustyjr
5/28/2009-6:48pm at 6:48 pm (UTC -4)
petty on his part
prismo
5/28/2009-6:55pm at 6:55 pm (UTC -4)
Well well well. Looks like someone is trying to replace Metsblog and I’m a little late to the party! My bad.
dirtysanchez
5/28/2009-6:56pm at 6:56 pm (UTC -4)
LOL HEY PRISMO! That was fast ;p
prismo
5/28/2009-6:58pm at 6:58 pm (UTC -4)
Haha, thanks for sending me that email. I hate being out of the loop!
rustyjr
5/28/2009-7:32pm at 7:32 pm (UTC -4)
prismo !!! welcome my meteorologist friend !!
dentulous
5/28/2009-6:57pm at 6:57 pm (UTC -4)
better late than never!
GravediggerHebner
5/28/2009-6:58pm at 6:58 pm (UTC -4)
Awesome!
metsfan4decades
5/28/2009-8:18pm at 8:18 pm (UTC -4)
Prismo is on board. Welcome !!
dentulous
5/28/2009-6:56pm at 6:56 pm (UTC -4)
Lets be honest, all of us are die hard mets fans, and we were probably responsible for thousands of hits a day visiting the site and posting. Who the hell is he kidding….. He also probably put the reply function back hoping to lure people back.
Ill just put out this kind request, that as of today, we all stop going back for good. If we must know what he is up to, we can designate a person to go and spy.
At this point with his childish ways, I would hate for anyone to support his site in anyway by visiting it. What a tool!
rustyjr
5/28/2009-6:57pm at 6:57 pm (UTC -4)
Add me to the banned list gogomets is on there as is metsfreak jimmyagar ceetar prismo foulbintstrikeout and toastyjoe
rustyjr
5/28/2009-6:58pm at 6:58 pm (UTC -4)
Hey let’s not forget the no posts for the entire weekend during the hotstove!!!
jonnyballgame
5/28/2009-6:58pm at 6:58 pm (UTC -4)
I was a fan of NYcuban.. any word from him?
wannybackstra
5/28/2009-7:01pm at 7:01 pm (UTC -4)
Someone pointed out potentially unfavorable pitching matchups vs. Florida this weekend. It certainly seems that the team is primed for a set back given the up and down nature of the season so far and the fact that eventually a lineup with so many AAAA players will eventually fail.
But hopefully the return of Beltran to the lineup provides another spark.
dentulous
5/28/2009-7:02pm at 7:02 pm (UTC -4)
Hey, did you guys see this yet?
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/05/brett-myers-may-need-hip-surgery.html
wonder who they get to replace him.
prismo
5/28/2009-7:04pm at 7:04 pm (UTC -4)
Could be Kendrick in the short-term. They may trade for someone like Penny…I highly doubt Peavy is a realistic option.
wannybackstra
5/28/2009-7:42pm at 7:42 pm (UTC -4)
Penny sounds like a reasonable and attainable solution.
I would love for the Mets to face Penny in Citizens Bank, by the way. His 5-13 and 6.38 ERA career numbers against the Mets don’t figure to get any better pitching in Philly! Those numbers were while pitching in pitchers’ paradises like Shea, Chavez-Ravine and Pro Player!
prismo
5/28/2009-7:03pm at 7:03 pm (UTC -4)
So how can I become an author? What’s the standard procedure?
GravediggerHebner
5/28/2009-7:18pm at 7:18 pm (UTC -4)
So far it’s pretty much been “just ask.” How the hell do you think I became one?
TRS86, DirtySanchez and MRose are the dudes who can wave the magic wand and make it happen, so be sure to tell them what great posts they’ve written 8)
rustyjr
5/28/2009-7:31pm at 7:31 pm (UTC -4)
hebner i did my post for today how do i know if u guys received it?
GravediggerHebner
5/28/2009-7:37pm at 7:37 pm (UTC -4)
It’s up right now.
mrose
5/28/2009-7:18pm at 7:18 pm (UTC -4)
i don’t think there is a procedure yet
also, glad you found your way over
prismo
5/28/2009-7:31pm at 7:31 pm (UTC -4)
I’m glad too! It’s all thanks to dirty’s email he sent to me.
So yeah, I’d like to become an author. For the most part, I’d like to be able to give my (professional) weather forecast for each game. Maybe this way they wouldn’t get lost in the comments like on another popular Mets blog…
I’d probably make the occasional Mets-related post as well. Let me know – my email is prismofillusion(at)gmail(dot)com
oleosmirf
5/28/2009-7:06pm at 7:06 pm (UTC -4)
all comments are moderated to make sure people (us) aren’t saying anything bad about him.
Big Brother is Watching
dirtysanchez
5/28/2009-7:10pm at 7:10 pm (UTC -4)
aka the blog gestapo ;p
oleosmirf
5/28/2009-7:16pm at 7:16 pm (UTC -4)
well i left a comment saying that Murphy is the greatest player ever so the gestapo should let me in…
rustyjr
5/28/2009-7:38pm at 7:38 pm (UTC -4)
lol oleo did u compliment matt on his “fact checking skills”?
oleosmirf
5/28/2009-7:44pm at 7:44 pm (UTC -4)
lol no i left the brown-nosing to the other folks….
rustyjr
5/28/2009-7:49pm at 7:49 pm (UTC -4)
ha
oleosmirf
5/28/2009-7:29pm at 7:29 pm (UTC -4)
I decided to read over Matt’s comment policy and he does have 1 valid point. a few of our favorites here do have the tendency to partake in “irrelevant babbling”.
rustyjr
5/28/2009-7:30pm at 7:30 pm (UTC -4)
welcome aboard oleo !!!
oleosmirf
5/28/2009-7:39pm at 7:39 pm (UTC -4)
how ya doin Rusty…nice to see you finally get on here…
rustyjr
5/28/2009-7:49pm at 7:49 pm (UTC -4)
YEAH kong actually found me at my myspace account – this feels so blues brotherish in a “were getting the band back together” sort of way lol
stickguy
5/28/2009-7:54pm at 7:54 pm (UTC -4)
you mean this is a mission from God?
I thought it was so TRS didn’t have to talk baseball with Braves fans!
rustyjr
5/28/2009-7:58pm at 7:58 pm (UTC -4)
rotfl
prismo
5/28/2009-7:32pm at 7:32 pm (UTC -4)
But maybe we like irrelevant babbling! (as long as it’s not politics-related…I still think that stuff should be kept off of sports blogs)
oleosmirf
5/28/2009-7:43pm at 7:43 pm (UTC -4)
well when you are running a business I can understand why he wants baseball only comments.
wannybackstra
5/28/2009-7:38pm at 7:38 pm (UTC -4)
Alex is alive. I hear Jerome from Manhattan talking to Steve Somers right now!
oleosmirf
5/28/2009-7:41pm at 7:41 pm (UTC -4)
i havent heard Jerome in years. good to hear he’s still around. He’s my favorite WFAN caller of all time…
rustyjr
5/28/2009-7:48pm at 7:48 pm (UTC -4)
I CAN’T STAND HIM I WANT MELKEY OUT OF HERE !!!! I WANT JUAN RIVERA !!!! LOL
GravediggerHebner
5/28/2009-7:52pm at 7:52 pm (UTC -4)
I WANT AUSTIN JACKSON HE HITS HOME RUNS!
“Uh, Jerome Austin Jackson has zero home runs.”
I DON’T CARE I WANT HIM HERE!
rustyjr
5/28/2009-7:52pm at 7:52 pm (UTC -4)
he is of sight and no mind … you have entered the jerome zone !
stickguy
5/28/2009-7:53pm at 7:53 pm (UTC -4)
If you ever need a couple thousand well thought out, impeccable reasoned, and poorly spelled words on any topic, just let me know.
Brevity in posts was never my strong suit.
And I just got tickets for a game in the OF. 2nd row from the fence, just above the O in Geico. Should be like watching from the old picnic area, only better!
metsfan4decades
5/28/2009-8:30pm at 8:30 pm (UTC -4)
I read his post about the comment section over there – couldn’t resist. I cannot believe the level of unprofessional babble he resorted to. Hey, no matter. He honestly did me a favor. I just didn’t realize it until I was out of there for a week and over here. This is just a breath of fresh air – feel like I’ve been lifted out of the doom and gloom.
I wish him luck b/c I think he’s going to need it. It appears to me he’s just making it worse. And now…b/c of the way he’s going to handle ‘approved’ posters, he’s going to have to do the one thing he hated doing – reading his own blog. Ha! Maybe it will dawn on him finally where the problems lie.
Bah…learned a hard lesson years and years ago that has served me well. You cannot change anyone. If they’re causing you stress, you either have to walk away, or change the way YOU deal with them. I choose to walk away.
See how much better that sounds? I choose…