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SABRES, PENS, SHOTGUNS & METS |
BILL BUCKNER WAS INNOCENT |
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West Coast Craig
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We’re getting into the dog days here, and fans need to master a calm, assertive energy to demonstrate their position as pack leaders. It won’t be easy, this year has been particularly hard on people, parity has made all teams seemingly sucky in equal measures. Diamondbacks start off the season winning 17 out of their first 23…and now, after losing two of three in heartbreaking fashion to the Dodgers at home over the weekend, they’re still tied for first and yet are two games below .500. They now lie in a corner and growl at anyone who approaches. Walk into the room and just ignore them—Fssst!—do not condone this negative energy. The A’s were supposed to be rebuilding this year, but suddenly Billy Beane is up for canonization again as they’re in the thick of a pennant race for the wild card, if not the West title altogether…and after getting swept in three tight games to a mysterious Yankee team, they’ve lost five in a row but are still in the thick of it, and fans are turning on each other over whether dealing Blanton was a good thing…is Justin Duchscherer for real? Fssst! Stop that, or it’s back in the kennel. This Cubs fan keeps leaping over his fence and harassing his neighbors, the Cardinal fans, barking “This is the year! This is the year!” It’s a classic crying out from a position of weakness and insecurity. Fssssst! Lie down Cub fan, get that breathing in check, we want calm, submissive energy here…or else you’re going to realize the Cardinals have won five in a row and are two games back now…and unlike their two main rivals in the Central, they haven’t made any deals yet. It is always important to face your fears. Very good. That got their attention, now reward them with some Old Style. Devil Ray fans have had part of their identity taken away, and now are fans of a team named after guys named Ray, Ray Romano, Ray Charles, and Ray Jay Johnson. Not only do they have this identity crisis, they’ve never experienced actually being in first at any point, much less after the All Star break, so this is a new environment for them, which can always bring about a strange energy. So far they don’t know what to do yet, and haven’t reverted to any bad behavior. Wait till their souls are crushed in September, and then call me. Then there are the Mets fans. Three weeks ago you were ready to pull out your hair—figuratively, in some cases—now a little ten game winning streak and first place, with a showdown with the Phillies three days away. I think we may need to be leashed to a treadmill for a few hours a day to work off some of this giddy, nervous energy.
Now, what other fans need a visit from The Fan Whisperer, before their owners give up on them?
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Cookie
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| Nicely! I'm likin' your assessment WCC... but thinking the Cubbies will get to the post. What say you about the Red Suxs? |
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david
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| this is too cerebral for me. i just want the mets to wipe the floor with the phillies. we've had their number to date but now it's crunch time. |
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Mike in the Mezz
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| The races in baseball this year are scary close and it is kinda unsettling. I'll speak to my fan whisperer to achieve a state of calm. I'll see you all in the mezz this week, section 23! Go Mets! |
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ANGRYWARD
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| I'll be there on Tuesday Mike, in all my anger. Hopefully Johan puts his lame last start behind him and steps up. WCC, one fan base who needs no help is the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim or, as I still like to call 'em, the California Angels. They look like the best team in baseball and Mike Scioscia is a great skipper, even if his middle name is Lorri. |
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Randy Levine
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| My middle name is Lorri too! Where's the Bad Usher? BOOOOOO! |
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MATTS-MATICS: Hockey Nuts Go At It |
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MATT FACTS:
Chad Pennington is NOT a Brett Favre fan... Hillary Clinton and Don Nelson have never been seen in the same place... Jerry Manuel is not related to Charlie ManuelJerry Manuel is not related to Charlie Manuel... Somebody namd Michel coaches the Pittsburgh Penguins... Tiki Barber quit the Giants. The Giants then won the Super Bowl... The New England Patriots only lost ONE game out of 19!!! Aaron Heilman was actually funny in re to Eli and Plaxico Burress helping the Mets as a pitcher and outfielder, respectively. Repeat, Heilman was funny... Jessica Simpson would rather date Tom Brady - trust us... Eli Manning is better than Archie - now... Alyssa Milano is a Met fan. RRRRR... Rickey Henderson speaks in the 3rd Person... Shawn Green has big ears... Howard Johnson likes to stay at the Holiday Inn, ironically... Sandy Alomar, Sr. is the youngest of 9 kids. That's why he was quick around the dish. Jiminy Cricket was the Philly Phanatic in a previous life…Fred Wilpon is pals with Sandy Koufax... Mike Ditka is a really tough guy.. Buffalo has a Triple A baseball team. They are NOT called The Snowballs... Chan Ho Park has people thinking of naming a ballfield after him - it would be called Chan Ho Park Park... John Maine has never been, oddly enough, to Maine... Curt Gowdy, Jr. has never been to Yellow Knife, Canada... Kevin Mitchell played 6 positions for the Mets in '86 and, according to Doc Gooden's book, didn't like cats... John Olerud & Wayne Gretzky have never been seen in the same place... Kevin McReynolds now makes his living doing laugh tracks for sit-coms... Tony Gwynn is nearing 300 lbs... Carlos Beltran has Mercedes Benz dealerships named for him in Barcelona, Spain... Willie Montanez was called Guillermo by Lenny Randle... Rusty Staub beat Jeff Kent in a race – TODAY... Jay Horwitz is a dynamite Cricket players – somebody said... Jeff Wilpon was a decent minor league catcher... Ziggy Palfy lives in Slovakia and is a big Met fan... Superman Returns, yet still can’t hit Billy Wagner... David Wright will win the Triple Crown – on a horse... Omar Minaya is Tobey McGuire’s stunt-double in Spider Man 3... Hilary Clinton has Mr. Met pajamas – we think... Albert Einstein was a HUGE Met fan... The Metropolitan Opera House was named for the Mets after their 2nd season in ’63... Wally Backman, ’86 sparkplug, considered changing his name to Wally Back-Matt... Neil Allen and Mike Stanton, former Mets, have Allen & Stanton Streets on Lower East Side named for them.
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