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by **Falc** on 23 Sep 2008, 09:47

If they put in a playground/ball fields, hopefully it will be better than what they had before. I remember the place you are talking about.

When will the new Shea be in place? Is it next to the current stadium? And did the Yankees play there during the renovation?

Giant Stadium should be on its last legs too. The new stadium is being built right next to it.

by **Casati** on 23 Sep 2008, 10:11

Falc wrote:If they put in a playground/ball fields, hopefully it will be better than what they had before. I remember the place you are talking about.

When will the new Shea be in place? Is it next to the current stadium? And did the Yankees play there during the renovation?

Giant Stadium should be on its last legs too. The new stadium is being built right next to it.

CitiField (the Mets new home) is less than 100 feet from the current Shea Stadium and is scheduled to open in mid-April 2009. It is still on the same side of the street and is not on the junk yard side of the street. Plans are to buy out the junk yards and put up hotels and restaurants across the street but I'll believe it when I see it. The current Shea will be demolished and made into the parking lot for CitiField.

The Yankees played at Shea Stadium for the 1974/75 seasons during the renovation of the original Yankee Stadium. It proved to be the end of Bobby Murcer's 1st go around with the Yankees (he was traded to the SF Giants after the 1974 season) since he was not able to easily hit homers to the longer left & right field lines at Shea. Murcer returned to the Yankees in the middle of the 1979 season and retired as a Yankee after the 1983 season.

by **Casati** on 23 Sep 2008, 10:13

The Mets are crumbling

Last night the Mets were embarassed again last night in a bad loss to the Cubs. Last night's grand slam by the Cubs pitcher marks the 2nd time a pitcher has hit a grand slam off a Mets pitcher this season.

Tonight Johan Santana starts for the Mets and if they can't win tonight they will certainly secure a place on the golf course come September 29.

by **agentesecreto** on 23 Sep 2008, 10:18

So are the Dodgers.

Go Blue!!!!

by **bineaz** on 23 Sep 2008, 12:25

I din't see the game but I did read New Yorker Jason Marquis hit a grand slam. We have our sixth starter, a lefty, going today, so you guys should win. We're also sitting our cather Soto, who's been hurting lately.

You'll win, today. The rest of the season, who knows?

I have to be honest I relish my team's success every moment because I don't know how long it will last.

by **agentesecreto** on 24 Sep 2008, 01:04

Dodgers win, Arizona loses. we're up 2.5 games with 5 games left.

Go Dodger Blue!!!!!!!

by **bineaz** on 24 Sep 2008, 11:42

agentesecreto wrote:Dodgers win, Arizona loses. we're up 2.5 games with 5 games left.

Go Dodger Blue!!!!!!!

by **agentesecreto** on 25 Sep 2008, 02:32

Bah. Dodgers win. Arizona loses, again.

Yes baby!!!!!!!!!!!

by **bineaz** on 25 Sep 2008, 11:19

Meanwhile the Mets have the same bad bullpen and couldn't get a timely hit. They may be shut out of the playoffs again.

by **Casati** on 25 Sep 2008, 11:28

bineaz - it's over for the Mets. It's been over for a while it's just that for many Mets fans it's hard for them to face reality. I knew for a while it was over and I had an inkling that the Cubbies would give us hell. Oh well...

by **Aircalzinho Paulista** on 25 Sep 2008, 12:14

go 49ers!

by **bineaz** on 25 Sep 2008, 13:09

Casati,

Yeah, I saw what you've been talking about in the game last night; just not enough to get it done. Mets fans probably want to hang on to a few more games at Shea.

by **agentesecreto** on 25 Sep 2008, 23:18

49rs?

Fuck that!

by **Casati** on 26 Sep 2008, 09:29

agentesecreto wrote:49rs?

Fuck that!

The 49ers are going to surprise alot this season. They are a solid, young team.

by **Aircalzinho Paulista** on 26 Sep 2008, 10:57

Palo,
LOL. I've always been a 49er fan.

They got a good start to the season.

by **agentesecreto** on 26 Sep 2008, 11:01

The Rams will make a comeback and own the West.

by **Casati** on 26 Sep 2008, 11:56

LMAO@The Rams will make a comeback and own the West

The Rams are one awful looking team this season. I feel bad for Steven Jackson. He deserves better.

by **agentesecreto** on 26 Sep 2008, 17:39

Bah. Man of little faith. I have my money on the Rams at the office.

Go Rams!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by **Casati** on 29 Sep 2008, 09:15

Riccò gets 20 months of suspension by CONI

Riccardo Riccò was suspended for 20 months by the anti-doping authority of CONI, the Italian International Olympic Committee. Riccòtested positive for EPO of the type Mircera during the 2008 Tour de France.

Riccò's lawyer, Alessandro Sivelli, will attend a hearing on October 2 to give his side of the story.

EPO of the CERA type was thought to be undetectable. Because of seemingly irregular values, 14 samples of riders in this year's Tour de France are being re-examined this week.

by **Captain Shithead** on 29 Sep 2008, 09:51

Much more important: Paolino Bettini retired after the WC in Varese.

by **bineaz** on 29 Sep 2008, 13:37

Really much more important:

MLB playoffs start Wed. Oct. 1.

DODGERS SUCK more than the pitiful Mets do. So do the Phillies....

:razz:

FORZA

by **Casati** on 29 Sep 2008, 13:45

True to form, the Mets failed to make the playoffs for the 2nd season in a row losing to the Marlins on the last day of the season at home. Something is obviously wrong with the core of the team. They are a heartless, gutless group. Something has to change.

I'll be rooting for the Cubbies.

by **bineaz** on 29 Sep 2008, 15:05

Yeah tough break for the Mets. I was hoping they would win the wild card.

Welcome aboard Casati. Just be prepared for failure (unless, of course, Congress comes to the rescue with a bailout for the Cubs).

;)

by **Casati** on 29 Sep 2008, 15:39

I have always rooted for the underdogs and for long suffering fans. Let's hope the Cubbies don't end up shooting themselves in the foot.

by **bineaz** on 29 Sep 2008, 17:29

A good man you are. I hope you're right.

by **agentesecreto** on 29 Sep 2008, 22:15

The Dodgers will continue the misery of the Cubs. We haven't won shit in 20 long years. I applied for handicapped seats+ denied. NOnoe available.

Bah,

What happened to the ADA ?

by **Casati** on 30 Sep 2008, 10:13

The NY sports media is hysterical. Unbelievable that we're hearing some of these journalists calling for Wright & Reyes to be traded. If the bullpen would have done it's job to begin with then the Mets would not have been in the position they were in against the Marlins. Wright & Reyes are not without blame since the core of the lineup was not able to produce this weekend (5 runs in 3 games against the Marlins.

by **bineaz** on 30 Sep 2008, 11:09

We'll see palo; we'll see. And I'll see in person because my friend did score two handicap tickets--legitimately--for the game tomorrow. It will be my first playoff game.

Though the Dodgers have the worst record among playoff teams they are solid: an experienced manager, really good pitching (the bullpen especially), and seasoned veterans like Ramirez, Kent, and Pierre. You guys will give us a challenge and if the Cubs come out flat we'll lose.

Casati, it must be weird with no NY teams in the playoffs. Trade two of your best offensive players? That's ridiculous. Santana was a great signing. They need to go out and spend more for a deeper pitching staff. They have the money.

by **Pabs** on 30 Sep 2008, 21:03

Jags' Collier is paralyzed, had left leg amputated

http://www.atlanticbb.net/news/read.php?ps=1013&rip_id=%3CD93GKUT80%40news.ap.org%3E&_LT=HOME_LARSDCCI1_UNEWS

EXCERPT:

Collier had bullet wounds to the back, left groin, left legs and right buttock. In addition, a bullet severed his spinal cord, paralyzing him from the waist down. The amputation was the result of damage to his left leg and groin, which had blood clots.

The 26-year-old Collier had five bullets removed from his urinary bladder and suffered bouts of pneumonia, infections and renal failure.

just in case anybody is keeping track, Collier is the 3rd NFL'er to be shot in the last 18 months

:whistle:

by **agentesecreto** on 30 Sep 2008, 22:38

Only an idiot would be happy to see any human being shot.

Bineaz:

What's your friend's handicapped?

I was going to claim mental illness andsevere chronic tension and muscular disorder. I have pulled it off before but fucking Dodgers were already sold out.

Bah!

Dodgers in 6.

by **Pabs** on 30 Sep 2008, 22:52

OK, I'll bite

show me where I seemed happy about this ?

by **agentesecreto** on 30 Sep 2008, 23:05

You are not smart enough to be subtle. And you don;t watch the NFL. You're a hockeymom, with lipstick.

by **Pabs** on 30 Sep 2008, 23:57

Has a hockey player ever been shot ? Gee, isn't it wierd how not even 1 has YET 3 NFL'ers have in the last 18 months ? I guess there's nothing to read into that though. Just a coincidence

:wink:

by **agentesecreto** on 01 Oct 2008, 00:21

Just carry on with your inane, purposeless and absurd life. It you call it such. Idiot.

by **Falc** on 01 Oct 2008, 08:48

Both the Cubs and the other team from Chicago are in the playoffs. If they make it through, will it be called the "L" Series?

by **Casati** on 01 Oct 2008, 09:25

Cubs - Dodgers should be interesting. We'll see if Manny continues his tear (batting .396, 17 HRs, 53 RBIs in 53 games with the Dodgers). Cubs pitching and defense whould be key for them to win the series.

Phillies should take the Brewers if not in 3 then in 4.

Red Sox - Angels should be a classic. Red Sox own the Angels but this season the Angels proved to be the best team in baseball. White Sox - Rays will also be very interesting.

by **bineaz** on 01 Oct 2008, 11:14

palo,

I mentioned it before. He was mugged and shot (don't ask me the perpetrator's race, the bullet in his spine didn't discriminate). He's a paraplegic. I've known him since college.

Falc,

Let's not get ahead of ourseleves, but the red line that stops at Wrigley and Sox Park is both elevated and a subway.

by **bineaz** on 01 Oct 2008, 11:16

Cubs > Dodgers (4)
Phllies > Brewers (5)

Red Sox > Angels (5)
White Sox > Rays (5)

But I don't know didley.

FORZA

by **bineaz** on 01 Oct 2008, 11:43

palo,

Are you interested in a friendly wager? A tag line perhaps? Or I'll send you a deep dish pizza and you can send me a bimbo blonde.

:hide:

by **Pabs** on 01 Oct 2008, 17:39

Bineaz

who are you talking about ? Collier ?