MY LOVELY WIFE: So, no champagne tonight?
ME: Well, we could if the Phillies lose.
MY LOVELY WIFE: Or we could have some and buy some more tomorrow.
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MY LOVELY WIFE: So, no champagne tonight? ME: Well, we could if the Phillies lose. MY LOVELY WIFE: Or we could have some and buy some more tomorrow. Welcome to Flashback Friday, a weekly feature devoted to the 20th anniversary of the 1986 World Champion New York Mets. Twenty years. Forty-three Fridays. This is one of them. Two of the many things I didn’t know much about in 1986 were blank VHS cassettes and domestic champagne. But I knew I needed both. It was […] Chuck James is so The Man. With the help of 1 or 2 vital Braves (it’s the least they can do) taking advantage of a roster of decomposing Phillies — Randall Simon, Jeff Conine, Jose Hernandez, Jamie Moyer…is that Johnny Callison lingering by the bat rack? — the magic number is 1. 1.0020: Perspective. 1 quarter-century ago, […] Don’t send the Braves to do the Mets’ job. They couldn’t win one lousy game from the Phillies to facilitate our clinching. But so what? Our continuous demoralization of the Fish — poor babies — is plenty for 2 nights. And watching Turner Field in September of 2006 resemble a very depressed Shea Stadium from September […] Bellowed unironically a few minutes ago for the first time since the 1996 World Series: GO BRAVES! Atlanta's up 5-0 in the the 3rd in the opener of a doubleheader. Kyle Davies has homered. Two wins for them and one for us tonight and magic gets a whole lot more magical. Still don't like them, but who cares? They're […] It had only been two lousy losses since the previous Mets win, but it felt fairly major that the Mets asserted themselves in Florida. For you pre-Mentos mint lovers, think of it as Asserts…with Metsin! For the rest of you, consider a club that was pulling itself back to the pack in its actions if not […] “Mr. Randolph? Hi, I'm Rachel. NLE Properties.” “Hello Rachel. Sorry I'm running late. I had to call a last-minute departmental meeting.” “Is everything all right?” “Oh, just had to shake up some complacent employees. Nothing to worry about.” “Are you sure? Because I know we're so close to signing the papers…” “Really, just a bump in the road. And to […] Breaks are good. It’s not a bad idea taking a break every now and then. I know how hard you all work…my point is this: Break’s over. —President Bartlet OK, so maybe Dave Williams isn't the answer. That was Uggla all around, but the starting pitching is where it begins and, against the Marlins, ended. Quickly. Maine makes […] My father goes somewhere, he generally carries nothing. Whatever he needs is presumably in his pockets. I never noticed it until I realized how he’s the opposite of me. I take after my mother. I carry a bag. Not a purse, not a man purse. A shoulder bag I guess you’d call it. An overnight bag […] “If we’d had 5 decent starters, his ass would have been out of here 4 years ago!” Thus spake a disgusted Joe in the midst of Sunday afternoon’s Trachselization. When Joe has the clearest vision among 45,000 disgruntled Mets fans (and probably 3,000 jerks who haven’t heard the Dodgers don’t play one borough over anymore), surely […] |
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