Comments on: Better Lucky Than Good http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/10/18/better-lucky-than-good/ Development site for Bronx Banter Blog's upcoming look and feel Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:25:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Mr. OK Jazz TOKYO http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/10/18/better-lucky-than-good/#comment-229046 Mr. OK Jazz TOKYO Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:33:06 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=25162#comment-229046 Speaking of bars and places to watch games..the new MLB Cafe has opened here in town. A friend and I were planning to check it out but we just couldn't stomach the buffalo wings and pitchers of beer at 8 in the morning for the live games... I miss Hinske too but it does not matter..The Yankees are going to win the WS, the only question left is whether they run the table.. Speaking of bars and places to watch games..the new MLB Cafe has opened here in town. A friend and I were planning to check it out but we just couldn’t stomach the buffalo wings and pitchers of beer at 8 in the morning for the live games…

I miss Hinske too but it does not matter..The Yankees are going to win the WS, the only question left is whether they run the table..

]]> By: Diane Firstman http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/10/18/better-lucky-than-good/#comment-229045 Diane Firstman Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:27:26 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=25162#comment-229045 My fantasy football QBs have combined for 40 points this weekend. Brady had 45.5 of them . . . and then there is Mark Sanchez ... My fantasy football QBs have combined for 40 points this weekend. Brady had 45.5 of them . . . and then there is Mark Sanchez …

]]> By: RIYank http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/10/18/better-lucky-than-good/#comment-229044 RIYank Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:49:56 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=25162#comment-229044 Thelarmis, I'm watching the Patriots in a dreadful football game, but an early star was Pats' receiver and return man Julian Edelman. Not a lot of us in the NFL... Thelarmis, I’m watching the Patriots in a dreadful football game, but an early star was Pats’ receiver and return man Julian Edelman.
Not a lot of us in the NFL…

]]> By: thelarmis http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/10/18/better-lucky-than-good/#comment-229043 thelarmis Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:48:27 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=25162#comment-229043 burnett and saunders each had game scores of: 61 burnett and saunders each had game scores of: 61

]]> By: RagingTartabull http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/10/18/better-lucky-than-good/#comment-229042 RagingTartabull Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:24:07 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=25162#comment-229042 now THIS is hilarious...all the In-N-Out and Del Taco must've gotten to this guy's head http://fromthedugout.freedomblogging.com/2009/10/17/game-2-outrage-umpire-defies-tradition-with-call-at-second/38709/ now THIS is hilarious…all the In-N-Out and Del Taco must’ve gotten to this guy’s head

http://fromthedugout.freedomblogging.com/2009/10/17/game-2-outrage-umpire-defies-tradition-with-call-at-second/38709/

]]> By: thelarmis http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/10/18/better-lucky-than-good/#comment-229041 thelarmis Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:59:24 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=25162#comment-229041 crasnick on jeter's catch of vladi's "poop up" (hi ms. o!) He looked like a guy trying to read a book in the shower. crasnick on jeter’s catch of vladi’s “poop up” (hi ms. o!)

He looked like a guy trying to read a book in the shower.

]]> By: thelarmis http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/10/18/better-lucky-than-good/#comment-229040 thelarmis Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:45:37 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=25162#comment-229040 [102] "easily <b>pooped</b> it up" hee hee ; ) [102] “easily pooped it up”

hee hee ; )

]]> By: oncewent3for2 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/10/18/better-lucky-than-good/#comment-229039 oncewent3for2 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:41:26 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=25162#comment-229039 [12] I love how you used "struck out" to mean "hit safely." [12] I love how you used “struck out” to mean “hit safely.”

]]> By: thelarmis http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/10/18/better-lucky-than-good/#comment-229038 thelarmis Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:41:25 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=25162#comment-229038 [106] met a girl last night whose dad is a math professor! but he's not a baseball fan... i sort of am. i kinda like the Yankees. but just a little bit... [106] met a girl last night whose dad is a math professor! but he’s not a baseball fan…

i sort of am. i kinda like the Yankees. but just a little bit…

]]> By: weeping for brunnhilde http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/10/18/better-lucky-than-good/#comment-229037 weeping for brunnhilde Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:38:31 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=25162#comment-229037 [112] Oh, God, Europe! I know, I had the pleasure to be living in Rome the summer they won the World Cup (2005?). It was exhilarating. Huge screens up in public spaces throughout town, every bar and restaurant had the game on the tube for all the diners and drinkers to enjoy, it was so communal, really amazing. And when the French guy missed that kick, God, the roars! The howling and parading through the streets was something to behold, though frankly a little dark given the country's fascist past. Really something, though, to see all of Rome screaming and drinking and laughing and honking and waving and dancing in the streets. [112] Oh, God, Europe! I know, I had the pleasure to be living in Rome the summer they won the World Cup (2005?). It was exhilarating. Huge screens up in public spaces throughout town, every bar and restaurant had the game on the tube for all the diners and drinkers to enjoy, it was so communal, really amazing.

And when the French guy missed that kick, God, the roars!

The howling and parading through the streets was something to behold, though frankly a little dark given the country’s fascist past. Really something, though, to see all of Rome screaming and drinking and laughing and honking and waving and dancing in the streets.

]]> By: Horace Clarke Era http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/10/18/better-lucky-than-good/#comment-229036 Horace Clarke Era Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:31:47 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=25162#comment-229036 Mickey Mantle's ... I wondered if it was the 'hood I was in. I mean, midtown, Central Park South, etc. If there'd have been more share-the-game somewhere less upmarket. In Toronto, when there is a European Cup or World Cup soccer game involving many different countries (but Italy preeminently) the energy in a local bar is so high it makes it worthwhile going a couple of hours early just to get in to the place ... and then see sports-fandom in overdrive. I've done it in Italian cafes, English pubs (saw Argentina win a war of brutal attrition after Beckham got tricked into a petulant small foul that still got him red carded .. agony!), a Greek restaurant (when Greece won the European Cup) and these have been really memorable experiences. An ALCS game on a freezing October night in NY wouldn't have me expecting something like that ... but I did hope for more in the Mick's Place. And I'm glad others saw the same thing I did in Alex's homer ... there is something astonishing in his getting that ball out. Teix will straighten out, I am not worried there, just as I wasn't (you could look it up on the Banter!) about Damon. Mickey Mantle’s … I wondered if it was the ‘hood I was in. I mean, midtown, Central Park South, etc. If there’d have been more share-the-game somewhere less upmarket.

In Toronto, when there is a European Cup or World Cup soccer game involving many different countries (but Italy preeminently) the energy in a local bar is so high it makes it worthwhile going a couple of hours early just to get in to the place … and then see sports-fandom in overdrive. I’ve done it in Italian cafes, English pubs (saw Argentina win a war of brutal attrition after Beckham got tricked into a petulant small foul that still got him red carded .. agony!), a Greek restaurant (when Greece won the European Cup) and these have been really memorable experiences.

An ALCS game on a freezing October night in NY wouldn’t have me expecting something like that … but I did hope for more in the Mick’s Place.

And I’m glad others saw the same thing I did in Alex’s homer … there is something astonishing in his getting that ball out.

Teix will straighten out, I am not worried there, just as I wasn’t (you could look it up on the Banter!) about Damon.

]]> By: ms october http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/10/18/better-lucky-than-good/#comment-229035 ms october Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:30:44 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=25162#comment-229035 lupica you mean the same lupica that just a few short years ago said nyc was becoming a mets town - get back to sports reporters and leave us alone- asshole lupica you mean the same lupica that just a few short years ago said nyc was becoming a mets town – get back to sports reporters and leave us alone- asshole

]]> By: RIYank http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/10/18/better-lucky-than-good/#comment-229034 RIYank Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:23:59 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=25162#comment-229034 Lupica is such a hack. Ugh, that article makes me feel dirty. Lupica is such a hack. Ugh, that article makes me feel dirty.

]]> By: Diane Firstman http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/10/18/better-lucky-than-good/#comment-229033 Diane Firstman Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:22:17 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=25162#comment-229033 Yanks have best fans, says Lupica http://tinyurl.com/yz6xgb4 But no fans have ever supported a baseball team, the most famous team in this world, the way Yankee fans support theirs. They have done this on either side of 161st St. They showed up 4 million strong across the street and they were just as strong this season, even if the numbers dropped in the new place. Yankee fans stayed strong in the way they showed up and were just as strong when they told the people in charge that they weren't going to pay stupid prices to sit down next to the field, below what is known as The Moat at the new place, the Yankees thinking they could have class seating like they had in the Roman Coliseum. No matter. They keep coming, down the steps from the 4 train at 161st St. and River, not taking the left the way they used to, going right now. They come out of the new station and walk past the sad ruined shell of the old Stadium, filled now only with memories, the place being gutted day by day on the inside. =================== I would think the Cubs and Cardinal and even (gasp) Red Sox fans might have a case. Yanks have best fans, says Lupica
http://tinyurl.com/yz6xgb4

But no fans have ever supported a baseball team, the most famous team in this world, the way Yankee fans support theirs.

They have done this on either side of 161st St. They showed up 4 million strong across the street and they were just as strong this season, even if the numbers dropped in the new place. Yankee fans stayed strong in the way they showed up and were just as strong when they told the people in charge that they weren’t going to pay stupid prices to sit down next to the field, below what is known as The Moat at the new place, the Yankees thinking they could have class seating like they had in the Roman Coliseum.

No matter. They keep coming, down the steps from the 4 train at 161st St. and River, not taking the left the way they used to, going right now. They come out of the new station and walk past the sad ruined shell of the old Stadium, filled now only with memories, the place being gutted day by day on the inside.

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I would think the Cubs and Cardinal and even (gasp) Red Sox fans might have a case.

]]> By: weeping for brunnhilde http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/10/18/better-lucky-than-good/#comment-229032 weeping for brunnhilde Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:22:23 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=25162#comment-229032 Oh, and one other thing: Teix had a particular ab that really, really annoyed me. 12th, maybe? He watched a pretty fat strike on the outside part of the plate; had he been looking to go the other way (a single would have won the game), he could have easily poked that into right field. That he just watched it sail by made me wonder where his head was. I think it was an 0-1. Oh, and one other thing: Teix had a particular ab that really, really annoyed me. 12th, maybe? He watched a pretty fat strike on the outside part of the plate; had he been looking to go the other way (a single would have won the game), he could have easily poked that into right field. That he just watched it sail by made me wonder where his head was. I think it was an 0-1.

]]> By: Rich http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/10/18/better-lucky-than-good/#comment-229031 Rich Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:21:26 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=25162#comment-229031 Burnett pitched better with Cervelli behind the plate than with Posada or Molina. Granted it's a small sample size, but there are sample size issues with all three catchers. <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.cgi?n1=burnea.01&year=2009&t=p#catch" rel="nofollow">link</a> Burnett pitched better with Cervelli behind the plate than with Posada or Molina. Granted it’s a small sample size, but there are sample size issues with all three catchers.

link

]]> By: RIYank http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/10/18/better-lucky-than-good/#comment-229030 RIYank Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:21:08 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=25162#comment-229030 [98] Soliving for X... hmmmm. Got it! X = Karim Garcia [98] Soliving for X… hmmmm.
Got it!

X = Karim Garcia

]]> By: weeping for brunnhilde http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/10/18/better-lucky-than-good/#comment-229029 weeping for brunnhilde Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:13:41 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=25162#comment-229029 [103] No, not the first place I'd look, either, just where we happened to be. Windsor Terrace would make sense. [103] No, not the first place I’d look, either, just where we happened to be. Windsor Terrace would make sense.

]]> By: The Hawk http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/10/18/better-lucky-than-good/#comment-229028 The Hawk Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:11:06 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=25162#comment-229028 [100] I wasn't being sarcastic, nor condescending. I got one or both from your statement (question). I was making an honest appraisal and expressing it in a straightforward, if critical, manner. There's a difference. - I won't agree to disagree on that. [100] I wasn’t being sarcastic, nor condescending. I got one or both from your statement (question). I was making an honest appraisal and expressing it in a straightforward, if critical, manner.

There’s a difference. – I won’t agree to disagree on that.

]]> By: The Hawk http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/10/18/better-lucky-than-good/#comment-229027 The Hawk Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:07:29 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=25162#comment-229027 [99] <i>I wonder if such places even exist anymore?</i> Farrell's in Windsor Terrace was like that, I'm sure there are tons of them. Just not in Williamsburg, necessarily (not the first place I'd look, btw). [99] I wonder if such places even exist anymore?

Farrell’s in Windsor Terrace was like that, I’m sure there are tons of them. Just not in Williamsburg, necessarily (not the first place I’d look, btw).

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