Old Mets: Not So Fast...
So the New Mets, those guys that seem to win a lot have lost a couple in a row. No worries.
The Braves keep losing. As do the Phillies.
Good teams are going to lose. This isn't football. This isn't basketball. Heck, this ain't a movie, dog.
The most important thing is that we are losing to the right team.
See, I have lived a pretty solid life. I have a great family, headed by Sippy Sr. who just mashes goodness. I have great friends. And I have my health. Considering that I have spent much of the past few weeks watching HBO's Band of Brothers, a must see by the way, that is a good thing.
But back to good friends.
Most of my friends are Mets fans. It always kind of worked out that way. But one of my roll dogs at the top of the list never went the way of Shea. Or so I thought.
OBF Schubes is an Oriole.
My best friend from my summer camp is a Baltimore legend. Not because of his lax skills (salt). Not because of his gigantic balls (no homo).
J Schubes is just a legend cause people love the kid.
The kid also happens to be a die hard Baltimore fan, and for that, god bless him. Talk about a city that couldn't be less of a rival. It's Baltimore. Charm City USA. The city that reads. Crab Cakes and Football Town.
So because of that, B-more has always had a big place in my heart.
So here we go. We have lost two to the New O's. A team that sits in the same division as the Banks and Sox knowing every season that they don't have much of a shot.
But still there is J Schubes.
The kid has the league pass.
The kid watches every inning of every O's game.
Not cause they are going to make the playoffs. Not cause they are going to win the world series.
But because he is a good kid. He is a REAL FAN. He supports his team every day for the god given day where his team might come over the top. When his team might overcome a bigger obtacle than even we, fans of the new Mets, have overcome. He prays for the day we he can overcome the Banks and the Sox.
In a sport built for those two teams to compete and win every year, it is hard to be an O's fan.
But there he is. OBF Schubes.
Just like the rest of my role dogs, Papa Chip and AFOMG among others, this kid is all class. And I truly respect his plight.
So if we are going to lose to someone, better it be the New O's than any other team. Cause with OBF Schubes I can sit there and talk about Byrnesy. I can sit there and talk about how the O's fleeced us in the Mora-for-Bordick trade. I can sit there and talk about most things.
And, still all is good. A good friend who roots for a team that I can understand.
VCD,
SM
The Braves keep losing. As do the Phillies.
Good teams are going to lose. This isn't football. This isn't basketball. Heck, this ain't a movie, dog.
The most important thing is that we are losing to the right team.
See, I have lived a pretty solid life. I have a great family, headed by Sippy Sr. who just mashes goodness. I have great friends. And I have my health. Considering that I have spent much of the past few weeks watching HBO's Band of Brothers, a must see by the way, that is a good thing.
But back to good friends.
Most of my friends are Mets fans. It always kind of worked out that way. But one of my roll dogs at the top of the list never went the way of Shea. Or so I thought.
OBF Schubes is an Oriole.
My best friend from my summer camp is a Baltimore legend. Not because of his lax skills (salt). Not because of his gigantic balls (no homo).
J Schubes is just a legend cause people love the kid.
The kid also happens to be a die hard Baltimore fan, and for that, god bless him. Talk about a city that couldn't be less of a rival. It's Baltimore. Charm City USA. The city that reads. Crab Cakes and Football Town.
So because of that, B-more has always had a big place in my heart.
So here we go. We have lost two to the New O's. A team that sits in the same division as the Banks and Sox knowing every season that they don't have much of a shot.
But still there is J Schubes.
The kid has the league pass.
The kid watches every inning of every O's game.
Not cause they are going to make the playoffs. Not cause they are going to win the world series.
But because he is a good kid. He is a REAL FAN. He supports his team every day for the god given day where his team might come over the top. When his team might overcome a bigger obtacle than even we, fans of the new Mets, have overcome. He prays for the day we he can overcome the Banks and the Sox.
In a sport built for those two teams to compete and win every year, it is hard to be an O's fan.
But there he is. OBF Schubes.
Just like the rest of my role dogs, Papa Chip and AFOMG among others, this kid is all class. And I truly respect his plight.
So if we are going to lose to someone, better it be the New O's than any other team. Cause with OBF Schubes I can sit there and talk about Byrnesy. I can sit there and talk about how the O's fleeced us in the Mora-for-Bordick trade. I can sit there and talk about most things.
And, still all is good. A good friend who roots for a team that I can understand.
VCD,
SM
posted by Sippy Momo at 12:52 AM
2 Comments:
word. mora was like 25 and learning to find ways to contribute no matter his not havinbg a regular position...where was Rey O that year? de dude has hit .300 plus at least 3 years after he was shipped out of NY.
i swear...was dat phillips that did that or Duqettttte? i might have to make a stop after work.... old ass bordick....
Worndownboyboy:
Ordonez got injured in a game against Los Angeles I believe it was applying the tag on a baserunner attempting to steal second. It was an amazing play, Ordonez pulled the ball out of nowhere and jerked his arm around to apply the tag (if I remember correctly, the runner was called out), but Rey Rey broke his arm in the exchange and that was the end of that. He'd been doing terribly that year and it was regarded as no particularly big loss (just looked up his stats: .188 average and 6 errors through 45 games), but in any event, the trade that sent Mora to the birds happened on Phillips' watch, so he's the man to blame.
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