Oh great, an URP.

I didn't realize they were going to replace the Tappan Zee bridge.

Good start, Brett.

Hey, not a double play.

Yeah, only one out.

Phew, glad this game is in Citi Field.

way to go young. :)

Woot! Probably Brian Roberts only triple for the year. Thanks, Mets.

I don't mind not picking up that RBI

[7] way to prove me wrong Brian.

I missed Pipp Jervis' homer

[1] Yep. In twenty years when the bridge opens, they'll be just in time for the latest ten-mile traffic jam. Can't wait! {/Bart Scott}

Evening all, from triple digit SoCal.

Aaaaaaand ... past a leaning Jeter!

[11] Sorry, twenty.

Mmm, Tanaka

[13] one time I flew into NY. Parents were hours late due to a tie up on the TZ.

Man, somebody eats his spinach...

[15] What kind of tie? A bow tie or extra innings?

Have to say, I've been very surprised with Tesh's recent power surge. Figured he'd be very slow coming back from the wrist surgery.

[17] Heh. Some traffic jam. And this was late at night and well before Christie was governor.

I had a great idea on way back from grandson band concert at PVC Croton: let Solarte be hitting instructor for a week. As Sterling told us several times,he's leading the league in BA!

[19] Christie would have to have some pull considering that the Tappan Zee is entirely in NY. But then, gravity must be an issue with him in general.

[21] 1990s

Thank you for striking out.

[20] He pities the fool who can't hit a Tanaka splitter!

[22] Aw, everyone was jammin' in the 90s!

SPEED KILLS!!!

well i'll take it! :)

[18] Never underestimate the power of John Tesh and his musical muse.

New York was a "Mets' town in the 80's"?!?!?!?

Uh, no.

TANAKA-SAN!!!

Tanaka seems wise beyond his years

[27] Or Arthur Ewing for that matter...

[28] Well, not NY as a whole. But certainly in Brooklyn where I was it was 75% Mets fans. Straw and Doc were everything.

[32] Well, in Northern NJ, where I was, it was mostly Yankees fans. Sure, when the Mets peaked (in '85 and '86) they were the flavor of the moment, but the underlying loyalties didn't budge ...

[33] I think too the Boss' image then was at an all-time low, people were fed up. Too bad as the Yankee teams of the 80s were never as bad as people remember.

Hey all.
Man, is this Tanaka's best game?

We haven't had a complete game yet right? it'd be nice if Tanaka can get the CG SO.

Hmm, 100 pitches for Tanaka. Robertson for the ninth in a no save sityashun?

[37] I think Tanaka will get a shot to finish it. Short leash, of course.

Port Jervis, going on REGGIE on the swing ...

And ... there's a REGGIE-esque K.

[32],[33] To me, the Mets wouldn't be such a hard team to like if they were more celebratory of those guys.

I guess that answers that question!

Hey, look at that!!!

New hitting instructor: Tanaka

[34] Naw, George's image hit rock-bottom in the early 90's, after the whole Spira/Winfield/suspension mess. The 80's Yankees had the best record in baseball, even though they didn't win the WS.

TANAKA-SAN!!!

Say hey! Get that man the ball and a pinch-runner!

Tanaka gets a knocka!

PINCH RUN, PINCH RUN, FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT'S HOLY AND THE MEMORY OF CHIEN-MING WAN, PINCH FUCKING RUN!!!!!!!!

Err, Wang

Good.

My first choice was a Brett homer, but that's my second choice.

[44] His image was going downhill in a hurry in the eighties with all the bad moves he was forcing, not to mention all the mangers and GMs he was firing. If nothing else, he was certainly looked at as a bungling meddler with deep pockets. James Dolan credits him as a key mentor for giving him some advice that apparently stuck.

I remember watching the game, on the tv I used for my TRS CoCo, when there was spontaneous eruption for no reason. Then it came out The Boss was suspended.

ok, gotta stick around to hopefully see Tanaka finish this off.

If there's another base runner, it'll be Hamma Time.

[50] And? That doesn't actually counter-indicate anything I said. I didn't say that the majority of people liked G.S., just that the people in my portion of the Tri-State Area didn't magically become Mets fans during the 80's ...

I didn't catch who was ready in the pen. Seems like it should be robertson. If Tanaka lets up a couple of hits that becomes a tight situation pretty quickly.

damn he is fast. Still, that's one out.

[54] Oops, I didn't know I was supposed to be arguing with you >;)

Dang, Young is fast. But those of us older are smarter.

[55] It's Robertson.
One more man on and it will be a Save situation. (Tying run on deck is a Save situation.)

Ooooh. I think so, but not sure. They'll review that one huh?

uh oh, i don't think jeter got that in time.

[57] It's the "INTERNET!1!1!!"

You should always assume you're arguing with everyone ...

Wow, lucky. Junior just screwed that up badly.

scratch that, jeter got him. But wow, that would have sucked.

[59] cool. Thanks.

Yay!

Very encouraging game from Our Hiro.

woot! yay tanaka!

Tanaka! Tanaka! Tanaka!

[62] You're wrong! There's no arguing allowed on the internet!!

(I just had to 'unfollow' someone on Twitter who was advocating the burning down of Korean shops in Tokyo...lot of wackos out there...)

[62] But I can't; I'm not a contrarian, I'm a cynic!

Jeez, go to refresh my beverage and I miss it. Tanaka-san

GOOD JOB TANAKA-SAN!

[69] That's some CRAY-CRAY, but unfortunately, not unexpected, since I just read the following article:

http://deadspin.com/the-empty-seat-game-japanese-soccers-non-solution-to-a-1572403524?

[69] That it pretty wacko. This country would sink into deep depression without the yakiniku trade.

If I hear one more player or manager say, about Tanaka, "He's the real deal" I'm going to scream.

Excerpt from [73]

[quote]
He's 19, drinks like he's legally 20, educated, born and bred in Urawa, loves the city, loves the team, and wants the world to learn about Japanese soccer. He grew up idolizing England's famous hooligans: "I want to be like that. They're so cool." He wishes Urawa never signed Lee: "I hate him." He sees Koreans at his university in Tokyo: "I never talk to them. Because I hate them."

Is Tatsu racist? "Not really. But other people think I am racist. Because I sometimes say, 'Fuck you, Korean.'"

Tatsu was afraid to talk about it in front of the other Reds at the bar. He pulled me away, put his finger over his mouth, and spoke quietly. He said he's friends with the guys who put up the "Japanese Only" banner, and I asked him if he's angry that he got banned from the game because of them.

"As a supporter, I'm angry," he said. "But as a friend, I'm so sorry to them. Because they're very friendly, so we should save them from the media. We have to save them, but we couldn't, so I feel really sorry."
[/quote]

[73] That was weird but Urawa fans are supposedly a bit manic..think they just want to emulate the Euro fan clubs.

[74] Man, I went in an explored a REALLY dark alley of the Japanese right on the web..lot of calls for assasinations of lefty journalists, traitors and expulsion of all zainichi. Cho disturbing..

Masahiro Tanaka: Thank You For Coming, Drive Home Safely