1. oldtimefamilybaseball: Games like this, especially on getaway days, are not supposed to happen. Players are supposed to be excited about getting to the airport and drinking a few day beers, not making seven run comebacks. And when I check to see how the Pirates are doing on a Thursday afternoon and see they’re up 7-0, I’m supposed to be able to return to doing actual things, secure in the knowledge that a victory will soon be had. What I’m not supposed to expect is 7 RBIs from the RBI whore tandem of Carlos Beltran and Ruben Tejada.  It was the Mets biggest comeback since June 30, 2000, a time when we were all still reeling from Y2K not actually happening, so it was a completely different world. Just look at the movies we watched back then—A Perfect Storm, The Patriot and a variety of IMAX documentaries? Who were we? 

    oldtimefamilybaseball:

    Games like this, especially on getaway days, are not supposed to happen. Players are supposed to be excited about getting to the airport and drinking a few day beers, not making seven run comebacks.

    And when I check to see how the Pirates are doing on a Thursday afternoon and see they’re up 7-0, I’m supposed to be able to return to doing actual things, secure in the knowledge that a victory will soon be had. What I’m not supposed to expect is 7 RBIs from the RBI whore tandem of Carlos Beltran and Ruben Tejada. 

    It was the Mets biggest comeback since June 30, 2000, a time when we were all still reeling from Y2K not actually happening, so it was a completely different world. Just look at the movies we watched back then—A Perfect Storm, The Patriot and a variety of IMAX documentaries? Who were we? 







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  1. jjacosta21 reblogged this from oldtimefamilybaseball and added:
    I went to this game sat field level =)
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    I’m sorry but yesterday’s game cannot even be compared with the June 30, 2000 game. That was quite possibly the greatest...
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  6. courantdeconscience reblogged this from oldtimefamilybaseball and added:
    Such an amazing first game of the year. Albeit a perplexing one.
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