This Week In SNY

by James Kannengieser on Sep 30, 2011 10:30 AM EDT

This final 2011 edition of TWISNY was produced at home base, just outside SNY Studios in Midtown Manhattan.

Security let us stick around long enough to write the whole post.

Saturday, September 24th

SNY captured a colorful couple taking in Mets-Phils:

Quoth Ron Darling: "That is wrong on so many levels." Gary Cohen added "That was really odd." TWISNY can understand the fashion statement made by the bearded fan, but an explanation is needed for the Phanatic in the Mets jersey. Is it a voodoo doll? If yes, why put a Mets jersey on him? Why not dress him in a Jimmy Rollins jersey? So many questions which will forever be unanswered.

Let's check in with Kevin! R.A. Dickey had a no-hitter going in the seventh inning and Kevin let his 21,000+ Twitter followers know:

Kevin is a notorious jinx -- would he strike again? Yes, as Dickey gave up a double to Satan Victorino after 6.1 no-hit innings. The peanut gallery gave Kevin the business, and he was having none of it!

99.99 times out of 100, TWISNY does not believe in ghosts, spirits, curses or jinxes. But forgive us for holding on to the "don't mention 'no-hitter' during a no-hitter" policy.

Monday, September 26th

Tim Byrdak had a rough night against the Reds and sat in the dugout afterwards with only his thoughts:

"I'm staring at a star in the sky, wondering if maybe, just maybe, Pedro Feliciano is looking at the same one."

Tim McClelland flashed the symbol of his gang "The Madison Boys", which pays tribute to the fourth President of the United States:

Tuesday, September 27th

It took all of our strength to not troll this text poll with a barrage of "NO" responses:

The texters came through, validating the existence of the Toyota Text Poll:

Left to right, we have some late night iced coffee, the gun show and disapproving Gary:

Wednesday, September 28th

And here's Ralph Kiner to cap it all off, with a bonus shot of Ron Darling sitting in the high chair:

TWISNY extends a sincere thank you to Gary, Keith, Ron and Ralph (okay, Kevin too) for yet another great season. We can't imagine watching the Mets without them.

That's all for this season. We'll be back sometime soon with a "best of" season in review. Thank you for reading.

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Kiner awesome as always

What the hell is that brown jersey supposed to represent? When was that thing sold?

Insert witty signature here

by BlueChill on Sep 30, 2011 10:37 AM EDT reply actions

Kevin Burkhardt is a douche.

We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!

by kingcritical on Sep 30, 2011 11:19 AM EDT reply actions

Water is wet

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"He who gets the best players usually wins" - Bobby Bowden

by Russ on Oct 2, 2011 8:04 PM EDT up reply actions

According to The Boys In The Booth, Kevein is the best sideline reporter in in sports.

Discuss.

by Curtis3331 on Oct 3, 2011 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions

Could you see SNY security sweat it out while writing?

“The calls are coming from inside the house!”

Jagr? Seriously?

by Matthew Artus on Sep 30, 2011 11:23 AM EDT reply actions

i believe that this feature

needs to be spun off into its own venture. This should be done as a pod cast featuring a computer generated Mel Allen voice.Then an annual should be produced (mailed to me free of charge for my approval) and tshirts bearing the likeness of Ralph, Kevin and James Kanneblazer in a Mt Rushmore like pose should be offered to consumers. This will fix the economy.

I.M. Forme
"When you get yourself into trouble is when you feel you have to do something, and then you get yourself in trouble." --Omar Minaya

by itsmetsforme on Sep 30, 2011 12:04 PM EDT reply actions

Keith

I.M. Forme
"When you get yourself into trouble is when you feel you have to do something, and then you get yourself in trouble." --Omar Minaya

by itsmetsforme on Sep 30, 2011 1:57 PM EDT up reply actions

Keith

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Really good kid.A very good player.Not a superstar. #BlameWilponz. Never Forget

by ScottfromPeekskill on Sep 30, 2011 1:57 PM EDT up reply actions

Keith

Now, kids, being eaten by a crocodile is just like going to sleep; in giant blender.

by meigs1414 on Sep 30, 2011 1:59 PM EDT up reply actions

Keith

Chamption of the R.A. Dickey Face contest and "Cromulent Photoshopper Extraordinaire" of Amazin' Avenue!
You might know me as mistermet.

by Steve Schreiber on Sep 30, 2011 2:27 PM EDT up reply actions

Van Buren

by SuperT on Sep 30, 2011 2:49 PM EDT up reply actions

Martin

The 2011 New York Mets: Assume crash position

by CTRefJay on Sep 30, 2011 3:58 PM EDT up reply actions

McFly

"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!" Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.

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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Sep 30, 2011 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions

George

Chamption of the R.A. Dickey Face contest and "Cromulent Photoshopper Extraordinaire" of Amazin' Avenue!
You might know me as mistermet.

by Steve Schreiber on Oct 1, 2011 12:56 AM EDT up reply actions

Jefferson

It's a triumph of number crunching over the human spirit...aaaaaand, it’s about time. -- Play-by-Play Announcer, The Simpsons.

by MookieTheCat on Oct 1, 2011 11:55 AM EDT up reply actions

D'Arcy

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"He who gets the best players usually wins" - Bobby Bowden

by Russ on Oct 2, 2011 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions

Tim McClelland? I think not!

Its Enrico Palazzo!!!! Holy shit he is the spitting image of him!

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Really good kid.A very good player.Not a superstar. #BlameWilponz. Never Forget

by ScottfromPeekskill on Sep 30, 2011 1:56 PM EDT reply actions

it's a good thing major league talent evaluators don't go by looks

because Tim Byrdak does not look like an athlete to me.

I.M. Forme
"When you get yourself into trouble is when you feel you have to do something, and then you get yourself in trouble." --Omar Minaya

by itsmetsforme on Sep 30, 2011 1:59 PM EDT reply actions

Yup

If you’re half-bald, you’ve got to go all the way, else you look like a junior high math teacher.

by SuperT on Sep 30, 2011 2:50 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs

Haha so funny!

I’d love to rec this but apparently flagging is my only option.

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Really good kid.A very good player.Not a superstar. #BlameWilponz. Never Forget

by ScottfromPeekskill on Sep 30, 2011 3:42 PM EDT up reply actions

Or a therapist

The 2011 New York Mets: Assume crash position

by CTRefJay on Sep 30, 2011 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions

Howie Rose is the real jinx!

I often listen to the game while driving. Every time the Mets have a no-no through a handful of innings, he rattles off how many games the Mets have played without having a no hitter. This is followed by me screaming bloodcurdlingly at my windshield, “STFU Howie!”

by paulie1755 on Sep 30, 2011 2:53 PM EDT reply actions

I was cursing out Gary Cohen quite vociferously

"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!" Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.

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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Sep 30, 2011 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions

People who talk about no-hitters are such tools

"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!" Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.

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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Sep 30, 2011 4:17 PM EDT reply actions

People who think it matters are even bigger ones

No offense to you personally

by Evan_S on Sep 30, 2011 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions

If you don't think saying anything matters, then shut the fuck up (since it doesn't matter) and don't rain on everyone else's parade (since it doesn't matter)

I do not understand the mentality of dickheads who purposefully make it a point to belabor the point and mention it over and over and over, knowing it bothers other people.

"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!" Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.

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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Sep 30, 2011 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions

Not you, Evan- making that clear, with the cursing and whatnot.

I have a pottymouth

"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!" Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.

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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Sep 30, 2011 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions

We cool.

But if someone asks me to describe the game, I’ll say “so and so is throwing a no hitter through x innings.” I don’t go out of my way to say it, but I don’t get fans hating on announcers for mentioning a no hitter. It’s their job to say what’s going on, and if the pitcher hasn’t given up a hit, the announcer has to say it. I’d be willing to bet every cent I ever make that someone has mentioned the words “no hitter” through every single no hitter in baseball history.

by Evan_S on Sep 30, 2011 11:34 PM EDT up reply actions

There was ways for announcers to talk about it, without talking about it

It’s not fair to say every announcer should be Vin Scully, but Vin Scully. Koufax’s famous perfect game against the Cubs in 1966, he said perfect game once in the entire broadcast before it was over, in like the 8th or 9th inning. He mentioned how Koufax (Don Larsen’s perfect game, too), that Koufax/Larsen had retired his “tenth batter”, “eleventh batter”, “twelfth batter”, and so on, and was making note of the time each batter was retired late in the game (with Koufax), not saying anything after strikeouts and letting the growing roar of the crowd add to the intensity, and generally let fans know that something important was going on, without actually saying it.

On the other hand, there was Gary Cohen, who was basically saying it every three god damn seconds “R.A. Dickey has a perfect game going through four innings, five innings, six innings…”

"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!" Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.

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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Oct 1, 2011 12:02 AM EDT up reply actions

Yes, it's one of the charms of baseball,

the describing what’s going on without actually saying. I’ve only been watching baseball for a decade, and I’ve heard it quite a number of times (incompletes, obvs). If you watch regularly at all, you realize what’s going on by the oddness and repetitiveness of the terms, and if you don’t watch regularly, how much do you really care? Those people can be clued in at the end that they’ve seen something important.

by SuperT on Oct 1, 2011 2:07 AM EDT up reply actions

It's part of the tradition

There is superstition in baseball, and I like it. If you don’t take it too seriously it adds some fun, and perhaps some internal culture, to the game. Every culture has taboos, as does every subculture. They are part of what makes life interesting. Anyone paying attention will know that something important is going on seeing the line score with a 0 in it at the end of each inning.

It’s like when Reyes hit for the cycle in 06 (or was it 07, I forget). I watched that whole game and I knew what he had already done. I didn’t need someone saying “he could hit for the cycle here” when he came up. You can always clue those who are too drunk to follow the game in afterwards.

It's a triumph of number crunching over the human spirit...aaaaaand, it’s about time. -- Play-by-Play Announcer, The Simpsons.

by MookieTheCat on Oct 1, 2011 12:01 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm just really anti-superstition, so this stuff annoys me.

What Vin Scully did though sounds amazing.

by Evan_S on Oct 1, 2011 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions

"R.A. Dickey has a perfect game going through four innings, five innings, six innings…"

What bothers me isn’t that they do it, but that they start so early. In my mind there’s no reason to mention it until the seventh, because there’s nothing really remarkable about it until then.

Of course, if you DO wait until the seventh, it’s that much more likely that the very next pitched ball ends it, so then you’d just affirm the ‘jinx’ in the minds of the credulous. No-win scenario; where’s Kobayashi?

by Curtis3331 on Oct 3, 2011 10:35 PM EDT up reply actions