Hmm. I keep wanting to write a response, but somehow I think Scott is correct. This is a baseball forum and should remain so.

The 2 things are religion and politics.
I hope in the future posting on these topics could be avoided.

You can’t take the heat on an anon board even…. people like you need to be discriminated against. Then you won’t be so high and mighty….

dave…. the Pope made inflamatory religious statments… so what’s your point. its ok now???

Perhaps you have heard of him? He is the Pope. Did so about a year ago.

The question with Church is not did he make these statements. The question is once confronted with them and having it explained why they are wrong, did he continue to defend them? Did he mend his ways or did he continue with his previous stance?

Also religion is a very personal and inflamatory thing. Depending on how you view the subject at hand giving to your view a reasoned argument as to why something is wrong will not always be taken that way by the other party.

Since Church has been a Met I have not heard him making any racist or bigoted comments. If he did I am sure it will be on the back page of the post.

I feel bad for you too, hollywood, because your own intolerance for the viewpoints of others and your paranoia regarding racism will prevent you from even opening your mind to the possibility that such a difference exists.

JK: On today of all days…. shame…..

is so wrong and is a lame excuse for bigotry and hatred.. To say that an adult is ignorant and excusing it on that basis is acceptance for racism in all forms. when he made the comments that were referred to was he an infant asking his pre-school teacher something? He wasd a grown man with a supposed education of some level higher than middle school.. Your defense is a defense of hatred of all sorts. I know you live on a very high horse and will give your holier than thou response like you do to everyone ewlse, but come on, writing a defense for bigotry is bigotry in its own right…. By the way did you excuse Milledge’s rap album as ignorance??? I’m sure it was an example of his badness., while Church is ignorant. Get real….

And as for all those “big bucks,” the Mets haven’t even been all that “big bucks” in their past with even the Marlins outspending them by about $10 million in 1997. But hey, don’t let facts get in the way of your delusions and little whine. If it makes you feel better to make things up as you go along, then go ahead.

Your pitiful Gnats have been around just 7 fewer years than the Mets, but have ZERO titles to show for it! In 7 years – when they are at the same age the Mets are at now—do you really think they’ll have more titles than the Mets do now? LOL, that means your Gnats need to win 3 titles in the next 7 years! You need to stop skipping your meds, DC.

And of course I don’t think the lohud Yankee blog is the only one in the world. How stupid can you be? But no Yankee blog can match Metsblog for popularity and traffic on the web. As I said in my previous post, Metsblog makes any Yankee blog look like little league.

As for Church, I feel bad for you, DC, that you can’t even differentiate ignorance from bigotry. They are not the same. While ignorance is often at the root of bigotry, those who are ignorant are not always bigoted. For example, I know you are ignorant, but I’m not sure it’s fair to call you bigoted.

And real nice pen those Gnats have. I can’t wait till the Mets get to tee off of them.

and you be right Delcos, we choked and we stink but you metsies are right behind us because now you and not us have the worst gm in the world minaya!!! destroyer of farm systems, small market/ big market… he destroys the system…. tell all the metsies to come on down and wear their church uniforms, what’s his number, 94?

by the way little metsies what’s the over under on how many homers pat the bat puts on you this year?? 10? 12?

Delcos? if nobody cared when we lost all those teams, how come we got another one? somebody must have cared…..
you really think nyc subway is safer than metro… i’m dazed by that one….. speakin about hoods… only reason metsies ain’t in bad one because they are in a parking lot… nobody will live near the metsies…. how’s that hood the yankees play in… real nice i heard….. i bet jk won’t go there in daytime, much less night time, right jk…....... you come to our place jk.. we’ll protect you here…. and jk don’t tell church about kosher. you know he has problems with religions not his own…. don’t you?

see ya metsies and you too the best beat writer in all of nyc and the lower hudson valley, if you ever run into pete seeger tell him hello, he’s the best, Ever been on his sloop the Claremont ???? Go to the festival this Spring….. love all you little metsies!!!! keep trash talkin back boys and girls and you too jk….

ps: why would anybody “want” to drive to a game???????????

Watched a bit of Bucs/Braves. Looks like winter has arrived in Atlanta? Why are you on the internet instead of out playing?

Of course, less fans means less trash, so that will help the environment.

A few missed trains because of rain delays and extra innings, and we’ll see how popular mass transit is.

Yes, NY lost two teams, but an effort was made to keep them. The owners were greedy. Teams left DC because nobody wanted to see them. Look it up.

And, the reason your team lost today, and will lose a lot more, is because it isn’t any good.-JD