
And speaking of heaven on earth, how 'bout them Mets, huh? Look, I had my share of shit to say about Willie; I certainly thought he was far from the best manager the likes of the Mets had ever seen, but with Willie, my complaints were more centered on the ennui and total lack of spiritedness exhibited by Los Mets, and his failure to address The Collapse, and motivate the players. But it did seem as after that fateful Memorial Day meeting, the Mets were playing better and turning it around. So I don't want to see Manuel getting all the credit here, because the team was in fact seemingly turning it around under the last days of the Willie tenure.

One thing I do like that he's done since he's been manager is assign roles to the guys in the bullpen. This seems to have had a much-needed calming affect on the pen, and the results are already beginning to show. The pen seems more settled, more focused, and more relaxed, their roles having now been defined. I used to think that a pen was a pen was a pen; a reliever was a reliever was a reliever; that these guys should be ready to go whenever wanted or needed, whenever the manager calls on them, and I still think in the most basic sense that's true; that being said, the defining of roles has, imo, a very stabilizing and positive affect.
And how about the rumors floating around the Mike & The Mad Dog Show on WFAN, that the boys are not overly thrilled with each other right now, and that the show may not make it past the summer.... Read all about it here.

I always thought Farnsworth a bit of a jerk, but congratulations, Kyle, you've now regressed to being thought of as a total piece of shit. And apparently, hated by your own team's fans. And they talk about METS fans....!!
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how dare you make pierogi and not invite ME over? LOL I'll let you off the hook if you mail order them to me (of course you have to keep them frozen but it's all good) - i guess i'll have to make do with the trader joe's version i have in the freezer
How should I know you like pierogi making? We will be making them again in about a month or so, if you want to come over you're welcome....
Speaking of Polish, it turns out that my cousin and his husband (they live in Mass., don't you know) are opening up a little restaurant in Vermont, and they actually are having Polish night for their inaugural event, I believe. They've hired an accordian player to play polkas, are making homemade pierogi, kielbasa, sauerkraut, golompki (stuffed cabbage), babka (it's a potato baked dish, served with sour cream or applesauce, much like a giant potato pancake, only tastier and better) and I might even make Chruscicki if I decide to go... right now, I'm not going, because I don't want to drive up myself, and nobody else will be going overnight only. So maybe they do without the Chruscicki, lol. I think they have an attached bed and breakfast type place with accommodations, so having a place to stay wouldn't be a problem, but I ain't driving there, lol.
well let me know when it is - one of my best girlfriends is hella Polish and I love old school nationalist traditions - from a mutt like me, I like it when people put on the dog for their culture! I heart pierogi, I don't eat beef or any other meat, but the babka sound scrumptious. ~SLURP~
I believe it's the Saturday before Labor Day, but I'm not 100% sure yet.
The babka has bacon in it, so I don't think you would eat it, unfortunately. But man, it is delicious!
And it actually turns out I might be going to a friend of my mom's on Sunday morning to make MORE pierogi...lol.
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