December 7th 1965?

This morning was a hell of a morning, Stroock's Books reader(s). Hell of a morning. 

Devotees will recall we don't do the September 11th thing anymore. Not after Joe's humiliating retreat from Afghanistan. What a way to screw up and lose a war. Bridgewater posts on FB that six residents died in the towers. Our old haunt of Peapack lost four people. Exit question: what were people doing on December 7th, 1965?

Be that as it may here's a nice pic we took of the Statue of Liberty with lower Manhattan in the background:

We said fuck all about Charlie Kirk's assassination on FB. What's the point? We posted a few things on Substack. Natan Nagid told a couple of media types to go fuck themselves. As far as left reactions...were going to break out our October 7th cope saying, 'We've seen things you wouldn't believe...'  Just remember the left hates you and wants you dead.

You know, as much as we hate the media and reporters, defenestrate the lot (metaphorically), we come from a journalism background. Writing and reporting for the Wesley College Whetstone under the tutelage of a 30-year-old Air Force veteran we learned the basic tenets of the craft. Who, what, where, when, why. The establishment media should try it sometime. Also, wait for facts. We learned a lot frehsman year.  We especially learned to keep our goddamn mouth shut until the facts are known.

Meet the Mets...Meet the Mets. 1988 was going to be a banner year for the Mets. And in some ways it was. They won a hundred games and demolished the rest of the NL East, even the Cardinals, who weren't very good after losing slugger Jack Clark. But in the playoffs the Mets met there match once again. This time it was the LA Dodgers, who were a vastly inferior team, but for Orel Hershiser. Hershiser had a banner year, winning 23 games and throwing 59 consecutive scoreless innings. He won game 7 of the NLCS. Once again, when someone stood up to the Mets, the Mets had no answers. 

Important personnel changes were coming in 1989. The Mets said goodbye to catcher Gary Carter and first basemen Keith Hernandez. Most importantly, in stepped huge rookie prospect Greg Jeffries. Jeffries had a huge September in 1988 batting .321. Big things were expected of him in 1989. And he would indeed have a big impact on the Mets. Just not a good impact.