Random thoughts

Here is just a sampling of things going on in my brain:

I am firmly in the Anti-Arod camp. I know I know "he's the best pure hitter in the game", "he will be the first non-cheater to break the HR record," "he always wanted to be a met in the first place," I DON'T CARE. I want no part of his central-park tanning, stripper girlfriend in an elevator(ing), mariano rivera blaming, .122 in the postseasoning (ok I'm overdoing it on the ing-ing) ass. If Boras sells his soul to the devil and somehow A-Rod comes to queens 2 things will happen: 1-I will go to the studio and punch both Mike and the Mad Dog in the face 2-I will spend Spring Training auditioning other baseball teams. I am VERY serious about this! (Wait Sell his soul....I think that happened about the time he got the Giants to give that hippie Zito 126 million so Mike and the Mad dog may be in the clear)

I know everyone is blinded by the ongoing A-Rod situation but am I the only one who remembers that it was out pitching -both the rotation & bullpen- that shit the bed?? I'd love to be in the hunt for Santana but NOT if it takes Reyes. Now I have heard that the Devil Rays may be willing to shop Kazmir...As much as I'd love to have him on my team....oh wait WE DID ALREADY...I have to stop even the thought of that trade just made me throw up in my mouth a little.


I thought about making a list of all the things I enjoyed about the playoffs/world series but I forgot them....

What I will make a list of is things I hated during the world series/playoffs:

Tim Mccarver
almost everything about fox
that STUPID FREAKING JOHN MELLANCAMP SONG
and
Tim McCarver

Ugh now I can't get the thought of Scott Kazmir out of my head.

Words I taught spell check - Kazmir, ing-ing, postseasoning, boras (devil was spellchecks suggestion)

140 days and counting.....

So I promised you a blog about "mets free agents and what to do with them" and I am a woman of my word so here it is.

First a list of who the mets MUST bring back:

1. Alou - This guy was FANTASTIC down the stretch when nearly everyone else stunk like the New Jersey Turnpike on a summer day. He has a $7.5 mil option or a $1 mil buyout. I don't know if I'd give him the $7.5 but if that's what it takes get it done. Alou seems like a good guy to have around the youngsters and will fit nicely until one of said youngsters is ready to play everyday.

2. Marlon Anderson - 2 words "Captain Clutch" I don't care if the only way he'll come back is if he can sleep with Omar's wife and Freddie's daughter. Get it done.

3. Ramon Castro - Maybe its the star wars music...maybe its the super weird chinfuzz thingie....maybe its the Roger Mcdowell type clowning around. I don't know...what I do know is I want no scratch that I need Ramon Castro back in that dugout next year. (yes I am creeping myself out too)

I feel Lukewarm about these guys:

1. Shawn Green - Look I've got nothing against this guy. He's got good hair and a laid back personality. But - he did hit a ton down the stretch....And he is certainly a better defense guy than Millidge in rightfield.....But not for the $9.5 mil he would get....

2. Paul LoDuca - I wasn't really sure where to put Paulie Dukes....I like his fire - I don't like how it sometimes gets the better of him...I like that he is a leader in the clubhouse...I don't like how much he runs his mouth...But as far as other options at catcher out there.......??

3. Castillo - I really like him. I know he has bad knees, but maybe some kind of contract like they gave Valentine? With bonus' based on plate appearances?

4. Valentine - Give him an invite to ST. See what happens. I have heard he was a good influence on Reyes and I don't think we can have enough of those around.

these guys I never want to see again:

1. GLAVINE - I have said all I have to say about this guy in previous posts.

2. Sele - May have been used incorrectly but too bad for him. He's out.

I am planning a "wild trade ideas/wish list/trade or be traded" blog for next time.

words I taught spell check: chinfuzz thingie, Paulie Dukes

"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring".

I think enough time has passed now (and by that I mean the phillies won as many games as the mets this post-season and the yankees aided by "the plague of 2007" have once again gone one and out in the postseason) for us to look ahead to the 2008 season. So I give you this:

Counting down to Spring Training 2008!
141 days 19h 28m 39s (as of 4:30 10/11)

Now the mets have a lot to do between now and then. Starting with, obviously, a total revamp of the bullpen. Here's my take on that:

1. Mota MUST go. Not only was he HORRIFYINGLY bad this year, but signing him to that disgusting backloaded so his bank account wouldn't suffer through the steroid suspension left a VERY bad taste in my mouth.

2. I am not sure what, if anything, we will get from Sanchez - If he can get his act together and look remotely like his 2006 self I am all for having him in the pen.

3. A lot of people are down on Aaron Heilman. Me not so much. I know sometimes he can make you crazy but really is the market for solid 8th inning guys flooded? I think not so I would rather "go with what ya know"

4. I don't know what the deal with Wags was for the last few weeks of the season but I am confident that 141 days 19 hours 28 minutes & 39 seconds off hanging with his bizzaro-llamas will do him to world of good.

5. There has to be someone (Pelfry, Humber, Smith - hell even 77 year old El Duque) that will have a breakout season to pick up some slack next year? Doesn't there??? DOESN'T THERE??

Now that that's out of the way let's move on to problem number 2

(drumroll please)
.......................................

The starting rotation:

1. Mainie and Perez (crappy last game aside) have proved themselves a solid part of the rotation next year. See above for my thoughts on El Duque. If Pelfry promises to spend less time chewing on his mouthpiece and more time on keeping his head in the game I think we have the making of something special there. Pedro clearly showed he's still got some gas in his tank. Beyond that.......I've got nothing.

2. I have heard some CRAZY trade ideas for the mets to land Santana. Most of them include trading away "the most exciting player in baseball." Look people I know he had a crappy finish to the season. I know he looked like he didn't give a shit. But - can any coherent (this is an important word) baseball fan justify trading him away for his performance the last month of the year? I would love to land Santana but NO WAY does Reyes go.

3. The crop of Free Agents is pretty horrifying - Led by Jamey Wright and Kip Wells and the ever retiring Roger "the Dodger" Clemens, I can't imagine giving ANY of these losers a BIG FAT multi-year deal that will have the fans blowing up the Mike and the Mad Dog show calling for Omar's head only to have one of them throw the mets first no-hitter followed by the worst 5 starts in major league history. I can almost TASTE this scenario. I think picking up a young guy like Jeremy Affeldt (who is a lefty - they give me goosebumps in a good way) and signing him to a decent shorter term contract would be ideal.

Tune in next time for my ranting on:

mets free agents and what to do with them

potential infield/outfield/bench guys

words I taught spellcheck: Affeldt, Duque and bizzaro-llamas

HEEHEE

Ok - I know its sour grapes but I can't help it. The playoffs are shaping up just as I want. If the phils go 3 and out with chase Utley doing his best A-Rod impression I will be the happiest girl on earth.

Now - I took my medicine and listened to those 2 idiots Mike and the Mad Dog the last few days. They talked about the "keys to game 1" (I am of course referring to the Yanks/Indians series cause do they ever talk about anything not related to the yanks?) they talked about everything from the bullpens to running up Sabithias pitch count to of course the A-Rod situation. But what they failed to mention was that Yankees fans favorite "ACE" has a ERA of oh I don't know about a million on the road. I mean HELLO??? I thought that was kind of important and said so to my Yankee fan co-workers. They all laughed at me and said "oh you're just jealous cause Wang's not on your team."

To all those Yankee fan "baseball experts" I say:

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Now I have seen some people on certain message boards KILLING the mets for getting rid of Kaz Matsui. WHAT??? Are these people serious?? Yes the guy had a GREAT game yesterday BUT that was the best thing he ever did for mets fans. So lets get a grip people. There are changes that the mets need to make but trading to get matsui back it NOT one of them.

I am delighted to announce that Tommy "I'm not devastated" Glavine will continue to not be devastated in another teams uniform. Go back to Atlanta Tommy boy where that kind of Apathy is accepted and even encouraged. Thanks for the memories. Blech!

Heading out now to catch some playoff baseball. I know its not the same without the metsies in it but its still playoff baseball.

words I taught spellcheck: Matsui, Kaz, Blech, hahahahahahahahhahahahahahaha

Spring Training starts in.....

Well it has taken me 2 days to be able to process the crap that was the end of the 2007 New York Mets season. And still the pain lingers. Seeing that kid on the front page of the post nearly broke my hear. I've been there kid and I feel your pain.

I think the worst part of this weekend was watching them play on Saturday. That was one of the best games of the season, but there were some things going on below the surface that said a lot about how this season ended. Let's break them down here:

Reyes not running out the ground ball. Ever since he was benched for this in Houston Reyes seems to have been a bit sulky. I didn't see the youthful exuberance from that really was his trademark. I don't know what his deal is but he better get that chip off his shoulder and fast. Now I have been hearing rumblings about packaging Reyes in a trade to land Santana and to this I say:

ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR F*&^ING MIND!!! This kid is a GREAT player. And a cheap one. Lets all take one giant step away from the ledge.

Milledge and his lack of hustle/showboating: this is a bad one all around. I get it hes a kid. this was not his first cup of coffee hes been here before and he should know better. I am all for team unity and celebrating BUT if its not the bottom of the ninth inning lets keep in the dugout.

Now I am all out of patience with Milledge. And it seems that he is a BAD influence on Reyes. I would not shed a tear if he was not around next season. While we are at it can we please send Rickey back wherever he came from? Rickey can go be Rickey somewhere else.

I tip my hat to John Maine. He pitched the game of his life just when he had to and he was FANTASTIC. BUT - if all that was wrong with him was that he was tipping his pitches why did it take Rick "the genius in a jacket" Peterson this dam long to figure it out and fix it?

Now I would like to take minute here and talk about 2 things I HATE right now (WARNING foul language ahead)

Tommy "I'm not devastated" Glavine

&

The Phildelphia "shitbag" Phillies

What the FUCK was Glavine thinking at that press conference? Ok I get it there are more important things in life. The point is that at that moment for thousands of Met fans there wasn't. So LIE Tommy LIE like a dog and tell the fans you are devastated. And my personal fave "there wasn't anything I'd do differently" REALLY? REALLY there wasn't ONE thing you'd do differently Tommy? REALLY? How bout not throw the ball away into left field? How bout NOT hitting the pitcher to force in a run? HOW BOUT GETTING OUT OF THE FIRST FUCKING INNING??!!! I mean if I were Tom thats what I would have done differently but hey thats just me.

I officially hate all things Philly - the phillies, the eagles, the liberty bell (that shit is broke anyway) cheesesteaks and pretty much anyone named Jimmy.

I am throwing my support behind the cubbies and the red sox for the rest of this postseason.

If I have to endure a Yankees Phillies world series there is no telling what I might do.........

!@##%#@$#

There are no curse words in the English language harsh enough for how I feel right now. I have two words for the Mets: tee times. That is all I'm going to say.

Now lets talk about something I am actually enjoying right now. The reality phenomenon that is VH1's Rock of Love. Back in the days of the Surreal life and Flavor of Love I thought reality TV could not sink any lower. Then they out do themselves with the trainwreck....16 car pileup when you're late for a flight....that is Rock of Love. Heres a little taste: VH1 basically took 24 strippers and put them in a house to compete for the love of Bret (yea thats right Bret with one T) Michaels. He is now down to 2 women. Last week was the great episode where he got to meet the parents. I think crazy Laceys dad asked the question we were all DYING to know the answer to when he uttered: "do you have hair under that hat?" One of the GREATEST reality moments EVER!

It never ceases to amaze me what people will do to get on TV. One of these crazies actually tatooed his name on her neck (again its Bret with only 1 T). I implore you all to watch the finale on Sunday I am sure they will have a marathon on VH1 all day.

words I taught spell check: crazies, VH1, Bret (cause its only 1 T)

just when I think I'm out they pull me back in...

Ok Ok Ok - I admit it. I may have drank the Kool-aid last night (and mixed it with vodka :). Now that is the kind of baseball I want to see from here on out. Timley hitting, and a strong start from Pelfrey. Watching him this season has been kind of like a roller coaster ride, sometimes he makes you nausaues, sometimes he makes you scream, and sometimes its feels like the ride of your life. But I have to admit, that mouthpiece thing freaks me out a little. I will not mention Wrights brain farts in the field.

Now for my one little complaint: when did MLB umpires become keystone cops? I have seen at least 5 games this year where TERRIBLE umping has changed the outcome of the game. Last night if had been Castillo I would have thrown the ball directly into his face. I mean for the love of god get out of the way!

Ok negativity over - Watching sportscenter this morning and seeing the phils lose was a great way to start my day! Maybe not so much for Red Sox fans....

What the hell is going on with that team? I actually went up to a totally random person in the parking lot this morning who got out of a car with MA license plates and said "what the shit?" and he knew EXCATLY what I meant. It is terrible.

Now back to our regularly scheduled programing.

So what did we learn over this stinky stretch of baseball the mets have played the last week?

1. The phils are NOT going to go quietly

2. David Wright is a legitimate MVP canidate

3. Mota should be banished to the junkyard (and hello there are millions of them around Shea noone will ever miss him)

4. John Maine has the Aaron Heilman face (and this is NOT good)

5. Having Pedro around makes me VERY VERY happy

6. Mixing Kool-Aid and vodka is not a great idea

6a. Playing the Wii after mixing kool-aid and vodka is a recipe for disaster

words I taught spell check: wii, umping

UGH UGH UGH UGH

Just when I think it can't possibly get any worse.....

There was NO doubt in my mind last night that Ronnie Belliard was going to hit a 3 run homer. I could smell it, even taste it as soon as he stepped up to the plate.

What is the deal with Maineie? Sometimes he looks great then he makes the Aaron Heilman face (aka the Peyton Manning face aka the Calvin Schiraldi face) and its a shit show from there on out. I HATE the Aaron Heilman face (aka the Peyton Manning face aka the Calvin Schiraldi face).

Now all I've been hearing is "its ok they will be fine." Well here is my moment of optimism:

"Wow what a great time for the team to falter, now they will get a nice little winning streak together and keep the momentum going yipee!"

Well guess what? I'm not drinking the kool-aid. This team looks like crap. They are playing like crap. Its almost as if Willie was kidnapped by Art Howe and either replaced or brainwashed. If I hear the phrase "I trust my guys" one more time, I may start throwing things at anyone I see wearing Mets gear.


Now don't get me wrong there is time to turn it around and there is NO reason that this team should not but I am nowhere near as confidient as I was this time last year. Its time to tighten up and play the ball we know these guys are capable of.

words I taught spell check this blog: yippie, kool-aid

BLECH

Ok - so while I am personally anti-myspace that does not mean I don't check out other peoples. Myspace has this little thing where you can broadcaast you "current mood" to anyone who has (or stalks) a myspace. So if I wasn't anti-myspace, my current mood would be "annoyed, fed-up, aggravated, anit-mota and finally anti-philly"

I never thought I could hate a team (and fan-base) more than the braves. I don't even hate the yankees (yankee fans are another story).

That may have been the grossest display of baseball I have EVER seen. Sundays game was AWFUL. I really need a thesaurus (and clearly a dictonary) because awful does not do it justice. Saturdays game actually made me throw up in my mouth a little bit.

As much as I refuse to hate on Beltran I cannot think of one person I have less confidience in with the bases loaded in a do-or-die situation (well with the exception of Julio Franco).

There are NO words for my feelings on the bullpen right now. Its almost as if Mota disease is contagious and the entire bullpen came down with it.

Right - that is all I can say right now.I don't want to write something we will all regret later.

words I taught spell check this week: anti-mota, anti-philly, myspace

Where did the summer go....

So - I have had summer hours on Friday all summer and today is our first full 9 to 5 Friday back and I am NOT happy. I would like to suggest that if people are going to be made to share offices I think some kind of test should be done first. You know like that roomate test you get before you start college.
Like to drink? check.
Smoke? check
hear voices? oh sorry can't share an office with you...
Just a thought

Anyway - The metsies had an off day yesterday, which I think is fantastic. Clearly my boy Jose (jose jose jose jose - jose) needs some time on the pine. And this will also allow for a few extra "Professor Reyes" segments. I personally would like to know how to say "Unless the mets are up or down by 20 runs please leave Mota in the bullpen." I feel this is much more important to know than "the apple is red."

I attempted to boycott the mets last weekend after the debacle in Philly but it did not work out that way and for this I am glad. They are starting to show signs of the 2006 team. I hope the swagger carries through this home stand. I would love NOTHING more than to BURY the phils and braves this coming weekend.


Words I taught spellcheck: Metsies, jose, phils and Mota (funnily enough sucks came up as a replacement).

Hmmm

Welcome to my blog! The plan is to post pretty much anything thats on my mind. Right now at this particular moment its.....baseball.

Lets talk about the Mets for a hot minute: Here we are 55 games into the season sitting in first place 3.5 games up on the dreaded Bravos (while we're here is there any reason a 30-something year old man is still calling himself chipper? I mean really, Larry is a pretty terrible name but its leaps and bounds better than Chipper! anyway I digress) where was I? Oh yes 3.5 games up on the braves.

The Mets are playing good ball, Reyes is being Reyes and driving opposing pitches to drink (which is better than Benitez driving me to drink....a LOT) Delgado seems to have found his swing again, same goes for Wright and LoDuca has rediscovered the art of throwing out baserunners. The pitching staff that everyone worried about has done nothing but post one of the lowest team eras in the NL and what do I really need to say about the bullpen?

So with all this great stuff going on in Queens not only is the backpage of the newspaper dedicated to the sinking skip that is the yankees but now I haveto look at A-rods mistress on the front page? I get it the Yankees are terrible. Anyone who know anything about baseball should have seen this coming. They have a terrible bullpen, the starting pitching is shaky at best. Giambi is a shell of his former self. My grandmother has a better arm than Damon. I can't even go on. But you know what - the Mets are quietly taking back the city and thats fine with me.

So lets finish off my first blog with the "top 10 don't be that guy (or girl) at a baseball game"
10. The drunked heckeler guy. You know who you are - the guy who comes out with something funny then tries to top himself the rest of the game. Usually ends up yelling incoherent nonsense from the 3rd inning on.
9. The guy who waits until its his turn to order at the conncession stand. It a baseball game guy order a hot dog and a beer and get out of my way.
8. The girl in head to toe pink team gear (usually yankee fans who can't name a player on the team other than Jeter) no MLB team wears pink and neither should any self respecting fan.
7. Anyone over the age of 13 who brings a mitt to the game.
6. The drunken rowdy fan of the opposing team. You are seriously outnumberd pal put a sock in it.
5. The guy on a suit on the phone in the expensive seats (I really hate this guy)
4. The girl wearing skintight jeans and high heels (really? you don't own sneakers? really?)
3. The "down in front" guy. Its the ninth inning your team has the tying run on 3rd I'm standing up. Don't like it? watch the game from your living room.
2. The guy (or girl) who doesn't take off their hat for the National Anthem. (just plain rude)

And the number one "Don't be that guy"

1. ANYONE WHO STARTS OR CONTINUES THE WAVE!

So thats it form my first blog. Hope you all like it.