Baseball Thoughts
-- You know what, I'm SO glad I'm not a Mets fan. They are in on EVERY big name player available in the game...
Until it comes time to pony up and put their money where their mouth is. They did it with A-Rod. With Vladimir. And now with Soriano and Manny.
(But Potch! You say They got Pedro and Beltran! True. But who exactly were they bidding against for Pedro's services? Not even Boston. And Beltran... Beltran WANTED to be a Yankee. He signed with the Mets when the market on him had dried up to exactly one.)
I know that Omar Minaya (the Met's GM) likely did everything he felt he could to get Manny reunited with his Dominican Dandy friend, Pedro. Although, now, I hear he wouldn't include Lastings Millidge on ANY trade. Well, then your man didn't go the distance for one of the 5 best hitters in baseball. Oh well.
-- My next complaint is CLOSE to the first one. As much as I'm glad I'm not a Met fan for what their ownership and management put them through, I'm glad I'm not one of THE MORONS THAT ROOT FOR THE TEAM IN QUEENS.
Why morons? WHY?
Coming home from a gig Friday night, when it looked like it was imminent that Manny would be a Met, I listened to Mark Moloussis on WFAN and the calls he was getting for about an hour-and-a-half. There were: 2 Yankee callers expressing their thanks that the Mets got Manny out of Boston, 2 Mets callers ecstatic about Manny, Lugo and Baez coming to Shea, and about THIRTY calls like this.
"Mark, I can't BELIEVE the Mets made this deal!"
Okay, neither can I! Great move!
"HOW could Omar give up Cameron?"
Right how could.... Wait, what?
"And they better not include Heilman in this deal!"
Wait, Camer--HEILMAN is a DEAL BREAKER?!?!?!
"And how could we give them LAstings Milledge?!"
Who?
"He's gonna be our centerfielder in two years!"
Wait, you... You've GOT to be fucking KIDDING me right?
"This kid is our future and we just traded him for some... DH!"
Well, Okay, Manny's fielding sucks but... SOME DH?!?!?!
"And Manny won't hit any homers at SHEA."
Manny can hit homers on the god damned MOON! He's the most fearsome hitter in baseball, dammit! WHY do you think I HATE him?!?!
"Why? I thought we had a plan?"
STOP!
Shut theeeeee FUCK UP!
You stupid god damn MORONS!
You COMPLAIN abaout trading a Double A prospect for one of the BEST HITTERS IN BASEBALL? IN BASEBALL HISTORY?!?!?! This is a perennial .300+/40+/140+ hitter!
You COMPLAIN about who you were giving up to get NO ONLY Manny, but a bona fide closer AND a new Second Baseman?! Cameron, Heilman and Millidge is too mcuh for THREE MAJOR LEAGUERS, ONE OF WHICH IS MANNY FUCKING RAMIREZ?
You all DESERVE to lose! (EsPECIALLY since you kind of HAVE a centerfielder for the next SIX SEASONS...)
-- Rafael Palmiero. ROID BOY!
Never. Never did'em.
Well, don't you look like just the biggest ASSHOLE in baseball now, moron.
NOW maybe, this idiotic talk of him being a "first ballot Hall-Of-Famer" will go away. HE'S FUCKING JUICED, HE LIED ABOUT IT, AND NOW HE'S SUSPENDED FOR BEING CAUGHT!
Take your almost 600 homers and your 3,000 hits and shove'em up your ass, buddy. You just fucked YOURSELF.
-- Chacon. Wasn't happy to get him. Didn't really want him at all. He keeps pitching like Saturday, he'll change my mind real quick.
And he's 27.
-- Embree. Hey, I know his ERA sucked in Boston. But you know what, I bet this guy proves his worth before it's all said and done.
And hopefully that's by striking out Fat Papppa in the playoffs.
-- Manny wants out. Manny's unhappy. Manny almost gets traded. Manny's where he always wanted to be. Manny wants to stay. Manny's a gangster. He's a ballerina. He's a ham sandwich. He's a sloppiest dressed man. He's a GOD DAMNED HEADCASE!
Maybe the Mets ARE better off without him.
Well, then it's probably too bad he'll be one by opening day 2006.
-- Jamie Moyer turned down a trade that would have sent him from the last place Mariners to the 1st -in-the-Wildcard Astros. You know, Carlos Delgado pulled this shit last year. I UNDERSTAND wanting to be comfortable. And in Moyer's case, maybe it's different as he may retire at year's end.
But a guy like Delgado pulls that shit and I can see teams like The Yankees and Red Sox scratching him off their winter shopping list.
It's like what Sierra said all those years ago. "All the Yankees want to do is win."
Yes, Virginia. That's kind of how it's SUPPOSED to be. If you don't want to win, then fucking retire NOW and give someone who would APPRECIATE the fucking GIFT of being a major leaguer is and play till their feet were blisters, the shins skinned and their breathing ragged. Give me more David Delluccci and And Darrin Erstads and David Ecksteins. Guys who NEVER "just mail it in".
-- Bengie Molina can barely even run to firstbase yesterday. Give the poor man a REST Scioscia.
-- I still think the Yankees should maybe look at trying to get Ricky Ledee to play Center for the rest of the year...
-- Man, beating up K-Rod the other day, that was ALMOST as sweet as Marcus Thames hitting a homer off Randy Johnson in 2002 or A-Rod blasting Schilling two weeks ago!
-- Gotta wonder... Remember how we got Canseco on waivers in 2000? I wonder if some teams out there might just try that with guys like Manny or Girffey or even US with Giambi... Hmmmm... Fast way to cut payroll...
-- Finally, God, if you're listening, please don't let Kevin Brown throw another pitch for us this year... Thanks.
Until it comes time to pony up and put their money where their mouth is. They did it with A-Rod. With Vladimir. And now with Soriano and Manny.
(But Potch! You say They got Pedro and Beltran! True. But who exactly were they bidding against for Pedro's services? Not even Boston. And Beltran... Beltran WANTED to be a Yankee. He signed with the Mets when the market on him had dried up to exactly one.)
I know that Omar Minaya (the Met's GM) likely did everything he felt he could to get Manny reunited with his Dominican Dandy friend, Pedro. Although, now, I hear he wouldn't include Lastings Millidge on ANY trade. Well, then your man didn't go the distance for one of the 5 best hitters in baseball. Oh well.
-- My next complaint is CLOSE to the first one. As much as I'm glad I'm not a Met fan for what their ownership and management put them through, I'm glad I'm not one of THE MORONS THAT ROOT FOR THE TEAM IN QUEENS.
Why morons? WHY?
Coming home from a gig Friday night, when it looked like it was imminent that Manny would be a Met, I listened to Mark Moloussis on WFAN and the calls he was getting for about an hour-and-a-half. There were: 2 Yankee callers expressing their thanks that the Mets got Manny out of Boston, 2 Mets callers ecstatic about Manny, Lugo and Baez coming to Shea, and about THIRTY calls like this.
"Mark, I can't BELIEVE the Mets made this deal!"
Okay, neither can I! Great move!
"HOW could Omar give up Cameron?"
Right how could.... Wait, what?
"And they better not include Heilman in this deal!"
Wait, Camer--HEILMAN is a DEAL BREAKER?!?!?!
"And how could we give them LAstings Milledge?!"
Who?
"He's gonna be our centerfielder in two years!"
Wait, you... You've GOT to be fucking KIDDING me right?
"This kid is our future and we just traded him for some... DH!"
Well, Okay, Manny's fielding sucks but... SOME DH?!?!?!
"And Manny won't hit any homers at SHEA."
Manny can hit homers on the god damned MOON! He's the most fearsome hitter in baseball, dammit! WHY do you think I HATE him?!?!
"Why? I thought we had a plan?"
STOP!
Shut theeeeee FUCK UP!
You stupid god damn MORONS!
You COMPLAIN abaout trading a Double A prospect for one of the BEST HITTERS IN BASEBALL? IN BASEBALL HISTORY?!?!?! This is a perennial .300+/40+/140+ hitter!
You COMPLAIN about who you were giving up to get NO ONLY Manny, but a bona fide closer AND a new Second Baseman?! Cameron, Heilman and Millidge is too mcuh for THREE MAJOR LEAGUERS, ONE OF WHICH IS MANNY FUCKING RAMIREZ?
You all DESERVE to lose! (EsPECIALLY since you kind of HAVE a centerfielder for the next SIX SEASONS...)
-- Rafael Palmiero. ROID BOY!
Never. Never did'em.
Well, don't you look like just the biggest ASSHOLE in baseball now, moron.
NOW maybe, this idiotic talk of him being a "first ballot Hall-Of-Famer" will go away. HE'S FUCKING JUICED, HE LIED ABOUT IT, AND NOW HE'S SUSPENDED FOR BEING CAUGHT!
Take your almost 600 homers and your 3,000 hits and shove'em up your ass, buddy. You just fucked YOURSELF.
-- Chacon. Wasn't happy to get him. Didn't really want him at all. He keeps pitching like Saturday, he'll change my mind real quick.
And he's 27.
-- Embree. Hey, I know his ERA sucked in Boston. But you know what, I bet this guy proves his worth before it's all said and done.
And hopefully that's by striking out Fat Papppa in the playoffs.
-- Manny wants out. Manny's unhappy. Manny almost gets traded. Manny's where he always wanted to be. Manny wants to stay. Manny's a gangster. He's a ballerina. He's a ham sandwich. He's a sloppiest dressed man. He's a GOD DAMNED HEADCASE!
Maybe the Mets ARE better off without him.
Well, then it's probably too bad he'll be one by opening day 2006.
-- Jamie Moyer turned down a trade that would have sent him from the last place Mariners to the 1st -in-the-Wildcard Astros. You know, Carlos Delgado pulled this shit last year. I UNDERSTAND wanting to be comfortable. And in Moyer's case, maybe it's different as he may retire at year's end.
But a guy like Delgado pulls that shit and I can see teams like The Yankees and Red Sox scratching him off their winter shopping list.
It's like what Sierra said all those years ago. "All the Yankees want to do is win."
Yes, Virginia. That's kind of how it's SUPPOSED to be. If you don't want to win, then fucking retire NOW and give someone who would APPRECIATE the fucking GIFT of being a major leaguer is and play till their feet were blisters, the shins skinned and their breathing ragged. Give me more David Delluccci and And Darrin Erstads and David Ecksteins. Guys who NEVER "just mail it in".
-- Bengie Molina can barely even run to firstbase yesterday. Give the poor man a REST Scioscia.
-- I still think the Yankees should maybe look at trying to get Ricky Ledee to play Center for the rest of the year...
-- Man, beating up K-Rod the other day, that was ALMOST as sweet as Marcus Thames hitting a homer off Randy Johnson in 2002 or A-Rod blasting Schilling two weeks ago!
-- Gotta wonder... Remember how we got Canseco on waivers in 2000? I wonder if some teams out there might just try that with guys like Manny or Girffey or even US with Giambi... Hmmmm... Fast way to cut payroll...
-- Finally, God, if you're listening, please don't let Kevin Brown throw another pitch for us this year... Thanks.