Hey guys, I really enjoyed the back and forth about Ryan’s comments about complaining Mets fans (great stuff in the comments if you haven’t read them.) Â I realized last night that I didn’t originally phrase my opening sentence well (shocker)…I meant that if you give it out (me) you have to take it (me). Â I didn’t mean to suggest that since Ryan said something I was going to pile on in a post…my intention was the opposite, to respond to the criticism. Â The comments make me think y’all caught my vibe, but just wanted to be clear. Â I may be annoying but I’m not out to be a rude douche.
The Blue Cap Army signup is coming along.  Assuming everyone brings a friend, and some people don’t show up even though they signed – I could easily see there being 50 of us.  If 50 of us all walk into the Hall of Fame at the same time, as a pack, with blue caps that will be cool.  Spread the word!
I’m surprised there isn’t more about Jose Reyes in the papers today. Â I still have that worrisome feeling. Â I know people with thyroid issues which are easily solved with medicine as you’ve read elsewhere, but the whole story line this week just seems weird. Â Sorry, and I don’t accuse any of of anything, but you know that friend of yours that always has excuses….the guy who got fired seven times because he ran into seven jerky bosses, or the guy who is always late because the bus screwed him again….that’s how I feel about this storyline this week. Â Maybe all of Jose’s incidents this week are unrelated. Â Change that “maybe” to “hopefully.”
I’m just not personally ready to write this all off as “yeah, he went to the HGH guy but Jose didn’t have anything to do anything with HGH, and the FBI spoke to him but that’s nothing, the FBI just does that, and now his blood work came back weird, but that happens to lots of people.”
And if Jose gets caught up in something, don’t we then look at Beltran?
Is that unfair? Â Maybe. Â However, 20 years of McGwire, Sosa, A-Rod and others, with baseball marketing them all along the way has taught me to be skeptical. Â Maybe I’m just a jerk.
I bet the thought is in your head too and you know it. Â I held off yesterday because I didn’t want to be the jerk. Â I figured someone would voice it by now. Â Fine, I’ll be the one. Â You thought it, you know you did.
Hopefully we’re all just adding 2+2 and getting 16, but I can’t shake the feeling.
I agree, although it _has_ been voiced in a couple of places, if on the sly or comments.
I don’t know. maybe he did, maybe he didn’t. But there is this:
If the HGH caused this problem, it probably implies that he was clean up until he saw that doc, and that he is/will be clean going forward. Beltran’s another story, but again he/they was only there a month or two, that’s hardly a long standing pattern, and is consistent with being injured and getting second and third opinions (something the Mets docs support right?)
I thought of it- thought of it w/ Tiger & ARod so how big a hypocrite would I be if I thought “Tiger HGH; Arod? Him too. Oh but NOT JOSE. He’s a victim”. Maybe that’s true but I at least thought it.
Oh and literally blue caps? Because my dad’s head is too big for any standard cap. So we’ll be at least 1 short.
On a happier note today is the first day this year I can actually walk outside my Forest Hills home & feel opening day approaching. LET’S GO METS!
@ed q….my head is huge too…and not just because i think highly of myself..i ordered the large flex fit blue cap and one that looks just like the fitted one but with a velcro strap on the back and they fit perfect.
I see no point in speculating. I’m going to wish Reyes a speedy recovery and worry about any potential HGH issue if someone comes forward with actual evidence.