Leadoff: Quick thoughts on a Saturday (Jose Reyes, Mets fans)

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.)   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).  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.   The comments make me think y’all caught my vibe, but just wanted to be clear.  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.   I still have that worrisome feeling.   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.   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.   Maybe all of Jose’s incidents this week are unrelated.   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?  Maybe.   However, 20 years of McGwire, Sosa, A-Rod and others, with baseball marketing them all along the way has taught me to be skeptical.   Maybe I’m just a jerk.

I bet the thought is in your head too and you know it.   I held off yesterday because I didn’t want to be the jerk.  I figured someone would voice it by now.   Fine, I’ll be the one.   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.