Category: mets

Some Mets fans held a “Million Manny March” last night in front of SNY.  

 

Great idea, bad execution.

 

I don’t think they got the word out there.

 

Maybe there was a lot of discussion on message boards, but 99% of Metsdom never reads a message board.

 

I read four newspapers a day.  I “google alert” Mets every three hours.  I’m on-line all day.  I check out my fellow bloggers.  I even have a Mets blog myself.  I don’t claim it’s the best one or the most important one, but it’s nice enough.

 

I never heard about this march until google told me about it last night around 8:30.   Maybe I just suck, but that’s not the point.  The march drew 40 people.

 

I think it’s a great idea, and they should do it again.

 

This time they should make sure every blogger in the world knows (spend some time on Google, type in Mets and search blogs) and try to get themselves on sports radio late next week when there’s nothing to alk about but the Pro Bowl.

 

 

This is so stupid that you won’t believe me unless I give you a link from mlb.com to prove I’m not making it up – so here you go.

 

 

MLB has added a new rule to the already stupid unnecessary WBC.  Again you won’t believe me so I’ll just quote it:

 

This rule dictates that, starting with the 13th inning, each half-inning will begin with runners on first and second base, with the batting order intact. The applicability of the rule to the championship game of the tournament is under review by the rules and regulations committee.

 

What???  That’s not baseball.   If both teams have runners on first and second don’t they stand the same chance of scoring the same amount of runs whether none, two or seventeen?

 

Can you imagine watching a baseball game where there’s magically two guys on?  Who are the two guys?  Anyone you want?  The last two batters?

 

Why not have a home run derby?  Why not have a re-entry rule?  Why not let the fans vote by calling an 800 number?

 

Awful.

 

Here’s some more WBC hating:  http://blogs.chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/rosenblog/2009/01/just-say-no-to-the-world-baseball-classic.html

 

 

This has nothing to do with the Mets, but the Devils have a decision coming up in net.  Do you start Brodeur when he comes back or do you bench the greatest goaltender of all-time?

 

I’m going to send you over to Examiner where I wrote about this problem this morning.

 

Devils win and have a big decision coming in goal

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