Category: mets

Anyone remember how much Franco was despised…(don’t believe the revisionist history)….yeah he’d save the game after walking two guys and getting a double play.   Well, I’m trying to write ahead this week so I can travel – and I saw this in the Sunday Post.

K-Rod did set the season record with 62 saves in 2008. But one Mets official had this insight: “When it comes to statistics, we are not basing this decision on save totals; at least not save totals alone.” The Mets will honor, among other items, strikeout-to-walk ratio and on-base percentage against.

And I came across this stat just out of curiosity: Rodriguez registered 1-2-3 frames in a career-low 29.2 percent of his innings (all figures courtesy of Elias). That ranked 151st out of 253 pitchers who worked at least 60 innings in 2008. Fuentes (41.3) was 13th, Wood (38.1) was 28th, Street (38.0), even with diminished stuff, was 29th, and another free agent, Brandon Lyon (37.7) was 31st.

Can you imagine K-Rod getting “all that money” (and I don’t care about money this year, the Mets have it) and then putting someone on base 70% of the time.  He’d be the new Doug Sisk.  Bummer, I was hoping they got him but then again I’m just a pop-off blogger and not a full-time GM.

Donovan McNabb said he had no idea that a regular season game could end in a tie. How is that possible? Has he never looked at the standings? Isn't that a pretty basic rule of the game?

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Happy Birthday to Tom Seaver.   I’m done being mad at you because you were cool at the finale.   Enjoy some GTS wine and your World Series ring.

The NY Daily News continues their excellent job of keeping an eye on stadium money shenanigans.


Ask Not What Your Yankees Can Do For You is worth a read.  Excerpts below.

Nowhere in Paterson’s budget cuts is there a mention of the state’s agreement to fund about $103 million in maintenance, construction and bond costs for parking garages at their new stadium.


Are we expected to believe that giving back a little less than $3.1 million would prevent a franchise valued at $1.2 billion from finishing construction on a stadium that is nearly completed?

I hope Jimmie Johnson’s car breaks today.  Early.  Like lap two.  

I have nothing against Jimmie.  In fact I hope he wins the Chase today (that’s the NASCAR championship for you Mets fans).   Let me catch the Yankees up – basically Jimmie has a huge lead (think “games back”) and the only way he can lose the championship is if Omar Minaya hires the Mets bullpen to be the pit crew or if he finishes really really poorly, worse then 36th.   That would give Carl Edwards a shot to catch up if Edwards has a great day.

So back to my point – I hope Jimmie’s car breaks down early.   I don’t want a wreck.  I don’t want him to get hurt.  I just want to see him standing on the side frustrated while the Mets bullpen tries to repair his ride.   Meanwhile I’d like to see Carl have a great day.

Why?   I’d like the Chase to have theater.  It’s boring if Jimmie can cruise around at 60 miles an hour hoping not to wreck, or waiting until a bunch of other guys do.   I want to see a race.  I want to see Edwards furiously trying to pull one out.

So Jimmie, I hope your car stalls…and best of luck on winning today, it’s a great accomplishment.