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June 5, 2009

Amazin’ Avenues Amazing Mets Injury Doll

Head on over to Amazin Avenue. They have a picture of Mr. Met with all the various injuries the Mets have. An arrow pointing to his head that says “yips” and that sort of thing. Hilarious. If I post it then I’m a thief so click the link for a good laugh.

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June 5, 2009

Mets Lost 4th Most Days to DL in 7 Years

Trolling around the blogosphere, I stumbled across this great analysis of the disabled list from 2002 – 2008 (thanks to www.beyondtheboxscore.com). I won’t regurgitate all of it here, but a few things really jumped out at me:

In total number of trips to the DL, the Mets placed 3rd among all teams, trailing only the Rangers and Reds
The Mets had the third most average days on the DL for pitchers, behind the Orioles and Twins
Total days lost, Mets were fourth, behind the Reds, Angels, and Diamondbacks

Again, this is only through 2008.

Over the last few years the Mets trainers and staff have seemingly completely mismanaged their players’ health. From the Ryan Church fiasco last year, to Billy Wagner’s arm, to Delgado and now Reyes, I really have to wonder how Ray Ramirez has remained the Head Trainer.

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June 5, 2009

The Disabled List and Injuries Since 2002 (Metsblog)

Hey guess what team has more people on the DL than any other…..

Read: The Disabled List and Injuries since 2002

June 5, 2009

Pittsburgh Pirates Blogger Responds To Carlos Beltran

Fun stuff from Rum Bunter,

Team leaders donâ€™t play with bellyaches, do they? Team leaders that cash monster paychecks like yours surely arenâ€™t expected to suck it up on road trips are they? Team leaders simply write checks with their mouth and then expect their teammates to cash those checks for them right?

So go ahead and go back to motivating your Mets teammates today. You have some work to do alongside Sheffield and Delgado and Perez. Reyes, Church, Pora,Martinez, Maine and Pagan all seem to be bellyached this year. Hell, you have Emil Brown on the roster to motivate now. We feel for you Mr. Beltran. We really do. Is Perez making more than you are? You are really the better player. You know that thoughâ€¦

Long rant here.

I do want to know more about “Pora” – I guess he’s playing short stop tonight. Wouldn’t shock me. I’m more commenting on the state of Omar Minaya’s minor league depth than a type from some poor Pirates fan who hasn’t seen a winning team since Bonds was skinny.

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June 5, 2009

Raissman Kills New York Yankees Broadcaster John Sterling

Raissman’s kill-job on Sterling is wonderful. You need to read the entire piece.

Sterling’s chops are still there, his condescending delivery still tinged with pomposity. Yet now, something is different. Sterling sounds constantly befuddled (and that’s being polite). There are strange, hard to explain, lapses in memory. When he begins a home run call you hold your breath wondering how – and where – it will end.
Read more: here

I used to love Sterling & Kay as a team. I looked forward to Suzyn’s beat reporting on WFAN. Hated Steiner…and hate Sterling/Waldman.

I wonder if anyone in the Bronx actually thinks about/listens/cares what the radio-cast sounds like.

For all the grief we give the Wilpons, they put good effort into SNY and on the radio side Howie Rose is the right guy (I’m down on out-of-towner Wayne).