What Mets fans talk about when not talking about the actual games.
Joe Torre spoke to Jack Curry of The Times:
Knowing that my name is on it, I know I’m going to have to answer for it.
I don’t think I said anything about A-Rod that I didn’t say already.
I’m comfortable with what I contributed to the book, even though I’m probably going to get more credit or more blame than I deserve, whichever way you want to look at it.
Joe will be on Larry King Live on Friday night.
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I’ve been staring at the keyboard for half an hour looking for something to write about.
Andy Pettitte and his contract, that’s nice for a sentence. I could even speculate that if he’s the fifth starter he’d be on track to start the home opener.
Brian Cashman’s reaction to Torre’s book? Two days of that was enough. The tragic story of Eddy Curry’s children…my thoughts are with him but no words I could type would seem appropriate there.
Then I remembered, “Oh yeah, the Super Bowl is this weekend!”
There is zero buzz on this came. I’m sure if you live in Pittsburgh it’s very exciting. I’m sure there are a whole bunch of new front-runners in Phoenix.
Around New York, nobody cares.
Yes we’ll watch. It’s the Super Bowl.
Care? Excited? Nah.
The Super Bowl is lower on the sports totem-poll right now that Joe Torre, Pettitte, Manny, patches, Citibank’s finances and maybe even some Knicks talk.
The two week gap often makes for some quiet time, and last week was one of the deadest ever. I figured that Monday would bring some excitement to Tampa, but it hasn’t.
So let me know what numbers I have in the pool, and I’ll hope for a close game as always but Kurt Warner and Big Ben and even The Boss aren’t getting me pumped.
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So nobody wants Manny Ramirez?
He’s that bad of a guy that absolutely nobody wants him? Ok, maybe the Dodgers and their book writing manager do, but nobody else wants him?
Nobody wants Andy Pettitte? Sure he’s not 26 and his arm might fall off – but nobody wants him on their team?
Bobby Abreu?
Ken Girffey Junior isn’t good enough to be the fourth outfielder on your team?
Was Pudge Rodriguez that awful that he can’t catch on Sundays?
This is starting to remind me of 1987. In 1986 Dave Kingman hit 35 home runs in the pre-steroida days when 35 was an awful lot of homers. Heck, 40 led the majors and Kon’s 35 were the third highest total. Folks like Kirk Gibson (who had lots left), Tom Seaver (not so much), and Carlton Fisk all had odd situations. Baseball even decided to play with 24 man rosters.
So here we are in January 2009. I don’t know what team you root for, but (money aside) can you tell me your team wouldn’t be improved by Manny in left, or Andy as the fifth starter? Bobby Abreu’s .296 20 and 100 isn’t good enough to make your team? I’m a Mets fan, all three would make my team better. All three have proved they can handle the big city.
To be fair, some of these folks turned down arbitration, and some turned down actual deals, but you begin to wonder if maybe something else is going on.
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