On behalf of all Mets fans, I would like to thank Jaime Moyer. He coupled aggressive negotiations during the 2008-2009 off-season, leading to a two-year $13 million deal, with terrible pitching during the 2009 campaign. The $6.5 million he’s owed in 2010 has inspired a remarkable series of events which has been a roller coaster [...]
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106 Days Until Pitchers and Catchers Report
That is all.
Great Moments in Advertising: California Baseball Edition
Let’s run around the park, without a care in the world! Let’s have a catch! Win or lose, it doesn’t matter, we’re just happy to be here!
I’m as incompetent as the Mets
How I forget this headline from my last rant about the Mets is as appalling as the headline itself:
Livan Hernandez to first base?
There are occasions when a team might use a starting pitcher as a pinch hitter. Typically, the pitcher in question pinch hits for a relief pitcher (who gets very few plate appearances) when [...]
Ain’t nothing about this phony – redux
That was the statement by Cliff Floyd when the Mets surged to the top of the NL early in the 2006 season. Well there ain’t nothing phony about the 2009 Mets’ 50-56 record. It’s so bad that:
Giving up 1, 2, and 5 runs in the eighth, ninth, and tenth innings, respectively, to lose to St. [...]
Carlo and the Caps
Because the best parenting advice comes from the Hardball Times
Was baseball more fun in the 1980s?
Sure it turned out that they were all a bunch of drug addicts, but watching the Mets of the 80s shaped the way I think about baseball. For example, I thought lighting someone’s shoe on fire was a normal thing to do in a dugout.
The best we have now is a guy who can spin [...]
Trying to improve myself
Old Jere: “I hope Jimmy Rollins tears an ACL at the bottom of that pile.”
New Jere: “Pitchers and catchers report in ~100 days.”
The Psychology of White Sox Fans
White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf recently conducted an informal survey of his team’s fans. Here’s what he has to report:
“I’ve asked a lot of White Sox fans: ‘If given the choice of both teams in the playoffs or neither team being in the playoffs, what would you pick?’ The answer is usually neither, because, ‘I [...]
The top two things I didn’t expect to see at a baseball game this year
#1, Little League Division:
Occasionally in non-professional games, a pitch will be thrown above or behind the batter, and the ball will incidentally hit the bat and land in foul territory. This is seen as a lucky break for the pitcher, as the pitch was destined to be called a ball, but instead goes as a [...]
Case in point: ESPN is worthless
Joe Morgan is the analyst for ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball. ESPN must consider him an expert to give him this job. His responsibilities include following baseball games and news and providing intelligent commentary. He does none of these things. Consider the following exchange from last Tuesday’s chat on ESPN.com:
Lee (NYC): Joe, thanks for taking my [...]
What we learned this week from the Mets and Phillies
Mets fans need to take a Quaalude. Seven games into the season is too early to concede the whole season, especially when you’re set to face the likes of Kyle Kendrick and Adam Eaton in the next two games.
The Phillies can melt down too. Four errors plus nine walks for the Phils in game two [...]