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It's been a long week and I need some cheering up.

Let's Go Mets!

My Ultimate Team

I'm bored so I decided I would come up with a 25-man roster of all my favorite players. The only requirement is that they have to have had a Major League appearance. That means no Mike Nickeas.

P-Mike Pelfrey
P-Joe Smith
P-Bobby Parnell
P-Mark Buehrle
P-Johan Santana
P-Justin Verlander
P-Scott Baker
P-Jonathan Papelbon
P-Justin Masterson
P-Adam Wainwright
P-Jake Peavy
P-Barry Zito

C-Josh Thole
C-Joe Mauer

1B-Daniel Murphy
2B-Ian Kinsler
3B-David Wright
SS-Troy Tulowitzki

LF-Jacoby Ellsbury
CF-Grady Sizemore
RF-Xavier Nady

INF-Michael Cuddyer
INF-Mike Jacobs
OF-Seth Smith
OF-Jeff Francoeur

Random Defense Rant

This is going to sound really random, but I'm bored and this caused me to think of it.

Any player can lose the ball in the lights, right? And when they do, they tend to cover their heads and wait for the ball to land. Every fan is going to laugh at that, including me. But if we were in that situation we would do the same thing. If there was a baseball falling out of the sky and we had no idea where it was going to land, we would also cover our head and wait for it to land. There's nothing wrong with that and we would defend ourselves if we were the ones to look like that.

Now, tripping over your own 2 feet and missing a fly ball is another story. I have no problem laughing at that.

Let's Go Mets!

I'll Be Thinking Of Him

As I day dream in math I might actually be thinking about Jeff Francoeur.

He is scheduled to have surgery on his left thumb tomorrow morning. If he has the surgery during math I'll know. I will all of a sudden start thinking about him and not the cube-root of 365. He was good even after the injury. He hurt his thumb on August 23 making a diving catch and actually didn't go on the disabled list (I think). When he came over to the Mets he hit over .300 and learned how to take a few walks. Having him healthy will be fun because he was hitting the stuffing out of the ball with the torn thumb ligament.

Semi-Random Side Note: This morning I was looking at my Mets calender and noticed Ryan Church is the player for December. I honestly didn't remember Churchie isn't on the Mets anymore. Oops.

Let's Go Mets!

Thanks to Adam Rubin at the Daily News for the heads up on the surgery.

"Boyfriend" Update

If you scroll down on the sidebar you will find a new picture of who I call my baseball "boyfriend". It's a picture of Josh Thole.

Now for an update of how he is doing for Venezuela in Winter Leagues. As of Friday he is batting .389 with a .404 on base percentage in 54 at bats. Wow.
UPDATE: He went 2 for 3 yesterday and is now batting .400

A lot of people have said Josh Thole should start the season at AAA next year. My head agrees with that logic but my heart says the Mets should give him a chance to start the year in the Majors. If he impresses in Spring Training and is hitting off Major League pitchers then they really should give him a chance to start the season in New York. I understand he needs to work on his defense as a catcher. Trust me, I know how important defense is as a catcher, at any level of the game. But Winter Leagues and Spring Training are a lot of time to work on defense. Also, if the Mets don't have a primary catching instructor in AAA then they really should have Josh with them and with a strong catching instructor. I'm not sure of the instructor situation in the Mets organization and there very well might be one in AAA, but wherever there is one, he needs to work with Josh.

I think there is a lot fear within the fan base that Josh is just another over-hyped semi-prospect and people want to keep him in the minors for as long as possible. But I say, give him a chance. If he really is as good as advertised he'll become a solid Major Leaguer.

Let's Go Josh!

David Wright Deprived No More!

Well, I'm still a little deprived. But thanks to my boredom and Getty Images I found 10 new pictures of David Allen Wright. Okay, they aren't all new, some are from the People Magazine shoot in 2006, but they're new to me. The others are from about a week ago. And I found these just as I was feeling really empty without and David for almost a month. I'm so glad he's letting his hair grow again. I was so sick of the buzz cut!

Some of them have the watermark covering his face but that's only fair. I can't do anything about. I just love my David!

Let's Go Mets!

OH NO! This Birthday Post Is Late and I'm Sorry!!!!!

On Friday, October 30, Michael James Jacobs turned 29 years old!
HAPPY (belated) BIRTHDAY MIKE!!!!!

BOO! I Scared You!

Well, probably not. And it's not even Halloween yet. But the seniors dressed up at school today. It was a really disappointing dress-up group after last year's, which was pretty cool. The best costumes were the group of people who dressed as tetris pieces. At lunch they took off the costumes and stacked the pieces on a table. Other than that, there were a few hot dogs and I saw a ninja turtle. I'm planning on dressing as the what my sister calls the 80's. I'm wearing purple leggings, yellow high socks, a bright teal sweatshirt, and bright green shirt. I'm thinking of wearing it all day. Maybe I can convince my friends to go trick-or-treating.

As for baseball, I really don't know who I'm rooting for. I don't really want to live with either team winning but if the Yankees win I'll have to live with everybody at school and both my siblings at home. But the Phillies winning will give them another year of making fun of the Mets. I'M SO CONFUSED!

Let's Go Mets!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today, Joshua Michael Thole turns 23 years old.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOSHUA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Pictures!

There are finally pictures of David Wright's Vegas Night foundation event. There are 2 galleries and in the first one there is a picture of my 2 favorite Davids and in the second the 8th picture is David with 2 of his brothers.

Have fun looking at those pictures. I did!

I also found the video of Josh Thole on Mets Weekly. Enjoy!

Let's Go Mets!