It Can't Be True

In a post on MetsBlog, Matt Cerrone has a quote from Will Carroll's injury report about Carlos Beltran. It points out that Beltran could possibly be out for all of 2010. That would be the result if he has surgery on his injured knee. Beltran is currently trying to come back in about two and a half weeks but won't be able to play center field. Nobody is really sure where he would play. At this point he has been told the bone bruise won't get better unless he shuts it down for good. Beltran is currently signed through 2011.

If Carlos Beltran were ever to need surgery I would say he should go with it right away. If he is going to have surgery and be out for all of next year then he should shut it down now. That would give the Mets time to figure out what to do with 2/3 of their outfield for next season. With time to watch players before Spring Training. There really is no point in having Beltran rush to get back this year when it could just hurt himself for the future. If the injury report is in fact what ends up happening, then I really wouldn't want that to put the Mets in a sticky situation going into the 2010 season with their outfield.

Oh well.
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I Want To Catch A Knuckleball

This is great list of everything baseball fans should get to do. I found the link from mandachan of Divided Loyalty.

Here are all of the ones I have done:

• Spend a week at spring training. (well, it was, like, a weekend, but i wanted to stay longer)
• Learn to keep score.
• Watch "Field of Dreams," "Bull Durham," "A League of Their Own," "The Bad News Bears" (the original) and "The Natural." (i've seen at least parts of all of them)
• Hit a home run.
• Boo the Yankees in person.
• Tour the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.
• Get to a game early enough to watch batting practice.
• Run around the bases after a big league game.
• See Derek Jeter, Albert Pujols and Ichiro play in person and chant their names with a stadium packed with fans.
• Buy a fitted cap to replace the cheap stadium giveaway you got with the plastic adjustable strap in the back and the Piggly Wiggly logo on the side.
• Get your favorite player's autograph.
• Collect baseball cards.
• Go to the All-Star Game. (it was the home run derby, but it still counts in the category)
• Eat a hot-fudge sundae in a mini batting helmet.

I would love to catch a knuckleball. I just need to find somebody to throw a knuckleball.

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Some Witty Comment About A Double Header

The Mets were rained out tonight. So, tomorrow they will play a game at 12:05 PM (Johan Santana) and then 7:05 PM (Jon Niese). It's separate admission so if you want to see both it'll cost you lots.

Now there will be something to do all day. As if the trade deadline wasn't enough.

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The State Is Split

I'm not sure what to think about Pennsylvania right now. Yes. The state.

The Phillies got Cliff Lee and I absolutely hate that. The Indians got next to nothing in the trade and I like Cliff Lee. Earlier in the day the Pirates traded Jack Wilson and Ian Snell to the Mariners. In return they got a some minor leaguers, including Jeff Clement. You people probably don't remember Clement so, click here. He is considered the big prospect in the trade going to the Pirates. Jeez, as much as the Pirates make me try to hate them for trading everybody, they then go and get a guy like Jeff Clement to make me like them again.

Just let Jeff make you feel better getting over the hatred of Mark Shapiro for giving up Cliff Lee.

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Mr. Met Angered By Impersonator

Mr. Met was angered by an impersonator caught on film doing this:



So, he took his anger out by doing this:



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Signs Pointing To Cliff Lee

The Phillies have a bunch of prospects out of the lineup for their minor league team today. It is seen as a sign they are close to acquiring Cliff Lee from the Indians. Whichever pitcher the Phillies get shouldn't really affect the Mets, because they are pretty much out of the division. But I still hate the fact that Omar is watching other teams make moves and he hasn't done anything (well, with player moves). This move isn't going to put the Mets in a bigger hole. They are going for the Wild Card, the Phillies have the division.

This could be a sad day for Indians fans. And part-time Indians fans too.

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Pelf-A-Holic

Wow. Last night was a great game and Mikey P. showed why we should all love him. He also showed us that he really needs to shave. The entire team needs to shave. It seems like they're growing team unity beards. And with the beards and new clothing designs they need some serious help.

Yes. I said clothing designs. Click here. Read about it here. Terrible. The Mets just like to make themselves look bad. I want to see pictures of the players wearing these. How in the world can Bobby Parnell wear a shirt like that without feeling the need to pull a Tony Bernazard? I think the Mets should play a game where they are all wearing the B-Parnz jersey. And then another in the D(avid??)Murph jersey. Then they would have a disabled list party with the requirement to get in being in a Maine, Putz, or Sheffield jersey. And then you can use the cap to hide your face in shame. This would be a good promotion if it was from the Royals or Pirates. But the Mets have made such fools of themselves this week that this is putting salt on the wound. I don't even know what else there is to say.

Oy vey.
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They Still Played Baseball, Ya Know

I took a train to the city at around 2:30 yesterday and by the time I got to my dad's office the Mets had already fired Bernazard and Omar was preparing for his downfall. It was raining and there obviously wasn't going to be any BP. But we went to Citi early anyway.

When we got there we saw the right field corner was full so we walked around and checked out the bullpens. When we got back up we saw people signing in right field so I ran over to test my luck. B-Parnz was signing and I had my baseball out and got him to sign it. B-Parnz = #1. I waiting for a while in the same place until it started raining. Then we went to sit under the overhang and wait out the rain. The rain finally stopped so I went back down to the first row in shallow right field. There were a bunch of 10-12 year old boys there waiting for the players to come out. The rain continued on and off until about 6:45 so none of the players came out to stretch for a while. The first one out was Cory Sullivan. He stretched and threw with Murph. Then he came over and signed autographs. Cory Sullivan = #2. He went in and Jeff Francoeur was already out stretching. After he finished stretching he came over to sign. He was being cute and talking to everybody and smiling and making me love him even more. BEYOND CUTE! Frenchy = #3. So, it was a pretty awesome pregame. At that point I was telling myself I wouldn't care if the Mets won or not. I had already had fun.

But that was before the game started. And before Ollie gave up a 2-run homer to Tulo. Frenchy with all his amazing-ness hit a homer to get the Mets withing a run. But Ollie didn't want any of that and gave the run back on another homer. But the Mets refused to go down. In the 6th inning Luis Castillo lead off with an infield single and I knew something had to get started with that. The Mets scored with Castillo and David tying the game. One run on a base-hit, and one on a sac fly. The game was quiet until the bottom of the 8th when Rincon came in to pitch. He couldn't find the strike zone AT ALL and walked Luis and David. Murphy then came up and bunted Luis and David to 2nd and 3rd. Frenchy was intentionally walked to load the bases and it was left to Cory Sullivan. But wait! The Rockies were changing pitchers and Jerry was using a pinch hitter. When I saw Tatis coming out to pinch hit a bunch of bad words went through my mind. And after he got into an 0-2 hole I was expecting nothing. BAM! Was I wrong. First of all, it wasn't a double play. Second, he got RBIs. Third, it was a homer. Yes. A grand slam. Everybody in the stadium exhaled. Frankie came in for the non-save and the game was over.

3 autographs and a Tatis curtain call can't be a bad day.

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Omar Minaya And His Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Depending on whose side you're on you could replace 'Omar Minaya' with 'Adam Rubin'.

I wasn't home to watch the press conference from hell so I don't know how everything happened. But I do know Omar Minaya showed exactly why he should not be the GM in the MLB. The press conference was to announce the firing of Tony Bernazard but turned into a monster. Omar accused Daily News writer Adam Rubin of taking down Bernazard because he wanted the job. Rubin asked multiple people within the organization about career advice about how to get a job with the organization. Omar takes this as Rubin wanting Bernazard's job. It was an insane press conference and to read a lot more about it, click here.

I'll have a post up about the game soon.

This Is Old News

Although, the piece is from, like, June. But I knew about it earlier.

The Mets have been wearing Affliction T-shirts. And I actually LOLed when I saw Mikey P. in one of them. The only ones who should be wearing them are JJ Putz and Jeremy Reed. It's terrible.

But the Indians have been wearing Affliction since Spring Training. So, I guess the Mets are behind. I just hope Joe Smith isn't wearing it.

Just wanted to show how ahead I am.
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