He Deserves His Own Post

JOSH THOLE WAS PROMOTED TO THE METS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Joshua Michael Thole will be with the Mets wearing #30 tomorrow in Colorado. Eeeeeeeeepppp!!! I really have nothing else to say, except I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!

Let's Go Mets!

"You're The New Classic"

So, Josh isn't going to be called until a few days into September. (Actually, you can forget that sentence. YAY!!!!!)

But David is still expected to be back tomorrow. Therefore, I made another video.



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Tuesday Cannot Come Soon Enough

On Tuesday David Allen Wright is expected to come off the disabled list. It is also the day rosters expand. According to the Daily News, Josh Thole is expected to be called up as the first of the September call-ups.

Let's just say, I could get used to this.

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and click here if you want a big version of the David picture. (I recommend you do)

This Made Me *Really* Happy

think I inspired somebody when I wrote about Joe Smith and his success but lack of credit. Because, yesterday I found this article about him. It basically says everything I said in different words. But I love it. Actually, I love him.

Just thought I'd point that out and leave you with something to read because I'm going to the Yankroid game. If I post pics they'll be of CJ Wilson, Jason Grilli, Ian Kinsler, and Josh Hamilton.

Let's Go Mets!

"It's Only A Flesh Wound!"

Johan is out for the season with elbow surgery.
Billy Wagner was traded to the Red Sox.

I don't think I have to say anything else. The Mets have the best disabled list in the history of Major League Baseball. And now they possibly have the worst starting rotation. Without Johan, their rotation is Mikey P., Figgy, B-Parnz, Ollie, and Tim Redding. There really is nothing to say to that.

Oy vey!

But this song is kind of fitting.


Actually I just wanted a reason to post it.

We Are All Insane

Jeff Francoeur has a torn ligament in his left thumb and Johan Santana is missing his start tomorrow with left elbow discomfort.

I still worry about the players being healthy but now I'm worrying about more than that. Jeff Francoeur had never really been injured with the Braves and suffers a terrible injury once he joins the Mets. Johan Santana had never been injury prone with the Twins and now this elbow injury comes after his knee injury from last year. That's 2 substantial players with their first major league injuries with the Mets.

I might be crazy (well, all Mets fans are) but I'm starting to think about other players not wanting to come to Mets. Everybody of any importance has gotten injured so why would some other player want to add their name to that list? If the Mets as an organization can't show their medical staff can keep players healthy they will have serious issues signing anybody this offseason. With most teams, the medical staff wouldn't keep players away. But with the Mets, they just might.

Let's Go Mets!

Venting Machine

I blame today's loss on Poo Poo Perez. But to be honest, I don't want to blame it on him. If the Mets had the luck of any other team in Major League Baseball they would have won this game. Jeff Francoeur would have gotten a hit and he wouldn't have been the last batter of the game. The Mets would have come back to win this one. But they are the Mets. And for some reason nobody knows, they have no luck at all.

I'm not saying Oliver Perez giving up 6 runs in 2/3 of an inning is unlucky. That's the way he is. But any team that loses every single core player has bad luck. Any team that loses a game on a triple play has bad luck. Any team can lose a game on a wild pitch or hit batter. Any center fielder can trip on the outfield grass and misplay a fly ball. A second baseman can drop a pop-up and ruin a closer. I could go on with players missing third base trying to score, but only the Mets have all of this happen to them. And have all of this happen in one season.

The Mets are cursed.

The Mets have bad luck.

No matter how you say it, the meaning is the same.

And whatever some Mets fan or player did many years ago to put the baseball gods so against the Mets is probably sorry. The Mets were the ones who had the shard of a bat thrown at their top player. The Mets are the ones humbled by their recent end of season collapses. They have never had a no-hitter, but so many of their former players do. They are the ones putting a team on the field filled with minor leaguers and backups. So, whatever was done should really be forgiven.

The Mets, without a shadow of a doubt, have the most battered and bruised fanbase. And yet, they still have a fanbase.

Let's Go Mets!

He Is The Forgotten Man

This post has nothing to do with the Mets. I'm just hoping someone in Cleveland sees it gives him some credit.

Maybe it's his name. I really don't know. But Joe Smith has gotten comfortable in the Indians bullpen and doesn't get any recognition for it. I've read stuff on Tony Sipp's comeback from surgery and Kerry Wood's inconsistency. But since his June return from the disabled list Joe Smith has been pretty consistent.

Today, his ERA is 3.34. On April 28, before his DL stint, it was 7.11. For the entire month of May, Joe was on the DL with shoulder soreness. Since his return, he has only given up earned runs in 4 appearances. That spans from June all the way to last night, when he pitched another perfect inning. That's 27 appearances and 26 innings with a 2.42 ERA.

And by the way, he has been facing both righties and lefties.

He got off to a slow start due to almost no Spring Training thanks to a viral infection. Therefore, April was his Spring Training but at the pace of the regular season. He missed a month with an injury but has come back stronger than ever.

And to relate this to the Mets, most people hate Omar for trading Endy Chavez in the JJ Putz trade. But he also gave up Joe Smith. And Sean Green hasn't proved he's better than Joe, who would have definitely been a part of the Mets bullpen this year. It really was a downgrade to the bullpen.

Maybe now somebody paying any attention to the Indians will see this and realize how lucky they are. They have had a poor season but their bullpen, at least one member, hasn't been the reason for it.

Let's Go Joe!

I Listened To Their One Good Inning

I have returned! Not from vacation, I'm still in Massachusetts.

I followed the Mets game on my phone yesterday until they were down by way too many runs. The day before that I listened to the 8-run inning on the radio while on the way to mini-golf. But surprisingly (actually, not really) the 2 innings of 8-runs in the past 2 games isn't the most interesting thing that has happened while I have been gone.

I am a little bit sad about the release of Livan Hernandez. He was always really fan-friendly but his ineffectiveness on the mound killed every reason to keep him. And that means B-Wags is back. Haha, B-Wags.

And there seems to be something weird going on with Gary Sheffield. He was scratched from tonight's lineup even though he is perfectly healthy. And he can't be traded because the Mets already pulled him back from waivers. So, basically, he can only be released. But that would be just odd and pointless. With that, I am going to stop starting sentences with conjunctions.

Let's Go Mets!

*Sad Face*

David is on the disabled list and I'm going on vacation. It could get quiet around here.

Let's G...
What's the point?