Worn Out and the Big 24

So before I get going let me apologize for the obvious vis-a-vis Billy Wagner. I only have one explanation, however.

That is, after the game Tuesday night we went straight to the bar for some pre-birthday celebrations. Man was I creepy. But of more significance, of course the bar was named after the world's biggest jinx. The bar is called Momo's.

So anyway, 4 games, 4 days and 2 cities and I am fucking beat. I guess you can only drink so much Budweiser and eat so many hot dogs and chicken fingers before you begin to feel like shit.

Yet another sign that the young one is slowly becoming the old one. So Friday is the big 24 for the young one. AFOMG will hold down the fort while I hit the town with a visiting Coach in town.

By the way, for those NBA fans/DC people, you should check out Coach's blog, http://gilbertsarena.blogspot.com. It is the truth and the writing is a ton better than over here, minus when AFOMG is writing. He is the Times to my Post, which god knows I love but who knows about the rest of you.

So here are my 10 birthday wishes. We will try and keep them in the theme of the New Mets.

1. My baseball career takes off.

For those who have thrown with me, you know that the young one can toss the pill. So the newest scheme in my series of million dollar can't miss but never will hit ideas is I want to become a submarining right handed setup man. Every day at the park working on scraping the hand on the mound. 2009!

2. SNY picks up Y2KTV.



Like Wayne's World was for Wayne and Garth, I would love it if AFOMG and I could do Y2K for a living. Yeah, its a longshot, but with Happy Will taking care of the production and Zimmy handling the negotiations, our tv show will happen.

Real Fans, Real Talk, New Mets!!!

3. A big year for Happy Will.

Happy Man shares the 28th with the young one. Kid is a better, smarter version of Sip minus the blogging. Aces vs 8's. I'm 1 out 5 against the Kid and I'll take those odds.

4. Uncle gets it going.



The Mets are soaring and Uncle Cliffy has been miserable. The worst part is that he is been smoking the ball. Just right at people. He is not hiding his frustruation and it is kind of sad.

I love the Cliff and he is almost singlehandedly responsible for our first winning season in 5 years. So hopefully the return east gets Cliffy going.

5. Pops stays strong.

Love you dad. Stay up.

6. 1st place?

I had to slap myself today. The fact that we are still in 1st place is just unreal. Another huge series in Atlanta. We need to make this one happen.

7. A healthy Bannister.

First off, I like the kid. He keeps us in games, which is all you can ask out of a #4. But of far greater importance, we do not have another starter. Moving Heilman into the rotation would break up the Mets' greatest strength.

It's not the lineup or the rotation that will get us to the postseason. It's the pen that has dominated.

Sanchez, Heilman, Wagner is the best pen in the game, without question.

8. D Wright bangs Jess Alba.


My biggest male crush, sans Vinci from 8th and Ocean, with my #1. It just sort of needs to happen.

9. Someone finds me a job that I like.

Any readers out there, get me a job in baseball or in sports. Make some calls, very simply, hook a young one up. I got two things going, sports knowledge and I can talk. Other than that I am the ground that Happy Will walks on.

10. A great season for the Mets and a great year for all you guys.

I love this team, I love writing about them and I love all of you guys, my friends and fellow Mets fans. This is fun for me. It's not a chore to write, it's a pleasure, especially with our boys killing shit. So best to the New Mets and all of you guys.

10B. Point Break II: Still Breaking.



Any of my Hollywood friends, please pitch this one. It starts off with Bodhi, barely breathing, making it to shore. He then returns to LA to form another group of bank robbing thugs who dress as members of the '86 Mets: Keith, Lenny, Straw, and the Doc.

They rob banks by day and talk Mets by night.

Johnny Utah, fresh off The Matrix uses his newfound knowledge of Kung Fu to save the day.

BLOCKBUSTER!

VCD,

SM