Guess What I'm Doing When I Get Home?

Homework for my financial accounting course. Salt.

But AFTER that? Mets-Tigers, baby, what one local scribe is dubbing The World Series That Wasn't. Today, as I write this actually, baseball is back on SNY. It's been too long.

The exciting possibilities are endless. Oliver Perez started para los Mets today. Perez is always fun to watch, largely because he's either sure to be dominant or to melt down in truly awesome form.

According to MetsBlog, the lineup today is set to feature the regulars, with the exception of Damian Easley subbing in for Jose Valentin at second. Speaking of second, that's where Carlos Beltran is hitting -- looks like Willie finally got the memo! (God, remember that debate? Does Fire Willie read this site? Has he ever repented for insisting Beltran would forever fail as a 3-hitter?)

I feel like it's a little unusual actually that the Mets would be going with so many regulars this early in spring training. I could be wrong about this but I thought teams normally reserved their starting lineups for later spring training games.

One way or another you'll see a lot of players for the first time this afternoon, a lot of No. 63s and 71s, but still, it'll be fun to see Wright, Reyes, Paulie Thumbs and all the rest dig in today, if only for one at-bat or two.

Here's my question: Will Gary, Keith and Ron be there? I doubt we're going to get the trifecta. Given that Keith couldn't be bothered to work playoff games last year, I doubt he'll be in the booth for the first spring training game.

(One of the things I love about Hernandez as a broadcaster is that he kind of seems like he hates what he does, or that he's annoyed by it. This is evidenced by him giving an audible sigh when he's asked questions that are obvious to him but not to people who don't understand the game the way a former major leaguer does, his frustration when games run long, and, again, his disappearing act last October. It's just part of the package with him, and I find it really entertaining.)

In any event, the broadcast will almost certainly feature Chris Cotter's replacement, Kevin Burkhardt (Bizarro Mike Chaberski). I like what I've seen out of Burkhardt, but let's remember that the man is replacing a legend here. Not everybody does it at as gracefully as Paul Lo Duca.

Anyway, sorry if this post seems a little frantic. I'm really busy here today and I'm racing to get everything done so that I can do my accounting homework, watch the Mets and catch Friday Night Lights.

If you haven't done so already, be sure to read Denver D's' piece below. Remember those t-shirts they started selling at Shea last year, the ones that had "Your girlfriend likes MY team" printed on the front? Maybe I'll get one of those and wear it around the next time I'm with him -- that'd show him!

- A.F.O.M.G.