Through the Wire
I'm gonna level with you guys here. I had a root canal this morning and my mouth is throbbing. I'm in a great to very great amount of pain and I just don't think I can carry on for all that long, or come up with anything particularly clever. Instead, I'm just going to offer some observations.
Barry Bonds
Remember Mike Tyson's Punch-Out! for the NES? Remember fighting Iron Mike? If he landed a punch you basically went down right away. He was massive, he could dance, he could slug, it was cartoonish how good he was, but that was, of course, the point.
That videogame depiction of Mike Tyson is what I think of pretty much every time I see Barry Bonds in the batter's box. His body is so swollen and huge, he swings with such violence, he hits with such power that it's basically cartoonish.
Steroid-user that he is, that was probably the point.
Barry Zito
No regrets about not giving him the kind of lunatic deal that the Giants did, but good god, when that curveball is on it really is a thing of beauty.
The Buzzcocks
Count me and Sip as two dudes who were really happy to see the Mets pool together and shave their heads. Like Sip used to say, a man feels like more of a man when he's got a shaved head.
We already knew the Mets had great clubhouse chemistry. But I like seeing this kind of thing because it's basically the kind of shit that a high school team or summer camp team would pull. I for one don't mind ballplayers treating it all like a game.
As I've written before, all season long it's seemed to me like this Mets team was searching for an identity. I don't know if a communal hair-cutting is going to do the trick (chances are it won't), but hey, we started the game yesterday with 3 straight doubles, so who the hell knows? Maybe this is the start of something beautiful.
Of course, a team that hasn't clicked on all cylinders that nonetheless produces a 20-12 record is still pretty good in my book.
The Rocket
Was in the car with Cheddar Ben on Sunday when we first heard the news that Roger Clemens had re-signed with the Yankees. My initial reaction was anguish, and I groaned.
But then I thought some more about it, and in some very little way, I was happy he signed with the Yankees and not the Red Sox.
I think this Mets team has World Series potential. The Red Sox look loaded. Generally speaking I agree with Lister that the Yankees are better than their record, and that they'll be in the playoffs when all is said and done.
But I don't fear the Yankees in the playoffs -- they're cursed, remember? The Red Sox though, that's a team with moxie, and I sure as shit wouldn't want to face a Clemens-Schilling-Beckett-Dice-K rotation in a Mets-Red Sox Fall Classic.
As for now though, my mouth is killing me.
- A.F.O.M.G.
(Images courtesy of media.lawrence.com and en.epochtimes.com)
Barry Bonds
Remember Mike Tyson's Punch-Out! for the NES? Remember fighting Iron Mike? If he landed a punch you basically went down right away. He was massive, he could dance, he could slug, it was cartoonish how good he was, but that was, of course, the point.That videogame depiction of Mike Tyson is what I think of pretty much every time I see Barry Bonds in the batter's box. His body is so swollen and huge, he swings with such violence, he hits with such power that it's basically cartoonish.
Steroid-user that he is, that was probably the point.
Barry Zito
No regrets about not giving him the kind of lunatic deal that the Giants did, but good god, when that curveball is on it really is a thing of beauty.
The Buzzcocks
Count me and Sip as two dudes who were really happy to see the Mets pool together and shave their heads. Like Sip used to say, a man feels like more of a man when he's got a shaved head.
We already knew the Mets had great clubhouse chemistry. But I like seeing this kind of thing because it's basically the kind of shit that a high school team or summer camp team would pull. I for one don't mind ballplayers treating it all like a game.
As I've written before, all season long it's seemed to me like this Mets team was searching for an identity. I don't know if a communal hair-cutting is going to do the trick (chances are it won't), but hey, we started the game yesterday with 3 straight doubles, so who the hell knows? Maybe this is the start of something beautiful.
Of course, a team that hasn't clicked on all cylinders that nonetheless produces a 20-12 record is still pretty good in my book.
The Rocket
Was in the car with Cheddar Ben on Sunday when we first heard the news that Roger Clemens had re-signed with the Yankees. My initial reaction was anguish, and I groaned.
But then I thought some more about it, and in some very little way, I was happy he signed with the Yankees and not the Red Sox.I think this Mets team has World Series potential. The Red Sox look loaded. Generally speaking I agree with Lister that the Yankees are better than their record, and that they'll be in the playoffs when all is said and done.
But I don't fear the Yankees in the playoffs -- they're cursed, remember? The Red Sox though, that's a team with moxie, and I sure as shit wouldn't want to face a Clemens-Schilling-Beckett-Dice-K rotation in a Mets-Red Sox Fall Classic.
As for now though, my mouth is killing me.
- A.F.O.M.G.
(Images courtesy of media.lawrence.com and en.epochtimes.com)
posted by A Friend of Mr. Glass' at 12:34 PM
1 Comments:
Re the shaved heads: I think a special nod is due to Shawn Green for making the sacrifice. Reports were that he was one of the last holdouts, and all it takes is one look at the finished product to understand his reluctance. If that isn't penance for his gruesome error the other night, I don't know what is. We're all square, Shawn. Just don't let the freaking ball bounce off your glove again.
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