Lucky 7 with Sip
(Note: A piece from Cousin Dan about the Smoltz-Chipper beef follows this one from Sip.)
So many thoughts...
1. Nice weekend. Will all you hypochondriacs take a deep breath? Our boys made a tough team look pretty bad. Good thing we didn't see my boy Danny Haren. That's the best pitcher in baseball we missed this weekend.
Speaking of pitching, 3 runs in 3 games. Not too shabby. Really great to see Glavine and El Duque back on track. Even Mainey's been slow of late. All in all, just a nice spot for the Amazin's this weekend. Good things.
2. Love this west coast skid for the Yanks. The Giants couldn't beat anybody until the Bombers came into town. Back to back Mets win/Yankees losses always warms my baseball heart.
Nice seeing Clemens being a bum, seeing the Yankees back under .500 and back in 3rd place. Would love to see the Yankees drop Clemens from the rotation when Phillip Hughes comes back. Would be a lot like hitting A-Rod 8th or benching Sheffield/Giambi. Woudn't put that one past "Sleeping" Joe Torre.
3. The Cardinals come into town this week. We all know they are banged up and not playing well. Funny thing. Last year they were banged up and not playing well and won the World Series.
Game 5 in St. Louis was one of my darkest moments. The opening series of the season sure was nice. But man do I want these guys embarassed on the field that they embarassed us on 8 months back.
Really sucks that Yadier Molina is hurt. Show me the first Met pitcher to drill him in the back and I show have the newest first and middle name for my first born son. " Oliver Perez Momo?" Not too bad.
4. Just saw Ocean's 13. Is it me or did their crew have like 22 guys? Oh, and what the hell happened in that movie?
5. And most interesting. Cohny and Ronnie were talking about how D-Wright has been taking extra fielding practice at 2B. This could not seem odder. They are such different positions and he is so clearly the Mets 3B of the next 10 years that it would seem almost counter-productive to do so.
UNLESS...
Are the Mets getting ready to make a run at A-Rod this winter? If this is the case and A-Rod jumped ship, would I be forced to like him? I mean, as the pioneer of this Yankee -hating machine, can we really hate a guy that gives the Yankees the biggest possible "Fuck You" and jumps ship to their crosstown rival?
This would be as big of a slap to Yankee fans as Johnny Damon was to Red Sox fans. But in the case of A-Rod, he has a reason to leave. He was treated like shit, #2 to #2 etc. etc. etc. Could this happen?
It does sort of make sense. If A-Rod wants to prove that he can win in New York under the biggest spotlight, then he could do it as a Met. He always wanted to be a Met. It is at least a little interesting.
6. Lastings Milledge for Brian Roberts -- offer it and get it done. Roberts is young and affordable. He would be the absolute perfect fit in the 2-hole. He is fast, can switch hit and is smart enough to let Jose Reyes do his thing. As for Milledge, isn't he #3 on our minor league outfield depth chart anyway?
I also make the exact same move for Mark Buerhle as well. More on the deadline as the deadline approaches, but my instincts tell me, "why not?" If Milledge is injured or has anything but a specatcular year in 2008, then his value will decline. We don't need him with Gomez and Martinez waiting in the wings. So now seems like the time to make a deal.
7. Smoltz vs. Chipper -- Well said by Cousin Dan. This is fun.
Great weekend of Mets baseball and baseball all around for that matter. Hope all is well for everyone reading.
VCD,
Sip
1. Nice weekend. Will all you hypochondriacs take a deep breath? Our boys made a tough team look pretty bad. Good thing we didn't see my boy Danny Haren. That's the best pitcher in baseball we missed this weekend.
Speaking of pitching, 3 runs in 3 games. Not too shabby. Really great to see Glavine and El Duque back on track. Even Mainey's been slow of late. All in all, just a nice spot for the Amazin's this weekend. Good things.2. Love this west coast skid for the Yanks. The Giants couldn't beat anybody until the Bombers came into town. Back to back Mets win/Yankees losses always warms my baseball heart.
Nice seeing Clemens being a bum, seeing the Yankees back under .500 and back in 3rd place. Would love to see the Yankees drop Clemens from the rotation when Phillip Hughes comes back. Would be a lot like hitting A-Rod 8th or benching Sheffield/Giambi. Woudn't put that one past "Sleeping" Joe Torre.
3. The Cardinals come into town this week. We all know they are banged up and not playing well. Funny thing. Last year they were banged up and not playing well and won the World Series.
Game 5 in St. Louis was one of my darkest moments. The opening series of the season sure was nice. But man do I want these guys embarassed on the field that they embarassed us on 8 months back.
Really sucks that Yadier Molina is hurt. Show me the first Met pitcher to drill him in the back and I show have the newest first and middle name for my first born son. " Oliver Perez Momo?" Not too bad.4. Just saw Ocean's 13. Is it me or did their crew have like 22 guys? Oh, and what the hell happened in that movie?
5. And most interesting. Cohny and Ronnie were talking about how D-Wright has been taking extra fielding practice at 2B. This could not seem odder. They are such different positions and he is so clearly the Mets 3B of the next 10 years that it would seem almost counter-productive to do so.
UNLESS...
Are the Mets getting ready to make a run at A-Rod this winter? If this is the case and A-Rod jumped ship, would I be forced to like him? I mean, as the pioneer of this Yankee -hating machine, can we really hate a guy that gives the Yankees the biggest possible "Fuck You" and jumps ship to their crosstown rival?
This would be as big of a slap to Yankee fans as Johnny Damon was to Red Sox fans. But in the case of A-Rod, he has a reason to leave. He was treated like shit, #2 to #2 etc. etc. etc. Could this happen?
It does sort of make sense. If A-Rod wants to prove that he can win in New York under the biggest spotlight, then he could do it as a Met. He always wanted to be a Met. It is at least a little interesting.6. Lastings Milledge for Brian Roberts -- offer it and get it done. Roberts is young and affordable. He would be the absolute perfect fit in the 2-hole. He is fast, can switch hit and is smart enough to let Jose Reyes do his thing. As for Milledge, isn't he #3 on our minor league outfield depth chart anyway?
I also make the exact same move for Mark Buerhle as well. More on the deadline as the deadline approaches, but my instincts tell me, "why not?" If Milledge is injured or has anything but a specatcular year in 2008, then his value will decline. We don't need him with Gomez and Martinez waiting in the wings. So now seems like the time to make a deal.
7. Smoltz vs. Chipper -- Well said by Cousin Dan. This is fun.
Great weekend of Mets baseball and baseball all around for that matter. Hope all is well for everyone reading.
VCD,
Sip
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posted by A Friend of Mr. Glass' at 2:47 PM
3 Comments:
Sippy you are not the only one who has pipe dreams about Brian Roberts being a Met, as Sassdawg wished on MSF the other day...but Roberts already has a high value. Not an Omar type move. You know he loves those undervalued fly-under-the-radar-types.
I could see Milledge getting traded. Saw that when the skid first started.
A-Rod a Met? Whoa! I don't know what I would do. The urge to boo would be tough to fight. I'd be so conflicted.
I mean, i wouldn't be that upset with A-Rod being a Met. He's a great player, and I think he'd be great here, but I'm not sure 30million a year would be money well spent. We're not struggling for offense, and I'm not sure the 20million more a year over a lesser 2b candidate would be the right move. Plus I'd imagine if A-Rod moves he'd want to play Short again, and I would not move Reyes again.
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