Steve Trachsel... True Met?

Hey everyone, real short post for you today, just not a ton doing with the Mets and I have work to get through before calling it a night.

It's been interesting to see the fanbase's thinking evolve on the whole A-Rod proposition. He's the sort of player people love to say they don't want but then get real comfortable with once they're on the team.

My feelings on it are complicated. Alex Rodriguez is the best player in the game; that's the part of it that would be real easy to get comfortable with.

But I don't know that I want the Mets to have a player who is so unlikeable, or a guy who always sounds scripted. I want genuine passion out of the Mets next year; when I think of A-Rod, genuine passion isn't what I think of. I think of money and a bizarre psychosis and monster stats, probably in that order.

Does production heal all wounds? That'll be the question if/when the Mets sign A-Rod. For me though, I think I come down against signing him, principally because I don't want to see either Wright or Reyes moved. I love that we have those two guys on the left side of our infield, that we have them together for now and for the next 15 years potentially.

A-Rod's not the incumbent here, Wright and Reyes are. I don't think it's fair to move them. I hope they don't.

Speaking of true Mets, how about that Steve Trachsel, available once again. I hate myself for even contemplating it, but there could be worse things than re-upping with Trax... wait... no there's not!

He wasn't the only former Met cut by the Cubs this weekend, but he was the only hateable one. Uncle Cliffy found himself opted out by his home town team, and I'm sure there's more than a few Mets fans out there who would want him back.

I love Cliff Floyd; I think most Mets fans love Cliff Floyd. I'll bet you 9 out of 10 Mets fans, if pressed on it, would say Floyd was the guy missing from the clubhouse this year versus 2006. (Steve Trachsel the other 1 in 10? Maybe.)

As great a clubhouse guy as he was, Floyd doesn't fit on this team anymore, not if you think Young Lastings (you YouTubers and MySpacers out there probably know him as L-Millz) is ready to fill in full time, which I do.

So I recommend you all pour some out for hobbled old Cliffy, but don't hold out a candle. It was fun while it lasted but, baseball teams can't allow themselves to get sentimental about personnel decisions. Mike Piazza isn't coming back either (RIP).

And that about covers it. Couple quick hits before I go:

1. Brian Williams was legitimately funny on Saturday Night Live this weekend. In case I'm not the only person recording SNL, go back and watch this past weekend's episode. There were some legitimately funny skits.

2. New Knicks! Isiah only got a smattering of boos, which is a shame; Nate Robinson played some sort of emcee role in which he kind of apologized for the Knicks' play last year or their offseason of controversy, I'm not sure which; Ro-Ro the Savior chipped in 3 points off the bench. The Knicks' margin of victory? 4 points. Suck on that, haters.

- A.F.O.M.G.