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SABRES, PENS, SHOTGUNS & METS |
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TheMatts
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AL GORE’S INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY – It’s might be slightly tactless but we’re going to ask all of you Matts/Mets fans out there to get on your computer posthaste and start clicking David Wright for the All-Star Game 2008 – Final Vote. RIGHT NOW HE TRAILS MILWAUKEE'S CORY HART! You can find the ballot on the Mets website and as far as we can tell, you can register and vote an infinite number of times. We’re up to 226 and there ain’t no stoppin’ us now! In fact it couldn’t be easier to continue voting non-stop between now and Thursday’s deadline, save for some catnaps, a wee bit of fridge scrounging and toilet breaks. The ballot itself asks “Done voting? Not yet! Vote again.” All the user needs to do is enter a new validation code each time – your previous selection(s) are already highlighted for you. It's a no-brainer.
Alternately, we can petition Billy Wagner to come up with a mysterious “ailment” that will have to keep him from representing the Mets at the All-Star Game. We find it hard to believe this is the best that we can come up with. Wagner is 2nd in all of MLB with SIX BLOWN SAVES. We’re sure there’s an anagram there but Wagner’s foibles have made us too weary to play with the letters, especially after last night's Rolaids 9th inning where Wagner nearly s*cked the life out of us. Wright would be the natural choice to replace Wags, as each team needs at least one representative.
While it hasn’t been a “banner” Wright year he has been putting up excellent numbers for such a “below average” year. 2nd in RBI’s in the NL? HELLO! Wright is the uncrowned captain of our team and it is safe to say we’d be looking at the Nationals derriere if it weren’t for him. Another reason Met fans should go all out to put Wright on the Mid-Summer Classic squad is that it will give him a monster 2nd half after the break if he gets to Yankee Stadium. No one knows more than Wright that he has underachieved and no one takes more responsibility in that clubhouse than Wright. Wagner? Bah humbug. Talk is cheap mein Freund and until you stop wagging the dog, you might as well do the Delgado Clam up and pretend your English isn’t all that good. Hold on – be right back!
Ok thanks for hanging in there. We had to take a scribe break to do some more ballot stuffing for David. Whew, fingers cramping between all of this writing and voting. Anyway we’re up to 312 and counting. Although nothing is above criticism, the way MLB handles All Star selections seems as fair and balanced as possible. There is power in the hands of the fans to select the starters. There is power in the player’s hands to add reserves. There is an additional opportunity for the respective managers to add some talent and then one more chance for the fans to vote the last man on the squad. Sure some guys get the short end of the stick. How about Mike Mussina? Methuselah himself is 11-6 and was left of the team by Terry Francona. Surprised? Why? This is more a popularity contest than anything. Who is popular with the fans? Who is popular with other players and yes the even the managers? It could even be argued that Jose Reyes is getting rooked. Have you compared his stats recently? He is among the league leaders in 5 categories. An since Castillo has been down, he and the entire team are EN FUEGO. Message to Management!
Now let’s show the world of baseball the power of the New York fan. Vote early. Vote often. Dangle a chad. Pull a lever. Flick a switch. Make David Wright the last man on the NL All-Star team. 329, no rest for the weary - but dedicated.
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Dude
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| can someone put wagner in duaner sanchez's taxi? please? this guy is a bum of the highest order. i know what some of you want to say. . . tell me who is better? we'll i'll tell you: anyone. give me an unknown, give me joe smith, anybody but wagner. an unproven closer may find the mettle within himself and rise to the occassion and come up big when the team desperately needs it. with wagner you know EXACTLY what you are gong to get. a guy who likes to pad his own stats, but always fails when it matters most. don't believe me? check his postseason stats versus those in the regular season. time to try an unproven kid and see what he's got. trade wagner to an al team whose general manager is blinded by his stats and his all star status and get some qaulity farmhands in return. all talk and no walk. the man is cancer. yeah i guess i'll go vote for david wright now. |
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Bayside
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| Ok, I'll get on the Wright band wagon if only because having Wagner as our only rep makes my cringe. All the negatives you spout to the 9th power can't describe how despicable his play is. He is a gutless loser. |
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ANGRYWARD
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| I like Wright, but how can you not vote for Corey Hart? I, for one, can't wait to see if he truly wears his sunglasses at night when he plays in the All Star game. |
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Corporal Agorn
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| There is nothing shameless about advocating for your guy. Corey Hart can go eat monkey *ss, it's Wright or Wrong. |
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Leah
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| It is the Wright thing to do. Oh my, I've stooped to puns like the rest of you sillies. |
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Chad Pennington is NOT a Brett Favre fan... Hillary Clinton and Don Nelson have never been seen in the same place... Jerry Manuel is not related to Charlie ManuelJerry Manuel is not related to Charlie Manuel... Somebody namd Michel coaches the Pittsburgh Penguins... Tiki Barber quit the Giants. The Giants then won the Super Bowl... The New England Patriots only lost ONE game out of 19!!! Aaron Heilman was actually funny in re to Eli and Plaxico Burress helping the Mets as a pitcher and outfielder, respectively. Repeat, Heilman was funny... Jessica Simpson would rather date Tom Brady - trust us... Eli Manning is better than Archie - now... Alyssa Milano is a Met fan. RRRRR... Rickey Henderson speaks in the 3rd Person... Shawn Green has big ears... Howard Johnson likes to stay at the Holiday Inn, ironically... Sandy Alomar, Sr. is the youngest of 9 kids. That's why he was quick around the dish. Jiminy Cricket was the Philly Phanatic in a previous life…Fred Wilpon is pals with Sandy Koufax... Mike Ditka is a really tough guy.. Buffalo has a Triple A baseball team. They are NOT called The Snowballs... Chan Ho Park has people thinking of naming a ballfield after him - it would be called Chan Ho Park Park... John Maine has never been, oddly enough, to Maine... Curt Gowdy, Jr. has never been to Yellow Knife, Canada... Kevin Mitchell played 6 positions for the Mets in '86 and, according to Doc Gooden's book, didn't like cats... John Olerud & Wayne Gretzky have never been seen in the same place... Kevin McReynolds now makes his living doing laugh tracks for sit-coms... Tony Gwynn is nearing 300 lbs... Carlos Beltran has Mercedes Benz dealerships named for him in Barcelona, Spain... Willie Montanez was called Guillermo by Lenny Randle... Rusty Staub beat Jeff Kent in a race – TODAY... Jay Horwitz is a dynamite Cricket players – somebody said... Jeff Wilpon was a decent minor league catcher... Ziggy Palfy lives in Slovakia and is a big Met fan... Superman Returns, yet still can’t hit Billy Wagner... David Wright will win the Triple Crown – on a horse... Omar Minaya is Tobey McGuire’s stunt-double in Spider Man 3... Hilary Clinton has Mr. Met pajamas – we think... Albert Einstein was a HUGE Met fan... The Metropolitan Opera House was named for the Mets after their 2nd season in ’63... Wally Backman, ’86 sparkplug, considered changing his name to Wally Back-Matt... Neil Allen and Mike Stanton, former Mets, have Allen & Stanton Streets on Lower East Side named for them.
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