|
Spring Break Training PART I |
Spring Break Training PART II |
 |
 |
|
|
|
SABRES, PENS, SHOTGUNS & METS |
BILL BUCKNER WAS INNOCENT |
 |
 |
|
| You are not authorized to post a reply.
|
|
| Author |
Messages |
|
ANGRYWARD
Posts:515
 |
| 05-14-2008 - SelecA - |
 Alert
|
BRONX, NY– I’m sick and tired of ragging on the Mets. I’ve pretty much said all I can say about Beltran, Willie, the pen, Omar, Ollie, Delgado, Beltran again, Wright’s throwing foibles, El Duque’s foot, Willie again, Pedro’s injury du jour, Omar again, Reyes, Castillo, and Willie one more time. Enough is enough... at least for one week. So, how about those New York Yankees ladies and gentlemen? Have you been following them at all? Well, they are as about as entertaining team as there is out there these days. That is, if your idea of entertainment is “My Dinner with Andre.” Last night they lost a thrilling 2-1 extra-inning, steel cage death match to the Tampa Bay Rays, a team they scored one run against the previous night. Granted they have some injuries, A-Rod and Posada most prominent among them, but who doesn’t? (By the way, has anyone noticed how injured players around the league this year are not recovering nearly as quickly as they have in the past? I wonder why that is?) Anyway, back to the Bombers. Thank God for Jason Giambi and his ridiculous 2008 price tag and batting average; he’s singlehandedly keeping Mets fans from getting suicidal over Delgado. That Joba Chamberlain certainly brings some excitement to the game though... even when it’s not warranted. Seriously, what gives? This guy pumps his fist more than Judge Reinhold did in “Fast Times at Ridgemont High.” The Yanks starting rotation is so bad, that David Wells is publicly lobbying for a spot on the club. So much for the youth movement. The Mets should strike while the AARP iron is hot and deal Duque and his bunions back to the Bronx too. Andy Pettitte is also showing his age a bit this year. He must miss that stringent workout regimen that he shared with Clemens. While the truth may have set him free, the $16 million he’s costing the Yankees this year is anything but gratis. We won’t get into Robinson Cano’s sub-Mendoza average or the hilarious misadventures of Kei Igawa here. There’s just not enough room for all of the yuk-yuks. Instead, here’s a bit of good news for you Yankee fans out there: Aside from the Mets (who at this point are no great shakes either), the Yankees National League opponents in June are, Houston, San Diego, Cincinnati, and Pittsburgh. What, the Toledo Mud Hens weren’t available? Who makes these schedules, Bud Selig, Lonn Trost, and the refs from the 1972 Olympic Gold Medal basketball game? In any event, the good ship Yankee should be right as rain heading into the all star break. If not, this summer may just be entertaining after all. A July release of “Young Hankenstein vs. Mighty Joe Girardi” has blockbuster written all over it.
|
|
|
|
Randy Levine
Posts:116
|
| 05-14-2008 - SelecA - |
Alert
|
| The schedule looks good to me. |
|
|
|
Wisconsin Walt
Posts:94
|
| 05-14-2008 - SelecA - |
Alert
|
| Angry Ward - the ultimate compliment I could give was to read and post before I went to the office. You did not disappoint either. The only way this could have been better is if you covered the Brewers - better for me, that is... Can I get Young Hankenstein and Mighty Joe Girardi on DVD? |
|
|
|
Cookie
Posts:375
|
| 05-14-2008 - SelecA - |
Alert
|
AW... good on you pointing out all the ills of the Yanks. Surely it takes away from you Mutts' woes amongst the fiercely competitive Little League of the NL East. Speaking of competitive.. last I checked.. Houston had a better record than your Mutts.
Hey.. maybe Giambi is your man at 1st instead of Delgado. Yanks should be giving him away at fire sale prices come the All-Star Break. And don't try to pass that relic El Duque back to the Yanks. He's all yours. Enjoy.
AW...Please don't fret. Jealously does not suit you. Don't be green that the Yanks have a manager with some backbone. Though the fireworks between Girardi and Hank will be deadly.. at least Joe G. will go out in a blaze of glory. Willie will go out of the Mets organization like jelly oozing out of a donut. |
|
|
|
Rex O'Rourke
Posts:155
|
| 05-14-2008 - SelecA - |
Alert
|
| I'm struggling with my crystal ball view into the future this year more than ever. Is it just the usual slow start or are they the 1965 Yanks at the end of a great run. They don't seem to have anyone in their prime save Wang and A-Rod and A-Rod's in the Carl Pavano MRI tube everyday (thank you Kevin Kiernan). Jeter will get his hits and be Jeter but they seem at once too old and too young. Two runs in two games against, here it comes, ready or not, FIRST PLACE TAMPA BAY, is just unacceptable. Can anyone on this team hit. Given the depth of the AL maybe 88 wins will sneak us into a wild card. I see the Sawx winning the division by at least ten games. Honesty hurts! |
|
|
|
Nick C
Posts:102
|
| 05-14-2008 - SelecA - |
Alert
|
| Honesty is the best policy, Rex. My crystal ball has the Metropolitans administering a Bronx beating this weekend. You, Cookie and Yankee Joe can start making your excuses now! It's on!!! |
|
|
|
|
| You are not authorized to post a reply. |
|
|
|
ActiveForums 3.6
|
|
ROY HOBBS ON STEROIDS??? |
MEAGHAN & JAKE: COOLEST FANS |
 |
 |
|
|
|
Nobody Remembers The Loser |
Giant/Super Tuesday |
 |
 |
|
|
|
MATTS-MATICS: Hockey Nuts Go At It |
See us on: "Law & Order" |
 |
 |
|
|
MATT FACTS:
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.
|