Tag Archives: Mets

Hey small market teams, eat sh*t and die.

The baseball off-season has been slow to develop, unless your team was already awesome.  The Yanks got Granderson; the Sawx got Lackey and Mike Cameron; the Phillies traded one ace to Seattle (Lee) for another from Toronto (Halladay); the Angels got Matsui; the Mets will probably land Jason Bay; the Cardinals are desperate to re-sign [...]

Steve Phillips REALLY IS an Idiot

Yesterday I ran a story about an incredibly dumb thing Steve Phillips said on the air.  Well apparently his stupidity isn’t just limited to things he says in TV about baseball.  This morning ESPN suspended him for an affair he had with a 22 year old production assistant that led to her stalking him, his [...]

Steve Phillips Is an Idiot

ESPN baseball analyst Steve Phillips proved why he doesn’t work for any teams after being fired by the Mets.  Phillips just said on air that he didn’t think the Yankees should start CC Sabathia today because starters on short rest in the playoffs historically have a worse record than when they start on a full [...]

Please, He Prefers to be Called “Pot Head”

I just saw the following headline on CBS Sports fantasy baseball homepage:

Yeah, THAT’LL solve your problems, Omar Minaya.  What’s he gonna do?  Keep all the other players from getting fat by hogging all the sunflower seeds for himself?  Didn’t the Mets organization read Twan’s piece on performance killing drugs?  I mean, I know that Doc [...]

PEDs in the NBA

The Orlando Magic’s Rashard Lewis tested positive for elevated testosterone levels yesterday and was suspended by the league for 10 games.  Lewis claims it was from an over the counter supplement that he took, which must have had a banned substance in it.  It seems pretty believable, and it does happen.  But are we just [...]

Dodging Icebergs Is Hard When You’re Drunk

Sorry Frankie, but you knew what you were getting into. The Mets are the opposite of Mark Teixeira hustling from first on a routine pop-up to win the game. That would never even occur to them. Honestly, can you even picture Jose Reyes doing that?
Every season the Mets begin with a seemingly (although sometimes only [...]