Knocked Out

Mets closer, K-Rod, has has been diagnosed with the highly contagious pink eye and has been told to stay away from rest of team. Hmmm....wonder how that happened:

Make some room Tivo...

You've got a new show to record:

I mean...if I were to judge something from a poster alone. And why wouldn't I? What could go wrong?!

Sexual Healing?

We are all aware of the Mets struggles the past few seasons. (some of us more so than others) Well, there is some good news coming out of Port St. Lucie. Players are coming to camp and word on the street is that they're in shape! Now this may seem like a "crazy" strategy, but I saw it work for the Phillies last year, when Ryan Howard decided to look like a baseball player and not an blocking TE for the Eagles.

Mets Blog has a new post on how David Wright looks much stronger this year. The most alarming part of the post is how Jeff Francoeur has been checking out Wright with his shirt off...

According to Kernan, Jeff Francoeur also believes Wright is in great shape this Spring, saying: “David has really worked hard. He looks in great shape…I noticed that when he took his shirt off the other day he looked more cut, he looked leaner.

They must have left out the part where instead of shaving heads for team unity, Francoeur was seen passing out body glitter for all the guys. He exclaimed, "That it will really make those new found ab muscles glisten." He also is rumoured to have purchased one of Johnny Weir's figure skating outfits for Wright to model. "Nothing goes better with body glitter, than a classic figure skating outfit!...Except for maybe a day at the spa and some appletinis!"

My two cents? What the hell is going on?! This would never have happened under Davey Johnson.

Master of their domain

As a Mets fan, I'm often left scratching my head, saying things like, "What are they thinking?!", or "Well, that was a 'genius' move.", or "Someone please talk me off this ledge or I'm really going to do it this time.".

Even this off season, I'm curious as to what their plan is to ensure the abortion that was last season does not repeat itself anytime soon. Well, one of my first answers was announced today:

Hernandez, SNY reach an agreement: Commentator to remain with club, network through 2011

Scoff at the notion, but I firmly believe this is a step in the right direction. Slowly the Mets have been surrounding themselves with players from the 86' World Series team. This can only be a good move. Below is a list of former players with current ties to the organization:

• Ron Darling- SNY color commentator and studio analyst
• Bob Ojeda- SNY pre-game and post-game studio analyst
• Wally Backman- manager of Mets' class-A affiliate-Brooklyn Cyclones
• Howard Johnson- Mets hitting coach
• Keith Hernandez- SNY color commentator
• Tim Teufel- manager of Mets' class-double A affiliate- Binghamton Mets
• Darryl Strawberry- SNY analyst

And here is a list of former players not currently affiliated with the team, but I, of course, have offered a few suggestions to pull them in to the fold:

• Sid Fernandez- Team Cook/ Dietitian
• Dwight Gooden- Team Narcotics Distributionist
• Roger McDowell- The "Patch Adams" of the bullpen...keeping those guys loose and their feet hot. At the very least, teaching them how to spit a magic loogie.
• Randy Myers- Team Ambassador of Nastiness
• Gary Carter- Top Campaigner for unavailable Managerial Position
• Ray Knight- 86' World Series MVP and only member of team I've ever met in person...so yeah, not the greatest title to have (or fit on business card) but he should probably be involved somehow...can't be worse than current job. Washington Nationals broadcaster.
• Dave Magadan- Currently Red Sox Hitting Coach (he backed up HoJo and Hernandez on the field, he should back them up here too)
• Lenny Dykstra- Team financial advisor; Tobacco Czar
• Kevin Mitchell- Ambassador of Craziness- used to make everyone else seem "sane"
• Mookie Wilson- Needs to be visible during home games. Perhaps a ball boy. Just so the fans can chant, "Mooooooooooooooooooooooooookie!".

As you can see, I've put way too much thought into this, but I feel anything that can bring back that Championship attitude (without too much of the nose candy that accompanied that era) can't be a bad thing.

Somethings are worth coming out of semi-retirement for...

Mainly this:Not just rocking out with a keytar...but a camouflage keytar...I imagine this is what Liberace would have played if he was from West Virginia.

I can't help myself

This video has it all. Seabass, a bear, the winter classic jerseys...

A "grammatically correct" yet "unfortunate use" of parentheses

Woman killed by falling tree was an "awesome person," relative says