New York Met Disaster At Busch Stadium
The New York Mets sunk a ton of dough into their 2009 team. Their everyday lineup features multiple all-stars.
Gary Sheffield, a borderline Hall of Fame candidate, comes off the bench.
But their pitching, defense and baserunning aren’t great right now. The Mets played terrible baseball while losing all three games at Busch Stadium this week.
The New York Post has been pounding this team – the paper wonders why the Mets broadcast team won’t do the same.
The New York Daily News suggests that major changes could be in the offing.
After watching those three starting pitching performances, why won’t the Mets spend another $5 million to sign free agent Pedro Martinez? Does the franchise really believe those high-priced premium seats in their new stadium will sell themselves?
MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE
Questions to ponder while Rick Ankiel joins the Cards’ offensive party:
- In Tony La Russa’s next contract, will he insist on getting paid by the pitching change?
- What, exactly, did Jake Delhomme do to earn that $42.5 million contract extension? Is the quarterback shortage in the NFL really that acute?
- Wouldn’t sports be more exciting if every team had a live mascot?
- Will other teams follow the Detroit Lions’ lead and produce fiercer mascot logos?
NICK SABAN WOULD BE PROUD
Up at Wisconsin-Whitewater, the football coach drew the line on the student newspaper. This being Division III football, it backfired.
MORE FUN WITH TERRY TATE
Another reminder that the transition from gridiron to cubicle can be very difficult.
THIS MAN RUNS A NFL TEAM
The sanity train left the Al Davis station some time back – and yet he still runs the franchise. Fans must be nervous knowing this man will make the draft picks this weekend.
QUIPS ‘R US
Here is what some of America’s leading sports pundits have been writing:
Joe Posnanski, Kansas City Star, after the Chiefs traded tight end Tony Gonzalez: “Let’s be honest: There isn’t much sentimentality in pro football. Jerry Rice finished his career with the Seattle Seahawks. John Unitas threw his last pass for the San Diego Chargers. Emmitt Smith gained his last yards for the Arizona Cardinals. Reggie White made his last sack for the Carolina Panthers. And so Gonzalez, the greatest pass-catching tight end in football history, will probably catch his last pass for the Atlanta Falcons. No, it doesn’t seem right. But football rarely has proper endings.”
Greg Cote, Miami Herald: “Still trying to confirm a rumor that network TV has prearranged a Kobe-LeBron/Lakers-Cavaliers NBA Finals. Hey, you didn’t think that injury to Celtics star Kevin Garnett was an accident, did you? (TV also arranged for Boston GM Danny Ainge’s mild heart attack).”
Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle: “Let me remind you Yankee players, front office and fans: After all the typical Yankee pomp and bluster over the construction and debut of your $1.5 BILLION stadium, with $2,625 seats down front, and your bloated payroll of over $200 million, YOU LOST THE FIRST GAME IN YOUR NEW STADIUM, 10 TO 2!!!”
Dwight Perry, Seattle Times: “Chicago’s Bohemian National Cemetery unveiled its ivy-covered, Wrigley Field-inspired mausoleum Wednesday, giving departed Cubs fans a fitting place to have their remains interred. The most popular payment option, no doubt, is the one better known as Wait’ll Next Year.”
Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel: “Will the last underclassman to leave Florida basketball Coach Billy Donovan’s program please turn out the lights (and notify the NIT selection committee)? Good grief, it appears as if we’re watching Donovan’s once-proud program self-destruct before our very eyes. Two straight NIT appearances and now the news that Alex Tyus is transferring in the wake of Allan Chaney transferring in the wake of Nick Calathes announcing he is making himself eligible for the NBA draft.”
Cote again: “Angel Cabrera won the Masters, proving there remains elasticity in the definition of ”athlete” and a place in professional sports for pudgy guys with no neck who chain-smoke cigarettes while competing.”
MEGAPHONE
“I’m a positive person, an upbeat person. I’m trying to focus on what I’m trying to do here. My teammates are behind me, and the more reporters get in my face, the more I talk, the more things get written the way I don’t say them or they’re taken out of context, and that’s when you lose teammates and you lose fans. The best strategy for me has always been to not say anything.”
Cubs outfielder Milton Bradley, telling cubs.com why he boycotts Chicago media types.
Borderline Hall of Famer? Hey GORDO, have another couple Natty Lights and Fire one up up because you my friend are delusional.
Gordo, to refer to Ankiel as “Young Musial” in your latest column is beyond embarrassing. It’s laughable, it’s insulting and no one with an ounce of common sense thinks of Musial while watching Ankiel play.
No wonder this newspaper is an absolute joke and to think someone made the wonderful business decision to start charging $1.00 for this rag on a daily basis? This paper isn’t even good enough to train a dog on.
If memory serves you were the genius that called J.D. Drew “Young Mantle” as well. We all see how that worked out. Besides the mind boggling comparison, I don’t ever remember Musial batting .250 with some fruity 70’s mustache.
I give the Cubs credit for being aggressive but they new what they were getting with Milton Bradley.
And let’s hope beyond hope that the next contract for TLR is with another major league club.
As long as we are pointing out errors:
“I give the Cubs credit for being aggressive but they new what they were getting with Milton Bradley.”
It’s knew not new. You forgot the k, you dolt.
TGIF
SW…
I agree TLR ways can be different, but his results speak volumes. If you cant appreciate TLR, you are mssing the boat. And if Gordo’s column and this newspaper are such a joke, go read and complain elsewhere. SDB
Muck the Fets!
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/cardinals/story/9D61397A74CE2ED4862575A200099F54?OpenDocument
DR. PALETTA, PLEASE REPORT TO SURGERY!!!
I’m not sure I would call Gonzales the greatest pass-catching tight end ever. He is certainly very good, but the greatest is debatable.
Well, Cards are 11-5. Whouda thunk? I will say this though, they are giving up way too many runs with the bullpen. It hasn’t hurt us yet but it will if the offense slows down. The offenseive show has been nice to watch so far.
I’m not sure we should re-sign Tkachuk. I’m just saying.
SW - Do you not like it when the Cardinals win? Are two world series appearances within two years of each other not good enough? Is assembling a competitive team each year and consistent playoff appearances not what you’re looking for in a MLB manager? Please enlighten us all with who would be a better manager for the Cardinals? TLR is one of, if not THE best manager in baseball right now. You can say what you want about the organization as a whole, but to say that the team would be better off without TLR is laughable!
S.W. is a member of Slaten’s Army. He gets his opinions directly from his lord and master. Wait a minute: S.W.–Slaten’s Weenie-washer?
Hey Mr. “Go NY Mets”
Put a bag over your head and tuck your tail between your legs and get out of town along with your sorry azz, overpaid team. Oh, and here’s a little song for you…
Meet the Mets, meet the mets…. OVERRATED!!! OVERRATED!!! OVERRATED!!!