The press has been fed. Johan has been unveiled. Omar and his minions have new Prada shoes. The truck has been loaded up and his headed down I-95 to Florida. One week from tomorrow boys and girls, and its spring training. YEAH BABY! You know pitchers and catchers are thisclose as we have lots of Mets news to chew on:
The Klapper has taken on the job of Jeffy Skill Sets PR Man his Howard Rubenstein if you will with his column today that Jeffy is all grown up and ready to take charge of the organization. It’s quite clear from yesterday’s press conference that Freddy Skill Sets was standing way in the back of the Diamond Club while Boy Skill Sets basked in the limelight.
I guess I should be upset about Petey getting himself involved in cockfighting (how immature am I that I’m laughing just typing cock fighting) but all that story did was make me want to eat lunch at POPEYE’S. By the way when it comes to cock fighting, here is the heavyweight champ.
If they want to really have a great concert at Shea Stadium this summer, instead of a has been like Billy Joel, I‘d rather have Steve Van Zandt run a day long concert of garage bands to rock Shea. Fuck Billy Joel, give me The Len Price 3, The Chesterfield Kings, The Lords of Altamont, The Artic Monkeys or my girl Joan Jett (still hot after all these years) that would be the way to close out Shea.
As per Adam Rubin and his fantastic Mets Notebook it looks like Wayne Hagin will join Howie Rose in the Mets radio booth this season. I never heard Hagin’s work but I just don’t care for bringing out of towners for this assignment. Yes, I’m very provincial. I never eat pizza or Chinese food outside a 70 mile radius of NYC and I never ever eat bagels outside of NYC. Ollie Perez will role the dice and not go with a contract extension and play for a big pay day next off season as a free agent. Perez’ is represented by Scott Boras who has had a bad streak of late. Dirty Sanchez is primed and ready to let loose. Get out the microscopes. Mets have signed another Brooklyn boy in RHP Nelson Figueroa . As per Willie Randolph, OF’er Ben Johnson has been resigned, you may applaud now.
Mets interested in Craig Wilson to fill the right handed bat off the bench. Wilson can play first base and right field and he hits RHP. In 600 AB vs. RHP Wilson hits .290/.389/.527 25 HR 97 RBI Sounds like a plan to me.
Just when I though this was the best week ever with the Giants winning the Super Bowl and Johan Santana signing there is story from PAGE SIX . Oh how I wish to be on that set!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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This post was written by kranepool on February 7, 2008
Actually worked with Wayne many years ago as a college student. Did stats work for him as he came to Tempe to call an ASU-Washington football game as a free lancer for a game that was not picked up by networks, even though both teams were in the top ten. Did a nice job, if I remember correctly. He just won’t be Howie & Gary Cohen. Love him on TV, but it was great listening to them on radio, with the two of them growing up Mets’ fans like the rest of us. And having a great fans’ frame of reference, and yet still called a great game, and told it like it was.
your idea for a ending concert is brillent, I agree, Billy Joel
I actually Opined that Jeffy was held by the Ankles from a Shea Upper-Level Ramp by Omar, to get the Santana Deal Done. I still hold to that theory.