Someone in MLB that still has at least one or two brain cells that actually function has to step up and stop these opening days overseas. The Red Sox just defeated the Oakland A’s 6-5 in 10 innings (Manny Being Manny went 2/4 two 2b and 4 RBI  I love MANNY) in a game that should have been played at Fenway or the Al Davis Mausoleum but no some old white guy in MLB Office decided it was the right thing to do to play this game in Japan. So Sawx fans got up at 6AM and A’s fans got (or never went to bed) at 3AM and to top it all off from what I’ve read this morning DirecTV lost the signal on ESPN2 and NESN so fans were shout out for most of the game. Fucking brutal!

As most of you al know I have no use for A-Fraud in fact I was glad he never signed with the Mets in one of the only things Steve Phillips ever did right in his Mets reign of failure but after reading John Harpers piece in the Daily News today I honestly believe him when he says the feels he made a big mistake when he didn’t take the Mets offer and sign with the Blue and Orange. That’s why he says he dumped Scott Boras as he didn’t want to make the same mistake twice:

  The three-time MVP says that at some point after his opt-out decision in October, he realized he could have been heading for a similar scenario, with Boras dictating his next destination. “So to make the right decision just feels really good,” Rodriguez said, “versus being taken down a road where I’m like, ‘Oh, my God, where am I? Oh, $400 million to play in some place I hate? Great, I’ll blow my — head off.’“I wanted to remain a Yankee and for once I put my money where my mouth was. It felt good to make a decision on my own and execute it - to deal with Hank and Hal (Steinbrenner) on a one-on-one basis and get a deal done.“If people want to question why I did it, I don’t care because it made me happy. If I had gone to Team X, Y or Z, it wouldn’t have made me happy. It would have been because Scott wanted me to go - it would have been for the most money. And then I’m always going to be known as a guy who always wanted the most money.” 

Someone needs to cut this article out and paste it on Oliver Perez’ locker.

With all the sky is falling over Mike Pelfrey and El Duque lack of effectiveness this spring John Maine’ blossoming has been under the radar so to speak. Maine who stumbled down the stretch has really looked Ace-like this spring and filling heads with the idea that this could be THE breakthrough season for Maine.

I know My Big Fat Obnoxious Talk Show Host (MBFOTSH) and his little Poodle Partner are big money men for WFAN but it would have been nice if a couple of afternoons this spring they could have put on a few  Mets games from Florida. MBFOTSH and the Poodle talk about the NCAA Tournament ad nausea but never talk basketball during the regular season. Same with the NBA and NHL? Are you kidding they would never lower themselves besides it would cut into their sports they really enjoy tennis, horseracing (Francesca shouldn’t hang around the paddock to much as someone might throw a saddle on his fat arese) and berating callers?

I’ve yet to watch the new shows on SNY but I did see Joe Benigno on SNY last night and every time I see him I have get the urge to play the numbers. When I was a kid the book maker in our neighborhood looked just like Joey Bada Bing from the hair style to the clothes.  I work in the corner butcher shop all through high school and when I would deliver meat and groceries to our customers I would also take their numbers and money for the bookie. For those of you foreign to the “numbers” in what was called the Brooklyn number, the last three digit of the mutual handle at either Aqueduct or Belmont  was played by many folks in the city and is the  benchmark for the Lotto pick three. I just went off in a whole other direction there sorry. Back to SNY. It’s nice to see the station trying to have some original programming but all these “talk shows” are worthless. How about a weekly recap of the Mets week and that of their minor league affiliates. Or a show that recaps the week in the NBA and NHL?  Even better how about a show say a bloggers round table where we would discuss the sports news of the day? I’d be happy to participate.