I’m hanging out at 30 Rock with my favorite anchor woman Sue Simmons, who is a big time Mets fan. While I’m mixing a Highball for Sue and myself to enjoy while watching our favorite baseball team, she starts screaming “THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING”!!!!!!!! I thought “oh Chuck Scarborough’ here, let me make him a drink” but no it was Sweet Sue reacting to Willie Randolph brining in Aaron Heilman. Needless to say, I put an extra shot of Canadian Club in Sue’s drink.
Can you put a player on the DL for mental anguish? Seriously, since Aaron Heilman has not physical problems maybe he needs time off to clear his head? Maybe if he curled up in the fetal position inside his locker the Mets could pull this disabled list scam. The other thing that ran through my limited mind was, is Heilman affected again by the string of journeymen pitchers who keep getting starts over him? I haven’t seen a man so conflicted since HBO showed a bunch of He/She’s on the stroll in
I’m going down to the Pleasure Chest today in the Village to buy a couple of blow up dolls for the Mets to ignite the offense. The can stick their bats in any orifice they like. The dolls have to be Ozzie Guilen approved of course.
Scintillating analysis on SNY Post Game show last night between Coney Island Lee and Matt Snoozoff. The topic of the post game was of course the massive melt down of Aaron Heilman. Instead of clips of his delivery or breakdown of pitch selection or even a discussion of his desire to start, what we got from Mermaid Avenue Mazzilli and that pest Yalloff was the fans are booing so much it has affected Heilman. I don’t know what’s more upsetting the simplistic approach of these two “analysts” or the fact that get paid for this. Oh and a memo to Harold Reynolds, stop cow towing to Mazzilli, as long as you don’t play grab ass with the secrataries your job is safe.
Time to pee in your corn flakes. The Tampa Bay Rays have signed Scott Kazmir for three years $28.5 mil. Enjoy your breakfast.
Fernando Martinez “tweaked” a hammy last night while playing for Bingo. He’s day to day so he should be ready but spring training.
Gary Cohen, Keith Hernandez and Ron Darling will broadcast today’s game from the Upper Deck of Shea today. Special guest will be my Lord and Savior (bow your heads) Ed Kranepool and Art Shamsky. The under/over for what inning Mex bails out to the Diamond Club after mingling with the great unwashed is the 4th inning.
Does Willie Randolph know that he is allowed to argue with umpires? Lat night Grandpa Moises got tossed by home plate (ch) ump Dana De Muth on a called strike that the camera proved was outside. Alou who hardly ever gets his old keyster in an uproar slammed his bat on home plate and De Muth knowing the camera was on him ripped off his mask and threw Gramps out of the game. The camera then focused on Alou going back to the dugout and there is Willie Randolph just standing there like he was waiting for the Q88 bus. If I’m a player on the Mets bench, I think I’m starting to question if
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This post was written by kranepool on May 15, 2008
With regards to Heilman, who is to say it isn’t physical? I haven’t heard that the Mets have given him an extensive physical lately. The game of baseball is filled with players who “lost it”, with no known reason until after the fact. The case of a certain “Tug” McGraw comes to mind. The Mets gave up on him and never noticed as baseball sized tumor in his shoulder? Before assuming he just sucks I think all possibiliteis need to be examined.
As I’ve said before, Heilman is just done here. He seemingly is unhappy with his role, thinks of himself as a starter, and will never be one here (as long as the current regime is in place). So, rather than force fit him in and watch him pout, why not just deal him while we can get something and before he goes FA? He’d never re-sign, and he is not doing us any good.
As I have said for the last couple years now, we need to at least give him 3 or so starts and see what he does. If he does well, great, he’s made the rotation. If not, we say, “see, told you that you’re a better reliever than starter” and at least maybe he’ll have some piece of mind.
Personally, We are going to need starting pitching next year and why not give him a shot instead of giving up on him cause of a bad stretch. Start teaching him a curveball or something else too. If we keep him where he’s at and he has a crappy year and then we let him go, then the Mets will have made yet another bad move IMHO.