I am really starting to like J-Man. He made a statement yesterday about Shea Stadium being “fertile” ground and how the demeanor of the fan base that frequents the soon to be demolished Housing Project of a ballpark tends to add to the fertilization to promote growth of the team.  Of course the New York Post got the story all wrong, not beat man Bart Hubbuch but the headline writers who took it as Warlord Jerry saying we Mets fans ain’t shit. If anything he was commending the fans for letting the players know that their effort is not acceptable when they boo and how they feel when the team busts its ass when they cheer. In one week J-Mann’s pre and post game pressers have been more entertaining than four years of Wet Blanket Willie.

 

So far this morning I have been hit with paper clips, rubber bands, and empty Dunkin’ Dounuts cup for proclaiming that the Mets are back in the Pennant Race. It’s the hazard you have when your office is infiltrated by Highlander fans. The facts are with the Phlacid Phillies in an offensive tailspin and the Mets looking rejuvenated this past week we Mets fans are looking at our summer coming back to us beginning tonight at Shea (The Big Shithouse?) with a marquee match up of King Felix Hernandez and Johan Santana in the first of three with the Mariners and then four with those Bastards in the Bronx.

 

Another quality of J-Man is if your not 100 % then take a seat as we have seen so far with Jose Reyes and now with Gimp Castillo. For a guy with the rep as a kind of quiet easygoing fellow, Warlord Jerry has no patients for bullshitters. It seems like he asked Castillo if he was able to play and I guess Gimp hemmed and hawed to the point where Manuel said sit and played his hot hand Damien Easley. Now there is talk about Gimp going on the 15 day DL but Gimp says he just needs a couple of days rest. J-Mann will not tolerate playing a man short and with Brian Schneider claiming he’s day to day look for Manuel to push for Gimp to either play or pick up a handicap parking pass for a fortnight. Whatever happens, Omar Minaya has to go get a middle infielder. With Ryan Church coming back by the end of the week and with Endy Chavez playing well and Trot Nixon added to the outfield the Mets should be set for now (I also like J-Mann hinting that Medicare Moises should pack it in, I’m telling you the guy doesn’t stand for bullshit) so a middle infielder is really a must get. Nothing earth shattering, there are guys out there like Matt Katta playing for Indianapolis for the Pirates farm team , Josh Barfield who has split time between the Indians and the Buffalo Bisons, Jamey Carroll of the Indians would be a great pick up as well and then there is always one time Mets bloggers favorite Marco Scutaro in Toronto. I’m pretty sure the Anderson Hernandez ship has sailed.

 

Call off the search as Mets phenom Fernando Martinez is back in action playing for the Gulf Coast Mets yesterday. F-Mart had a hit and was hit by a pitch in four plate appearances.

 

The big news over the weekend was from Neil Best in Newsday who broke the story of Mike Francesca and Chris Russo looking to be headed to divorce court to end their union together after 19 years. It’s about time. These two have gone from being the gold standard of sports talk radio to a couple of grumpy middle aged assholes. They hate pro and college basketball, the NHL, the internet, blogs, current movies and music and their audience. Russo has a really bad habit of hanging up on callers who debate him once they have the upper hand and Francessa is annoyed that he has to leave his mansion in Manhasset to listen to the commoners. What a big pompous ass. While I’d like to believe that these two are done as drive time hosts the whole stinks more than the Shea Stadium stands as its most likely just a ploy to grab more dollars out of management.  After losing cash cow Don Imus the station can’t lose its drive time hosts who even though they are vile and nasty still draw big ratings and ad dollars. It’s not that they are that good it’s just the alternative is 1050ESPN where the unic Michael Kay has his show opposite MMD Kay is Suzyn Waldman with a vagina as he can never ever criticsie the Bronx Bastards which makes his show unlistenalbe for me. What hurts is that his sidekick Don LaGreca is very good and is a hockey guy so if Francessa or Dog were to leave Astoria I’d love to see Donnie Pucks head to the FAN CAVE.

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