I’m starting to feel a little sorry for Omar Minaya and the Mets front office because if I’m confused on which way to go as far as the 2008 pitching staff should be structured I’m sure they are popping aspirins like tic tac’s over the same dilemma.
The picture out of Nashville is more muddled than ever. Everyday there seems to be a new “Ace” coming to the Mets. On Monday the Mets were out of the Santana race and I was pissed. Thursday they were back in the hunt and I was ready to trade anyone that didn’t have the last name Wright, Reyes or Beltran for him, hell I was ready to send Carlos Gomez, Fernando Martinez, Mike Pelfrey, Phil Humber, Kevin Mulvey, the Apple in CF, Gary Cohen, the 1969 World Series Trophy, a portrait of Joan Payson, a sandwich a week for life from Momma’s of Corona, and a lifetime of oil and lube jobs from the any garage of Carl Pohland’s choice in the Iron Triangle for the right to give Johan Santana a 20 yr/$850 mil dollar deal to be the Pitcher Who Save Flushing. But this morning when I looked in the mirror I said to myself “You’re more fucked up than Amy Winehouse”
I’m a pitching junkie. I have a terrible jones for pitching. Big League, Minor League, Little League, Stickball League it doesn’t matter I need a pitching fix. Fastballs with bite that hit the outside of the plate low and away are my 8-ball. A 12 to 6 curve is my LSD (Blyleven in the Sky with Diamonds!) A two hit, no walks, eight strikeout game leaves me comfortably numb. So that’s why all this trade talk leaves me the need to dry out.
I can’t tell you if Carlos Gomez or Fernando Martinez will become stars although this organizations track record on position players would lead you to believe they won’t. I still don’t know what Mike Pelfrey or Phil Humber can accomplish but I do know that they have mastered the bush leagues and either have to be on the 25 man roster or be traded. Kevin Mulvey, Deolis Gurerra? All I know is what I read about them and both are talked up as solid ML players. I watched Brant Rustich and Eddie Kunz pitch at Brooklyn last year and even though the numbers weren’t great, they both looked like they could come in from the bullpen and throw gas and maybe surprise a few people come March and make the big squad.
As Mets fans, do we really know what we have as far a talent in the farm system or are we just brain washed by a media that for whatever reasons hates our team, our league and us fans. One the best moments this past week was on Wednesday during Mike and the Mad Dog Show, Bob Huessler was on screen to give his 20/20 update. MBFOTSH was giving Huessler a hard time about the Mets not knowing what their were doing and the inability to land a top pitcher and all the rest of his tired bullshit act. Usually Huessler plays along with Francessa but not on this day. Huessler lit into Mike’s ample ass that if the Mets dropped out a deal by saying the money is too much that he would be ripping the Mets left and right and by Francessa saying that it’s good that the Highlanders are underdogs he was so full of shit. Bravo Bob, it’s about time you put these two not aging well Diva’s in their place.
So back to the pitching staff, as of today as GM of the Mets I’m ready to let Aaron Heilman make the rotation on the back end and move Mike Pelfrey into the pen and maybe find a guy for the 8th inning or just see what shakes out in spring training (by the way do you want to bet that Petey is reading all this Mets need and ace stuff and is taking it as an insult to him? I have this vision of Petey posting these stories on a wall and playing the “Rocky theme” –gonna fly now-in the background as he works out) I’m telling Bill Smith , Billy Beane and Andy MacPhail to take their second division clubs and shove all their pitchers up their ass. I’M THE NEW YORK METS BABY, MY TEAM PLAYS IN THE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD YOU KNOW WHAT? I MAY JUST BUY ALL THREE OF YOUR BULLSHIT TEAMS AND KEEP WHAT I WANT AND PUT THE REST OF EM ON EBAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry for shouting but I’m tired of the disrespect of my franchise. Rooting for the Mets is like having kids, I can criticze them but if someone outside the family does it IT”S WAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
