…nice performance yesterday. You really earned that $161 million, didn’t you?
I find it incredibly amusing that a man who isn’t even half the pitcher (unless you’re counting the girth on his fat ass) Johan is has passed him for largest overall contract for a pitcher.
Have a nice six years, CC.
…the damn thing looks identical to the old one, except for the outfield configuration (the jumbo video boards and exterior walls behind the bleachers look different, but that’s about it).
Two questions come to mind…
1) What the hell is the point if the new place looks exactly like the old one?
2) How the hell did this thing cost over a BILLION dollars?
There were kids watching this, dumbass.
Besides, WTF did you expect? The game is in NYC…did you think there would not be Mets fans in attendance?
Idiot.
From the Yahoo! Sports recap of last night’s game…
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap?gid=280707122
| Howard hit a two-run homer to right in the seventh off Tony Armas, which was initially called a ground-rule double because a fan reached over the right-field wall and touched the ball. The four umpires convened and ruled the ball would have left the park had the fan not interfered. Television replays were inconclusive. |
Two things…
1) Were they watching the same replays I was? INCONCLUSIVE? The guy was leaning a good 2-3 feet over the fence when the ball hit his arms…you could tell by the way when he dropped his arms they were CLEARLY in front of the railing.
How the hell is that inconclusive?
2) That being said – how the hell does it matter whether the ball would’ve been a HR or not if the fan interfered? Once the fan touched the ball, and was over the wall (which he clearly was), the ball is dead…
Rule 2.00, INTERFERENCE, (d):
(d) Spectator interference occurs when a spectator reaches out of the stands, or goes on the playing field, and touches a live ball.
On any interference the ball is dead.
IF that explanation by the umpires is accurate, it seems to me this would’ve been a case where the Mets should have protested the game at that point, and it could have been one of the rare cases where you see a protest upheld. This is CLEARLY a misinterpretation of the rules (the only reason a game can be protested is in the case of an umpire misinterpreting the rules), if that is in fact the logic they used.
In the end, it’s nice to see that the umpires don’t know the rules.
“This is really disgusting. You’re here as a sworn witness . . . and yet we have lie after lie after lie after lie. I don’t know what to believe. I know one thing I don’t believe and that’s you.”
A few notes to Mr. Burton, you stupid dumbass fucking idiot:
- McNamee gave no indication that he was lying during his testimony. He did admit to lying previously to federal investigators…but at the current hearing, which you yourself indicated you were worried about by stating “You’re HERE as a sworn witness,” he did in fact appear to be telling the truth and staying consistent with the story he has been telling all along. In fact, he was ADMITTING to lying previously WHILE UNDER OATH. If you’re going to lambaste him about being a sworn witness, and having lie after lie after lie, then he was lying about lying previously – which means he was telling the truth anyway and that Clemens is a roid-head. We all know that anyway. Welcome to the party.
- Roger Clemens is “a baseball titan?” Are you kidding me? Could you be a little less partial, please? I’m actually surprised you were able to so effectively scream at Brian McNamee while keeping Roger Clemens’ balls firmly under your tongue…
- Brian McNamee did not “lie” about Jose Canseco’s BBQ. He mentioned several times that he recalled Clemens being there. Just because some other guys who recall something different came forward with evidence to help your favorite baseball titan does not mean that McNamee is not entitled to his own personal recollection of that day’s events. It turns out that his recollection was in fact correct (see below)…not that you’d let that get in the way of your idiocy, though.
- Brian McNamee named three players in his report. Andy Pettite confirmed that he was telling the truth. Chuck Knoblauch confirmed that he was telling the truth. Why is it that you did not mention one word during your retarded tirade about these two guys CONFIRMING that McNamee was telling the truth? Is it because they would hurt your beloved “baseball titan,” perhaps? You are so stupid, it hurts me.
It was also mentioned in a forum I was following the proceedings on (and a very accurate assesment, at that), that Clemens might have been better served if he had fired his own counsel and replaced them with the committee’s ranking Republican, Tom Davis (R-VA).
It was a bit disgusting to hear Davis defend Rajah at all costs, especially even spoon-feeding him an excuse when Chairman Waxman had him clearly on the ropes regarding his inappropriate contact with his former nanny.
“Isn’t it true, Roger, that you were just trying to get in touch with her so that we could speak with her?” OK, so that’s not a direct quote…it’s close to what he said. Are you kidding me? I’m no lawyer, but that seems like just about as leading a question as one can possibly be.
It does amuse me, in a way, that even after the great baseball titan clearly tried to tamper with a federal witness, she STILL told the committee the truth when asked – that Rajah the Great Baseball Titan was indeed at Jose Canseco’s BBQ.
The Republicans on that committee should be ashamed of themselves. Kudos to Reps like Elijah Cummings (D-MA) and Chairman Waxman (D-CA), for staying on point to what matters most – even if McNamee is of questionable character and found to not be quite so believable, why would Andy Pettite throw his good friend Roger Clemens under the bus if it was not the truth? Clemens himself called Pettite “an honest fellow,” so something obviously doesn’t mesh here.
I know one thing I myself would like to see – Rajah, the great baseball titan, sentenced to several years in federal pound-me-in-the-ass prison. Maybe he, Barry Bonds and Michael Vick can all have some “good times” together.
No, not Valentine’s Day – PITCHERS AND CATCHERS.
Pitchers and catchers report to Port St. Lucie today. Spring Training is here. BASEBALL IS HERE!!
The first day of the Johan Santana era has finally arrived.
WHAT A WONDERFUL DAY!
Now that this wonderful blog is reindexed in Google, I can resume my normal daily activities – which, of course, include bashing the city of Philadelphia (stay tuned for a new blog to that effect, coming soon).
Yes, it sucked. Yes, it was bad. Was it the worst ever, though? No, it was not. Here are three “collapses” which were much, much worse, in order of suckitude (from least-worst to absolute-worst):
3) 1964 Philadelphia Phillies – much worse, in that while the 2007 Mets at least fought to the final day still with at least a share of first place. The ‘64 Phillies were so awful (losing 10 straight games down the stretch) that they fell out of first place with five days left in the season, and never recovered (even though they won their final two games). At least the ‘07 Mets were able to sprinkle in a win here and there.
2) 2007 Dallas Mavericks – much, much worse in that they challenged the ‘95-’96 Bulls for the NBA season win record for most of the year. They set an NBA record by going 52-5 over a 57-game span, the best record ever over that long of a time-frame. They secured the best record in the NBA, and a #1 seed in the Western Conference in the NBA playoffs. Then, they were subsequently bounced from said playoffs by the #8 seed Golden State Warriors in the first round of the NBA playoffs. This was a team who was coming off an NBA Finals appearance the year before, who appeared to be one of the best teams in NBA history…until the calendar turned to April, that is.
1) 2004 New York Yankees – the team with the best record in the American League during the regular season became the only team in history to lose a MLB playoff series after leading 3-0, including the last two games AT HOME. A payroll of over $150 million. Enough said.
If you’re going to keep pointing to the collapse, then you are by default also acknowledging that the Mets LOST the division, the Phillies DID NOT win it. Anyone with half a brain can see this, which probably explains why most Phillies fans can’t figure it out.
Johan Santana.
That is all.
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