Hey, Chase – GO F*CK YOURSELF!

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.

MLB Umpires Don’t Know the Rules

From the Yahoo! Sports recap of last night’s game…

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap?gid=280707122

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 the funniest thing I have ever seen…

Dear Mr. Randolph,

You are a fucking moron.

That is all.

Sincerely, Outfield

FIRE WILLIE!

I defended him last year.  I was one of the few who said he should be given the benefit of the doubt, and given another chance.

I was wrong.  He needs to go.  It’s time to fire Willie Randolph and replace him with a manager who has a clue.

In fact, it was wrong to not fire him at the end of last season.  His nonchalant, blase attitude towards everything is part of the problem with the 2008 Mets.  Part of his job is to inspire his players to perform – he doesn’t.  In fact, he is part of the reason why the Mets seem to think they can throw their gloves out on the field every day and still win 100 games.

It all started with his “the champagne will taste sweeter” nonsense last season.  This year already, I’m sick of his damn “games like this happen sometimes” and “we’ll get ‘em tomorrow” garbage.  Willie, you’re not gonna get ‘em tomorrow.  Games like this are happening too damn often.

When a manager keeps going to the well with the same schtick over and over and over again, especially when in this case said schtick appears to be “we’re still better than everyone else, go fuck yourselves,” he embeds that into the players heads.  “We must be better than everyone else – Willie told us so.  He has the confidence that we’re going to get better, so hey – let’s just throw our gloves out there and the rest will take care of itself.”

It’s becoming a pattern with this team.  Randolph has them (most of them anyway, there are a few players who legitimately seem to give a shit) so conditioned to think that they are the best team in baseball, that they think there’s no reason to even show up.  They can beat the rest of the National League with both hands tied behind their backs.  ENOUGH, already.

It’s time to give the team a kick in the ass.  Something needs to change.  What Willie is doing isn’t working.  It’s time for him to go.

Bye bye, Willie.

I hate rain…

…now I’m gonna get stuck with Mike friggin Pelfrey tomorrow rather than Johan Santana.

Of course, maybe Willie will be smart enough to just skip Pelfrey in the rotation.  Maybe…WTF am I thinking?  He’s not smart at all, let alone being THAT smart.  There goes that idea.

Damnit.

Petition to have Aaron Heilman start every year in AAA

I don’t even blink anymore when he comes into an early season game – I just change the channel.

Every year we see this. Hey, Aaron – the season starts in April, you dumbass. Every year, the same pattern – can’t get anyone out over the first three months, then practically unhittable over the last three. I just don’t understand it.

The numbers are just sick (although 2005 is skewed a bit because he did have seven starts early in the year)…

2005 pre-ASB: 4.63 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, .248 BAA
2005 post-ASB: 0.68 ERA, 1.05 WHIP, .175 BAA

2006 pre-ASB: 4.35 ERA, 1.31 WHIP, .257 BAA
2006 post-ASB: 2.65 ERA, 0.96 WHIP, .194 BAA

2007 pre-ASB: 3.83 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, .235 BAA
2007 post-ASB: 2.27 ERA, 1.03 WHIP, .214 BAA

I hereby start the petition from Mets fans everywhere to have Aaron Heilman start EVERY SEASON in AAA, at least until June 1. At the very least, he should be used once or twice a week…at most. We have seen him blow enough games early on in the year – and as last year proved to all of us, EVERY GAME COUNTS. Enough is enough.

Thank you, Johan!

What a wonderful pleasure it was to watch him pitch yesterday – 7 innings, 3 hits, 8 strikeouts and only one walk.  BEEEEEEAUTIFUL!

…and, today is SAINT PEDRO DAY!

Thank GOD for baseball being back!

MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYONE!

IT’S OPENING DAY, HOORAY!

Another one, for the morons from Philthadelphia…