The official hat of the 2009 Mets. Ugh.
Happy Saturday and October Met fans. Well, not Happy October. Sad October. Long October. An October where the only thing we can look forward to is who is losing their job (cough Warthen! cough). Regardless, the sun is shining (barely), football and the Mets are on the tube, and I will be watching neither. See y’all down at Long Beach Irish Day! Here are the hits from the week that was:
- It seems that every day that passes, Danny Murphy gives Omar a reason to go into the winter feeling confident in the first base position.
- Whether he is good enough or not, Omar better not spend on the free agent first baseman out there. There is nothing worth spending on, save the money for pitching.
- And when I say pitching, I mean John Lackey.
He better be looking good in orange and blue next year.
- Speaking of Southern California, Stafon Johnson…get well soon.
- Same goes for Mark Herzlich. Keep fighting.
- K-Rod: Two walk-off grand slams this year, one to the Nats, one to the Pads. Do the team a favor and get it up for every game, not just the ones against the good opponents.
- John Maine:Â Please, please, pitch all of next year the way you did last night.
- Ollie Perez: Please, please, don’t play next year. Retire. Take up golf. Just leave New York. and the country.
Aye caramba!
- Is it me or was Keenan Thompson funnier when he was on All That compared to Saturday Night Live. He is at Ollie-level right now.
- If you could, go to the Arizona Fall League to check out Met prospects. Some pretty high end talent that could make a splash next season in the bigs.
- For a real reason to go, Stephen Stratsburg is playing.
-Can’t wait to watch him kill the Mets for the next four years.
- Speaking of number one overall picks, Paul Wilson.
Sad. Just sad.
- Remember Generation K? Hahaha.
- I never got the Derek Jeter is hot business from the ladies, but Mark Sanchez? I get it.
- But I prefer Jeter’s lady friend, Minka Kelly.
Go Panthers.
- Who do I not prefer? Kate Hudson. A-Rod can never get it right, can he.
- Jerry Manuel can’t get it right either.
- Neither can Jimmy Football. He is not tailgate approved.
- As much as Met fans hate Steve Phillips, he got to the world series with a much lower budget. Just saying.
- Unfortunately, Steve lost all of his brain power sitting next to this for the past few seasons.
MAKE IT GO AWAY!!!
- This week on TRDMB, check out posts from the first week of the off-season, including my statistical breakdown of Aroldis Chapman.
- And I’ll try harder next time on Quick Hits. Please forgive me. It’s Long Beach Irish Day. I can’t stop thinking about Jameson shots in the rain. And going to Minnesota’s, The Inn, Beach Bagel, The Saloon, Beach Bagel again…
- But before I go, here is the exclusive behind the scenes convo between the IOC and Obama.
Obama:Â So, in closing, I think, that, Chicago, a fine city, should host, the Two-Thousand-and-Sixteen, Ol-ympic Games.
(standing ovation)
IOC: Thank you President Obama. Chicago would be our top choice after that speech. But you brought Oprah. And we don’t want to have to listen to, look at, or think about Oprah not only for the next seven years, but ever again. We’ll pick the city with millions of beautiful Brazilian women walking around in bikinis. Thanks.
- Freetriplescore.com freetriplescore.com freetriplescore.com.
9 comments
GravediggerHebner
10/3/2009-12:07pm at 12:07 pm (UTC -4)
That looks like Eric Mangini with the green bag on his head. Now he wears a Brown bag.
metsfan4decades
10/3/2009-12:29pm at 12:29 pm (UTC -4)
Pretty funny quips.
Don’t know what Long Beach Irish Day is but have fun.
Me? As usual I’ll be watching NY Met baseball. Because no matter how long this season has been, the off season is even longer – and colder.
Here’s to 2010. I propose a fresh start. Not a mindset of ‘let’s put it behind us, let’s prove we can do this’. Just come out playing professional ball, taking care of business for every game….just get it done.
I don’t want to see one more post season interview where someone is apologizing for something…
metsfan4decades
10/3/2009-12:31pm at 12:31 pm (UTC -4)
Actually, I meant ‘post game interview’….
dirtysanchez
10/3/2009-1:11pm at 1:11 pm (UTC -4)
hahaha good stuff. I mean where would you want to spend your summer vacation…chicago or brazil…if you even had to think about this for more than a minute i suggest you youtube brazil samba dancers.
I cant stand steve phillips though, imo it has nothing to do with kruk. Should be pretty interesting to see bobby and steve go at it lol.
CaseStreet
10/3/2009-3:07pm at 3:07 pm (UTC -4)
Brazil will be hosting the 2014 World Cup and now the 2016 Olympics and Case will be learning Portuguese.
How do you say Let’s Go Mets in Portuguese!
gonzowill
10/3/2009-3:15pm at 3:15 pm (UTC -4)
The Olympics in Brazil, is Tanny an Olympic event?
stickguy
10/3/2009-4:46pm at 4:46 pm (UTC -4)
It should be.
ANd I think they should have a special locals round of beach volleyball.
totally serious though, I can’t believe that Rio has all of the venue facilities to put this on. And if they have to spend the billions to put them in, what the heck are they going to do with them at the end?
CaseStreet
10/3/2009-6:48pm at 6:48 pm (UTC -4)
per wiki:
Most venues are already operational, recently developed or renovated.[180] According to the Rio de Janeiro 2016 bid committee, there are ten (29%) existing venues with no permanent works required and eight (24%) venues requiring reforms, while nine (26%) new permanent venues and seven (21%) temporary venues will be built.[14]
stickguy
10/3/2009-4:42pm at 4:42 pm (UTC -4)
It might be petty, but I am enjoying seeing all of the Philly SPs getting knocked around lately.
I am really curious to see what they are going to do in the playoffs.
But, it seems like a team with some strong RH hitters a few good LH pitchers could give them fits.
A repeat of 2007 would be just fine.
It will be a much more peaceful fall for me if the Phils flame out in the first round, and the Eagles spit the bit in a few games and fade away.