A Fish Stinks

(Nope this isn't a random Marlins post!)

When I was in college, there was a running joke about our health center.

Basically, the idea was that you would walk in with a sprained ankle and walk out with an asthma inhaler.

I wondered whether that was a running joke at all colleges....until,

I walked into my college health center with a cold and walked out with steroids (prednozone, but still).

Why am I telling you his?

Because I think when my college health center doctor graduated, he became the Mets doctor.

Everyone (read: Lupica) is focusing on the HGH angle to Reyes's thyroid problem. Then there's talk about the Mets being cursed.

Here's my question: When it was first diagnosed, HOW WERE THE METS DOCTORS IN FLORIDA GOING TO LET HIM BACK ON THE FIELD IN A DAY????

Is that true? Is that possible? Don't they have copies of the Physician's Desk Reference down there?

Could they be THAT incompetent?

Alex Rodriguez's leg fell off last year, and he was back before the all-star break, and the damn thing healed itself, with no need for further surgery. Posada is still playing catcher. What is he 73 years old? Rivera is playing out yet another contract, perfectly.

It's not luck. The Mets have a policy of rushing everyone, and their doctors are complicit. Think James Woods in "Any Given Sunday" (is this the first time anyone has ever referenced that movie???).

Church's multiple concussions (remember Manuel hazing him in the press), Beltran's "bruise" (remember when they were still calling it that? The first full year bruise in history, I guess!), Reyes's hamstring turned quad turned hamstring tear, Ollie (if you believe he sucked because his knee was hurt, which I don't, they made him pitch on it ALL YEAR!), Santana pitched through pain all year as the Mets languished in 4th place, Putz ("Oh, he's hurt? We'll take him anyway. We just won't check to see if he's hurt! If we don't know, it's not true!").

This doesn't even include Cora playing through a torn ligament ALL YEAR. And Maine being rushed back.

Now they are going to do it with a 20 year old pitcher (Mejilla). Why do the Mets need a 20 year old middle reliever? How about we let him learn to be a pitcher?

A fish stinks from the head. Omar is the cause of ALL of this. It's organizational. Rush the players, treat them like interchangeable pieces of meat!

It's March and I was excited to get my Jets tickets in the mail.

OMAR MUST GO!!!!

Welcome Back!

Sorry this blog has been quiet. Work, family, Vegas, and blurry vision caused by the Jets playoff wins made it tough to post.

But now, I'm back, etc.

I heard Omar Minaya on FAN today.

He said he spoke to the team and told them:

"It takes more than talent to win."

[Now, at this point, I was feeling inspired. Was he talking about commitment? Effort? Teamwork? Not being Oliver Perez? I honestly couldn't wait! Was our GM admitting the team has been lacking something? But then came his next sentence]

"You've got to stay healthy!"

There it is!

Why would he say that to the team? Isn't that kind of like saying, "Be taller!"

And the lack of accountability is staggering. He is saying the team has the "talent," but that injuries prevented them from winning. Doesn't "talent" include a slightly below average left fielder in the minor leagues who could hit 22 HRs if given at bats? Guess not.

If you look at the current roster, the only "talent" they have is the talent they paid top dollar for, or the talent that was drafted by someone else.

Think about it.

Beltran- Bought

Delgado- no wait, not talented, and gone!

Reyes- someone else drafted

Wright- Someone else drafted

K-Rod- Bought

Bay- Bought (for twice what anyone else was offering)

Ollie- Bought (but not talented)

Francouer- Traded for (but not talented)

Gary Matthews Jr.... 'nuff said.

and

Santana!- Thank god the Twins took the pile of crap we offered! Gomez, Humber.... He gets credit for this trade, but really he just emptied the crappy farm system of the crappy "blue chips" because the Twins were trading Johan at any cost. That said, we traded everything we had AND paid him top dollar. I think if my 4 year old had permission to do that, she could be a GM.

Think about where we would be without him! Would Pelfrey be our ace? Yikes!

And that's it. Everyone else stinks except Mike Pelfrey and John Maine, who are on a wing and a prayer. I can hear the foul balls on Maine's fastball now!

Prediction 84 wins, third place.

Do crack addicts give up the pipe merely because it burns their fingers? Nope! So, I guess I'll still go.