From the mouths of babes....

No, I'm not talking about my wife (this time).

We went to the Met game today. Perfect weather. Livan v. Johan. Perfect game for the kids (Livan thows strikes and works quickly, Johan is good).

Didn't really work out as planned, as the Mets were down 4-0 before the head on my beer had subsided.

However, one good thing came out of it.

My oldest (Darien), unprompted, said:

"The Mets need to practice more before they play games in front of all these people!"

From her mouth to Manual's ears....

There's hope for us yet

Went to opening day.

Good times. Go to SNY.com and search on "opening day" to see how good.

Johan did the job. Gary Matthews caught the ball. Most importantly...Mike Jacobs SUCKED!

Of all the things that might bring the Mets down, Manuel falling in love with Jacobs would be the most frustrating. Today's line (two strikeouts, a pop up, and a weak ground ball) may prevent that!

And...we can't lose tomorrow!

It's enough to make you miss Daniel Murphy

Daniel Murphy stinks. Among 1Bs with as many ABs as him, he is 17th out of 18 in OBP (THANKS Aubrey Huff) and 16th out of 18 in SLG (Huff and Loney). As such his injury shouldn't be a back breaker. But it is!

His replacement, Mike Jacobs, is in the running for worst player in baseball. Among 1Bs with as may ABs has him, he ranks DEAD LAST (24th) in OBP, by a whopping 13 points. Said differently, he is the only 1B with an OBP lower than .300.

He is only 22 out 24 in slugging (again, thank god for Huff and Loney).

On top of that, he is the worst defensive player in baseball (short of David Ortiz). He played 15 games in the field for the lowly Royals, and his range factor was lower than ANYONE who qualified for the batting title at 1st base.

The worst part is that he is going to hit a Santos-style long home run, Manuel is going to fall in love with him, and we are going to get 150 games of him.

Mark my words.

The Mets would be better off having Castillo play first base.