Posted Thursday May 02, 2013, About: Time to count out the Jays

The Jays are this year's 2012 Marlins. They look formidable on paper, many pick them to have a great season, but then reality sets in.

Posted Saturday April 20, 2013, About: Buck Showalter advises Rex Ryan to stick to football

Ryan may have slimmed down but he'll always have a fat mouth.

Posted Friday April 19, 2013, About: How long will Mets stick with Ruben Tejada?

"Problems" should be "problem."

Posted Friday April 19, 2013, About: How long will Mets stick with Ruben Tejada?

Is Tejada's problems temporary or is he a victim of stevesaxitis, a kind of dysfunction that overcomes infielders when they have to throw to their first basemen? Whatever the case, he better find a cure fast because he wields a light bat and provides no power at the plate.

Posted Wednesday April 17, 2013, About: Mets manager yelled at daily by front office

I hope Ike Davis wakes up. His woeful start this year is even worse than last year's. He looks clueless in the batter's box. He looks so vulnerable to pitches that graze the outside of the plate, especially when he's up against a southpaw. Keith Hernandez should come down from the booth and give Ike some pointers before management and Terry Collins start yelling at HIM.

Posted Saturday March 16, 2013, About: David Wright may miss Mets season-opener

MLB is a business? You better tell the Mets owner and GMs that it is, because they sure don't know how to run their business. Hey, Fred, good move getting yourself all twisted up with Bernie Madoff. That did wonders for the team. As for the Mets in general, no franchise has been more adept in recent years at taking on players on the downside of their careers (Bonilla, Bay, Alomar, Vaughan, Santana ... (Hey, maybe they'll sign George Foster. The outfield looks a little iffy.) If the Mets think risking injury to David Wright at the start of the season, after a string of inglorious years, is sound thinking, well, that fits with all the other stellar moves they've made in recent years.

Posted Saturday March 16, 2013, About: David Wright may miss Mets season-opener

I don't understand the idea of letting your best players participate in a pre-MLB tournament anywhere, for any reason, when there's a good chance they may be injured and lost for any part of the regular season. It's ... how shall I put ... INCREDIBLY STUPID. You sign Wright to a major multi-year contract, make him the enduring face of the franchise, and then expose him to injury even before Opening Day?

Posted Wednesday February 06, 2013, About: A-Rod scared Yankees, MLB are out to get him

It's a "vast, right-wing conspiracy" against A-Rod.

Posted Tuesday November 20, 2012, About: Wright put off by Mets offers

Wright declined the second half of 2012. Only 35 HRs and 154 RBIs the past two years.

A solid ballplayer and a fan favorite but I think his best years are behind him. Do you keep him because he stands out among mediocrities? A trade could help the Mets still some conspicuous holes? Outfield? Catcher? Relievers?

Posted Sunday November 04, 2012, About: Report: Josh Hamilton wants 7 years, $175 million

In reality, Hamilton is asking for four years and $175 million because there is no way an even older Josh Hamilton is going to play a full seven years, given that he's not known for playing entire seasons now or in the recent past when he's presumably fitter. Kudos to his agent if he's able to get Hamilton anything close to his initial bargaining position.

I guess Hamilton might be a good fit for the quickly aging, increasingly desperate Yankees. If MLB ever creates a seniors circuit for ball clubs (any player age 40 or above or who plays like a 40-year-old), New York might finally win another world championship.

Posted Tuesday October 09, 2012, About: Demotion coming for A-Rod?

Who would even want to think about how ineffectual Alex will be in two, three, four, or five years? What team will give him the chance to be? (Okay, maybe the Mets.)

Yes, steroids surely take its toll on players who use them to pump up their bodies, bank accounts, and stats. Just ask the mighty Big Mac. A knee disintegrated. Tragically, you can't ask Ken Caminiti about that. (Or FloJo, for that matter, though Lyle Alzado bravely "testified" before he died.)

I'm very glad Rodriguez now has no chance to pass Bonds for the career HR total, that is unless he plays somehow until he's eligible for Social Security. It's bad enough Barry's "on top." (As for Slammin' Sammy Sosa and his 600+ dingers. Three years in a row of 60 or more? When Ruth only did it once? Very, very funny.)

Posted Thursday October 04, 2012, About: Valentine sells out coaching staff

Bobby, Bobby, Bobby... your desperate rant reminds me of Bogie's paranoiac Captain Queeg on the witness stand near the end of "The Caine Mutiny": "They (his crew) fought me at every turn." Queeg was **** metal balls as he complained. What did you have? Sunflower seeds?

Posted Wednesday September 19, 2012, About: Mets skipper: No one is safe

"There is not a guy in that clubhouse who can't get traded," Terry Collins said. "Not a guy."

What about the owner and general manager?

Posted Friday September 07, 2012, About: The most underrated player in baseball

"Lou Pineilla once said [Angel Pagan] was the dumbest player he ever met."

I guess it takes one to know one.

Posted Friday September 07, 2012, About: The most underrated player in baseball

The problem about calling anyone the most underrated player in baseball is that it can be said so many times, the player in question actually becomes overrated. Joe Rudi of the champion Oakland A's in the 1970s was called underrated so many times by the media that it should've been sewn on his uniform. He was a solid ballplayer but the accolade became tiresome.

Posted Wednesday August 22, 2012, About: Swisher seeking 'Jayson Werth money'

I think they should have a special wing in the Baseball Hall of Fame for agents who can suckers owners into giving huge, multiyear contracts to the likes of Werth, Crawford, Brown, Hampton, Bay, Bonilla, and ... Their HOF plaques would be green.

Posted Wednesday August 22, 2012, About: Swisher seeking 'Jayson Werth money'

Wow, why pick on Jayson Werth? Ole Nick should ask for "Kevin Brown Money" or "Carl Crawford Money" or "Mike Hampton Money" or "Jason Bay Money" or "Bobby Bonilla Money" or ...

Will we one day be talking about "Cole Hamel Money"?

Posted Sunday October 30, 2011, About: Will Ortiz attract NL interest?

Maybe the Mets will take Ortiz. They like rotund Red Sox (i.e, Mo Vaughan).

Posted Friday September 02, 2011, About: Einhorn exit sealing Reyes departure?

Over the years I've always found it odd how many good players with other teams are signed by the Mets and almost immediately become busts: George Foster, Bobby Bonilla, Roberto Alomar, Mo Vaughan, Jason Bay ... While he's not a bust, Johan Santana hasn't been worth the $$$, especially when you compare him to the Yankees big acquisition, C.C. Sabathia. And while Carlos Beltran had a few good years, his time spent on the DL made him a disappointment finally. And let's not forget Tom Glavine, and his final game first inning meltdown, Oh, and let's toss in Putz for good measure, an appropriate name if I ever heard one.

Posted Friday September 02, 2011, About: Einhorn exit sealing Reyes departure?

Over the years I've always found it odd how many good players with other teams are signed by the Mets and almost immediately become busts: George Foster, Bobby Bonilla, Roberto Alomar, Mo Vaughan, Jason Bay ... While he's not a bust, Johan Santana hasn't been worth the $$$, especially when you compare him to the Yankees big acquisition, C.C. Sabathia. And while Carlos Beltran had a few good years, his time spent on the DL made him a disappointment finally. And let's not forget Tom Glavine, and his final game first inning meltdown, Oh, and let's toss in Putz for good measure, an appropriate name if I ever heard one.

Posted Monday August 15, 2011, About: Reyes won't be ready to resume

Reyes's problematic hamstrings are the #1 reason not to re-sign him (for what? $130 million over seven years? Crawford cash?). Reyes doesn't play an entire season. And his legs won't get sturdier as he ages.