Comments on: Mets imagine Sheets on their DL in 2010

By: SHOES INSOLES

SHOES INSOLES — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:41:51 +0000

Hello there, cheers for a excellent blog, a really great opening to the 2010, keep up the excellent work, Sue.

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:54:34 +0000

Do I remember Monty Python and the Holy Grail? Is Godzilla radioactive? I remember it almost as well as I remember those idiotic fundamentalist sphincters picketing Life of Brian at my local cinema, and I also remember exactly what Mr. Creosote ordered for dinner. But more to the point, and sorry if I have to cast this in local (Miami) terms for you: I remember the scene where Jeffrey Loria rides by the Rule 5 draft picks taking batting practice and one of them says, "Hey, that was the owner!" And another one says, "How do you know he's the owner?" And the first one replies, "'Cause he ain't got shit all over him." Bob: glad to vector a little cheer as we approach the holiday season, what with that annual spike in suicide attempts that usually accompanies it.

By: Bob Harkins

Bob Harkins — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:45:36 +0000

They’re as necessary to our culture as are coliform bacteria to your descending colon.
Ahh Gator. That’s the nicest thing anyone has ever said about me. I just about teared up.

By: peteinfla

peteinfla — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:17:28 +0000

I must say, Old Gator, that I do enjoy reading your posts. I mean where else could you get an Eric Show/Woolite reference in the same place that you get a coliform bacteria in a descending colon reference?
If you remember in Monty Python’s Holy Grail, the scene where Eric Idle was pulling the cart, proclaimimg “bring out your dead”, the same could be said for a large part of the Met’s current roster. And when the almost dead carcas replies ” Im not dead yet”, simply hit them over the head and throw them on the heap. It seems to me that if ever a team was in need of a complete makeover, this is it. But as usual, I am sure they will prefer the usual, I can fix it with duct tape approach, and sign some has beens, walking wounded , and over priced veterans instead of rebulding this roster and farm system. Why fix it when you can patch it up?

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:09:26 +0000

And as Joe Bologna so perspicaciously noted in My Favorite Year, in this business you don’t cut funny.
And let’s face it – some of the decisions the Mets’ front office has made lately were no less ridiculous than trading to fill a slot on the disabled list. I think they ought to start trafficking in retirees as well. Sure, they’ll inadvertently bring in a player who’s been dead for a while without them knowing it. Eric Show would fit beautifully into the Mets bullpen, bottle of Woolite and all. But then there are guys on their bench right now about whom you could say the same thing.
And even if Bob is a hack, so what? Without hacks where would all our pulp fiction, Jon and Kate coverage, television scripts and daily sports coverage come from? They’re as necessary to our culture as are coliform bacteria to your descending colon.

By: peteinfla

peteinfla — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:57:58 +0000

Actually, I think it is pretty damn funny. And true too!

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:20:43 +0000

Bob, you are a hack. Plus you are not funny.