Rarely do I enter the arena of serious journalism, but the signing of Johan Santana to the Mets has this chucklehead ready to give his unqualified opinion to the yearning masses:
Fuck and yes.
2007 was like going to Shea with promises of blowjobs and ice cream, only to have diarrhea poured on top of your head and kicked in the balls. They did nothing to get better in the off season, picking up a horrific hitting catcher (Brian Schneider) and trading away one of their best prospects (who was kind of a douchebag), Lastings Milledge. But that all changes today. Today the Mets have the best pitcher in baseball. A small sample of Johan's work: Leads the league in strikeouts in the past five years, has finished in the top ten in VORP each of the past four years, and has a career 3.22 ERA. And, oh yeah, he's in his prime.
Yesterday I thought the Mets were an 85 win team. Today, despite bullpen problems and concerns about left field, right field, and catcher, I feel like the playoffs are suddenly possible again. Omar, maybe you're a better man than I thought.
1 comment:
fine point on the horrific hitting catcher... especially when ramon hit double digit homeruns last year playing once a week... let him start... NC
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