Original Post 3/25...

During today's loss to the Astros, Keith Hernandez and Gary Cohen were discussing some type of cartoon that may be a parody of the two plus fellow commentator Ron Darling.  One can only imagine what this might mean but Cohen said that the mystery will be revealed by Opening Day.

Stay tuned for an update on this breaking news.

Update...

Here's a link to one, here's another..definitely prefer the moustache one. There's another one out there where the 3 mesh together, kind of disturbing.  Go to SNY for all these and perhaps future commercial spots.

It seems that almost every year some unlucky chap bears the brunt of the Boo Birds' bashing. 3 years ago, Braden Looper was booed almost religiously. Before that it was Armando Benitez. 2 years ago it was sickening to hear Carlos Beltran being booed.  Last year actually wasn't too bad because the fans very rarely had a reason to be unhappy. This year however, I think Shawn Green will win by a landslide.

Matthew Cerrone at Metsblog recently asked us guest bloggers if we could ever see David Wright being booed. The answer was a rather resounding "No". I don't boo anyone unless they are being lazy like when Aaron Heilman dogged it to first base last year only to get beat to the bag by the hustling baserunner. I think Mets fans should almost never boo a player on the team we say we support.

Back to Shawn Green.  As horrible as this is to say I think many Mets fans do not want Green to succeed.  For these fans, with the high-celing prospect Lastings Milledge waiting in the wings, the sooner Green is replaced the better.  I never want a player to fail, and I'm all for giving Green a chance to prove his worth. But when the boos start raining down after every strikeout or error as I fully expect to happen, Willie and Omar will be listening, and somewhere Lastings may be smiling.

Who do you think it will be?

For more opinions on the subject of booing, check out Blog Critics and Athletics Nation.

The Associated Press is reporting that former pitcher Ugueth Urbina was sentenced to 14 years in prison Wednesday for the attempted murder of five workers on his family's ranch.

Wow, wasn't his mom kidnapped also? He's fallen a long way from my 2004 fantasy team.

In a post for ESPN.com, Tim Kurkjian tries to explain why front offices and fans of baseball obsess over stats more than any other sport.

Kurkjian wirites:


Although I'm not huge into predictions and that sort of thing, numbers are a huge part of in-game strategy, drafting players and Hall of Fame elections. Finding out which stats are the best predictors of major league success will continue to be  debated. OBPS vs AVG. and so on. Baseball fans also do their part to take it to another level, sometimes at the expense of enjoying the game which I definitely can't relate to.

Newsday's David Lennon is reporting Duaner Sanchez has a hairline fracture of the coracoid, a small bone in the front of the shoulder.  According to the article...

The team's medical staff recommends that the fractured bone be surgically repaired with a small screw, and Omar Minaya said he expects Sanchez to have the procedure in a week. The reliever has yet to give the green light, but he's leaning in that direction.

"Based upon our doctors, he needs surgery," Minaya said. "The fact of the matter is our doctors say surgery is the best option. It's rare. We're in uncharted waters."

Rumor has it Sanchez could be out until August.  That even may be a more optimistic projection.  The Mets are starting to look beat up in the bullpen.  With Sanchez out and Mota out for 50 games, it is going to be interesting who will be in the bullpen come opening day.

Dayn Perry at FOX Sports breaks down why he thinks the Yankees haven't won the World Series since winning 4 from 1996-2000.

Perry writes:

It's interesting how when the Yankees fail to win a World Series for 6 years, everyone wonders how that is possible. You don't see many articles breaking down why the Mets haven't won in 20 years which to me illustrates the nation's higher expectations for our cross-town compadres. 

This is possibly because the Mets with their 2 championships have never been labeled a dynasty.  That being said, I greatly dislike when my Yankees fans friends rub in my face the fact that they far outnumber the Mets in World Series Championships...true, but we gave them a 59 year headstart.

Barbara Barker at Newsday tells the unbelievable story of Moises Alou's reluctant return to New York.

I will leave you with this quote and you can read the article to find out the details:

This is an intense story for sure and I definitely have more respect for Alou and his decision to play in NY.

The guys at Mets Merized Online have taken a closer look at some of the numbers we have seen and can expect to see from the 2007 Mets.  I like their take on Ambiorix Burgos: