It looks like Fernando Martinez or Angel Pagan will not be starting in left field for the Mets next season. Naturally, it took some over-paying by the Mets for this to happen, but you’ve got to give them some credit (I think) for getting the job done.
The Mets made their first major move of the offseason and added a big bat in Jason Bay. The former Sox outfielder agreed to a contract that will pay him $66 million over four years and could go over $80 million in five years. It looks great on the surface since Bay gets paid and the Mets get some much-needed power.
Well, “much-needed power” is true, especially if David Wright hits only 10 home runs again next season. Still, I don’t know how much this signing improves the Mets. Bay is certainly capable of a stinker of a season (see 2007), but I don’t think that’s very likely. What will ultimately sink the Mets is pitching.
Adding a left fielder with decent power (who is already 31) isn’t going to stop Oliver Perez and Bobby Parnell from taking the mound every fifth day. Johan is a stud, but he’s coming off surgery, and Maine and Pelfrey make up two of the thickest vagina lips in the National League. Seriously – have you ever seen a guy with velocity like Pelfrey who is so afraid to throw his fastball for strikes?
Anyway, $66 million over four years isn’t terrible, but…yeah, it’s not so great.
My father, a Midwesterner through and through, has always held some conspiracy theories of big media giving Midwestern teams and conferences a lack of credit. Most of the time I overlook these theories and chalk them up to the Fox News era of wacky theories, but sometimes… sometimes these theories have some creedence.
In baseball it’s the angelic portrait that the media painted of the Yankees. I still remember hearing the joy in the media’s voices when they announced “The Yankees are BACK in the World Series,” as if the last time they were in it was when the Royals and Pirates were good. This past Christmas, it was everyone expecting the Lakers to trounce the underappreciated Cavaliers. Well after smoking the Lakers like a spent bong, they moved on to Atlanta where they’ve continued their winning streak.
For your college example, you need look no further than the Big Ten football conference. This is a conference that has been crapped on ever since the Buckeyes received a beatdown by the Florida Gators in the national championship. A game that Buckeye fans simply like to call “an upset,” when we all know it was like the scene in A Christmas Story when Ralphie kicks the crap out of the older kid. Since then, the Big Ten has been looked at like a bully who got his ass kicked. The media has looked at the Big Ten, Ohio State especially, with skepticism. Continue Reading »
Yesterday marked the 30th anniversary of when Larry Bird and Magic Johnson began their basketball rivalry. A rivalry that I believe to be one of it not the biggest and best in all of sports.
As NBA.com put it..
It all began in college with the game that drove March mad, a nudge into sports insanity we were reminded of nonstop last spring as another of its big, fat, round anniversaries came and went. The rivalry that sprang from it, that burned through 13 NBA seasons and three Finals showdowns, was played out across 37 zero-sum games that managed to define and enlarge both Magic Johnson and Larry Bird
Honestly folks, it doesn’t get any better than these two when it comes to the NBA. Seriously guys, what two player rivalries exist today that are half as cool as this one. Kobe and Lebron? No. Shaq is done so no. Wade vs anyone? Not really. Two player rivalries just don’t happen like they used to.
And in honor of Bird and Johnson I’ve put together a little 5 video selection of some of their best stuff
Click on the photo for more on a lesser known Favre.
I wonder if Brett Favre’s nephew tells HIS coach what to do.
I don’t have the energy, so just go to our Unathletic Facebook Page.
The Press
Gadgets to look forward to – [Brobible]
Photos of the Sixers beating Portland – [The700Level]
Awesome movie explosions – [RegretfulMorning]
Fat, white football fans at their finest – [BustedCoverage]
Fantasy hoops help – [HoopDoctors]
Digital boob job in mid-sentence VIDEO – [Manofest]
Mark Wahlberg calls David Beckham out – [MoondogSports]
First there was keyboard cat… and now this VIDEO – [SuperTremendous]
Team Sweden hockey update! – [Rumors&Rants]
Star Wars’ last supper – [CavemanCircus]
We’re in the midst of College Football Bowl Season. The NFL playoffs are right around the corner and figure to bring plenty of drama. Kobe, Lebron, Melo, and Durant are fighting it out for NBA MVP and the Knicks aren’t in the toilet. The NHL is, well the NHL. Baseball season is right around the corner so here are 4 MLB Offseason quick hitters die hard fans should be aware of……
Best part of this video? Listen to the song in the background. Nothing wrong with a little Edie Brickell and a guy completely off his ass talking about the Steelers.
I love the NFL.
Back during the whole Mangino fiasco, Texas Tech’s Mike Leach spoke up for the man who supposedly slapped/said mean things to a player. Well somehow it seems karma has been involved, because Leach is now dealing with his own controversy, and has been suspended from the Alamo Bowl.
Texas Tech announced Monday afternoon that it has suspended head football coach Mike Leach after receiver Adam James and his father, ESPN analyst and former SMU running back Craig James, complained to the school about alleged mistreatment after the player sustained a serious head injury. Leach is currently being investigated by the school.
The crime? Check this out and tell me it wasn’t supposed to be in the beginning of a Saw movie.
A source with knowledge of the situation confirmed that Leach is under investigation for allegedly sending a player into a darkened room after he came to practice wearing sunglasses to ease the discomfort of a recent mild concussion. It has been confirmed that the unnamed player is sophomore receiver Adam James, who has caught 17 passes for 154 yards and one touchdown this season.
Yikes. Continue Reading »
Because if you sit on Bengie Molina and Jason Bay all winter, you’ve got to at least spend something to keep the fan base happy, right? After John Lackey signs with Boston, you’ve got to prove that you’re still in the mix and willing to make moves, yeah? I don’t think these are the types of moves Mets fans were hoping for.
NEW YORK (AP)—The New York Mets have signed right-hander Kelvim Escobar to a one-year contract.
The team announced the deal on Monday. He was expected to get $1.25 million.
Escobar, an 18-game winner in 2007, missed nearly all of the past two seasons with the Los Angeles Angels because of shoulder trouble. If healthy, he would likely work out of the bullpen for the Mets, who are looking for setup help for All-Star closer Francisco Rodriguez.
There’s the obvious “Omar Minaya is a racist” joke to be made here, but I’ll spare you. Actually, I won’t – racism is the only explanation for Minaya passing on white players to sign yet another Latino, especially when you consider that Escobar has missed almost two full seasons due to injury. The ONLY explanation.
The J.J. Putz acquisition was a disaster for the Mets last season, and the set-up role in the bullpen is obviously one that needs to be addressed, but why not outbid the Braves for Wagner? Why not go hard after Capps? The Mets have the money, but – ohhhh, that’s right. Because Wagner and Capps are white.
I can’t decide whether Kelvim Escobar has a retarded or awesome name (leaning towards Awesome-o 5000), but I’ll be shocked if he can give the Mets 30 innings this season. It’s amazing how the Mets have failed to sign impact players but have no problem flushing money down the toilet for gimps.
Have fun competing with the Nats.
