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According to David Ortiz, the Twins do not want to trade Johan Santana to the Red Sox, reports the Boston Herald.
Of course, Ortiz once said the following to the Boston Globe, back in 2004, regarding Pedro Martinez…
“He ain’t going to no Mets.”
Meanwhile yesterday the Globe reported 
that the Red Sox are not budging from their their offer of Coco Crisp, Jon Lester, Justin Masterson, and Jed Lowrie for Santana, who the Sox may consider giving a seven-year deal to.
…from what i can gather, from people connected to santana, he still prefers to pitch in the National League, and specifically with the Mets…the thing is, from his point of view, a deal is a long ways off since he has never been approached with a potential trade to any team, nor have contract terms been specifically discussed…
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Santana will go to whoever is going to pay him, period. There are no favorites when it comes to money.
I think I’m going to write an open letter to Fred and Omar:
Dear Gents,
Thank you for the wonderful gift of ticket price increases. It’s been an amazing year of historic collapses, uneventful winter meetings, steroid revelations, and Yankee back pages. As a Mets fan, I can’t begin to express my gratitude for giving me the gift of a second and third ulcer. Your generosity knows no bounds. Here’s to 2008!
Great job. Way to pin the collapse on Willie. Of course it’s his fault, he’s the manager after all. It had nothing to do with Glavine, Reyes, Wright (hitting into double plays in big spots the last month), the whole outfield being injured, ineffective bullpen, Ollie walking in 3 runners on Friday night. It’s all Willie’s fault.
I give up.
You cannot be serious bringing up Wright’s as part of the cause for the collapse?
First of all, how does a letter to Fred and Omar blame the collapse on Willie. Second, those who defend Willie by blaming the collapse on injured outfielders and Wright truly have their heads up the Christmas trees.
What OF was injured during the second half of September? What were DW’s numbers in September? Willie was not entirely to blame for the collapse, but he played a major role, which OF injuries and Wright did not. Grow up.
FBones,
I wasn’t blaming Wright at all. Don’t take that out of context to try and make me look silly.
I was simply saying, you blaming this on Willie, would be like me blaming the collapse on Wright, Reyes, and Glavine. It had nothing to do with any one individual. The wheels just fell off. That’s the bottom line. Can’t blame Willie unless you blame the roster as well.
Agreed..I never blamed Willie or any one particular person. The wheels did fall off. I just feel like even mentioning Wright’s name is ridiculous. He is the one person that without a shadow of a doubt had nothing to do with the collapse.
Chris,
Go ahead and blame Willie. I wish you guys could just remember the days of Jeff Torborg and Art Howe. We have it very good right now.
None of the outfielders were injured in September, but as we saw, one game can make a difference in a long season. The bottom line is, they had to win 2 more games in September and didn’t get the job done, I understand. But, winning two games in June is the same thing, right?
Fine, want to look at Wright’s September numbers? OK, he was very good. But there were times where he failed too. How about the throwing error against the Marlins when we were up 3 runs in the 10th? Everyone hesitates to criticize Wright. I love the guy, but he shouldn’t escape criticism….especially when everyone is so quick to blame Willie for everything. Willie and Omar have done nothing but win with a historically losing franchise.
Yea, let’s get rid of them. Makes sense, if you’re a history buff.
Chris,
Also, sorry I should have specified I was looking at the name “thankyouwillieforanamazingcollapse” and responding to that.
Torborg and Howe? Try living through Torre and Bamberger. Thank Bob that “Catch the Rising Stars” became a reality one year later in ‘84.
dannyb, im no history buff, but what the mets did was absolutely one of if not the worst collapse in any sport. its hard to blame just 1 person but it is kind of pathetic how NO ONE took the fall. and honestly what has willie randolph done to earn immunity from criticism or blame, 1 playoff birth? wow impressive.
It’s really very simple.
When a team over performs the manager gets the credit.
When a team wins a championship, the manager gets a new (better) contract.
When a team under performs the manager takes the blame.
When a team has an “historic collapse” the manager gets fired.
In 2006 the Mets under performed.
In 2007 the Mets had an historic collapse.
No brainer.
It’s a no brainer, if you are the owner of a team moving into a new building in a year and you LOVE uncertainty. At least they have a little bit of stability and certainty right now.
I just don’t understand why people want to get rid of Willie. I don’t get it. The team underperformed in 2006? They lost their top 3 pitchers in the last month of the season!!!!! They swept the Dodgers and faced a Cardinals team that obviously had destiny on their side. They beat three superior teams. That’s why the playoffs are a crapshoot.
People want Willie fired because the team played without heart, spirit, or motivation during the “collapse”. He has been consistantly out-managed since taking the reigns here. People always agree that he is a poor in-game manager (never suicides, wheels, hit/runs, bunts appropriately, double-switches, etc…), but that he was a good clubhouse influence. Well, in light of the collapse, that must not be true either. So you have a manager that isn’t very good in game situations, and also can’t pull the team together to muster up a win. So what are you paying him for? Why keep him? I guarantee that if they did not give Willie an extention, he would have been fired on 10/2. Wipon is not going to eat the dollars on his contract so they package it as “giving him a shot and believing in him.” Basically, the same way that Omar is spinning us not making any offseason moves. The Met faithful that has lived and died by this team for decades are getting tired of getting p!ssed on and being told that its raining.
amen
I know Wilpon won’t eat the dollars….he is certainly no Dolan.
Fine, you can easily fault Willie’s in-game managerial skills. But don’t fault his pedigree as a winner. The guy has won World Championships. He knows how to win and he knows how to lose. I understand this was one of the greatest “collapses” of all time, but you can’t fire a manager that has taken us to the playoffs and was on the verge of doing it again before some freak anomoly in the last month of the season took us out of it.
Question. Is it a coincidence that this team has been very competitive in 2 of 3 seasons and dominant in the other? Maybe it is, but the guy deserves at least one more year. How many seasons in the past has this team just been unwatchable? You may blame it on the talent level, but they spent money in the past and have gotten nothing out of it. I think Willie deserves this season and Omar deserves this season and next to get us to a World Series. If we miss the playoffs this year (acquistition of an ace nonwithstanding), then I’m with you and a change has to be made.
I just think that this team finally has a little stability and it would be nice to see a manager and GM stick around and be successful. As I said before, the “collapse” was more of an anomoly than anything else. If they played that last month of the season 10 more times, we would make the playoffs 9 of those 10.
Can’t put all the blame on Willie. That would be a knee-jerk reaction that this franchise has been guilty of too many times in the past.
Yaaaaaaayyy! A new Santana post! Yessss!!!!
Cerrone gets a $10 site donation every time he mentions Santana.
At this point, we have a better chance of bringing back Rafeal Santana than getting Johan.
Fire Isiah!!! Fire Isiah!!! Fire Isiah!!!!
phillies signed so taguchi.
next update- wagner calls press conference to announce his retirement
So Taguchi = Mets Killer
Omar = hibernating until Spring Training
Taguchi made Wagner his biyotch.
Hahah, I call Taguchi, the Gooch.
Whatchoo talkin’ bout Jay?
hmmmm, I didn’t know Johan Sanatana was on the trade market. I thought we were talking about Rafeal Santana the whole time.
I thought Rafael changed his position to catcher, then legally changed his name to Brian Schneider…
Then took HGH and changed his name to LoDuca.
You’re thinking of Rey Ordonez.
Made me think of my favorite headline ever…..”Robin is Batman”
I think that headline was Robin AND Batman, referring to when the Mets introduced both Ventura and Rickey Henderson on the same day. Maybe you are thinking of another headline……
When Robin Yount had that amazing season, he was called “Robin the Batman” on the back pages of the Post.
…and I was thinking Carlos Santana.
And I couldn’t for the life of me figure out why people wanted to fire Randolph “The Red Nosed” Reindeer or some Irish guy O’Mar.
What’s Irish and stays out all night?
Patty O’Furniture.
What do you call a guy with no arms and no legs at your doorstep?
Matt
What do we call a lame poster of old jokes?
dannyb
What do you call a guy with no arms and no legs in a hole?
Phil.
What do you call a cheap knockoff of a classic cereal?
CaptanWright
Cap’N Crunch is so much better dude.
Next joke:
What do you call a guy with no arms and no legs in your swimming pool?
bob
Way to go Mook!!!
Bonus round:
What do you call a guy with no arms and no legs in your grass?
Russell.
What do you call a guy with no arms or legs under your car?
Jack.
what do you call a guy with no arms and no legs sitting in bed?
crippled.
What do you call a guy with no arms and no legs hanging on your wall?
Art
What do you call a streetwalker dressed as Mrs. Claus?
Anna Benson
what do you call a 36 yearold weak hitting HGH abusing catcher with terrible defense, a gambling addiction and no redeeming qualities whatsoever?
useless garbage.
Ken,
Are you talking about Paul LoDuca?
What do you call an elephant with red sneakers?
Fred.
That’s his name.
What do you call a war criminal who is rich?
George W Bush
What do you call a basketball coach/gm that has had a losing record in every full season with his team, traded away countless lottery picks, hired a coach for about $10MM per for 4 years and fired him after one season, and lost an $11MM sexual harassment suit….but still has a job?
Fire Isiah!!! Fire Isiah!!!
What do you call a cheating, lying, multiple-Cy Young Award-winner with no sense of shame?
Roider Clemens.
And the Joke of the Day award goes to….
CaptainWright for Mrs. Claus
what do you call a guy on vacation?
Omar
In regards to Ortiz’s statment “He ain’t going to no Mets.” Because he employed a double negative, essentially he was saying Pedro would go to the Mets.
For the lay person out there:
“He ain’t going to no Mets” in reality means “He is going to some Mets”. If he ain’t going to none, he must be going to some - right?
To quote an American icon….”get in the truck”.
I hope Santana goes to some Mets.
Hey, if he comes to the Mets, do you think his goatee will look even more “painted” on in HD? I’ve only seen him pitch on the baseball package. I wonder if he bought it from “BobbyVGrooming.com”, but he got the package with the goatee and no glasses.
Discuss…
does anyone else out there feel that the most likely way that Santana will be a Met in ‘09 is for him to start ‘08 on the Twins? we only have the resources to make an offer to the twins that they would accept as a “desperation”…if this guy hits the FA market next winter no one will offer him what the Mets will…..
Hears to hoping they dont take the Red Sox offer…
I think Minnesota would be insane to deal him to the Yankees or the Red Sox (that is, assuming they want to be at least slightly competitive when they move into their new stadium). A trade like this could shift the balance of power so far to 3 teams in the AL for the next 5 years.
I understand that their GM, Smith’s responsibility is to get the best talent back for Santana, but you just can’t be that short-sighted with this. Putting Santana on the Red Sox without forcing them to give up even ONE key player form their World Series team would make them 3:2 odds to win the World Series again this year and for the next few years.
That being said, I don’t think any ‘ol package (as Billy Wagner would probably say) would work. But, I think Omar is waiting it out because he realizes this. Do I want to do whatever it takes to get this guy? To quote Billy Wagner again…”does a one legged duck swim in circles?”
Signed,
“Get in the truck.”
The Yankees will out bid everyone. Everybody knows that. And the Stienbrenners would never be outbid by the Mets. You can take that to the bank. Also, Mark Tiexera will be a Yankee. Take that to the bank to
Texeira will definitley be a Yankee. I don’t think the Yanks should stop there. They could also probably get every other All-Star this year and have the sickest roster ever assembled!!! Why not? It would be all the sweeter when A-Rod strikes out in a clutch October at bat.
I am going to have to disagree. The Yankees aren’t going to honestly pay a pitcher 30 million just to outdo the Mets. And that is beside the fact that if Santana goes to free agency he will try to be on the Mets, therefore he would likely take less money anyway. And as for Texiera, that will be a real bidding war unless he comes out and says there is one team he wants to go to. The Dodgers and Angels could go after him too couldn’t they? I think Texiera in free agency would be more interesting to watch than A-rod. Because more people have the need and the means to get him. Let us just hope Texiera likes the NL East even though he hates the Braves.
I complete agree with guierllNO MOta unless of course they fire Isiah err Omar
Only in America, er Cablevision, can you lose an $11MM sexual harassment lawsuit and keep your job.
As I’ve said in previous posts, nobody in New York Sports (including, but not limite to: Tom Coughlin, Ted Nolan, Tom Renney, Brent Sutter, Eric Mangini, Lawrence Frank, Joe Girardi) should lose their job until Isiah is gone.
“Get in truck.”
Well I dunno, Coughlin should’ve been gone 2 years ago.
Is this Seth Everett?
Yawn….I hope something happens after the new year
Matt..i’m pretty sure that you’ve posted the same entry before or at least one very similar….down to the David Ortiz quote. I know it’s Christmas Eve and all but come on!
throatneedle,
What do you call a cow with no legs?
your mother
throatneedle,
that’s not very festive of you to say. now, look in the mirror and say to yourself “i’m good enough, i’m smart enough, and darn it people like me.” you’ll feel better in the a.m. i promise.
But the real answer was, “ground beef”.
No, I think “your mother” was right.
whats got two thumbs and loves the mets?!?!
Maybe. Still, “i’m good enough, i’m smart enough, and darn it people like me.”
what?
pochemunyet,
feeling better?
Not really. Let me apologize.
apology accepted.
Thank you.
The correct answer is indeed “ground beef.”
How many legs does your mother still have, anyway?
Just asking.
the skankess will be moving into their new stadium also and depending on how 08′ goes may be more desperate for Santana than the Mets…i am glad omar is not willing to give up the entire farm for him and….i love the ‘randolph the red nosed reindeer’ above…i am a big animal lover but wouldnt mind it if this one was forced to stay in the north pole indefenitely…
Hey, we had some fun with the Brian Schneider Q&A session. Why don’t we come up with potential questions to ask Ryan Church?
I’ll go first…
“Hey Ryan, glad to have you in New York. Are you good? And no, I didn’t use the lord’s name in vain.”
I’ve got a question for Ryan Church:
“BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO????”
His answer would be:
“That would be scary if you were a lefty.”
I was in the picnic area last year and heckled the crap out of him. He turned around when I told him “You mother is an Expo”. Good times.
its the same post everytime. he is going nowhere. enough said
is this mariano?
possibly
Well, let me ask you a series of questions to find out. Do you blow saves in the biggest of spots? Surrender game winning HR to someone who is 5′7″, 145 soaking wet?
5′7 and soaking wet? hmmmmm anna benson?
Ortiz’s comment wasn’t about Pedro. It was “Manny ain’t going to no Mets.” And he was right of course.
Well the Mets would have been nuts to trade for Manny!!! They wouldn’t have Ryan Church or Schneider then. Thank goodness!!!
no i think ortiz commented that Manny was definitely getting traded, which of course he didnt…so ortiz’s track record as an oracle is pretty weak
Merry Christmas everybody!
Time to break out the clams and mussels and crab legs and lobster and seafood salad and the calamari fritti and the bacala…
and celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ
http://ghostaudio.net/santa/music/Dominick_The_Donkey_-_Lou_Monte.wav
oh my god i want to murder that m’f'ing donkey
Thats just so you can make a nice mortadella sandwich.
whos this jesus u speak of? were supposed to celebrate the birth of santa!
Jesus Flores I believe
The true meaning of Christmas is that Santa died for our gifts and rose from the dead and moved to the North Pole and because of that, every year Santa comes down to forgive us our sins and give us eternal presents.
Come on. Everyone knows that!
That was offensive to me as a Christian.
Really.
u offended me as a human being, lighten up
Don’t dare joke about someone else’s dopey beliefs. What do you think this is? A free country? You might “offend” someone, and everyone knows a person has an absolute right to go through life without ever being offended by anything.
I see your point, but it seems some groups get to be righteously offended at the slightest thing, while Christians have to shut up and take it, because it’s a free country.
Not fair, is it?
pochemunyet
“Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.” Psalm 119:165
I believe the actuall quote in 04 was,
‘He aint goin to no stinkin mets’.
So Ortega was correct, a bit of a prognosticator as well
Yanks out, Sox out, Mets in…let’s get it done Omar.
is mad_mike a reference to “mad” mike millbury? if so, kudos to you.
Fire isiah!!! fire isiah!!! fire isiah!!
and about Taguchi - seriously, is this ‘let’s get everyone who kills the mets’ mentality working for the phillies?
Tina,
I’m glad to see you’re spreading my “gospel”. Hope I didn’t offend Ryan.
I think “Starbury” and “Q-Rich”, need to confront Isiah and force him in the truck. They could invite Zed and “The Gimp” from Pulp Fiction too.
Bring in Zed and the Gimp, Cue “Comanche” , and then wheel Willie Randolph in afterwards…
Enough!!!! What do you want the guy to do? The team collapsed…big deal!!! If this gets brought up every day, you’ll never forget about it.
I don’t understand why we blame Willie and Omar for what happened last year or in 2006. The fact still remains that they have taken this team from laughing stock every year, to a team that can legitimately contend for the NL pennant every year. Don’t attribute it to spending money either. Spent plenty of money in 2002 and look how that worked out.
Omar and Willie have done a very good job of changing the attitude of this team around. People who keep on bringing up the negatives of the past 2 seasons will never be able to see that.
Enjoy what you have, because Art Howe could be our manager right now. Would you rather have him? Sam Perlozzo? You know what you’re getting from Willie, and I’m confident this team will never be below .500 under his watch. He knows how to win. It just didn’t happen last year. Big deal. Let’s get over it.
Willie “The Red Nosed” Randolph and O’Mar deserve their jobs. Case closed.
God forgives. Met fans do not.
I can see that. Tough crowd here. I’ve gotten over it. I have found that the best thing to do is be insanely depressed for a few weeks. Then people tell you, “dude, it’s just a baseball game.” That usually works for me and helps me snap out of it.
Tell you what though. Going to that Giants-Eagles game on that Sunday night after we lost the division to them was tough. All those phony Eagles fans had their Phillies hats on. Wanted to puke.
i think plenty of people are aware that this team is not the laughing stock it was a few years ago, it just seems that we know we should have won it all in 06 and made it to the playoffs in 07 but it was just a missed opportunity. and we are more of a laughing stock now then before, cmon they had the worst collapse in the history of baseball! it was a team that was moving so fast and progressing so much to a team(frontoffice) that just seems content with just contending next year and beyond, thinking that its all a crapshoot so why bother, which may be correct in a sense but it still should nto hinder their strive to make this team better. and danny STFU tellin us how were supposed to feel about the collapse and how were supposed to forget about it already just STFU! go eat ur own throwup!!!!!!!
Did anyone see the column in yesterdays NY Daily news. It was titled Winter of Discontent for Mets fans.
It stated that if the Mets were going to get Santana, it would have been done already.
We need to forget about this Santana trade. It is not going to happen!!
I think we should flip flop our AAA team and MLB team and make this Zephyrs.com. That would be pretty exciting. Think we could go undefeated?
Oh yes because the Daily News said it, it’s just got to be true.
You drinking too much eggnog, Danny?
and going a little crazy from:
-hearing about the mets pursuit of santana (or any ace)
-hearing about how willie should have been fired
-hearing about how o’mar should have been fired
-being at work on christmas eve
-isiah still having a job
-rising fuel costs
-terrorist regime in iran
-giuliani or hillary in ‘08
to quote crash davis in bull durham, “we’re dealing with alot of $hite”
ya got me feelin a little overwhelmed now danny….
What did it to you? Rudy or Hillary?
Rudy scares me more…plus hes a skankee fan…god knows they are the freakin national team now…he might try and put thru a constitutional amendment making it official…
Considering the President doesn’t have the power to “put through a Constitutional amendment,” I don’t think you have to worry about that.
I guess the mass media got to you and has you believing that the president is responsible for every single BAD thing that happens in this world. It’s fun having someone to blame.
now…back to baseball…what’s going on with Santana?
he is a phony too. no true yankees fan could say they are cheering for the red sox under any circumstances. i don’t care if they are playing the iranian, north korean, venezuelan, or cuban national team. you cheer for any team but.
I blame Bush for losing my Fall Softball league though. Remember he pushed for the daylight savings time to be extended? Yea, well we were playing late and the timer on the lights for the field were set for 11PM. They went off at 10PM though because they never re-set the timers. It’s all Bush’s fault!!!
hey fbones…..the president can TRY and do anything he freakin wants to TRY…and if the mainstream media did their job bushie wouldnt have been able to do all the BAD things he has done…i dont believe 90% of what they say…but I CAN SEE WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE LAST 7+ YEARS…
…not a Bush supporter by any means, but let’s be honest. The guy did have the most difficult beginning of a presidency in history.
Rosemarymets. can you please save your id1otic rants for the moveon.0rg and dailykos websites. Last time I checked rosey, congress had an even lower approval rating than the buffo0n in office.. and they voted to give him the power to do all those “bad things”. Grow up and get your own opinions.
Rosemary,
Fortunately for you, he cannot TRY. If you are unsure how a constitutional amendment gets passed in the United States, you can easily look it up and enlighten yourself.
so if he goes to his cohorts in congress and makes an effort to get them to do something that isn’t “trying”…anyway…i really dont want to argue politics here…i was just attempting to emphasize my oppostion to a skankee cap wearing presidency..
Please stop talking politics.. its embarrassing. Its for your own good.. seriously. In your personal life or whatever, you really shouldn’t do it at all. Just because you heard Bill Mahar or Rosie say something that you thought was clever, doesn’t mean that it is either correct or valid. This is for your own good.
thanks for looking out for ‘my own good’…and if you look back at the start of this theme you will see that i just was talking about giuliani being a yankee fan…you sound real smart…
Right.. you were talking about a president inserting amendments into the constitution at will. Then you criticized the media for allowing bush to do “bad things”. Then you went on to suggest that bush’s “cronies” in the democrat controlled congess are pushing things through at his whim. Sorry, my apologies for questioning your lack of civic intelligence. It won’t happen again.
did i say all that????????????????….
We’re dealing with more Sunni than Shiite.
I think we’re deal more with this thread being shiite on.
Hey! Thanks Matt for the update. New information to me that …..no one from no team has talked to Santana about a contract or trade. Thats new news to me, at least. So I think it is safe to say that the Twins are the ones not moving on this and all the other teams in the running are just waiting to see where it goes. There is still HOPE, the true spirit of Christmas.
…everyone saying “make it happen” and “Omar’s doing nothing” seems to have forgotten that it is christmas time, and the slowness on the part of “santana’s camp” in stalling ’til “after the new year” is probably just a desire to enjoy their holiday.
The Twins won’t give us Santana unless we start a package with f-mart and gomez, and the Mets are afraid to do it because of the Kazmir trade. The thing that gets me is this isn’t V. Zambrano were getting in return, it’s the best darn pitcher in baseball. Pitching wins games no matter how much offense you have. This is a once in a lifetime oppurtunity to get a special player like this and you just don’t let that go by knowing that it is your MOST glaring need. Empty out the farm system if needed. As far as i know we have a few first round picks coming up this year and that would help re-stock the system. You can also ask the twinkies for a minor leaguer in return with Santana so not to leave the minors completly bare….Just letting some frustrations out of my system.
I tend to agree. Having a hut down ace like Santana doesn’t come along every year. Plus the Twins should want him out of their league and he’d fit in great on the Mets. Think of his numbers in Nat’l league and Shea/Citi field!
He hasnt been rumored (on this Santana watch of the day post, anyways), but….
can the Mets get Kazmir back for Gomez and a SP propsect? Maybe take Baldelli off their payroll and send Delgado as well for them to have a DH. Taking $$ from their payroll to make it worth their while plus give them some rookies.
Why not go that route if so? I’d rather see him than JD, or Haren or Rafael!
according to SI.com’s Truth & Rumors although the Twins would love to trade Santana to any team but the Red Sox & Yankees he isn’t going to any NL team because no NL team can give the Twins an attractive offer
I’m sticming to my guns on this one… Santana will be a Yankee… Young Hankenstein is going to force Cashman to make the deal…
Maybe David Ortiz should keep his mouth shut. He don’t know jack. Santana will be a Red Sox.
Sadly i have to agree with you. They have the players needed and even if we give them the farm the sox just have to increase their offer and were done.
Ortiz said “Pedro ain’t going to no mets”
That would be a double negative and would mean “Pedro is going to the Mets”….and he was absolutely right.
so right.
A package of Maine, Gomez, Heilman and Mulvey would rival that of the Sox and Spanks, in my eyes at least.
It would also leave the Mets a far worse team. Why not throw in Wright, then we definitely knock the Yanks and Sox out of the running.
How could you say a far worse team? 2 of these guys aren’t even on the team, and Heilman is an OK reliever, he’s not a lights out type of guy.Easily replaceable. Maine is the only one i would really have a problem letting go but when it brings a Santana it makes it worth it.
Who is David Ortiz? There’s a dynamic slugger on the Sox by that name, but I know that Matt wouldn’t waste his time on Christmas Eve quoting some DH who knows less about this then most of the posters on Metsblog at this point, and has absolutely no credibility.
It really is ok, when there’s nothing worth saying, to refrain from making a post.
Well, then where would people get all their holiday “…no arms and no legs jokes”?
What do you call a woman with no arms and no legs hanging on a door?
Holly.
nice … complete with holiday content!
What do you call a bad Pedro joke, each of which has no arms, legs, or punchline, and originates in Boston?
or-tease
…and I disagree, the more posts the better. Even if they have absolutely no credibility and we have read the same thing 100 times before. I am at work on Christmas Eve and any news is good news, even if it is no news at all.
How about holiday dead baby jokes?
Whats the difference between a pile of dead babies and a red corvette?
I don’t have a red corvette in my garage.
A Mets fan and a Priest are driving down the road…
There was Mets fan who was feeling pretty down on himself. For whenever saw a Yankee fan in their obnoxious pinstripe jerseys walking down the road, he would swerve and pretend to hit them.
As the man is driving on he sees a Priest walking down the road. Feeling he should do something good, he stops next to the priest.
“Where are you heading Father, can I give you a lift?”
The priest replied, “I’m heading to the Mass two miles down the road.”
As they’re driving along the man sees a Yankee fan walking down the road, instinctively, he swerves to hit them. He knows he did not hit them, but still hears a loud THUMP.
He says, “I’m sorry Father, I should not have tried to hit that Yankee fan.”
“That’s ok,” replied the priest, “I got him with the door.”
What’s red and bubbly and scratches at the window?
Baby in a microwave.
Now that’s the holiday spirit.
What’s worse than 10 dead babies in a trash can?
1 dead baby in 10 trash cans.
When Chuck Norris jumps into a pool he doesn’t get wet the water gets Chuck Norris’d. Chuck Norris lost his virginity before his dad.
A New York family of Yankees fans heads out one Saturday to shop for the youngest boy’s birthday. While in the sports shop, the son picks up a Mets jersey and says to his older sister, “I’ve decided to become a Mets fan and I would like this David Wright jersey for my birthday.”
His big sister is outraged and whacks him and says, “Go tell mom!”
He takes the jersey to his mom and she says “Yes, son?”
“I’ve decided I’m going to be a Mets fan and I would like this jersey for my birthday.”
She whacks him on the head and says, “go tell your father!”
“Dad?”
“Yes, son?”
“I’ve decided I’m going to be a Mets fan and I would like this jersey for my birthday.”
He whacks his son in the head and says, “No son of mine is ever going to be seen in THAT!”
On the car ride home the father turns to his son and says “Son, I hope you’ve learned something today.”
The son replies “I sure did! I’ve only been a Mets fan for an hour, and I already hate you fargin’ Yankee bastages.”
i love it
is anyone going to point out that there’s a sentence ending with a preposition in this article? that deserves more criticism than the mets’ lackluster pursuit of santana.
Dear Mets fans,
We are trying our hardest to be as cheap and dormant as possible this off season. You see we don’t have to acquire the likes of a Johan Santana or Joe Blanton because we don’t see the urgency to acquire such a top-flight starter for our rotation. I’m very content with the team we have right now and feel very confident that we will have an outstanding season with our brilliant manager Willie Randolph and our savvy General Manager, Omar Minaya. In the end, all you fools will continue to support the New York Mets. We are breaking attendance records and business is good for our franchise and that’s all that matters. The Mets continue to be one of the most popular and profitable franchises in all of baseball thanks to you. We wish all of you a not so Merry Christmas and a miserable New Year
Happy Holidays
Freddie Coupons & Family
Average Joe “Bland” Blanton is not worth overpaying for, you dummy! And we might not have good enough prospects for Santana! It’s not about being cheap…it’s about being not having enough prospect to attract other teams!!!!!!!!!
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Good…the Sox never needed Santana anyway. It would be like the Mets searching for another 3B. I don’t want to overpay for Blanton, because he’s not an ace. To overpay, the pitcher better be a proven ace that can dominate games and last long innings. In my mind, we should get Colon and go the extra mile for Santana. It’s clear that we are very close to a deal with Santana, but we are 1 player away. Obviously don’t give Reyes or Wright, but if there’s anyone we should unload the farm for…it’s Santana. He’s hands down the best pitcher in the game…what more could you look for in a pitcher that he doesn’t have? Omar better give us a Christmas gift with a tag from Minnesota on it!
Is it the weeks of silence between the teams that makes it clear we are so close?
the way i see it either santanagets traded to the mets or he doesn’t get traded at all
Hey Mets Fans -
1. It’s nice to read a blog that has mostly well considered thoughts and comments. It has been fun to read.
2. Please make us a good offer for Santana! We want him out of the American League. We understand that you’re not going to give up Reyes or Wright. That would be unwise for you. You do, however, have a group of prospects that were not significant in getting you as far as you went last season. Please, give us an excuse to ship you Johan. He is not just a great pitcher. You will love this guy. A real team player and passionate about winning. Doesn’t blow up when the offense fails him (otherwise he would have self-immolated as a Twin).
This guy is better than just what he provides every 5 games. Please, get your management to make a decent offer. You will NOT be disappointed.
And good luck next season.
Go Twins!
What if “Some Mets” multiplied? They would be “More Mets”. In which case, David Ortiz would have said, “he ain’t going to none those mets”.
Myriad Mets
I like that!
Slob, I think you would be into this idea we had on another section of this blog a few days ago.
We want to get something going like Philly had with The “Wolfpack”, Chase’s Chicks, Utley’s Uglies, Padilla’s Flotillas. We want to do it with Keith though. The winner was: Keith’s Coke-Heads. We are going to come to games clad in mustaches and big coke bottle hats.
That could be seen as a bit racy, I don’t think you would get on T.V. as cokeheads…
i think they would
Says who.
Fred Claus.