eMailbag: We needed Giuseppe Franco

September 29, 2008 at 2:37 pm · 41 comments

by Matthew Cerrone

Lawrence P sent in the following e-mail, which made me laugh:

“Every one is looking for a jinx and a scapegoat and I think I found it.

“On August 7, Giuseppe Franco took batting practice at Shea Stadium.  The team went 27–10 in their next 37 games.  On September 13, Franco’s fan-favorite Precede ad stopped airing on SNY, and the team went 7–10 in their final 17 games.”

so there you have it, folks, SNY, your local cable provider and Procede are responsible for the Mets not making the playoffs, because franco was removed from the air

{ 41 comments }

Fiya Minaya September 29, 2008 at 2:40 pm

No, we lost because the tean didn’t have enough horses at the end (AGAIN) because our GM is not a bright person.

By the way, can someone tell me why Minaya-favorite Ambiorox Burgos is still a member of the organization after he was found biting and beating up his girlfriend at the LGA Holiday Inn?

ToastyJoe September 29, 2008 at 2:48 pm

Because Marv Albert put in a good word for him.

blains2008 September 29, 2008 at 2:59 pm

good one.

koosman September 29, 2008 at 2:41 pm

Damn Giuseppe Franco and his thick, lustrous hair!!!

amazin92 September 29, 2008 at 2:45 pm

maybe we should sign franco then

ags412 September 29, 2008 at 2:47 pm

He’d be better than Julio Franco.

ags412 September 29, 2008 at 2:46 pm

As much as we complained about Guiseppe Franco’s ad, I would take his ad any day of the week over that awful “Our top story of the day: A new toll free hotline has been established for people with fixed interest mortgage loans”. That is the worst commercial ever – and they play it at every commercial!

SheaSantana6408 September 29, 2008 at 2:54 pm

too funny , thanks for making laugh on this ugly day!

Roger Q. September 29, 2008 at 3:05 pm

Thats what she said

wethreekings September 29, 2008 at 3:48 pm

I hate that commercial so much.

ridethesnake September 29, 2008 at 4:09 pm

I wonder if they got more calls for the fixed mortgage or to complain about her fake eyebrows.

ToastyJoe September 29, 2008 at 2:47 pm

I like how Lawrence P noted the exact date that the ads stopped airing.

remaxajf September 29, 2008 at 2:48 pm

When reached for comment Guiseppe said, “I didn’t jinx the Mets, I don’t know anything about it”

giuseppe franco_procede September 29, 2008 at 2:51 pm

I’m not a jinx…Gary Busey is the jinx!

Gary Busey September 29, 2008 at 8:07 pm

EXCUSE YOU

1985Mets September 29, 2008 at 2:48 pm

Talk about a jinx? what about thing you posted 14 days ago?

SPR September 29, 2008 at 5:23 pm

Moratorium on the magic number until it’s a single digit!!

glengarry glencarter September 29, 2008 at 2:49 pm

“I don’t own this collapse – I don’t own anything about it” – G. Franco

ToastyJoe September 29, 2008 at 2:50 pm

You coulda been on the road to an World Series title RIGHT NOW…if you’d gotten on the Giuseppe Franco program.

remaxajf September 29, 2008 at 2:51 pm

“Look. I’m Giuseppe Franco. I’m not going to put my name on this F*****G Network for a team trotting Luis Castillo out to play second base everyday.”

remaxajf September 29, 2008 at 2:53 pm

How can we get Giuseppe’s mug plastered on the outfield walls of Citifield next year?

Guiseppe for Manager, Busey for GM!

ToastyJoe September 29, 2008 at 2:57 pm
shawon_dunston September 29, 2008 at 2:57 pm

Pretty sure the magic number was posted in 2006 too.

krumbledkookie September 29, 2008 at 2:57 pm

Get Franco in the Mr. Met costume immediately.

Kyle Vane September 29, 2008 at 2:58 pm

I believe in karma, as evidenced by me moving into the same positions each half inning, and it might very well have been Procede.

I know it’s a tough day to be a fan, but does Cerrone seem extra bitter?

blains2008 September 29, 2008 at 3:00 pm

Hey, what if we had Giuseppe Franco holding the magic number? Would that be good luck or a jinx?

remaxajf September 29, 2008 at 3:02 pm

And Busey hugging him?

blains2008 September 29, 2008 at 3:04 pm

lol, Busey could play the part of the phanatic.

casey s. September 29, 2008 at 3:03 pm

procede is the only product that works on the appearance of your thinning playoff chances.

Jaded1983 September 29, 2008 at 3:03 pm

lol thats a good one.

makeitallwright September 29, 2008 at 3:07 pm

hmm who else can we use as a scapegoat? Matt and posting the magic number, Franco… how about the team that didn’t get it done?

casey s. September 29, 2008 at 3:12 pm

well, then it wouldn’t be a scapegoat…it would be reality!

remaxajf September 29, 2008 at 3:08 pm

I think we should also let the guy from the smoking commercials last year be our PA announcer at Citifield…let’s exorcise all the informercial demons together!

InTermsOfWhat September 29, 2008 at 3:12 pm

You don’t always die from Tobacco
sometimes you just lose a lung.

You don’t always die from Tobacco
sometimes they just snip out your tongue.

But you can’t sing worth a heck
With a big a big hole in your neck

You don’t always die from tobacco.

this song rings true; you don’t always die from tobacco, but you always die on the inside when the Mets miss the playoffs in agonizing fashion

wethreekings September 29, 2008 at 3:51 pm

F to the R to the E to the E to the C to the R to the E D I T.
FREE to the PORT to the DOT to the COM
COME ON EVERYBODY GRAB YOUR BIKES AND SING ALONG!!!

FlightFromHouston September 29, 2008 at 3:09 pm

We lost b/c Omar has too high an opinion of the moves he makes and doesn’t look at the team objectively… same thing for a lot of these players who over-value their own skills and think they are good enough to dominate when they aren’t even good enough to just plain win out … if we don’t fire omar and clean house now, we’re just delaying the day until we get headed in the right direction

Blue_n_Orange September 29, 2008 at 3:09 pm

Forget the Mets for now.

The economic bailout was rejected 228-205. I’m not saying I was 100% for it, but any way you slice it, this is bad.

REAL rough times ahead.

On a Mets note, we’ll get ‘em next year. Have a good winter folks, and see you next season.

remaxajf September 29, 2008 at 3:11 pm

By the way, how about we talk about the way the Shea goodbye celebration was handled. What other organization would have handled this so poorly? It is like the Mets organziation constantly make a**es of themselves.

Why couldn’t they do it before yesterday’s game?

egnirc September 29, 2008 at 5:53 pm

The only reason why people are complaining now that it was “poor” is cause it followed a season ending loss.

It was also raining till 2pm, so the game wouldn’t have started till 4pm thus interfereing with ESPN/FOX or whoevers timeslot.

I’m pretty sure it would have been a bigger fiasco having the legends do the ceremony in the pouring rain.

Going home to Seaver-Piazza was MUCH better than going home to a season ending fly out.

bennyb363 September 29, 2008 at 4:38 pm

no the jinx is that cerrone posted the magic number with 17 games left even though he took a poll and the majority of people did not want him to post it but he did it any ways.
cuz he said and i quote “This is a different team” he said that he was confident that the mets wouldn’t collaspse.
way to go cerrone, way to blow it two years in a row.
great job!
hopefully we u can do the same thing next year and we can collapse again NOTTTT

Chulo September 29, 2008 at 2:59 pm

Are you serious?
Red sox had the bambino, Cubs have the billy goat..
And the best jinx you can come up with for the mets is that Matt Cerone of metsblog.com posted the magic number? I love metsblog but dude are you nuts?

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