Productive Outs and Crackerjack:
Nick Evans is back again, presumably to fail as miserably as he did in his first stint with the Mets. No knock on Evans, who may have a future with this club, but he simply is not a major leaguer yet. Better him then Marlon Anderson, I suppose. I think I'm going to end every Roster Move in the future with these words: Free Valentino Pascucci!!Matt Himelfarb:
Manuel and Mets management did not exactly try and redeem themselves- as if there was that much public outrage over Manuel’s comments anyways- by calling up Nick Evans to replace Ryan Church on the Mets roster. The funny part about this move is that I cannot ascribe it to any bias or hidden agenda or any of that sort of nonsense. Do not get me wrong, I think Evans is a good player with a bright future in front of him, and one short trip to the big leagues may be enough of a motivator this time around. The problem is, in his last trip to the big leagues, Evans looked laughably over matched.I'll let these fine bloggers speak for me, as I have said all that I can about the Mets' distaste for Pascucci at this point. The good news is, the Mets are winning and Jerry Manuel likes Ramon Castro.
Ok, we get it, Valentino Pascucci hit .177 in 62 at-bats for the Montreal Expos in 2004! But why not give the call to Mike Carp, who is hitting just as well at AA as Evans and has a combined 677 AB’s at the level, compared to Evans 296? It certainly not a left-righty issue, as others have assumed. And while Evans is surely more athletic than Carp, both are playing their first year in the outfield in AA, and the Mets are not exactly throwing out gold glovers in Fernando Tatis and Marlon Anderson lately.
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Nicke Evans the Sequel; Yup, it's goddamn nuts is what it is.
But if anything can make a team's offense feel better about themselves, it's watching this Giants offense. Ack. On top of that, the scrub patrol is on a bit of a hot streak. But how much you can depend on Chavez, Tatis, and Easley to keep up any kind of offensive pace is anybody's guess. If anything, I hope it's taking a little of the pressure off Wright and Beltran.
And I'm positively elated that Castro is getting at bats. That 3-run jack last night was outstanding.
P.S. After the rain delay last night, Gary and Ron were speculating as to why Santana didn't come back and pitch. One of the ideas Ron threw out was that, since his next start is after the all-star break, he could be available for Saturday or Sunday.
I know Ron is just thinking out loud, so I'm not knocking him by making the following statement: If Johna Santana comes in relief on Saturday or Sunday, I will eat my hat (the black one with the blue brim, which is my least favorite.)
Castro is finally playing with regularity, and he's doing what he does best (hit the tar out of the ball). The fact that Manuel figured out that Castro is good in about a week when Randolph could never figure it out speaks volumes about how incompetent Randolph really was.
Manuel might not be the cure for what ails this team, but he's a step in the right direction.
-Greenpoint Ian
Chris thinks I am kidding but I would like him to split from Mike Francesa.
And, the point of the call was Johan Santana was struggling due to his TEAM, just like Chris does with Mike during this 'crossroads'
time.
Writer Chris Illuminati of Philly Blurbs said this after viewing the video, "video proof that the Dog won't bark about any particulars of the rough patch he and Mike are going through."
Complete coverage at
http://blogs.phillyburbs.com/blog_index.php/?p=31789
Neil Best, for Newsday, said after viewing the video, "I heard that live yesterday. Weird, but amusing! Thanks. Neil"
Now appearing in Deadspin's report on the matter:
http://deadspin.com/5021276/mike-and-the-mad-dog-divorce-inevitable
Kevin Canessa has had the foresight of a Mike and the Mad Dog Split since this post.
http://thecanessacorner.blogspot.com/search/label/WFAN
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/35817-who-actually-scooped-the-impending-mike-and-the-mad-dog-break-up
He deserves that credit!
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ps, Chris said a few days before, "And, you know, Neil Best thinks he has something and he's a good reporter and I like Neil. Again, I would never talk to him about anything like this because for whatever the reason, this is a guy who killed my book. That's sensitive to authors, and don't forget, I'm John Grisham. That's sensitive." and then added, "I've talked to him about it, but I don't forget that. He went out of his way to bury that book, same day I was on the Today show. C'mon. But listen, Neil thinks he has something, so he's going to track me down in the middle of a weekend and he's going to track Mike down in the middle of a weekend and he's going to write something."
Call WFAN at 718.937.6666 with a 2 point question.
Ask a sports question. Then follow up with a question directed at Dog - "So, Chris, did you really enjoy flying solo recently? Do you think the show was better solo as Bob from Cranbury pointed out last week to you?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1PQTXGd9T8
I'll be DVRing
Re: Bob, I have no idea what this has to do with the post, but whatever.
I wonder if Bob posted to the wrong blog. Some Chris Russo obsession, huh?
LOL! That was random, and the respomse was funny. Frankly F both those two schmuck. Anyway, a little food for though, anyone think Rauuuuuuuuuul Ibanez is worth a at shot? Do any of you think Omar is trying to show case Nick Evans?
Did any body catch Rosethal say yesterday that Argenis Reyes was signed at the behest of the Mets Stat department?
By the by, you gotta love Tatis' mutton chops.
-cpb
The schmucks being Mike and the Mad dog.
-cpb
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