Citi Field: Home of the 410 Foot Out
I saw that on a T-Shirt and really, what else can I say? What about something like “The Great Wall of Flushing”? Good ‘ol Mets. My favorite Baseball team since I was a kid but come on……….give us something other than 1986!!!
Another double header over a 3 day period. Against the Braves, no less. What’s it gonna be boys…..yes or no? Let me sleep on it, baby, baby let me sleep on it. Oh wait, those are lyrics from a Meatlof song. I got off course and distracted. Back to reality…………..
13 games into the season and alot is going right. Safe hits for Reyes in 12 consecutive games. Beltran has been productive on offense in the games he has played. David Wright and Ike Davis; uniform hits with consistency and power.
Josh Hamilton is out 6-8 weeks with a non-displaced fracture in his right shoulder. Ut oh…..
That ends my blogging about the Mets. Ut oh………….
Switching to NFL news or should I say comments here’s a “New Rule”: When you have multiple super bowl rings, more money than God, and a supermodel wife, you don’t get to cry about anything ever. Nuff said!
Just in and somewhat interesting. Mock Draft: Pick #19, The New York Giants Select….. http://www.fanfeedr.com/nfl/2011/04/16/btb-community-mock-draft-pick-19-the-new-york-giants-select
Bootcamp started back 2 weeks ago. My abs and thighs are screaming but the results are worth the pain. Although the saying is “no pain, no gain” for me it’s “no pain, no loss”.
We’re finally seeing signs of Spring. One daffodil bloomed and I spent 2 afternoons in the yard doing a “Spring cleanup” which was really a “I never did Fall cleanup and I’m raking and bagging boatloads of leaves wishing I did a Spring cleanup”.
I suppose if my boys were doing better I’d blog more………….GO METS!
![Man-Crush of the Week: Rod Barajas
Well readers…….I’m not writing my own blog today. What’s up with that???!!! So much to say, so little time! Thanks for sharing this, hotfoot. Aren’t these two strapping young bucks yummy???
[I’m going to be honest; I had a hard time deciding who to pick this week: For the first four games, it seemed as if this team was unstoppable. I even tweeted on Wednesday that I had a Man-Crush on the entire team. Everything was clicking. Then, Saturday and Sunday happened. Disasters. Demoralizing losses during which the Mets ace and who was quickly becoming the “1a” were just crushed by the Phillies. It’d be hard after those two games to pick anybody to be a Man-Crush after that. However, I’m going to roll with Rod Barajas anyway.
For the last week, during which sure, he only played 3 games, Barajas got 4 hits in 10 ABs, with 2 homers and a double. The thing is, it’s not even really about the stats. It’s more about the way he plays. For the last couple of years, we, for the most part, had to watch Brian Schneider, who was overrated defensively, and completely lackluster offensively. He had pretty much no personality (did you seehis lousy car commercial?). Barajas, on the other hand, is a guy who’s easy to root for. It’s hard to describe, but a great example of why I like him is the play he made tonight on a slow roller up the first base line, a ball he chased down and threw around the runner to get him out at first.
I know that a lot of people are probably going to read this and think “So apparently we win games on heart now?” and I understand that. What I also understand is that perception’s reality, and the perception around the Mets the last couple of years was that they didn’t have any swagger, showed very little personality, and had a tense clubhouse. Now, with guys like Jeff Francoeur and Barajas, you can tell that the mood around the clubhouse is different. Will it translate to more wins? Well, we’ll see. It might, or it might not, who knows. What I do know though is that guys like Barajas are fun to watch - and produce in the meantime - and that’s why he’s my Man-Crush of the Week.]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1vcjqZbQt1qbamkdo1_400.jpg)
