Year-round interleague play, you say?
OK.
It seems like every baseball fan hates interleague play, except me. I just don't care.
Why shouldn't teams play other teams? NFL has interleague games all the time. Doesn't seem to bother anyone in that sport. But if you mention interleague play in baseball, it's like you proposed that everyone has to give up their first-born child and live in a cardboard box for a year.
Not only do I not care about interleague play, but I enjoy it.
Can I name five Seattle Mariner players? Let's see... Ichiro, King Felix, uh... Who, What and I Don't Know?
That's a product of me being a Mets fan, for the Mets rarely playing the Mariners and, I guess, for the Mariners not being very good at baseball. But if the Mets played Seattle more, I'd know more players.
Interleague is good for baseball, good for fans, good for everyone.
I'm all for interleague. As long as the Mets still play the Phillies, Braves, Marlins and Nationals more than anyone else, I don't have a problem with this.
This all seems logical to me, but yet, I stand very alone in my stance on the AL playing the NL.
Why is it bad? Why do people hate interleague? Please, someone enlighten me in the comments.
11/28/11
11/23/11
11/15/11
Would you give Jose Reyes a 6-year, $90 million contract?
Rumors are that Jose Reyes has been offered a six-year, $90 million contract by the Miami Marlins. Below, baseball fans question whether they would offer that deal.
11/8/11
R.A. Dickey's book due out in March
R.A. Dickey's book, "Wherever I Wind Up" is due out on March 15, 2012, according to Amazon.com.
I've already pre-ordered the Kindle edition.
Can't wait to read this.
11/5/11
Quick Plug: LI Ducks Blog
Just popping in to alert you to the LI Ducks Blog, written by Corey Mansfield.
He has interviews with some past and current players up, and this really cool post looking back at the Evolution of the Atlantic League.
For you Long Islanders who may or may not be fans of the Ducks, take a look at LI Ducks Blog.
He has interviews with some past and current players up, and this really cool post looking back at the Evolution of the Atlantic League.
For you Long Islanders who may or may not be fans of the Ducks, take a look at LI Ducks Blog.
11/3/11
10/25/11
Look what I got...
MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOKIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Thank you to my wonderful girlfriend Jillian for getting this for me.
10/21/11
The flawed argument of 'If they lost with them, they can lose without them!'
Today, Joel Sherman "perfect stormed" a story about how the Mets may lose Jose Reyes to free agency and will listen to offers on David Wright.
I tweeted, "If 2012 opens without Reyes or Wright, I might jump off a bridge."
Richard DeCicco responded with, "why we have stunk with them, I'm sure we can lose without them."
This is not the first time - or the last time - I will hear this argument. I'm sure many Mets fans out there have heard it too, or even suggested it themselves. But there's one giant flaw in that argument.
These guys were a huge part of the reason they won any games at all.
Sure, let's pull the guys with the .887 OPS (Wright) and .877 OPS (Reyes) out of the lineup. See how the team functions now. You have to remember that these are two of the best players in baseball at their positions. You will not be able to replace them with equal or greater players. Therefore, you lose production.
If you're losing production at two positions, how do you expect to win?
Grit? Tenacity? All those intangibles people love to talk about, always circling around David Eckstein?
Bull.
Wright and Reyes are arguably top 5 in baseball at their respective positions. The team won't land anyone above that in a deal, free agency, or trade. Maybe they can develop one in 3, 4, 5 years. But nothing is really on the horizon to take the place of these two currently.
So sure, they've lost with them. But they'd lose even more without them.
And no one wants to see that.
I tweeted, "If 2012 opens without Reyes or Wright, I might jump off a bridge."
Richard DeCicco responded with, "why we have stunk with them, I'm sure we can lose without them."
This is not the first time - or the last time - I will hear this argument. I'm sure many Mets fans out there have heard it too, or even suggested it themselves. But there's one giant flaw in that argument.
These guys were a huge part of the reason they won any games at all.
Sure, let's pull the guys with the .887 OPS (Wright) and .877 OPS (Reyes) out of the lineup. See how the team functions now. You have to remember that these are two of the best players in baseball at their positions. You will not be able to replace them with equal or greater players. Therefore, you lose production.
If you're losing production at two positions, how do you expect to win?
Grit? Tenacity? All those intangibles people love to talk about, always circling around David Eckstein?
Bull.
Wright and Reyes are arguably top 5 in baseball at their respective positions. The team won't land anyone above that in a deal, free agency, or trade. Maybe they can develop one in 3, 4, 5 years. But nothing is really on the horizon to take the place of these two currently.
So sure, they've lost with them. But they'd lose even more without them.
And no one wants to see that.
10/19/11
Ron Darling SU2C for Gary Carter
Ron Darling in the latest "Stand Up To Cancer" commercial, running during the World Series, holds a sign up for Gary Carter, who is battling brain tumors.
Via Remembering Shea
10/11/11
The one where I stump Jimmy Rollins with a yes or no question
What I asked...
What he responded with...
What???????
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